I reached my goodreads 2012 reading challenge goal of 100 books !!

Hey, 

I am so happy to say that I have reached my goal of 100 books this year :D 

YEY!!!!! 

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Q: What writing device or trick most irritates you when reading a book? For example, if an author employs an omnipotent narrator that is sometimes considered bad form.



A: I have to agree with one of Parajunkee's points about the love at first sight. I mean I understand in some books its meant to be like that as in.. the people were made to love each other at first look.. but some books... its just annoying and its un real that every book should have that. Overall I think I have read like 200 books or something that involves that. 
Also I don't like it.. when I read a book where the POV is centred among the person and then it suddenly switches to narrative form.. I mean pick one and stick to one. 

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Review of A Vision of Green (Florence Vaine #2) by L.H. Cosway

Description 
Since moving to Chesterport Flo has discovered new friends and a hidden world.
After spending seventeen years as an Empath, thinking she was either delusional or very, very different, she has found others who are different too. She helped battle a coven of dark witches and watched as their leader got sent to her judgement. All now seems peaceful in her new town, but it's not going to last.

For one, Flo's dad is back on the scene and has taken over her dead grandmother's house with his new girlfriend. Dealing with him makes Flo think that maybe everyday people can be monsters too, as he blackmails her into giving up the one person she needs the most. Secondly, Flo hears a story about strange goings on in the nearby forest, and becomes obsessed with the magical things that might lie in its green depths.

A Vision of Green is the second instalment in the Florence Vaine trilogy, where Flo finds herself yet again immersed in mystery, romance and things that are just a little bit scary. She will come across new adversaries, supernatural and otherwise, discover more about her own identity and grow in ways she had never anticipated.

My Thoughts

I have been looking forward to reading the second in this series, as I enjoyed the first. The author got in touch with me and we arranged a giveaway and for me to receive a free copy of this book, so I am very happy about that. The Description of the book sounds AMAZING, and very interesting. The title "A Vision OF Green" sounds very.. well lets say I really really want to read it now :D.

This book was brilliant, I loved it so much.
I don't really know where to start, well how about the fact it continues straight off from the last book, so there's no extra bits that needs to be filled with "extra" text that you don't really want, so that's a bonus. The book is filled with so much storyline and so many great characters that once you start reading you wont want to stop, well... that's how I felt. The pace of the book is easy to understand and follow and there's nothing missing out at all so you wont get confused in the middle of the story, like I have felt towards other books in the past. The POV is centred around Flo just like the last book, but of the course the stuff happening in this book is very different to the last book :).

The main characters are basically the same as the last book bar 1, but then 1 is now new to the book.
Flo as the main character once again was a very shy and sweet girl in the last book and boy oh boy has she grown up to be more confident, a lot better with her stammer, BRAVER and you know what stronger in so many ways. Through this whole book you can see that she has changed into someone who can deal with the bad stuff better than what she used to. Her abusive father is back now his mother is off the scene and he is just as bad as what he was in the past with Flo. She doesn't want anything bad to happen to her father but she certainly doesn't love him. I really feel for Flo so much in this book, at time I just wanted to jump into the book as an added character and say "Hey, I will help you", but unfortunately that can't happen. ((yet)). Throughout this book she finds more about herself and who she is and she grows even stronger.
Frank was so helpful and kind to Flo when she was new to the school,  I really enjoyed him in the first book a nothing stopped me from liking him in this book. He loves and cares so deeply for Flo, and will not stop at anything to protect her, but when she tells him to let her deal with stuff on her own, he eventually allows that. If you ever found a guy like him in real life, don't ever let him go.
Flo's Father is a horrible man and I hate him with all of my heart, as soon as he arrives in Chesterport he takes control of the house, and also Flo. He is a drunk and very distasteful. He bosses Flo around and thinks he can do what he likes, when he likes. I'm not really going to say more to that apart from, he tries to ruin Flo's relationship with Frank.
Franks Family is very supportive and caring just like they were in the last book, you also get to know about there lives and stuff, and its just very interesting reading the book when you see how good of a family it is.
The other characters in the book play really good roles in the book as well but not enough for me to harp on about it. Without the other characters though.. it wouldn't be a story right?.

My overall opinion of this book is it was so amazing, and I really enjoyed and I CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!! till the next one of this series :) .
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I really would recommend you try these books out, if you love YA and fantasy kind of book :) OR you like to read and try out all things :D

Tara

My Rating:

Get A Taste: Bait

Rea of Rea's Reading and Reviews and I often read very different books but sometimes find interesting new books to potentially add to the ever-growing monsters that our TBR piles have morphed into. However, we know that we do not have 100% the same taste and we wanted another way of getting a look at these books...

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Page number: 87
Kindle/ebook: 23%

My Teaser:


'Colby sat back in his chair, fingers steepled under his chin. “Did he like you?”
 “What?” The question threw me. “I mean, he accepted me, and made me dance with him.” Heat crept up my cheeks. Red would use this to tease me. I could hear the wheels turning in his head from here.'

I really liked this book a lot :) I really recommend this book to people :D

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Review of Nevermore (Maximum Ride #8) by James Patterson

Description 
One last chance... For Max, Fang, Angel, Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy.
Before it all ends.

Are you ready for the final chapter? Are you ready for the ultimate flight? Because THIS IS IT. One last incredible, explosive adventure with an astonishing ending that no one could have seen coming.

My Thoughts

THE LAST ONE!!! NOOOOO!!! All of the books series I have been reading recently are coming to and end now or soon. When I found out this was released I NEEDED to read it so much. The description inst very descriptive but it still makes me wanna know what happens. The cover of the book is of Max and I love it so much. Then the title.. NEVERMORE.. wha.. what..what's going to happen!?.

This book was amazing.. I have to say I love James Patterson's work on all 8 books, he has made it one of the best. I loved the storyline and I loved how it had a proper ending instead of 1 which makes you go .. oh.. its ended. The style of writing is easy to read and understand. The storyline is basically putting all of the pieces we have learned throughout the whole of the 7 books before this, and also finding out new things. Throughout this book you get gripped by certain things. Fag and Max isn't together at first as Fang is still with the gang he formed in the previous books before. The POV is mostly focused on Max but it does shift between other characters and certainly on Fang when they were split.

There is many characters in this book, but I feel the main characters are Max, Fang, Angel and Dylan. There is some evil characters I could talk about, but I feel all I would say is, I hate them because they are mean.
Max is the main character we knew from the fact this whole series is her name. She is brave, confident and a strong leader. She is what makes this book. I love her so very much and she is such a role model for teens who would like to be brave or something.
Fang is the in my mind a really "hot" and cool character  he is also brave and when he needs to be he's also a strong leader, I have always loved the way he backs up Max most of the time and is very good at fighting :D.
Angel is sweet, young but isn't she soo strong :) I loved her throughout the book and by the end of it.. I just wanted to take her home.
Nudge, Iggy and Gazzy also are great characters and they help out, fang and Max a lot throughout the whole book, without them.. well without them it wouldn't be Maximum Ride in my opinion :).
Dylan, starts to.. kinda replaces Fang in the gang for a bit.. at the start but it soon changes and he is very easily mislead if it means protecting Max, as you will find out when u read this amazing book. I do like him and I kinda feel sorry for him by the end.
All of the characters which are in this book are absolutely fantastic and they made this book amazing :D.

My overall opinion of this book is, it was...AMAZING... BRILLIANT...TEARFUL... FANTASTIC :)
I recommend people who have read the first 7 books, and who love YA and something different than the normal vampire, faerie stories.

Tara

My Rating:

Get A Taste: Forbidden Mind

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Page number: 77
Kindle/ebook: 14%

My Teaser:


'"Who did this? Did you see?" 
Her eyes widened. "I sorry. I couldn't stop him. I scared of big man in black."
"It's okay. You did the right thing. It's not worth getting hurt over. Thank you for telling me." 
The damage looked like some kids pulling a prank, but a big man in black sounded more like a hit posed to look like a prank. Why? To scare him?'

I loved this book so much :D The two main characters are amazing and I REALLY can't wait to get my hands on the second book in the series :) 

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My Top 3 Books (September 2012)

It's now OCTOBER :o meaning I have to share to you all my top 3 books of September :D



The Books I Read This Month:
1. Asenath by Anna Patricio   - 4stars
2. Vampire Love Story (Vampire Love Story, #1) by H.T. Night  - 4stars
3. Captivated (An Affliction Novel, #1) by Deb Apodaca  - 4stars
4. Taken (Ava Delaney, #4) by Claire Farrell  - 4stars
5. Maximum Ride, Vol. 2 (Maximum Ride: The Manga, #2) by James Patterson  -  4stars
6. A Job From Hell (Ancient Legends, #1) by Jayde Scott  - 4stars
7. Maximum Ride, Vol. 3 (Maximum Ride: The Manga, #3) by James Patterson  -  4stars
8. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson -  4stars
9. Creep by Hillier Jennifer -- 5stars
10. A vision of Green  (Florence Vaine, #2) by L.H. Cosway -- 5stars

My top 3 :D
1) A Vision of Green  (Florence Vaine, #2) by L.H. Cosway -- 5stars
2) Creep by Hillier Jennifer -- 5stars
3) Taken (Ava Delaney, #4) by Claire Farrell -- 4stars