Something I'd like to read



 I'm going to try something different and discuss a book that I haven't read but really want to. I'm not sure about other people, but when I'm able to buy a book that I have been dying to read, I'm like a kid in a candy store!

 

 

The Ghost Bride is Yangsze Choo's first novel and has been well received by many readers. It has received many award nominations. This novel infused with Chinese folklore but also have elements of romance and supernatural intrigue. I love books that give readers a glimpse into other cultures. It gives me a chance to learn things that otherwise I may have never become aware of.

 

The daughter of a well respected family in colonial Malaysia, Li Lan is hopeful for an agreeable marriage. However due to the financial hardships her family has recently faced, she is instead urged by the wealthy Lim family to become a "ghost bride." for their deceased son. Ghost brides are used to calm a restless spirit.  This marriage would insure that Li would be taken care of for the rest of her life.

However during the night Li is drawn into a dark

parallel world of the afterlife. There she must discover the secrets of the Lam family and of her own.

 

I am very intrigued by this world that Yangsze has created and cant wait to read her debut novel. I hope that she will continue to write novel that  grab our attention and refuse to let go.



 

The Matched series by Ally Condie

 

 

 

There have been a lot of dystopian books that have come out in the last few years. However don't assume the Matcher series by Ally Condie isn't anything special. In this futuristic world, people controlled by the Society. The Society tells them what are the right choices for them to make. They tell them how to do everything, including who is their perfect match. Cassia believes that the Society will maker all the right choices for her, until it comes time for her to be matched. However, during her matching ceremony, she catches a glimpse of Kyle Markham's face on the screen. Now Cassia cant stop thinking of him and the pair begin to fall in love. She is told by the Society that seeing Kyle was simply a glitch, that she is destined to have a perfect life with her best friend Xander. Suddenly Cassia is beginning to doubt that the Society is never wrong and if she should follow their rules.  She must now decide to follow the path that has been decided for her, or to do what know what else has done before. Defy the Society,

 

 

 

Pretty Little Killers; The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese by Daleen Berry and Deoffrey C. Fuller

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True crime books have always interested me. They are haunting and it can be hard to absorb the harsh facts. This book was no different. I saw this case on some show on the ID channel and it was immediately fascinated. This wasn't just a case of a teenager being killed. It was a case about a young girl who was murdered by two people that were supposed to be her friends.

Skylar Neese was like most teenage girls. She loved to hang out with her friends and although she was responsible, she did do some things her parents wouldn't have approved of. On the night of July 6, 2012, Skylar snuck out of her home in Morgantown, West Virginia to hang out with her two best friends. Unfortunately Skylar had no idea that Rachel Shoaf and Shelia Eddy planned to murder her that summer night. They drove out to remote location and on the count of 3 they began to stab her.  Afterwards, they covered Skylar's body with branches and left her there. I truly believe that both girls are sociopaths. Both girls said that the only thing that Skylar said during the brutal attack was "why?'

Why did two teenage girls decide to kill their friend? The girls said it was because they "didn't like her."

  Shelia gave us a look inside her twisted mind through her twitter account during the months before her arrest. It really doesn't take a physiatrist to see that this girl is evil.

 

This book is haunting and really makes you stop and think about the horrors that some people are capable of.  

 

 

Skylar Neese

 

Rachel Shoaf pleaded Guilty  to second degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. She will be eligible for parole after she has served 10 years of her sentence.

 

 

Shelia Eddy pleaded Not Guilty to one count of kidnapping, one count of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Later she changed her Not Guilty plea to Guilty to first degree murder with mercy. She will be eligible for parole after she has served 15 years of her sentence.

 

 

 

 

 

The Chicagoland Vampire series by Chloe Neill

I could honestly talk about this seriI es all day long. Chloe Neill creates
a fascinating world in which the public has been made aware of the existence of vampire. There are 12 vampire houses, which are basically their group or clan.

Merit is a twenty-seven year old grad student whose life completely changes when she is turned into a vampire by the master of the Cadagon house, Ethan Sullivan. Merit is an amazing character. She really transform through out the series. She starts out an angry and naïve young vampire to a bad ass warrior. She is the Sentinel of the Cadagon house. Her job is the protect the house and her master.

Meritt and Ethan have an immediate and intense attraction. Their relationship drives me crazy at times! In the beginning of the series Ethan has a really hard time committing. As the master of the house he has a lot on his plate and keeps finding reason to put the breaks on their relationship.
It may sound crazy but I was seriously mad at Ethan! I believe many of my fellow book addicts understand how characters can really put you through an emotional rollercoaster! I really like them as a couple despite the drama. They are completely different characters but to me that's part of what I like about their relationship. I haven't finished all the books available yet, and I'm interested how their love develops.

This series has all the elements that I love. Romance, action and supernatural creatures. Honestly what more could you ask for? Some people may think vampires are overrated, but I promise this series is amazing and I hope you will love it as much as I do.