blog watching

I have spent a great night online, looking at other people,s blogs and websites. I love it! It just gives me more books to find and read but it is a bit daunting all the same. There are so many books out there. Luckily enough I am very confident in what I like and willing to give everything a go. Like many others I have discovered the fascinating world of YA and Have found many more authors to read. I have also read some blogs on censorship in school libraries too which has been very disappointing and does make me wonder what the world is becoming. I have to admit that when I was of that age my parents may have not approved of me reaching some of these books, but then I think with all that our children see in the news and on tv, maybe these books can also been seen as a aid and a way to have open discussion with teenagers. It scares me as a parent some of the things that my children face every day at school or when they are out with their friends.

Currently I am reading Hunter's Moon by Lori Handeland and I might throw in some Gena Showalter and some Keri Arthur for variety. after all it is a weekend at home, what is a person to do, and I do have a schedule to keep to as well!

Tithe by Holly Black

I have a lot of books to choose from and a system that means I can read them in some order and get them back to the library without incurring any fines.  Sometimes I get distracted though.  Tithe is one of those books that has the power to distract me.  My family is lucky that I managed to get dinner made, but I think that is all they can expect today.

'Tithe is a 'modern faeire tale'.  Well that is what is written on the front cover and it's very correct.

Kaye, after a nomadic life with her mother travelling around following various bands, has returned to her childhood home.  She is sensing changes and looks for the faerie friends she had when she was young.  Instead she meets and saves a faerie called Roiben.  She is unaware that she herself is one of the faeries, specifically a pixie that has been hidden behind a intricate glamour.  She is unwittingly sacrificed as a 'tithe' so that the solitary folk can enjoy 7 years of freedom.  Of course things do go wrong and she needs to make the choice to save herself and her friends that have been caught up in the machinations of both the Unseelie and Seelie Courts.

Holly Black is a fantastic writer.  This book sucked me in go to whoa.  There is always something around the corner and you are on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen next or who will betray whom.  Read and enjoy!!!

FINISHED!!!! Night's Cold Kiss by Tracey O'Hara

I loved this book.  I love most of the books that I read though so I don't know how that is going to make people want to read this book.  Antionette is a highy trained Venator and it is her job to hunt and kill Necrodrinac vampires.  Christian is a Aeternus vampire in the employ of CHAaPR who knows Antionette's father.  Antionette's mother was attacked and killed in front of her when she was a young child.  She was brought up by her aunt and uncle and was trained to be a Venator.  Christian and Antionette meet because Christian needs her to bait a trap to catch a killer.  Antionette does not like vampires for very good reasons but is very attracted to Christian.  The Necodrinac Dante that killed her mother is still alive and is after Antionette.  Antionette and Christian and some other really good characters work together to catch the serial killer.  As I said, I loved this book, very fast paced, lots of action and even though you know that the 2 main characters will end up together, their getting to that place is filled with twists and turns.  Read it if you like vampires, urban fantasy, shapeshifters, and romance.

Reading now!!!! Night's Cold Kiss by Tracey O'Hara

Angel of Mercy by Toni Andrews

Just finished Angel of Mercy.  It gripped from start to finish.  Mercy is a great character.  She has an amazing gift of which she is a little scared of, and for good reason.  She is a hypnotherapist and has a skill she calls 'pressing'.  She is after answers from her past and also looking for her real parents.  She is somewhat scared of what she will find out and in this book, with the help of Sukey, her friend, starts her search.  She meets a lady who works at a shelter and convinces Mercy that she might be of some help to the ladies that reside there and Mercy in turn feels that she may do some good.  She meets a mother and daughter who are on the run from the husband.  Unspeakable acts have been visited on the young girl and Mercy is compelled to help them find the husband/father and bring him to justice.  Suffice to say, justice is served in a very convincing way, but in her search for answers to her past, more questions are raised.  I am looking forward to reading the 3rd in the series Cry Mercy.

What to read, what to read!!!

The weather here is beautiful at the moment and perfect for sitting on the deck and reading.  I have a little table next to a very comfy chair that I take over in summer and put the books I am reading on the table so that I can sit out, take in the fresh air and get some reading done.  Over Christmas my family and I take our caravan down to our local beach and spend 5 weeks there, sitting on the beach or back at the campsite catching up with all my reading.  I work in a library and people say that it must be because I like to read.  They have this image of all library personnel sitting around reading books all day.   I WISH.  I work in a an academic library, and I have to be honest there is not much here that I WANT to read, which in a way is great, because I can actually get some work done.  I am starting 'Angel of Mercy' by Toni Andrews.  It is 2nd in the series, I haven't read the 1st one but the 2nd one is pretty good.

Cape Storm by Rachel Caine

I do love the Weather Warden Series.  Cape Storm is no. 8 in the series.  David (The Djinn) and Joanne are on a very big ship with Lewis and Cherise and other wardens travelling out to fight a storm that has been sent after them by Bad Bill.  Jo still has the demon mark on her back, courtesy of Bad Bill, and has become somewhat of a risk to the Weather Wardens that she works for.  David has put containments in place but Bad Bill still seems to be able to get to her.  After a lot of secrets and double play, obviously the heroine comes through.  But not in the way that you think.  You need to read the book.

This book showed Jo in a whole different light and towards the end I really feared for her sanity and for whose side she would end up on.  It is a tale of love above all else, which is sometimes hard to portray in an action novel.  There is a surprise ending and I look forward to Rachel Caine's next book 'Total Eclipse' to see what becomes of David, Jo, Lewis and the rest of the characters that makes this series a favourite.

Cape Storm by Rachel Caine

This is the book that I am reading at the moment.  I have loved this series from start ot beginning, but I am a little disappointed to find Jo giving into the demon mark on her back and to Bad Bob.  I haven't finished it yet, almost there, but I am sure that David and Lewis and all her friends can see her through to the end.