Dark Reunion

Summary: In the fourth and final installment, Elena Gilbert rises from the dead to recreate the powerful vampire trio.

What I thought: Well I was so happy that Bonnie was a bigger part in this book. I love her character and I really think she made this book the best one in the series. I loved watching Bonnie try to prove that she is tough and she can handle what is going on. She really wants to do everything that she can do to help but no one really lets her cause they think she is....well not big enough and strong enough. I think you finally get to see more of Meridith as well which was good since she is just kind of there in the other books. Damon turns out to be one of the good guys in the end which made me very happy!!!

The Fury

Summary: Tormented after losing the beautiful Elena, Stefan becomes determined to end the feud with his brother--no matter the cost. But mocking Stefan and Elena, Damon laughs in the face of doom.

What I thought: I keep hoping the Damon will come thru in the end. Keeping my fingers crossed. I love Bonnie in this book and I am starting to think that she is going to end up with Matt (I really hope that she does). Meridith is well I'm starting to like her more as the series goes on but I don't think she will ever be one of my favorites. Caroline annoys me she is acting like Elena used to act at the beginning of the series and hope that she doesn't stay in the books....sounds kind of mean of me but if you are going to lose a character it should be her. She can move away if that makes it any better. I'm almost done with the last book and can't decided if I am going to read Vampire Diaries The Return or not....I might give the series a little break so I can think about it.

The Struggle

Summary: In this second volume in the popular series, Damon is determined to make pretty Elena Gilbert his queen of darkness. He would even kill his own brother to possess her. But Stefan, desperate for the power to destroy Damon, succumbs to his unquenchable thirst for human blood.

What I thought: I'm really liking this series. Bonnie and Matt are my two favorite characters. It seems that vampires are either self loathing or kind of evil anymore. Stefan is self loathing and Damon is evil...kind of. You really don't know how he is going to act from one minute to the next. Elena kind of brings out the best in him...I think he wants to be what she needs him to be. Which is interesting to read about. You have this ruthless killer who tries to be good even though it doesn't always work for him.

Goblet of Fire

Summary: You have in your hands the pivotal fourth novel in the seven-part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal--even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.

What I thought: This is one of my favorite book in the series. I always feel so bad for Harry Potter when his names gets put in the Goblet. I also feel bad for Hermione when Mrs. Weasley isn't as nice to her as she used to be because she thinks Hermione is messing with Harry's heart. I love the part where Harry tells her that Hermione isn't his girlfriend. I really does amaze me everything I have forgotten in the books because of how different the movies are.

The Battle of the Labyrinth

Summary: Percy Jackson's fourth summer at Camp Half-Blood is much like his previous three—high-octane clashes with dark forces, laced with hip humor and drama. Opening with a line for the ages—The last thing I
wanted to do on my summer break was blow up another school—this
penultimate series installment finds Percy, Annabeth and the satyr
Grover furiously working to prevent former camp counselor Luke from
resurrecting the Titan lord Kronos, whose goal is to overthrow the gods.
When the heroes learn that Luke can breach Camp Half-Blood's security
through an exit from Daedalus's Labyrinth, they enter the maze in search
of the inventor and a way to stop the invasion. Along the way they
encounter a lifetime supply of nightmare-inducing, richly imagined
monsters. Grover's own quest to find the lost god Pan, meanwhile,
provides a subtle environmental message. Percy, nearly 15, has girl
trouble, having become something of a chick magnet. One of Riordan's
strengths is the wry interplay between the real and the surreal. When
the heroes find Hephaestus, for instance, he's repairing a Toyota,
wearing overalls with his name embroidered over the chest pocket. The
wit, rousing swordplay and breakneck pace will once again keep kids
hooked.

What I thought: Well these books keep more then kids hooked. I love watching them grow up as the story continue. I can't wait to see what happens between Annabeth and Percy!! It really reminds me of the Harry Potter series. I can't wait to keep reading and see what happens

Guilty Pleasures

Summary: Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her the Executioner. Anita is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law--as long as they don't get too nasty. Now
someone's killing innocent vampires and Anita agrees--with a bit of
vampiric arm-twisting--to help figure out who and why.

Trust is a luxury Anita can't afford when her allies aren't human. The city's most powerful vampire, Nikolaos, is 1,000 years old and looks like a
10-year-old girl. The second most powerful vampire, Jean-Claude, is
interested in more than just Anita's professional talents, but the
feisty necromancer isn't playing along--yet. This popular series has a
wild energy and humor, and some very appealing characters--both dead and
alive.

What I thought: Everything I have read by Laurell Hamilton I have loved!!! She writes these characters that you can't help but fall for...I really wish I could live in the world that she creates! I love Jean-Claude. I really wish he would have been in more of the book tho. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book!!!

Lucky

Summary: In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near
campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's
indomitable spirit - as she struggles for understanding ("After telling
the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their
eyes"); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts
to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs,
managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's
arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling,
and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims
even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: "You save yourself or
you remain unsaved."

What I thought:

I listened to this book and Alice Sebold is the one narrating
it. I think that makes it more....emotional hearing her talk about it. it amazed me how different things are for the victim now a days. They seemed to back it easy on the accused in her case. I was so happy when she won her case! Even tho that wasn't the end of it for here. It affected the rest of her life. So many things that she ended up doing that I don't think she would have done otherwise. Her so called friends should be ashamed of themselves. Everyone started to treat her differently. They all acted like he wanted it to happen.