YA Historical Fiction Challenge

Hi!

I meant to have the Challenges I was participating in up yesterday, but I didn't have a chance too! I was just too busy.

The YA Historical Fiction Challenge is hosted by YA Bliss!

I am going with Level 3! Which is reading 15 YA Books in 2011!

1.  A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

2. Rebel Angel by Libba Bray

3. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

4. Cate of the Lost Colony by Lisa Klein

5. Steel by Carrie Vaughn
6. Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury

7. In the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne Dunlap

8. The Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap

9. Strings Attached by Judy Blundell

10. Deadly by Julie Chibbaro

11. Dark Mirror by M.J. Putney

12. The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell

13. Forgiven by Janet Fox

14. Beautiful Days by Anna Godbersen

15. The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickersen

I might add a few more, but at this time no more books to take on!

Contests to let you know about!

Hi!

There will be a post a little later but right now, I am busy entering some contests!

The first one I would like to let you know about is a Giveaway of an ARC of Susanna Snow and the Midnight Tunnel by Angie Frazier. Click Here to enter the Contest!

The second is What's Your Story's 200 follower giveaway. Click Here to enter this amazing contest!

I don't need to post about this put I will have a button on my sidebar for Call Me Crazy's 100 follower giveaway, but in this time she has acquired about 200 more! Isn't that great! Click Here to enter.

All these contest end soon, so hurry up and enter!

Firespell by Chloe Neill

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I am going to start putting the author's names in the review. I don't know why I didn't do this before but oh well!

Title: Firespell

Author: Chloe Neill

Rating: 4.5 stars

Review: Lily Parker is doomed. Her parents are off in Germany and they've dumped her at St. Sophia's school for girls in Chicago, a place she has never been. Now she has to face new classmates and a she hopefully has earned a friend. But Scout is a little weird, she goes weird places all the time and won't tell Lily anything. But Lily it seems has lot to learn about herself, her parents and her new friends, both girl and boy.

I enjoyed this book a ton! I flew through it, like in a day in a half. I should have been writing but reading I have to say is much, much more fun.

The only reason that this doesn't get a full 5 stars is because it was a little un-actiony in the beginning of the book. While I enjoyed it, I thought something more exciting could have happened!!

Otherwise I enjoyed this book a lot. It was fun and easy to read and I loved all the characters especially Lily and her bff, Scout. Not even mentioning all the guy characters!! But oh well there wasn't any kissing in this book! But never less I was kept occupied on a long car ride.

The plot was very interesting and I enjoyed reading about it. While it is a little like other magic and supernatural books, it still had it's unique spots.

I am looking forward to reading the sequel Hexbound, coming out Jan. 20, 2011!! It will be great to see more of Lily and her friends!!!

NaNoWriMo Wrap-up

Hi!

Today is December 1st, the start of a brand new month, a new start. Don't ask me where that came from, it just came out.

December Is one of the best and worst months of the year. The worst thing about this month is the snow. If you don't live where it snows, lucky you. Don't ever wish for it either. The best things about the month are all the holidays: Christmas, the new year, and Hanukkah. By the way if you celebrate Hanukkah, then Happy Hanukkah because according to my little calendar, it starts at sundown??? Anyways it is a great month, minus the snow, there is winter break which means more time for writing, reading, blogging and what ever else you like. The holidays are the best because you get to give and you spend it with your friends and family. Even getting things is nice too.

So basically I just want to wish you guys a happy December!!

Yesterday, one of the most hyped about YA novels was released, Matched by Ally Condie. Hopefully I will get this for Christmas.

Tomorrow, Anna and the French Kiss comes out by Stephanie Perkins! Very excited about this one, it looks like a cute, sweet read.

It is that time of year to join challenges again! I am already doing the 2011 debut author challenge and the contemps challenge. I still need to join a few more though. I need to join a historical fiction one, but I forget who is is hosted by and I need to join the 350+ reading challenge hosted by What's your story! 350 is pages not books, by the way.

Finally on to NaNoWriMo!! It ended yesterday for starters. If you finished good for you!!  If you didn't, there's always next year! Here is a list if questions I made up, use them is you want too.

You finished, now what are you going to do?
Well first I am going to edit because I would love to get it bound. Next is starting a new story, which has the same characters, but they haven't met yet. So basically I am using the same characters but they don't realize they have already been in a story together!

Was it painful or enjoyable?
Both, very much both. At first it was painful and then it got enjoyable and then it got painful again.

Did this experience help you write better?
Yes it did! I now feel that I am a much better writer.

Did you learn anything?
Yeah, I know what it's like to be a author. HARD!

Did you end up loving your characters it hating them?
I loved all of them and I still do because I am going to use them again!

Describe your NaNoWriMo experience in one word.
Fun........?????
Why did you pick that word?
Because it is a cool word! No, because I really did have fun. I like being pushed and challenged and it made me want to be a writer even more! To actually get a book published.

Do you like having your life back?
Yes, there are no more painful weekends were I force myself to write!

Will you do it again next year though?
Yes!!!!!!!!

Well that's all! Have a great day!!

Fun fact: I write almost everything for my blog on my iPod touch. That's what I am doing right now. I find I concentrate better and the Internet doesn't have to be on for me to write. And usually I write late at night! The only things I don't do are: memes and blog happenings.

My Soul to Take

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Happy Tuesday. So apparently last Tuesday I said Happy Friday! Um alright don't know what I was thinking! haha

Title: My soul to take

Author: Rachel Vincent

Rating: 5 stars

Review: Kaylee Cavanaugh is discovering some unique new powers. And not any normal powers either, she screams when someone is about to die. A terrible blood curling scream. Not only is she not sure what she is she thinks she is going crazy. Kaylee starts to seek answers to what may be happening to her, she finds startling answers and something wonderful she never expected.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!! SO MUCH! seriously! I had bought this maybe like a month ago and then I came across a raving review that made me pick this up. By the way I looked for the  review but I couldn't find it! I was so mad! Instead of doing my homework I read this book and loved it!

Kaylee was just a great character. I loved reading about her and her abilities.Getting in her head and knowing what she was thinking was amazing! Everything was just so unique and new to me and it made me read the book more because I needed to know what Kaylee was and what she could do. Nash was another plus factor in this book. He was incredibly hot and very sweet. But when reading summaries for the other books.....it sounds like he is being a bad boy. I have the other ones on order so hopefully they get here today or tomorrow.

The romance was very good and well written and I really, really enjoyed it. I mean who doesn't love romance!?

Anyway, all the character were great and so was the plot. I really like the suspense and the murder. I mean I didn't like it but I liked reading about it, if that makes any sense! I never saw that ending coming! I was like WOW!!

Overall this is one of my new favorite books and I finished it in about a day! Read this because you won't regret it!!

Blog Happenings!!!

Hi!

Happy Monday, again!
This week I read My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent and I loved it! It is one of the best books I have ever read, and I enjoyed it immensely! I have never read anything like it! I also finished Firespell by Chloe Neill, so look for reviews on both of these books coming up!

I failed to read City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, I will finish it soon but right now I am concentrating on finishing the 2010 Debut Author Challenge.

I am currently reading Dead is the New Black and I LOVE it so far. Edit! I just finished it and I really love it but I am too lazy to delete!

I am currently reading Dead is a State of Mind, the second Dead is book and for school I am reading Around the World in 80 days. I don't like it.

Anything else new?? Nope I don't think so. I didn't even find a cover this week to show you! Darn!

Have a good week! Oops nevermind I thought of things!

This week I reviewed Torment and Girl, Stolen which I both really liked.

Next week, when I have time I will tell you an exciting story about how I discovered books! YAY!

I finished NaNoWriMo,  in case you haven't figured it out yet. On Wednesday there will be a wrap up post.

Alright now I am done talking about weird things!

One more thing: I only have 14 days left of school till Winter Break which I will devote to reviewing and working on the review archive and of course reading and then I might write a little because I just came up with a killer idea!!

Spotlight Monday

Hi!
It's spotlight Monday Time. Don't forget to finish you NaNoWriMo! Check at the giveaway!

Other by Karen Kincy

Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Gwen hides a dangerous secret: she’s Other. Half-pooka, to be exact, thanks to the father she never met. Most Americans don’t exactly roll out the welcome mat for Others, especially not the small-town folks of Klikamuks, Washington. As if this isn’t bad enough, Gwen’s on the brink of revealing her true identity to her long-time boyfriend, Zack, but she’s scared he’ll lump her with the likes of bloodthirsty vampires and feral werewolves.

When a pack of werewolves chooses the national forest behind Gwen’s home as their new territory, the tensions in Klikamuks escalate–into murder. It soon becomes clear a serial killer is methodically slaying Others. The police turn a blind eye, leaving Gwen to find the killer before the killer finds her. As she hunts for clues, she uncovers more Others living nearby than she ever expected. Like Tavian, a sexy Japanese fox-spirit who rivals Zack and challenges her to embrace her Otherness. Gwen must struggle with her own conflicted identity, learn who she can trust, and–most importantly–stay alive.

Looks very intersing and very good! I should be reading it soon!