Review for Transformers 2

This movie was realllly funny. Hilarious in some spots. I liked this movie, but not as the sequel to the first one. This movie was not a family movie, but was directed almost exclusively towards high school-aged kids and older. I felt sorry for the kids sitting behind me and for their parents. All of the sexual innuendo was probably way over their heads. I liked this movie because it was funny but I respected the first one more. The first Transformers was definitely a family movie. I would give this movie 3 out of 5 stars.

New Book in the Redwall Series

I am going to be starting the newest book in the Readwall series, Doomwyte. I absolutely love this series. Brian Jacques is a wonderful author and the language in his books is complex. I love the characters he creates as well as the fact that he uses animals as his main characters. Great series!

Another New Series Part III

Another vampire series that I picked up is the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris. I started watching Trueblood last fall and learned that the series is actually based off books, so I have now decided to read them. I can't say exactly how I feel about reading this series as the television series is a little weird at times. My summer reading list is getting longer by the day! The first book is Dead Until Dark.

Another New Vampire Book

Laurell K. Hamilton's new Anita Blake book, Skin Trade, came out just last week. I am only on book five or six of the series, The Killing Dance, but I am keeping an eye on this series as it progresses. Another big piece of news about the series is that somebody picked up the rights to make it into a television series. Yay!!

Another New Series

Another new series I have been reading is the Dragon Fire series by Deborah Cooke, also a paranormal romance author. These books are about the Pyr, the good dragons who want to save humanity, and the Slayers, who believe that humans are parasites. The Pyr are trying to save the Earth and, along the way, they find their humans mates who will bear their children. I love this series because I have never read about dragons quite like this series presents them. The first book is Kiss of Fire and there are three out so far. The newest one, Winter Kiss, is due out in November. I will definitely be getting that book as well. (By the way, lots of eye candy on the covers).

New Series to Read

Recently, I have started to read Keri Arthur's Riley Jensen series. Riley is half-vampire and half-werewolf and this series is amazing. There are seven currently out with the newest one, Bound by Shadows, coming out this fall. I will be getting it first thing. The first is Full Moon Rising. Check out the series if you like paranormal romance but also a good plot about vampires and werewolves.

My Review for The Quarterback's Demons for J & J Book Talk

I do a review once a month for J & J Book Talk. I encourage everyone to do it because I have read three pretty amazing books so far for up and coming authors. This is my review for the latest one I read.

Review: "The Quarterback's Demon" by C.K. Laurence
Review by Melissa Cornwell

This is the first mystery I have read in a long time and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The book kept me guessing all the way until the end and then I was blown away by the ending. Wonderfully complex plot. I also liked the characters very much. Kyle might represent that side of fame that all parents and family want to see: a superstar athlete with morals. I also liked the plot with Karen. I adore stories where childhood friends become something more when they get older, and this was one of those stories. Also, I enjoyed the other members of the squad. They added an extra taste to the life of cops, especially Garcia.In this story, we get both a look into an athlete's life as well as that into a cop's life. It was definitely a strange combination. I can honestly say that I have not read a story like it. I cannot imagine the research it took to write this book, but it was a job well done. I wanted to see more of the side characters developed, but for the length of the novel, they were well done. This murder mystery is great for those who read mysteries constantly, but I think it would be great for those just starting out in the genre, as it is very unique in the mystery it presents. I hope to see more come from this author.

Another hot movie for the summer!

I loved the first Transformers movie. It was very well done and I can't wait to see the storyline continue.

Start of my novel!

I am so excited because I have finally managed to start my first fantasy-fiction book. I am still going through the first chapter (as I have so little time to write) but my head is so full of ideas that I can't put them on the paper fast enough. I hope to have the first chapter finished by the end or middle of this next week and then moving on to the second chapter. Unfortunately, I tend to overanalyze every possible aspect that my plot and characters could take, and they are already changing in the first chapter! I see a very long and complicated process ahead, but the journey will be well worth it!

New Moon Poster is out and so is a sneak preview!

The first movie was okay, but I am really looking forward to New Moon. I thought the book was the slowest to get through out of the four, but there are some parts in it, such as Bella's growing relationship to Jacob, that are essential to the novels as a whole. I am so excited for this movie! It's coming in November!

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