Another Book Recommendation

Maximum Ride by James Patterson

These books are soooooo good. I could not put the first one down. I read it in a day. I haven't finished the entire series, but so far so great!!

In order the books are : The Angel Experiment, School's Out-Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning, Max: A Maximum Ride Novel, and Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel (which I believe is due to be released in 2010)

Here is the description for the first book.

Six unforgettable kids-with no families, no homes-are running for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends are products of experiment: they are engineered to fly. And that's just the beginning of their amazing powers. Now they've escaped, and they need to know who made them, who's hunting them, and why they were designed to be superior to all other humans. James Patters calls Maximum Ride: "My favorite story, and probably my best."

Praise for Maximum Ride:

"The key to MAXIMUM RIDE’s success may be that it incorporates concepts familiar to young people.... What makes these characters so appealing is that they have wings and can fly.... Another plus: the book has a feel of a video game.... Fights and flights are nonstop in MAXIMUM RIDE. The writing is visual and cinematic—things that kids expect from their video games, TV cartoon shows, and action movies. And the ending leaves plenty of wiggle room for a sequel."
—USA Today

I'm also pretty sure, they are making this into a movie. Twilight Director, Catherine Hardwicke is rumored to be directing Maximum Ride! I really hope she does better with this one. Sorry, but I pretty much think she ruined Twilight the Movie.

Withering the Ferns

Withering the Ferns by Angstgoddess003

Twilight Fan Fic, Rated MA/NC17, Lemons, OOC, All Human, BPOV

That's right, Angstgoddess003 has done it again! I'm so in love with this girl, I cannot even express it into words. She's freakin' incredible! This story is just as good as Wide Awake, but it is complete! I read the whole thing in a day.

Bella is a rich girl from SoCal and after some recent negative media coverage, decides to visit her father in Forks. While driving, she accidentally rear ends a silver Volvo that is in the middle of the road. Both drivers not completely injured, decide to walk instead of waiting for someone to come by. The driver of the Volvo convinces Bella that he knows a shortcut and leads her through the woods.

After figuring out that his name is Edward, she puts two and two together and realizes that Edward was bad news. Her father, Charlie, head of law enforcement, had told her all about the criminal that Edward was.

So then, what happens when Edward gets them lost? Bella and Edward end up staying in the woods for days, eating only berries and drinking from a river. Bella doesn't think that Edward knows who she is and starts finding herself very attracted to him. Despite his reputation, and despite the situation they are in.

But Edward's bad reputation catches up with him. What will happen when Bella is betrayed by Edward? Read to find out!!

A little piece of the story:

Edward’s large hand, slender fingers splayed across my stomach, clutching me to his chest as he snored softly into the hair at my nape.
We spooned in Forks.
It should be a fucking postcard slogan.
Naturally, when we’d both realized our extremely intimate position, we’d scrambled away from one another, avoiding gazes, running fingers through hair, and clearing throats drowsily. We offered timid grins and only spent a record ten-minutes calling each other names before we were officially out of the “Awkward Zone.”

And this, just because I freaking love it!

Well, in all honesty, I’m still recovering from the total mind-fuck of seeing Edward in a t-shirt and boxers, so all I can do is nod dumbly. I begin wishing that Alice wasn’t his sister so that I can turn to her and gush smugly, “Did you see that? Yeah. I humped that shit.”

The Ex Factor

The Ex Factor by AngelAtTwilight

Rated M, Edward and Bella, Various POV, Lemons, OOC

At first, I was unsure of this story. I mean the plot is just kinda like why-in-the-hell-would-anyone-put-themselves-in-this-situation, but its actually a really really good story. And AngelAtTwilight has a great imagination. It's full of twists and turns.

Edward, Emmett and Alice are all best friends. Edward is casually dating Tanya. Bella and Rosalie are step-sisters, Bella is dating Jasper, and Rosalie is hanging out with Jacob. Bella and Edward are bitter ex's that happened to have shared a large part of their childhood together. Which leads them to be sharing the same cabin for the same three weeks.

So Bella is under the same roof as not only her ex, but also her ex's new girlfriend. Edward is in the exact same situation, but actually finds himself liking Jasper. What happens when they all get snowed in and have no choice but to stay in the house? What happens when Alice finds herself falling for someone inappropriate? And we all know Rosalie and Emmett were made for each other...will she ditch Jacob?

A little piece of the story:

I closed my eyes and leaned forward, tucking my arms beneath her light, warm body. I lifted her up with my legs, tucking her into my chest as I stood. Her head fell onto my right shoulder, and I caught a whiff of her beautiful scent, strawberries and cinnamon, just as I remembered the last time we were this close. Again, I felt my body begin to ache as I pulled her against me, walking out of the room. Her books stayed nestled between her chest and mine, but I didn't mind. I held my breath as I trailed out the door, and up the two sets of stairs lightly.
As I passed the second story, I heard sobbing come from three doors down, followed by a, "shhhh... I've got you, come here," in a soft but hoarse just-woken-up voice. Emmett was comforting Alice... just as I knew he would. Because though that mother fucker could put on a show and pretend he doesn't care, he does. He always has. And he loved Alice like a little sister... and would probably give me a lot of hell in the morning if he finds out what I did.
I continued my tour, all the way up to the third story. She sighed, nuzzling her face into my shoulder, without recognizing it. It caused me to freeze in the hallway, unable to breathe. I looked down at her, and keeping her up with my right arm, I swept the hair out of her face with my left hand... and she was smiling at me. In her sleep.
Like she used to.
I scoffed, forcing myself to move again. She probably thinks you're Jasper or some shit.