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Seriously, what can you say about this book that hasn't already been said? I don’t remember anymore where I first read about Justin Cronin’s The Passage, b u t I do remember that, around June or July, almost everyone was talking about it or reviewing it. Never mind that it’s 766 pages long—people read it or wanted to read it. Not a surprise, considering the hype, I guess. And since I’m big on hype, of course I bought it and read it. So, does The Passage deserve its humungous hype? I’d say yes. Not a resounding yes, but a yes all the same. In The Passage , there is a scientific trip to the Amazon government that goes horribly wrong, there is a top-secret government experiment that also goes horribly wrong, and there is the world, changed forever because of both these events. Then there are the people. There’s Brad Wolgast, an FBI agent who, with his partner, rounds up death row inmates to participate in said government experiment. Nice sort of guy who has his own...

Read: 3/16/09 3/5 stars I'm into vampire literature, so i didn't want to pass up a chance to read Darren Shan. After all, it's geared for young adults, like Twilight, though I heard a bit darker. I'm not sure if I agree with the darker part. The protagonist, coincidentally (wink) named after Darren Shan, goes with his best friend to watch an underground freak show, and, due to circumstances that only a teenager with an overactive imagination will get into, ends up having to apprentice himself to a real vampire who works in the freak show. Why don't I think that this is especially dark? Because the vampire himself says that vampires are not really evil creatures. They even shun making vampires out of people who have "bad" blood--people who have it in them to be killers. Also, to transform one into a vampire, one just has to do it through the fingers. The vampire pricks the fingers of the victim with his nails, pricks his own fingers, the two hold their fing...

Read: 3/1/09 4/5 stars The last week has been hectic and work-laden that I couldn't get much reading done. Though the truth of the matter is, I have been reading, but I haven't really been trying to finish what I've been reading. The novel I'm still into begs to be read slowly, so I don't mind obliging. However, to feed my sense of accomplishment, I did purchase the next volume of Vampire Knight so I could finish reading a book before the week is out. The manga was actually my first buy at Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street. Last Saturday was also the first time I stepped inside that bookstore. Mind you, I've been in the vicinity several times before, but I've avoided stepping in because all times, I did not have the budget to buy a new book, and the bookstore looked so pretty and tempting that I thought my heart couldn't take entering that establishment without being able to buy anything. Last Saturday, though, I finally went in and, of the three books ...

Read: 2/22/09 5/5 stars This is a highly amusing and momentous occasion for me. This is my very first manga book! Why did I buy it? Well, first, someone at Play Book Tag kept raving about it and I think I noticed that both of us liked the same sort of books. Then, I was a bit bored while I was waiting at the mall earlier. And when I entered Comic Quest and asked about the book, lo and behold, there it was and i still had some money left. So, I bought it. Truth to tell, I was also a bit curious about the right-to-left reading orientation. Oh, did I mention it's about vampires? Think Twilight, but set in a European high school boarding school where the Day Class is composed of humans and the Night Class of vampires. Then, think of Bella as a disciplinary wcommittee member who keeps the vampires in line, but also protects the humans from knowing that their Night Class counterparts are vampires. Next, think of Edward as still a brooding and powerful vampire, but WAAAAY hotter than Rob...

Read: 2/6/09 4/5 stars This is my first Christopher Moore, and I think I'm in love. Let me explain why... Moore isn't a serious literary writer. So I don't love him for his elegant prose. Nor does he deal with weighty issues. So, not for his depth of insight either. Rather, this is a case of loving the guy who makes you laugh, and not Hamlet. I first heard of Moore when some people were raving over him at down at 50 Book Challenge . The main comment was how funny he is. Now, tell me that a male writer is funny, and I will most likely check the male writer out, which is what I did with Moore. And this, Bloodsucking Fiends, was the only book I could get my hands on for now. I do have a liking for vampire literature, but I don't really pick just any old vampire novel up. (e.g., I have avoided all of Christine Feehan's books) Besides, I didn't pick this book up because it was vampire-themed. Primarily, I just wanted a Christopher Moore book. There'...

By other standards, this is not really a marathon. Specifically, I'm referring to the standards of the power readers at Play Book Tag , who can down 10 books or more in a week. By my standards, though, considering that we're only a little over three weeks into the year, and one-third of the books I've read are Charlaine Harris', I therefore declare this as a marathon. Book 1: Club Dead The third book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, alternatively known as the Southern Vampire mysteries. For those unfamiliar with the Southern Vampire mysteries, the first book in this series, Dead Until Dark, is the basis for the HBO series True Blood . And because I seem to be into vampires (no, not because of Twilight. Although I did enjoy reading those...), I picked up on this series right away after my brief infatuation with Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series (which I'm totally over now). Anyway, Club Dead features a new and, perhaps, unwelcome development in the story-...