CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE!

OKAY! SO I'm in a holiday mood, and I want to read a romantic book, that includes something about snow/holidays etc. I read "Snowed In" by Rachel Hawthorne, and "And Both Were Young" by Madeline L'Engle, and both had snowy cute scenes! 

I was wondering if any of you knew about any holiday-romantic-wintery books????

Please let me know!!!!

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ALSO!!!! Here is my wish list for Christmas (If you want to post what books YOU want for Christmas, or any other holiday you celebrate, feel free to comment!!)

The reason I chose these books, are that I feel like they're going to be quick cute reads, opposed to more dramatic darker reads---which I have basically a whole shelf filled with unread books of these kinds...

The Book of Luke-Jenny O'Connell

Delirium-Lauren Oliver

Dream Factory-Brad Barkley

The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)-Kody Keplinger

Flowers in the Attic (Dollanger Saga)-V.C. Andrews

Gingerbread-Rachel Cohn

Icing on the Lake-Catherine Clark

Killer Cruise-Jennifer Shaw

Kiss Me, I'm Irish-Bella Street

Labor of Love-Rachel Hawthorne

Love on the Lifts-Rachel Hawthorne

Maine Squeeze-Catherine Clark

Matched-Ally Condie

Picture Perfect-Catherine Clark

Putting Boys on the Ledge-Stephie Davis

Sleepless-Terri Clark

So Inn Love-Catherine Clark

Suite Dreams-Rachel Hawthorne

Tourist Trap-Emma Harrison

If you would like to share what books YOU want, again like I said, post a comment!! Or email me your book list! I'd like to know what everyone is going to be reading after they get their holiday gifts!

Also, if you've read any of these books let me know how you felt about them :)

Peace.Love.Reading

The Book Genie

SOME UPDATES...

I was searching Barnes and Noble for a good read (yeah please, more like I was writing down hundreds of books that I have to read that I probably will never get to because my to-read pile is already like 300 books deep...).....So anyway, I was looking up some authors that I like, and I decided to look up Lauren Kate, and what I found is that the fourth and final installation of the Fallen Series is announced to be released in June of 2012. June 12th to be exact. This was surprising to me!! Time must have flown by since I read the first book, which feels like yesterday. And not having read the second or the third, I guess I’m a little bit behind! (Between school work and the shortest days ever that feel like they’ve been reduced to 5 hours, it’s hard to keep up with every single series that I love). This description makes me want to read both the second and the third in time to read the fourth!

“In RAPTURE, the highly anticipated fourth and final novel in the FALLEN series, Luce and Daniel are together . . . but for how long? Can history be rewritten? Or are some punishments eternal?”

This is an excerpt from Barnes and Noble.

I feel like I’ve missed so much, and now I need to get back into the world of Fallen. I need to know what happened!....Now, that being said, I also came across Fallen in Love which confused the skittles out of me. Then once I read the description I realized that it seems to be an add on to the series!

What makes your heart race a little faster? Just in time for Valentine's Day, it's FALLEN IN LOVE, four wholly original new stories collected in a new novel set in the Middle Ages by Lauren Kate. FALLEN IN LOVE gives fans the much-talked about but never-revealed stories of FALLEN characters as they intertwine with the epic love story of Luce and Daniel. The stories include: Love Where You Least Expect It: The Valentine of Shelby and Miles , Love Lessons: The Valentine of Roland; Burning Love: The Valentine of Arriane; and Endless Love: The Valentine of Daniel and Lucinda.

Yet another excerpt from Barnes and Noble-thank you my favorite book store :D

So, what I’m really getting at here, is that I can’t wait to read all of these-yes all of them! And if you haven’t read Fallen I suggest that you do! The best part of the book is that the characters are so real! I feel like they come to life! And I was almost more interested in learning about that characters than the actual plot--I said almost!

Anyway, I should stop taking up your time! You need to get out there and by this book, and pre-order the rest!!!

Peace.Love.Reading

The Book Genie

I'M HERE, YOU'RE HERE, LET'S TALK BOOKS!!

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

Before I read the book... 

CAUTION! THERE ARE SPOILERS!

-The back of the book made me want to read the inside cover, because it brought back memories of the first book, and then the inside cover made me want to read the whole book ha-ha-ha.

-It says that Nora forgets her memory and doesn’t know what has happened in the last 5 months, which is interesting to me because I think this could be a great plot, and also because when Patch and Nora reunite, and she doesn't know who he is, this is a way to keep readers with that “new love,” “flirtatious” beginning that we all loved in the first book.

While reading the book, these are some notes I wrote down...

-I think so far it’s really suspenseful, and I tried to put myself in Nora’s shoes and try to feel what it would be like to forget everything and to not remember how you got where you are---while also trying to think what it would be like for no one to know where I am---totally horrible and unimaginable. 

-What I like a lot is that she’s consistent, covering all the bases. She makes sure all of her information matches up with the story etc. 

-There is no lack of adventure or suspense in the novel, and there are always exciting things happening in every scene. There rarely are any scenes in which nothing important happens. This is why it’s so easy to read her books. 

--I love the way that we are seeing the story unfold in the perspective of Nora, especially since we already know what happened to her. It’s interesting to see her point of view, and the way she processes information and comes to conclusions. 

-What you might find in this book...

• More thriller
• More mystery
• More “edge of seat moments”
• More flirty comments
• More funny cute comments
• More of basically everything that is, Patch...Oh yes, that’s right, more of Patch!

-Moment of criticism: I would have liked to see more of his past, or his worldliness come through (I mean he’s been around for what, hundreds of years? But we don’t really see that much.)

-Really loved the intense scenes, and how the plot could change every second, and you’ll be least expecting it. Literally, you think something’s going to happen, and then the total opposite happens.

-[SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!]LOVE LOVE LOVED the part where Patch comes in with his other fallen angels and says that there are Nephilim that didn’t swear fealty in the room. Very dominating, and exciting!  

Overall grade...

-Overall I give the book 5/5 stars, and it's still on my top favorites list for best series!!! I have so many parts bookmarked, and I found myself pausing in the middle of a page because I had to take a breath from either: being so nervous as to what was going to happen next, I was laughing too much to control myself, or I was giggling non-stop at the flirty comments coming from Patch...as always....

-Definitely something you should read! But pay attention to detail, there’s a lot of things that come into play later! (Which makes it even more fun to act as a detective, figuring out what’s going to happen!) 

-And I mean honestly, the cover of the book is to-die-for! It's one of my favorite covers yet!!! (In close running with Hush, Hush, the first in the Hush, Hush Saga...)

-Anyway, enough of me rambling, you have a book to read!

Peace.Love.Reading

The Book Genie

Character Interview and A Giveaway: Sin & Dice from Swoon by Nina Malkin

Hey all of you readers out there!! Check this awesome Character Interview, based on the popular book Swoon by Nina Malkin! And if you haven't already, check the book out too! Her next book, Swear, will be next on my to read list, and once you've read Swoon, it will be the next on yours as well! This I promise you ;)

Character Interview and A Giveaway: Sin & Dice from Swoon by Nina Malkin

NEED ADVICE? YOU CAN STOP YOUR SEARCH NOW!

Hey guys! The Book Genie here!!!
I've been gone for a while, but I'm back! And the first thing I have to say is.....I HAVE FOUND THE BEST ADVICE!!! An advice columnist called Venus has been brought to my attention, and I APPROVE!! All of her advice is based on astrology, the signs, and her expertise in the area! I have also found another advice columnist who is in conjunction to her, called Aandy. You can tweet to both of them at Twitter.com/AskVenus11 or Twitter.com/Ask_Aandy

If you have a relationship problem, an issue about a friend or family member, or just something you're dealing with...Venus will help you right away! All you have to do is either "like" her page on facebook here and ask on the wall, or email your question to her at AskVenus11@yahoo.com

I promise you, the advise is worth your time! Don't be shy, ask away!

Later on I will be back to blog about my favorite thing.....books of course!! and maybe a little bit about boys too ;)

Peace.Love.Books

~The Book Genie

Photoshoot

Hello fellow readers :)
Today I worked on some awesome photos of my shoe collection! I took a bunch of black and white photos, and I then developed the negatives. Tomorrow I will be checking them out and possibly printing some of them. I'm very excited :D....BUT the reason I'm blogging about this, is because my next project will be a photoshoot with my BOOKS!!!! I will take some really cool black and white's of all of my books maybe scattered on the floor (carefully of course lol) and then some of them on the shelves, some up close, some of my favorites all together. I'll figure out how exactly I'm going to do it, then I'll shoot!...the camera...Then when I develop and print them, I will post them on here :) It should be fun!

Anyway, in other news....more and more people have been signing up for the Newsletter, which is exciting. Keep sending in your subscriptions with an email to TheBookGenie@hotmail.com, with the subject: Newsletter, and your email address in the space below. It will give you all the hottest books in the YA book world, and any news about upcoming events, movies, or releases that the authors of YA will be announcing.

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Happy Reading :)
The Book Genie
xoxo

February Newsletter

Hello fellow readers!
The February 2011 newsletter is ready to go out! Email TheBookGenie@Hotmail.com with the subject: Newsletter, and your email in the space below, and you will receive a newsletter monthly.
The newsletter contains all the hottest information on all of your favorite authors, and their latest projects, as well as news on the latest books-to-movies!

Have fun reading, and don't forget to subscribe!

Peace.Love.Reading
The Book Genie
xoxo

And Both Were Young, by Madeleine L'Engle

And Both Were Young, Madeleine L'Engle

The title of this book was the first thing that got it onto my 'to-read' list. For about a year and a half I had it on my list, and I didn't get around to buying it. Boy I wish I got it sooner. From the very first page I could NOT put this baby down. This was an emotional and beautiful book, about friendship and family of all forms. The history aspect was amazing, as we get a glimpse of a time period which we will never actually get to see in person. L'Engle does an amazing job at showing character development, as we witness each character grow and blossom into their or beautiful person. 

It is also, what the readers will find out, a mystery. This book contains an element from a wide variety of different categories. Mystery, romance, friendship, school life, historical fiction, and war time. 

I can't stress enough, how truly beautiful this book is. 

At first, I didn't realize that this was written in another time period, and I had never read any of L'Engle's work. But I noticed the language was different, and then I looked at the year published and I was stunned. I usually don't read books that were written such a long time ago, but I think my mind has changed completely. If anything, after this book, I have a different take on older literature. I definitely have a broader horizon in my library, and I'm happy to say that Madeleine L'Engle is now one of my favorite authors.

It is a beautiful novel until the very end, and it is a novel that I will continue to read over and over. I would recommend this to every level of readers, and every age!!! From pre-teen, to mature women.

Go out,  buy this, and I promise you I won't regret it

Peace.Love.Reading

The Book Genie

xoxo

Feast of Fools (Morganville Vampires Series #4), by Rachel Caine

Feast of Fools (Morganville Vampires Series #4), by Rachel Caine

Once again Rachel Caine has stunned readers with her talent and hot angst-ridden-anti-vampire-boys.....oh and we can’t forget the few non-revengeful-hot-vamps on the way...

Excerpt from Barnes and Noble.com:

In Caine's fourth Morganville Vampires novel, the arrival of an old-school vampire to Claire Danvers's college town threatens the relative harmony that exists between the living and the dead.

Yes let's get right down to it...

This book starts off at the end of the third book, Midnight Alley, which ended with a cliff hanger. OBVIOUSLY. Because Rachel Caine loves to leave her faithful readers wanting more, each and every time. And let me tell you, if you haven’t picked up this series yet, you are missing out on an adventure of a lifetime! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? You will want to LIVE in this book. I promise you.

It is unlike other vampire books, as the vampires stay bad, for quite a while. Yet, as you go on things change within the town of Morganville, as you will see, and not everything is so clear anymore. 

This was an excellent addition to the series, and it happens to be one of my favorites. The suspense KILLS in this book, and it honestly has to be one of the top books on my ‘throw-at-wall-list.’ Because there are moments where I literally wanted to throw the book at the wall. 

In Caine’s series you realize that everything happens for a reason. Not anything in the book gets attention without having a reason behind this. You must pay attention to fine detail. I love that about this series. I also love the characters. It’s sometimes hard to follow the characters in a book if they are un-relatable, or they lack personality. And sometimes all of them blend together. Yet, in this particular series, it is very easy to see each character in your mind, where the characters grow and roam the green green lands of Idris....oh wait, wrong series ;)

Anyway, I recommend this series to anyone that enjoys a good suspenseful, mysterious, paranormal, vampire-filled, friendship, love, wanna-live-in-the-book, *takes a breath*, series.

Enjoy reading :)

The Book Genie

xoxo

Infinity (Chronicles of Nick Series) by Sherrylin Kenyon

Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon

I have never read a zombie book before this one. And if you had told me this would have them in it, I probably wouldn’t have read it. BUT I’m glad that I did. It was very entertaining, because Kenyon had a way of making difficult and almost terrifying situations, into funny and awkward situations. I loved the humor that was spastically placed throughout the novel, when you wouldn’t think that humor would be an option. 

Here's a short synopsis from Barnes and Noble.com:

At fourteen, Nick Gautier is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.

Interested already huh? Told you so! The plot was very structured, and you can tell that a lot of thought went into the story-line. I loved the characters the most. Each one had their own spunky personality. Simi and Nick were my favorites, and of course Bubba. It took me a while to read this book but not because it wasn’t good. In fact, thats the actual reason why it took me so long. I would read in between stressful study sessions, and when I was bored, and it acted as such a great getaway that I didn’t want it to end.

If you enjoy paranormal books, or even books about friendship, you should pick this up at your local bookstore or library!

Peace.Love.Reading

The Book Genie

xoxo

Readers and Movie Watchers!!

This is a very important message! To all of you fans of Alex Pettyfer out there, who have been following him since the beginning, like I have, there is a contest out for YOU!!! He has starred in many book-to-movies in the past, and his trend seems to keep going. Now, in I Am Number Four, he is rising to the top. The Pages of Brooks, a wonderful blog I must say, is giving away two amazing prizes!!!! The first winner is given a signed I Am Number Four book, and the second place winner will win a TShirt of I Am Number Four, from Hot Topic, size medium.
I would love to win this contest, but if I don't...good luck to everyone else :):)
Head over to their blog now http://dft.ba/-pagesofbrooks

Just call me the procrastinator...

Hello readers of the free world!!!

Today is one of my last days that I actually have to think about school...therefore I've been catching up on my reading. I'm reading Infinity by Sherrilyn kenyon...which is, if it's possible, the most funny AND scary/gory book, all in one. It's about zombies....?? and I didn't know that I could actually enjoy a book like this, yet Kenyon does a wonderful job of making the dialogue so hilarious that you can skim right over the gory parts without even flinching. I love the plot, and the characters are so vivid that I can actually picture what Nick, Bubba, and Mark look like. A few even resemble some people in my own life...not saying it's a good thing. 

So besides my reading that I'm catching up on, I'm also currently lending some moral support to my friend. Boy stuff...but quite fun!!! Who's writing on who's wall, who's inboxing who, who's NOT inboxing me...oops...well, I'm sure you can understand. So she's currently having a happy fit over at her house...I think I heard her screaming from here...no yeah definitely her. WEEEEWW...that's the noise she makes when she gets excited. 

Anywho, the numbers on my blog are going up, I think I'm at about 2026 right now WOOHOO! That's exciting!!! So I'm going to go continue reading (Instead of doing work for tomorrow) and then I will report back here with further examination on Infinity...

PS- If you haven't already, check out my twitter...www.twitter,com/TheBookGenie

Happy Reading :)

I'M HERE, YOU'RE HERE, LET'S TALK BOOKS!!

Hello readers of the universe,
Today I'm here to bring your attention to a book I recently finished called Waiting for You, by Susane Colasanti. I'm just about shaking from my fingers to my toes right now, because I got a tweet from Susane Colasanti herself!!! Here's the background information....

A few days ago I decided to start reading a new book, so I picked up a few from my shelf. Usually my process is staring at the covers for a while and end up not reading anything that night because I can't choose. This time, something incredible happened. I didn't actually make a choice to read Waiting for You, I feel like it chose me. All of a sudden with my books sprawled across my bed, I opened Waiting for You and just started reading it...not like me at all. I had this feeling that I needed to read the book. Like there was a reason, and I had to read this book. I already knew that I loved Susane Colasanti, and all of her books have been my favorites so far, yet something about this book drew me to it.

After reading a few chapters I knew that it was going to be amazing. It was so relatable, and I felt like it was written just for me. All of the lessons and advice given in the book seemed to stand out and scream my name. I felt like it was written to help me specifically. My two favorite parts (SPOILER ALERT!!!!!) were when Nash and Marisa were at lunch, both depressed and both not eating. It was so funny to me, and I could picture it so easily. My other favorite part was at the end, in Nash's room. Priceless.

So push comes to shove I loved the book from the beginning, and I felt such a connection to it. I knew there was going to be a reason that I was reading it, and I really believe there was. I tweeted about it about the book, and now checking my twitter account (Twitter.com/TheBookGenie) I see that she has tweeted back to me: @TheBookGenie Thanks for the warm fuzzy :)


Of course I started freaking out, and I didn't know what to do, so I decided to post my blog about the book, which I was going to do later tonight. 


*Takes a deep breath* SO!!! now I'm going to go and stare at the cover of Waiting for You, and wish that I lived inside the pages of it.


5/5 Stars. Hands Down. Everyone go and read it. Now.


Happy Reading!!

It's 3:12AM, do you know where your books are?

Hey there hi there ho ho ho there...it's almost Christmas. Okay, no it's not. But I've been in Christmas mode since, well about the day after Halloween. I guess I can't really help it when I have a mother who decided not to take all of the halloween decorations down, to put up some turkeys for thanksgiving, and what the heck throw up the Christmas tree while she's at it...I'm ready for her to toss some hearts on the windows along with some leprechauns...since we're covering all major holidays.
But of course it's what makes my life so different than everyone else's. Which I love. What also separates me from the normal kids my age, is that I'm up at 3:12Am, reading a book, with my lazy brown kitty coco, after putting up my own Christmas tree. Yes, you heard that right. My own. I'm staring at it as we speak. It's beautiful. Black, with gold ornaments. It's so me it's scary. So glam rock.

Anyway, the reason why I'm on the computer....I decided to pick a new book to read (about an hour ago), but I didn't know which one to start. So I walked over to my bookshelf and I picked up "Burned" by PC Cast & Kristin Cast, the 7th in the House of Night Series, "Feast of Fools" by Rachel Caine, the 4th in the Morganville Vampires series, and "Waiting for You" by Susane Colasanti. After getting in bed holding the books, I literally opened "Waiting for You" and started reading it. I didn't even hesitate. Something was telling me to read this book. I feel like there's a reason that I'm reading it, and I just don't know it yet.

So push comes to shove, I LOVE the books so far. I'm on page 26, and I can already feel the magic of Susane Colasanti's writing. I love her writing in previous books I've read by her, like "Take Me There," "When it Happens," and "Something Like Fate,"so I know that I'm going to love this book. The characters already sound like they relate to me and my friends. There are a few lines that I love in the beginning of the book...(SPOILER ALERT!!!) an example is: Pg 4&5...The best part is where John Mayer says how our connections are permanent, how if you drift apart from someone there's always a chance you can be part of their life again. How everything comes back around again."


Anywho...So I love the book so far, and I'm really excited to see where Colasanti takes me with this book. I think I might have an idea of where the story will end up, yet I'm curious to see as how Colasanti will get there. I guess we'll have to see :)

PS-the title of this blog, basically has nothing to do with the blog. I guess you've figured that out already.

PEACE.LOVE.READING

The Book Genie

I'M HERE, YOU'RE HERE, LET'S TALK BOOKS!!

Hello my little crazies!!
SO I'm blogging today about the book Tweet Heart, by Elizabeth Rudnick. I finished it the day after I started it. Yes...it was that good!! I really enjoyed the plot, and I feel that the characters were real. They could be anyone. They could be me, my friends, you, anyone. The characters were well developed and vivid. I could see each of them in my head. While reading, I thought for a second that I was reading emails between me and my best friend. Let's just say, it reminded me a lot of my life. I loved the way that Elizabeth Rudnick was able to make tweeting and emailing effective in portraying the story. I thought at first that it was going to be hard to get into a book written in tweets, but instead it actually got me hooked and it felt more real.

The ending of the book was perfect...it literally had me wanting to jump into the book and become the character. It tied in so well with the rest of the book, and Elizabeth Rudnick does a great job in creating a happy ending, for everyone.

There was one moment in particular that I literally lost my breath. It was so nice, yet SO simple!!! It's just about when the book is over and... I don't want to give anything away, so just go out there and read the book!! It's worth it!

Happy Reading!!
The Book Genie

Last night, was a long night...

Hello my little Bookworms!!!
I was up all night talking on the computer to some friends, and decided at almost 3AM that I'd start a new book since I finished 'Tattoo' by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. SO, I picked up the book 'Tweet Heart' by Elizabeth Rudnick.

This is a synopsis of the book from Barnes and Noble:

Claire is a #hopelessromantic. Lottie is determined to set up her BFF with Mr. Perfect. Will wants his #secretcrush to finally notice him. Bennett is a man with a plan.

Claire can’t believe it when her dream guy starts following her on Twitter. She never thought he noticed her, and suddenly he seems to understand her better than almost anyone.

But the Twitterverse can be a confusing place, especially when friends act differently online than they do in person. Things get even more complicated when Claire realizes she’s falling for someone else, the last person she ever would have expected….

Told in an innovative format combining tweets, emails, and blogs, Tweet Heart is a contemporary romantic comedy that will set your heart atwitter.

I stayed up until about 5:02AM...not that I was keeping track...and I read up to page 152. I read passed the halfway mark, because it is THAT good. The characters are so relatable, at times I thought that Elizabeth Rudnick actually took my life and made a book about it. All the details reminded me of my own life, right down to the very fact that they ate fro-yo together. (That's what me and my friends always do...and that's what we call frozen yogurt....I don't know why this fascinates me so much, but it does).
SO, so far this book is amazing, and I can't wait to see how it ends.

Go check out this book!

Happy Reading!
The Book Genie

I'M HERE, YOU'RE HERE, LET'S TALK BOOKS!!

Hello readers of the world!!!

Last night I did just as I said I would, and I read the rest of Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I previously said how cute the book was, but it got way cuter at the end. I seriously want to re-read this book, just so I can put myself in their shoes. The book makes you want to have supernatural powers (I mean, as if I already don't...come on....we all do!). They had the power to read minds, the power to see into the future, the power to create fire, and the most awesome and incredibly amazing power to change things into other things. For example I believe that Delia changed gave her friends highlights, made her shoes into rollerblades, and transformed a pair of socks into a purse...just to give you a few reasons why I love this book.
        
Don't get me wrong though. This book has it's fair share of the dark side. It has points where you're on the edge of your bed/seat/floor? and you're wondering how a cute book can get that dark. But that's what's so great about the book. I loved that it was unpredictable.
        
I can't wait for the next one, called Fate. I'm going to have to get it soon!!!

Happy Reading!!!
The Book Genie

Up All Night!!!

Hello my little book worms!!!! If you're up right now, at 12:39AM, you better be reading ;)
I'm currently reading Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I started it about a month ago, but because of school I had to stop reading for a little while (GASSSSPPPP!!! I KNOW!!!)....but I've picked it back up, and I'm almost done with it. It's not a very long book, but it is a very GOOD book!!! It's so cute, yet suspenseful at the same time. The characters are very realistic, and they're relatable. I also love the plot! Here's a description from Barnes and Noble: 

Bailey Morgan isn't the type of girl who shows a lot of skin, but somehow, she ends up in a dressing room at the mall with her friend Delia applying a temporary tattoo to her lower back. Never one to suffer fashion doubt, trendsetter Delia knows exactly where she wants her own tattoo: on her stomach, right where her shirt ends—can you say "midriff"? Annabelle, the quiet one, chooses the back of her neck, and tomboy Zo plasters hers on the top of her foot. The tattoos will last for three days, and Delia's sure that with them, the four friends will absolutely kill at the school dance.

Unfortunately, killing is just what someone has in mind, and Bailey, Delia, Annabelle, and Zo are in for the battle of their lives. Along with her tattoo, each girl receives a gift—a supernatural power to help them in their fight. As Bailey's increasingly frightening dreams reveal the nature of their enemy, it becomes clear to the girls that it's up to them to save the world. And if they can get Delia to stop using her newfound power to turn gum wrappers into Prada pumps, they might actually stand a chance.

So if you're into books that involve teenage girls doing teenage things, with super natural powers...this is definitely the book for you! Can't wait to finish the book, I'm definitely going to be up all night reading it!

Ta-ta for now my lovely readers!

The Book Genie

I can't avoid it. Neither can you...

Ever been in a store, any store at all, and think to yourself "I can feel them." Maybe you're there shopping for clothes with your friend in Target, or you're in CVS buying makeup with your mom, and you just...stop. You feel the presense. You know that they're there...waiting for you. There's nothing you can do besides find them. Find what's waiting to be found, around the corner, in the next isle. You know exactly where they are like they're calling to you, leading you there. And then you find them. The books.

I love when this happens to me. I find myself overjoyed, smiling and laughing, running in slow motion towards the shelves. Knocking over a little girl looking at a children's book. Little girl, if you knew better you'd get out of the way of a mad woman with an addiction...And then my feet stop in front of the beautiful display!!! My mouth waters from all of the lavish covers of books on the best sellers list. I can't help but touch each and every one of them. Someone approaches me, I can't hear them. My heart beats faster with every back cover I read. The moment I decide You will be the book I buy I stare intently at the book. It's time. The book has been chosen, the fate of my happiness is now in my hands. Literally....

I was in walmart the other day and I chose to go down the book isle, like I always do.
These are the books I found...
-The Fledgling Handbook 101-by PC Cast, the Handbook that goes along with the House of Night Series by PC Cast & Kristin Cast.
-Virals by Kathy Reichs
-Reckless by Cornelia Funke
-Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Now, since I'm in the making of a Christmas list of books, I only bought The Fledgling Handbook 101, and Dead Until Dark :D

I also found a whole section with christmas stories!!! It was so cute, I have to go back and get one....or all of them.

With love from The Book Genie,
Happy Reading!!!

I'M HERE, YOU'RE HERE, LET'S TALK BOOKS!!

Hello my little bookworms!!!!
I decided that there were way too many cobwebs growing on this blog so it was in need of a face lift. I went through and weeded out what I didn't need, and added in some cool new features. This is the first blog in a very long time that I will be doing on a book!!! WHO'S EXCITED?!?!?! I AM!!!!

MORGANVILLE VAMPIRES SERIES BY RACHEL CAINE

I've had the first book, Glass Houses, for a very long time now. It was the only book on my Christmas list last year that I actually wanted to read, and they didn't even have it! Once I finally bought it after weeks, I decided that I was going to put it aside for a little while because I was way too excited to read it, and I knew that I'd want to read the whole series.....problem is, I never actually got around to reading it....until this summer. In July I began reading the first book. I have to say, that besides Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, I've never read a book so quickly in my life: Page after page, without stopping, not wanting to stop, and arguing with myself after I stopped.

This series is absolutely CRAZY packed with action and suspense, and you have no idea what can happen next! At one point you might be throwing the book against the wall, crying, and the next you're so happy you're laughing to yourself because the characters, especially Shane, are SO funny!!!
The characters are so distinct in this book, each having their very own personality. That's obvious isn't it? Actually no. Not always can an author pull of multiple characters, because after a while they all start blending together. BUT this series, has a bunch of crazy characters, and also some very not so nice scary characters as well.
There were a few parts that I was nervous, like actually scared, because I mean, there are VAMPIRES in the book!!! That can get scary sometimes! Rachel Caine is so unpredictable, that you never know what she's going to have happen next. This helps with the scare factor.
I appreciate the plot and characters of the book, yet my favorite is her cliff hangers. Each book has a cliff hanger that sends you straight to the book store to get the next one. If you're smart you'll do what I did and buy multiple books in the series at once. SERIOUSLY you're going to need it! I Finished the first book in two days, then started the second book the next day.
GO get this series! I dare you!