24 Hour Read-a-thon Update #1

Books Finished:
Dawn by Kevin Brooks


Goals For This Hour:
- Finish Lips Touch by Laini Taylor (on page 117)


I think I did pretty good. :)


-Senfaye

24 Hour Read-a-thon!

So, I have been planning on doing the 24 hour read-a-thon all week! 


And, I had to try and get up at 5 this morning.. and didn't; I got up at 6. And then I read for an hour, and I was so tired I fell asleep.. so I kind of suck.


Anyway, now that I am up I can start reading again! :D


Goals for this hour: 
- Finish Dawn by Kevin Brooks


-Senfaye
PS I am so sorry Emma that I was not up at 5 like I said I would be! 

Hold Still Contest!

So, Penguin kindly offered to let me give away a hardcover copy of Hold Still by Nina Lacour! 


The book was released yesterday, and I cannot wait to read it!


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This contest is open to the US and Canada only!


It ends on November 1st and the winner will be announced November 2nd!

-Senfaye

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? #2

Read The Past Two Weeks:

Whip It by Shauna Cross

Septimus Heap: The Magykal Papers by Angie Sage

Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

Currently Reading:

Lips Touch by Laini Taylor (still!)

Bran Hambric: The Farfeld Curse by Kaleb Nation (still!)

Fire by Kristin Cashore (still!)

Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman (still!)

Little Black Lies by Tish Cohen

Dark Secrets 1 by Elizabeth Chandler

To Read This Week:

Finish Bran Hambric: The Farfeld Curse by Kaleb Nation

Finish Lips Touch by Laini Taylor

Finish Dark Secrets 1 by Elizabeth Chandler

                                                                                     

-Senfaye

P.S. Sorry for not posting much, school is taking a lot out of me. Reviews coming later this week or this weekend!                                                                                       

The Tear Collector

Title: The Tear Collector Author: Patrick Jones Publisher: Walker (Bloomsbury) Number Of Pages: 263 Publication Date: September 1st, 2009


Synopsis From Jacket Flap: Between hookups, makeups, and breakups, there isn't a day at Lapeer High School without drama turning into tears. 
And tears are just essential as air for Cassandra Gray. She and her family are vampires who thirst for human sorrow, and the energy that they soak in from a good crying jag can keep them fueled up for days.


Anytime a friend needs a shoulder to cry on, Cass is there. Anytime a boyfriend gets too secure, she breaks his heart. Cass's work as a school peer counselor and hospital volunteer also provides the perfect cover and access to get her family's energy source. But she is getting tired of all the lies and manipulation--especially now that she's actually fallen in love with a human. Can she bear to betray her family for a chance at happiness and a life filled with joy? 


A perfect blend of romance and the supernatural, this unique kind of vampire story will hook readers. 


Review: The Tear Collector was good, certainly not the best book but good. It was different, and intriguing. 


The premise was nothing like I have ever seen before--I mean vampires that need tears instead of blood to survive is very original. My biggest problem was the characters, Cass was just a little cold for my taste, but as the story goes along I liked her better. Cass's family was terrible, and made the book not as good, because they made me so frustrated! Cass is their family and to let her not have happiness is just insane. I know that they are vampires but they could show a little compassion. (Although, I do have a favorite character, Sam! She is really awesome.) 


I did really like the writing though! Patrick Jones is very good at keeping up pace, and there were really no slow parts. I really enjoyed his writing, and I will be reading more of his books in the future. 


Overall, The Tear Collector was a captivating read that had a few problems. 


I recommend this book if you like young adult novels, romance, and the supernatural. 
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? #1

Read This Past Week:
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins 
Ash by Malinda Lo
Currently Reading:
Bran Hambric: The Farfeld Curse by Kaleb Nation
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor 
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
To Read This Week: 
Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater
Sleepless by Thomas Fahy
Whip It by Shauna Cross (If it comes this week!)


                                                     
                                              

Books Read In September!

122. School Of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari
123. The Waking: Dreams Of The Dead by Thomas Randall
124. Fade To Blue by Sean Beaudoin
125. The Tear Collector by Patrick Jones
126. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
127. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
128. Memoirs Of A Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
129. Liar by Justine Larbalestier 
130. Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Worm King by Holly Black & Tony Di Terlizzi
131. Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 
132. Break by Hannah Moskowitz
133. The Sky Always Hears Me And The Hills Don't Mind by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
134. The Everafter by Amy Huntley


13 books read last month!


-Senfaye
PS I am so sorry for not posting lately, I have been really busy with my school, and other stuff.