Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) by Richelle Mead → Start Date: December 15, 2014

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Please join Vicki and I if you can in the 2nd book of the Vampire Academy series!

[Vicki]

YAY!!!! I'm so excited! :)

Thanks, Trisha! :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

how's the date?? i can make it sooner, just let me know if you're library books has to be back sooner

[Vicki]

I'll check when I'm home but I'm pretty sure that's okay.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

:) K keep me posted :)

[Vicki]

Definitely!

[Vicki]

LONG DAY!!! Sorry it took me so long to respond but the date works fine. :o)

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

I plan to join you! :)

[Vicki]

YIPPEE!!! So glad to have you with us, Nicole! :o)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Finally starting

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

I'll be starting tomorrow!

[Vicki]

I wanted to start this one today, but I am CRAZY busy with finals AND yearbook pages due Friday. I'll try starting tomorrow, but I don't know if I'll be able to read much.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol no worries Vicki! I am so insanely busy too! :D
I didn't make it far yesterday but I hope to catch up on books the next few days :D

[Vicki]

Each time I think I'll catch up I have more to do at work. Seniors are asking for letters of recommendation, my son and his daughter come over and that totally disrupts my grading, blah blah blah. I have yearbook students staying after school to work. All I want to do is read!!!! Lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol me too!! no worries.
I'm still not done with Trust me, i"m lying
ugh...we'll catch up over break....maybe! :D

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

So far I've just read the prologue through part of chapter 2, but I'm loving it! Prologue was basically just a recap, but chapter one threw us right back into the action and excitement I loved so much from the first book! I can't wait to keep reading! :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

it was nice to get a recap tho :)

I'll post more tomorrow but I love knowing there's action right off :D

[Vicki]

Trisha wrote: "lol me too!! no worries.
I'm still not done with Trust me, i"m lying
ugh...we'll catch up over break....maybe! :D"

MAYBE is the operative word! LOL I am going to read every minute I can, trust me! But how many minutes that'll be, I don't know. Haha!

[Vicki]

★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ wrote: "So far I've just read the prologue through part of chapter 2, but I'm loving it! Prologue was basically just a recap, but chapter one threw us right back into the action and excitement I loved so m..."

I love those recaps because I hardly ever remember much. Sometimes I can't even remember the main characters' names. LOL And since you just read it, you can recap it wherever we need it, right? LOL

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

Haha! Of course, Vicki! And if I'm not around all you gotta do is flip to the prologue :) it's a very good summary!

[Vicki]

I'm going to do my best to read a decent chunk of it today but I have to finish Psion Beta by tomorrow and return it or that book is $1 each day late and I can't renew it. Here's hoping!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Fingers crossed for you!!! :)

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

You can do it, Vicki! Sounds like we're all taking it slow on this one anyway :) at least we're all on the same page!

[Vicki]

Thanks for the support girls! :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

5 chapters
lol this is taking forever. I plan to focus on this book and get it done - maybe tomorrow...

Lissa (view spoiler)[ so far, she isn't in here much.. (hide spoiler)]

Rose (view spoiler)[ so far, I like her more in this one than the last one. but I barely remember anything from book 1 (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Why is this book taking forever? If it's taking you forever it will take me an eternity!! LOL

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

I think this book is taking me so long because I haven't been reading it lol. I better fix that!

[Vicki]

Nicole, thanks for a good early morning laugh! Lol I'm starting it today along with (hmmm...) 10 other books I'm behind on? Lol

[Vicki]

I'm so excited because I STARTED!!! LOL I read the prologue and I loved it! Some people who were reading book 1 with me were confused. I think the prologue or some version of it would have helped. It's an excellent prologue!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

10 chapters

OMG every time she mentions how attractive she is, I want to throw this book .lol that is, by far, her most annoying trait

Lissa (view spoiler)[ I'm sad she's not in this book as much, because I thought she was such a strong character last time (at least, she was heavily in the book)
but that moment when she was in her head while she was with Christian. yuck (hide spoiler)]

Dimitri (view spoiler)[ this feels very "last book"
want him, can't have him
kiss him, he kisses back
says it can't happen and round and round we go (hide spoiler)]

mom (view spoiler)[ yikes, her mom isn't the nicest or must cuddly, is she?? (hide spoiler)]

Adrian (view spoiler)[ I don't recognize this crazy cat. should I?? hmmmmm (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

15 chapters

war (view spoiler)[ Tasha's idea for fighting, not sitting back anymore, is actually a good one. (hide spoiler)]

Tasha (view spoiler)[ except I don't like her otherwise. lol
I don't want Dimitri to be with Tasha. (hide spoiler)]

Mason (view spoiler)[ I feel so bad she's yo-yoing him around. he deserves better....but Rose did have to try to be with someone else......but I don't think it's going to work (hide spoiler)]

Lissa (view spoiler)[ sooooo it would seem that Adrian has the same ability as Lissa?? and THAT'S what she was doing in his room :/ yikes (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

How are you liking it Vicki??

[Vicki]

I like it a lot. I'm just finishing up Ch. 4 where (view spoiler)[she has the confrontation with her mother. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Finished with Ch. 5 and I agree with you, Trisha. I like Rose not only a lot better than in the first book, but I love her. I haven't even figured out what it is that I love about her yet, but I do. LOL

Lissa: (view spoiler)[ I don't mind that she isn't in this book as much. I didn't have a real love for her anyway. (hide spoiler)]

Rose (view spoiler)[is so fun! I love how she wants to be a really good guardian. Her test day was a shock to me! I couldn't believe that it started right off with Arthur being murdered along with all those others. It had ME scared of the Strigoi. LOL (hide spoiler)]

Dimitri (view spoiler)[is a little flirt as well as cocky. Or is that just me? But I still like him. I do think he has Rose's best interest at heart. (hide spoiler)]

Tasha (view spoiler)[seems like a strong person and so far like her character but I'm not sure how much we'll see of her. I like that she protected Christian. (hide spoiler)]

Rose's (view spoiler)[mother and their confrontation was something else. Rose is very bitter toward her and I can understand why. Although Rose might understand her mother's "abandonment" better now that she's learned through Tasha, but I don't think she's really over it. Her mother still had choices. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I'm done.

I'll be watching to see what you think of it Vicki :)

Rose (view spoiler)[ I agree. her mom and her clashing! WOW! (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Finished Ch. 10

I don't know why but I like (view spoiler)[Dimitri and Rose's relationship. It is a bit frustrating, yes, but they do have a "spell" on them that makes them lusty for each other so I think that's why I like it. It's kind of funny more than irritating. (hide spoiler)]

Adiran (view spoiler)[is definitely a new character as far as I remember. Weird one, right? (hide spoiler)]

Rose being (view spoiler)[inside Lissa's head when she and Christian had their little hot to trot make out session wasn't gross to me, I guess because it wasn't too vulgar; however, it was uncomfortable, or I know I'D be uncomfortable and not want to be inside her head/body while that was going on. I simply would feel too voyeuristic! (hide spoiler)]

I am curious what's going to happen between (view spoiler)[Tasha and Dimitri. I don't think he has the hots for her, but I guess I'll find out. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

hahaha!!! LOL I love your comments. I'm so glad you're liking it :)

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

I'm in chapter 11.

I feel like Rose is (view spoiler)[jumping to conclusions about Dimitiri and Tasha. Just because it would "make sense" to her mother that the two would team up and ... "team up" doesn't mean HE wants to. (hide spoiler)]

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

I'm really loving this one! More than the first one so far.

It also doesn't bother me that (view spoiler)[ Lissa isn't in this one as much. There isn't really much to tell about her right now. She's in love, doing lovey-lovey things, that's all we need to know! I get the feeling she's going to play a bigger part again when her powers come back into play. The pills starting not to work anymore seems like foreshadowing for some sort of darkness she'll experience. But I'm sure our shadow-kissed Rose guardian will save her! :) (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Trisha wrote: "hahaha!!! LOL I love your comments. I'm so glad you're liking it :)"

Thank you! I never got past Ch. 10...family stuff...but I'm starting Ch. 11 now so here we go...:o)

[Vicki]

★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ wrote: "I'm really loving this one! More than the first one so far.

It also doesn't bother me that [spoilers removed]"

Yes, I think you are right. I like this one better than book one so far, too. Glad you like it better!

[Vicki]

Finished Ch. 15

Tasha (view spoiler)[is definitely not my favorite character either, Trisha. She's older, too, right? I'm okay with older if that passion and love are there, but they just aren't a good fit! LOL (hide spoiler)]

Dimitri (view spoiler)[has lost some favor in my eyes! I didn't like the way he snapped and talked to Rose. (hide spoiler)]

I'm kind of glad that (view spoiler)[Rose saw her mother in a different light. :o) (hide spoiler)]

I agree with you, Trisha, that (view spoiler)[Mason is getting yo-yo'd around and that he deserves better, but for some reason I don't care for him. It might be because I don't want Rose with him. (hide spoiler)]

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

Just finished! :)

(view spoiler)[ Of COURSE Dimitri felt the same about Rose! And tried to do the same thing with Tasha that she did with Mason. I'm so sad about what happened to Mason, but he was a pretty stagnant character anyway. Nothing was going to happen with him and Rose...so one way or another he was bound to get hurt. I wasn't expecting THAT though!! (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Finished! YAY! I loved this one!

I couldn't believe that (view spoiler)[Rose over-killed Isaiah the way she did! Wow! (hide spoiler)]

Mason didn't (view spoiler)[deserve to die like that, BUT I'm glad that it was quick and not torturous and drawn out. He really cared for Rose. That was the saddest part of the book. (hide spoiler)]

[★ℕłℂØℓҾ★ (Nix), snowflakes and eyelashes]

I totally agree, Vicki! I'm pretty impressed that (view spoiler)[a novice like Rose was able to take down such an old vampire like Isaiah. I'm glad she is really feeling the kills, not just blowing them off and being happy about them. It makes it more realistic to me. Even knowing the strigoi SHOULD die, the act of killing should never be taken lightly. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Yeah, I had the same thoughts. I'm glad that (so far) (view spoiler)[Rose isn't as heartless as Isaiah! (hide spoiler)]

Do I see book 3 BR in our near future ladies? Would February be too soon?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yay I'm glad you guys loved it!

I think I can join as long as we push it out to February :)

[Vicki]

Yeah, I'm already booked in January. LOL Here we go again...