100 Blog Followers!

WOW OH WOW, I cant believe I have 100 followers, I am so super happy! I can't believe that my blog has grown so much in almost 3 months. Thanks you so much to all my followers, for commenting and discussing all these bookish things. You don't know how much this means to me! This blogging experience has been so amazing and therapeutic and I can't believe people have taken the time to read what I have had to say. I can't thank you guys enough and I am so happy I have found this amazing blogging community!

Teaser Tuesday *7*

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB ofShould Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Nevermore: Kelly Creagh

Synopsis: Goodreads

Pg: 232

"You're really a blond," she said, her tone just short of accusatory. "And if you tell anyone, I will come to you in the night and smote your everlasting soul." 

"The more this guy talked, the more he sounded like a fortune cookie." 

Okay so I was totally going to start firespell but I need to return this book to the library on Thursday, so I have make time to read this because there's someone waiting to read it after me. I like these teasers because they sound cute and funny and I am excited to start this book today!

So what's your teaser for the week??

Top Ten Tuesday *1*

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers’ answers. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND post a comment on our post with a link to your Top Ten Tuesday post to share with us and all those who are participating. If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment

Top Ten Books I'd Like to See Made Into Movies

Paranormally Romanced's List  in  order:

 Dimitri & Rose 

1. Vampire Academy: Richelle Mead - Everyone knows how much I love this series, and it would be so amazing to see on screen. Seriously I can't wait to see Dimitri & Rose come to life... Right now they have producers for the book but are in the process of finding a studio! So if you love VA there is a facebook page made by the producers to show the fan base of these books so they can turn it into a movie! here's the link (Official Vampire Academy Movie)  
2. Wings: Aprilynne Pike - I love this series and it really is a squeaky clean seris that would easily be enjoyed by pre-teen, teens, and adults. BTW I would love see one of main book boyfriends Tamina on the big screen! The book is so magical when there in Avalon that I already imagined how amazing it would look!
3. Angelfire: Courtney Allison Moulton - I loved this book, it's full of action and would be great for guys and girls. Of course I would love to look at Will!
4. Uglies: Scott Westerfeld - This series was so good! The world is so amazing and different I just would love to see the hover boards and everything else that was created. 
5. The Host: Stephenie Meyer - I know this book is suppose to be turned into a movie but I haven't 
6. Graceling: Kristin Cashore: this book is so good, it's in a different time I would love to see Katsa & Po's weird eyes. THe description of this world is amazing and would be beyond amazing to see
7. .Kissed by an Angel: Elizabeth Chandler: this is such a great book, its has a paranormal aspect, love ,mystery, and other great stuff.. This would totally be a hit
8. Matched: Ally Condie: ally did some incredible world building in this book that it would totally be scary to see how controlling this society is
9. Wondrous Strange: Lesley Livingston -This series writing is so whimsicle and pretty and I love how it's set in central park in New York and would be so great to see.
10. Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa - I would enjoy seeing the Winter court!

Im sure our list could go on and on. So many great books that would work for the big screen.

  

Review: Hourglass: Claudia Gray 3 Stars

Hourglass: Claudia Gray

Synopsis: Goodreads

Bestselling author Claudia Gray’s Evernight series continues. In Hourglass, Bianca and Lucas have found a way to be together. But it means lying to the people who care about them the most.

After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school, Bianca and Lucas seek refuge with Black Cross, the elite group of vampire hunters led by Lucas’s stepfather. When Bianca’s close friend—the vampire Balthazar—is captured by Black Cross, Bianca knows she has to do whatever it takes to save him. But at what cost?

Hourglass, the third book in this gripping vampire series by the author of the New York Times bestseller Stargazer, has all the romance, suspense, and page-turning drama that have made Claudia Gray’s books runaway successes. 

Cover:

   I thought the cover was okay, but I do like how the series all look like they are part of a set! 

My Review:

      Okay I don’t know what I am going to say about Hourglass, so we will see how this goes. To begin with I read Evernight & Stargazer in the Fall of 2009, so it’s been a while since I read the series.  I will say I really enjoyed these two books and since Stargazer ended on a cliff hanger I really needed to see what happened next. Another note I might add I started this book when I was on my trip to DR, (for my grandma’s funeral) and when I first started it, I wasn’t all that interested because of everything that was going on and the book seemed so  silly to me because of everything that was going on in my life…. So I don’t know if that’s one of the reasons it took me so long to finish this book and why I didn’t enjoy it as much as the other 2.

               Okay so this book begun right after Stargazer, with Bianca & Lucas hiding in Black Cross. I don’t know why but I couldn’t really connect with Bianca & Lucas. All throughout the book the just seemed so childish and immature and ignorant to so many things. I mean I get that there teenagers but still. I just felt them running away with no real plan and just hoping everything works out was not smart. And even though Lucas & Bianca were together throughout the whole book, I just felt it was a teen girl obsessed over a boy she barely knows and risked everything and left her family… I don’t know what it was about this book it just didn’t rub me the right way. I guess I am also use to having that male lead be wiser and older and have that edge as why our protagonist would fall in love. Though Lucas could fight and protect Bianca he just didn’t seem that OMG. He just seemed like any other teen boy that happened to meet a vampire.

                Bianca I felt was so weak in this book, she would be whining a lot and I don’t think she did much to help herself in many of situations. The plot was not working for me either. I feel so bad reviewing this book like this but it just didn’t work for me. I guess I had such high expectations for it and it didn’t deliver.

                The sad thing is that this book wasn’t bad, neither was the writing, or the action or anything like that. I think I am noticing that I like certain types of books and characters. I don’t like books YA books that show the every immaturity of teens. I really love strong characters. I think that I just felt this book could have been better. I feel that there are a lot of better books out there and that’s why I didn’t enjoy it as much.  I think that the people that have read the 1^st 2 books will continue enjoying this series but I won’t. For example I read the Gossip Girls book, and I really enjoyed it  but it’s not my type of book because there’s so many immature things that happened that I realized I won’t be getting out of this book what I want. It’s the same reason why I won’t read the House of Night series, because it’s too I don’t know high school too much boy drama with a paranormal twist.

                So I hope other people enjoyed this book, because it wasn’t bad by all means but it just wasn’t for me. The premise of this series is different and original! So please continue reading the series if you started it! BTW my favorite characters in this book by far was Vic & Ranulf, I really enjoyed them they were so funny and I always liked them since book 1.

***SPOILER*** One thing is for sure the ending was pretty retarded. I already had guessed that Lucas would turn into a vampire.. but really he was to proud to let Bianca drink from him and turn him so they could be together. Hereally didn’t want to become one and he still ended up as a vampire only now Bianca is a wraith. I don’t know about you but that was retarded. I think that’s a way the author tried to  make the book have a twisted ending!

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Cover Crazy Monday *7*

COVER CRAZY MONDAY is a weekly meme hosted by  the Book Worms.The point of this meme is to admire the art and beauty of a book’s design, so I’m going to post minimal words. It is up to you to write how you feel and what you like about it the way you’d like to.

Luminous: Dawn Metcalf

Okay when we just say wow oh wow. I saw this cover a little while ago, but I turned a little green with envy when I saw a few blogs recieve this in the mail this past week! I really want to read this book, but that's besides the point.. The cover is so pretty! The girl looks like Santana from Glee. I love how she had butterflies around her it almost looks like her face is made of them. The color is so pretty and dreamy.... I just love book cover they are always so creative!!!

It's Monday! What are you Reading? *7*

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week.  It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs,  and put new titles on your reading list. Hosted by Book Journey .

What I am Reading:

Hourglass: Claudia Gray

Synopsis: Goodreads

Bestselling author Claudia Gray’s Evernight series continues. In Hourglass, Bianca and Lucas have found a way to be together. But it means lying to the people who care about them the most.

After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school, Bianca and Lucas seek refuge with Black Cross, the elite group of vampire hunters led by Lucas’s stepfather. When Bianca’s close friend—the vampire Balthazar—is captured by Black Cross, Bianca knows she has to do whatever it takes to save him. But at what cost?

Hourglass, the third book in this gripping vampire series by the author of the New York Times bestseller Stargazer, has all the romance, suspense, and page-turning drama that have made Claudia Gray’s books runaway 

successes. 

Okay I am still reading this book i believe I have less tan 50 pages left but I am dragging myself to the end and skipping paragraphs, hopefully the review will be up soon!

What I Plan on Reading:

Firespell  Chloe Neil

Synopsis: Goodreads

As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face…

When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building.

The only thing keeping her sane is her roommate, Scout, but even Scout’s a little weird—she keeps disappearing late at night and won’t tell Lily where she’s been. But when a prank leaves Lily trapped in the catacombs beneath the school, Lily finds Scout running from a real monster.

Scout’s a member of a splinter group of rebel teens with unique magical talents, who’ve sworn to protect the city against demons, vampires, and Reapers, magic users who’ve been corrupted by their power. And when Lily finds herself in the line of a firespell, Scout tells her the truth about her secret life, even though Lily has no powers of her own—at least none that she’s discovered yet…

I love the cover of this book and I will be starting it later today..... I also have the second book in the series Hexbound! I hope I enjoy this series and that it's a quick read

On My Wishlist.....*10*

On My Wishlist is a great event that Book Chick City runs every Saturday. It's where you list all of the books that you desperately want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. I thought this was a great way to start off my blog.

      

Strange Angels: Lili St. Crow

SYNOPSIS: GOODREADS

         Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called “the touch.” (Comes in handy when you’re traveling from town to town with your dad, hunting ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional zombie.)

Then her dad turns up dead—but still walking—and Dru knows she’s next. Even worse, she’s got two guys hungry for her affections, and they’re not about to let the fiercely independent Dru go it alone. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever—or whoever— is hunting her?

Okay so the first time I heard of this book was at the end of the Vampire Academy series, I believe they had a preview chapter at the end of the 1st 3 books, and to be honest it didn't sound too interesting so I forgot about the book. But a couple of weeks ago one of the blogs I love following which is Avery's Book Nook,she made a huge post about how amazing this series is and the millions times she's read it! So I thought it must be good, I generally agree with most of her reviews. and on top of that I love the covers and a good butt kicking heroine! SO I hope I am able to get this book so I can delve into this world and fall in love...

In My Mailbox *11*

Books Mentioned the Week:

Hex Hall: Rachel Hawkins

Catching Fire: Suzanne Collins

Mocking Jay: Suzanne Collins

City of Fallen Angels: Cassandra Clare

Book Blogger Hop *6* & Follow My Book Blog Friday *5*

Follow Friday is hosted by the lovely Rachel at Parajunkee's View. Here is her question: 

"DO YOU JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER?"

• UMMMM YESSSSSSSSSSS!
• YES YES YES! Half the fun of buying books is admiring the cover!!!! Granted that's not the best the thing, there are some sketchy books with amazing covers but I can't help wanting to buy books that look pretty. 

But to not make my self look so bad, if I like a cover of a book I don;t know I'll research the book. Look at how the blogs I followed rated/review it and then I will make my decision from there. Example Halo: Alexandra Adornetto I was obsessed when I saw this book, but I have read not so great reviews so I am hesitant to buy it!

 but then there are those books that have those not so good covers which I am in love with example (the hunger games & vampire academy series). these 2 series could definitely use a cover revamping!

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by Jennifer at Crazy for Books and runs from Friday to Sunday. 

The Hop is a fantastic way to get your blog noticed, and visit some other blogs that you didn't know about before. Head over and sign up and see what you can find! Each week a different question will be added to the hop in order for conversations to occur, and for your followers to get to know you better. Here we go!

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Books.

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