Thirst No.2 by Christopher Pike Review

Hello Bookworms,

It’s been a while since I have done a review of a book purchased by me. These kinds of reviews are so laid back. It’s like talking with your best friend about the book you both love. When I am reviewing books for book tours, I have to be strict. But here, oh I can fangirl as much as I want. Please let me welcome you to:

The “Thirst Vol.2” Review Fangirling (Thank you again Roberta for making me buy almost all his books, LOL. You will have to repay me now, haha. Not kidding!)

For the first volume review click here.

Title: Thirst No.2

Author: Christopher Pike

Blurb: What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true—she is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection to humanity, she begins to understand the weight of life and death decisions. Can Alisa resolve her past and build a new identity,

September's Guide To Reading

Summer is gone. All we can do now is store those warm memories full of sunny days. Now it is time for September. As the season changes, I think that even your reading experience has to change (except the genre. Read whatever you want!) Welcome to my guide to reading in this sweater weather.

In Search of Monster #3: The Long-necked woman

If you have been around here for a while, you may know that I love mythological creatures. Actually, I spend my free time scrolling through Internet sites looking for bizarre, unknown, and unique creatures. Japan seems to have a demon for every occasion, so you should know by now that I absolutely adore Japanese creatures.  They are not the usual creatures you have heard of. Some of them are frightening, and scary, while some others are just weird (but that is okay, because hey we are all a bunch of weirdos)

This new creature I will be talking about is the long necked woman, or rokurokubi . Rokurokubi is part of the yōkai group (monsters in the Japanese folklore)

Now before you get confused, I have to explain to you that there are two types, the one who stretches neck during night, and the one whose head flies around detached from the body (the most dangerous). They are said to have the appearance of a very beautiful, normal lady, but during night their neck stretches, and their head goes finding humans to eat.

Actually, I don’t think of them as evil creatures. They just love to scare humans. Seeing it this way, I love to scare humans too, except I spare you the long neck thing. A lot of Japanese creatures aren’t really evil, probably just playful, or mischievous. When I will put them in my books, I’m sure they won’t be the evil guys.

The way to kill the long-necked woman is by hiding, or killing their body, while their head isn’t there.

I hope you enjoyed this creature.

This is an example of what would happen, if I ever met her. I don’t even seem frightened, haha!

Have a great day!

Happy Scary Reading!

In Search of Monsters #2: A Vampire with High Heels

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Hello bookworms

This is another post for my “In Search Of Monsters” feature/meme (what should I call it?)

So, you may ask “What weird legend did this girl find today?” 

Well, today I am extremely excited to talk about the weirdest creature I have ever heard and I proudly say that this legend is Albanian (my Nationality). I know you have heard of those usual vampires (if not, what are you even doing here?), but this “type” of vampire is definitely unique. It is called “Sampiro”. 
Basically the legend says that Sampiro comes out at foggy nights (dun…dun…Dun!), swaying as it moves, because of the high heels (yes, this creature wears high heels), and it makes kissing sounds. Okay, now this is just weird. When I first found this legend, I thought Sampiro was a crazy ex-girlfriend following her lover, but nope. Even though this sounds funny, actually Sampiro is one of the most frightening creatures.
 A black robe with different layers covers its body and a pair of shining eyes pierce through your soul. If  this creature actually would exist, and I would meet it, I don’t know if I would be laughing or freaking out. I am pretty sure my reaction would be something like this:

“Hahahahahaha….You are so scary! Don’t eat me! AAAAAAAAAAAA…hahahahahaha!”

Okay, okay, I’m kidding. Let’s be real here, my reaction would be:

Anila: “So, can I have an interview with you? You know, I have a blog and I write about these weird creatures.”

Sampiro: *making kissing sounds* Mwah! Mwah!  (Translation: You are the weird one!)

Anila: (not understanding what the creature is saying) Ok, thanks! Then, shall we begin? First question, how were you created?”

Sampiro: Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!(Translation: Girl, you know I’m going to kill you after I constantly drink your blood for days and days.)

Anila: Got it! (writing in my notebook) So, how does it feel like being an unique vampire? Do you feel alone? Do other vampires bully you, because you’re not like them?

Sampiro: Mwah! Mwah!  Mwah! (Translation: I’m not hungry anymore)

Anila: Can you repeat it please?

Sampiro: Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! (Translation: Nope, I’m leaving.)

Sampiro starts running, I stalk him. The tables have turned! Yes, I annoy montsters, so they don’t kill me.

Hope you have a great day!

Happy Scary Reading!

In Search of Monsters #1: Fairies Vs Lemons

Hello World!

Welcome to my own feature "In Search of Monsters"

If you have been around here for a while, you probably know that I love legends. In fact, when I was little, I used to stay with old people, rather than play with kids, just to listen the creepy legends they would tell. And the most terrible thing is that I believed them, I believed them all! -_-  They once told me there was a witch staying at my balcony... I still don't go there.

As time passes by, I  become even more intrigued by legends and even more obsessed with them. But the more legends I hear or read, the weirder they seemed. Even though I am completely in love with the way those stories can scare us, let's admit it that sometimes they are just bizarre.

So, let's analyze them. As for the first legend, I have taken "Fairies VS Lemons", just because I wanted something simple to start with, reserving for later my country's vampire with high heels. 

As you may know every creature, bad or good, has a weak point, just like for example vampires cannot stand garlic (that is weird as well). Because these creatures are immortal, there should be some sort of hope for us mortals to combat them. But my question is "Why do we need to fight fairies?"

I know there are evil fairies (I am talking about literature, not real world), but usually fairies are tiny, cute, human like beings with butterfly wings. Why do you want to KILL them?

And worse, why should we kill them with lemons?

Legends say that lemons are poisonous to fairies. Of course it depends what kind of fairies we are talking about. I don't know why, but I feel like since the lemon is a small evergreen tree, and fairies like trees and nature... shouldn't they be best friends or something? Shouldn't the lemon tree be their home?

Personally, I prefer the version where fairies are killed with iron, it makes more sense to me.

But enough talking about me, you should be the one telling your opinion at the comments section below! Whether you are a writer, or a reader, what do you think?

Do you agree with the lemon version, or do you think that is just weird?

Make sure you comment.

Now, it's time to go! See you next time :)

Have a wonderful day!