The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

 

This is a new take on the history of Dracula. Told by the young teenage girl who lives with her father. Her father, Paul, travels all over the world for his foundation. One day while she's at home she's in her fathers den and sitting on the desk is some papers and a book. She opens the book and the only thing inside it it a picture of a dragon. She is curious but, isn't sure she should ask her father about it.

Her father Paul, has been raising the young girl on his own since his wife Helen had left or disappeared. Its up to him to raise her and protect her from the bad things in the world. What he doesn't realize is that she will be the one to help him find the one thing he wants, his wife, Helen. 

His daughter starts asking him questions. she wants to know what the book and papers mean. So, he does what he knows best and starts to tell her stories that are true. Dracula is one charater that has been written about a few times. But, he doesn't explain that to her. He starts with his time when he was young and still studying at the university. 

He begins by telling her about his Professor Rossi. How smart he was and how he told him about the meaning about the book he has. He also told her that he disappeared right after doing that. He explained that he had stopped looking into the meaning of Dracula for a long time, but that wasn't true. He wanted to find Helen and knew that there was only go to be one way to do that. It was for him to continue looking for Dracula and in doing so, he might get lucky and find his wife, Helen. 

The story pretty much tells you in letters that her father had left for her to read. What her father doesn't know is that she decides to try and find him. Is she smart enough to figure the whole thing out and find out where her father is or will the danger of doing so cause her harm or death. Maybe, her father can't be found. You'll just have to read the book to find out. 

Its an almost 700 page book and it can get a little slow at times. I think its worth reading.

Sorry, it took me so long to get this post up. I had been sick so, its hard for me to read. 

Well, I'm off to start my next book. Remember to read a good book, you never know what just be a new favorite. 

All you desire by Kirsten Miller

This is the second book in the eternal ones series. I think also its the last but, you never know what an author might write later.

Iain Morrow and Haven Moore are in Rome after the fire was surposed to have killed Iain. Adam Rosier had tired to in prison her but, Iain saved her. Adam is evil and Haven is glad that they are a long ways away. Haven has been looking for Iain for quite some time. She also knows now that she loves him. She just hopes that Adam doesn't find out that Iain's still alive.

Beau Decker is Haven's best friend. She gets a message on her phone from him, saying Pan Panich , which means he's in trouble. She knows that he had gone to New York to meet his soul mate. Haven didn't think that anything was going to happen or she hoped nothing would.

She knew that if you goes back to New York, Adam would know she's there. There had to be some way to find her friend without having to face him. Her friend Leah called and told Haven that she needs to find a woman surrounded by smoke. Leah is someone that can see the future.

They make it to New York, Haven needs to find Phoebe. Phoebe is part of a group of women that has been trying to trap Adam for a long time. When Haven is told that she needs to be the one to make Adam fall for her and that she has to be the one to trap him, At first she's not sure if she can. She knows that he has had a thing for her for a very, very, very long time.

When she tells Iain what she plans on doing. He's not very happy about it. Iain knows that trying to change her mind isn't going to work. She leaves to go see Adam.

Adam isn't surprised when he sees Haven. But wants to know why she's there. She tells him that her friend Beau is missing and she needs help. Adam tells her he's flattered. He tells her he'll make a few phone calls. But he's still surprised to her and that she asked for his help.

Adam explains that he's trying to change and also change the society he belongs too. At first Haven wasn't sure if she should believe him.

As time goes by, Haven and Iain do what they need too. But Haven starts to question herself. Not sure if she can believe what Phoebe had told her about her needing to imprison Adam. She almost makes the decision not to do it. Tell she finds out the truth of who had Beau. Phoebe and her group had him all along.

But what happens you'll have to pick up the book and read it. I'll say its very good and worth reading.

The Passage by Justin Cronin

For a first book in this series and by a New author, I'll have to say that this book was good even though it was 879 pages long. I usually cringe when it comes to really long books unless its three books in  one..lol.

Special Agent Brad Wolgast was brought in by the military to help them bring 12 prison guys on death row to them for something he was never told that they were doing. Wolgast wasn't happy when it was brought to his attention that he was to go get a 6 year old girl and bring her back to them. The girls name was Amy and she was sitting with a sister named Lacey. Lacey was trying to keep her safe but what Lacey didn't know was that her life and Amy's were going to be intertwined for many, many years.

When things at the compound goes bad. Wolgast is given the girl by the doctor who created the virus which is what's going to kill millions of people for years to come. So he decides to find a place for them to hide but then a flash happens and he dies. Amy then leaves.

The last colony or so they think is where a good amount of people were brought to when they were kids. It was done to protect them. But if they knew what was coming and whom wasn't coming back. They should be happy tell things started to happen to make the colony have problems. The Peter and a few others go to do somethings outside to find things that were needed. But Peter meets Amy who is about 14 year old. What he doesn't know is that she follows him back to the colony and things start to happen even more.

People start acting funny and its a small group including Amy and Peter all plan to leave and go looking for the truth of what really happened and started the whole thing.

Well, being that this book is so long and I enjoyed reading it a lot. I'm not telling a whole lot more. But, I'll say its worth every page of this book. I'm off to start my next book. Pick up a good book like this one. I bit you'll want to know what happens. Can't wait to read the second and I hope that its as good.

The Physick book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

This book is interesting to read. It's not bad, a little slow to start with but, picks up as read farther into the book.
   Connie Goodwin is a coolege student working on her Ph.d. One of her profeesors by the name of Manning Chilton and her advisor is giving her a oral exam. But, there's also something about him that does seem to rub Commie the wrong way.
    Later in the day, Connie's mom Grace calls and asked her to take a trip to her grannies house. As of arriving Connie notices that the house is covered in vines and over grown grass.
   Parts of this book is about Connie and the things that goes on with her. Also, the book takes you back to 1700's and the witch trials. It gives you a very good look and part of the reason they happened. But, with Connie she is a decendent of one of them, her name is Deliverance Dane.
   As Connie starts to work on the old house she finds a key and Deliverance's name on a piece of paper. This becomes a search for a shadow book. It also brings professer Chilton into what she's doing and his need for the book.
   Connie meets a guy named Sam. Because of this, Sam ends up almost dying.
   Well, that's all I'm telling you. If you want to know what goes in. You'll have to pick up the book and read it. I'm off to reading my next book. Tell next time. Enjoy a good book.