Suck It Up

Dec 26, 2011

Janine rated it

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This has got to be one of the most original vampire books I have ever read. If you're more of a Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and Vampire Academy reader than this won't be your cup of tea. Forget about hot vampires with six packs and strangely sensitive feelings - Morning is a scrawny comic book geek. While to some this may be a turn off, to me it was heavenly. Before you shut this off for its comic book references and lack of sparkly perfect vampires, take into consideration how much more realisti...more

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Jul 08, 2008

Marya rated it

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Shelves: teen-fantasy

How many obscure comic book references can you find in this book? The challenge is set!

Not only is this a light, humorous teen book about a vampire chosen to be the first to "come out" to the world, the author makes sure the writing has the teen creds to go with the plot (fake websites, current events, etc.) One of the best things about the book is how it follows through the absurdities of comic book situations to their logical conclusion: Why do vampires have epidex, a...more

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Dec 10, 2008

Susan rated it

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Shelves: young-adult

Not great...especially now with so many vamp books on the market, everyone's a connoisseur and this one is unfortunately just sort of okay across the board...it's a little humorous but not very, the characters are sort of interesting yet not quite likable, and the opposite attract love story lacked (for lack of a better word) bite. I wouldn't say Stephenie Meyer is the gold standard, but with her books being so high-profile one has to at least keep up with her these days, and this one couldn't e...more

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Jan 22, 2009

Aaron rated it

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Morning McCobb has had a tough life. He has spent most of it in and out of the St. Giles Group Home for Boys and in foster homes. The only person who seemed to really stick around is Sister Flora, who ran the group home. When he is 16, he is finally placed with a good family, but things go horribly wrong on Thanksgiving Day, when a vampire strikes. His foster parents die, and he finds himself a vampire.

He ends up landing up in special training through the International League, where...moreMorning McCobb has had a tough life. He has spent most of it in and out of the St. Giles Group Home for Boys and in foster homes. The only person who seemed to really stick around is Sister Flora, who ran the group home. When he is 16, he is finally placed with a good family, but things go horribly wrong on Thanksgiving Day, when a vampire strikes. His foster parents die, and he finds himself a vampire.

He ends up landing up in special training through the International League, where he really is different. Rather than being a little older and with model looks and appearance, he was not pre-selected to be a vampire. His accidental survival means that he is a geek with superhero dreams. Upon his graduation from training, he is given an opportunity to be the first vampire superhero when the League decides that they want to come out ... of the casket. They have decided that he would be the perfect person to be an example. Besides his average looks, he also has a dislike for blood, preferring to drink the artificial kind. As a result, he would probably be less threatening.

To help out with his introduction to the world, the League has hired Penny Dredful, a public relations maven, to orchestrate events. Along with her daughter Portia, who has hopes of a movie career of her own, Penny sets up a series of events that brings Morning into superstardom, which really takes on the form of a media frenzy.

As you can see from the description, the author is really playing up the humor aspect from the underdog protagonist to the playful names. Unfortunately, I find that the humor often falls a bit flat, and there really does not seem to be enough of a plot to support a whole novel in the manner that it is being presented. I really liked the concept behind the story, and the characters were interesting, but they were also really two dimensional. Even the name-play is more groaners than witty. For example, Morning is a character bringing about a new day for vampires.

Don't get me wrong. It is not that I didn't like the book. It was really just missing something, though I am not sure I could my finger on exactly what that is.(less)

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May 23, 2011

WillowBe rated it

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Shelves: its-hard-to-grow-up

At last, a romantic vampire book written by a guy. I think I prefer guys to write about male protag and vice versa. I liked this funny little book. This is another book I was able to download onto my ereader from my local library. Yea! It was different. Good world-building, I liked the vampires without the old-world hang-ups. And there is obviously the "seed" for a sequel. I thought this conceit was quite clever, as it harks back to several Dracula movies. I took it as a homage, not la...more

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Sep 30, 2010

Amanda Hug & Kiss rated it

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Shelves: ugh, vampire

Not your average vampire story. I picked this book up after reading the summary hopeing it would be a funny parody type book about vampires. There are so many puns and bad vampire references that I was physically eye rolling.
The story is about a 16 year old boy named.......MORNING. Yep, his name is Morning, which is the first of many names that gets completely beaten to a pulp. Anyways, Morning got bitten and turned into a vamp, he just graduated from vamp school and his principal has a ...more

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Nov 17, 2009

Kellyn Torres rated it

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Recommends it for: Those who perfer thier characters to be paranormal!

Recommended to Kellyn by: Book person at Barnes and Nobles

Shelves: vampires, young-adults

Once again this is another vampire book in my collection. This is not an ordinary book though, the bloodsuckers in this book are very diffrent from all the other vampire books. Meehl's bloodsuckers are called leaguers walk in the sunlight after conquering "solar phobia" adhere to the motto, "Drink culture, not life," and seek recognition as a minority group. To test whether the world is ready for them to come out, they've chosen spokesvamp Morning McCobb, an accidental vampi...more

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Apr 01, 2009

Robert Chartrand rated it

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Recommends it for: Fans of vampire novels; fans of stories on the rise of minority groups

Shelves: vamp-lit, teen, fantasy

This isn't your typical vampire novel. Nor is Morning McCobb, the star of the book, your typical vampire. Morning has just graduated from an Ivy League for Vampires. A school that teaches you how to control your blood lust, get past your irrational fear of the sun, and be able to live comfortably among mortals. After graduation, Morning is approached by the head vampire of the school and asked to be a part of a very special project: to be the first vampire to out himself to the general public. M...more

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Jul 30, 2009

Marie rated it

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Like a lot of readers, I'm a little "vampired out" these days. But when I read the jacket copy of SUCK IT UP, I was hooked. This book promised to be funny and clever and different. I'm happy to report it totally delivered. Morning McCobb has the misfortune to have become immortal at one of the most awkward times in a person's life...that acne prone insecure and awkward part of his adolescence. And he's frozen there forever. Yeah, I liked him instantly. When he becomes the poster-c...more

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Jan 17, 2011

Raina rated it

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Not great...especially now with so many vampire books on the market to choose from and compare to. This one is unfortunately just sort of okay across the board...it's a little humorous but not very, the characters are sort of interesting yet not quite likable, and the opposite attract love story lacked bite.

True, it's not your average vampire story which is why I picked this book up after reading the summary hoping it would be a vampiric parody, however, there are so many puns ...more

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Nov 25, 2010

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Morning McCobb was an orphan at the St. Giles Home in New York City. He never had anything to hold on to and never kept anyone close to him because of the fear of losing them. Except for one of the sister's taking care of him in the Foster Home, Sister Flora. But one night, while moved to another family's home, something happened to Morning that changed him forever. While sleeping he was awakened by an intruder in the house and looked over to see a tall, dark man over the limp bodies of his...more Morning McCobb was an orphan at the St. Giles Home in New York City. He never had anything to hold on to and never kept anyone close to him because of the fear of losing them. Except for one of the sister's taking care of him in the Foster Home, Sister Flora. But one night, while moved to another family's home, something happened to Morning that changed him forever. While sleeping he was awakened by an intruder in the house and looked over to see a tall, dark man over the limp bodies of his foster parents. Shocked and nervous, Morning stood to watch what was happening silently but the intruder immediately felt watched and went after Morning. He snatched Morning out of his bed with so much force that Morning thought was not possible. Knowing he could not fight against this immense strength Morning struggled but then something weird happened. As Morning thought he was about to die, he noticed that the stranger did not have a knife, a gun or any weapon except sharp fangs. Confused about how he was dying, Morning struggled but the stranger caught his neck in a sharp pain-filling stab. But from the stranger's point, he had to kill Morning because Morning had watched and not only that but Morning was mortal, a lifer. The stranger was a Loner, a vampire who followed the old ways and still drained people of their blood for their likings. But since this stranger had had 2 full bodies of blood he immediately felt like he was overdoing his full bar. He was going overboard with how much blood his body could take because he had to kill this kid. And just like our bodies do when we can't take more food, we burp or like he regurgitated. But he stopped himself late and noticed the horror he had done. He had messed up the blood transfusion and gave the kid some of his own blood. Shocked at his own actions, the stranger let the kid go, leaving him only unconscious. He had created a blood child with no intention. His blood child under Vampire Law. Human blood and Vampire blood ran through Morning's veins. Morning had become a SangFU. Sang meaning blood and FU meaning mess up in transfusion. But that was all Morning remembered. A man, his foster parents and nothing after except being taken somewhere far, far away.
Morning was put into a Leaguer Academy. The Leaguer academy is a school for the vampires who did not want to follow old ways of the Loners and wanted to control their blood lust and become human friendly. They were also the ones who wanted to raise human awareness of Leaguer Vampires, but the Loners did not. Morning was 16 and remained 16 forever because of the Loner vampire blood in his veins. But what bothered most was that Morning was half loner and half lifer. And yet Loners did not follow the humane safe ways of the Leaguer vampires, Morning was in a Leaguer school. So in the school, Morning was the strangest creation. And yet the weirdest part about Morning himself was that he had never had one sip of human blood in his life. He loathed the taste of it and he always had a drink called Blood Lite that was like a alternative 'protein' shake. This called the sight of the Principle of the Leaguer Academy, Mr. Luther Birnam. He knew something like Morning's creation was extremely special so he decided long time ago to have a little chat with him after Morning's graduation.
On the day of Morning's graduation of Leaguer Academy they had to show that they learned every single aspect of being a leaguer. Before they could get their diplomas they were to transform or CD (cellular diffrentiation) into one of the 7 forms of transformations. All the others transformed into something extraordinary while Morning messed up his transformation and CDed into a huge moth. What Morning did not notice, that Birnam did, was that he had transformed into something special that included 2 forms; the Flyer and the Hider. This was something none of the others did. Birnam then saw that this was the most perfect time to lead Morning in and tell him about his plans. After the graduation, Morning met with Birnam who told him about his plan of making Morning the model figure of vampires. He told Morning that he would be known in Vampire History by making Worldwide Out Day. A day that would finally let vampires be known among the world of humans. Morning accepted this plan, knowing it would be almost superhero like and thats a dream, being a superhero, that he always wanted but let go of it because of his past. But he also knew that no other vampires had done this and he was risking his life. But he also knew that he was one of the most peaceful and non-vampirish-acting like vampire in all. This would be the perfect thing for him to do.
Birnam sent Morning out to New York City. A place he thought he would never be able to live in again. In New York, he was sent to a woman named Penny Dredful. She was the one who was to take care and make Morning's story known. Penny also has a daughter named Portia. One who Morning easily liked. But with humans around, a bigger problem came in. As Morning lived more around them, as Morning talked with them as Morning became closer to Portia he experienced something irresistible. Blood. Portia's wanting to be closer to Morning became a problem, because of blood lust. Morning tried to resist this feeling but every time Portia was around, and even though he liked her and wanted her to be around, he couldn't have her around because felt any moment he would drink from her. And this was something that hurt Morning. This was someone he was starting to like and he couldn't even get close to them. He couldn't keep having deep feelings for her because of his need. But their love life was crossed with every interview and every showing of Morning to the world of mortals. They became obsessed with Morning and the finding that he was a real vampire when he transformed on live news camera. This was something no other vampire was allowed to do under Loner Law. But since Morning was also a Leaguer he had a special excuse. But not for Ikor DeThanatos. Ikor DeThanatos did not take excuses. He did not have tolerance for such a vampire threatening act. Ikor was a loner vampire. And a loner vampire he was that was willing to do anything to kill Morning and stop him from telling the Mortal world of vampire existences.
And one day Ikor set out to kill Morning. even though it was against vampire law to kill another vampire, Ikor did not care. In fact he was the only one of the whole entire community of loners who did not sign the vampire peace treaty after the loner and leaguer war. But as he was going to stake Morning in his sleep he noticed a rush and a feel of familiarness in his veins. Inside his gut screamed no. And that was one of the things loner vampires followed most, their gut and intuition. He tried to make a realization of why he should not kill Morning because his gut said not to but he was taken by surprise that he did not even tell and di not even remember that Morning was his blood child. His SangFu. His mess up. Angered at his stupidity of turning this one, especially, into a vampire he left and thought up of another plan. He would use someone to kill Morning.
Ikor found a useful, violent man named Golpear. Golpear was human and could, under law, kill a vampire. So Ikor sent Golpear on 3 tasks. He would first stake Morning. Golpear accepted but lost the special stake to kill Morning on the way. To not be a disappointment to Ikor he used a normal tick to stake Morning. And apparently, this "normal" stake did not work because it was not make of the special wood that the other was made of. Furious, Ikor set up another way that the vampire could be killed. A arrow was meant to pierce Morning's heart. But once again, Golpear failed. The last blow for Golpear to mess up was the final step. The last step and only way to finally kill Morning. Golpear had to wait till sunset and flame Morning's body. Excited Golpear asked what else there was to be done but Ikor told him that the last step of this step had to wait till sunset. Ikor did not tell Golpear the last step which was to scatter the ashes of Morning. By not telling him, Golpear became eager to find out. Even though Ikor told him that it did not matter if Golpear had a chance at killing Morning when the sun was up that it HAD to be sunset. At sunset was when it did matter, when it did make a killing. But eager Golpear found the perfect chance when he found himself alone with Morning. He thought he could just kill Morning to not be of disappointment to Ikor and he immediately took the advantage. Golpear used the flamethrower to burn Morning to ashes and ran from the scene. When Golpear arrived at Ikor's he told him of his success excited to be something proud of for Ikor. But since Golpear did not follow Ikor's rules and did not wait till sunset and for the last step of scattering the ashes Ikor went furious. Morning could still be alive, but it was for sure that Golpear was not going to be alive anymore.
But just moments later, Portia began to look for Morning and found his ashes in the shape of his body in the dying fire. Birnam was also there and Birnam told Portia that she had to give blood to the ashes of Morning if she wanted him alive. She did so because he also told her that this would create a tighter bond, and thats what Portia had always wanted from Morning. But Birnam also told her that her personality would also be passed on to Morning when he awakens because of the blood fusion. His DNA would be part hers until a few days when his DNA would recover all of Morning. Morning was revived but was confused and became a total 'jerk' to Portia because of his change in personality. And thats when Ikor took the chance of using Portia as an object to oppose everything Morning did. Ikor then went on his way of charming Portia. He created such a jealous Morning that he would do anything to get Portia away from this man.
And on the last day, on the day they would finally let humans know of WorldWide Out Day, Portia and Penny were taken to the Leaguer Mountains where Leaguer Academy was. But they were taken in blindfold just in case the humans did not accept this. But someone appeared at the celebration on the mountains. Ikor. He met up with Portia and told her a manipulating wrong way of the Leaguers plan of World Wide Out Day. Full of questions, Ikor stopped Portia short and told her to meet him outside the school when they are announcing Morning. And while Portia thought Morning was still in his jerk ways, she agreed with Ikor and let herself go. But meanwhile, Morning was going through his DNA phase. He was becoming himself again and began to notice that Portia was not around. He remembered the man who he'd seen and felt the need to protect Portia. So he went looking for her instead of staying when they announced him.
Portia found herself in a dark room with Ikor. He told her about the Leaguers manipulating way of using humans, he told her all the wrong things about WorlWide Out Day, he told her so many things that made her start to dislike and want to stop the vampires. But so soon Morning, wanting to protect her, found her but Ikor had disappeared. Scared of Morning, Portia started to back away and be afraid of him and Morning did not like this one bit because he was so close to her and blood lust was kicking in. But he did not want to show her what she was saying he was when he wasn't. Trying to help her, Portia fought back because she thought everything Ikor was saying was true. She fought back with harsh words about how he has suddenly changed and she told him about the DNA fusion. He accepted that he had acted that way before because he was part her. She was so angered that it fueled Morning. In rage and deep desire he pounced on Portia and even though he regretted it and deeply hated himself for it, he fed.
He fed longingly until all his memories started coming back to him and let go of unconscious Portia who now was sure he was a monster. He ran away from Portia to Birnam. And let his guts spill about everything he'd done. But by the time he'd told Birnam, Penny had overheard and Portia's body was taken away by Ikor. Ready to defend and put all his worries away to protect Portia, Morning ran to follow Ikor. But Birnam had told him things that kept him on the edge. Because the news of him drinking from Portia and not being the "all" nice vampire he wouldv'e liked people to think all vampires were like, Birnam told Morning he would have to kill him. He owuld have to stop Worldwide out day. But Morning told Birnam he would rather be killed by Ikor trying to defend Portia then be killed by Birnam ,first. But then Birnam told Morning that the place where Ikor took Portia was the only place a vampire could very easily be killed by a loner. It was the mother forest. The only place that grew trees full of the special wood that could in one stab kill any vampire. But Morning didn't care and decided to go save Portia.
Portia awoke in the forest with Ikor by her side. Ikor had given her a stake that she would use to kill Morning when he came. She agreed because she was now sure of the fact that Morning was a blood sucking monster. And soon she saw Morning come into view. He came and landed on the tree in the shape of a green horned owl. And soon it was battle time. And Morning knew this was his first fight and even scarier against a warrior who had killed countless vampires in war. But fight began. Both Ikor and Morning CDed into many different animals and fought and fought till one was hurt enough to kill. At one point, weak and bleading, Ikor started toward Portia ready to kill her but as she began to notice h wanted to kill her Morning stopped Ikor. Surprised at his growing strength because of his blood drink and need to save Portia, Morning was actually beating Ikor. But as Morning was seconds away from killing Ikor, Ikor stopped Morning with life changing statements. Ikor told Morning that he was his blood child. He was the one who turned him into a SangFu. He told him that Ikor would be breaking a law. He told him that Morning would just kill both of them. Since that was his blood father and he was the blood child if he killed his father he would die along with him. Phased by these facts Morning lost a bit of control upon Ikor. Ikor was now on the verge of winning. But was stopped when Morning stated a well thought out statement that stopped Ikor. Morning told Ikor that by killing him, Portia would live and Morning would be freed of his vampire curse. Something he's always wanted. Ikor began to struggle and suddenly Morning noticed that Ikor screamed in pain and went limp. Portia stood behind the stake that had gone through Ikor's chest. She noticed that Morning had gave all to save her. Morning had risked his life to keep Portia safe. Ikor burst into flames in his own home forest and the winds carried his ashes to a spread so thin that he would not be able to revive again.
At the beating of Ikor, Birnam told Morning he was proud of him and was not meant to be killed anymore because he could not control his blood lust in that moment he drank from Portia. WorldWide Out day proceeded and Portia and Morning created a tighter bond. Something Portia wanted. Something Morning wanted. At the end, Morning kept his goals closer. He kept the things he came to love even closer. He had made a change of himself, of all vampires, went through the toughest parts and came out a different, accomplished Morning. Something he never thought he's be.

I liked this book because the author's words were so true to even life today and how people would really act. I liked that the author seemed to be focused on every single little detail and put great imagination behind the story, life and past of his vampires. I also liked that he put twists and turns to the story and made you stop and reread some parts in shock. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read on vampires, who likes sappy stories and likes books of people overcoming hard changes and trying to be true to themselves.

My favorite quote;

The ominous quiet was more terrifying than the noise of the battle. -Portia(less)

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Feb 09, 2010

Xustine Yee rated it

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Shelves: advisory-2009-2010

Suck it up by Brian Meehl is about about a boy, Morning McCobb, and how he gets a chance of lifetime to live up to his dream from before he became a vampire. He is different from all the other vampires because he doesnt like the taste of human blood. He craves only vegetarian ones, which he creatively calls "Blood LIte".

Since he doesnt crave human blood, he is be able to interact with the human race with the help of Penny Dredful, his human manager.

This was an...more

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Jul 26, 2011

Ron Arden added it · review of another edition

Morning McCobb is a teen-aged vampire with a difference. He has never tasted blood, human or otherwise. He is a vegan vampire and drinks Blood-Lite, a soy-based blood alternative. With that as a premise, the book only gets better and better.

I loved this book, but then I love Christopher Moore's "Bloodsucking Fiends" and "You Suck" and of course Terry Pratchett's many vampires. The humor in this is great as Morning, a bit of an outcast, tries to graduate from Leaguer schoo...more

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May 27, 2011

Sarah Librarian rated it

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I'm kind of a sucker for vampire books, and I'd read a few things referring to Suck It Up. Like Westerfeld's Peeps, vampirism is a disease -- spread by blood. Our hero, Morning McCobb, defies all stereotypes of vampires (both within the context of the book and within the context of vampire lore as we know it). What separates this book from much of vampire fiction out there, is that in no way does Morning want to be a vampire -- and he's pretty damn snarky about it. While not a great book (like P...more

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Dec 03, 2009

Wendy rated it

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Shelves: vampire-supernatural

This not-so-sexy or powerful or anything special young vampire is trapped in his lanky teen years- never to mature, never to achieve his dreams. To his suprise, he has been chosen to be the poster boy for the new generation of soy-blood drinking vamps that would like to come out to of the coffin so-to-speak...maybe even have their own vampire pride parade.

The problem is that not every vamp wants to come out. In fact, one is more than ready to kill to keep things as they are.

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Jun 23, 2008

Caeligh rated it

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This book about a young vampire is great. All the vampires have been staying hidden in society and Morning is chosen as the 1st vampire to show himself. IT's really really good and a fast fast read.

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Jan 21, 2009

Heather rated it

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Shelves: teenfiction, teensupernatural

Morning McCobb is an outcast vampire. He's 16 and a scrawny geek instead of a buff hottie like the rest of the vampires at the League. But that's why he is chosen to be the poster boy for the IV League's "coming out of the coffin" to humanity. But will his brush with fame be his undoing?

The good: It's a vampire book that focuses on a boy. The romance is not the center plot point. There is shape changing, but not a lot of other paranormal powers. It has funny parts.

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Sep 14, 2009

VioLeT rated it

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I'm sure Mr. Meehl did not intend to throw in the most cliched, sexist stereotypes of sex, virginity and gender, but by God, he managed to do it!

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Dec 22, 2008

Robin rated it

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Shelves: teen-fiction, 2008-list, 2010-ritba-considered

Well, I finished reading this one on my lunch hour today. Although it's fantasy since vampires don't really exist, this is done in a very realistic fashion with the protagonist, Morning McCobb, having grown up in an orphanage in NYC, goes with a foster family for Thanksgiving and then gets "turned" into a vampire! And then he finds himself inside Leaguer Mountain where vampires are educated on how to assimilate themselves into society. So he's all set to just continue living his life b...more

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Jun 11, 2009

Heather rated it

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Shelves: lonestars-09-10

I loved the idea of this book: Morning McCobb is a new vampire (10 months under his fangs) and has just graduated from the IVLeague (the "new school" vampire way...not feeding on humans) and has been chosen to be the guinea pig. He will be the first vampire to come out or expose himself and his powers to humans in hope of vampires and humans living together in harmony.
Great idea, right?
I don't know if it is just me, but I did not enjoy the book. I even found myself rush...more

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Mar 21, 2010

Natasha rated it

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Shelves: young-adult, vampires

An interesting take on vampires, but not too terribly interesting. For vampires only being made by Loners, there seemed an awful lot of Leaguers. I'm not really sure where they are all coming from then. The whole idea of the League felt silly and cheapened the whole idea of vampires. They are bloodthirsty creatures by nature. I also don't understand why vampires would want to come out. The reason behind it never got really explained. I wasn't a huge fan of Morning. I also didn't see why he feel ...more

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Sep 08, 2009

Terry rated it

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Not just another vampire book, this is a vampire book with a vampire who really is a vegetarian! This is a humorous story about a boy who is the first "outed" vampire and who is trying to make the world see that vampires are just like any other "special needs" group. The first 2/3 of the book flew by. I would have loved for there to be nothing but fun in the story, but alas, the author had to throw a villain into the mix. The last 1/3 was a little slower and drawn out, bu...more

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Apr 01, 2011

Marissa Meyer rated it

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Shelves: fiction, young-adult, comedy, paranormal

After the plodding, melodramatic "Three Weeks" (see previous post), this book was a big breath of fresh air.

16-year-old Morning McCobb is a vampire just graduating from the International Vampire League, a secret society of vampires who have sworn to never again drink human blood. The president of the IVL is hoping that soon, vampires will be able to reintroduce themselves to society as just one more minority group with special needs, and he thinks that Morning is the perfe...more

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May 11, 2010

Pamela rated it

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Shelves: c-fantasy, 4-gr6-8, c-humorous, a-fic

After graduating from the International Vampire League, a scrawny, teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity to humans and to demonstrate how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity.

This is a funny story, with tongue-in-cheek parodies about teenage angst and physical attraction. I enj...more

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Mar 19, 2010

Yvensong rated it

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Shelves: vampire, ya-and-children, library

I'd rather give this 3 3/4 stars.

Cute story of a young vampire (fairly new vampire and a teenager) used by an older vampire as his poster child to bring about Worldwide Out Day, the day that all Leaguer vampires will come out to the world.

There are several double meanings, innuendos and comic book references (some quite obscure) throughout the book which are entertaining. The humor is light and fun.

There were times that the book felt like it was written for a...more

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Aug 06, 2011

Samiha rated it

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Shelves: eleventh-grade-advisory

Suck it Up
Brian Meehl
Copyright: Delacorte Books
ISBN: 0385733003
Page #’s 336

I have never heard of a vampire that doesn’t drink human blood. Except for the Twilight Books but that’s a whole different story.
I was so tired of hearing about Twilight because I thought the author completely butchered the whole idea about vampires. But when I read the blurb, I was totally hooked.

Morning McCobb is a sixteen-year-old boy who was accidentally turned into a vamp...more

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Sep 08, 2008

Terri rated it

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Recommends it for: grades 8-12

If you're as tired of trite vampire romances as I am, you'll be pleasantly surprised with this new spin on bloodsuckers by Brian Meehl. Allusions to popular culture and classic graphic novels along with small amounts of language that may be objectionable to some readers make this book best suited for grades 8 and above. Astute readers will enjoy the word play the author is included in many character names, e.g, Morning McCobb... mourning macabre.

The jacket blurb is a perfect introduc...more

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Jan 11, 2009

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Recommended to Christian by: Ben

I read this book at the behest of Ben, and I'm glad I did.

It's part vampire novel/part superhero novel/part gay metaphor novel. But it's fully enjoyable. The author has done a grand job of creating a character—Morning McCobb—who is so fully likable. And that's nice for a change. I like the snippets of the IVLeague.us website that have been included. (Though I was greatly disappointed to find out that when you log on to that website, it is not the IVLeague website but is merely a redire...more

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Oct 26, 2008

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At sixteen, Morning McCobb is a recent graduate of the IVL. No, Morning isn’t a genius. He is a sixteen-year-old vampire just graduating from the International Vampire League. But this League of Vampires isn’t what you would expect, their motto is to "drink culture, not life." They exist peacefully by blending in with humanity that is until now.

Morning McCobb is going to be the first to "come out of the closet." Morning is the kind of vampire the League has been w...moreAt sixteen, Morning McCobb is a recent graduate of the IVL. No, Morning isn’t a genius. He is a sixteen-year-old vampire just graduating from the International Vampire League. But this League of Vampires isn’t what you would expect, their motto is to "drink culture, not life." They exist peacefully by blending in with humanity that is until now.

Morning McCobb is going to be the first to "come out of the closet." Morning is the kind of vampire the League has been waiting for. Young, nonthreatening, the kid is a sangv! Sangv translation: blood virgin, he’s never drunk human blood. In fact Morning has never drank blood belonging to a living organism, human or animal. He drinks Blood-lite, a soy-based blood substitute!

To help with his coming out process, Morning is teamed up with Penny Dredful, the owner of PR Agency. It is her responsibility to turn Morning’s fifteen minutes of fame into 24/7. Credibility is the least of their worries, once Morning pulls a couple of CD’s (cell differentiation) and turns from a boy into a dolphin, back into a boy and then into a tree and back again, most people are believers. But not everyone is a Morning McCobb fan, there is a group of vampires called Loners that haven’t conformed to the Leaguer way and still feed on humans. They want Morning eliminated before he reveals all of their secrets. Is the world ready for Morning McCobb, a real vampire?

Suck It Up is another rendition, to the growing array of young adult vampire novels. Meehl’s take on the vampire lore is interesting, refreshing and humorous! Debunking the myth of vampires and sun as "solar phobia" as well as their fear of garlic, hello bad breath! I also enjoyed the references to super heroes and comic characters’ being a fan of the genre myself! Morning wants to be a super-hero as well as a firefighter, after his experience from 9/11. The characters are original, although I didn’t hold a strong liking to any one of them. Overall, Suck It Up was funny and original, and it is a book that I think boys as well as girls would like. I would especially recommend this book to readers who enjoy the vampire sub genre!
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This book is definitely a new take on vampires. Morning (the main character) doesn't act like the usual vampire. On the other hand, I think that Meehl got drawn in by vampire stereotypes. Morning starts out as a comic reading geek, but seems to transform into an attractive vampire. I liked the book until about the middle; it was a this point that I felt disappointed by Meehl. The ending seems to lead into a sequel, but I wasn't impressed enough with this book to want to read it.

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