Fairy Metal Thunder (Songs of Magic, #1)

Fairy Metal Thunder by J.L. Bryan
My rating: 5 of 5 skulls
Kindle Edition, 196 pages
Published September 16th 2011 by JLBryanbooks.com

What an incredibly fun fairytale! J.L Bryan is brilliant! ♥

Jason, Erin, Dred, and Mick aka Mitch are members of a band called Assorted Zebras. Jasons adorable little sister Katie is scared of monsters. One night when he's babysitting Katie, she sees a monster go into their parents room. Turns out to be a goblin [Grizlemor]....who is stealing their mom's jewelry! OMG!

Jason follows this 'little goblin thief' all the way back to another realm through a portal in Mrs. Dullahans yard, to a land of faeries and Elves and little assorted creatures such as Unicorns. This is where Jason hears magical fairy music and steals some musical instruments belonging to 4 otherworlders. Aiode.....Rhodia ....and two others.

There is a law in fairy realms that requires many years of education before you can play the magical instruments, I guess because in the wrong hands it could be dangerous, but more to the point, Queen Mab doesn't like it when these instruments are lost especially to the humans. The four otherworlders will suffer the Queen's wrath if they don't find their instruments soon, so they hire out some Elf with a long-ass name and a unicorn called Buttercup to sniff the whereabouts of the magical instruments out .

Meanwhile the Assorted Zebras are playing new gigs and becoming popular at the expense of the otherworlders loss and suffering . However there is a lot of humor in this tale like Jason getting a job a McSlawburgers where nobody likes the slaw

It was amazing!

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The Vengeance of the Vampire Bride

The Vengeance of the Vampire Bride by Rhiannon Frater

Kindle Edition
Published September 22nd, 2011
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Lady Glynis Wright sought revenge for her families slaughter at the hands of Vlad Dracula, but the plan was never revealed as to how she was going to do that save for killing those who betrayed her and her family. When she arrived at the Palace of Lady Dosza, she was welcome and was safe there. At the same time, she was given warnings not to do anything rash and to lay low for awhile until further notice. The reason being there was a Vampire War happening between two Houses: The House of Bataar and The House of Ilcana and her brother.

This lasted for months, and a lot had happened to the Countess of Dracula. She acquired a new progeny Laura, and she waited a long time to be reunited with her lover Ignatius who was in Vienna with his Mistress who happened to be The Ruler of Vampires even though there was no such hierarchy in vampire law. Still, she was the One all vampires honored. Even Count Dracula and Ignatius were this woman's progeny, yet she is still a mystery. Anyway, all the Countess ever wanted was to be free from Vlad Dracula and his enslavement and she became Lady Glynis Wright of her own House in the end, and what an ending it was!

I really enjoyed this story even when it seemed to drag on, but I'm glad I finished reading it because it was incredible, and I look forward to another installment which Rhianna hoped to give us some time in 2012? I will definitely be waiting for the 3rd installment.

Yours Truly
JB

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The Tale Of The Vampire Bride

The Tale Of The Vampire Bride by Rhiannon Frater

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This little gem puts Twilight to shame. I must admit that Vlad's abuse of Glynis was terrible to read, but I persevered their rocky relationship and was relieved after he takes her to Buda. That's when it gets better. Glynis seemed more happy and content there, Vlad mellows out a bit, and it is where she meets Ignatius whom she loves, but besides Vlad's wrath, she encounters a Dhampir, Gregor, and a group of Vampire Hunters in that town. They are responsible for burning down Dracula's Estate in Buda(pest) and killing all his servants save for Magda and her son.

Glynis returns with Vlad to the Castle where she lost her parents and sister and soul. The same castle where she was transformed into a vampire and all the unspeakable horrors there. Oh yes her brother was supposed to help Count Dracula get to England where he'd plan to live with his wife Glynis and live a somewhat mortal life.

Vlad aka Dracula is a very cruel and evil Master. It was the way he treated Glynis that got to me. That shit stresses me out.

I found the journal overall amazing.

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The Immortal Rules

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

From living in the Fringe to being Turned into a vampire to living in exile and journeying with a bunch of strangers looking for Eden to finding out the truth about Rabidism which has made the whole world unsafe for humans and vampires alike I am actually surprised Allison is still alive. She lets herself fall for Lucas and is determined to see his tiny human band get to Eden. I really hoped she would see her Sire Kanin again but he does not appear a second time, and in the end, we are left wondering if the world would ever be cured of the awful disease that turns vampires into Rabids.

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White Lies

White Lies by Jeremy Bates

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When Katrina Burton moves to a small town, she decidedly picks up a hitchhiker who at first seems harmless until she becomes fearful of him for being drunk and acting perverted for staring at her legs. She kicks him out of her car leaving him stranded on the side of the road in the pouring rain. She told him she was only going as far as the Lake Wenatchee turn off where she owned a cabin but that was a lie. She had no idea that one lie could produce such devastating consequences.

She soon learns the hitchhiker's name is ....Zach Marshall, a teacher at the same school she will be teaching. Her life isn't exactly stable since having lost both her parents and a husband, and she has no reason to trust anybody. So one lie leads to another until she meets someone by the name of Jack Reeves who she chooses, to tell the truth too. Mr. Reeves was the wrong person to say as well as fall in love with....dun dun dun dun

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Pretty When She Dies

Pretty When She Dies by Rhiannon Frater
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Awesome!! I love Rhiannon Fraters Vampire tale! I couldn't quit reading. It had an edge of horror, suspense and lots of action and sex. I especially liked the part when [Amal was hanging from the ceiling all beaten up and bruised and accidentally rose the dead bodies underneath Santos house]

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Blogging from A to Z Challenge Reflections Posts of 2012

As soon as I heard about the AtoZ challenge I wanted to participate, but because of my experience with other Alphabet memes, I didn't want to post a random topic that began with the letter of the day because I would most likely fail in oh so many ways. I'm not that good at writing/blogging.

So I decided to write on a book theme and chose The Hunger Games. I had written my posts a week in advance which meant I had to read the book again and base my posts on the alphabet for each chapter. I got it done. My letter A post was supposed to be about the reaping. The Reaping took place in Chapter 1 and I called it Attendance is Mandatory but I edited it and probably shouldn't have and wrote about the Arena instead, even though the tributes didn't step into the arena until chapter 11. My favorite post was The Letter 'L' The Lake and Lucky Loot only because there were a lot of L words in it :)
I am so glad I scheduled my posts! It pretty much left me free to do whatever else I wanted and visit as many blogs as I could. I didn't always comment but I think I managed to visit most blogs on the list at least. Initially I got a few new comments but not near as many as I left, which was discouraging.

 I think the AtoZ challenge was well thought out and organized, and there wasn't really anything more that could have been done better. Arlee and his team did a great job. Due to the lack of visits I imagine people weren't interested in the Hunger Games or maybe it was that my posts were too long? Was it due to spoilers? idk. I would have liked more feedback but for those who did comment, it meant a lot to me so THANK YOU!

Most commentators said it was really neat that I wrote about the hunger games and that they'd really enjoyed the book and movie and only one did not like the principle of kids killing kids. It was a great experience to learn so much about this book. I loved the Hunger Games and I don't know about participating next year but if I do, I will probably base it on another great book. It was fun.

Aside from that , here is a short funny video spoof of How The Hunger Games Should Have Ended. I personally liked how it ended , with the rule changes and all, but for the sake of the few who didn't.......maybe it would have been better if Katniss were honest about not loving Peeta ? Lol!