During the month of January, I read a bunch of books. 12 books to be exact.
Book 1:
The Musican's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap
This book was interesting. It starts off on Christmas Eve and Theresa Maria's father is brought home murdered by his musician friends. Theresea is determinded to figure out who killed her father, but the truth is more complicated then she thinks. This book got a bit dull at times and had a lot to do with politics in Vienna in the 18th centuries. I got confused once or twice and bored too sometimes but i overall liked the book. I didn't like the ending because it keep of just ended and didn't really seem realistic. I don't really have a lot to say about this book though. It was a good book though.
Book 2: Need by Carrie Jones
I really enjoyed this book. Zara moves to Maine after her stepfather's death to live with her grandmother to be "safe". Shes being stalked by this guy who she saw both in Maine and at her old house. Turns out he's not human, but pixie and he's after Zara. I loved the chapter titles of this book, they were all different phobia names because the main character has an obsession with phobias. This book was really good and it fits into the fairy genre well. Zara world ends up upside down when she moves to main and she learns who she really is. The only thing i didn't like about this book was some things happened way to quickly, like when Zara learns the guy who trailing her is a pixie and then all her friends believe it right away and she believes right away was just kind of akward, but that was like the only time. I l iked th plot and all the characters and how it all built up to the ending and all the secrets surronding Zara were revealed. I hope Carrie Jones writes more books because this book was really reallly good.
Book 3: What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
This book was an interesting quick read. I felt really bad for the main character because her life becomes ruined. When Evie's step father returns home from WWII, things are different. Evie and her family decide to go to Palm Springs for a vacation, but things are peaceful there at all. When a friend of the family ends up dead, Evie's family to blame. Evie's world gets turn upside down in Palm springs. It was a really good book. AT the end i actually thought Evie was gonna tell the truth but then I remember the title was "how i lied".
Book 4: Lord of Misrule by Rachel Caine
I've been waiting for this book since June 3rd of 2008. Another great book in the morganville vampire series. SOOO many things happend in this book that will change Morganville forever. I don't want to say to much about this book because if i do i will give away everything. The excerpt at the end of the book from Carpe Corpus was torture though and makes me want it to be June now!
Book 5: A Little Friendly Advice by Siobhan Vivian
This book took me awhile to read because it took awhile to get into it. It was an okay book. On Ruby's sixteen birthday, her dad suddenly turns about after leaving her and her mother when se was younger. Ruby doesn't want anything to do with him, instead she wants to hang out with her friends. But Ruby discovers her friends aren't as truthful as she thought and that what happen in the past with her wasn't what se thought had happend either.
Book 6: Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
I enjoyed this retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. This book was mostly told from the point of view of Galen, a young soldier who works at the palace where Twelve Sisters hae been forced to dance for the King Under Stone to complete a promise made by their mother. This was an interesting new retelling and i really enjoyed it. I read it within a night and really enjoyed it.
Book 7: Beloved by Toni Morrison
I had to read this book for my AP Literature class, and i'm really glad we had to. This was an amazing book. Toni Morrison is a literary genius. This story dealt with the impact of slavery and the past and was beautifully written. I could go on and write a ton about this book, which i will probably do on my midterm tomorrow. Everyone should read this book because it is such a beautiful piece of literature.
Book 8: North of Beautiful by Justina Cen Headly
This was a beautifully written book about finding your self and seeing your inner beauty. Terra seems like a girl who has everything, until you see the port-stain birthmark on her face. After a car accident, she meets Jacob and American-Asian adoptee. They book are looking to find who they truly are and become comfortable with themselve. This book was really good. It was the first book i've read by this author but i really enjoyed it an will look forward to any other books she has written.
Book 9: Perfect Chemistry by simone elkeles
One of those star crossed lovers books. Brittany has the perfect life and is popular, while Alex is a gang member from the other side of town. After being paired together in Chemistry, they begin to have feelings for each other and see that they are not the person they pretend to be in front of everyone else. It was good book. I enjoyed it. Was kind of predictable though, but i still liked it.
Book 10: The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb
This was a very interesting book. Very unique. Calder is a Fetch, a person who attends the dead and escorts their sould to heaven. When he takes over Rasputin's body in order to find his "Glory". However, when he cross over, a major rupture occurs in the spirit world. To right his mistake Calder along with Anastasia and Alexis Romanov must search for Calder's Fetch key to restore order in the universe. It took me awhile to get into the book but it was an interesting book with a new idea.
Book 11: Envy by Anna Godbersen
I've been waiting for this since June. I just have to say I have to copies currently because the UPS has failed to deliever this book even though it shiped on Tuesday, so I had to go out and get it at Barnes and Nobles, but thank god i did. This one was another good book in the series. I felt it was predictable at times, but that is one reason i like this series. So many thinks happen, and so many things get ruined, but hopefully will get set right soon. I can't wait for Splendor the final book in the series soon. I felt so bad for Henry and Diana because everything just kept going wrong for them. Penelope became he like worse and more controlling (if that's possible) then in Envy. I can't wait for the conclusion of this capitavaiting series.
Book 12: Beautiful Americans by Lucy Silag
This was a beautiful debut novel from Lucy Silag. I finished it last night and couldn't finish it fast enough. I loved this book. It's the first in the series and now i can't wait for the next book to come. I want to figure out everyone secrets and see what happens next to the four main characters: Alex, Olivia, Zach and PJ. The book was very well written and I like the alternating points of view between the four main characters. I'm anxiously awaiting the next book in the series
That's all the NEW books I read in January. I'm looking forward to reading a lot more exciting new books in Febuary. Books i'm hoping to read in Febuary:
-Evermore by Alison Noel
-Fade by Lisa McMann
-Far from You by Lisa Scroeder
-Paradise Lost by Kate Brian
-Two girls of Gettysburg by lisa Klein
-Exposed by Susan Vaught
-Sun and moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
-Skinned by Robin Wasserman
-Ransom my Heart by Princess Mia with help from Meg Cabot (currently in the mail with UPS with Envy)
-And hopefully Fatal Charm by Linda Joy Singleton will finally arrive at my library from another library in my system
-Hopefully I will also finish Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
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