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Snapex

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  • Birthday 08/25/1989

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  1. Finished Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan last night, Started Palace of the Damned by Darren Shan today. After I've finished The Saga of Larten Crepsley I've been ordered to read The Rigante Series by David Gemmell haha
  2. Old Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel The OC Friends Heroes Torchwood One Tree Hill The Ringer The Secret Circle Still running Supernatural (even though I cant stand anything post season 5) Game Of Thrones Boardwalk Empire The Vampire Diaries True Blood Once Upon A Time Southpark
  3. Just finished season 1 and loved it. Cant wait for season 2 to start
  4. I haven't seen your spoilers, don't worry. Just thought I'd say that your little review has made me scared about reading the rest of the series haha. Depressing and upsetting? I can not handle any more heart ache when it comes to Larten, I just cant haha.
  5. Hello & welcome I've just finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor It was brilliant and I highly recommend it. Darren Shan also is highly recommended by me (just like Lord napsack haha). if you like The Hunger Games then how about Divergent by Veronica Roth Also because you like vampires how about House of The Night Series , The Southern Vampire Mysteries or The Vampire Diaries . I'll be honest, I'm not really a fan of those books but then I like my vampires more traditional like in Anne Rice's books haha Hope that gave you some ideas
  6. Yeah you are right about his fanbase. I just hope people who are new to him decided to read the rest. I never thought of it like that but you are right, it is like a photo album. haha I'm looking forward to it. I'm really looking forward to Arra and Larten being together. And more of The Cirque du Freak obviously. I have an idea of how the last book will end, because of Darren's previous writing style, but I'll keep it to myself in case I'm wrong. We'll see next week haha.
  7. awwww bless you. He's such a nice man. I went to a signing at my local Waterstone a few months before, it was the first time I had met him and even though I don't like to admit it too much now, I cried haha. He was such an inspiration on me as a kid and meeting him was amazing. I know what you mean about not knowing anyone else who has read it. Its strange to think that nearly 10 years ago when I first started reading The Saga of Darren Shan hardly anyone had heard of him and now he's really big. Good luck to him though, no one deservers it more.
  8. Haha you mean what was to come in Killers of the Dawn? if so really trying hard to to think of it as it makes me cry every time. And no matter how many times I read it (its its been a lot haha) I always believe that everything was ok. I think its because I have want to believe everything will be ok!. (another reason why I love Darren Shan, he has no problems killing of main characters where lots of others play it safe) By the way , with Birth of a Killer (and what I imagined to be the rest) , even though I must admit I was happy with it, did you feel that Darren was in a way making it hard for people who haven't read The Saga of Darren Shan to keep track of what was going on? In the sense that he was a boy one minuet and then the next years had gone by? Now don't get me wrong, I think it was timed perfectly but I've read The Saga of Darren Shan back to front more times then I care to count and think the most important time in his life was obviously as an older vampire. It was nice to see where he came from and how he became a vampire but that was enough. I just think that some people who haven't read The Saga of Darren Shan and decided to read The Saga of Larten Crepsley first as they knew it was a prequel might think its a bit rushed and too fast paced. Or then again it could just be me haha. (wouldn't surprise me, my opinions normally differ from others) Hahaha bless you. If you don't like it you don't like it. Hell I think its refreshing that you don't because even though I love it all the hype is starting to get on my nerves now. It's why sometimes I try to stick to books without such big publicity surrounding it. I've made that mistake too many times recently. P.s I got the Battle Royal book yesterday. So once I've finished The Saga of Larten Crepsley I'll read it and tell you what I think & read Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. Its got a love story, about angels & demons but its not like the rest, promise. I think you could like it.
  9. Finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor the other day, it was pretty amazing and I recommend it to anyone. And yesterday (after years of waiting) I finally started The Saga of Larten Crepsley by Darren Shan. Finished Birth of a Killer last night and I am about half way through the 2nd one. Its really good so far and I haven't been able to stop smiling while reading it haha.
  10. Currently reading: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor TBR this month: An Abundance of Katerines by John Green, Willow by Julia Hoban, Gone by Michael Grant, Hunger by Michael Grant,Lies by Michael Grant, Plague by Michael Grant, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Pretties by Scott Westerfeld, Specials by Scott Westerfeld, Extras by Scott Westerfeld, Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver,
  11. I feel the same about Harry Potter as you haha. It will always be joint favourite with The Saga of Darren Shan. I even have the DH symbol for Harry Potter and part of the Darren Shan Saga & Demonata covers tattooed on me haha. Its to always remind me that without both those books I wouldn't be the person I was today. I was there when Darren Shan first said he would be doing The Saga of Larten Crepsley lol. He was doing a small signing/reading/Q&A at a local children's theatre near to me, so me and my best friend of the time (who lent me my first Darren Shan book) decided to go. Well at the start he told us that at the end of it he would read a chapter from his new 4 part series. As the Q&A come around lots of people were asking questions about possible films and what had happened to some characters. Well as I've always loved him and he was my favourite from the off I asked if he had ever thought about doing a stand alone book about Larten Crepsley in his younger years, before the circus and maybe before and how he became a vampire. He said that it was a possibility only to later go on and read a chapter from Birth of A Killer. After when it came to the book signing he couldn't stop laughing at me because my question left the perfect set up for his reading. Silly man, lovely but silly haha.
  12. Haha I guess. I'll most likely feel the same after reading it and it almost makes me not want to. I understand what you meant about Procession of the Dead . When I first read it I found myself comparing The Cardinal a lot to Mr Tiny from The Saga of Darren Shan. I couldn't tell you now why I thought it though, it was back in 2008 that I read the book so I don't remember an awful lot about it only that it was strange to me that Darren Shan was swearing in the books haha I agree, but because everyone wants to be safe and doesn't want to push the boat out to much the resulting in doing a story with either involving vampires, werewolves, angels, fairy's or magic of some kind, that has a love triangle between a girl and two boys (god forbid it be two girls and one boy) and the main boy is troubled in some way to make him think he isn't worthy of love. (I am of course talking about YA books.) Even though they are based around the same idea you might find one in ever 10 that is actually written well and stands out that little bit from the rest. Like I said, its not what your idea is but how you use it and evolve it in something of your own. That's what makes not only you as an author but your book stand out from the others like it. That's just my opinion on it anyway. Lots of people probably wouldn't agree. But then you could experience what I just did. I have just finished reading The Trylle Trilogy by Amanda Hocking. Its about a girl who finds out she's a troll, I wont give too much away in case your playing to read it. Anyway at first I thought it was really refreshing to read something that wasn't vampire ect. But as I got further into the book I got annoyed out how poorly written it was and how unoriginal it was becoming (you guessed it, there was a love triangle). So I asked myself would I rather read a YA book that had an unoriginal idea but wows me or something different that annoyed me. In all honesty, even though I think I'm getting too old to read YA, I might just stick to what I know in future.
  13. Haha I'll have to go have a look at your views on them and see if I agree or disagree I hate to say it but I actually haven't yet. I've only just started reading as much as I did before I had my little girl so I've got a lot to catch up on. I'm actually really looking forward Zom-B but that might be because Darren Shan can do no wrong in my eyes and I haven't read a book about zombies yet (open to recommendations) so to me it would be refreshing. I think the trouble with YA (and other genres) is no idea is original anymore, its what you do with it that counts. So he might surprise you
  14. Even though I don't like to rethink a book when a film comes out I must admit that Woody Harrelson did make me look deeper into his character. I always liked him but it wasn't until I watched the movie that I paid more attention to him. The casting for that film was just perfect in my eyes, especially with Effie & Haymitch Thanking you and love your icon haha Neville is one of my favourites too. Its Snape, Sirius, Ron, Lupin, Hagrid, Draco & Neville for me
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