More Vampire's!

I think you all know how much I loved the Twilight books! Well, I found another vampire series that is so good! It is called the Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. This is a series of 6 books and they are SO GOOD! The 6th one is coming out in December and I can't wait! It is about two kinds of vampires (Moroi, the good vampires and Strigoi, the bad vampires) and Dhampir, the people who protect the Moroi. It follows two young girls (a Moroi and a Dhampir) who are best friends and in high school (of sorts). They of course encounter a bunch of action when they always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But they also find love! Seriously, if you like Twilight I am confident you will like this series too. And if you didn't like Twilight ...... still give this a try. They are super easy and fast reads due to the fact that the target audience are teenagers and young adults.

More Books!

I thought I would do a quick post on a couple other books I have read this month. The first one was referred to me by one of my friends. It is a Richard Paul Evans book and to be honest I haven't read any of his books since I read Christmas Box in like Junior High. This one is called Promise Me. Sticking with his theme is begins and ends on Christmas Eve. But really, it isn't much of a Christmas story. It is a about a woman who has been keeping a secret for almost twenty years. The secret begins on Christmas Eve 1989 and she is finally able to talk about it on Christmas Eve 2008. It is also about love, family, betrayal and forgiveness. It is a pretty good book and a extremely fast read. I read it in one day!


The next book is The False Friend by Myla Goldberg. I haven't ever read any of her books but found this on my library's website. I decided to give it a try and am glad I did. I would have to say it isn't the best book ever but it was a good read. I felt like I could relate to some of the things that were going on in this book. It is about a woman, Celia, who suddenly remembers the tragic events of her best friends abduction almost twenty years ago. The problem is, she remembers it differently than every else.

She and he friend had a love hate relationship in elementary. They were the queen bees of their click and definitely acted that way. When Celia remembers the day that happened so long ago she runs back to her home town and starts digging about what really happened to her friend. This is a story about the ruthlessness of girls and the long lasting effects it has on some of the victims. Like I said above it is a pretty good read, definitely not as fast of a read as Promise Me was though.


Happy Reading!
Jenna

Castle

My husband and I love the TV show Castle. It is a cop show, but it is different from the typical shows like that. It is about a book author who shadows a NY homicide detective. He brings a annoying, funny and different perspective to the detective's cases. Anyways, in the show they talk about the books that he writes based on this detective. So I decided to read the first one. Heat Wave is set up pretty much like the TV show so I found it entertaining and a good read. However, it is the first time I have read a book and would rather watch the TV version. I find the characters in the show funny and a little more entertaining that the book characters. They also have another book out called Naked Heat that sounds interesting also. Anyways, if you like the show or if you like murder mystery books, give this one a try.




I saw this book on my library's email for popular reads. It was interesting, but maybe not in the best way. I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters. It is about a 70 year old man, his 3rd wife (who is much younger) and a 15 year old girl. It goes back and forth each chapter between each of these characters. The man is having an affair with an even younger woman. The teenager just lost her mom in a car accident and is traveling across the country on her own. And the woman finds out that she was named as the guardian of the teenager and is torn on what to do and how to find her. Anyways, I would probably say that this book was just okay.





Jenna