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You're right - the female characters of Night World have a much stronger dynamic than Elena does in The Vampire Diaries. That's also true of the stories themselves, though. In NW, there's a much more urgent theme of "fight for your life." TVD is a little more relaxed. Meredith (a character who should've made it onto the show, by the way!) is probably the strongest character in TVD, but even she can't hold a candle to the NW girls. And yes, Ian Somerholder is smokin' hot! :)That said, I hope you enjoy the books!
Lenore wrote: "Mel: If you are currently living in Australia try Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur, or any others from that series. They are very good."Thanks, Lenore, but I'm actually living in Dubai right now. I have read Full Moon Rising and others in that series - think I burnt out on it about book 4 - but I am toying with a re-read but probably not for this challenge. I read the first book in her Damask Circle series a week or so ago so I might continue on with the next one for March :)
Challenge Overload March Challenge (Pick 3-7)
1. author with your name or initial - Abandon the Night by Joss Ware
2. book published in your birth month - Embrace the Night Eternal by Joss Ware (February 2010)
3. Cover of your favorite color - You Slay Me by Katie Macalister
4. Set in your location - Divine By Mistake by P. C. Cast (Oklahoma)
5. Reread a favorite book - The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe
6. Your favorite genre - Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (UF)
7. book of your favorite tv show/movie - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
1. author with your name or initial - Abandon the Night by Joss Ware
2. book published in your birth month - Embrace the Night Eternal by Joss Ware (February 2010)
3. Cover of your favorite color - You Slay Me by Katie Macalister
4. Set in your location - Divine By Mistake by P. C. Cast (Oklahoma)
5. Reread a favorite book - The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe
6. Your favorite genre - Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (UF)
7. book of your favorite tv show/movie - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
I'm going to read 4 of the 7.2/4 Read
1.Initial (L) -
2.Birthday -
3.Favorite Color - The Night Serpent by Anna Leonard
6.Favorite Genre - Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
Challenge Overload: March
read 1 out of 7This month features...YOU! March is all about you.
Read Your Name Second Sight by Amanda Quick
Read Your BirthdayHeist Society by Ally Carter (published in February)
Read Your Favorite Color The Lunatic Café by Laurell K. Hamilton
Read Your Location Embers by Laura Bickle
Read An Old Favorite Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Your Favorite Show Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
DONE!Favorite Color (green): Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Read Your Favorite Genre: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
I am going to jump into this challange: Pick 3-7 of the following: I picked 4
Name Lily: Lili St. Crow "Flesh Circus". CURRENT READ
Birthday Dec. 1963 "Divine Misdemeanors" by LKH (Whoops, read it before the month started. Gunna have to switch to "Flirt"
Fav Color Black: "Black Magic Sanction" by Kim Harrison.
Fav. Genre: "Apocalypse Happens" by Lori Handland.
Flirt
Everyone has great books this month. I'm kinda sad that I can't participate. :(
Read Your Name: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Read Your Favorite Color: Blue and Yellow Aunt Dimity and the Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton
Read Your Location: Australia Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Read Your Favorite Genre: Paranormal/Mystery Betrayed by P. C. Cast and Kirsten Cast
Read Your Favorite Color: Blue and Yellow Aunt Dimity and the Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton
Read Your Location: Australia Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Read Your Favorite Genre: Paranormal/Mystery Betrayed by P. C. Cast and Kirsten Cast
1/7 DoneName: Blood Is the New Black: A Novel by Valerie Stivers
Birthday (Jan):
Fav Color (Purple): Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Location (CA): Retribution by Jeanne C. Stein
Reread Fav: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fav Genre (PNR): Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian
Film Fav (True Blood): Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
To Read:
Done:
Challenge Overload (PNR & UF) March Challenge
Read Your Birthday:May
Dead Sexy by Tate Hallaway
Read Your Favorite Color:Purple
Chick with a Charm by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Read Your Favorite Genre:PNR
Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy
Read Your Birthday:May
Dead Sexy by Tate Hallaway
Read Your Favorite Color:Purple
Chick with a Charm by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Read Your Favorite Genre:PNR
Accidentally Dead by Dakota Cassidy
Challenge Overload: March
read 2 out of 7
Read Your Name Second Sight by Amanda Quick
Read Your Birthday Heist Society by Ally Carter (published in February)
Read Your Favorite Color The Lunatic Café by Laurell K. Hamilton
Read Your Location Embers by Laura Bickle
Read Your Favorite Genre Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Your Favorite Show Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
2/7 DoneName: Blood Is the New Black: A Novel by Valerie Stivers
Birthday:
Fav Color (Purple): Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Location (CA): Retribution by Jeanne C. Stein
Reread Fav: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fav Genre (PNR): Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian
Film Fav (True Blood):
To Read:
Done:
Read Your Name: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Read Your Favorite Color: Blue and Yellow Aunt Dimity and the Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton
Read Your Location: Australia Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Read Your Favorite Genre: Paranormal/Mystery Betrayed by P. C. Cast and Kirsten Cast 4th March 2010
Read Your Favorite Color: Blue and Yellow Aunt Dimity and the Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton
Read Your Location: Australia Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Pick 3-7 of the following: I picked 4 Name Lily: Lili St. Crow "Flesh Circus".
Birthday Dec. 1963 (CHANGED due to jumping the gun and reading DM last couple days of Feb.) Flirt by LKH
Fav Color Black or purple: "Black Magic Sanction" by Kim Harrison.
Fav. Genre: "Apocalypse Happens" by Lori Handland.
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I'm in but I'm going to start with 3 categories since I'm doing several other challenges.Read Your Name (S):
Read an Old Favorite: Jinx High by Mercedes Lackey
Read Your Favorite Genre(UF): Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey
My Name: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (Letter J)Birthday: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz (Published in May)
Favorite Color: Stargazer by Claudia Gray (Purple!)
Location: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (Takes place in Texas)
Favorite Genre: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Paranormal)
Favorite Movie: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Had to change this one cause I loved the movie)
Fave Color:
March 3rd 2010
3/7 DoneName: Blood Is the New Black: A Novel by Valerie Stivers
Birthday:
Fav Color (Purple): Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Location (CA): Retribution by Jeanne C. Stein
Reread Fav: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fav Genre (PNR):
Film Fav (True Blood):
To Read:
Done:
CHALLENGE OVERLOAD (PNR and UF EDITION) - MARCH "All About You" MONTHLY CHALLENGEDuration: March 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010
3/7 read
1. Read Your Name: Find an author with your name or initial.
3. Read Your Favorite Color: Find a book with a cover that is your favorite color.
4. Read Your Location: Read a book set in your location.
7. Your Favorite "Anything on Film": Was your favorite movie or show based off of a book or series? Read the book that that show was based on.
My Name: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (Letter J)Birthday: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz (Published in May)
Favorite Color: Stargazer by Claudia Gray (Purple!)
Location: Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (Takes place in Texas)
Favorite Genre: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Paranormal)
Name Lily: Lili St. Crow "Flesh Circus". FINISHED 3/6/10***Birthday Dec. 1963 (CHANGED due to jumping the gun and reading DM last couple days of Feb.) Flirt by LKH
Fav Color Black or purple: "Black Magic Sanction" by Kim Harrison.
Fav. Genre: "Apocalypse Happens" by Lori Handland. STARTING.
I'm going to read 4 of the 7.3/4 Read
1.Initial (L) -
2.Birthday -
3.Favorite Color -
6.Favorite Genre - Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
My Name: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (Letter J)Birthday: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz (Published in May)
Favorite Genre: The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine (Paranormal)
How was Stargazer, Jayme? I hope to break it out sometime this month.
Challenge Overload: March
read 3 out of 7
Read Your Birthday First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost (published in February)
Read Your Favorite Color The Lunatic Café by Laurell K. Hamilton
Read Your Location Embers by Laura Bickle
Read Your Favorite Genre Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Your Favorite Show Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
The Lunatic Cafe and First Drop of Crimson were four stars for me Amanda. I remember liking Dead Until Dark, but not much else. How was Rosemary and Rue and Fantasy Lover?
Read Your Name: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Read Your Favorite Color: Blue and Yellow Aunt Dimity and the Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton
Read Your Location: Australia Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Read Your Favorite Genre: Paranormal/Mystery Betrayed by P. C. Cast and Kirsten Cast
Read Your Location: Australia Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Lenore wrote: "The Lunatic Cafe and First Drop of Crimson were four stars for me Amanda. I remember liking Dead Until Dark, but not much else. How was Rosemary and Rue and Fantasy Lover?"I'm expecting to love First Drop of Crimson (Frost is one of my new favorite authors). The other two could go either way - I like True Blood, but shows are always different from the books, and Hamilton's books haven't done much for me so far (although I'm 1/3 of the way through Circus of the Damned, and it's better than the first two).
Fantasy Lover is kind of a guilty pleasure for me - I've read it so many times that I almost have it memorized. It's definitely different from the rest of Kenyon's books, but it's very cute.
Rosemary and Rue was great! McGuire did some great world-building, and I can't wait to start book two. One of the best parts for me was that the main character wasn't overconfident, as most UF protags seem to be these days.
I'm going to read 4 of the 7. I'm Done!
4/4 Read
1.Initial (L) -
2.Birthday -
3.Favorite Color -
6.Favorite Genre -
I'm going to add a fourth category since one of the books I'm reading fits the read your birthday categoryRead Your Name (S):
Read an Old Favorite:
Read Your Favorite Genre(UF): Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey
Read Your Birthday Jinx High by Mercedes Lackey (October)
4/7 DoneName:
Birthday:
Fav Color (Purple): Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Location (CA): Retribution by Jeanne C. Stein
Reread Fav: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fav Genre (PNR):
Film Fav (True Blood):
To Read:
Done:
March Challenge
read 4 out of 7
Read Your Birthday First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost (published in February)
Read Your Location Embers by Laura Bickle
Read Your Favorite Genre Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Your Favorite Show Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Lenore wrote: "How was Stargazer, Jayme? I hope to break it out sometime this month."I liked it alot. Some parts make me want to beat in Bianca's head but that happened in Evernight as well and I like that one too. I think Gray is going to do some interesting things with the rest of the series which make me excited :-)
5/7 DoneName:
Birthday:
Fav Color (Purple):
Location (CA): Retribution by Jeanne C. Stein
Reread Fav: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fav Genre (PNR):
Film Fav (True Blood):
To Read:
Done:
Jayme wrote: "Lenore wrote: "How was Stargazer, Jayme? I hope to break it out sometime this month."I liked it alot. Some parts make me want to beat in Bianca's head but that happened in Evernight as well and I..."
YAY! Glad to hear it. I think I may start it when I finish Dangerous Games by Arthur.
6/7 DoneName:
Birthday:
Fav Color (Purple):
Location (CA):
Reread Fav: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fav Genre (PNR):
Film Fav (True Blood):
To Read:
Done:
Name: Blue Moon - Alyson NoelBirthday:
Colour: Rogue - Rachel Vincent
Location: TBD
Old Favourite: TBD
Genre: His Forgotten Forever - Michele Hauf
TV Show:
March Challenge
read 5 out of 7
Read Your Birthday Heist Society by Ally Carter (published in February)
Read Your Favorite Color The Lunatic Café by Laurell K. Hamilton
Read Your Location Embers by Laura Bickle
Read Your Favorite Genre Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Your Favorite Show Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
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7/7 Done Yay!Name:
Birthday:
Fav Color (Purple):
Location (CA):
Reread Fav:
Fav Genre (PNR):
Film Fav (True Blood):
Done:
3/4Name Lily: Lili St. Crow "Flesh Circus". FINISHED 3/6/10***
Birthday Dec. 1963 Flirt by LKH FINISHED 3/13/10****
Fav Color Black or purple: "Black Magic Sanction" by Kim Harrison.
Fav. Genre: "Apocalypse Happens" by Lori Handland. **** FINISHED
Read Your Name (S): Read an Old Favorite:
Read Your Favorite Genre(UF):
Read Your Birthday Jinx High by Mercedes Lackey (October)
March Challenge
read 6 out of 7
Read Your Birthday Heist Society by Ally Carter (published in February)
Read Your Favorite Color The Lunatic Café by Laurell K. Hamilton
Read Your Location Embers by Laura Bickle
Read Your Favorite Genre Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Your Favorite Show Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
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4/4 Name Lily: Lili St. Crow "Flesh Circus". FINISHED 3/6/10***
Birthday Dec. 1963 Flirt by LKH FINISHED 3/13/10****
Fav Color Black or purple: CHANGED from"Black Magic Sanction" to purple cover "Wanderlust" 3/17/10 FINISHED ****
Fav. Genre: "Apocalypse Happens" by Lori Handland. **** FINISHED
CHALLENGE OVERLOAD (PNR and UF EDITION) - MARCH "All About You" MONTHLY CHALLENGEDuration: March 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010
5/7 read
1. Read Your Name: Find an author with your name or initial.
7. Your Favorite "Anything on Film": Was your favorite movie or show based off of a book or series? Read the book that that show was based on.
Mel W wrote: "CHALLENGE OVERLOAD (PNR and UF EDITION) - MARCH "All About You" MONTHLY CHALLENGEDuration: March 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010
5/7 read
1. Read Your Name: Find an author with your name or initial.
2..."
Mel,
How did you like Steamed? I have it on my TBR pile.
Name: Blue Moon - Alyson NoelBirthday:
Colour: Rogue - Rachel Vincent
Location: TBD
Old Favourite: TBD
Genre:
TV Show:
I loved Rogue (along with the rest of her series. I hope you do as well!
My Name: Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (Letter J)
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I just hit the used bookstore with my 6 year old daughter today and guess what I was able to trade for?
The first two combined volumes of Vampire Diaries.
They were the equivalent of eight U.S. dollars each which by Tokyo standards is very reasonable. I ordered Nightworld off Amazon last year (three volumes) and paid a lot more for it. I have seriously been meaning to get to it. I've heard the female characters are much stronger in Nightworld than Vampire Diaries so I'll probably like it better. That said, I saw a couple episodes of the TV show and Ian Sommerhalder is pretty darned hot.