lopeanha Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 I've read the first 50 pages of Justin Cronin > The Passage yesterday online and now I really want to know how it goes on! As I put my book-buying-habit to a halt, I'll have to see if the public library has it... Will I be able to resist buying the book?? I baught it on Saturday, just couldn't resist any longer Needed something to pick me up after clothes shopping (I hate it!)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 (edited) I just reserved tickets for readings by Karin Slaughter and John Katzenbach :woohoo: Karin Slaughter will be in town next week and John Katzenbach in November. I'm so excited!! Hopefully they also sign books!! Edited September 7, 2010 by lopeanha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) Julie Kenner > Wie angelt man sich einen Daemon (Demons are forever) Synopsis from amazon Finding the right balance between a career and a family is never easy, but throw in a few demons and things can really get tricky. At least that's what Kate Connor discovers when she comes out of retirement to battle the forces of darkness in San Diablo. And if finding time to take care of her family and deal with Andramelech (the latest demon determined to take over the world) isn't enough, Kate's teenage daughter Allie has just discovered her mom's secret "job" and now wants to follow the same career path. And then there is rogue demon hunter David Long, who just might be Kate's first, and supposedly deceased, husband, Eric, in demon disguise. No wonder Kate never has time to keep up with her housework! This is the third in Kenner's splendidly creative series featuring Kate, whose wickedly amusing adventures in demon hunting are a pure paranormal delight. My thoughts Again a very entertaining read. This one got more interesting as Kate had to tell her daughter the truth about herself. It's fun how eager Allie is to learn all about demon hunting. As in every book of the series theres quite a long, let's call it middle section and then a rather short showdown in the end. I would like the showdowns to be more detailed and well, longer. Rating: 4/5 Series: Kate Connor 3 Edited September 9, 2010 by lopeanha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) Julie Kenner > Pretty Daemon (Deja Demon) Synopsis from amazon Like most women, Kate Connor had too many things to do and not enough time to do them. Along with supporting her husband Stuart’s campaign for political office and planning the neighborhood Easter party, Kate has all the regular “mom” jobs. But unlike other moms, Kate is also a Level Four Demon Hunter. So when an old foe, High Demon Goramesh, returns to San Diablo with his army of the undead, Kate once again has to find time in her busy schedule to save her corner of the world. Kenner deftly serves up another captivating blend of neatly crafted characters, sharp humor, and paranormal-steeped suspense that is certain to charm readers hooked on this entertainingly original series. My thoughts This is the last book of the series, at least in german it is. Unfortunately there will be no 5th book published in german, due to too less copies sold. Aww I really don't like to mix up series but I already ordered the fifth book in english to read more of this Buffy-like mum. Yet again the showdown in the end is way too short and I found myself wondering if I missed a few pages or something But the rest of the story is again very entertaining, one part wich I found very funny was when the Zombie hand crawled around the floor during the dinner party for Stuarts polititian friends. Rating: 4/5 Series: Kate Connor 4 Edited September 11, 2010 by lopeanha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 Mary Janice Davidson > Suess wie Blut und teuflisch gut (Undead and unemployed) Synopsis from amazon Queen Elizabeth I, aka Betsy Taylor, is adjusting to life after death as a vampire, but she still needs a job. To satisfy her lust for sexy shoes, she lands one in Macy's, but one night she is attacked by zit-remedy-scented slayers who are targeting female vampires. While trying to find out who is behind the plot, she befriends an adolescent gang called the Blade Warriors and the kindly priest who leads them. Betsy's unwanted consort, sexy Eric Sinclair, king of the vampires, doesn't know how to deal with a vampire queen who sneezes at holy water and wears a cross around her neck, and a charming subplot involving a mysterious five-year-old girl in saddle shoes adds poignancy to this wickedly clever and amusing romp. My thoughts A good read to better my reading mojo, as it's so quickly finished and just simply fun. I happily noticed, that this book is not as much "in your face" as the first in the series (as I mentioned in my review of part one). Rating: 3/5 Series: Undead 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Jeff Lindsay > Darkly Dreaming Dexter Synopsis from amazon Meet Dexter Morgan, the chief protagonist of Darkly Dreaming Dexter. He's a highly respected lab technician specialising in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely draws attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment. Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story. My thoughts After a couple of weeks or so, I finally finished this book. Unfortunately I found this book utterly boring and rarely could get myself to read a few pages. The Dexter-series gets real high praises on this forum, so I guess, I just expected more. Nothing really happens, I thought it would be more intense, more killer-y, you know? I won't be reading the other parts of the series. Maybe the TV show is more interesting ... ? Rating: 1/5 Series: Dexter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mRose Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I've been looking at the Dexterbooks, but now I think I will pass and just watch the show in stead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 I've been looking at the Dexterbooks, but now I think I will pass and just watch the show in stead. Everyone else here thinks that the books are great, maybe they're just not my taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Aw it's such a shame you didn't enjoy Dexter lopeanha, he's one of my favourite characters. I even prefer the books to the TV series, which I couldn't get into at all. The books however, hooked me from the start, although I would describe them more as a dark comedy than serious crime (even though he's a serial killer ). Sorry you didn't enjoy it , he just mustn't be to your taste. How boring would the world be if we all liked the same things eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Yes charm, that would be boring indeed! I started Generation Dead, but I'm having trouble getting into it. My mojo broke down so much, that it's not so easy to get it back on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 As I'd like to get my mojo back on track again, I decided to treat myself to a few hours (maybe 3 or so)at starbucks on friday evening. A nice coffee with a long name, a piece of cake and a comfy chair have always been good for fuelling my reading mojo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) Daniel Waters > Generation Dead Synopsis from amazon All over the tri-state area, something strange is happening. Teenagers who die aren't staying dead. They are coming back to life, but they come back different - they stutter and their reactions to everything are slower. Termed 'living impaired' or 'differently biotic', there are lots of conspiracy theories to explain this new phenomenon. But as their numbers keep on growing, so does the discomfort of the living people in the community. When Phoebe falls for Tommy Williams, her best friend and star of the football team, Adam, has conflicting emotions. And when Tommy decides to try out for the football team, it sets off a chain of events that escalates into deadly violence. my thoughts I just finished this book and I'm not too sure, what to think of it. It took me a while to get into the story but the further I got, the more I came to like it. The ending almost made me cry, when my absolute favourite character Adam got shot and died and came back again . And I'm curious what's going to happen in the other two books. Rating: 4/5 Series: Generation Dead 1 Edited October 22, 2010 by lopeanha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Roald Dahl > The Giraffe and the Pelly and me Synopsis from amazon Who needs a ladder when you’ve got a giraffe with an extending neck? The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn’t. They don’t need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to do the washing and Billy as their manager, this business is destined for success. my thoughts And again a wonderful sweet little book by Roald Dahl. As it's extremely short, there's not much to it, but sweet as ever and I just love his writing style. Rating: 4/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) Daniel Waters > Kiss of Life Synopsis from amazon When Phoebe's best friend Adam takes a bullet for her, it proves everyone right - Adam is in love with her. And now that he's come back to life, Phoebe's presence may be more important than ever. They say that a zombie can come back from death faster if they're loved... and kissed - which means Phoebe has to say goodbye to Tommy Williams, the other zombie in her life. While coaxing Adam back to reality and fending off Tommy's advances, Phoebe continues to carry on as if everything's normal. But normal has been different since American teenagers started rising from their graves. Although some try to bridge the gap between the living and the differently biotic, there are scores of people who want nothing more than to send all of the undead back to their graves. And the dead kids in Phoebe's school don't like that one bit... My thoughts I liked this one even more than the first part of the series. The characters really warmed to me (is that a sentence?) and the book has a nice mix of love, frindship and well, Zombies. Especially the end of the book made me quite emotional and I was appalled by the things that happened to those lovely db people for no reason at all. This is not just a fun book about zombies, it's also about human behaviour, what people do to each other if there's someone different than yourself, if you're scared and angry with the wrong ones (just so you have someone to be angry with). I still got one book to go and I'm really curous about what happens next. Where is Karen? Will Tommy be able to change things in Washington? What's Tak going to do? Where will Adams part in the story take him? Will Sylvia be alright again? Will the Zombies get rights eventually? Will there be any consequences for all those db hating humans? So many questions left to be answered... Rating: 5/5 Series: Generation Dead 2 Edited November 10, 2010 by lopeanha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) Daniel Waters > Kiss of Life Synopsis from amazon When Phoebe's best friend Adam takes a bullet for her, it proves everyone right - Adam is in love with her. And now that he's come back to life, Phoebe's presence may be more important than ever. They say that a zombie can come back from death faster if they're loved... and kissed - which means Phoebe has to say goodbye to Tommy Williams, the other zombie in her life. While coaxing Adam back to reality and fending off Tommy's advances, Phoebe continues to carry on as if everything's normal. But normal has been different since American teenagers started rising from their graves. Although some try to bridge the gap between the living and the differently biotic, there are scores of people who want nothing more than to send all of the undead back to their graves. And the dead kids in Phoebe's school don't like that one bit... My thoughts I liked this one even more than the first part of the series. The characters really warmed to me (is that a sentence?) and the book has a nice mix of love, frindship and well, Zombies. Especially the end of the book made me quite emotional and I was appalled by the things that happened to those lovely db people for no reason at all. This is not just a fun book about zombies, it's also about human behaviour, what people do to each other if there's someone different than yourself, if you're scared and angry with the wrong ones (just so you have someone to be angry with). I still got one book to go and I'm really curous about what happens next. Where is Karen? Will Tommy be able to change things in Washington? What's Tak going to do? Where will Adams part in the story take him? Will Sylvia be alright again? Will the Zombies get rights eventually? Will there be any consequences for all those db hating humans? So many questions left to be answered... Rating: 5/5 Series: Generation Dead 2 The Geration Dead series looks pretty good. It sounds like an interesting take on zombies. I think I'll put these on my wishlist. Do you know how many books are in the series? Edited November 10, 2010 by nursenblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Daniel Waters > Kiss of Life Synopsis from amazon When Phoebe's best friend Adam takes a bullet for her, it proves everyone right - Adam is in love with her. And now that he's come back to life, Phoebe's presence may be more important than ever. They say that a zombie can come back from death faster if they're loved... and kissed - which means Phoebe has to say goodbye to Tommy Williams, the other zombie in her life. While coaxing Adam back to reality and fending off Tommy's advances, Phoebe continues to carry on as if everything's normal. But normal has been different since American teenagers started rising from their graves. Although some try to bridge the gap between the living and the differently biotic, there are scores of people who want nothing more than to send all of the undead back to their graves. And the dead kids in Phoebe's school don't like that one bit... My thoughts I liked this one even more than the first part of the series. The characters really warmed to me (is that a sentence?) and the book has a nice mix of love, frindship and well, Zombies. Especially the end of the book made me quite emotional and I was appalled by the things that happened to those lovely db people for no reason at all. This is not just a fun book about zombies, it's also about human behaviour, what people do to each other if there's someone different than yourself, if you're scared and angry with the wrong ones (just so you have someone to be angry with). I still got one book to go and I'm really curous about what happens next. Where is Karen? Will Tommy be able to change things in Washington? What's Tak going to do? Where will Adams part in the story take him? Will Sylvia be alright again? Will the Zombies get rights eventually? Will there be any consequences for all those db hating humans? So many questions left to be answered... Rating: 5/5 Series: Generation Dead 2 Great reviews of both books lopeanha, the Generation Dead series, I agree, explore at lot of issues and I was upset at the end of 'Kiss of Life' because of what happened, there is one more book after 'Passing Strange' but no news of the title as yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 The Geration Dead series looks pretty good. It sounds like an interesting take on zombies. I think I'll put these on my wishlist. Do you know how many books are in the series? 1. Generation Dead 2. Kiss of Life 3. Passing Strange there might be a 4th one, as Weave said above, but I don't know anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Mary Janice Davidson > Happy Hour in der Unterwelt (Undead and Unappreciated) Synopsis from amazon Davidson's third Queen of the Vampires novel continues in the same vein as Undead and Unwed (2004) and Undead and Unemployed (2004). Betsy, still obsessed with shoes, discovers that Ant, her wicked stepmother, was possessed by the devil back in 1986 when she gave birth to Betsy's half-sister, Laura. This means that Laura, adopted by a minister, is actually the Spawn of Satan. And that's not all: the creepy Book of the Dead prophesies that the Spawn of Satan and the Queen of Vampires will rule the world. How is Betsy going to tell the warmhearted, churchgoing, innocent Laura that her birth mother was the devil, and that Laura may be on the path to world domination? Subplots involving a fiend named George, a baby shower, and a wedding keep the action perking along. Readers who love the sassy, foul-mouthed Queen of the Undead will enjoy this latest installment. My thoughts I don't seem to warm up to this series. There are fun elements in it but also a whole lot of things that are not. I still have the same problem as in the first book. Rating: 2/5 Series: Undead 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Jilliane Hoffman > Der Maedchenfaenger (Pretty little things) Synopsis from amazon After a date on Halloween, Lainey Emerson disappears, along with a new boyfriend. This individual, known only by the nickname of El Captain, is the obvious suspect. Bobby Dees, the tenacious special agent of Florida’s crack Crimes Against Children squad, is the one person who may be able to find her -- and he is both helped and hindered by the fact that he knows only too well how it feels to lose a child. But all of his resources are called upon by a nemesis who always seems to be one step ahead – and time is running out for the missing girl. My thoughts I got the book through a bookcrossing book ring and I'm not too sure what to think of the book. The idea was really good, but I didn't quite like that the book is mostly told out of the police's view. Also the author mentioned her first book quite a lot of times during this book, which bothered me a bit (as it wasn't nesessary for the story). If you put that aside, the story was gripping, but I didn't like it enough to want a copy for my own. Rating: 3/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Agatha Christie > Die Kleptomanin (Hickory, Dickory, Dock) Synopsis from amazon There's more than petty theft going on in a London youth hostel! An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot's interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items -- including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup -- he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a 'unique and beautiful problem'. The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief at work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened? My thoughts My first Agatha Christie ever. As I'm not used to this type of books, I found it to be a tad boring. But I was hooked nevertheless as things kept happening to keep my attention. Bf gave me the book and right away got me another one, this time a Miss Marple one, to see if I like her better than Poirot. Rating: 3/5 Series: Hercule Poirot 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Roald Dahl > The Twits Synopsis from amazon The Twits is one of his many successful and highly entertaining books. The Twits are a couple that nobody would like to know. They are hairy, dirty, smelly and generally unpleasant. Roald Dahl's characters are possibly the most horrid people you will ever read about. Mr and Mrs Twit spend their days inventing new ways to be be nasty to each other. Each time Mrs Twit does something bad to Mr Twit, he just invents something worse to do to her. The Twits are not only unpleasant towards each other but they also hate animals. It is because of the Twits' attitude towards animals that we see their really awful side: Mr Twit keeps a family of monkeys that have to spend their days upside down and Mrs Twit likes to make pies with freshly caught birds. My thoughts This is the first Roald Dahl book that I didn't really like. I can't quite pin point why, though. Hmm, weird. Rating: 2/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 J.K. Rowling > Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) Synopsis from amazon Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand and jellybeans that come in every flavour, including strawberry, curry, grass and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in JK Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the non-magical human world--the world of "Muggles"--Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is renowned as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he's quite, yes, altogether different from his aunt, uncle, and spoilt, pig-like cousin Dudley. A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry". Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig ... and that's where the real adventure--humorous, haunting, and suspenseful--begins. My thoughts This is a re-read and I still love this book the second (or third?) time around. The characters and the whole scenery of the story are lovely. It's so imaginative. Rating: 5/5 Series: Harry Potter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 I've decided not to open up a new thread for 2011 but keep this tread going. Everything has been updated on the first page, where you find my cuurent 2011 reading list, my MTBR list of all the unread books I own, the reading list of 2010 and a list of books I'd like to borrow from the public library. Happy reading in 2011 everybody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopeanha Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Laurie Faria Stolarz > Deadly little secret synopsis from Amazon Up until three months ago, everything in sixteen-year-old Camelia’s life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at the art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia’s life becomes anything but ordinary. Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend’s accidental death, Ben is immediately ostracized by everyone on campus. Except for Camelia. She’s reluctant to believe the rumors, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. She’s inexplicably drawn to Ben…and to his touch. But soon, Camelia is receiving eerie phone calls and strange packages with threatening notes. Ben insists she is in danger, and that he can help—but can he be trusted? She knows he's hiding something... but he's not the only one with a secret. my thoughts This is the first book that I read this year. Can't say that I liked it. I thought it would be more about the "Touch"-part and not only a few pages of the whole book. I didn't really like the writing style aswell, seems to me, like the author wanted a bit to much to keep the reader in the dark by writing about too many possibilities. Camile gets stalked and all of a sudden every guy around her seems to be a suspect. As she is oh so pretty (but yet not as popular), guys are just swarming around her all of a sudden. But this didn't made me shiver or kept me as interested as intended. I was rather annoyed about how stupid the main character is and the story in general. Rating: 2/5 Series: Touch Novel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Fab reviews, especially the one on 'Deadly Little Secret', one to avoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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