Vampire Academy 4 : Blood Promise

Blood Promise is the fourth book in the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. Previously in the series, the main character, Rose, and her true love Dimitri made a pact that if either of them were turned into strigoi, the other would kill them rather than let them roam as an evil vampire. Blood Promise

follows Rose's emotional struggle as she travels to Russia to hunt down Dimitri and fulfill this promise.

Blood Promise's opening week sales put the Vampire Academy series on the New York Times list for children's series, making its best rank to date at #2, just behind the dominant Twilight series.

Vampire Academy 3 : Shadow Kiss

Overview of Book3

Shadow Kiss is a vampire novel written by Richelle Mead. It is the third novel in the Vampire Academy series, and was preceded by Frostbite. The release of the book pushed the Vampire Academy series into the New York Times Best Seller list for the first time, making its debut at #4.

Shadow Kiss continues the story of the main character, Rose Hathaway and her education in becoming a Guardian. Rose knows it is forbidden to love another guardian. Her best friend Lissa- the last Dragomir princess- must always come first. Unfortunately, when it comes to gorgeous tutor Dimitri Belikov, some rules are meant to be broken... Including school rules and the law when she takes her romance with Dimitri to the next step... love.

Then a strange darkness begins to grow in Rose's mind and ghostly shadows warn of a terrible evil drawing nearer to the Academy's iron gates. The immortal undead are closing in, and they want vengeance for the lives Rose has stolen. In a heart stopping battle to rival her worst nightmares, Rose will have to choose between love, life and the two people who matter the most... But will her choice mean that only one can survive?

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Vampire Academy 2 : Frosbite

Overview of Book 2

The story begins with Rose and Dimitri traveling to meet the legendary guardian Arthur Schoenberg for Rose's Qualifier Exam. Once they arrive at the home of the Moroi family he protects, they discover a bloody massacre of the entire family and their guardians, including Arthur by Strigoi. Rose also discovers a silver stake, a magical device which Strigoi cannot touch, meaning the Strigoi must have had human assistance in their attack. The massacre puts the vampire community on high alert, and to keep the students at St. Vladimir's Academy safe, a ski trip to a lodge owned by a wealthy Moroi family is required right after Christmas.

During the ski trip, panic sets in when news of another Strigoi attack on a royal Moroi family spreads, where one of the dead was Mia's mother. During her stay at the lodge, Rose meets a Moroi named Adrian Ivashkov, who shows obvious interest in Rose, and later becomes friendly with Lissa after they both discover they are spirit users. During Adrian's pool party, Mason, his friend Eddie, and Mia begin voicing their opinions about hunting Strigoi. After a heated argument with Dimitri, Rose tells Mason confidential information that Dimitri had given her before about the possible whereabouts of the Strigoi's hideouts. Using Rose's information, Mia, Mason, and Eddie sneak out of the ski lodge and travel to Spokane, Washington, to hunt down the Strigoi themselves. Rose discovers their plan and together with Christian, run out to stop them.

Rose and Christian find the group and convince them to return to the lodge. However, they are ambushed by Strigoi, who hold them captive for days, threatening to kill them. Rose eventually comes up with a plan to escape, and they all manage to get out of the house into the protection of the light, except Rose, who is left fighting two Strigoi. Mason is killed when he returns and attempts to help Rose. Rose then kill both of the Strigoi by beheading them, and then collapses into shock, as Guardians arrive after being informed of where the students were. Once back at St. Vladimir's, Rose receives two molnija marks for her Strigoi kills. Dimitri also tells her that he turned down Tasha's offer to become Lissa's guardian, admitting that his heart is with Rose.

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Bridging the Distance

Since i am in Singapore and my boyfriend is in the Philippines, so everyday i am online. Thank you Skype and YM :D

Here's a video i captured from YM one day when Nelo and I are chatting, we cant do video call on my iphone because im using 3gs. So we can only chat an webcam when im on the lappy.. (But soon i will be able to do videocall.Iphone <3 I want 4g yay)

5 Sundays To Go

Im going home. Confirmed!i have booked my flight a month ago. I miss everyone already, i miss home, my family, my house,a few friends,my boyfriend, my dog.
I got a little of something for everyone but i did not bring so much since im flying without check in but only a hand carry on i also have a laptop to take with me, 15 inches and it weighs around 5 kg?
Going home made me realize a lot of things, theres really no other place like it. However negative thoughts also dwell in me i cant help it. :(
Friends who don't even talk to me before now asking pasalubong. Should i be obliged? People around expects different things or so.. Theres only a little money i have for those extra expenses. Its also sad to realize how the people you treat "friends" will remember you only when you are coming home. "pasalubong", "libre".. Anyway enough of those..
There's only 5 Sundays left. Thats what matters <3

Vampire Academy Book 1

Vampire Academy is the first book in the Vampire Academy series by the American author Richelle Mead. It was listed on the list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. It was also recommended by booklist, teenbookstoo.com, and VOYA. Vampire Academy was also voted number 4 after Eclipse, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid on ALA's teens top ten.The Vampire Academy series was also one of the New York Times Bestseller top ten in the children's books series division.They chronicle the life of 17 year old Rosemarie Hathaway, commonly known as Rose, after she finds that her best friend Vasilisa Dragomir's life may be in danger. Vampire Academy introduces Rose to a world of vampire social classes: the dhampirs, the Moroi, Strigoi, and humans.

Ever since the car accident, Lissa and Rose have been bound together through a unique bond. But weird things have been happening recently and Lissa finds herself in grave danger. Fear made Lissa and Rose run away from the VA but after two years of freedom, they are dragged back to the VA, the very place they are in the most danger. History begins to repeat itself and Lissa is in more danger than ever, now that someone knows their secret. But how can anyone help, when Rose and Lissa barely understand the truth? Determined to protect Lissa, not just from Strigoi but from whatever is out there waiting, Rose trains with Dimitri. As their connection grows, their distraction increases and Lissa's in even more danger now that the time is perfect for their enemy to strike. Will Lissa be saved from her enemy? Can she be saved from herself?

Richelle Mead

Richelle Mead (born November 12, 1976) is a bestselling American fantasy author. She has three ongoing series: the Georgina Kincaid series, the Vampire Academy series, and the Dark Swan series. All are available internationally, including countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

She was born in Michigan, and now lives in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Washington.^[5] She has three degrees: a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Michigan, a Master of Comparative Religion from Western Michigan University, and a Master of Teaching from the University of Washington.Her teaching degree led her to become an 8th grade teacher in suburban Seattle, where she taught social studies and English. She continued writing in her free time, until she sold her first novel, Succubus Blues. After quitting her job to write full time, her other books quickly followed.

Mead actively writes books in three different series. The schedule for this is so demanding that she has to turn out a draft for a new book every three months. This is an extremely fast turnaround compared to the year that most authors take to write a book.

Novels

Georgina Kincaid series

1. Succubus Blues (2007)
2. Succubus on Top (2008) (UK title: Succubus Nights)
3. Succubus Dreams (2008)
4. Succubus Heat (June 2009)
5. Succubus Shadows (released March 30, 2010)
6. TBA

Dark Swan series

1. Storm Born (2008)
2. Thorn Queen (2009)
3. Iron Crowned (scheduled for release early 2011)
4. Title TBA

Vampire Academy Series

1. Vampire Academy (2007)
2. Frostbite (2008)
3. Shadow Kiss (2008)
4. Blood Promise (2009)
5. Spirit Bound (scheduled for release May 18, 2010)
6. Last Sacrifice (scheduled for release December 7, 2010)

Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy is an on going series of six vampire-based fantasy/romance novels by USA Today and New York Times best-selling American author, Richelle Mead. It tells the story of Rose Hathaway, a seventeen year old Dhampir girl, who is training to be a body guard for her best friend, Lissa Dragomir, in St. Vladimir's Academy. She will then find herself caught in a forbidden romance with her instructor, Dimitri Belikov, while having an unbreakable bond with Lissa.

The books

There are to be six books in the series, followed by a spinoff series consisting of six more books. To date, there are some 1.5 million copies of Vampire Academy in print.

1. Vampire Academy, 2007
2. Frostbite, 2008
3. Shadow Kiss, 2008
4. Blood Promise, 2009
5. Spirit Bound, to be released May 18, 2010
6. Last Sacrifice, to be released December 14, 2010

Digital Fortress

Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in 1998 by St. Martin's Press. The book explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens, and the possible civil liberties and ethical implications using such technology.

When the United States National Security Agency's code-breaking machine (TRANSLTR) encounters a mysterious and ingeniously complex code called Digital Fortress that it cannot break, Commander Trevor Strathmore calls in Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician and their head cryptographer, to crack it. She discovers that it was written by Ensei Tankado, a former NSA employee who became displeased with the NSA's intrusion into people's private lives. Tankado intends to auction the code's algorithm on his website and have his partner, "NDAKOTA", release it for free if he dies. Essentially holding the NSA hostage, the agency is determined to stop Digital Fortress from becoming a threat to national security.

Synopsis

When Tankado indeed dies in Seville, Spain, of what appears to be a heart attack, Strathmore sends David Becker (Susan's fiancee) to Seville to recover the ring Tankado was wearing when he died. The ring is rumored to have the code that unlocks Digital Fortress. However, he soon discovers that Tankado gave the ring away immediately before his death. Each person that Becker questions in the search for the ring is murdered one-by-one by Hulohot, a mysterious assassin.. Read more in [My Corner]

The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective fiction novel written by American author Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in Paris's Louvre Museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ of Nazareth having been married to Mary Magdalene.

The title of the novel refers to, among other things, the fact that the murder victim is found in the Denon Wing of the Louvre, naked and posed like Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man, with a cryptic message written beside his body and a pentacle drawn on his stomach in his own blood.

The novel has provoked a popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and Magdalene's role in the history of Christianity. The book has been extensively denounced by many Christian denominations as an attack on the Roman Catholic Church. It has also been criticized for its historical and scientific inaccuracy.

The book is a worldwide bestseller that sold 80 million copies as of 2009[update][1] and has been translated into 44 languages. Combining the detective, thriller, and conspiracy fiction genres, it is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon, the first being his 2000 novel Angels & Demons. In November 2004, Random House published a Special Illustrated Edition with 160 illustrations. In 2006, a film adaptation was released by Sony's Columbia Pictures.