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July 04
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Tez
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Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, #1)
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Rachel Caine
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read in July, 2009
Tez said:
"Claire Danvers is young and smart, entering tertiary education aged sixteen. And a half. When you measure ages in halves, you really do sound like a kid, especially when you intend to prove that you're not ;-) But here she is at uni, living in a dorm...more
Claire Danvers is young and smart, entering tertiary education aged sixteen. And a half. When you measure ages in halves, you really do sound like a kid, especially when you intend to prove that you're not ;-) But here she is at uni, living in a dorm, and being bullied - only it's not just bullying, as Claire is convinced that Monica Morrell is trying to kill her. If the Morganville vampires don't first.
The Glass House has a room to spare. Each of the three residents has their own tragic past, but the most fascinating one is Michael Glass's. I'm not often shocked or surprised in fiction, but Michael managed it - my favourite character by far. For readers fed up with vampires as love interests, you'll be pleased that Morganville's vampires are wonderfully creepy. Claire is too smart for me to relate to, but what she does in the library's fourth floor room is chemically awesome. Science for the win! Eve is witty, but her Goth look pisses me off - like she's putting on a show instead of revealing her true self. That usually shites me in fiction, so this probably isn't a big deal. Shane is your typical teenage love interest - hot, affable, and with a mysterious past.
All in all, it'll be interesting to follow the dynamics between the vampires and the humans, and to uncover the full secrets of Morganville.(less)
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July 02
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Tez
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Jonas: v. 1 (Beautiful Dead)
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Eden Maguire
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Tez
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Skin Deep (Alias)
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Cathy Hapka
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June 30
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Tez
marked as to-read:
Skinwalker: A Jane Yellowrock Novel (Paperback)
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Faith Hunter
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June 28
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Tez
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Sister Spy (Alias)
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Laura Peyton Roberts
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June 26
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Tez
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Disappeared (Alias)
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Lynn Mason
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Eclipse (Twilight, #3) (Special Edition)
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Stephenie Meyer
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read in June, 2009
Tez said:
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
The Relationships: Bella wants to shag vampire Edward Cullen ASAP, particularly before he changes her into a bloodsucker. But Marble Man refuses to shag her until they're married. B wants to go vamp, but doing so may mean cutting off her ties with werewolf best mate Jacob Black. Also, she realises she's in love with the Quileute hottie, but unless E agrees to an open marriage, Bella can't have both lads. Actually, open marriage wasn't discussed, but it should've been.
Genuinely Interesting Content: Jasper Hale's history. The army of newborns plot.
RANDOM STUFF
-"For a teenager, you're amazingly non-whiney." Oh, Charlie, I don't know whether to laugh or cry at your naïveté/stupidity.
-"Besides, there's lots of financial aid out there. It's easy to get loans." Bella, when you say things like this, you're really dim.
-If only Bella followed the "bros before hos" rule. Friends before lovers. Jacob before Edward. Bros before hos.
-So frustrating! Bella won't do what Charlie says, yet always does what Edward says. Fecking abusive relationship... Pussywhipped!
-I'm with Charlie - I wouldn't want my daughter shagging a vampire. Made of stone/granite/marble. What if part of him...breaks off?
-Edward stole part of Bella's truck's engine. Next he'll be cutting her brakes. Eek! Fecking abusive relationship...
-"her oddly feline face" - So not only is Victoria a possibly-Canadian vampire, but also...a werecat? I'm calling her Thundercat.
-Bella: "Alice, don't you think this is just a little bit controlling? Just a tiny bit psychotic, maybe?" Alice: "Not really." Bella should dump Edward's psychotic arse. Alice is NOT COOL for thinking there's nothing controlling or psychotic about him.
-Jacob: "You know, I saw this story on the news last week about controlling, abusive teenage relationships and --" Jacob is awesome.
-I've never read Wuthering Heights, but judging by the page Edward marked, he thinks Heathcliff is a vampire. Dude, what the eff?
-B: "People don't just get married at eighteen! Not smart people, not responsible mature people!" [edit:] "That's not who I am..." Yes it is.
-Victoria & Irina want revenge for James's & Laurent's deaths respectively. If they weren't undead, I'd swear they were PMSing.
-"...I wanted HIS venom to poison my system." That's totally a double-entendre. And/or a euphemism.
-Chapter 20 is hilarious. E gives B a gift: "It's hard and cold...And it throws rainbows in the sunlight." It's not his wang.
-E shagging B may break her. So what if she gets a shattered pelvis? She'll have had snu-snu. Amazon Eddie!
-E born in 1901. Book published 2007. E still has his "virtue". And he's Marble Man. Reckon he'd be a dud root.(less)
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June 25
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Tez
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Alias: Recruited (Paperback)
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Lynn Mason
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June 24
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Tez
marked as to-read:
Graceling (Paperback)
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Kristin Cashore
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