Dexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to your mum. At heart he is the perfect gentlemen: he has a shy girlfriend and seems to lead a quiet, normal life bordering on the mundane. Despite the fact that he can't stand the sight of blood, he works as a blo…

As if I haven't gone crazy enough with books lately. I was just checking out Amazon and noticed that for some (unknown) reason, I'd left off a few books that I'm interested in getting later this year. Well, that's been fixed now. I'm interested in SO many books, t…

This morning, I woke up and noticed a bright orange tinge around our window. So, I checked my daughter's room. Same thing. Walked into the living room. Yep, there too. I made my way to the sliding door and looked outside. Yikes! It was bright orange outside. Seriously, like something…

Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors. But the smoke from a distant campfire shatte…

As you can see below, I read up quite a storm during the weekend. Finished one book on Friday night, another in the early hours of Sunday, and finished one last night too. They were all awesome! I love it when that happens. :) I've now read the first few chapters of Z FOR ZACHARIA…

In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble. I grabbed this book this morning and just finished it. Honestly, I'm really enjoying all of these dystopian, future society YA nove…

Pyromania: A mental derangement, excitement or excessive enthusiasm for fire. Having celebrity parents isn't as hot as it sounds. Yes, there's money to burn, fame and some totally smoking guys...But when your dad's more interested in blazing a trail to the top of the charts th…

In a world where the dead can testify against the living, someone is getting away with murder. To every generation a select few souls are born with violet-coloured eyes - and the ability to channel the dead. Both rare and precious, and rigidly controlled by a society that craves their ser…

Why does it feel like there's not enough hours in the day to do everything that I'd like to do? :/ Lately, at the end of every single day, I just wish I'd had a little more time. I guess that's how it goes. Today, I managed to get to page 90/112 of my Sci-Fi rev…

After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the biza…

Yep, we did! We just bought a copy of THE BEATLES ROCKBAND , and can't wait to play it. I think it'll be fun and the previews I've seen of the way the game actually looks, have been great! You know, for about 20 minutes, Loki was MIA. *scratches head* I still have no idea …

So, yesterday I got THIS BOOK in the mail. I was so excited! I can't wait to read it. I've actually wanted to read it for a while now, but for some reason kept from buying or borrowing it from the library. Don't know why. But now, with this new Author's Preferred Text v…

It's the year 2140 and Longevity drugs have all but eradicated old age. A never-aging society can't sustain population growth, however…which means Anna should never have been born. Nor should any of the children she lives with at Grange Hall. The facility is full of boys and girls…

Freya Nakamachi-47 has some major existential issues. She's the perfect concubine, designed to please her human masters - hardwired to become aroused at the mere sight of a human male. There's just one problem: she came off the production line a year after the human species went e…

Honor and her parents have been reassigned to live on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Life is peaceful there—the color of the sky is regulated by Earth Mother, a corporation that controls New Weather, and it almost never rains. Everyone fits into their rightful and predictable place... Ex…

Kitty Norville, the country's only celebrity werewolf, thinks she's finally got her life sorted. Her radio show is as popular as ever and she and her cute lawyer boyfriend are the alpha pair of Denver's werewolf pack. Now she and Ben plan to tie the knot human-style - by elopi…

Set on a remote island in a post-apocalyptic, plague-ridden world, this electrifying novel is destined to become a modern classic. Anax thinks she knows her history. She’d better. She’s now facing three Examiners, and her grueling all-day Examination has just begun. If she passes, she’ll …

Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together thr…