Books

Hello everyone! So I decided that I am going to write all the books that i have read on our blog. So then you all can comment on which book you would like us to review first. We are going to try to do all the books, but if we know what book you would like done first because you want to see if its good or not then just comment and we will do that book first :)
So here is the list of all my books that I've read recently and not recently...
The Second Short Life Of Bree Tanner,   The Guardian of the Dead,   The Hourglass Door (first book in series),   The Golden Spiral (second book in series),   Going Too Far,   Vision In White (first),  Bed Of Roses (second),   Strange Angels (first),   Betrayal (second),   The Summoning (first),   The Awakening (second),   The Reckoning (third and last),   The Dark Divine,   Incarceron,   Wonderous Strange (first),   Darklight (second),   Evernight (first),   Stargazer (second),    Hourglass (third),    The Body Finder,   Mistborn (first),   The Well Of Ascension (second),   The Hero Of Ages (third and final),    The Lonely Hearts Club,    Heist Society,   Wake (first),   Fade (second),   Gone (third and final),    Academy 7,    I heart You you Haunt Me,   Along For The Ride,   Blue is for Nightmares (first), White is for Magic (second),    Silver is for Secrets (third),    Red is for Remembrance (fourth),    Black is for Beginnings (fifth and final),    The Red Necklace (first),    The Silver Blade (second and last),  Fallen (first),   Beautiful Creatures,    Hush,Hush,    The House of Night Series 1-7,    Fire,    The Maze Runner,    Deadly Little Secret (first),    Deadly Little Lies (second),    Evermore (first),   Blue Moon (second),   Shadowland (third),   Prophecy of the Sisters,   Shiver,   Intertwined,   Catching Fire (second),   The Dark Visions book (The strange power, The Possessed, The Passion),    Jessica's guide to dating on the Dark Side,    Immortal,     Ash (didn't like but had to finish),    Swoon,     I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You (first),    Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy (second),    Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (third),    The Percy Jackson and The Olympians series,    The Vampire Acadamy Series (1-5),    City of Bones (first),   City of Ashes (second),   City of Glass (third),    The Twilight saga,    Blue Bloods (first),    Masquerade (second),    Revelations (third),    The Van Alen Legacy (fourth),    Ender's Game (first),    The Harry Potter Series,    The Host,    Looking Glass Wars (first),    Seeing Red (second),    Arch Enemy (third and final),    In the Woods,    Something,Maybe,  This Lullaby,    Lock and Key,    Bad Girls Don't Die,    The Truth About Forever,   The Last Thing I Remember (first),   The Long Way Home (second),    Things Not Seen,    Bloom,     The Forest Of Hands and Teeth,    Tithe (first),     Valient (second),    Ironside (third),    Blood and Chocolate

Well those are all the books I can think of right now so feel free to look through them and write back on which books you all would like us to review first :)

-Elyse

The Hunger Games

Title: The Hunger Games
Genre: Sci-Fi /Adventure
Rating:*****
Author: Suzanne Collins



SUMMARY

This story takes place in North America in a future where the Nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts. The government, called the Capitol, controls its citizens through harsh and cruel means. Once a year one boy and one girl from each district must compete in the Hunger Games. They are required to fight to the death and only one person can win.
Our protagonist in this book is named Katniss Everdeen. The story begins when her little sister is chosen to compete in the Hunger Games and Katniss decides to take her little sisters place.
Katniss must use her street smarts and survival skills to keep herself alive but can she bring herself to kill the boy from her district, Peeta Mellmark? A boy she has never spoken to, but to whom she feels she owes her life?


REVIEW

We really enjoyed this book it was amazing! I had to steal it from Kelsey and then bug her till she read it but that's okay, because she finally did and we both love it. :)It had a lot of action, and intense parts in the book. The whole time I was reading it I was thinking, "Holy Crap I wish I was as cool and kick butt as Katniss." I would never be able to do what she does in this book (I REALLY hate outdoors, its because of the bugs.) And we especially love Peeta!!!!! He is our fav and we totally love him <3
- Elyse

So, I'm a shopaholic. I buy a lot of books and read them but Elyse is always much faster at finishing books than I am. One day I was on Stephenie Meyer's website and she mentioned that The Hunger Games was a really great book. I went out and bought it but kept reading other books. I am Elyse's Library so she borrowed the book and told me I had to read it. I still didn't read it until she kept bugging me to find out when the next book in the series was coming out. She kept bugging me and finally I thought, "Wow, this must be really good, I should read it". I did and I loved it! (Thanks for bugging me, Elyse.)
The Hunger Games is a smart, deep, and adventurous book. It is so surprising and touching and suspenseful that you cannot stop reading it. This is one of our favorite books and I will often go back and read my favorite passages over and over again. The sequel to The Hunger Games is called Catching Fire and the final book in the series, Mocking Jay, comes out August 24, 2010. I already pre-ordered my copy :) We highly recommend this book and promise you will love it!!!
(P.S. In case you don't speak text like me, the symbol at the end of Elyse's review is not, as I thought, a "less than alligator" and the number 3. It is, in fact, supposed to be a heart. I think I'm getting old.)
- Kelsey

Beastly

Title: Beastly
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction
Rating: *** 1/2
Author: Alex Flinn





Summary

The story begins with a boy named Kyle in New York City who is chatting online with other fairytale characters who have their own problems. While chatting Kyle tells them the story of how he became a beast.
Kyle used to be the most popular guy in school and the girls wanted him and all the guys wanted to be him. When one day he meets a girl named Kendra who hates how the school is run by popularity. Kyle decides to play a cruel prank on her by asking her to a dance when he already had a date. She comes and waits for Kyle but when she finally sees him, he and his date mock her. Later that same evening he comes home and finds Kendra there. But she is no longer the girl he saw at school because she had transformed into a beautiful witch. She then transformed him into his "truer self." or a beast.
The witch gives him two years to find true love, he must love her and she must love him. A year and a half later a girl named Lindy is forced to live with him. Will he find true love?

Review

I really like this book because it was written from the Beast's perspective. I enjoyed reading about how he was able to change his attitude towards life and the people around him. This book was cute and fun to read. As I read I found that I could make several connections with the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast. I would recommend this book to those of you who enjoy fairytale fiction, stories from a guys point of view, and people who turn their lives around.

-Elyse