reading in october

currently i am reading

i hope to read this month

reading challenge update

i once again realize that i am early, but for the record i don't think i'm going to finish anything before the first. plus i have a lot of hours coming up and i might as well do this now while i have the time to.

so currently i have read 54 out of 60 books. yes i upped my goal another 5.

Review: Insatiable

Title: Insatiable (Insatiable 1)
Author: Meg Cabot
Pages: 451
Published: June 8th 2010 by William Morrow
Rating: 2/5
Goodreads Summary:
Sick of vampires? So is Meena Harper.

But her boss is making her write about them anyway, even though Meena doesn’t believe in them.

Not that Meena isn’t familiar with the supernatural. See, Meena Harper knows how you’re going to die (not that you’re going to believe her; no one ever does).

But not even Meena’s precognition can prepare her for what happens when she meets—then makes the mistake of falling in love with—Lucien Antonescu, a modern-day prince with a bit of a dark side . . . a dark side a lot of people, like an ancient society of vampire-hunters, would prefer to see him dead for.

The problem is, he already is dead. Maybe that’s why he’s the first guy Meena’s ever met that she could see herself having a future with. See, while Meena’s always been able to see everyone else’s future, she’s never been able look into her own.

And while Lucien seems like everything Meena has ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, he might turn out to be more like a nightmare.

Now might be a good time for Meena to start learning to predict her own future . . .

If she even has one.

Review:
I have really have no idea. It started out pretty good and then things just started going downhill from there. It to me had potential but it just wasn't really that great. Which makes me sad as I normally love books with vampires. Anyway it's late and I just really can't describe how I felt about it. I mean once it started going bad I just skimmed. But then again I tend to like books where the vampire gets the girl in the end, not have the girl turn on the vamp. Whoops was that a spoiler? Who knows maybe it was maybe it wasn't, you might have to read the book to find out. If you have the guts that is.

Review: Bras and Broomsticks

Title: Bras and Broomsticks (Magic in Manhattan 1)
Author: Sarah Mlynowski
Pages: 320
Published: June 13th 2006 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Rating: 3/5
Goodreads Summary:
What if all your wishes could come true? Blink your eyes, drink a fizzing pink potion, and poof! Life is perfect. That’s Rachel’s situation. Except she’s not the one who suddenly has magical powers. Her younger sister is. And as Rachel would tell you, spellbooks are wasted on the young!

Yes, yes, of course world peace and cures for horrible diseases are important. But so is dancing without looking like she’s being electrocuted, winning back her best friend, stopping her dad’s wedding, and finding a date for Spring Fling.

Rachel’s not bewitched. Yet. . . .


Review:
This was a pretty good book. It follows a selfish teen named Rachel who finds out her sister is a witch and exploits her magic. Along the way of going from a total loser to miss popular Rachel and her sister attempt to break up her dad's wedding. I think some of the younger preteens and middle teens will love this. It deals with the things that kids have to deal with everyday in real life and especially since it's funny. I did have a problem with the ending though, it was a major cliffhanger. There was all of this drama in the story and only one major thing was resolved, with almost everything else just hanging there. But hey that's just me.

Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer volume 1

       Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 1
Authors: John Vornholt, Arthur Byron Cover and Alice Henderson
Pages: 678
Published: September 26th 2010 by Simon Pulse
Rating: 2/5
Goodreads Summary:
In every generation, there is a Chosen One. A slayer destined to protect the human race. She alone must fight the demons of hell. She alone must risk her life to stop the spread of evil.

Buffy is the Chosen One.

In Coyote Moon, a typical night at the carnival becomes deadly as shape shifters turn the amusement park into their own house of horrors.

Buffy starts having past-life nightmares in Night of the Living Rerun, and must face her historic counterpart before the events of the past repeat in the present.

In Portal through Time, Slayers over the centuries are in danger, and Buffy must protect them in order to save her own life and legacy.

Review:
It's about freaking time I finished this thing! I started months ago but couldn't finish it before I had to return it to the library, unfortunately I couldn't renew it as someone else was waiting for it. I finally got to read it again about two months later after being on a waiting list. I sorta like the tv show, but it isn't something I like to watch all the time, so I didn't really know how I was going to feel about reading one of the books. Portal Through Time and Coyote Moon were ok, Night of the Living Rerun, not so much. I did skim a lot while reading these, but that was mainly because I just wanted to get it finish. I don't know if I'm going to read the second volume or not, maybe in another year or so. I've never really like to read books that have been based off a tv series, nor have I been a die hard Buffy fan. Maybe people that are might like these stories better then I do, and who knows maybe that those that aren't might like them too. All I know is that it was hard for me to read and I just didn't really enjoy them.

Review: Death by Bikini

Title: Death by Bikini ( Death By Mystery 1)
Author: Linda Gerber
Pages: 240
Published: May 15th 2008 by Puffin
Rating: 3/5
Goodreads Summary:
A fun, sexy, murder-mysteryromance for all teen sleuths!
Aphra Behn Connolly has the type of life most teenage girls envy. She lives on a remote tropical island and spends most of her time eavesdropping on the rich and famous. The problem is that her family's resort allows few opportunities for her to make friends, much less to meet cute boys. So when a smoldering Seth Mulo arrives with his parents, she's immediately drawn to him. Sure, he's a little bit guarded, and sure his parents are rather cold, and okay he won't say a word about his past, but their chemistry is undeniable. Then a famous rock star's girlfriend turns up dead on the beach, strangled by her own bikini top, and alarm bells sound. Is it too great a coincidence that Seth's family turned up just one day before a murder? As the plot thickens, Aphra finds that danger lurks behind even the most unexpected of faces. . . .

Review:
I made the mistake a year ago to read one of these books, however it was the third book and much of it at the time didn't make sense. After finishing instead of going to the first book I went backwards and read the second book. Now one year later I thought hey might as well finish the series and read the first book! I must say that now that I have read this one, everything else in the series makes total sense now.
Anyway, this is a nice short and easy read. I think that anyone who is into the whole teenage spy thing might like it. Be warned though it starts out as just a mystery story, you won't get to the spyish stuff until the second book. All in all, it was a pretty good book so go check it out.

Reading in September

currently reading:

hoping to read this month:

buffy the vampire slayer vol 1 - i actually started this a couple of months ago but it was due back at the library and i couldn't renew it. i re ordered it and since i only have one story left i am hoping to get it finished.
bitterblue - kristin cashore - i don't even know if this is going to happen. i have it on hold at the library and i'm like the 20th person waiting for it.
aunt dimity's death - nancy atherton

2012 Update

As of right now I have read 47 out of 55 books. I was hoping to be a little bit further but I always seem to not read as much during the summer as I do the rest of the year. Which doesn't make that much sense as I have more time off in the summer as it's usually slow.

Review: Crescendo

Title: Crescendo (Hush Hush 2)
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Pages: 427
Published: October 19th 2010 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Rating: 3/5
Goodreads Summary:
The sequel to the New York Times Best selling phenomenon, Hush, Hush! Nora should have know her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can't figure out if it's for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home.

The farther Nora delves into the mystery of her father's death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it as well as why she seems to be in danger more than the average girl. Since Patch isn't answering her questions and seems to be standing in her way, she has to start finding the answers on her own. Relying too heavily on the fact that she has a guardian angel puts Nora at risk again and again. But can she really count on Patch or is he hiding secrets darker than she can even imagine?

Review:
For me this was a lot more darker than the first book. I wasn't really fond of some of Nora's behavior nor was a fan of Scott. That guy was a class A jackass. I'm glad that Patch didn't become a major softy that I thought was going to happen after Hush Hush. I also have to admire Vee and her friendship with Nora, you don't see friendships like that anymore. The writing in this book was nice, it wasn't something that required 100% of my concentration. I got through it in a week, which doesn't happen very often. Anyway it was good and I look forward to reading book 3.