[Book Overview] .hack//CELL, Pretties, The Fallen Star, Demon Kissed [7-10/100]

[7/100]

Series: CELL
Book: 1 of 2
Page Count: 199
Synopsis:
Average high-school student Midori shinomura falls mysteriously ill. While she wastes away in a hospital, she learns of another Midori- a fighter of terrible skill in the online game known as The World. There is a strange connection between both Midori Shinomura and game-Midori. With the sanity of both girls on the line, game-Midori will try to solve the mysteries of her past, and perhaps save the real-world Midori in the process.

One series of light novels I really enjoy was .hack// AI Buster, so when I saw this laying on a shelf at my local Barnes and Noble I just had to buy and give it a chance. So far 80 pages in and I'm not too terribly dissapointed. There is a lot of .hack// lore in this one so playing the games is a must (at least the original 4) and watching .hack//ROOTS really helps with understanding what Player Killers are.

[8/100]
Series: Uglies
Book: 2 of 4
Page Count: 384
Synopsis:
Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.
But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.
Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life -- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.

I've actually read all 4 books in the series. Uglies is actually one of my all time favorite books, let alone the entire series (even the 4th one Extras that wasn't even suppose to be made is pretty good despite being the weakest of the series and jabbing at Otaku-nism like no other book I've read before that didn't come from Japan). The first book I've read a good 5 times, but this is only my 2nd or 3rd reading the second one. It's still as good as I remember ^_^ I have all the original covers. The first two books I have in paper back because I bought them after they were release but the last two are hardcover because I bought them as they came out. The pictures below are the new covers... I personally don't like them.

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[9/100]
Series: Fallen Star
Book: 1 of 3
Page Count: 449
Synopsis:
For eighteen year-old Gemma, life has never been normal. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. And when she's around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Not to mention the monsters that haunt her nightmares have crossed over into real-life. But with Alex seeming to hate her and secrets popping up everywhere, Gemma's life is turning into a chaotic mess. Things that shouldn't be real suddenly seem to exist. And as her world falls apart, figuring out the secrets of her past becomes a matter of life and death.

I'm borrowing this book on nook thanks to my sister. I haven't started it yet but she said to start this one first rather than the next book at my list. I did look up some reviews and one said it was like Twilight's sloppy cousin. Now I'm more intrigued to read it.

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[10/100]

Series: Fallen Star
Book: 1 of 4
Page Count: 325
Synopsis:
The Valefar boy tricked Ivy Taylor into kissing him, but he took much more than a kiss – he stole her soul and left her within inches of death. By surviving, Ivy is drawn into the conflict between the Martis and the Valefar. The war between these two immortal forces has raged for millennia without distraction. Until now. Ivy is an anomaly—she is the only person who has ever walked away from a demon kiss alive. Her survival gives her unique and deadly abilities. Too powerful to ignore, Ivy is a threat to both armies. These two ancient enemies will stop at nothing to kill the seventeen-year-old. Surviving is nothing new for headstrong Ivy, but her survival has never depended on another person before. This time it does. And if she misplaces her trust, she's dead. To her horror, she starts falling in love at the worst possible time—with the enemy. He appears to be protecting her. But she can't be certain if he is trying to help her, or help himself to her power. For Ivy, trusting the right person is the difference between love and survival, or a deadly demon kiss.

Another book I'm borrowing on nook thanks to my sister. She said this series isn't all that great but she was able to get past the first book so I want to give it a try after reading Fall Star.

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[Book Overview] Intertwined [6/100]

Series: Intertwined
Book: 1 of 3
Page Count: 440
Synopsis:
His eyes are the window to his souls . . .
Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him:
One can time-travel.
One can raise the dead.
One can tell the future.
And one can possess another human.
Everyone thinks he's crazy, which is why he's spent his entire life shuffled between mental institutions and juvie. All of that is about to change, however. For months Aden has been having visions of a beautiful girl -- a girl who carries centuries old secrets. A girl who will either save him or destroy him.
Together they'll enter a dark world of intrigue and danger . . . but not everyone will come out alive.

I've been reading this book during my massive amounts of off time during training at work. I was reading .hack//CELL but wanted to read something I had been holding off on... which was somewhat of a stupid idea on my part considering reading this book isn't as enjoyable as I would want. It's not bad and it's not good. The author did something with this book I just can't get used to- made too many characters. It's hard to tell sometimes if Aden or Ann is the main character and both have separate love interests which make it hard for the author to write a cohesive story in this length of book. I'm 250 pages in and barely understanding what's really going on... and it's not in the fun way other series have kept me wondering what the heck is going on. I will finish it... but so far this book will probably be forgotten in a few months.

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[Book Overview] Shiver, Mardock Scramble, Cinder [1-5/100]

[Book 1 of 100]

Series: Wolves of Mercy Falls
Book: 1 of 3
Page Count: 390
Synopsis:
the cold. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow eyes-wolf --her wolf-- watches back. He feels deeply familiar to her, but she doesn't know why.
the heat. Sam has lived two lives. As a wolf, he keeps the silent company of the girl he loves. And then, for a short time each year, he is human, never daring to talk to Grace... until now.
the shiver. For Grace and Sam, love has always been kept at a distance. But once it's spoken, it cannot be denied. Sam must fight to stay human -- and Grace must fight to keep him -- even if it means taking on the scars of the past, the fragility of the present, and the impossibility of the future.

I'm currently on page 212 with plans to finish tonight or tomorrow. My attempts to finish these past couple days have been unsuccessful simply because I've been working on other articles and preparing for a convention I'm going to this weekend. A review should be up before next week ends.

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[Book 2-4 of 100]

Series: Mardock Scramble
Book: Omnibus (all 3 volumes in one)
Page Count: 680
Synopsis:
Why me? It was to be the last thought a young prostitute, Balot, would ever have…as a human anyway. Taken in by a devious gambler named Shell, she became a slave to his cruel desires and would have been killed by his hand if not for a private investigator and his self-aware Universal Tool, Oefcoque. Now a cyborg, Balot has not only physical powers, but the ability to disrupt social environments. She chases after Shell, his partner-in-crime Boiled, and faces down a variety of insane villains in this pulse-pounding cyberpunk noir adventure.

I planned to start this one yesterday while getting my car detailed but the place I bought my vehicle was being very rude and unprofessional simply because my sales person was not there =/ Needless to say I was not able to start this one yet. Even though I'm most excited to read this one. There is a movie out already (movie 2 is out as well but I'm waiting for the DVD release in Japan so a group will have footage to sub) and 3 volumes of the manga have been published in English!

[Book 3 of 100]

Series: Lunar Chronicles
Book: 1 of 4
Page Count: 400
Synopsis:
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

I found this book while wondering around Barnes and Noble one day. I'm a huge fan of series about cyborgs, androids, etc especially when it comes to them being nearly "Human". I forget which page I'm on though.