Fallen

Just finished Fallen ... its been on my shelf for about a year now... and I didn't expect to like it, thinking its just like so many others. But actually I did like it and am going tonight to find book 2, Torment. Here is the synopsis:

Some Angels are Destined to Fall

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.

Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, Fallen is a page turning thriller and the ultimate love story.

“Sexy and fascinating and scary…I loved love loved it!” -P.C. Cast, New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night Series

Prophecy of the Sisters

"Twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe have just become orphans. They have also become enemies. As they discover their roles in a prophecy that has turned generations of sisters against each other, the girls find themselves entangled in a mystery that involves a tattoo-like mark, their parents' deaths, a boy, a book, and a lifetime of secrets. Lia and Alice don't know whom they can trust. They just know they can't trust each other." Amazon



This ws an interesting book, and has a great beginning but I think it kind of shrivelled up towards the end. I wish it had more interaction betweent the twin sisters, it was almost like they didn't live in the same house. And I would have been all over the "Dark Room". Of course it is the first in a trilogy so maybe it will heat up. ....

Back to school reading!

Okay everyone, you have been back to school long enough, you have reconnected with old friends (and new) and it's time to start reading! You will have to anyway for language arts classes so it might as well be something interesting, right?

Right now i am in the middle of a book by Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver, Linger and Forever) This one is called Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception - I started it last night and am on page 87 ... so it's that good. Here is the description?

Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand—one who can see faeries. When a mysterious boy enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of nowhere, Deirdre finds herself infatuated. Trouble is, the enigmatic and conflicted Luke turns out to be a gallowglass—a soulless faerie assassin—and Deirdre is meant to be his next mark. Deirdre has to decide if Luke's feelings towards her are real, or only a way to lure her deeper into the world of Faerie.


If you like that romantic, fantasy, good vs. evil, stuff, you will like this!

Is it August already?

Okay, haven't been here for awhile, but I am ready to start posting about the new good and maybe even great reads! be sure to let me know about anything you think should be here too!

I'm not going to bore you with the storyline this and themes that ... you can hear that from other librarians LOL. I'll just give you my opinion and hope that you share yours. Because I really want to listen too, not just tell you what to read.

First, Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick.
Yup, it's been around a little while already, and honestly I thought I was tired of the vampires, demons, angels etc. stuff. But I like Patch, who is dark, sexy and has of course internal struggles with his angelness. Nora is just about as irritating as Bella was in Twilight....but its a good interesting story. Here's the synopsis:

Romance was not part of Nora Grey's plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better judgment.

But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.

For she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those who have fallen -- and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost Nora her life.