Followers

So, I need more followers. But I have no idea how to go about it. And I didn't get on much before but I'm planning on changing that as you can tell with the posts of the last couple days. Any ideas from the followers I do have?

The Girl In The Park Chapter Sampler

Also, for those interested here is the chapter sampler for The Girl In The Park by Mariah Fredericks. It's on Random House's Scribd page, alot with lots of others.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/85092581/The-Girl-in-the-Park-by-Mariah-Fredericks

My Review - The Girl In The Park

Summary:

When Wendy Geller's body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,"Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled." But shy Rain, once Wendy's best friend, knows there was more to Wendy than just "party girl." As she struggles to separate the friend she knew from the tangle of gossip and headlines, Rain becomes determined to discover the truth about the murder. Written in a voice at once immediate, riveting, and utterly convincing, Mariah Frederick's mystery brilliantly exposes the cracks in this exclusive New York City world and the teenagers that move within it.

My Review:

Before I started this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. If it was just going to be another mystery book where you already know what’s going to happen a third of the way in, or if it was going to have surprises. It started off like-able but ended amazing. Rain was down to earth and very likeable. Throughout the book, you were rooting for her to find the truth and face her fears. You also got to learn more about Wendy Geller, what she was actually like and what kind of secrets she had after her and Rain stopped being friends. This book kept me guessing until the end because what I thought I knew was going to happen every time was blown away by some new secret Rain finds as she digs deeper for the truth. The end scene was very powerful and actually quite fitting. Overall, I highly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone.

Favorite Character: Rain
Rating: 9/10
Song That Reminds Me Of This Book: You Found Me by The Fray

So This Is How It Goes................

So, I've been off for a long time those of you that follow my blog....... It will probably be a shocker that your even seeing me post. I'm going to update everything as much as I can and hopefully start posting regularly now that I've got some areas of life under some semblance of control. So, I'm hoping to get new followers, please the old ones, and any comments/suggestions are extremely welcome.

A Review!

FTC: I am not being compensated for this review.
Now, for the review! As you can see over there ----->
the book is Edges by Lena Roy. The synopsis from the back of the book:

After his mother dies and his father begins drinking again, Luke decides to leave New York City. Though he’s just sixteen, he finds a job and friends in fantastic, otherworldly Moab, Utah—the last place his family was happy together.

Back in New York, eighteen-year-old Ava finally admits she has a drinking problem. But life doesn’t automatically get easier when she joins Alcoholics Anonymous.

When circumstances—or fate—bring Ava to Moab as well, she and Luke both must figure out how to heal their families and themselves.

Now that you have read that, it is time for my review of the book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, even though I wasn’t sure I would. I started reading it, stopped, then had to come back to it. It isn’t my usual type of book, but I did enjoy it. The story takes place in the small rural area of Utah called Moab. The story starts off with a boy named Luke and his day to day actvities at the youth hostel he works at. As the story progresses, you see the day to day activities and the people he sees, mix with his memories and the author does a very nice job of not confusing the reader with how she mixes them together. You can really see how Luke’s mind works in the way he describes things and what events trigger what memories. As the reader gets further into the book, it changes pace and goes to a girl named Ava, who is the daughter of the couple who own the youth hostel Luke works at. Ava is an recovering alcoholic at 19, and it follows her as she tries to get sober and the series of events that lead her to find Luke’s father on a New York sidewalk. It was a very spiritual book, it talked about the spiritual elements of nature and animals and that some signs are just supposed to be. It is definitely a book I would recommend, because it has both a spiritual and real world element to it, and it’s a good read.

Total Count: 9/10
Favorite Character: Tangerine! And Cin.
Would I like to see more? I would love to see more of Ms. Roy's writing, but this book was very clearly a stand-alone. Anything after it would just be over kill.
Song that matches to the book: I didn't really have one in mind when I was reading it.

Yup, finally, a review.....

So, here's my review of Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
(dear FTC, not sure if I am doing this right but this is my book that I bought and I did not get it from the publisher and am not getting any compensation for reviewing it)
The Synopsis for barnesandnoble.com:
Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called “the touch.” (Comes in handy when you’re traveling from town to town with your dad, hunting ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional zombie.)Then her dad turns up dead—but still walking—and Dru knows she’s next. Even worse, she’s got two guys hungry for her affections, and they’re not about to let the fiercely independent Dru go it alone. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever—or whoever— is hunting her?
My review:
It was a very good book and it really kept you guessing until the end. I loved how Ms. St. Crow added stuff about weapons and defense and that, but I wish she would have added more detail about the weapons. But that's just me. Really, my only other complaint was that it was too short!! The pacing of it was great, as was the plot and it really brought life and personality to what some might call a "regular" monster book. It was, overall, a very very good book and I really recommend it.
Rating: 9 out of 10
Favorite Character(s): Dru
Song for the book: for some reason I liked Look After You by The Fray for this book.

SORRY!!!!!!

Alright so I know I've been slacking in posting and this is a new blog so that's not really very good. I promise as of next week, starting Monday, I will post 1 review a day for the next week. I've read alot of books so I think I can review them fairly well. And I'm thinking of putting up some features but I'm not sure yet. So I'll start posting more.

Finally

Okay so I think I've finally figured out the pictures. Not I don't feel like such a idito.

12 hour reading challenge reveiws

Okay I know I'm late but I've been busy. I ended up doing two reading challenges but I'm only posting reviews for the first one. For now anyways. I'm still getting the hang of this thing.

Evermore by Alyson Noel

The back of the book: This opening book in a new series, The Immortals, will thrill many teen fantasy-suspense readers, especially fans of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. Seventeen-year-old Ever survived the car crash that killed her parents, younger sister, and their dog. Now she lives with an aunt in Southern California, plagued not only by survivor guilt but also by a new ability to hear the thoughts of all around her. She tries to tune out all these distractions by keeping her hoodie up and her iPod cranked loud, until Damen, the cute new boy at school, convinces her to come out of her shell. Damen, however, is frighteningly clever—and has the strange ability to produce tulips from nowhere and disappear himself at critical moments. Noël (Saving Zoë, 2007) creates a cast of recognizably diverse teens in a realistic high-school setting, along with just the right tension to make Ever’s discovery of her own immortality—should she choose it—exciting and credible.

My review: I thought this book was pretty good. The writing style was excellent and it did live up to the hype everybody has been giving it. It did leave a couple things unawsered and a couple unrealistic aspects. Like she just dropped the achcol. I know she hadn't been drinking long but the author just didn't give it much thought. It was more about Damen. But maybe those questions will be answered in the next one. That's about the only problem I had with it. I really liked the book though.

Rating: 8/10
Favorite character: Ever and Damen
Song: Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
Will I get the next one: Yes I will because maybe those questions will be anwered.



Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead


The back of the book:
After two years on the run, best friends Rose, half-human/half-vampire, and Lissa, a mortal vampire princess, are caught and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy. Up until then, Rose had kept Lissa safe from her enemies; school, however, brings both girls additional challenges and responsibilities. How they handle peer pressure, nasty gossip, new relationships, and anonymous threats may mean life or death. Likable narrator Rose hides doubts about her friend behind a tough exterior; orphan Lissa, while coping with difficult emotional issues such as depression and survivor's guilt, uses her emerging gifts for good. Mead's absorbing, debut YA novel, the first in a new series, blends intricately detailed fantasy with a contemporary setting, teen-relevant issues, and a diverse, if sometimes sterotyped, cast of supporting characters.

My review: I really loved this book. I've been hearing about this series for years but haven't been able to find it till now. I really liked the story line and the new take on vamps. Everyone is trying to turn vamps into the new "It" thing and the only good thing in my opion is the new take everybody's giving it. The writing style was awesome. It may not be good for some of the younger readers but it's awesome for mature teens because it handles those aspects.

Rating: 9/10
Favorite characters: Mason and Rose
Song: Teenagers by My Chemical Romance and I Don't Care by Fall Out Boy
Will I get the next one: Yes I will I love this series now.

(Just incase it didn't post them here are the covers on Amazon.com: Vampire Acdamey: http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Academy-Book/dp/159514174X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250104502&sr=1-1 and for evermore: http://www.amazon.com/Evermore-Immortals-Alyson-Noel/dp/031253275X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250104884&sr=1-1)

Contest

Laina has a contest going for a new bookcase. It's pretty cool.

12 Hour Reading Challenge

Okay so I know I haven't posted much but I've been really busy so that's why. This weekend I'm doing a 12 Hour Reading Challenge so on monday I'll post what books I've read and my reviews of them. I have more reviews coming too and I'll try to keep posting often but it's been hectic so yeah.

Review - Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita

Okay here's my first review:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780316017176 Okay blogger hates me so you'll have to click the link to see the cover. Summary: When Sam's best friend gets her first boyfriend, she's not ready to spend the summer listening to the two of them call each other "pookie." Sick of being a third wheel, Sam applies to be a counselor-in-training at Whispering Pines camp in the New York Catskills. But what she doesn't realize is that it's not going to be all Kumbaya sing-alongs and gooey s'mores. If Ashley, the alpha queen of Whispering Pines, doesn't ruin Sam's summer, then her raging crush on the surfer-blond and flirtatious Hunter just might. At least she has playful Cole, who's always teasing her, but is oh-so-comfortable to hang out with, and the singular gang of girls that become fast friends with Sam-they call themselves the Sleepaway Girls.

My review:
I honestly loved this book. I've gone to a week long camp for the last 3 years and this book brought back all the memories. Unlike Sam though it dosen't have CIT's, Juinor counselors, or senior counselors. You're either a counselor or camper. Well anyways this book was very well written and had a good plot line. Didn't care much for Hunter Thomas though. I thought he was a sleezebag. The little romance Ms. Calonita threw in was perfect. I mean what' camp without guys? And the swimming in the lake at camp was classic. For someone who hasen't EVER gone to CAMP before she did a really great job. Exspecially with the camp language. That I thought was really cool because not all books grasp that there's certain things that are different at camp. All in all a VERY good book!

My rating: 9/10
My favorite character: Cole
Theme song: Sideways by Dierks Bently
Will I get the next one: YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YA Book Forum

There's a really cool book forum I found that thepageflipper does. It's really cool.http://yabookclub.50.forumer.com/index.php If you join could you please post on the 'Were you recruited?' forum and tell them team_eroe11 sent you.

New Person

Okay so I just started this and I'm not quite sure how to use it yet. My first review will be coming soon.