Glass Houses

Glass Houses by Rachel Caine is the first book in the Morganville Vampires series. It's the story of a girl named Claire going to collage in Morganville, TX which is a vampire town. The back sounds incredibly cheesy, but a couple people suggested this series, but I'm going to give it a shot. It's under 250 pages, so I will either become addicted and have to read the entire series, or I won't have wasted too much time since it should be a short read.

Finished #6

I just finished Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. It's the story of an "orphan" in Chile. The first part talks about her growing up being raised by both a rich spinster and an Indian maid. Eliza falls and love and wants to follow her boyfriend to California during the gold rush. Parts 2 and 3 talk about Eliza's trip to America and her life after she gets there. I think most of all this book is a story of survival. It was a good read.

Book #6

The next book I will be starting is 'Daughter of Fortune' by Isabel Allende. This is a book that Maggie suggested for book club. It was supposed to be the December book, but we moved it to January. Maggie said this was a book that she didn't want to put down after she started reading it. I hope this book will catch my attention and get me back on track with reading.

Book #5: Wonderstruck

Last week we had family reading night. Mason brought home 'Wonderstruck' by Brian Selznick. We all sat on the couch together after dinner most nights while Levi read the book to us. We all loved this book! Norah loved to look at the pictures and say "it's getting closer and closer" or "it's getting smaller and smaller". I really loved how the pictures told a different story, but in the end they came together to combine the stories of Rose and Ben. This book was beautiful. It's the perfect book for reading together as a family.
Levi read 'The Inventions Hugo Caberet' to Mason a few years ago. I'm hoping Mason can get this one from school too so we can read it as a family too. :)

PS. The boys have been obsessed with David Bowie songs lately, so I loved that the "Space Oddity" song was a reoccurring theme in the book.

Finished Book #4

I finally finished World War Z last night. Some parts were exciting and some could not hold my attention at all. I haven't had anytime to read during the day, so I've been reading right before bed. This book made me fall asleep after about 10 minutes, so that's why it took me about a month to read it. I really don't know what happened in this book. I feel like I should know what "Zack" means, but I don't....

Book #4: World War Z

I started 'World War Z' by Max Brooks a couple weeks ago. I thought I would read this book because I really want to start watching The Walking Dead. Only thing is, I'm afraid. I have been pretty busy and haven't had much time to read, but I am about 1/2 way through the book. I woke up at 2am this morning and couldn't sleep. Since the internet wasn't working, I tried reading, hoping I could fall asleep. A book about zombies on a windy night in the dark downstairs all by myself was not a good idea. In the book the zombies were marching and tapping and then I heard the Christmas lights tapping on the window. I only read about 1 chapter before I had to turn on a bunch of lights and run upstairs. Hopefully I will finish this one soon....

Finished Book #3

I finished 'Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac' a while ago. I just forgot to come update my blog. It was okay. The main character fell and hit her head and forgot everything that happened the past 4 years. She was missing out on some important things that happened and it seemed like maybe she was subconsciously trying to forget those years. During this time some bad things happened that she wasn't happy about. She tries to start over fresh and losing her memory seemed to make her a better person.