Top 10 books

I just decided to do this 'cause I'm really bored. I'm gonna make a list of my top ten books that I have read this year. So...here goes nothing :)

1. The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

2. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

3. Ingo by Helen Dunmore

4. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Mar

5. Shiver by Maggie Steifvater

6. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

7. Water for elephants by Sara Gruen

8. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

9. Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin

10. Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder


And here is my top ten books that I have read in 2011. Now they might not have been published in 2011 but they're just the one's I've read this year :)
Hope you enjoyed this strange post and I really recommend every book on my list to you. Read and enjoy.

Cya!

Teaser Tuesday

Wow this blog has been lonely. There was no teaser tuesday last week so I had nothing really to post. Though I do feel sorry for my other blog because I promised it a post and I was sick so I couldn't post :( Sadness.
Anyway, here is a teaser for The Iron Knight :)


"Did you think this would have a happily-ever-after? Between a mortal and a fey? How did you think this was going to end?" 

Mwuahahaha! I promise that I will post soon :) And if I don't....no cake for me :(

Cya!

Interesting News

Ok so this might not be very interesting but I got my braces off yesterday! I'm very happy :) My teeth and like...really weird now. It feels so weird. But yea I look heaps different and apparently really scary...(says my friends). I've also got a lisp. It's very funny when I try and say "Seven Slithering Snakes". That is like the hardest sentence I've ever had to say before.
Now this was a very short post but I just felt like saying this. I hope you liked my interesting news, now what is your interesting news? (even though no-one will really reply) I would still like to know if anyone has any interesting news. It can be from years ago if you want. Like, one day I was sick and....actually I'm not going to tell you guys that because it was an extremely embarrassing tale and I don't think I would really want to post it on the internet for all sorts of people to see (hinting at pedophiles who drive around in white vans) Speaking of white vans I saw 8 the other day. What is the world coming to?
Well this has been fun but anyway, I'm going now!

Cya!

Teaser Tuesday-The Iron Knight

Another Tuesday, another Teaser. Sigh, how wonderful :D Right well as always here is a teaser for The Iron Knight featuring Puck and Grim :)

Puck snorted. "Yeah, your perfect kitty vision does us no good if you don't warn us that something is coming once in awhile. Poofing away doesn't count. That way, we can at least have a heads-up."

The cat thumped his tail. "Additionally, you can paint a neon sign over our heads that says, 'Easy meal, follow the flashing lights.'"

"Or we could use you for bait..."


Tee hee :) And now I shall leave you pondering this picture:



Cya!

Picnik....and other fun websites

Now I have just recently found out about the awesome photo-editing website called Picnik. I have a few photos in which I have edited by this awesome site. And a few of them are.....these:

Now aren't they awesome? Pfft nah they are a youngins work. My friend can edit really well...in fact she's doing it right now :P Do you know what else I found out about? Nothing! Or...just website makers....which I forgot. Blegh...and yes that person lying down is me after rolling down a hill....duh....but yea I'm pretty smooth :D

Now I really need to go since it IS school time and I should be doing History work instead of this so I must go....like the good girl I am :P

Cya!

The random rant of a bored blogger

I'm in D&T now and it is 4 minutes until the bell and I am FRREEE! Anyway, I am extremely bored so I think I might just post some random things and thoughts:

And now I shall give you some thoughts I have had over the last few days and also some things about me you may not have known:

1. I hate the sun
2. I sleep with a teddy
3. Have you ever noticed on all of St Georges' ads there is a dragon in the background or somewhere in the ad?
4. Makeup makes your face feel full
5. I love shopping with my mum but not for clothes NOOO I love window shopping and going into nice smelling shops like "Dusk"
6. It is now 1 minute to the bell
7. The bell just rang
8. Goodbye fellow weirdos

Cya!

Teaser Tuesday and Deleted Scene

So today's the day for a Teaser so I shall post, and post well. This is the second teaser for The Iron Knight and Julie Kagawa also posted a deleted balcony scene between Meghan and Ash during The Iron Queen. I will post that too. So read, and enjoy. Um, the black one is the Teaser and the blue one is the deleted scene.

The door past the sphinxes opened to another narrow corridor, empty of fire-breathing dragons this time, but no less strange. It stretched away into the darkness, lit only by orange candlelight, flickering against walls. The flames seemed to float in the air, reflecting off the surfaces of hundreds of full-length mirrors lining the corridor on both sides. 

Glancing at my own image, I paused, faintly surprised at the stranger in the mirror. The pale, dark-haired reflection stared back grimly, clothes tattered around the edges, eyes touched with exhaustion. I barely recognized myself, but maybe that was a good thing. After all, that was why I was here; to become something else, someone else. If all went as planned, Ashalyn’darkmyr Tallyn, third prince of the Unseelie Court, would no longer exist. 

What will it be like as a human? I wondered at my reflection. Will I still be myself? Will I remember everything about my life in the Winter Court, or will all those memories disappear? 

I shook my head. It was useless to wonder about that now, when we were so close, but still… 

“Come on, handsome.” Puck put a hand on my shoulder, and I brushed it off. “Quit preening. I think we’re almost there.” 

As we started down the corridor, wary of traps and pits and ambushes, I thought of Meghan, back in the Iron Kingdom. It would be dreadfully ironic, I mused, if once I earned a soul, I forgot everything about being fey, including all my memories of her. That sort of ending seemed appropriately tragic; the smitten fey creature becomes human but forgets why he wanted to in the first place. Old fairytales loved that sort of irony. 

I won’t let that happen, I told myself, clenching my fists. If I have to have Puck tell me everything, even if he has to go through our entire history, I will find a way to make it back to her. I will not become human only to forget it all. 

The hallway went on. The flickering candles cast strange lights in the opposite mirrors, endless rows of flame, stretching to infinity. From the corner of my eye, I saw my own dark reflection, walking along beside me. Smirking. 

Except, I wasn’t. 


I stepped close and slipped my arms around his waist, hearing his quiet intake of breath as I pulled him against me. “That was a long time ago,” I murmured, pressing my cheek to his back, listening to his thudding heart. “You’ve changed since then. That Ash wouldn’t protect a silly human girl with his life, or become her knight, or walk into exile with her. Every step of the way, you’ve always been there, right beside me. I’m not letting you go now.”

“I’m a coward.” Ash’s voice was subdued. “If I cared for you as much as I should, I would end my life and the curse along with it. My existence puts you in danger. If I were no longer here—”

“Don’t you dare, Ashallyn’darkmyr Tallyn.” I held him tighter, even as he flinched at the sound of his True Name. “Don’t you dare throw your life away for an unknown superstition. If you die—” My voice broke, and I swallowed thickly. “I love you,” I whispered, fisting my hands against his stomach. “You can’t leave. You swore you wouldn’t.”

Ash’s hands came to rest over mine, twining our fingers together. “Even if the world stands against you,” he murmured, bowing his head. “I promise.”

For awhile, we just stood like that, content not to move, as the wind howled around us and tugged at our hair and clothes. Ash, true to form, was perfectly still. I closed my eyes and lost myself in his quiet breathing, in the rise and fall of his chest, in the beat of his heart. It was hard to believe, sometimes, that this—this beautiful, solemn, immortal prince in my arms—was mine.

“Meghan.”

His voice rumbled in my ear, low and hesitant. “Yes?” I whispered, and he shifted around to face me, taking my hands in his. For a few moments, he gazed at our interlocked fingers, running his thumb gently over my skin, as if gathering his thoughts.

“Be patient with me,” he said at last, furrowing his brow. His gaze finally shifted up to mine, bright and soulful. “It’s…difficult sometimes, to watch you fight, to see you throw yourself into danger again and again.” One hand came up, long fingers gently touching my cheek. “I can’t bear the thought of anything happening to you,” he murmured. “I wish I could protect you from everything.”

“I know,” I said, smiling up at him. “But, it’s my turn now. You’ve done so much already, Ash; now it’s my turn to protect you. You and Puck and the Nevernever, and…and everyone.” I sighed and looked past him, at the clouds sweeping over the iron realm. “If I could just figure out a way to do that.”

“I’m sure you’ll think of something.” Ash’s voice was resigned, and he drew me closer, wrapping his arms around my waist. Sighing, he lowered his head, soft strands of his hair brushing my forehead. “Just…try not to give me a heart attack when you do.”

“I can’t promise anything,” I whispered back. “But, I’ll try.”

His expression twitched in a faint smile, and he gave a tiny shake of his head. “I suppose that’s all I can ask for—” But before he could finish, I slipped my arms around his neck, leaned up, and took his lips with mine.

He made a faint noise of surprise, before his eyes fluttered shut and he leaned into me, pulling us closer. I savored the feel of his lips against mine, breathing in his scent, that sharp mix of frost and peppermint. He breathed my name, just one simple word, and it turned my stomach inside out and set my whole body on fire. It made me desperate to get closer, made me bolder then I’d ever been. I pressed forward, pushing him against the railing, standing on tiptoe to trail kisses down his neck. He groaned, tilting his head back, hands sliding up to tangle in my hair. I couldn’t get close enough, it seemed. Never close enough.

Ash ducked his head, meeting my lips again, his kisses suddenly crushing, devouring. One arm snaked around my waist, the other cupped the back of my head, pressing us together, like two puzzle pieces that finally clicked. I held him as tightly as I could, feeling the hard, lithe muscles of his back, shifting through his armor. Wishing it was suddenly gone, that I could feel his cool skin under my fingers. His cloak fluttered around us, like the edges of tattered wings, cocooning us both, and I didn’t want to be anywhere else in the world.

Ash drew back suddenly, breathing deep, trying to control himself. I felt his heart beneath his armor, hammering in his chest. He dropped his gaze, shoulders heaving, though his arms didn’t loosen their grip, and resisted my attempt to pull back.

“Ash?”

The look he gave me was almost frightening in its intensity. “Command me,” he whispered, bringing his face close to mine. His eyes seared into me, challenging and pleading all at once. “Tell me to stop, and I will.”

I gazed at him, well aware that my own heart was doing its best to crash through my ribs. Ash watched me, silver eyes blazing with desire, and love. I reached up and touched his face, and he closed his eyes, putting his hand over mine, pressing it to his cheek, before his gaze flickered to me again.

Waiting. He wouldn’t go any further unless I told him to. He was letting me decide, like he’d promised. I could walk away from him now, and he wouldn’t follow. Or I could tell him to go, and he would. We could stop this, right now, if I wasn’t completely ready.

I swallowed hard, pulled his lips down to mine, and whispered:

“Stay.”


Tee hee :)

Cya!

Teaser Tuesday-The Iron Knight

Hello my fellow young ones. I have been quite sick *still am and don't know why I'm doing this* these past few days. I am about to faint at the computer so lets make this quick.
Julie Kagawa released the first Teaser for her book The Iron Knight. Tis awesome and teaserish so without further ado, here it is:

"Having second thoughts?” Puck’s voice was soft and dangerous, a far cry from his normal flippancy. “I thought we put this behind us for now.”

“Never,” I said, matching his stare. “I can’t ever take it back, Goodfellow. I’m still going to kill you. I swore to her I would.” Lighting flickered overhead, and thunder rumbled in the distance as we faced each other with narrowed eyes. “One day,” I said softly. “One day you’ll look up, and I’ll be there. That’s the only ending for us. Don’t ever forget.”

Mwuahahaha! Now wasn't that a tease? *sighs* How I love Ash...
Now off I go to faint on the couch or somewhere soft.
Cya!

New Blog and Short Stack

OK, so I have made a new blog. This blog is about Zelda and I'll be transferring my Zelda posts to my new blog if that makes sense. Oh right the address,

www.whowantssomezelda.blogspot.com

And for some other news, I went to the Short Stack Concert on the 29th and my gosh it was awesome. I've never been to a concert before so it was a kinda new experience for me. It was loud, packed and my head and feet hurt. But other than that I loved it! I have some videos but I'm not going to put them up just yet. I'm waiting for my camera to be nice and let me plug it in. In other words I've lost my connector.
So I'll post some videos and I'll also be posting on my new blog. :) Be happy and check it out.

Cya!