The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

The Summoning

What would you do if you found out you could talk to the dead?  Well, that's what happens to 5 foot nothing 15 year-old Chloe Saunders.  One day she sees a ghost at her school. Understandably she freaks, gets diagnosed with schizophrenia, and ends up in a teen group home called Lyle House.  Soon she finds out that she's not the only teen there with an unusual power.  The group of teens figure that it can't be a coincidence that they're all at Lyle House.  Two foster brothers Simon and Derek come up with a plan to find their missing father and Chloe and a girl named Rae join in.  What happens to the group? Do they find Simon and Derek's dad?  Does Chloe ever get her normal life back?  The world may never know. Also don't miss the sequel The Awakening.

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Imagine the United States say a hundred years in the future. What do you picture? A perfect society?  Well that's what Magdalena thinks she lives in.  To us. Not so much.  In this world love has been classified as a disease "amor deliria nervosa." Lena can't wait until her procedure just after her eighteenth birthday that will make her "immune" to love.  Until she meets Alex. She contracts a serious case of "amor deliria nervosa" and she doesn't even care. Alex helps her learn to think for herself and question the world she lives in.  Is love really a bad thing? The Invalids don't think so.  They're the people who live in the Wilds where the government can't get them and believe in a time when love was celebrated not feared. Will Lena and Alex make it together in a world where the government executes for sympathizing with Invalids? Or will their ending be as tragic as the old stories?  You have to find out on your own.

Books, January Through March

Here is my list of all the books I have read January – March.


(I added personal comments about the books on some of these)


Here is a list of all the books I read during January:

The Walking Dead Vol 1 by Robert Kirkman* (Good but not for the faint-hearted. Can be quite graphic)

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Vol 1 by Bryan Lee O'Malley* (Read them. All of them. Now)

A Troubled Peace by L.M. Elliot (Sequel to Under A War Torn Sky, one of my favorite books of all time)

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Victorian Era. Good story)

Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle (Chick Lit. it's eh ok)

Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel (Read Airborn first though. And then Skybreaker)

Graceling by Kristen Cashore (Very good)

Hero by Mike Lupica (Not like his other books but still good)

Scott Pilgrim Vs the World Vol 2 by Bryan Lee O'Malley*

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Fire by Kristen Cashore (Takes place 30 years prior to Graceling)

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Love this)

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

~The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner~ (Love these books. I read them again and again)

~The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner~

~The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner~

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Definitely read this. Very good)

The Eternal Ones: What If Love Refused to Die? by Kirsten Miller (sounds stupid but was actually interesting/good)

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (won some award for 2010. Rightly so)

Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (sequel to Leviathan)

Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer

Here's all the February books:

Gimme A Call by Sarah Mlynowski (The plot's good but the main character is so annoying)
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (Read the first 2 first)
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (The main character is very cool. I liked the book a lot)
By The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters (Good but a sad topic)
Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness Vol. 3 by Bryan Lee O'Malley* (Read them.)
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (Pretty good, actually)
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld (This one was interesting)
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce**
Paper Towns by John Green (This was good)
Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer (I love the Artemis Fowl books)
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier (This was good. But the ending is kind of disturbing)
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together Vol. 4 by Bryan Lee O'Malley*
Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe Vol. 5 by Bryan Lee O'Malley*
~Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd~ (I love this book entirely)
I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak (Author of the Book Thief. Need I say more? It's amazing.)
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff (Read it.)
Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters (Not a sequel to the other book by her above)
Six Innings: A Game In The Life by James Preller (Book about a Little League Baseball Game.)

Here's March:

Born to Rock by Gordon Korman (Awesome book)

Here Lies Arthur by Phillip Reeve (Interesting take on the King Arthur legend)

Night by Elie Wiesel (Super depressing)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (A classic)

The Gate of Days: The Book of Time II by Guillaume Prévost (Read the first one first)

Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour Vol 6 by Bryan Lee O'Malley*

The Rivalry by John Feinstein (Fifth installment in a series of YA sports mysteries)

xkcd Volume 0 by Randall Munroe* (A collection of comics from the onling webcomic xkcd.com)

~Grace by Elizabeth Scott~ (Dystopian future. Takes place on a train)

Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin (Good chick lit story)

Withering Tights by Louise Rennison (By the author of the Georgia Nicholson books. Definitely worth reading)

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Very dark, adult Western novel)

Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford (Pretty good. Worth reading)

Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye by Kaza Kingsley (My brother finally got me to read this first in a series. I'm glad he did)

Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (Interesting look at 1940's India. Very frustrating at times because of the societal outlook on women)

Love (And Other Uses For Duct Tape) by Carrie Jones (Takes place in Maine!)

Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn (Good chick lit read)

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan (Worth reading definitely)

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King (This was very good. It's written in an interesting way too)

* means Graphic Novel
** means an Audio Book
~ means a reread

New Topics

So I'm taking over this blog and changing it to something specific.  I'm going to talk about books.  I will be attempting to write reviews.  About books.  Maybe other stuff too.  It all depends.