Book of the Day (Dec 31) How to Date a Vampire

Title: How to Date a Vampire
Author: Sophie Collins
(Available Now)
Description:
This is a fantastic magazine-style guide to romance for young teens...with a twist! For any girl looking for a boy who's more Cullen than caveman, this book is your helping hand to a happy ending. A vampire boy is smart, he's sexy, and he's waiting to discover someone a little bit different; so use this little lifesaver to show him what's so special about you and set his pulse (if he had one) racing. Of course, if like Bella or Buffy, the man of your dreams is more than just a high school crush, you won't find help in the problem pages. Luckily for you, this book is packed full of quizzes, charts and failsafe advice, from finding out if the guy giving you sleepless nights is a real vamp or a fanged faker, to great date ideas that don't involve Type-O milkshakes. With space to write about your own close encounters, plus style advice and beauty tips that are sure to slay him on sight, this is the only guide you'll ever need to spotting a vampire and knocking him (un)dead.

Calling All James Patterson Fans!

As I was looking at my e-mail today I came across my James Patterson newsletter. And was I beyond excited when I seen that they are coming out with a new James Patterson movie based on the Cross series!! These are my favorite books by James Patterson and I am SO excited that it will be made into a movie.

Go HERE to go to the riskybusiness blog and read more about it!!

Book of the Day (Dec 30)- The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove

Title: The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove
Author: Lauren Kate
(Available Now)
Description: A steamy Southern beauty makes one fatal mistake
Natalie Hargrove would kill to be her high school’s Palmetto Princess. But her boyfriend Mike King doesn’t share her dream and risks losing the honor of Palmetto Prince to Natalie’s nemesis, Justin Balmer. So she convinces Mike to help play a prank on Justin. . . one that goes terribly wrong. They tie him to the front of the church after a party—when they arrive the next morning, Justin is dead.
From blackmail to buried desire, dark secrets to darker deeds, Natalie unravels. She never should’ve messed with fate. Fate is the one thing more twisted than Natalie Hargrove.

Pretty Little Liars Challenge UPDATE!

With the holidays I have been away for a few months. But thankfully the new year is here and I can get back to my old blogging routine!. I wanted to write a quick update on my Pretty Little Liars Challenge. If you have any questions let me know. The OLD rules and update will be under the picture, the same as the actual challenge page which can be found HERE. Please do not sign up on this page. Go to the challenge page to sign up.

NEW:
-The 8th book in the series finally has a name.. Twisted!
-I have decided to ask everyone to please list their reviews on the main challenge page found HERE. Sign up under the Mr Linky and do your reviews all on the same page and same Mr Linky. For example, do you blog post for the challenge, link your challenge page to the Mr Linky under your name.. When you do a review come back to the same page and put YOUR NAME (Review #?) This will also make it easier for others to read your reviews and comment. I am having a hard time finding people's reviews who have signed up. I would like to be able to keep track to see who is actually doing the challenge which will make it easier for me to pick the winners at the end. If you do not have a blog please e-mail me your reviews at lovestoread0708(at)yahoo.com . These WILL count towards the challenge!!

Guidelines:

- This challenge is to read all of the Pretty Little Liars series. You can not count books that you have read prior to the start of this challenge. Sept. 24, 2009. Challenge closes Dec. 31, 2010. Here are the books:

*Pretty Little Liars

*Flawless

*Perfect

*Unbelievable

*Wicked

*Killer

*Heartless (Which will be out on January 19th,2010)

*Twisted (2010)

-You must have some form of a blog (Blog Profile counts as well). You must create a blog post with links back to this post to sign up for the challenge.

-eBooks and Audio Books count towards this challenge.

-You can join anytime. As long as you will have time to finish all of the books.

-After creating your blog post please sign up with the Mr Linky here. Please leave the link to the actual post of this challenge. Not a link to your main blog.

-Please come back to THIS post at anytime and link your reviews so others can read them.

PRIZES!!! For everyone who completes this challenge, they will be entered to win all of The Pretty Little Liars books. The whole series. How awesome is that?? Sign up! 

And, the author, Sara Shepard, is sending me the first 4 books in the series, signed. So there will be 2 winners. One will win the whole series, the other will one the first 4 books in the series! 

Wish List

I have so many books that I want to read. So I have decided to make a post for all of the books on my wishlist a link to goodreads, and a little about the book. This will make it easier for me to have one big file so that I can remember all of those great books out there that I want to read.

My Wish List will be at the top of my blog so that it is easy to find! :)

WISH LIST!

Bet Me by Jennifer Cruise-

Thirty-three-year-old Minerva Dobbs is annoyed when her current boyfriend dumps her three weeks before her sisters' wedding. But she's downright furious a few moments later when she overhears her now "ex" boyfriend bet hunky Calvin Morrisey that he can't take her home and bed her. In fact, she's so angry at them both that she lets Cal take her to dinner and decides to string him along until after her sisters' wedding.

Bloom by Elizabeth Scott-
Lauren has a good life: decent grades, great friends, and a boyfriend every girl lusts after. So why is she so unhappy?
It takes the arrival of Evan Kirkland for Lauren to figure out the answer: She's been holding back. She's been denying herself a bunch of things (like sex) because staying with her loyal and gorgeous boyfriend, Dave, is the "right" thing to do. After all, who would give up the perfect boyfriend? 

Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder-
Brooklyn can’t sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca died a year ago, and now their friend Gabe has died of an overdose. Every time she closes her eyes, Gabe's ghost is there, waiting for her. She has no idea what he wants or why it isn't Lucca chasing her through her dreams.

 Daughter Am I by Pat Bertram-
When twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents -- grandparents her father claimed had died before she was born -- she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead.

Ex-Mas by Kate Brian-
Seventeen-year-old Lila Beckwith's parents just left for vacation, and Lila's all set to throw the holiday party of the season. But when her Christmas-obsessed little brother, Cooper, discovers that global warming is melting the North Pole, he and his best friend, Tyler, take off on a runaway mission to save Santa.

Getting Revenge On Lauren Wood by Eileen Cook-
In the final weeks of eighth grade, Lauren Wood made a choice. She betrayed her best friend, Helen, in a manner so publicly humiliating that Helen had to move to a new town just to save face. Ditching Helen was worth it, though, because Lauren started high school as one of the It Girls--and now, at the start of her senior year, she's the cheerleading captain, the quarterback's girlfriend, and the undisputed queen bee.

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father--an elusive European warlock--only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

How to Hook a Hottie by Tina Ferraro-
At 17, Kate Delvecchio has one goal in life: to become a millionaire before the age of 20. And as far as she’s concerned, college will only slow her down. Unfortunately for Kate, the one thing her parents do agree on is that they totally disagree with her strategy. And so the deal is born. If Kate can raise five thousand big ones by graduation day, her parents will hand over the balance of her college account to invest as she pleases. No college, no degree, and no way she’ll ever be able to pull it off.

I heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder-
Ava can't see him or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear hisvoice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she'scrazy, but she knows he's here.

Magic Hands by Jennifer Laurens
Cort, the high school senior jock seems to have it all -- except a summer job. When he lands one doing women's nails, his eyes are opened to the catty, back-stabbing world of females.

My Soul To Save (Book 2)- Rachel Vincent-
The last thing Kaylee needs right now is to be skipping school, breaking her dad’s ironclad curfew and putting her boyfriend’s loyalty to the test.

My Soul To Take (Book 1)- Rachel Vincent-
She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.

Sea Change by Aimee Friedman-
16-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science...and not so great with boys. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she's happy to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her mother sort out her late grandmother's estate.

Secret Society by Tom Dolby-
Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone. . . .
An eccentric new girl. A brooding socialite. The scion of one of New York's wealthiest families. A promising filmmaker. As students at the exclusive Chadwick School, Phoebe, Lauren, Nick, and Patch already live in a world most teenagers only dream about. 

Some Girls Are- Courtney Summers
High-school senior Regina Afton has been what she believes is an important part of the most popular girls’ clique during middle and high school. And then she’s not.

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr-
As children, Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were both social outcasts.They were also one another's only friend.So when Cameron disappears without warning, Jennifer thinks she's lost the only person who will ever understand her.Now in high school, Jennifer has been transformed.

Switch by Megan Hart-
Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the habit of reading other people's mail, but it was just a piece of paper with a few lines scrawled on it, clearly meant for the apartment upstairs. It looked so innocent, but decidedly— deliciously—it was not.

Take Me There by Susane Colasanti-
Rhiannon is devastated after the breakup with her boyfriend and wants him back. Nicoles ex is still in the picture, but she can't help having a new crush. James and Rhiannon are just friends, though he may try to take it to the next level. Will their desire to take a mean girl down a notch bring these three friends what they want . . . and more? 

The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard-
Seventeen-year-old Colt has been sneaking out at night to meet Julia, a girl from an upper-class neighborhood unlike his own. They’ve never told anyone else about their relationship: not their family or friends, and especially not Julia’s boyfriend.When Julia dies suddenly, Colt tries to cope with her death while pretending that he never even knew her. He discovers a journal she left behind. But he is not prepared for the truths he discovers about their intense relationship, nor to pay the price for the secrets he’s kept.


The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott
Gorgeous Brianna and less-stunning Sarah have been best friends since kindergarten, but now Sarah’s got a wicked crush on Brianna’s new boyfriend, Ryan—and it’s reciprocal.

Three Days To Dead (Book #1) by Kelly Meding-
When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue—in a stranger’s body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there—her troubles are only just beginning.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher-
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy ever day, there's a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance.

Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt-
There are two sides to every breakup. This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They're even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation. Then Jordan dumps Courtney -- for a girl he met on the Internet. It's too late to change plans, so the road trip is on.

Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti-
At the beginning of her sophomore year, Marisa is ready for a fresh start and, more importantly, a boyfriend. So when the handsome and popular Derek asks her out, Marisa thinks her long wait for happiness is over. But several bumps in the road—including her parents’ unexpected separation, a fight with her best friend, and a shocking disappointment in her relationship with Derek—test Marisa’s ability to maintain her new outlook.

Wake (Dream Catcher Book #1)- Lisa McMann-
Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people's dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true power. 

When It Happens by Susane Colasanti-
At the start of her senior year, Sara wants two things: to get into a top college and to find true love. Tobey also wants two things in his senior year: to win Battle of the Bands and to make Sara fall in love with him. A popular jock named Dave, though, moves in on Sara first. But Tobey's quirky wit and big blue eyes are hard for Sara to ignore.

Review: Get Well Soon

Title: Get Well Soon
Author: Julie Halpern
Description:

Anna Bloom is depressed—so depressed that her parents have committed her to a mental hospital with a bunch of other messed-up teens. Here she meets a roommate with a secret (and a plastic baby), a doctor who focuses way too much on her weight, and a cute, shy boy who just might like her.

But wait! Being trapped in a loony bin isn’t supposed to be about making friends, losing weight, and having a crush, is it?

In her fiction debut, Julie Halpern finds humor in the unlikeliest of places, and presents a character whose voice—and heart—will resonate with all of us who have ever felt just a little bit crazy.

 Review: I didn't hate this book but it wasn't one of my favorites. I really liked the relationship that Anna builds with the kids that are in the mental hospital with her. And I really liked that she felt like she finally belonged since she has always had a problem with her weight. The one thing that I did not like about the book and really didn't understand was that she was committed to the hospital because she had anxiety attacks and didn't want to go to school. All of the other kids were in their for setting fires, hearing demons, things like that. Not unless I missed a big key part of the book I just really didn't understand this part.

But all in all this was a good book. It was well written and was written for younger kids to read and understand. I wish that it would have been a little longer and we could have heard more about Anna and Justin's relationship after the mental hospital.

Book of the Day (Dec 29)- Three Days to Dead

Title: Three Days to Dead (Evangeline Stone, #1)
Author: Kelly Meding
(Available Now)
Description:
They’ll never see her coming. . . .

When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue—in a stranger’s body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there—her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night she and the two other members of her Triad were the city’s star bounty hunters, mercilessly cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened that not only cost all three of them their lives but also convinced the city’s other Hunters that Evy was a traitor—and she can’t even remember what it was.

Now she’s a fugitive, piecing together her memory, trying to deal some serious justice—and discovering that she has only three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation spell wears off. Because in three days Evy will die again—but this time there’s no second chance. . . .

Book of the Day (Dec 28) Dead and Kicking

Title: Dead and Kicking (Ghost Dusters Mysteries #3)
Author: Wendy Roberts
(Available Now)
Description: Sadie Novak cleans up crime scenes for a living and is also blessed-or cursed- with the gift of second sight. This time she's digging out the home of a compulsive hoarder. She discovers unexpected things, including an angry ghost who wants her to go away. And there are even more secrets beneath the surface that someone will kill to keep buried...

Book of the Day (Dec 27) Change Of Heart

Title: Change of Heart
Author: Jodi Picoult
(Available Now)
Description: One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen.
For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens that changes everything for him. Now, he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June's eleven-year-old daughter, Claire. But between Shay and Claire stretches an ocean of bitter regrets, past crimes, and the rage of a mother who has lost her child.
Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?

Book of the Day (Dec 27) Sea Change

Title: Sea Change
Author: Aimee Friedman
(Available Now)
Description:
16-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science...and not so great with boys. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she's happy to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her mother sort out her late grandmother's estate.

There, Miranda finds new friends and an island with a mysterious, mystical history, presenting her with facts her logical, scientific mind can't make sense of. She also meets Leo, who challenges everything she thought she knew about boys, friendship...and reality.

Is Leo hiding something? Or is he something that she never could have imagined?

Looking For....

I tried looking to see if an audio book was going to come out for the other Gallagher girl series written by Ally Carter. I just ordered the first audio for the first book, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You. But I would really like to have audio for the other books as well. I normally don't listen to books on tape but I really am liking this series and would like to go back with the tapes and read along with them.

So if you know where I can get information on this please let me know. I tried finding the author's e-mail but couldn't, and I also tried looking on amazon with nothing... 

Here is a little about the second book.

After staking out, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester. But that's easier said than done when you're a CIA legacy and go to the premier school in the world... for spies.

Cammie Morgan may have a genius IQ and attend the best school in the country, but as she starts the spring semester of her sophomore year there are a lot of things she doesn't know. Like will her ex-boyfriend even remember she exists? And how much trouble did she really get in last semester? And, most of all, exactly why is her mother acting so strangely?

All Cammie wants is a nice, normal semester, but she's about to learn her greatest lesson yet—that when you go to a school for spies, nothing is ever as it seems.

Book of the Day- The Graveyard Book

Title: The Graveyard Book
Author: Neil Gaiman
(Available Now)
Description: Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.
He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead.
There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer.
But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family. . . .

Book of the Day (Dec 15th) Daughter am I

Title: Daughter Am I
Author: Pat Bertram
(Available Now)
Description: When twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents -- grandparents her father claimed had died before she was born -- she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead. Along the way she accumulates a crew of feisty octogenarians -- former gangsters and friends of her grandfather. She meets and falls in love Tim Olson, whose grandfather shared a deadly secret with her great-grandfather. Now Mary and Tim need to stay one step ahead of the killer who is desperate to dig up that secret.

Book of the Day (Dec 14th) ghostgirl

Title: ghostgirl
Author: Tonya Hurley
(Available Now)
Description:
Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

And if I should die before I awake,

I pray the popular attend my wake.

Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one day she really is invisible. Even worse: she's dead. And all because she choked on a gummy bear. But being dead doesn't Charlotte from wanting to be popular; it just makes her more creative about achieving her goal.

If you thought high school was a matter of life or death, wait till you see just how true that is. In this satirical, yet heartfelt novel, Hurley explores the invisibility we all feel at some times and the lengths we'll go to be seen.

Book of the Day (Dec 13th) Magic Hands

Title: Magic Hands
Author: Jennifer Laurens
(Available Now)
Description: Cort, the high school senior jock seems to have it all -- except a summer job. When he lands one doing women's nails, his eyes are opened to the catty, back-stabbing world of females. Girls he thought he knew and trusted turn out to shock and use him. He gets to know Rachel, an elusive girl the others gossip about, a girl with secrets. From her he learns there is more to life than weekend partying and social status, and one of the secrets she shares with him will change his life forever.

Book of the Day (Dec 10) Prey

Title: Prey
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
(Available Now)
Description: A teacher is supposed to impart a love of learning and a thirst for knowledge. It’s a bit different with Ms. Lori Settles. All the kids are talking about how hot she is–and she is especially interested in Ryan Piccoli. When she starts giving Ryan extra attention, he’s feeling more than happy–at first. He’s used to being the class clown, but really he’s a loner. One day after school, the friendship with Lori Settles goes farther than he ever expected. She’s his teacher. She’s at least twice his age. Intimacy with a teacher is wrong, yet it feels so good in every way. Soon, Lori is making demands and Ryan begins to feel overwhelmed, but Ryan refuses to even admit anything is going on. Something immoral is going on and before too long the choices made will change lives forever.

Book of the Day (Dec 9) Wake

Title: Wake
Author: Lisa McMann
(Available Now)

Description: For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.

She can't tell anybody about what she does -- they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.

Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....

Book of the Day (Day 8) Ex-Mas

Title: Ex-Mas
Author: Kate Brian
(Available Now)
Description: Seventeen-year-old Lila Beckwith's parents just left for vacation, and Lila's all set to throw the holiday party of the season. But when her Christmas-obsessed little brother, Cooper, discovers that global warming is melting the North Pole, he and his best friend, Tyler, take off on a runaway mission to save Santa.
Lila has to get Cooper safely home before her parents get back on Christmas Eve. But the only person who can help her is Tyler's older brother, Beau -- a.k.a. Lila's musician, anti-everything ex-boyfriend.
It'll take more than a Christmas miracle for Lila and Beau to overcome their differences and find their fugitive brothers. But could a journey destined for disaster help these polar opposites fall in love...all over again?

Book of the Day (Dec 7th) Bad Apple

Title: Bad Apple
Author: Laura Ruby
(Available Now)
Description: "If I really wanted to open up, I'd confess that I really am the liar everyone believes I am."
High-school junior Tola Riley has green hair, a nose ring, an attitude problem, and a fondness for fairy tales, which are a great escape from real life. Everyone thinks she's crazy; everyone says so. Everyone except Mr. Mymer, her art teacher. He gets her paintings and lets her hang out in the art room during lonely lunch periods.
But then rumors start flying and Tola is suddenly the center of a scandal. The whole town is judging her—even her family. When Mr. Mymer is suspended for what everyone thinks is an affair, she has no choice but to break her silence. Fairy tales won't help her this time . . . so how can she tell the truth? And, more importantly, will anyone believe her?

Review: Fallen

Title: Fallen
Author: Lauren Kate
(Available December 8, 2009)
Description: There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.
Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.
Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.

Review: This is a really hard review to write, not being the book was bad, but because it never says what Daniel is until the end of the book. I was guessing all the way through the book, and anyone else who reads it probably will do the same thing, so I really don't want to give anything away.
I really enjoyed this book, it was one that I could not put down. I felt so bad for Luce, she goes through so much. She is sent to Sword & Cross because she is being blamed for killing one of her classmates in a fire. But Luce can not remember doing it. Then when she sees Daniel she keeps getting the sense that she knows him from somewhere, but she can't decide where she knows him from. This is a big part of the book that leaves you guessing with her and you keep reading faster and faster until you find out what/who Daniel really is.
Daniel and Luce's relationship in Fallen kind of reminds me of Twilight. I am saying kind of because I do not want any nasty e-mails about referring one book to another, but I am going to anyway. Luce and Daniel have a connection right away, but Daniel is trying to avoid Luce at all costs to keep her safe. As I was reading the book I just kept thinking of Edward and Bella's relationship in Twilight, but that is as far as the book goes to reminding me of Twilight. Lauren Kate is an amazing author, I can't wait to read more of her books.

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