Can't Get It Out of My Head

Okay so have you every been so hooked on a book that you can't stop thinking about it? Yep that is me with Victoria Scott's The Collector. Ever since it's release in April I can not get away from it. I try reading something else but I just keep thinking about Dante, Charlie, Blue, Annabelle, Max, and Valery a.k.a. Red. Every other book it seems that I reread it. My two favorite things that make me think about The Collector are cats and bacon. Yeah if you haven't read the book you wouldn't understand, but both about Dante and both make me smile and laugh. It might sound as though I am obsessed. Well I like good books so I guess you can call me obsessed. One thing that I absolutely love the most, besides Dante of course, is that Victoria wrote this from Dante's POV. This is one of the things that sets it apart from the many, many books on my shelves. The more I read this awesome book the more I admire and fall in love with the details with in the writing. I write a whole novel on why I love and enjoy this wonderful book but I am going to encourage you to go out rent, buy, borrow, sneak-a-peek of this book. I am certain that you will enjoy it!!

In the mean time what is that one book that you've fallen in love with? What is that one book that you think about often and can't get out of your head?

My Kindle Fire HD

I am excited to say that I just got a Kindle Fire HD!! I love it! I was so excited when I got it from the UPS man :)

There are many reasons why I have chosen the Kindle Fire HD as my ereader. First, I have a Nook 1st gen. I do not like it and I am not particularly fond of B&N. I loved Borders before they went under and often bought books weekly. Now I only get books if B&N emails out coupons and if there is a book release from my favorite authors. In addition, I have seen many, many deals and ebook sales on amazon and hardly any on B&N. I also decided upon a Kindle Fire HD beacause it's a tablet too. I have put movies, music and of course books. I have no problems with my Kindle and I absolutely love it!! The loading speed is incredible! The speakers are phenomenal! They are loud and they do not at all sound bad turned all the way up.

I recommend  the Kindle Fire HD. It is fast, loud, and you can put anything  you'd need on it!

THE LIBERATOR excerpt

Here is an excerpt from The Liberator by Victoria Scott. I absolutely LOVE The Collector and this excerpt is awesome! And I LOVE Max! He is so goofy and just brings light to the conversation. As always I also LOVE Dante! I can not wait until this book comes out!

Excerpt from THE LIBERTOR

By Victoria Scott

 

 

When I open my eyes, the sun is trying to murder me. It’s shining on my face and making my head pound. Or maybe it’s my hangover that’s giving me the headache, but nonetheless—me and the sun?—we’re not on friendly terms.

Charlie murmurs beside me. My arms are still wrapped around her waist, and I suddenly realize I must have crashed out in her bed last night. If Grams wakes up and finds me here, she’ll run me a bath…and toss in the toaster.

            “Morning, babe,” I whisper.

            “Morning, hot stuff,” a distinctly male voice responds.

            I whip around, my heart racing, and find Max sitting in a chair across the room.  “You look so hot when you first wake up,” he says. He raises a hand to his hair. “Got that whole sexy bed head thing going on.”

            Charlie doesn’t even move from her place, but I feel her laughing against me. “Your friend is kind of creepy, Dante,” she manages. 

            “Max, what the hell are you doing in here?” I ask, pulling the covers farther up even though I’m (regretfully) fully-clothed.

            “Real question is, why did I wait so long to join you guys?” Max stands from his chair and cocks his head. A mischievous smile crawls across his face.

            “No,” I say, trying to appear serious. “Don’t even think about it, dude.”

            Max starts running in place, his smile widening farther until he looks deranged. “Ready or not!” Before I can stop him, Max races toward the bed and dives on top of us. “Oh! Oh it feels even better than I imagined.” He rolls back and forth across our bodies as Charlie laughs and I wonder why I’m friends with such a raging idiot.

            With all my strength, I grab Max’s shirt and rotate him toward the edge. He falls off the side, his arms pin-wheeling. There’s a loud thud, and then nothing.

I wait for several seconds before leaning over to search for him. Max is lying face down on the floor, his arms and legs curled like a dead spider. “You’re not really hurt,” I say.

            “I think you gave me spinal bifida. You need to call someone.”

            “That’s a genetic disorder,” I respond with a sigh, collapsing back onto my pillow. A second later, he raises his head very, very slowly up from the side of the bed. It’s one of the more unsettling things he’s ever done.  “Max, is there a purpose to this visit?” I ask. I want so badly to act like he’s annoying me. But he knows, and I know, that we both love this game: the one where I pretend he’s a pain in my ass, and he acts like a damn circus clown.

            He stands up, crosses the room, and plops back down in the chair. “Valery sent me.”

            I throw an arm across my eyes. “Of course she did.” Beside me, Charlie moves to get up and I immediately reach for her. She squeals and wiggles out of my grasp.

            I watch as she walks around the bed and ruffles Max’s hair. The twenty-eight year old pants like a dog. It’s a bit disturbing considering Charlie’s seventeen. She eyes me with a grin. “I’ll make waffles.”

My face lights up.

“Yes,” she continues. “And bacon.”

I glance at Max and nod toward Charlie. “That’s my girl.”

“Damn straight,” he says.

“I’m still making breakfast for your birthday,” I call after Charlie. Then, looking at Max, I add, “My girl’s going to be legal soon.”

Max says, “Boom.”

What have you been reading?

I haven't been reading quite as much as I usually do. I am in college and I have finals and last minute projects due. I also just graduated with my associates. I know, not really a big deal, right? Wrong. This is my first big step since high school and I am ready to start on my next step and become someone who can help people, however small it'll be, and become a teacher. Teachers are more important that I'd thought and I am ready to make a difference in people's lives.

Moving on, I did get around to a few books. I did get to reading The Elite by Kiera Cass. This book really gave me whiplash with all of the love triangle drama going on. I LOVED The Selection and couldn't wait until The Elite came out! When it finally did, I couldn't wait to open it and start reading! Although there is SO much love triangle drama, I couldn't put the book down! All I wanted was to see what happens and who she chose in the end. I am not going to spill anything but throughout the first book, and the second, I was rooting for Maxon. Sorry, but prince trumps life time crush for me.

Another book that I have recently read was Clockwork Angel. I have read the first four The Mortal Instruments books and my best friend really wanted me to read the prequel so I said 'why not?'. I LOVED this book and I have to say I love the characters and the story better than The Mortal Instraments'. I don't know what it is, but I love prequels! There is SO much I can say about this book, but I am going to encourage you to go out and find out about the shadowhunters' world.

Speaking of prequels, another prequel that I absolutely fell in love with was Rise: a Nightshade Novel by Andrea Cremer. I didn't know how this book was going to go and I was a little intrigued. This book is amazing and it really isn't very much like the other Nightshade novels, which surprised me. I fell in love with this book after the first couple of pages! I absolutely love this book! Then the second prequel book came out, Rise, and for the life of me I can not get into it! I don't know what it is! It might have been that I had gotten a rush of books and I wanted to read other books, but whatever it was I just couldn't jump into the Nightshade world again. I wont give up on it though! I always finish books that I've started and this will be no exception!

At this time I am reading Fall of Night (Morganville #14) by Rachel Caine. I love this series and will always come back to it when I don't feel like reading anything else. This was the first series of books I had gotten into and I still love them the same! The characters in these books are like family and I am going to miss them when the 15th, and final book, comes out, but the good thing about books is that you can always go visit again :) Back to the book...I was SO excited to get this book!! I was so ready for a book all about Claire and, especially, Mr. Shane Collins! I am so pleased that Claire stood up to Shane and decided enough was enough and decided to 'take a break'. I understand why Shane didn't trust Claire because, well, he's Shane and he has trust issues. She needed to get away from him and got to MIT, which I knew wasn't the brightest idea she's ever had. And of course Shane couldn't let her go, 'cuz come on he's Shane! Although I am not all the way finished with this book I can tell I'm not gonna like how its going to end, but its Morganville so that's normal.


So that is what I've been reading. What adventures have you've been one lately? What characters have you befriended?


                                                 ~Cat

Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins

Where do I even begin!?! I didn't really know what to expect, but this was an awesome sequel to Sweet Evil! At first I was disappointed that Kaidan wasn't really in the beginning, but gosh he is just so...sexy!! I <3 this man! Like the first Sweet, this is a jammed packed book and Wendy knows how to write books filled to he top with action. There were SO many emotions going through me while reading Sweet Peril. Sadness, total happiness, confusion, heartache, and many more that words can't even begin to describe. Not going to lie I didn't really notice Blake in the first Sweet, but man did I notice him in this one! I <3 Blake! He is so funny and brings so much to this book. And Kope. Sweet Kope. I have to admit I have always been one team Kai and wasn't really a fan of Kope, but Sweet Peril he hit a place in my heart and I just was like...awe. Oh and Flynn, without spoiling anything, I loved him and it just...:'( . I absolutely loved how the Nephs all got more book time? I guess it would be. The twins, Z, Flynn, Kope, Kai and of course Anna are all wonderful and it feels as though I know them personally. Final note, this book is amazing!

P.S. Sweet Peril will always be Sweet Hope (original name) to me :)

The Collector By Victoria Scott

I have been waiting what seems like forever to get my hands on The Collector by Victoria Scott! I finally got my copy in the mail a couple of days ago and read it any chance I got. Last night I finished it and I sat it down and just...stared at it. I've got to say this book was awesome! My first thought on this book was finally there is a book from the guy's POV! My second thought was that Dante is just a jerk and I didn't really like his attitude at all. Well lets just say I was crying for him by the end of the book. He turned out to be very sweet, but while still being the jerk he started out being. Someone had to turn his 'tude around. Which brings me to Charlie. Well to start out with Charlie is an amazing character. She is so pure and nice. The way Dante described her it was just breath taking and at first I was like seriously, Dante, why are you such a jerk but at the end I was like now you see her, finally you see. Charlie is just so different than any other character I've read, although I can see Anna from Sweet Evil being friends with her. Victoria just adds a fresh new story to my bookshelf. I have added The Collector to my top 5 list. Have you read The Collector? What did you think of it?

What authors would you love to meet?

There are many books and many brilliant writers I would love to meet and talk to. One of the many is Rachel Caine. I don't know how she does it. How she has captured me for 13 books and still going. Her characters are awesome and the story lines are exciting and intense. I would just LOVE to talk to her all day about her books and the characters with in them.
Another radiant writer is Cassandra Clare. I was encouraged to read her books from my best friend for several years before I finally read the first one and then I couldn't put them down! I have no idea how she has made this world of Shadow hunters and Darkworlders! The adventures throughout her books are attention grabbing and I never wanted the books to end. My friend has since has told me "I told you so!" and told me to never doubt her again on her books she suggests me to read.
The one author I would absolutely enjoy and would LOVE, above all the writers, to talk to would be Wendy Higgins! Her writing is just brilliant, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, astonishing, etc.! I have read Sweet Evil many, many times and could read it for a long time coming! The characters and story is just...ahhhhh! I <3 Kia! He is amazingly shaped and Sweet Evil is jammed packed with the biggest adventure I couldn't believe that much story could be packed in that book! And everything is just...awesome! I can't wait til Sweet Peril!!!



April 10, 2013

I have just read The Collector by Victoria Scott and I have to add her to my list of authors I would love to meet! She seems so awesome and The Collector is so brilliantly written. I always wish I could write good/ creatively but it just doesn't work for me. I write I just would never publish :) Which is just fine with me.