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No, this post does not in any way, shape or form relate to the book anthology. I am Off for vacation for what's left of the summer. Not really looking forward to leaving the country, but as I have no choice in the matter, I can only hope things turn out better than I've pictured in my head. Even worse than my untimely vacation, UPS screwed up my pre-order of 'Blood Promise' and they claim it will be delivered by today 08-27-09. The problem with that is that I leave the country in less than 4 hours, so the order is officially canceled and returned to sender, your wonderful books provider Barnes and Noble. So the money I spent on pre-order, which at the time was on special only $9.17 + shipping and handling = $14.96, instead of the usual $18, goes down the drain because I now have to pay regular price+ tax+ the trip to get to the store. Add to this nightmare the worst part of all, having to wait over two weeks after release to actually find out what happens after waiting for months since November. But no, it's not over, to add insult to injury, I think I screwed up (BIG TIME) my writing workshop interview---yey, me!

Could not be a worst day even if I planned it out for one of my short stories. Knew everything was looking way too good to last...

Okay, children, it was WONDERFUL!

Yes, if you haven't already guessed from the post title, I refer to the 9th True Blood Episode of Season 2. That Eric/Sookie dream scene....
I love Bill, but (see, there's always a but) you can't pretend to not feel tempted by Eric! so, I think I am justified. Another highlight was Eric's smirk when he tricked Sookie at the beginning! But above all it was the Godric part of the episode that got to me. Even though he was there for, maybe, a grand total of 4 episodes, he was one of my favorite vampires. Needless to say the way Godric and Eric's relationship was protrayed was just lovely...Eric's tears and how he broke down on the roof have made my top favorite True Blood scenes (along with Lafayette's Funny Kitchen Scene in episode 1 of the first season and the AIDS Burger sequence in epsidode 5 of the first season also.)

No more words needed except rest in peace Godric...




Know that there are only 3 episodes left to the season.  I have a feeling this season will not end up in semi nicely wrapped up package like the previous one. Hoping for the best!


PS. Word just in that the original soundtrack for the first season of the show, the one composed entirely by Nathan Barr, will be available on September 8th 2009, later than their previously estimated date of late August.

...and then there are times when I find myself pondering random, crazy ideas I never thought I could fathom. Well, apparently I can! Such is the idea of dropping everything and everyone; leaving it all behind to fade to dust, to white, nothing more than a memory, but alas! how humans are flawed and the path taken cannot be undone. So I wonder, is life really worth living...? and no, this is not some suicidal ramble from a disillusioned youth. More of questioning... I mean what's the point of working so hard when you know you will never surmount to anything. Is it really better (as they say) to have known love and lost than not loving at all. The price of losing such an illusion seems to high. I rather not have known at all because knowing and having lost seems too much of a price to pay. I don't want the constant longing and failed attempts to return to what was but will never be... the emptiness inside the heart, the breathe of life that instead of aiding you breath chokes you further.
Now I know why they call say the high cost of living, but am I willing to pay the price? Is anyone?

Just a quick post the day before an awesome event.

Books of Wonder is hosting, once again, awesome teen authors. This time around we get Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments series), Lisa McCann (Wake and Fade), and Beth Fantskey (Jessica's Guide to Dating the Darkside). I'm glowing!! Tomorrow is going to be awesome and this time I will most definitely bring my camera. The only downside to all this happiness is the horrid science fair project due Monday and presentations on Tuesday, but all is find because Spring Break is less than one week away ( I believe it is now five days away) and that means more time to indulge in books and Asian music. Just some downtime because I'm burnt-out ( I blame it on being diagnosed with bronchitis) and to put off studying for SAT's. For now it is all, back tomorrow or the day after or next week, with updates from the book signing.

Wow, finished City of Glass by Cassandra Clare on Thursday, still glowing from the after effects, it was pretty darn awesome. Hate to bring it up again, but it was much, much better than the disappointment Breaking Dawn, but let's not go down that road again. Obviously there were some things that were...not so good, yet it still managed to keep me reading, unlike Breaking Dawn, which I stopped reading with about 200 pages left, it came to a point in which I didn't care anymore. I shouldn't compare it to the Twilight Saga anymore because everyone seems to be doing that these days. It was quite annoying looking up nooks to read next online and seeing "similar searches.....Twilight Saga....." seriously? it even came up for Richelle Mead's Succubus series, mind you, which part of Twilight had a succubus? Maybe the 200 pages I didn't finish? It seems every urban fantasy book, at least for teens, is being compared to Twilight. People let it go! it was awesome back in book one, when people were still sane, by book three the author lost it and it grew a ridiculous. I can only hope Meyer doesn't decide to make a sequel for "The Host" then she'll flop another great book of hers to try to make more money.


That aside......

Now I'm waiting for "Fragile Eternity" by Melissa Marr, "Once dead, Twice Shy" by Kim Harrison, "Strange Angels" by Lili Crow, "Sea Change" by Aimee Friedman and of course the three new releases, one for each of her series, the awesome-est  Richelle Mead, with "Succubus Heat," "Thorn Queen," and last but never least "Vampire Academy 4: Blood Promise." CAN'T WAIT.....

So yeah back from the dead and hopefully here to stay. I'll start off by admitting that for my first book signing session i didn't freak out like a over zealous fan girl, but i also feel i missed major opportunities to discuss the books with the authors. On to the actual event. The way i found out about it was through Richelle Mead's blog on livejournal of-course, regardless she was my main attraction and i so desperately wanted to ask her about Shadow Kiss and if Dimitri....well yeah and i didn't i just said hi and expressed how she had "killed me" with the book. The truth of the matter is i couldn't bring myself to ask any of the authors for that matter about their stories, i actually want to suffer waiting for them it will make me appreaciate them more. But yeah, i got my Ironside and Shadow Kiss books signed and had the rest of the authors sign the flyer since i didn't have their books. Tamora Pierce was awefully enchanting and cool she and Holly Black had a good laugh out of Holly's attempt to write three novels at the same time and one being written in first person. The coolest part of it all was that not only were the authors mentioned there were present but also other random authors (okay not random). Scott Westerfeld, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson. I didn't think when i read their blogs that they actually hung out as "friends" or buddies in crime but apparently it is true! I am completely dazzled by the experience an i wish i could repeat it many times over.....the worst part of it all was not being able to thank authors like Richelle for their awesome stories because stories like hers as well as all the author's mentioned above make my day and make life a pleasure.....

Oh well too tired to keep rambling nonesense or deep meanings in YA novels but a wonderful experience it was!

P.S Cassandra Clare did say she was coming back as part of the panelist in March of 2009 for the release of City of Glass so hopefully this experinece does get to repeat itself. Hoooray!