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The Gardener
The best part of this book for me was the strong male's point of view. Not that Mason never showed emotion because he did, though it never came across as cheesy or over the top. He does have his issues, quite a few actually. However, I didn't feel that he was really whiny about them. Mostly he just seemed matter of fact. Like this is the life I've been dealt, now let's deal with it. I think the issue that he has the most trouble with is not knowing anything about his father. Luckily, he has a great best friend Jack, and he helps Mason maintain some fun and spontaneity in his otherwise boring small town life. Jack also tries to keep Mason grounded when things take a turn for the strange. The Gardener was a fast paced read that left me thinking about the world and the things we do in the name of science for days after I had read it. I definitely recommend it, especially if you enjoy speculative fiction (Fiction that extrapolates from some phenomenon or theory and postulates "What if?".) If you are looking for a guy to love, some romance on the run, twisted with a bit of mystery, then I think you will enjoy this as much as I did.
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Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires-Book One)
I picked up a few at the goodwill in Williamsburg while we were there meeting Maggie! More on that later. Will be reading these asap: My Immortal by Erin McCarthy, Night Bites by Nina Bangs, Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur, Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu, My Demon's Kiss by Lucy Blue, Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop, and Bound By Shadow by Anna Windsor.
Winter's PassageMeghan Chase used to be an ordinary girl...until she discovered that she is really a faery princess. After escaping from the clutches of the deadly Iron fey, Meghan must follow through on her promise to return to the equally dangerous Winter Court with her forbidden love, Prince Ash. But first, Meghan has one request: that they visit Puck--Meghan's best friend and servant of her father, King Oberon--who was gravely injured defending Meghan from the Iron Fey.
Yet Meghan and Ash's detour does not go unnoticed. They have caught the attention of an ancient, powerful hunter--a foe that even Ash may not be able to defeat....
An eBook exclusive story from Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.
I loved this short story! I can't say too much without giving it all away because it IS a short story. I do have to say though that Ash makes me SO mad. SO mad! He really needs to redeem himself in the next book. I definitely would not want to skip this story before reading the next book it was that good. I have a feeling that I am going to be yelling at the next book much more than I did the first. If you haven't read Winter's Passage yet, then get to it. It is SO worth it, even if you have to read it on your computer. Enjoy and let me know if you liked it as much as I did.
eading Shadow of the Vampire by Meagan Hatfield
Dead Is The New BlackThe grimly hilarious first installment in the creepy, campy Dead Is series.
I really enjoyed Daisy and her adventure through the town of Nightshade. This book had it all; werewolves, psychics, vampires, and mystery. Daisy is determined to help her psychic mom figure out who is killing girls around town even though she has no psychic abilities of her own. She enlists the help of her long time best friend Ryan, who happens to be the police chief's son and the cutest boy in school. The characters in the book were so adorable and really had me laughing and falling in love with them. I thought I had the mystery solved pretty early on, but then the author threw in a little twist and confused me there for a bit. I hadn't really heard of this book until I received the forth book, Dead Is Just A Rumor to review. I figured I'd read them in the order written to better review the forth. I'm so glad I did. I read this in one day easily as it's a quick, fun and light read. Perfect for a summer day by the pool or beach. I hope you will pick up this book and have as much fun with it as I did. If you do be sure to stop back by and let me know what you thought.
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The Iron KingMeghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined…
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.
But she could never have guessed the truth—that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face…and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart. From Barnes and Noble
First off I have to mention how much I love the cover of this book, it SO beautiful. Second, what a great book (in my oh so humble opinion)! I'm so glad that I picked this book to read during the book-a-thon, it grabbed me and I was anxious to find out what was going to happen to Meghan, Puck, Ash and Ethan. There were parts of this book that made me stop and go "WHAT!" and I would have to go back and read that part again. ~Ethan standing over his mother~ aaaahhhhh! That was just creepy! Meghan starts on a journey to save her brother and has to grow up a lot on the way. She has to make some amazingly tough decisions cuz man those fey are shifty and sly. There is danger and mystery constantly. Tons of sarcastic humor, heartbreak and of course romance. What more could you ask for in a novel? I found some of the elements in the book very reminiscent of some favorite classics like Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz which just made this book all the more fun. Loved it! You should definitely pick up your very own copy of this, cuz you are not getting mine! Here is one of my favorite quotes from The Iron King: “Try not to bleed so much on the thorns," he said as I jabbed myself in the palm and hissed in pain. "Right now, anyone could follow us, and you are leaving a very easy trail." "Right, 'cause I'm bleeding all over the place for shits and giggles.” Grimalkin and Meghan
I received no compensation to read or review The Iron King.
Skinned (Gripping Trilogy Series) Author: Robin Wasserman
I really liked this story. It wasn't action packed and sometimes it felt a little slow but the overall story was good. I finished it a few days ago and I'm still thinking about it. It's a little, no a lot creepy to think about this situation. If your body was beyond saving would you want your memories saved and downloaded to a computer brain? At first I was adamant that I would not! However, Lia feels real to herself, she argues that she has free will, and that she still has emotions. So then I started thinking well maybe this wouldn't be so bad, but wait I'd be a computer? Like I said, lots of thinking to be done with this book. The post atomic war references were really interesting as well. So if you are looking for a great romance or lots of action you won't find it here, not that there isn't any it just isn't the main focus of this book. However if you want to think and speculate for a while then you can't go wrong with Skinned. I will definitely be reading the second book in this trilogy.
My son turned six on Wednesday and he really wanted to go see this movie as part of his present. So yesterday I made his wish come true. We had such a great time. This movie was FABULOUS! I laughed, I cried, and I danced in my seat. Steve Carell was amazing and those little minions were so cute. We left that movie and all of us talked about it for over an hour and then when we got home we had to tell daddy all about it as well. We can't wait to see it again. If you get the chance to see this movie I can't imagine that you would be disappointed . I think this is my new all time favorite cartoon movie.
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