Finish that Series Challenge

Challenge Guidelines:
Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.
There are four levels:
(Curious – Finish 2 series. Fascinated – Finish 3 series. Addicted – Finish 5 series. Obsessed – Finish 10 series.)
Any genre counts.
You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Only books started on January 1st count towards this challenge.
When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to the post about the Finish Your Series Reading Challenge. Include the URL so that other participants can find join in and read your reviews and post

I did a post a couple days ago about all the series that I am reading
Check it out HERE

House of Night

The Series... so I just found out that there is another book!! It's being released April 27 2010!! I am sooo excited! But I haven't even read the other one that just got released called Tempted.

Anyways book number 7 soon to be released! This is definitely my favorite series!

House of Night website is pretty neat too.

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

The fourth book.

So spoilers....

Not really a fan of this series. I prefer traditional vampire lore. But the story did get more violent near the end.

First... she's pregnant? What kind of messed up story is that. Seriously, I have problems with people who graduate, marry, and get knocked up with a four month time frame. I supper this is a little different, seeing as Bella was pregnant for a whole month, instead of the usual nine.

And what's up with the kids name. How on earth do you pronounce it? Renesmee

Maybe its because in reality I just don't like children. So I don't understand Bella's sudden motherly protective nature. Edwards protectiveness makes sense. But Bella is usually a stupid brainless girl who cant think for herself. Though she did get better for the third book.

I an very judgemental on certain things I have recently discovered and this books focus was on the main things I dislike or hate.

The ending sucked without the bog battle. And I feel like Alice and Bella's 'makeup' was very cheesy. But yea that's just my opinion

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

The third book was definitely my favorite of the series. There was a ton more action and Bella finally grew up a little and started making her own decisions

I have decided to be on "Team Jacob" mostly because Edward is a possessive control freak who can't handle not getting his own way. Edward really frustrated me, just with his bad attitude and he never allowed Bella to make her own decisions. Just because he's a hundred years old doesn't mean he knows what right. (can you believe there is a Team Jacob website and everything?? I'm not that obsessive, they aren't that good of books)

I am happy that Bella is starting to stand up for herself, its about damn time. This book was way more mature and much easier to read than the first two. If you won't miss story I would recommend skipping the first two books if the series and reading this one.

I enjoyed the ending as it was from Jacobs perspective and it was refreshing as I am very tired of Bellas small understanding of things.

I don't have many nice things to say about Edward because... I just don't like possessive control freaks who thinly they own the world. I would have slapped him a hundred times already for his controlling behavior.

Still now that this book was decent I am not sure how the 4th book sol go. I had been expecting the whole series to be a major disappointment, but that was just the first two. The question is, is it worth my time to read two bad books to get to one semi good book. It still wasn't my favorite ever or anything not like the House of Night Series.

But I will probably read the last book now.

Hunted by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

This is the last book that I own of the series, of course there is one more book out there, that I haven't read yet, so I don't know the finished story. And this most of course be fixed as soon as possible...

This book I have to say, is almost entirely creepy. Here is the back of the book

"What if the hottest guy in the world was hiding a nameless evil, and all he wanted was you?
A shape materialized at the edge of the meadow, just inside the shadows of the trees. I could see his body because the moonlight caught the smooth chiseled lines of his skin.
I stopped cold. Something about this dream didn't seem right.
'You hesitate, my love?'
At the sound of Kalona's voice, a shiver passed through my body and terrible, mocking laughter whispered through the leaves of the trees."

Lots more blood, guts, and nastyness in this book. Stark was definitely my least favorite character and I could have done without all the drama surrounding him.

I enjoyed how Zoey's circle has started to including more people. SPOILER (sorta). It's not just Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Spirit but Night, and Blood, and ... (I'm missing one) are also there.

This was my least favorite of the books, so I can't wait for the next one.

Untamed by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

The story really gets going lots of stuff happens and I really really want to start the next book

At bit about some of the characters, excluding Zoey

WITH SPOILERS

Erik Night - is an all around ass. You don't expect him to be one so it really catches you off guard. You really start to hate him

Aphrodite - continues to surprise you and herself, bit o am really curious on what she really thinks of Stevie Rae because she never has a chance to say it as Zoey doesn't want to know. Drives me nuts

Stevie Rae - is she really hiding something horrible from Zoey? And seriously what's the big deal. I'm really glad she didn't abandon the rest of the 'freaks' for lack of better term.

The twins - their obnoxiousness is getting on my nerves and I am glad. they don't appear often

Damien and Jack - who doesn't love the sweet couple.

Duchess - is definitely my favorite animal in the book

And now I start book 5....

Choosen by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

This book is fabulous.

Actually the whole series is really good. In this one the story really gets going. Zoey is forced to make some decisions. Some of much she doesn't even realize are being made until its to late. You learn more about Zoey's enemy and find out that she isn't what she seems.

I am happy with the way things turned out with Erik. But I don't like how things ended with Heath, the poor guy didn't even stand a chance. Things with Zoey's friends are changing and hopefully will get fixed in the next book.

All in all a really good story, and I could barely wait to write this before starting the next one.

Series

Right now, I have to many series on the go and it's starting to getting frustrating. I wanna finish something! So everything I am currently reading
Twilight
(4 book series, 2 more to go)Vampire Academy
(5 book series, 3 more to go)Once Upon A Time
(not an actual series, but there's 7 by Cameron Dokey, and I have 2 more to go)House of Night
(6 book series, 4 more to go)

New Moon by Stephenie Meyers

Well, New Moon was better than Twilight. But it only got better the last 10 or so chapters, when things actually started happening. It felt like build up, build up, and then crash... It wasn't much of an ending, at least that wasn't predictable.

I have to say the really only good part is that stupid Bella grew up a little, but them HE came back and then she was a stupid dumpy girl again. I hate that.

Am I judging to harshly. One side of me wants to hate the book, mostly because it's soo popular. And I really did hate the first one.

This book, was boring until the end, and when I got to that part, I read until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore.

Now I have to find the third, I hope to actually read it on the EReader. The EReader is so much easier on my hands.

Have a fabulous Sunday

Twilight by Stephenie Meyers

I was never actually gonna read the Twilight Series. The movie was a pretty big turn off for me. SHINY Vampires just aren't my thing. I want to read things based on the legends. Nothing stories made up by some author who wants to revolutionize the way the world sees vampire. Vampires should be bloodthirsty creatures not sparklie.

However, a co-worker lent me the book and here we are reviewing Book Number One.

Blah... I have never been a fan of a girl who is completely obsessed with a boy. I think a girl should live their own life, do things without boy and he should definitely not be her main focus in life at least until after high school and some kind of secondary education.

Honestly this book kind of annoyed me. I also don't like whiners (though I must admit to being a pretty big whiner, but I am working on it, and it's only to Mr.)

I know allot of my focus in life is Mr. but I feel it's different, because we both stayed single until we were twenty-ish and we do lots of things without each other. Plus, I know if something did happen to our relationship I would be okay. I could and have paid my own bills, lived on my own, and I could do it again. Bella, can't do a damn thing and she's rather annoying.

I have been debating about even reading the second one, but everyone I talk to says it gets better the next book or the third book (depending on the person), but I really found it a painful story to read, because I couldn't relate to Bella, or Edward or really any of the characters.

I already have the second book, and I am the type of person to generally finish something I've started, especially books.

This isn't much of a review more of a rant...

What are your thoughts on the Twilight Series??

Sweets and Hearts

February Reading List
1. Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey (EReader)
2. Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey (EReader)
3. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (EReader)
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (EReader)
5. Frostbite by Richelle Mead (EReader)

January's Reading List Post HERE