Beastly by: Alex Finn

Publication Date: February 2011

Synopsis: A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.

My thoughts: I started reading this book 2 weeks ago...I've felt like I was stuck in a rut....Manly due to the fact I really wanted to read this book, but just couldn't get into it. I did read until the end tho and I'm disappointed. To a book that has a lot of publicity because of a movie, it's a major let down.

I thought they would be more...? of what I don't know! But something...love, adventure, anything would have been more appealing.

Instead the beast is hairy unlike the cover and the girl is abused by her father, and sold to the beast to clear himself from trouble...such a loser. She has no friends or true family, even her sisters have run out on her. The only thing this girl has going for her is the fact that she is smart and can count on a great future, if and only if, she can let go of her dad.

Kyle is another story, rich kid who has the looks and no smarts. Whose father spent little to no time with him and he has fake friends and no other family. I don't know who to feel more sorry for really. These characters have nothing until Kyle turns into Adrian...his beast name. He takes in the girl and woos her. Giving her everything he knows she has never had.

After months of living together the girl decides to go home to her father, where she can help this sick man...only to realize her father is still a loser, and Adrian is the answer to her every prayer...

So, Adrian saves her from another evil man, they confess their love for one another, and Adrain returns to Kyle....They live happily ever after!!!!

I have to say that I hope the movie is better than the book!!!!

My rating: 3 stars

Mockingjay by suzanne Collins

Publication Date: August 2010

Synopsis: The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Who do they think should pay for the unrest?

Katniss Everdeen.

The final book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins will have hearts racing, pages turning, and everyone talking about one of the biggest and most talked-about books and authors in recent publishing history!!!!

My thoughts: When I first started this book I did so knowing I hadn't read this second one...which I will read soon...I promise:) ANd I have to say this book being filled with so much drama and action.....WOW!

True I didn't like that I skipped the second book, but I couldn't wait to start the series. SO I moved along anyway.

It was amazing to see how far Kat has come from the girl I met in Hunger Games. She's no longer that little girl fighting to save her sister...she's a woman saving a nation.

How is she handling all of this? The way I hope I would handle all of this.

Her friends are being tortured and killed by the CApital and all she can do is fight with what has been given to her...and lets face it she has been given more as the book goes on....

Peeta has been tortured and they have rescued him, but he doesn't have fond memories of Kat...he's been poisoned to think she evil and he has to regain all of his memories of her . And all the while they are trying to kill Snow.

Sure they kill Snow but they lose Kat's sister......and in the end....Kat ends up with Peeta, I wanted Gale, but it's Peeta and they have 2 children......

My rating: 4 Stars

Hunger Games by: Suzanne Collins

Publication Date: July 1, 2010

Synopsis: In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival.

My thoughts: I thought I'd do this one in parts:

1. Katniss...now here is a girl to feel bad for. Not only for her name...LOL, but for her family's misfortune. Her dad dies, mom goes into shock and then her sister get picked for the stupid Hunger Games.

The only thing Kat can think to do, which was a great decision, she took her sisters place in a game that would have surely killed her. 

Kat's a fighter no doubt about that, she's already disobeyed rules by hunting with GAle, her bff, in the woods. So this game will be a piece of cake...lol or so I hope.

Beside her bravery is a wonderful talent to have.

2. Wow...this game is fierce and to survive Kat does things that are unthinkable...like cutting a jackets nest down on top of the CAreers, who are an enemy to her in the game, killing some and injuring others and herself in the process, But Peeta saves her...yay!

Kat makes friends with the youngest player, Rue, whose 12. And together they make a plan to get the others by destroying their supplies. Kat gets injured in the process and Rue ends up being killed. But Kat gets her revenge by killing the boy who killed Rue, Cato.

RULE CHANGE: if 2 from your group are alive both can win.

3. Kat finds Peeta almost dead and helps save him by fighting for the cure to his blood poisoning. After days of kissing and hiding out they finally decide to take a stand and fight it out....which was great because I think the game would have gone on forever....ugh. They end up sticking together and winning. Even after the game-makers say they are changing the rules back and the duo make a plan to end their lives together in order to show the game-makers they can't change the rules with out some kind of bad luck....

Peeta is really in love with Kat, but can Kat love him??????

I really want her to be with Gale....you know kid friends who one day see the light and think the other is amazing and they end up together......Sorry Peeta my votes for Gale.

My rating: 5 stars

One Lovely Blog Award

I'd like to thank Sandra for picking me as #8 for the Lovely Blog Award.


To accept this award one must follow rules.....
1. Thank the person who gave it to you and link it back to their blog.
2. Post 7 random facts about oneself.
3. Pass the award on to 15 other blogs.


Thanks Sandra @ Sandra the Nook Worm


Seven random facts:
1. My father used to be a preacher and I was a Sunday school teacher.
2. I have two younger sisters, we look nothing alike. Which I enjoy...LOL
3. I have OCD...which means everything must be in order, my order. Alphabetically!!!
4. I don't drive..yes at 27. Due to the fear of killing someone with my car and being out of control.
5. Spiders..... are Satan's creatures and totally terrify me. Which is scary because I live in a dungeon.  Literally, I enjoy it.
6. I enjoy movies almost all movie and I listen to music all day. Which includes singing really loud, even if not in tune....LOL
7. Shopping is my hobby I can find a sale anywhere. And usually buy things mostly for my family and not for myself. Which now that I think of it is where all my money goes.


And the award goes to........
1. Angela @ Dark Faeries Tales
2. Bekka @ Rebekka's Reading Room
3. Brent @ Naughty Book Kitties
4. Christina @ Book Addictions by Christina
5. Cindy @ Books Complete Me
6. Fallen Vamp @ Hypnotically Entranced
 7. Ky @ Can't Find A Bookmark
8. Lisa @ Garden of Books
9. LJ @ Reader Recommended
10.Mary(book hound) @ FOREVER YOUNG
11.Misha @ My Love Affair With Books
12. Romance Girl @ Eva's Sanctuary
13. Slow REader @ Slow Reader Reviews
14. Steph @ Thoughts of a Book Junkie
15. Taschima Cullen @ Bloody Bookaholic

Pegasus by: Robin McKinley

Publication Date: November 2010

Synopsis:

A gorgeously written fantasy about the friendship between a princess and her Pegasus.

Because of a thousand-year-old alliance between humans and pagasi, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own Pegasus, on her twelfth birthday. The two species coexist peacefully, despite the language barriers separating them. Humans and pegasi both rely on specially-trained Speaker magicians as the only means of real communication.

But its different for Sylvi and Ebon. They can understand each other. They quickly grow close-so close that their bond becomes a threat to the status quo-and possibly to the future safety of their two nations.

My thoughts: I have to tell you I tried forever, it felt like, to read this book. I actually went as far as saying I have to read a chapter a day! Never got past chapter four...really dreadfully boring. I'm sure it has to get better but for my to try would mean a painful death. The language was rich and this is something that I've never had a problem with before. I hope you readers are not disappointed. I will try it again but not any time soon...due to the overwhelming TBR pile that seems to grow by day.....LOl. But I do love my family for buying me books. Check out Barnes and Noble for more reviews if you are still on the edge.

My rating: TBD (to be determined)

Ghost Town by: Rachel Caine

Publication Date: October 2010

VOYA: Claire repairs the town's security measures after she is sentenced by the Founder to do so without rest. Morganville is a unique place where humans and vampires reside. Those leaving the town are supposed to have their memory erased. Instead, residents are having their memories erased by the computer. Some people, like Myrnin, are affected immediately—Myrnin still thinks he kills humans and other vampires. Claire and her roommates must break into Myrnin's lab to shut down the computer before the whole town suffers amnesia or, worse, death. The Founders are fighting over how to handle the humans, Claire's parents have to leave town, and Claire's boyfriend is told his father is a registered vampire. In the midst of all that drama, those with their memory must remind their unwitting friends of the truth. It can be heartbreaking, especially for those like Shane, who lost his sister in a fire, or Michael, who was turned into a vampire. But it can also make bonds stronger. The Morganville Vampires series is distinguished from other vampire novels by its steampunk feel. Caine mixes fantasy, science fiction, romance, and suspense—a combination that packs a punch. Enough background is given to understand the story without reading the other books in the series, although teens might be motivated to start at the beginning. Reviewer: Lori Guenthner

My thoughts: This series always has me either: laughing, on the verge of tears, or at the edge of my seat......

If you've never read any of the books in this series..I suggest you go rent on from the library or something.

This business of Claire having to fix the town's machine that secures the borders is ridiculous...Really, just because her and Shane went to rescue Eve and her friends, from a party gone wrong. And come across a bad vampire and Claire ends up killing her, to protect herself from the EVIL COW...doesn't mean she should have to give up her live and work on the machine 24/7.

The once the machine is fixed everyone in town starts losing 3 years of there lives and can't remember how they've ended up where they are and then some of them are killing each other......can you say CRAZY!!!!!

Oliver takes over the town...oh no! Although only for a little while because Amelie loses her memories and attacks Oliver and gets her power back. Only to in the end split the responsibilities with Oliver.

Claire and the gang, with the help of Frank Collins and his posse, stop the crazy Myrnin and save the town. In the process though Frank gets killed and ends up having his brain in the machine to help with the borders...yay! The town is safe and peace is in the air in Morganville once again...Or at least until the next book. LOL!!!!

My rating: 4 stars

Change in plans

I was going to read Evermore by: Alyson Noel next but do to the overwhelming TBR pile, I have decided to not reread Evermore for a while...Sorry to the requestor I will get to it. But it will be a while. Until then I hope you will enjoy all the other post.