Gina's Blog – July 2009 Archive (6)

Stargazer by Claudia Gray

Spoilers alert! Readers should read Evernight, the first book in the Evernight Series before continuing below!

I kissed Lucas again, more slowly this time.

We held each other tighter,

and I started to wonder how much closer we could get -

and then I remembered what it had felt like when I drank his blood.

The vampire in me was closer to the surface...

Bianca had spent the rest of the… Continue

Added by Gina on July 19, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Geek Abroad by Piper Banks

Geek Abroad is the sequel to Geek High by the same author. Spoilers below!

Please read Geek High before scrolling down!

My review of Geek High:

http://bookblogs.ning.com/profiles/blogs/geek-high-by-piper-banks

The girl genius is back!

Miranda is off to London for the school break and she is extremely excited to finally be visiting her mother. Besides, she have always wanted to visit London… Continue

Added by Gina on July 15, 2009 at 7:24am — No Comments

Geek High by Piper Banks

The official name of my shcool is the Notting Hill Independent School for Gifted Children,

but everyone just calls it Geek High.

It's full of the most brilliant students around...

and then there's me.

Miranda Bloom had just been enrolled into Geek High since her teachers found her mathematical calculating skills too good to be in a mainstream school. And if you're gifted, people would recommend Geek High where… Continue

Added by Gina on July 15, 2009 at 6:53am — No Comments

Evernight by Claudia Gray

Raquel whispered, "Don't you ever feel like there's something at this school that's...evil?

Her voice shook.

"Do you believe in real evil?"

Nobody had ever asked me that, but I knew the answer.

"Yeah. I do."

Bianca's parents became teachers at the Evernight Academy and so Bianca, their only daughter, was forced to move to the academy along with her parents. Unlike other people, Bianca had never been… Continue

Added by Gina on July 15, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Shrinking violet by Danielle Joseph

Hey, Miami - you're listening to Sweet T on 92.7 WEMD THE SLAM!

It's after dark now, so don't change that dial...

Teresa Adam had socializing problems. She too shy, shy in the sense of being uncomfortable with talking to strangers and getting called to answer questions in class. However, her problem with strangers doesn't stop her from jamming music in the comfort of her room and knowing every single of the newest music… Continue

Added by Gina on July 5, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

The vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant

On the day

Katharina Linden disappears,

Pia is the last person to see her alive.

Terror is spreading through the town

How could a ten-year-old girl vanish in a place

where everybody knows everybody else?

Pia is determined to find out what happened to Katharina.

But then the next girl disappears.

Pia has became famous in town ever since news of the death of her grandmother who exploded… Continue

Added by Gina on July 5, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments