Night World: The Ultimate Fan Guide By: L.J Smith

Title: Night World : The Ultimate Fan Guide
Author: L.J. Smith
PAPERBACK
Amount of Pages: 282
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Geared Towards: Teens/Night World fans
Buy: Amazon / Barnes & Nobles



Summary (From B.O.B):

ALL THE SECRETS AND LORE OF THE

NIGHT WORLD-NOW IN ONE SPELLBINDING BOOK!

You loved Secret Vampire and are counting down to the Strange Fate apocalypse. But who was the first made vampire? How do you properly greet a witch? And why are shapeshifters and werewolves rivals? Prepare to test your Night World knowledge with trivia questions from nine books; get the inside information about the clans, the soulmate principle, Circle Daybreak, and the four Wild Powers; and take two quizzes to find out how you fit in the Night World.

Best of all, L.J. Smith shares her inspiration for the series, answers the questions you've been asking, and even reveals fun facts about herself in this official guide. Plus, look for the sneak peek at the dramatic conclusions to the series, Strange Fate!

Wdebo's Review: I've never reviewed a fan guide before, so I'm not really sure how to review it. Even though I don't really see the point of having fan guides since all the information you actually need to know is just in the book itself, but I guess it is cool to see the inspiration/ideas for a book come from.

This fan guide, has looks of fun little quizes and triva questions, but since I've only read the first book it was kinda hard to do the trivia questions (haha) but it was fun, and it's always cool to see fun facts about the author.

Cafe Cover Chat: I've never been a big Night World cover fan, but it is cool to see all the models from the previous three books together. (B-)

All in all, for diehard Night World fans, you will defidently enjoy this guide, for others, its quite entertaining, so I'm not sure :)

Grade: B

Wdebo :)

Thanks to Simon & Schuster for sending me a review copy!~

Kissed By An Angel By: Elizabeth Chandler

Title: Kissed By An Angel
Author: Elizabeth Chandler
PAPERBACK
Amount of Pages: Around 230 per story
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Geared Towards: Teens/Paranormal Romance lovers
Extra Info: Kissed By An Angel is a trilogy that came out in the 90's this is just the bound edition of all three stories.

"'Stop, why don't you stop?' she pleaded. 'Tristan, stop!'

Then the windshield exploded.

For days after, all Ivy could remember was the waterfall of glass."

Summary (From B.O.B): A love beyond life...a danger beyond doubt.

When her boyfriend, Tristan, died, Ivy thought she'd lost everything, even her faith in angels. But now she's discovered her guardian angel-his presence so strong that she can feel the touch of his hand, the beat of his heart. Ivy needs Tristan now more than ever because he knows she's in terrible danger. Only Ivy's guardian angel can save her, now that his killer is after her.

But if Tristan rescues Ivy, his mission on earth will be finished, and he must leave her behind forever. Will saving Ivy mean losing her just when he's finally reached her again?

Wdebo's Review: I really liked Kissed By An Angel, it hits the paranormal love for me, but I was very thankful there was no vampires, haha, WAY too many vampire books right now. The story of having the one you love, and right when you think you've actually accepted his gone-ness he suddenly comes back as a ghost and you can be with him again (even if not for a long time), I think it's just so romantic, so Ghost. That reminds me, the ending reminded me so much of Ghost.

I thought the writing was very good, very good imagry, and a nice mix of characters. Ivy is the all around loveable girl but with a twist, the whole in love with angels, and Suzanne, one of Ivy's best friend, is a total slut (I really don't know how to say it), I really didn't like Suzanne, but I loved Beth, she was the shy, quiet romance-novel writing one, yeah!!

Anyways, if that actually happened to me (the whole loved one coming back as a ghost thing) I would be so happy, but if I find out that he has to go away in a bit, wouldn't that just make me more sad, the idea of losing the one you love twice?

Cafe Cover Chat: Hm, the cover looks ok, the flower looks kinda cool, but I don't really like it. (B-)

All in all, a great trilogy for paranormal romance lovers, and for anyone else in between.

Grade: B+

Wdebo :)

District 9 (Movie)

Title: District 9
Release Year: 2009
Director: Neill Blokamp
Rated: R
Cafe Warning: There is like intense language like the F word every other line and it is very graphic, even though its super safe, but not good for children.
Actor(s): Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van De Merwe
Extra Info: Click HERE to visit the site! It's pretty cool, check it out!


Summary: District 9 is a place for aliens/non-humans more commonly known by their deragatory term "prawns" that came to this earth around 20 years ago, now humans are ralling for them to be shipped away so the Multi-National United (MNU) is getting eviction notices to the aliens to make sure they leave in a day, and the head of this operation? Wikus Van De Merwe, a not entirely bright man.

Wdebo's Review: I am not a big fan of movies like these, but for some reason when I watched the trailer I really really really wanted to watch this movie. When I started watching it, I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen, all I knew was that District 9 was a place for aliens. But for some reason I really enjoyed it, it was surprisingly a very good movie. Except the middle was a bit boring.

The movie is shot in a documentary form, and it was a very good idea, it was like watching this informational thing-y about something that was happening. I am a person who hates graphic pictures and stuff, so I wasn't all that happy with the blood and guts and stuff, but it was seriously really fake, so it wasn't that bad, but still really gross.

After this movie all I could think was "Humans are seriously horrible creatures."

Grade: A-

Wdebo :)

Pretty Little Liars By: Sara Shepard

Title: Pretty Little Liars

Author: Sara Shepard
PAPERBACK
Amount of Pages: 286
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Geared Towards: Teens
Extra Info: This is the first book in the Pretty Little Liars series, you can visit the book's site HERE.

"It was horrible to think Ali might be dead, but...if she was, at least their secrets were safe.

And they were. For three years, anyways."

Summary: Four friends: Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna were bounded together in seventh grade by their ringleader, the gorgeous, glamorous Ali. Spencer is the one always just below Ali, Aria is the "weird" one, Emily is the swimmer and Hanna is the dorky, overweight, loveable one. They were all great friends until the last day of seventh grade when Ali disappered and was never seen again.



Now, it's their junior year and all the girls have grown apart. Spencer is having impure thoughts about her sister's boyfriend. Aria has just come back from Europe and is possibly in love with her English teacher. Emily is crushing on the new girl. And Hanna is no longer cute and cuddly, but sluttier then Paris Hilton.

But then someone keeps texting them, someone who knows all their secrets and how bad they are now, someone who signs off as "A," and she's getting ready to tell the world their secrets.



Wdebo's Review: At first, I honestly didn't think I was going to enjoy this book, the whole "mean girls" books are so cliche and overdone...way too many people have been writing about it, but Pretty Little Liars was actually a very enjoyable book, and I honestly can't wait for Flawless!

The writing was very good, it was entertaining and a quick read, which is always a nice break from very very long books. I actually liked...hm, that might be putting it too nicely...let me rephrase that....I actually enjoyed peeking into the characters lives, god, seriously so much drama, I love the simplicity of my life sometimes :)

But I do like how everyone's problems are diffrent, though I honestly don't think of Hanna's "problem" as technically counting as a problem, seriously, it's her fault, but whatever, they were all very great to read about, the book was actually quite addicting.

Cafe Cover Chat: I like the Pretty Little Liars covers, the dolls and the real people are nice touches, except that yellow is not really that pretty too dull yet bright for my taste. (B+)

All in all, a very good "mean girls" book that is a quick read, but will leave you (well at least, me) wanting the next book in the series.

Grade: A-

Wdebo :)

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Books in the Pretty Little Liars series:

1. Pretty Little Liars
2. Flawless
3. Perfect
4. Unbelievable
5. Wicked
6. Killer
7. Heartless

安靜了-S.H.E

Title: Became Quiet
Chinese Title: 安靜了
Language: Chinese
TTS: Yes, HERE!

Wonderfully, amazing song by S.H.E seriously, total love! There is something so soothing about this one...and all three of them look so pretty.

Hope you enjoy! And please comment!

Wdebo :)

Classic Friday (2): Rosemary's Baby

Merry Christmas!! What do I have for you, well a cult classic "horror" movie review of course :) Enjoy!
Title: Rosemary's Baby

Year: 1968

Director: Roman Polanski

Actors/Actresses: Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse, John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse, Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet and Sidney Blackmer as Roman Castevet.

Rated: R

Synopsis: When Rosemary moves into her new apartment with her husband, Guy Woodhouse, an ambitious but unsuccesful actor, she meets a girl named Terry who tells her about an old couple, the Castevets, who has taken her in, a few days later she kills herself.

The Woodhouses later meet the Castevets, but find them to be a rather odd couple, both Rosemary and Guy make fun of them, Guy especially. But after a while Guy seems to be rather taken with the old couple. One night Minnie brings a chocolate mousse for Guy and Rosemary, Rosemary eats it but thinks it has a "chalky aftertaste," Guy tells her its fine and eat the whole thing, when Guy goes away form the table Rosemary dumps the rest of the mousse out. Later that night, Rosemary has a weird hallucination feeling which at first feels like a dream, but after a bit she realizes its not a dream but that she is part of some weird ritual, there are weird symbols drawn all over her body and a weird thing that rapes with her.

A few days later she finds she is pregnent, but her pregnency is weird she is losing pounds instead of gaining it, her husband won't even look her in the eyes, and her baby seems to be attacking her from within, and she slowly learns about sadistic happenings in their new apartment.

Wdebo's Review: Ok, I know that summary was really, long but I really don't know how to make it shorter, this movie just twists around, but also has that predictable chessy nature that all 60's movies have. But the beginning has totally weird scenes, especially the scene after the chocolate mousse...totally weirdness, especially when you're watching it with your parents :O

But after that it was pretty mild and not that bad, except aggravating like all the other 60's horror movies, just some parts are so ugh, that make you want to scream, why are you going there? There's like 1000 signs that tell you not to go!!

All in all, it was a pretty interesting movie, not my favorite, but after that horribly awkward scene it actually got pretty good, except the ending was VERY unsatisfying...and the props were pretty lol, the "devil" reminded me of the swamp thing and the "baby" looked like Donnie Drako's bunny's offspring.

Grade: B-

Wdebo :)

Sodagreen~

Ok, I can't believe it has taken me so long to find Sodagreen, but I am so happy that I did. This is officially one of my favorite bands...Qing Feng's voice is just so unique but very light and soothing, love it and the whole band is just adorable....they have the cutest personality every, especially Qing Feng!

A little Wiki info first....
Chinese Band Name: 蘇打綠
English Name: Sodagreen
Band Members:
Qing Feng (Voacalist/Songwriter)
Jiang Kai Liou (Electrical Guitar)
Jing-Yang Ho (Ah Fu) (acoustic guitar)
Yu-Chi Gong (Zephyr) (keyboard, viola, dance)
Shin-Yi Shie (Claire) (bass)
Jyun-Wei Shih (Wei) (drums, percussion, songwriting)

When I first listened to Sodagreen (First song was 小情歌 [Little Love Song]) I was taken aback by Qing Feng high voice, but after a bit I got used to it and was just in love with it. This whole band is very amazing and just way talented...Qing Feng's lyrics are simple yet hold a very deep meaning to them and are just well...awesomeness.

So, some songs....

First song is one of my favs...Incomparable Beauty, I am just in love with the first couple of lines, Qing Feng's voice is amazing. English Subbed!

Not subbed by me, subbed by view3045~



Also this song called Behind You, English subbed!

Also subbed by same person~



But my fav song is Little Love Song...which I can't embedd but you can find the english subbed version HERE, this is like one of my fav songs in the whole entire world!!

And for those that understand Chinese, here are clips of Qing Feng just being adorable....

Well, hope you guys enjoy and support the awesome Sodagreen!

Wdebo :)