Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas Eve! I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Sweep: Changeling



This books intensity level wasnt as high as all the others, but at the same time it was.

Trying to recover from the events that happened in New York, finding a piece of her life that she hates but is curious about (and feels guilty about this curiosity), the things going on between her and Hunter, her grades slipping, trying to save Starlocket, accepting a mission from the council and a very dangerous mission at that... Morgan has a lot on her plate. On the upside, her friendship with Bree is slowly starting to come back together.

The thing that irritated me the most in the this book was people blaming her for her brother's actions, like she controls him. The council asked her to get him there and yet council members are acting like Morgan wanted him there herself! It was just ridiculous.

Morgan learns more about herself, she has questions answered about her mother, she finds out more about being Woodbane and she finds more secrets that Cal had. Cal and his secrets, they're never ending! She discovers just how powerful she can be and she has the decision to choose good or bad. A decision she feels she'll fear she'll fail because of who she is and what she is.

For once in the series, this book didnt give you an unexpected ending. Which was actually nice. Too many unexpected endings in a row can be tiring lol.






Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Random Question...

Have you ever read a book/series and it got so good and intense that you kinda wanted to stop reading it mid-book or mid-series cause you didnt want to know what happens but then you did at the same time? I hope that made sense lol!

I kinda feel that way now with Sweep. It's getting so intense and Morgan is putting herself in so much danger its like, you wanna know what happens but you dont. You know nothing bad will happen since there's a few more books left in the series, but its just.... ahh! You know?



Saturday, December 19, 2009

Sweep: The Calling


The gang spends a weekend in New York; Morgan, Hunter, Sky, Raven, Bree and Robbie after Morgan has a nightmare to find out what her dream was about. And who's magick will be drained? Just as you thought things would go smoothly for once considering Selene and Cal are finally out of the picture, you were wrong. Morgan is a magnet for unfortunate events and this one is no different. You meet new characters, see how seriously Hunter takes his job as a Seeker, find out what's going on in Bree's twisted mind and how she really feels about relationships, how much Sky cares. There wasnt much Wicca in this book, but more of the The Dark Wave. Morgan finds out even more truth about her past (goodness, is there anything else we should know!?) and she doesnt handle it too well. The ending will leave you frustrated, at least, it did for me.

What I love about these books is that you cant help but feel for Morgan. How confused she is, how she's still getting use to this magick she's capable of, her struggle with the loss of Cal and her new found feelings for Hunter. You cant help but sometimes feel like you are Morgan and how frustrating and daring and scary this journey of hers is. The book does a good job for grabbing you until the very last page. Then you find yourself itching to read the next book!

I hope Morgan starts seeing more clearly in the next one!

Friday, December 18, 2009

Sweep: Spellbound



I finally finished Spellbound! This book goes more into Morgan and Hunter's love and hate for each other, you cant help but feel just as confused as Morgan feel's for Hunter. Some speculation as to if Cal is back or not arises in this book and you cant help but keep hoping the whole way through that he hasnt! Morgan learns a little more about her mother and Hunter see's his father. The Darkness is still lurking and Selene is trying other ways to defeat Morgan without being near her. Morgan also expands her knowledge thanks to Alyce.

This book was such a blur, the whole time I was rooting for Hunter! But goodness he can be so stubborn as can Morgan.

Once again, the ending was NOT what I was expecting, at all!!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Sweep: Awakening

The fifth book in the Sweep series.



Morgan tries to recover from the events in the last book, with Cal and Selene leaving and with turning to Sky and Hunter. Hunter taking over Cal's coven and all these drastic changes being made in her life almost over night.

There isnt much talk about her other friends in this book. Mostly about her love/hate friendship with Hunter and how he just seems to be everywhere she is. It talks more about her Aunt's gay relationship and about Practical Magick. It also shows what Hunter's powers are as a seeker.

The cliffhanger at the end was one I wasnt expecting, but hoping for!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Marked By P.C Cast and Kristin Cast (Book #1 in the Series the House Of Night)


Here we go with my first book review or what ever. This book is simply breath taking. I am just sadly zooming through the Casts' series of the house of night. This book was the beginning the one that started the adventure of a teenage vampyre. the Casts' are unique with how vamps come to be. I like their idea. It's not the gloom and doom of kill and give blood to turn a human it's simply if the goddess of night Nyx chooses you to be a vamp she shall mark you with a unique moon design on your forehead. It's always been a saphire design. Th main Character of the book is Zoey Redbird, who turns out to be really really important for the house of night. Also in this book it is when she transitions from being in the human world and sleeping during the day and going to school at night. Not everyone marked though becomes a vamp. they start as fledlings learning what its like to be a vampyre But if they don't make it through the change from a fledging to a vamp they in vivid description choke on thier blood.
Basically if you like adventure in your head, stories you wish would just randomly come to life Marked is a great book to pick up. It's not a typically vampyre book and NO it's not something to read just to compare to Twilight.
I am excited to finish this book series but i dont want to either just because i know i wont have it to read without knowing whats going to happen.
-Isapinay2-

Monday, November 30, 2009

Sweep: Dark Magick

I know I didnt review the previous 3 books, I havent exactly decided if I'm going to review all 15 books or if I'm going to review the series as a whole. I set up a twitter because I just have too many thoughts about these books, but do be warned, there are spoilers!



This book goes more into Hunter and Sky. It revels more about Cal and Selene as well. Morgan has a hard time through out the book as far as trying to figure out who she is, what she is and who she believes. You cant help but scream at the book cause she does make some stupid choices when the answer is probably right there, in front of her. She's just obviously too caught up in Cal that she doesnt chose to see them.

She finally confronts Bree and it doesnt turn out for the better, sadly. And there isnt much going on about the coven, they have one circle the entire book and that's about it. However this book was timed around Thanksgiving which is funny cause Thanksgiving just passed. I think I started reading these books at just the right time lol.

The ending will leave you angry, nervous, anxious and eager to read the next book (which is being shipped to be as I type, but not being shipped fast enough)! I think of all the books in the series so far, this one has got to be my favorite.

You dont know what's happening with Cal or Selene or Hunter... you dont know who's lying and who's telling the truth and you dont know what Morgan will do next. Or who she'll believe or who she'll listen to.

Though I have to admit, Selene freaked me out in this book. She was way too pushy and sketchy. Cal was a bit sketchy in this one as well, half way through the book you just couldnt help but turn Team Hunter from how odd they were acting.

Maybe I wont review the books, maybe I'll just write down how I feel about them. It seems much easier and I dont spoil anything lol.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks is one of my all time favorite authors. At one point of my life, his books were all I ever read.



This is probably one of the best Nicholas Sparks books, ever. My all time favorite is The Notebook, but this replaces that.

The journey that John goes through with his life, living with his father who's a coin collector and doesnt speak much. His journey in the Army and the summer he met a significant young lady is amazing. His struggles, his changes, his decisions that could ruin everything. The story from the young lady's point of view and her struggles and changes with John being deployed was also a good read.

It gives you a sneak peak of what its like being in the military and having to leave love ones behind, how sometimes life just doesnt work out the way you think it will and the struggles that we all face eventually.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

New books!

I made a small purchase from Amazon this month, its been years since I last ordered from Amazon and I always enjoy buying books from there. Unwrapping them from the box and the crisp feeling and the new book smell. Ah, its just so... refreshing.




After I bought Sweep: Book of Shadows and finished it in 3 hours, I decided to buy the next 3. And I'm debating on holding off on reading them now and reading something between them. But I still want the characters and story fresh in my mind when I read the next ones. What a dilemma, right?


Meet my newest obsession!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sweep: Book of Shadows

Yay, my first book review!

Sweep: Book of Shadows
By: Cate Tiernan


Book of Shadows is the first book in the Sweep series. I came across this book a few months ago at Barns & Nobles but I was on my way out so I didnt really get to scroll through and I had forgotten about it until I was going through the pictures on my phone. I looked it up on Amazon and read a few reviews, all of which were good. So I picked it up (along with The Siren by Kiera Cass and The Wonderful Welcome to Oz).

The book is about a girl named Morgan, her best friend Bree and the new guy, Cal. Cal invites everyone to a party which turns out to be some Wicca type of party out in the middle of nowhere. A few people leave and a few people stay, including Morgan and Bree.

The beginning of the book gave me a Twilight-Edward-and-Bella feel to it, just the way she described Cal, but that quickly faded once it got more into the Wicca aspects of it. Morgan, for some reason has this intense need and feeling to keep reading and learning more about Wicca, something she cant really describe since her family is raised either Catholic or Christian (sorry I dont remember!). Where are Bree, is just doing it to impress Cal.

I could easily relate to Morgan while reading this book, raised a Catholic and recently telling my mom I was Pagan... well my mom reacted the same way Morgan's mom did when she found her Wicca books. Also that strange need to just learn more about it, was something we had in common. The best friend deal hit a spot as well that week.

I would strongly suggest this book, it can be very addicting and it includes history and facts about a religion that I think is commonly misunderstood.