Waiting on Wednesday (2)

Title: Chasing Brooklyn
Author: Lisa Schroeder
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon Pulse (January 5, 2010)
ISBN-10: 1416991689

Brooklyn can't sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died only a year ago, and now her friend Gabe has just 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 visiting her dreams.

Nico can't stop. He's always running, trying to escape the pain of losing his brother, Lucca. But when Lucca's ghost begins leaving messages, telling Nico to help Brooklyn, emotions come crashing to the surface.

As the nightmares escalate and the messages become relentless, Nico reaches out to Brooklyn. But neither of them can admit that they're being haunted. Until they learn to let each other in, not one soul will be able to rest.

This book sounds amazing and I really do not want to wait until January to read it, what can I say im an anxious person =)

So What are you (Not able to) Waiting for?

Zombie Chicken Award

Yes you heard right! In my opinion one of the best awards ever! It was graciously given to me from Jamie at For The Love of All That is Written. I love her blog if you havent seen it yet go check it out =)

The blogger who receives this award believes in the Tao of the zombie chicken - excellence, grace and persistence in all situations, even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. These amazing bloggers regularly produce content so remarkable that their readers would brave a raving pack of zombie chickens just to be able to read their inspiring words. As a recipient of this world-renowned award, you now have the task of passing it on to at least 5 other worthy bloggers. Do not risk the wrath of the zombie chickens by choosing unwisely or not choosing at all...

Nominations:
Ashley at Ashley's Library
Paradox at Paradoxical
Carrie at Carries YA Bookshelf
Jessica at Books Love Jessica Marie
Taschima at Bloody Bookaholic

Mail Box Monday (3)

So because I am totally lame and felt bad that I haven't gotten any books for like the past 3 weeks. My boyfriend bought me a little surprise (he is amazing), I could not believe he knew what book I wanted. Then again all he has to do is close his eyes and grab one =) So this mail box monday is dedicated to my boyfriend Nick who cares enough to help support my reading addiction, thanks babe!

The Summoning

After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges. Chloe starts seeing ghosts–everywhere, demanding her attention. After she suffers a breakdown, her devoted aunt Lauren gets her into a highly recommended group home.

At first, Lyle House seems a pretty okay place, except for Chloe’s small problem of fearing she might be facing a lifetime of mental illness. But as she gradually gets to know the other kids at the home–charming Simon and his ominous, unsmiling brother Derek, obnoxious Tori, and Rae, who has a “thing” for fire–Chloe begins to realize that there is something that binds them all together, and it isn’t your usual “problem kid” behaviour. And together they discover that Lyle House is not your usual group home either…

What did you get?

Happy Reading

Author Of The Month

The Author of the Month is.....

Charlaine Harris, she is one of my favorite authors. Of course it is because of the Sookie Stackhouse series, but she does have more books! I love how she paints you a picture with her words, and her characters are one my favorites out of any book series that I have read. Not to mention I absolutely love the covers on her books! Below is a biography that I borrowed from her site.

Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.

Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. After holding down some low-level jobs, she had the opportunity to stay home and write, and the resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of writing mystery series, and soon had her own traditional books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. Her first Teagarden, REAL MURDERS, garnered an Agatha nomination.

Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences.

When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. Not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, DEAD UNTIL DARK broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who just enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, has drawn more readers. The southern vampire books are published in Japan, Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Thailand, Spain, France, and Russia.

In addition to Sookie, Charlaine has another heroine with a strange ability. Harper Connelly, lightning-struck and strange, can find corpses . . . and that’s how she makes her living.

In addition to her work as a writer, Charlaine is the past senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church, a board member of Mystery Writers of America, a past board member of Sisters in Crime, a member of the American Crime Writers League, and past president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance. She spends her “spare” time reading, watching her daughter play sports, traveling, and going to the movies.

These are some of her books she has many more as well. If you have not read any of her books I highly suggest picking one up! Her official site is below.

Review: Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse Series #3)

Title: Club Dead

Author: Charlaine Harris

Pages: 292 pages

Published: Ace Books

Genre: Fiction/Fantasy

Cover Score: B

Overall Rating: A
ISBN-10: 0441010512

Sookie's boyfriend has been very distant-in another state, distant. Now she's off to Mississippi to mingle with the underworld at Club Dead-a little haunt where the vampire elite go to chill out. But when she finally finds Bill-caught in an act of betrayal-she's not sure whether to save him...or sharpen some stakes.

Well the I felt the start to this book was rather slow, but as I continued reading I felt myself unable to put the book down. It seems that this series keeps getting better and better with the next book. In this book Sookie has to travel to Mississippi to track down her boyfriend Bill who has been captured, only to discover that he has intended to leave her.

Through out her journey Sookie meets new characters one of my particular favorites is Alcide, which I hope he continues through out the rest of the series. Alcide is a Werewolf who helps Sookie on her journey, and I like his role mainly because you get more insight on how they view "Weres". Also if you are a huge Eric fan you will love this book (I know I did!) Eric plays big roles in this book. Also there is a posibility for a love square? Hmm I guess you guys will just have to see who it is =)

Overall like I said I love this series and I am just happy to see that its not always Bill and Sookie fighting. My opinion is I think Sookie should hook up with Eric, he is alot funnier =) However I do recommend reading this, just make sure you have read "Dead until Dark", and "Living Dead in Dallas" first. Till next time....

Happy Reading!