Dreamless (Starcrossed #2)
So Pretty.
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Book Review (8).
Assault
(Recon Team Angel #1)
Publication: November 1 2011
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Pages: 368
Genre: Action/Adventure
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
The first in a high octane sci-fi adventure series by best-selling and award-winning author, Brian Falkner.
It is 2030, and the world is at war with an alien race. The Bzadians. The battleground: Earth. Recon Team Angel, made up of teenagers from around the world, has been training for years. They have learned Bzadian languages. Learned how to operate their weapons. How to work, eat, and think like them. Now it is time to act. Recon Team Angel must slip behind enemy lines, work their way into the top-secret alien facility under Uluru, and uncover the truth. But what they discover will shock not just them, but all of humanity
It is 2030, and the world is at war with an alien race. The Bzadians. The battleground: Earth. Recon Team Angel, made up of teenagers from around the world, has been training for years. They have learned Bzadian languages. Learned how to operate their weapons. How to work, eat, and think like them. Now it is time to act. Recon Team Angel must slip behind enemy lines, work their way into the top-secret alien facility under Uluru, and uncover the truth. But what they discover will shock not just them, but all of humanity
My Thoughts.
The story starts off in 2030 most of the world excluding New Zealand And America (which are now called free territories) have been taken over by aliens called Bzadian's.
They came claiming peace but instead plotted to take over the world and wipe out all of humanity, Australia is their base of operations in particular Uluru in the Northern Territory.
Six soldiers from around the world have been trained to imitate the Bzadians to infiltrate and take them down.
The big mystery is what is hidden inside Uluru , the soldier's task is to find out and then destroy it.
Then of course their is a traitor in amongst the six soldiers and I have to say I never guessed who it was and I was shocked when it was revealed.
But the biggest shock was the ending I never could have guessed at what was inside Uluru it was certainly a big surprise.
If you like a lot of action, gun fights, espionage, deceit and shocking reveals this is the book for you.
I give this book 3.5/5
A big thanks to Joanna @ Walker Books Australia
Teaser Tuesdays (3).
Teaser Tuesdays Is A Meme Hosted By MizB Over At Should Be Reading.
My Teasers.
Chisnall tried to move his arms.
The right one responded, but there was no movement from his left, if it even still existed.
Page 265 Assault (Recon Team Angel #1) - Brian Falkner.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Book Review (7).
After Obsession
by Carrie Jones
Publication: October 10 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages: 305
Genre: Young Adult/Paranormal
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
Aimee and Alan have unusual pasts and secrets they prefer to keep hidden. Aimee's deceased mother struggled with mental illness and hallucinations, and Aimee thinks it could be hereditary. After all, she sees a shadowy river man where there isn't one. And then there was that time she and her best friend Courtney tried to conjure a spirit with a Ouija board ...Alan is Courtney's cousin. His family moved to Maine when Courtney's father went missing. It's not just Alan's dark good looks that make him attractive. He is also totally in touch with a kind of spiritual mysticism from his Native American heritage. And it's not long before Aimee has broken up with her boyfriend ...But it's not Aimee or Alan who is truly haunted - it's Courtney. In a desperate plea to find her father, Courtney invites a demonic presence into her life. Together, Aimee and Alan must exorcise the ghost, before it devours Courtney - and everything around her.
My Thoughts.
I have to start by saying that I'm a huge fan of Carrie Jones' Need series and was eager to read this and I was not disappointed.
The book is written in dual alternating chapters of Aimee (witten by Carrie Jones) and Alan (written by Steven E. Wedel).
The story takes place in a small town in Maine, Aimee lives with her Dad, Gramps and younger brother Benji, her best friend Courtney's Dad has gone missing (presumed dead) in the same river outside Aimee's house that her own Mother died in when Aimee was younger.
Courtney's Aunt Lisa and cousin Alan move in to help them so they don't lose the house, Alan is half Navajo and it's his spirit guide who helps him and Aimee defeat the evil that is the River Man who's evil taints everybody in town and at times inhabits Courtney's body.
I loved Alan and Aimee as a couple their gifts (Aimee has prophetic dreams) balance each other so well.
It was original, fast paced, exciting and I didn't want to put it down until I'd finished it.
There was only one problem with this book and that is it's a standalone book, and I would have loved to have read more about these characters. Highly Recommended. 5/5
A big thanks to Sonia @ Bloomsbury Australia.
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Musing Mondays (3).
Musing Mondays Is Hosted By MizB At Should Be Reading.
Would You Say That You Read About The Same Amount Now As When You Were Younger?
More? Less? Why?
I probably read more when I was younger, when I was at school I used to win awards at school for reading the most books in a year.
Between work and everything else I don't read as much as I'd like to, when I get the chance I can read a 500 page book in a day, this year I joined the Goodreads reading challenge and have challenged myself to read 250 books this year, so far I've read 211 which is the most I've read in some time.
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