And the winner is..
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Morganville May
Morganville is a series that I seem to keep buying but I haven't read one single book of yet!
That is completely shocking, isn't it?!
So during the month of May I'm going to try my best to get through all 11 Morganville books currently sitting on my shelf, just in time for book 12, Black Dawn being released so I can finally catch up with this series!
Anyone can join in if they want.
Maybe your like me and haven't read any of the series, or only have a few books to catch up on.
Or maybe your super awesome and have read them all, sign up anyway and read Black Dawn in May when it's released!
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Review: Frost Fire (Frost #6) - Kailin Gow
Name: Frost Fire (Frost #6)
Author: Kailin Gow
Release Date: 12th Dec 2011
Date I finished it: 20th Feb 2012
From: Kindle edition from Amazon UK
Frost Fire is the 6th book in Kailin Gow's Frost series, although this time around things are a little different.
In this book the point of view switches from Breena's to Rose's.
Having read the first five books from Breena's point of view it felt a little strange for me for it to switch in the middle of the series. I can understand having a spin off book in another character's point of view, but not for the main books in the series.
So I was a little sceptical going into this one, but I love Kailin Gow's writing style and I love this series so I wasn't going to let the change in characters put me off. I am so glad I didn't!
I'll admit it took me a few chapters to get a feel for Rose as the main character but after that she really started to grow on me. When I got to the end of the book I'd completely fallen for her character! In the past few books Rose hasn't had any major roles until book 5 when she really started to show up a lot. So her charcter has been slowly growing on me over the past two books really.
As for the plot in this book. I honestly had no idea where Kailin was going to take it, I really thought that pretty much everything was wrapped up in book 5 so I had no idea what to expect.
Once again Kailin manages to whip up an amazing story for our favourite characters with dangers and excitement around every corner!
Although the book is exciting and fast paced it does seem a bit shorter than the previous five books, I'm not sure if maybe that was just me whizzing through the book or not because I'm getting so used to the writing style in these books.
After saying there is a lot of excitement, believe me there really is. Not a lot actually happens plot wise in this book, it feels as though everything is being put into place for something big in the next book Spring Frost. Which I am so looking forward to being released this year!
Overall I really enjoyed seeing things from a different point of view, even though at first I wasn't too sure about it. Rose is a complex yet loveable character and I really hope everything falls into place for her in the next book.
One last thing to say on this series - I am finally all caught up with it! yay! I'm looking forward to taking a little break from these characters until Spring Frost is released in April!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Review: Illumine (Illumine #1) - Alivia Anders
Name: Illumine (Illumine #1)
Author: Alivia Anders
Release Date: 7th Jan 2012
Date I finished it: 22nd Feb 2012
From: Kindle copy from Amazon
UK
This is a book I only recently came across because the author Alivia Anders added me as a friend on Facebook, after seeing the book was only 77p on Amazon for Kindle and liking what I read in the blurb, I decided to go ahead and give it a go.
Illumine follows teenager Essallie Hanley as she tries to overcome the horrors of watching her boyfriend murdered in front of her by a demon.
Ever since then something hasn't been quite right, she's been able to conjure blue flames at will. Which she knows isn't a normal or human thing! With the help of the demon who killed her ex boyfriend she sets off on a quest to find out what she truly is. Along the way she meets some strange new characters and hits a few bumps in the road.
I read this book in one day, I actually fell asleep reading it (not that the book is bad or boring at all, I was just super tired!), then I finished it the next morning.
The book is pretty fast paced and at first it can been hard to keep track of the characters and what is going on, after a few chapters though you do start to know who everyone is and you get used to the pace. It isn't a big book and doesn't take too long to get through, which to me has both it's bad and good points. It's great if you only have one day to dedicate to reading something, you can easily manage this one in a day.
The plot itself is well thought out and easy to follow with a few explanations here and there. It is a very different concept from a lot of the books I've been reading recently, so it was a nice change for me. I really liked the mix of paranormal creatures all coming together but at the same time all having their own problems and issues going on as well.
I really liked Essallie as a main character, she is likeable but still a little young, naive and unsure of herself. Mix that with some crazy blue fire skills and you have a recipe for disaster totally worth reading about. Her story and her background is what really makes the book, there are moments when I wanted to slap her for being so silly and moments when I just wanted to hug her and give her a shoulder to cry on. She is well written and characterised in a way which grabs your attention from page one. You can't help but fall for this girl's story and hope for the best outcome for her.
The story actually reminded me of J.L. Bryan's Jenny Pox series, I honestly can't pin point exactly why. After I put it down it was one of the first thoughts that came to me. Now I love the Jenny Pox series so to compare anything to it is a big honour. I think maybe in my head I had the same small town setting as the one in the Jenny Pox series, who knows!
Overall Illumine is a fast paced, action packed paranormal which will sink it's teeth into you until you've reached the last page!
Manga March
Manga March is something I've decided to start in order to help keep my ever growing pile of manga under control.
In between taking part in the Review Copy Clean Up Challenge, I'm also going to be trying to get through some of my backlog of Manga!
Anyone can sign up and take part in Manga March, whether your a huge manga fan like me or completely new to the concept of manga.
Have you been thinking of giving manga a try but not quite sure?
Why not sign up for Manga March and give one a try, you never know you might become an addict like me!
*warning, if you do become an addict please don't blame me!
Theres no rules to Manga March, you can read as little or as much as you like.
Here are some of the titles I'm aiming to get through in March:
Full Moon Vol 1
Full Moon Vol 2
Full Moon Vol 3
Full Moon Vol 4
Full Moon Vol 5
Full Moon Vol 6
Full Moon Vol 7
Vampire Knight Vol 1
Vampire Knight Vol 2
Princess Ai Vol 1
Princess Ai Vol 2
Princess Ai Vol 3
That may seem like a lot, but it only takes me around 30-50 minutes to finish one manga, so when you think of it that way it hopefully won't take too long to get through that list!
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