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Monday, August 30, 2010

Blog Of The Week Award



I just want to say thank you to The Crazy Bookworm for giving me this award, means alot :)



Head on over to her blog and check it out, follow and comment! :)

Friday, August 20, 2010

The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner.

I watched his body change. He crouched on the roof, one hand gripping the edge. All that strange friendliness disappeared, and he was a hunter. That was something I recognized, something I was comfortable with because I understood it
I turned off my brain. It was time to hunt. I took a deep breath, drawing in the scent of the blood inside the humans below. They weren't the only humans around, but they were the closest. Who you were going to hunt was the kind of decision you had to make before you scented your prey.
It was too late now to choose anything.

My Thoughts:
This is a great book! Only took me a day to read. It was really great hearing the story from a newborn's side. I felt really bad for Bree, not knowing much about what was going on. I'm really glad that Stephenie wrote this book. Loved it! Definitely read this if you read the rest of the saga!

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Monday, August 16, 2010

The Vampire Lestat

After the spectacular debut of Interview with the Vampire in 1976, Anne Rice put aside her vampires to explore other literary interests--Italian castrati in Cry to Heaven and the Free People of Color in The Feast of All Saints . But Lestat, the mischievous creator of Louis in Interview , finally emerged to tell his own story in the 1985 sequel, The Vampire Lestat . As with the first book in the series, the novel begins with a frame narrative. After over a half century underground, Lestat awakens in the 1980s to the cacophony of electronic sounds and images that characterizes the MTV generation. Particularly, he is captivated by a fledgling rock band named Satan's Night Out. Determined both to achieve international fame and end the centuries of self-imposed vampire silence, Lestat takes command of the band (now renamed "The Vampire Lestat") and pens his own autobiography. The remainder of the novel purports to be that autobiography: the vampire traces his mortal youth as the son of a marquis in pre-Revolutionary France, his initiation into vampirism at the hands of Magnus, and his quest for the ultimate origins of his undead species. While very different from the first novel in the Vampire Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat has proved to be the foundation for a broader range of narratives than is possible from Louis's brooding, passive perspective. The character of Lestat is one of Rice's most complex and popular literary alter egos, and his Faustian strivings have a mythopoeic resonance that links the novel to a grand tradition of spiritual and supernatural fiction.

My Thoughts..
This book is just as good as the previous one, Interview with the Vampire. It shows the way Lestat thinks, and is, something Interview with the Vampire does not. This book tells about Lestat's life before he meets Louis, and it shows a softer side of Lestat than most people know about. One of my favorites.

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Interview With The Vampire

The time is now.
We are in a small room with the vampire, face to face, as he speaks - as he pours out the hypnotic, shocking, moving, and erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead.

My Thoughts..
No matter how ridiculous the idea may seem, the subject of vampires never ends to fascinate many. But very few authors manage to capture the essence, and not make a fool of themselves. Anne Rice is no fool. This book really is amazing. So much different from the film and so much better. I was captured straight away. I highly recommend this book.

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The Host.

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by an alien species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves: Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love. Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

My Thoughts..
One of my favorite books. The story had me hooked by the first 10 pages. The relationships are amazing and you feel like you can relate in a way. Excellent story. In my opinion this is way better than the Twilight Saga. Definite must read.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

My Books.


The Twilight Saga.. All worn out by now xD



Possibly my favorite book ever. The Host by Stephenie Meyer. <3>


The Immortals Series. Book 1 lent to a friend. The 4th book is out soon :D



The Vampire Diaries, I lent book 1 to a friend..



House of night Series.. I lent book 1 to a friend of mine again, I still need to buy the next book: Burned.



The Vampire Chronicles Series. I have only read Interview with the vampire, The Vampire Lestat and I'm only halfway through Queen of the Damned.



The Immortal Instruments Series.. City Of Bones, City Of Ashes and City of Glass. These will be the one's I will be starting later.







Thanks for reading :]