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message 51: by Stacia (the 2010 club) (last edited Aug 11, 2010 01:51AM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) It's another one of those series in which you want to strangle the heroine in book 1, but the author is trying to do the thing where the heroine is clueless and then evolves into something "stronger".

She goes from a blonde, pink-wearing (ANNOYING)southern belle to a dark haired, spear-toting evil-faerie killer. Book 1 is the weakest of the series, but it is free in ebook format, which is what sucked me in. Book 3 is hottest of the 3 I've read so far (just about to start book 4), and the scenes get really "intense" sexually toward the end of the book, which is why I felt the need to disclaim that in a YA forum.

However, the book leaves you wanting to marked by a fae if it is as appealing as when V'lane leaves his name as a brand on her tongue (he tells her to open her mouth and try to say his name and he'll be there).

And that's just V'lane. A lot of people like the main hero, Barrons even better, but trying to post about him would take up too much space. :)


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Melinda Metz | 4 comments I just started The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Not into it enough to say how good it is, but I'm always fascinated by the Salem witch trials.

I read Sweetblooda while ago. Anyone else read it? I though it had a really interesting spin on vampires. The main character belives that there is a connection between diabetes and vampirism.


Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB  | 2 comments My favorite is The BFG and The Witches - some months ago- I went on a Roald Dahl buying spree- purchasing 11 of his books including his collection of short stories geared to adult readers- I really love his writing style and the Thurbereque illustrations!
I must say that they are a bit hard to read after doing some research on Dahl- true he played a key role in nursing his wife Patricia Neal back to health after her terrible stroke- but I was unaware of the truly hidious anti-semitism he not only believed in but was quite happy to say horrible things about Jews outload as well as in print-

In 1983 Dahl reviewed Tony Clifton's God Cried, a picture book about the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon depicting Israelis killing thousands of Beirut inhabitants by bombing civilian targets. Dahl's review stated that this invasion was when "we all started hating Israel", and that the book would make readers "violently anti-Israeli", writing, "I am not anti-Semitic. I am anti-Israel."[37:] Dahl told a reporter in 1983, "There’s a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity ... I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason."


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Jackie (jackie1301) | 41 comments I have nearly finished "Perfect Chemistry" and liking it a lot. Next read after that will probably be "Beautiful Creatures" or "Hunger Games".


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Courtney | 1 comments The Forbidden Game The Hunter; The Chase; The Kill  by L.J. Smith love all her books :)


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Melinda Metz | 4 comments I've read both, and I vote Hunger Games. You can read the first two and then not have to wait for the third. (I'm so impatient to read it!)


message 57: by Stacia (the 2010 club) (last edited Aug 02, 2010 08:37PM) (new)

Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) Hunger Games is better than Beautiful Creatures. BC is a decent book though, but long.


True Love Forever (trueloveforever) | 204 comments I just finished reading Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien. It was great! The same feel as The Uglies, The Hunger Games and the Susan Beth Pfeffer series The Dead and the Gone. I am going to read a book called Dark life soon.
Just read The Iron King too and it was also great!
The Iron KingThe Dead and the GoneBirthmarkedDark Life


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Rebecca (bexsi) I have found a wonderful site where you can buy all books for 3.75 and sell books for 3.00
www.greenmetropolis.com


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Looksie (At Looksie Lovitz: Books and Wits Blog) | 61 comments hey theres a book giveaway here if any one is interested. http://looksielovitz.blogspot.com/


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LilaBird | 22 comments I just started The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klaus. So far I like it and I feel like I can tell it's going to get really good. I'm actually listening to the audiobook --- I've been reading that way a lot lately and am really liking it. Not sure if this was included in the paperback version of this book, but at the beginning of the audiobook, there was a short story added by the author. It was pretty neat. It was about (and narrated by in 1st person), the main vampire (Simon) from the main book. It was an interesting inside look at another occurrence in his life.
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause


True Love Forever (trueloveforever) | 204 comments I just got this book to read from the library, hope it is good!


Erica (storybookend) | 14 comments I'm reading Fire (The Seven Kingdoms Trilogy, #2) by Kristin Cashore , love this book!


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Jillian | 5 comments I am reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
for the first time. I am loving it.


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
OMG such a GREAT BOOK!!!!!!


Life is hard and then u die *Smiley* (greenpurpleblackmaggie) | 142 comments i kno rite!! i read it last yr! loved it!


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
SOOOO GOOD!


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
courtney wrote: "The Forbidden Game The Hunter; The Chase; The Kill  by L.J. Smith love all her books :)"

how is this book?


Life is hard and then u die *Smiley* (greenpurpleblackmaggie) | 142 comments i wuz wondering the same thing!


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Jackie (jackie1301) | 41 comments I finished "Lover Eternal" (2nd Black Dagger novel) this morning on the train ride to work and will start with "Beautiful Creatures" during lunch...


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Jillian | 5 comments I am half way through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling I love it so much!


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Dija Almost finished with Dreamfever (Fever, #4) by Karen Marie Moning <3


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Ashley | 8 comments I am reading. Night World No.3 by L.J Smith, and A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks.


True Love Forever (trueloveforever) | 204 comments Just finished 13 to Life. Wanted more answers by the end of the book. but I think it will continue as a series. Anyone know of a discussion group for the Fever Series? It has been a while since I read them, but I really liked them and would to talk to others about the story and characters. 13 to Life (13 to Life, #1) by Shannon Delany


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) Vicky wrote: "Just finished 13 to Life. Wanted more answers by the end of the book. but I think it will continue as a series. Anyone know of a discussion group for the Fever Series? It has been a while since I r..."

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/3...


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Looksie (At Looksie Lovitz: Books and Wits Blog) | 61 comments hey theres a couple ARC giveaways here, just thought id share. its for nightshade and beautiful darkness. http://looksielovitz.blogspot.com/201...


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Kimi (sunshinecrazy) | 7 comments I bought this at the store a few minutes ago Intertwined (Intertwined, #1) by Gena Showalter


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
oooo let me know how it is i have been looking at it and have not decided


True Love Forever (trueloveforever) | 204 comments I just got this at the library. I have too many books I want to read right now LOL.


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
lol


message 82: by Dija (new)

Dija Currently reading Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World, #2) by Jeaniene Frost


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) Vicky wrote: "I just got this at the library. I have too many books I want to read right now LOL."

I get overzealous by putting too many books into the queue at the library, thinking that because some of them have long wait times I'll end up with nothing to read.

It always backfires on me and I end up having to pick up a huge stack of books at the library.

So many books...so little time.


True Love Forever (trueloveforever) | 204 comments I have the same problem, plus I am a moody reader. I like to read what I am in the mood for instead of what needs to be returned first, LOL.


Stacia (the 2010 club) (stacia_r) I'm VERY guilty of that. I'll get a stack of books and go right for the one that appeals to me first. A few days later some more books will come in and instead of continuing to read the ones that I already have that will be due back at the library sooner, I'll start up with one of the new books.

It doesn't help having a Nook either. Sometimes I'm in the mood to use the ereader, even though the books on there don't have a due date on them.


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Kassie K. | 3 comments I'm reading
The Final Warning


message 87: by Dija (new)

Dija Currently reading City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare I love the witty dialogue.


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
Lazuline i am reading that book too!


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Jackie (jackie1301) | 41 comments @Lazuline + Aiyanna:
Have fun with the MI books! I loved them soooo much!!!

I started with "Tempest rising" this morning...


message 90: by Dija (last edited Aug 18, 2010 09:32AM) (new)

Dija Jackie wrote: "@Lazuline + Aiyanna:
Have fun with the MI books! I loved them soooo much!!!"


I'm enjoying the first one a lot so far. I hope this series doesn't let me down like so many others.

Aiyanna wrote: "Lazuline i am reading that book too!"

How do you like it so far? I'm almost finished with the book, and I really liked it. I love Jace's personality. Wish more of the narration was done through him, though.


message 91: by Artemis, Head Mod! (new)

 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
i love it so far i am only 100 or so pages in but so far i love it!


message 92: by Dija (new)

Dija Just started Almost to Die For (A Vampire Princess of St. Paul, #1) by Tate Hallaway

@Aiyanna: There's a huge cliffhanger at the end, and I'm so glad the next two books in the series are already out!


message 93: by Artemis, Head Mod! (new)

 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
really! oooo cant wait i am at the part where they are in luke's house and the demons are talking to Luke


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LilaBird | 22 comments I'm reading a really interesting one right now -- very different from the usual YA books I choose. It's called The Bone Magician and is sort of a YA version of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Have any of you read it? I'm really curious to hear what other people think about this book. I like it, but it's kind of hard to pay attention to because it doesn't really have a linear, easy-to-follow plot. There's a lot going on and a bunch of different characters. I like it, but it takes a lot of focus to understand what's going on -- it's definitely not a relaxing type of read.


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S.A. Larsen (salarsen) | 1 comments I'm currently reading Shadow Hills as a part of an ARC tour. It's surprising me, not what I thought it would be. Nice.


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Rebecca (bexsi) I have just finished
Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)  by Richelle Mead , It was much better than the first and I am going to start
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)  by Richelle Mead and Vamps and the City (Love at Stake, #2) by Kerrelyn Sparks


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
i love Vampire Academy!!!!


Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) I'm reading Destiny Kills (Myth and Magic, #1) by Keri Arthur Tempting Evil (Riley Jenson Guardian, #3) by Keri Arthur and Kiss of the Rose The Tudor Vampire Chronicles by Kate Pearce


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Dija Current's reading Spider's Bite (Elemental Assassin, #1) by Jennifer Estep and loving it so far.


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 Artemis | 4504 comments Mod
I an reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) i LOVE this book it is my first time reading the series and so far i can not get enough

and sadly i am still reading Dark Flame by Alyson Noel Dark Flame (The Immortals, #4) i just cant get into and have been dragging myself through the book for weeks even though it is a short book Ever just keeps messing up over and over and over again and instead of trying to fix anything she just MOPES uggg


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