Wonderous Words Wednesday

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun.

Obstreperous - –adjective

1.	resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.

2.	noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.

Succinct - –adjective

1.	expressed in few words; concise; terse.

2.	characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.

3.	compressed into a small area, scope, or compass.

4.	Archaic. a. drawn up, as by a girdle. b. close-fitting. c. encircled, as by a girdle.

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Well being in between books at the moment I just grabbed one from my shelf that I haven't read yet, but is next in line.

The book I grabbed is Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld.

Jessica pushed at the front door, anxious for a moment. Then she pushed it open.

Page 18.

Some Girls Bite A Review Of Sorts

Let me start with a big Thank You to Chloe Neill for gifting me this book.

Also I have never reviewed a book before and have no real clue as to what I am doing. So this review will be rough at best but I'm going to give it a shot anyhow.

Okay now that we have gotten that out of the way let's move on. I had heard great reviews about this book before I got it and let me say I was not disappointed at all.

I loved the main character Merit. She's strong willed, stubborn and feisty. I related well to the character Chloe created and that could very easily be what grabbed me right from the start. Although I admit the story started off catchy too, it was the actual character that grabbed me. The supporting characters are all well written and unique in each of their own ways. Gives the world she created more depth. I look forward to getting to know the other characters and Merit more in books to come.

The story was easy to follow and kept me wanting to read longer than I had time too, always a plus in my book, and by the end of the book I was wishing there was more for me to read.
Needless to say I am anxiously awaiting book 2 to come out now.

All in all I give the book a big two thumbs up and would recommend it to anyone who has a soft spot for vampires and the other creatures of the night.

Mailbox Monday

This is a weekly meme hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page. Join the fun and post what you got in your mailbox last week!

This week I received just one book. Next week will be a bit busier. I have a few coming in the mail and a few I'll be picking up on Tuesday.



This week I received Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts from Vanessa over at Today's Adventure.


Luttie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, 15-year-old Luttie lives in the god-forsaken town of Yankton, South Dakota with her nine-year-old brother, Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of her father. While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate spends most of his time reading, watching weird TV shows and worrying about global warming and the endangerment of pandas. As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in Floy's old Pontiac. Choosing the latter, they head off to Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, no phone number and, clearly, no interest in the kids he left behind.