Book Challenge

I decided to do a Reading Challenge. So lets see how that will go. So far I have read 85 books this year, hopefully next year I can do the 100.

Maria

Here is my list of books.
1. Vampire High by Douglas Rees
2. Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis
3. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E Pearson
4. Once a Witch by Carolyn McCullough
5. My Soul To Save by Rachel Vincent
6. Beastly by Alex Flinn
7. Nightrising (Vampire Babylon Book 1) by Chris Marie Green
8. Hourglass by Claudia Gray
9. Vampire Diaries: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith
10. The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
11. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
12. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
13. Kiss of Death (Morganville Vampires) by Rachel Caine
14. Burned by PC and Kristen Cast
15. Catching Fire (Hunger Games book 2) by Suzanne Collins
16. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
17. Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri
18. Jealousy (Strange Angles Book 3) by Lili St. Crow
19. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
20. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel

Glass Houses And The Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine

Sypnosis of Glass Houses

Welcome to Morganville, Texas.
Just don't stay out after dark.
College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero.
When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.

Sypnosis of The Dead Girls Dance

Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls' Dance, hell is really going to break loose.

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I'm playing catch up w/ all my reviews, so I'm doing a 2 in 1. This series has been a hard one for me to put down. It catches your attention from the very beginning. I like how the next book always pick up from the ending of the other book. In the 1st book Claire is shy, scared 16 year-old College Freshman, who gets picked on by this girl named Monica. After a series of unfortunate events at school, Claire decides to move off Campus. That is when she finds the advertisement for the Glass House. She shows up there all bruised and battered and they decide to let her stay there temporarily. That is when all the vampire trouble starts with her and the roommates.

On the 2nd book Claire is living in the Glass House permanently and is learning all the vampire rules in town. Shane's vampire hunter dad is in town, and when a vampire is found dead Shane gets blamed for it. It is up to Claire and Eve to rescue Shane who has been sentenced to death.

9/11/01 We Will Always Remember

I'm pretty sure everyone remembers where they were on this day. At that time I was Active Duty Air Force, and I remember when the 1st airplane hit everyone was like "Is that for real?" Then the 2nd airplane hit the 2nd tower, then flight 93 went down and then the Pentagon was struck. That was a wake up call for all off us. Thousands of lives were lost that day on our soil. Many Mothers, Fathers, Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Sister, Brothers, Sons and Daughters. We should always remember that there are people out there that will always want to hurt us. No matter what we should always stand together and be Proud to be an American.

Blue Moon by Alyson Noel (The Immortals 2)

Eager to learn everything she can about her new abilities as an Immortal, Ever turns to her beloved Damen to show her the way. But just as her powers are increasing, Damen’s are waning.

In an attempt to save him, Ever travels to the magical dimension of Summerland, where she learns the secrets of Damen’s tortured past; a past which he has always kept hidden from her. But in her quest to cure Damen, Ever discovers an ancient text that details the workings of time. Now Ever must choose between turning back the past and saving her family from the accident that claimed their lives—or staying in the present and saving Damen, who grows sicker every day...

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As Damen is trying to teach Ever everything he knows, Damen's past comes to hunt him. Ever doesn't trust the new the new student named Roman. Soon after he arrives in school Damen becomes sick, the students become one group and turn on Ever, including Damen. He accuses her of being obssesed and a stalker. Through out the book Ever travels to Summerland trying to find a way to help Damen and save his life. During her trips to Summerland she finds out she can go back in time and maybe save their lives, but she chose Damen. I have enjoyed this series so far and I cant wait till the 3rd book that will be released later this year.

Evermore by Alyson Noel (The Immortals 1)

Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, Ever can see auras, hear people's thoughts, and know a person's entire life story by touch. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen.

Damen Auguste is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head—wielding a magic so intense, it's as though he can see straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. She has no idea just who he really is—or what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.

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After loosing her parents ever moves half way accross the country to live with her wealthy Lawyer aunt. She is considered a freak in her new school, she is constantly wearing hoodies, and using her IPod to hide and to avoid hearing others thoughts. When she meets Damen, the new guy in school, everything changes for her. When he is around she feels at peace. The only thing that gets tiring about this book is the back and forth between Damen and Ever. They want each other, then they don't, she hates him, then she doesn't. Other than that I think the book was worth reading.

The Silver Kiss

Zoe is 16 and facing bereavement: her mother is dying of cancer, and her father seems to be excluding her from her mother's hospital bedside. No one dares speak to Zoe about the family tragedy, and she is isolated by grief, anger and fear. Then she meets the alluring, enigmatic Simon ("His eyes were dark, full of wilderness and stars"), who has an uncanny ability to recognize her feelings. After a series of nocturnal meetings, Zoe learns that Simon is a vampire kept alive by his thirst to avenge the death of his own mother three centuries ago. Drawn to him by an empathy charged with both longing and fear, Zoe agrees to participate in a dangerous scheme to trap Simon's mother's supernatural killer. The two emerge from their encounter able to mourn and acknowledge their losses. First-novelist Klause is excessively ambitious in her juggling of genres and themes; as a result, her suspense is uneven, her love story inadequately rooted and her resolution just a bit pat. Nevertheless, the use of the vampire figure to exorcise Zoe's complex feelings and often striking prose attest to an intelligent and original eye.

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Zoe is a 16 year old going through one of the toughest time in her life. Her mother is dying of cancer, her father is never there because he is always either at work or at the hospital and to add to it her best friend is moving away and to top it all off she can't sleep. Late one night Zoe goes on a walk at the park and meets a boy named Simon. Throughout the book Zoe and Simon help each other, yes there is love, but... I'll leave it as that, because it is a book worth reading.

Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

From School Library Journal
Grade 7–10—When Kelley moves to New York to pursue her dreams of theatrical success, she expects that her only encounters with mythical beings will be confined to the stage, in the Avalon Grande Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. All of that changes when she meets Sonny Flannery, who introduces Kelley to a world she never knew existed. A member of Auberon's Janus Guard, he patrols the portal (in Central Park) between the human and faerie worlds on the few dangerous nights when it opens and members of the Unseelie Court can pass into the mortal realm. He is strangely drawn to Kelley, and as he gets to know her, he begins to suspect that there is more to her history than either of them know. Through encounters with sirens, hellhounds, and kelpies, Kelley and Sonny are drawn irrevocably into a battle among the Fey. Despite the budding attraction between them, forces they can hardly understand seek to keep them apart. Set against the backdrop of present-day New York City, this enchanting first novel weaves together the worlds of theater and magic in a way that is sure to please fans of both. Readers will revel in the hints of Shakespeare within the text as they are introduced to faerie creatures both familiar and "wondrous strange."—Misti Tidman, Boyd County Public Library, Ashland, KY
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What can I say about this book? Wondrous Strange was a great read and I was hooked from the very beginning. I can't wait for the sequel that is either coming out late fall or early spring. The book is about a girl name Kelley Winslow, who happens to be an actress that just got the part to play Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. While one day walking through Central Park she meets a boy named Sonny Flannery, who happens to be be one of the guard to the Faerie King Auberon. His job is too protect humanity from the Fae's that slip through Samhaim Gate. The characters are connected from the very beginning, but they didn't know who till towards the middle of the book. While walking through the park Sonny noticed that Kelley was different. He called her, his firecracker because of the way she flickered. While Sonny is trying to figure out who she is, she believes that he is following her. One day finally learned who she is and tries to tell her that she is the Faerie King's missing daughter. Kelly doesn't believe him at 1st, until she called her aunt to find out the truth. From then Sonny is on a quest to protect the girl he loves while trying to find out who is wants to cause her great harm. I enjoyed both characters and I specially love the fact that Lesley wrote the book from both points of view. It helps to understand about how they view each other.

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This summer

It has been all about reading, since I don't get to do much of it when I'm in school. So I will be sharing my thoughts about the books as I read them.

Maria