Enchant Me by Anne Violet

Alexis comes from a long line of Irish that practice Druidism.  She starts having visions around the same time she meets her new boyfriend, Christian.  She doesn't know what all the visions mean, but is worried for Christian.  She's convinced her ex-boyfriend, Nicolas, who used to stalk her is back in town, but this time she's fairly certain it's not her he's after; it's Christian.

Another book recommended to me on my Amazon account.  It was a good book.  The idea of having visions was the same as most books, but bringing Druidism into it was a nice change.  I'm not super familiar with the faith, I've only studied some because I went to Stonehenge a few years ago, but the book gave you the basic idea.  The main character and her boyfriend have the perfect romance, it was adorable, although their relationship makes them seem older than a junior and senior in high school.  Otherwise, I can't complain.  It was a quick read and kept me interested.

Unfortunately, my blogger hasn't been letting me upload pictures so I haven't been able to put any cover photos.  I'm not sure if it's because I'm on my older desktop computer or if it's a blogger glitch.  Regardless, once I'm back at school in a few days on my laptop I'll try and edit the posts and put pictures.

Kindle Serials

So I just recently discovered these Kindle Serials.  My roommate told me about them and then one of the books I had on my wishlist was one so I got it.  I'm torn between whether I like it or not.  The idea is that the book is broken up into episodes.  When you buy the book from Amazon, all the current episodes are put on your kindle and as new ones come out, they are downloaded to your kindle at no extra charge and you're notified via email that you have a new episode waiting for you.

Why I like it: It's like a nice suprise when a new episode gets put on.  They leave the episodes on cliff hangers and you're just waiting.  You can't just go buy the next one, you have to wait.  But when it does come it's so exciting.  It's also nice for someone like myself who doesn't have a ton of time to read during the semester.  The episodes aren't very long and by the time I finish one, the next one will probably be out.  Also many of the kindle serials I've seen are priced very reasonably.

Why I don't like it: When I finish the episode and there's no more out, I have to move on to a different book, but I'm left waiting, wondering what's going to happen...and there's nothing I can do about it.  I'm impatient I guess.  And then when the new one comes out, I stop what I was reading to read the new episode.  I'm sort of a completionist in that I want to read one book at a time and finish it and move on to the next.  I know it's ridiculous. 

The good news is the kindle serial I'm working on now is called the Immortal Circus by A. R. Kahler.  It is phenomenal.  I'm so addicted and unfortunately the episode thing is KILLING me.  I'm hanging on the author's every word because I just don't know where it's going! 

First Bite: The Wicked Queen's Tale (The Dark Woods Trilogy) by Laura Briggs

The Queen has gone by many names over many years, but her magic mirror tells her that the king's daughter will be her undoing.  The Queen needs to be rid of her, but can't do so without the villagers suspecting anything.  Meanwhile Fortulla, the gardner, and the huntsman know the Queen's secret and know they need to destroy her.  They have to find out how to destroy her and protect the town.

I hated this book when I first started reading it.  Laura Briggs definitely captured the time period with her dialogue and wording and it wasn't what I expected, but don't stop reading it!  It got better and I got more into it.  This book overall was not what I thought, but a pleasant suprise.  While it may seem the story would be a snow white tale and be about the princess, it actually was more the Queen's tale and the witches she was associated with.  I'll be reading the other two books in the series at some point.

Ember (Playing with fire series) by Lauren Barnholdt

Emily goes on vacation with her family to Cape Cod and meets Lucas, the boy whose family owns the house her family is renting.  Lucas brings her to a party with a bunch of locals, including his ex girlfriend.  After he involved Emily in his PI work and she witnesses him punch someone, all she wants to do is go home and text her boyfriend.  Until she witnesses the man Lucas is following get into her father's car...

I told myself I was going to stop reading Lauren Barnholdt books for a while just because they're so short.  I finish them in an hour or so.  This book was included at the end of my book when I bought the witches of santa anna 1-7.  So I figured I might as well read it.  This was even more suspenseful than the witches of santa anna.  I literally need to download the next book like now and read it.  So good.

And the number of books I read in 2012 is...

26!  That's 11 more than I did the year before.  So it's progress.  And as of now the countdown begins for 2013.