Showing posts with label L.J. Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label L.J. Smith. Show all posts

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Halloween Books - Witches!

A witch costume was always my go to costume when I was a teenager.  It's easy, but very customizable too!  To get you in the mood for the holiday, here are a list of books with witches~


When Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she is exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.
Born into a family of witches, seventeen-year-old Tamsin is raised believing that she alone lacks a magical "Talent," but when her beautiful and powerful sister is taken by an age-old rival of the family in an attempt to change the balance of power, Tamsin discovers her true destiny.
A centuries-long war between daimons and witches sets the stage for three teens caught up in a deadly struggle for power and autonomy in the exotic and otherworldly Carnival of Souls, the mercantile center of the daimon dimension
When the owner of a candy shop molds magical treats that instill confidence, bravery, and passion, eighteen-year-old Gretchen's haunted childhood memories of her twin sister's abduction by a witch-like monster begin to fade until girls start vanishing at the annual chocolate festival.
Prompted by her love for the seemingly-doomed Sebastian, sixteen-year-old Evie Johnson returns for another term at the strangely sinister Wyldcliffe Abbey School where she and two close friends try to develop and combine their newly-discovered powers to save Sebastian and themselves from the encroaching forces of evil.
When prep school newcomer Emma Conner meets the rich, charming Brendan Salinger, she is instantly attracted to him, but strange visions of her past lives begin warning her to stay away or face a cursed prophecy that she will die.
Cassie is drawn into the Secret Circle, a coven of young witches whose power has controlled New Salem for three hundred years, and when she falls hopelessly in love with the leader's boyfriend, she is tempted to use dark powers.
Sixteen-year-old Lexi, who lives on an enchanted moor at the edge of the village of Near, must solve the mystery when, the day after a mysterious boy appears in town, children start disappearing.
In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.
Living in New York City with her mother and her younger sister, Miri, fourteen-year-old Rachel tries to persuade Miri, who has recently become a witch, to help her become popular at school and to try to stop their divorced father's wedding.
A girl finds herself running through the forest at the edge of a village with no memory of anything, even her own name, and later learns that she might be twelve-year-old Isabelle, believed to be stolen by a witch six years before.
Graphic Novels~

Schools may lock up for the night, but class is in session for an entirely different set of students. In the Nightschool, vampires, werewolves, and weirns (a particular breed of witches) learn the fundamentals of everything from calculus to spell casting. Alex is a young weirn whose education has always been handled through homeschooling, but circumstances seem to be drawing her closer to the Nightschool. Will Alex manage to weather the dark forces gathering?
Nonfiction~

A volume of spells and Wiccan lore, including such spells as "Contact someone who has died," "Getting your crush to fall for you," and "Make colleges beg for you."
Forget flying broomsticks, this book unveils the real workings of the Wiccan Craft. Gwinevere Rain, a practitioner since she was 14, shares her insights and experiences as she illuminates the true practice of Wicca. Confessions of a Teenage Witch reveals such essentials as how to: set up a sacred altar, form a personal circle casting, celebrate Wiccan holidays and harness the full power of the moon.
Embracing both the spiritual and the practical, Wicca for Beginners is a primer on the philosophies, culture, and beliefs behind the religion, without losing the mystery that draws many students to want to learn. Detailing practices such as grounding, raising energy, visualization, and meditation, this book offers exercises for core techniques before launching into more complicated rituals and spellwork.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Happy Birthday Lisa Jane!

You all might know her better as L.J....as in L.J. Smith, author of the Vampire Diaries, Secret Circle, and more!  Now Miss L.J. has alot of books, so let me lay out the series for you, as a little gift to you on her birthday :)

Vampire Diaries (original)

1. The Awakening
2. The Struggle
3. The Fury
4. Dark Reunion

Vampire Diaries: The Return

1. Nightfall
2. Shadow Souls
3. Midnight

Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries

1. Origins
2. Bloodlust
3. The Craving
4. The Ripper
5. The Asylum
6. The Compelled

Vampire Diaries: The Hunters

1. Phantom
2. Moonsong
3. Destiny Rising

Secret Circle

1. The Initiation
2. The Captive
3. The Power
4. The Divide
5. The Hunt
6. The Temptation


Those are the two big ones, but if you want to see everything she's written (and there is alot more!)  you can check it out here on her fantastic fiction page.  Enjoy!!!

Oh and of course, Happy Birthday L.J Smith!  We Love your books :)

Saturday, March 3, 2012

March's New Books - Part 5

Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
When fourteen-year-old Everett Singh's scientist father is kidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves a mysterious app on Everett's computer giving him access to the Infundibulum--a map of parallel earths--which is being sought by technologically advanced dark powers that Everett must somehow elude while he tries to rescue his father.

 The Hunger Pains: A Parody by Stefan Petrucha
Presents a humorous spoof on the novel "The Hunger Games," which follows the efforts of a young girl who is roped into a survival contest in order to save her community in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world.

Americus by MK Reed
Oklahoma teen Neal Barton stands up for his favorite fantasy series, The Chronicles of Apathea Ravenchilde, when conservative Christians try to bully the town of Americus into banning it from the public library.

Scored by Lauren McLaughlin
Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a "score" that determines their future potential. This score has the ability to get kids into colleges, grant scholarships, or destroy all hope for the above. Imani's score is brought down when her best friend's score plummets. Where do you draw the line between doing what feels morally right and what can mean your future? 

 Phantom by L. J. Smith
After Elena Gilbert and vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore help save their town from a demonic spirit, a new evil arrives and sets its sights on Elena, but this time she will only have one brother to protect her.


Sunday, January 1, 2012

New books for the new year =)

Here are the first new books of 2012 for the YA section!

Naruto, vol. 54 by Masashi Kishimoto
Naruto and his team engage in an intense battle with the Akatsuki organization as both sides seek the power to determine the future of their land. Internecine fighting weakens the Akatsuki, but will their dark forces sideline Naruto?! (Jan. 3rd)

 Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
Eighteen-year-old vampire princess Jessica Packwood is in for the fight of her life--and her husband's--when Lucius is accused of a horrible crime and Jessica, trying to prove herself worthy of the throne, faces betrayal by those closest to her.

 Shimmer by Alyson Noel
Riley, dead at age twelve and now a Soul Catcher, works with her teacher Bodhi to help Rebecca, the daughter of a former plantation owner who, furious about being murdered during a 1733 slave revolt, is keeping those who died with her from crossing over.

 On the Come Up by Travis Hunter
Growing up in the heart of the Atlanta ghetto, siblings DeMarco and Jasmine Winslow have developed a talent for survival. By the time DeMarco was fifteen, being locked up was better than being at home. So whenever he got hungry or cold or just plain tired of living in the ghetto, he'd steal something and make sure he got caught. Jasmine, DeMarco's twin sister, hasn't had the luxury of vacationing in juvie. She's had to balance being an honor roll student with fighting off advances from her mother's boyfriend. After her mom sides with her boyfriend, Jasmine's out on the streets and running with the DIVAs, a rough group of girls.

 iBoy by Kevin Brooks
Sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was an ordinary Londoner until an attack that caused fragments of an iPhone to be embedded in his brain, giving him incredible knowledge and power, but using that power against the gang that attacked him and a friend could have deadly consequences.

 Stefan's Diaries: The Ripper by L. J. Smith
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The year is 1888, and the scent of blood lingers heavy in the London air.  Stefan Salvatore thought he could escape his violent origins by settling in the peaceful countryside of England, but when a heinous murderer named Jack the Ripper surfaces, Stefan fears darkness will always follow him.  Drawn into the investigation, Stefan assumes the worst: This is the work of a vampire.  And the more he learns, the more he becomes convinced that the killer is someone close to him- and that he can never outrun his past.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

How oooold are you nowww, L.J. Smith?

Just kidding.  It isn't nice to ask a lady how old she is!  But it is plenty nice to wish someone a happy birthday.  So, happy birthday L.J. Smith.  We love you for bringing us the Vampire Diaries! (Miss G loves this tv show!)