Small Persons With Wings - Ellen Booraem

Small Persons With Wings (They Hate To Be Called Fairies) by Ellen Booraem




I pulled this myself yesterday, (Darrell was out,) and ended up reading it yesterday as well.
I was kind of intrigued by the jacket description, but wasn't expecting too much.
About midway through I was a little nervous that the book wasn't going to have a conflict, but I was wrong, it was just a lot further into the book than most.

Short synopsis:

Mellie Turpin used to have a fairy small person with wings living in her bedroom, she proclaimed this to her kindergarten class, but when she tried to bring him in, he disappeared. For years she has never been able to live it down but gets her chance when her family moves away. But of course having a small person with wings isn't just a coincidence, its her families birthright. So moving only makes her small person with wings problem worse. They want their magic back from the Turpin family, but of course one small person with wings wants the power all to themselves.

This was a cute take on fairies. I had a hard time following the magic and what made it work and where it was from.
But sometimes I have a tendency to skip over or skim sections without realizing, and then it's too much trouble to reread because I'm not sure what I missed.
Other than that, which is my own fault, I really liked it.
The throw you for a loop part at the end wasn't too drastic, and it played out nicely.

Credit:
Amazon - in case you're into buying
Ellen Booraem - author website

Read on.
Jessica.

Fall Of Night - Rachel Caine

The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine

This is book 14 of a series I started 2 summers ago.

I had read the Twilight books, and wanted more vampire books,

so I searched for vamp books on the e-library consortium and came up with this series.

I will be adding a page up top for series' that I really like, and keep up with.

This will definitely be on the top of the list.

This is one of my favorite series, and I can't wait for each new book to come out.

I don't want to give too much of the backstory away because I do want to write about the rest of the books that come before this.

 

Fall of Night

 

 

Short synopsis:

 

Claire Danvers is finally on her way to MIT.

She leaves everything she's known for the last two years, and tries to make it on her own.

But leaving Morganville isn't what she thinks it will be, they may have made nice with the vamps in Morganville, but Claire doesn't realize that there are vamps other places.

And while they aren't directly under Amelie's thumb, she still has eyes on every vamp 'alive'.

The vamps outside of Morganville are going to put everybody in Morganville in jeporady.

 

I love every single book in this series, and am always stoked to get the next book when it comes out.

The series doesn't drag on and repeat itself, there are legitimate new obstacles, and villians in each new book, and Rachel Caine also extends some villians and obstacles through more than one book, which helps keep the series alive.

 

I will deffinately be doing a write up on each of the books in this series. So look for that in the coming months. (13 will take me some time.)

 

Credit:

Amazon - in case you're into buying

Morganville Vampires - series website

Rachel Caine - author website

 

Read on.

Jessica.

My New Normal - Sara Michelle

My New Normal, Series by Sara Michelle

This is a two part post.
I started this series and had planned to wait to post about the first two.
But. I have no idea when I'll be able to get my hands on the third,fourth, and fifth books.
And I also don't know how many more past five she is going to write.
Sara Michelle is a teen author, I'm all about kids getting big breaks in life.
I think it's super cool that she's still in school.

These books are kinda cool. The print in them is gigantic, so they don't take that long to read, plus they are super tiny to begin with. I read them each in about 15 minutes.
They are of course about tragedy. Were you surprised???
So, without further ado....

 

 

Book 1: The Aftermath

 

Short synopsis:
 

Cecilia and Ryan are two of only a handful of apocalypse survivors.  After a ginormous earthquake they are alone in an a world of unknowns. Set in what was previously Denver, they brave the elements of late December, to find food, water, and shelter.



Book 2: The Inside

 

Short synopsis:

 

After Cecilia and Ryan find the Denver Snow Shelter, they make themselves as comfortable as they can given the circumstances. A few days after finding shelter, a stranger, Jason shows up demanding to know why they kept the place a secret and when they were going to let other know about it. Jason goes out, finds five other survivors and brings them back. But Cecilia is getting sick, and Jason is a little too creepy for everybody's liking.

 

 

These books break off suddenly with a very suspenseful last sentence, so you are hanging on at the end of each waiting to start the next one.  Hopefully the third book takes after the second book and isn't as foreboding as the last sentence implies it will be. I can't wait to read the next three and however many more she is able to write.

 

Credit:

Amazon - in case you're into buying

Author has no website

 

Read on.

Jessica.



Before You Go - James Preller

Before You Go by James Preller





I finished this back in March but didn't have time to write about it because of school.
I checked this out way back then, but I don't remember if I pulled it or if Darrell recommended it.

I must be magnetically attracted to books about tragedy, so of course this one is tragic as well. And so are the next two. It must be a disease.

This one has no happy ending, unfortunately. But it is a good book nonetheless. I read this over a month ago, and while I don't rememeber all the details, I remember I don't really want to reread the tragedy. So my synopsis might be a little dry.

Short synopsis:

Jude starts his summer with a new not so glamerous job, but is dertermined to make new friends, and hopefully continue to put his past behind him. Eight??? (I can't remember exactly how many) years before he lost his little sister to a tragic accident. Since then his barely kept together family, has been trying not to fall apart. It's an event that continually haunts Jude, so he hopes that this summer will liven up his life a litte bit. He meets a girl, and hopes that maybe his luck and his life are finally looking up. (Of course this can't be accurate, I don't read happily ever after books!!!) Then tragically, you have to read the book. Because I haven't given any endings away yet, I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

Credit:
Amazon - in case you're into buying
James Preller - author website

Read on.
Jessica.

School sucks, but now it's Summerrrr!!!!!

Ohhh Mannnn!

Its been 2.5 months since I've been on here.
I totally suck. Well actually it was school that sucked.

MAJOR.
This semester was ridiculous. My science class killed me.
I haven't read anything lately.
I didn't even end up reading my textbooks really.

So I have a lot to make up for this summer. Starting today hopefully.
I made out a schedule, so I can try to keep on top of what I'm posting,
and how much I'm reading.

I've read a grand-total (drumroll please) of FOUR books this year. 
Whoops. I better get started reading if I'm gonna make that 120 mark by 12.31.

I will be starting book 14 of one of my most favorite series tonight.
Be on the lookout for that post in the next few days.

Until then.

Read on.
Jessica.