I started February a bit slower than January, but I did read! I've been busy with a few other things. This month also had some interesting happenings. New features starting today! I'm actually going to be adding the rating I gave a book at the end of the little bit about it.
Overall I read 5 books for this month.
Overall I read 5 books for this month.
Book #1: Meet Me in the Garden by Rosa Sophia
Memories
of another life, and the garden where it all began, keep Amalie
Jarvis awake at night.
A
columnist for a popular magazine, she attends a function in Palm
Beach at the famous Breakers Hotel, only to cross paths with graphic
designer Ian Gardner—who appears to hold the key to her visions.
The more time they spend together, the more Amalie realizes how much
she wants to be with him. And how much she fears admitting that she
loves him.
Ian
can’t remember the past, but he is drawn to Amalie with an intense
passion he’s never felt before.
Many
moons ago, they met in a garden. Different names, different faces—but
their souls were still the same. Unable to resist her, Ian falls
deeply in love. He remains by her side as she battles severe facial
pain, not knowing what it is or if it could kill her. Frightened for
her, he swears his adoration without ever speaking the words.
But
their devotion has dangers, and they’re about to be faced by
hazards neither of them could have foreseen…
Oh my gosh. This didn't end how I thought it would at all. I got it from Rosa in return for an honest review (forthcoming). I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it, since I don't actually happen to like contemporary romances. This wasn't bad though. I enjoyed the ending. 5/5 stars!
Book #2: Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
Just
before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the
attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and
her aunt Dulcie. But who’s the third person, the one who’s been
torn out of the picture?
Ali
figures she’ll find out while she’s vacationing in Maine with
Dulcie and her four-year-old daughter, Emma, in the house where Ali’s
mother’s family used to spend summers. All hopes for relaxation are
quashed shortly after their arrival, though, when the girls meet
Sissy, a kid who’s mean and spiteful and a bad influence on Emma.
Strangest
of all, Sissy keeps talking about a girl named Teresa who drowned
under mysterious circumstances back when Claire and Dulcie were kids,
and whose body was never found. At first Ali thinks Sissy’s just
trying to scare her with a ghost story, but soon she discovers the
real reason why Sissy is so angry....Mary Downing Hahn is at her
chilling best in this new supernatural tale that’s certain to send
shivers down her readers’ spines.
I read just about the entire thing in one night. It was that good of a story. Very compelling. I wasn't pleased overall with how exactly things were revealed to the girls. After a few paragraphs, it was kind of a little obvious to me exactly who Sissy was. I enjoyed it still, it worked as a YA paranormal book. 3/5 stars~
Book #3: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Book #3: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
It
is the middle of the summer, but there is an unseasonal mist pressing
against the windowpanes. Harry Potter is waiting nervously in his
bedroom at the Dursleys' house in Privet Drive for a visit from
Professor Dumbledore himself. One of the last times he saw the
Headmaster was in a fierce one-to-one duel with Lord Voldemort, and
Harry can't quite believe that Professor Dumbledore will actually
appear at the Dursleys' of all places. Why is the Professor coming to
visit him now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry returns to
Hogwarts in a few weeks' time? Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts has
already got off to an unusual start, as the worlds of Muggle and
magic start to intertwine...
I loved it. Having read the first book at least a dozen times and seeing the first three movies many dozens of times, I sort of forgot what happened beyond book three. I'm so glad I decided to re-read it. Entire scenes have escaped my mind. I wish they would have included the funeral scene with Grawp in the movie, but that's cool. These will be among my absolute favorite book series in the world forever.
Book #4: Wicked Sense by Fabio Bueno
Book #5: Trinity Blood vol. 1 by Sunao Yoshida
Book #4: Wicked Sense by Fabio Bueno
Witches
inhabit our world, organized in covens and hiding behind a shroud of
secrecy—the Veil. Skye’s London coven sends her to Seattle’s
Greenwood High to find the Singularity, an unusually gifted witch who
may break the Veil and trigger a dangerous new era of witch-hunting.
Things get complicated when Skye meets a charming new classmate,
Drake. Skye’s job becomes even trickier when she clashes with Jane,
an intimidating rival witch. Drake falls for the mysterious Skye, but
odd accidents, potion mix-ups, and the occasional brush with death
kind of get in the way of romance. Once he discovers Skye is a witch,
he goes to war for her, even though his only weapons are a nice set
of abs and a sharp sense of humor. Fighting off wicked Jane and the
other dark forces hell-bent on seizing the Singularity's immense
power, Skye and Drake will risk everything to save the covens. Going
on a date has never been harder.
I
liked this book pretty well for how it was written. It was very good.
I took the star off because it was only just barely almost not
believable as far as the actual plot was concerned. There were a few
parts where I didn't really understand the point he was trying to
make. I rated this book a 4/5 stars and am more than likely going to
pick up the next book in the series.
Book #5: Trinity Blood vol. 1 by Sunao Yoshida
In
a dark and distant future, Armageddon has giving rise to the fabled
Second Moon--and a perpetual war between the vampires and the humans!
Esther is a nun in the city of Istavan. When she crosses paths with
Abel Nightroad, a priest sent from the Vatican to combat the local
order of vampires, the two form a holy alliance to battle the most
evil of threats: Gyula, the leader of the vampires. In this gorgeous,
gothic-action series--part of the super-popular Trinity Blood
franchise--the very survival of the human race is at stake!
I actually forgot I had these books. I have the first four volumes of the manga series and I definitely plan to get more when I have the money for them. I love the art and the characters. Father Nightroad makes me laugh so hard. I gave this book 4/5 stars because of some of the printing it had, and a few minor errors. Beyond that it was just as funny as I remembered from the first time I read it and I will be reading the other three shortly.