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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really [...]

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now [...]

Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor is fed up of trying to decipher the strange things prophesied in The Book of the Dead. At the end of her tether, she strikes a deal with Satan who promises to help – if she and her half-sister Laura pay a visit to Hell. [...]

Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton My rating: 3 of 5 starsAs much as I enjoy the Anita series, I was really disappointed by this one. I kept waiting for the big fight scene, but it didn’t come. It seems like we’ve fallen back to nothing but the ardeur and sex. I don’t care for that [...]

This is a review of a series of books. There are 7 published with at least 3 more on the way. Keep that in mind when you read the following information. The Books: // // From Goodreads: The House of Night is a thrilling, New York Times bestselling book series that follows 16-year-old Zoey Redbird [...]

Challenges Fulfilled: 2010 Challenge 10-10-10 Challenge Audiobook Challenge From Goodreads: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Seth Grahame-Smith’s revision of a Jane Austen classic blew readers’ minds and became an instant national bestseller. Now, he tackles our greatest president… When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the “milk sickness.” Only [...]

Challenges: 10-10-10 Challenge 2010 Challenge E-Book Challenge TBR Challenge From Goodreads: REALITY BITES Talk radio host and werewolf Kitty Norville has agreed to appear on TV’s first all-supernatural reality show. She’s expecting cheesy competitions and manufactured drama starring shapeshifters, vampires, and psychics. But what begins as a publicity stunt will turn into a fight for [...]

Challenges: Audiobook Challenge 2010 Challenge 10-10-10 Challenge Flirt is the latest in the Anita Blake series from Laurell K Hamilton. I fell hard for this series of books from the first one. There were a few that I wasn’t impressed with, but lately they’ve gotten better again. Flirt is a quick read/listen, unlike most of [...]

Challenges: 10-10-10 Challenge – Memoir / Biography Take Another Chance – Challenge 9: Same Word, Different Book (worth 2 entries) Read The Book Watch The Movie Challenge Audiobook Challenge From Goodreads: The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. [...]

Challenges: Read The Book Watch The Movie Challenge 10-10-10 Challenge Audiobook Challenge From Goodreads: Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer’s riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for [...]