Monday 13 August 2012

One Year Blogoversary Giveaway Winner!

Hey guys!

The winner of my one year blogoversary giveaway is: 

Jess over at The Tales Compendium

Thank you so much to everyone that entered and all of my followers :D I have a great time writing stuff for my blog, so I hope you enjoy it just as much as I do. 

Jammie the Book Nerd
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Friday 10 August 2012

Vote Adrian!!


So Adrian Ivashkov, Vampire Academy, is up against Will Herondale, The Infernal Devices, in the 2nd Annual YA Crush Tourney. And while I totally love Will, I am a bigger Adrian fan. He needs your votes!! This is going to be a seriously close competition, Will is in the lead right now, but go here and vote for Adrian! Please and thank you!! 

Jammie the Book Nerd
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Saturday 4 August 2012

Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan

MY RATING: 4/5

BLURB: 
Mel and Cathy and Anna have passed vampires on the street and sat near them in cinemas, but they don't know any. Vampires stick to their own kind, and Mel and her friends hang out with other humans - until a vampire boy in a bizarre sun-proof suit shows up at school and captures Cathy's heart. 

Mel is horrified. Can she convince Cathy that life with a vampire is no life at all? Should she? And then all her assumptions about vampires are turned on their head when she meets Kit, a boy who makes her laugh - a boy with a very unusual family history. . . 

Will Mel's staunch anti-vampire stance jeopardize her closest friendships? And where does Kit fit in? In the end, who will choose . . . Team Human? 

MY REVIEW: 
Before I read this book, I was honestly expecting it to be a cute, fluffy love story of sorts (well as fluffy as it can be with vampires anyway). Which there is absolutely nothing wrong with; Anna and the French Kiss was a story like that, and it is one of my favourite reads of the year. But Team Human is definitely not one of those stories; it had an intense mystery story line. Which I really enjoyed. 

For unknown reasons a mysterious vampire boy in a strange sun-proof suit turns up at Mel, Cathy and Anna's school. He immediately catches the attention of Cathy, a friend of Mel's who has always had an interest in vampires. Mel must decide whether to try convincing Cathy that being with a vampire is a bad idea, and in the process risk damaging their friendship or let Cathy be with someone that makes her happy, even if he is a vampire. 

I loved Mel's character, and how against vampire she is. I also loved her voice; the things she thought and said were hilarious. 
"Who choose the possibility of immortality over chocolate?" - page. 34
"They looked lost in each other's eyes. Like I would need to make a tiny eye map for each of them to be able to find their way out." - page. 113
I loved Kit's character; how clueless he was about humans was absolutely adorable. I loved all of the other characters as well. Kit's mum, Camille, was super sweet. Cathy was a bit two dimensional, I feel like her character wasn't very well fleshed out. And I liked Ty. 

The mystery side of this book was the kind where I couldn't really figure anything out. And while I liked that, it also annoyed me at the same time. I can predict the ending of books too much, but I really enjoy a book that keeps me trying to work things out, throughout Team Human I couldn't really come up with any theories. But I still enjoyed it, it was shocking and exciting at all the right moment for me. 

This book has everything; humor, romance, mystery, it even has zombies! Bona fide they bite you, and you turn into one, zombies. I just thought that was fantastic. Overall I really enjoyed this book, and I would highly recommend it. I think the praise on the back by Maureen Johnson really sums it up beautifully. 
"If you love vampire books, this is the book for you - if you hate vampire books, this is also the book for you." 
Jammie the Book Nerd
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