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Blah, I always hate Valentine's day. I'm dreading it tomorrow. I'm always lonely and so bored on that day. Meh, it's going to be hard to escape it when everywhere I go people mention it and stuff. So this time I'm just going to be reading a lot of books...stories or whatever. Maybe it'll help me escape this reality and be pulled into a fantasy adventure. Which is why I've been asking people for some book recommendation so I can check them out and hopefully get at some point to read them.
Below are some books that have been suggested and sound pretty good to me. Does anyone agree? If not you can always suggest to me more books that you think I will like. I'll add on more to this list if I find more books that interest me.
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb (Romance)
In the class of the high school English teacher she has been haunting, Helen feels human eyes looking at her for the first time in 130 years. They belong to James, a boy whom she is mysteriously drawn to. As Helen and James struggle to find a way to be together, they begin to discover the secrets of their former lives and of the young people they come to possess.
The Forest of Hands And Teeth by Carrie Ryan (Fantasy, Horror, Romance)
Mary’s world comprises a small village of about 200 people, which is surrounded by a thick, heavy fence. On the other side of the fence in the forest lies a disease filled with terror and a fate worse than death. But Mary needs to know if there is anything beyond the forest. No one seems to have the answers, and if they do, they aren’t telling.
Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale by Holly Black (Fantasy, Romance)
IRONSIDE is Holly Black's third dark faery tale and the second to feature Kaye, a changeling pixie who grew up thinking she was a human girl. Torn between her faery lover Roiben and the human world she knows, the book finds Kaye struggling to maintain her human identity while embracing her faerie destiny.
The Guardians of Time trilogy by Marianne Curley (Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction)
It's about a group of people that are called Guardians of Time (the Guard) who's job is to protect the past, present, and future by traveling into the past to thwart their enemies, the Order of Chaos (the Order), who are trying to change past events to give themselves more power.
Everlost by Neal Shusterman (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure)
What if you woke up only to find that you were dead? Nick and Allie do not know one another until they are involved in a deadly car crash where they both lose their lives. Awakening together nine months later in the forest near the crash site, they still wear the clothes of the day they died. They feel like themselves but soon find that they no longer need to breathe, eat or sleep. They also can no longer feel pain except the hurt of the heart and the yearning for the life they have lost. It seems they are stuck between life and death like many other kids in Everlost. Life will never be the same now that they are dead.
Doctor Illuminatus: The Alchemist's Son by Martin Booth (Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction)
The sounds Pip hears coming from inside the walls of the centuries-old estate which her family has just moved to are not mice; they are Sebastian, a 600-year old boy, who is trying to communicate with Pip and her twin brother, Tim. Sebastian, the only son of a medieval alchemist, has awakened to warn them that they are in danger from his mortal enemy, de Loudéac, an evil alchemist who is determined to seize control of the world. Now Pip, Tim, and Sebastian must stop time, use magic, and overcome their fears as they fight against the forces of evil in Doctor Illuminatus: The Alchemist's Son.
Heir Apparent by Vivian Velde Vande (Fantasy, Science Fiction)
Giannine got a birthday present from her father this year, on time no less: a gift certificate to Rasmussem Gaming Center, the leader in total immersion virtual reality. She can buy a half hour of immersion, which equals three adventure days. When she arrives at the center CPOK (Citizens to Protect Our Children) is picketing the place. Giannine chooses Heir Apparent - where she's declared heir by the dying king. All she has to do is claim her crown. Boy, is that harder than it sounds - she keeps making the wrong decisions, and getting killed. When CPOK sabotages the Gaming Center equipment, she's stuck in the game. In order to get out, she has to finish the game - and win; if she can't the machine could fatally overload, and that doesn't sound good....
Shade's Children by Garth Nix (Sci-fi, Fantasy)
In a city of the future, in a world with no adults, the creatures walk. The flying Wingers, the giant Myrmidons, the unearthly Screamers, the vicious Ferrets, and the Trackers in their trios, all sweeping the cities for children - children who will themselves be turned into creatures. Shade, the disembodied voice of a grown man, offers his help to a group of children, but can they trust him? Can they trust anyone? Nix's science-fiction thriller catches you and won't let go until the final, stunning conclusion.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy)
For years, Grace has been fascinated by the yellow-eyed wolf that saved her from its pack when she was a child. Sam, bitten by a wolf as a boy, is that wolf. Long obsessed with each other at a distance, they finally meet after a wolf hunt because a teen is killed by wolves. Grace races through the woods and discovers a wounded boy shivering on her back porch. One look at his yellow eyes and she knows that this is her wolf in human form. Fate has finally brought Sam and Grace together, and as their love grows and intensifies, so does the reality of what awaits them. It is only a matter of time before the winter cold changes him back into a wolf, and this time he might stay that way forever.
The Living Blood by Tananarive Due (Supernatural thriller, Horror, Suspense, Fantasy)
Jessica Jacobs-Wolde's life was destroyed when her husband, David Wolde, disappeared after killing both their daughter Kira and Jessica herself--and reviving Jessica to immortality with his healing blood. David was a Life Brother, member of an ancient, secret, and immortal African clan. Now Jessica, hiding with her surviving daughter in rural Botswana, attempts to make sense of her new existence as she uses her altered blood to save the incurably ill. But her daughter Fana was born with the living blood in her veins, and at the age of 3 can raise a storm, kill with a thought, and possess her mother's mind. The true extent of her abilities is unknown. Jessica's only hope of teaching Fana to control her dangerous talents is to travel to Ethiopia and find the Life Brothers' hidden colony. But the Life Brothers despise the new immortals and may possess the knowledge to end even immortal lives. And others, unknown to Jessica, are searching for her and Fana: Lucas Shepard, a Florida doctor driven to desperation by his young son's untreatable leukemia; ruthless mercenaries in the pay of an aging medical-company executive, who will stop at nothing to gain immortality and the billion-dollar profits that a drug based on the living blood would bring; and a supernatural being or force called the Bee Lady, who stalks Fana in the world of dreams, seeking to possess Fana's mind and powers for her own evil purposes. This is a sequel to My Soul to Keep.
Darkness Burning by Delilah Devlin (Paranormal Romance, Horror, Erotica, Fantasy)
Beware the place where darkness rules and bloodlust is the ultimate aphrodisiac...
An apocalyptic storm has transformed New Orleans into a city of lawless terror—and Mikaela Jones is standing in the center of the nightmare. A beautiful, courageous journalist with a mysterious past, she sees monsters prowling all around her. But the gravest peril of all awaits Mikaela when she is taken captive by a mesmerizing male who is not mortal—a breathtaking creature who arouses the fire in her blood, making her burn for the exquisite erotic ecstasy of total surrender.
For seven centuries Alex Broussard has been waiting for the chance to free himself from the threat of the matriarchal undead society that seeks his destruction. And now, finally, that time is at hand—until the opportunity is ruined by the stunning, innocent, human interloper Alex is compelled to rescue from certain doom. Now they are joined, for good or ill, as they give in to the burning need that neither can resist—risking everything to experience the ultimate sensual release as the darkness rises all around them.
As The World Dies: The First Days: A Zombie Trilogy by Rhiannon Frater (Horror)
The dead are rising...
The world is dying...
Two women flee into the Texas Hill Country to escape the hungry clutches of the ravenous dead as the world they once knew is overwhelmed with death and blood. One seeks to rescue her last living son from the clutches of the undead while the other is desperate to find a safe refuge and protect the woman she rescue from the zombie hordes.
Together, they fight to survive...
As the world dies...
Plague of the Dead (The Morningstar Strain) by Z. A. Recht (Horror, Thriller)
Live or die, kill or be killed. On one side of the world, thousands of miles from home, a battle--hardened genera; surveys the remnants of his command: a young medic, a veteran photographer, a brash private, and dozens of refugees...all are his responsibility. While in the United States, an army colonel discovers the darker side of Morningstar and collaborates with a well-known journalist to leak the information to the public...
The Way of Shadows (The Night Angel Trilogy) by Brent Weeks (Fantasy, Adventure, Epic)
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist.
For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.
But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.
Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne (Horror)
An ongoing journal depicting one man's personal struggle for survival, dealing with the trials of an undead world unfolding around him. An unknown plague sweeps the planet. The dead rise to claim the Earth as the new dominant species. Trapped in the midst of a global tragedy, he must make decisions...choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them.
Dying to Live: A Novel of Life Among the Undead by Kim Paffenroth (Horror, Thriller)
Jonah Caine, a lone survivor in a zombie-infested world, struggles to understand the apocalypse in which he lives. Unable to find a moral or sane reason for the horror that surrounds him, he is overwhelmed by violence and insignificance.
After wandering for months, Jonah's lonely existence dramatically changes when he discovers a group of survivors. Living in a museum-turned-compound, they are led jointly by Jack, an ever-practical and efficient military man, and Milton, a mysterious, quizzical prophet who holds a strange power over the dead. Both leaders share Jonah's anguish over the brutality of their world, as well as his hope for its beauty. Together with others, they build a community that reestablishes an island of order and humanity surrounded by relentless ghouls.
But this newfound peace is short-lived, as Jonah and his band of refugees clash with another group of survivors who remind them that the undead are not the only--nor the most grotesque--horrors they must face.
 DamnBlackHeart · Sat Feb 13, 2010 @ 09:01pm · 1 Comments |
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