Book Life Tag

I've been tagged by Ellen at Random Smiles to complete this fun Book Life Tag.

If I tag you, I'll let you know.  Don't forget to link me back so I can see your answers! If you want to participate even if I didn't tag you, feel free to join right in and link me as well.

Note: Those I tag will play the on the "HARD" version of this, you can only reference the same book twice.

Let's start:

Who would be your father?
Jon Glass, Kami's father in the Lynburn Legacy series by Sarah Rees Brennan. 

 

Who would be your mother?

 Lily Evans Potter, Harry Potter's mom.

 

Who would be your sister?

Alice from Twilight.

 Who would be your brother?
Rusty Montgomery also from the Lynburn Legacy series by Sarah Rees Brennan.

 

 Picture from author's website

  Who/What would be your pet?
 I would pick Einstein, the Golden Retriever from the book Watchers by Dean Koontz.

 

Where would you live?

 I think New York City like in Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz.

 Where would you go to school?
Hogwarts of course!!

What would be your fictional job?
I would be a Mortal & Caster Librarian like in Beautiful Creatures.

 Who would be your best friend?
Paige Kelly from The Dark World by Cara Lynn Shultz.

Who would be your significant other?
This was a really hard decision to make.  I kinda wanted Eric from the Sookie Stackhouse books.  Or maybe Jace from the Mortal Instruments books.  But I finally went with some with no magical powers.  Peeta from The Hunger Games.  I think.  Now I'm  not sure!  Oh well, I'll go with Peeta for now.  Oh but maybe I want either Fred or George from Harry Potter?  Nope, sticking with Peeta I guess.

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Review: Unbreakable (The Legion #1) by Kami Garcia

I have been waiting such a long time to read this book.  I had hoped so much to get an ARC of it, and didn't.  I made sure it was one that I purchased at the high school library where I work though, because the Beautiful Creatures series is so popular, and this is by one of its authors.  So it is one of the books I checked out from my library this summer.  I knew it was about ghosts, but wasn't exactly sure what to expect when I picked it up.  But I'm glad I did, because I really enjoyed it.

The main character is Kannedy Waters.  She's lived alone with her mom for a long time, since her father left when she was a little girl.  Then one night she finds her mother dead.  Now she is alone, and her choices are to go live with her aunt, who she doesn't like, or go off to boarding school. She chooses boarding school, but stays with her best friend until she is ready to leave.  She decides to stay one last night in her house, even if she is alone.  And that is when a spirit attacks her, and she realizes that her mother didn't just die, she was killed by the same spirit.  The only reason Kennedy survives is because two boys, Jared and Lukas, identical twins, break in and save her.  They then convince her to go with them, and since she has nowhere else to go, she goes with them.  It turns out that She is one of the final five descendants of the five members of the Legion of the Black Dove.  At least that is what she is told by Jared and Lukas.  There are two others, all hiding out in a big warehouse.  They are all kind of ghost hunters you could say. But they need to find the pieces of a weapon that they have been told is the only one capable of destroying a demon the original founders released on the world.  They will each develop their powers that contribute, and as they become full members, a mark will show up on their arms.  Throughout the whole time, Kennedy still isn't quite sure she belongs.  As she can't imagine her mother would have actually been a part of something like this and not told her.  Of course both Lukas and Jared are attractive, and both seem to have an interest in her.  Jared in his quiet, brooding way, but who seems to be there when Kennedy needs someone to talk to, and he seems to understand.  Lukas in his very friendly, welcoming way.  The two brothers seem to have a grudge against each other.  Something that may lead to more problems for the group down the line.

So, of course I could tell there would be the love triangle right away.  So that was a bit annoying.  But other than that, I really enjoyed the book.  The ending was not a "cliffhanger" exactly, but definitely left me needing to read on, and know how will they end this big demon catastrophe, and save the world, as well as just how does Kennedy fit into all of this.  Was her mother really a part of the group?  All things that I'm sure will be answered further into the series, and I know the second is going to be available very soon, if not already.  So I'll be on that soon!  I did get to meet this author at the RT Convention in May of 2013. 

A to Z April - W: Werewolves and Witches

There are a lot of types of things for W that I enjoy reading.  And so I had to choose two to talk about today, werewolves and witches.  I'm going to give you 4 examples of my favorites of each type below.

Werewolves:

1.

Around the time I really got into Dean Koontz, I also found Robert R. McCammon.  And this is one of the first books of his that I read, and I really liked it.  Werewolves, World War 2, together makes an interesting story.

2.

Another of my favorite authors, Maggie Stiefvater, also wrote a series about werewolves, The Wolves of Mercy Falls.  And now she's putting out another book in a series that we all thought was finished, and I'm very excited to read it.

3.

This is a series I started when I got a box of ARCs that included this one.  I love this original cover, but the newer cover also was good.  Andrea Cremer is also now a favorite author of mine.

4.

Stephen King's version of the werewolf was also made into a movie called Silver Bullet, and I of course loved it because it starred one of my favorite actors as a teenager, Corey Haim.

Witches:

1.

The Harry Potter series is the best in this category, I don't care what anyone says. The stories are funny, sad, adventurous, edge of your seat.  They will always win hands down in my opinion.

2.

I first learned of Tessa Gratton when she just happened to be at a signing event with Maggie Stiefvater.  I had to buy this book and get her to sign it, and I am now a huge fan of Tessa Gratton as well.

3.

I love this book, need to read on in the series, can't believe I haven't gotten farther than this yet.

4.

I feel like I read and loved this in high school.  After the debacle, in my opinion, that the tv show made from The Vampire Diaries books was, I didn't even bother to try to watch this when they tried to start a tv show.  This one I loved and re-read more than the vampire series, so really couldn't stand to see it ruined.

Now I could again have included the Twilight series with werewolves, but I chose not to.  The Sookie Stackhouse  series could fit under both werewolves and witches.  And even Harry Potter includes werewolves.  

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