Title: Team Human
Author: Justine Larbalestier & Sarah Rees Brennan
Published: July, 2012 by HarperTeen
Pages: 344
Rating:  
Purchase: The Book Depository

Just because Mel lives in New Whitby, a city founded by vampires, doesn’t mean she knows any of the blood-drinking undead personally. They stay in their part of town; she says in hers. Until the day a vampire shows up at her high school. Worse yet, her best friend, Cathy, seems to be falling in love with him. It’s up to Mel to save Cathy from a mistake she might regret for all eternity!

On top of trying to help Cathy (whether she wants it or not), Mel is investigating a mysterious disappearance for another friend and discovering the attractions of a certain vampire wannabe. Combine all this with a cranky vampire cop, a number of unlikely romantic entanglements, and the occasional zombie, and soon Mel is hip-deep in an adventure that is equal parts hilarious and touching. Acclaimed authors Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan team up to create a witty and poignant story of cool vampires, warm friendships, and the changes that test the bonds of love.

Final Thoughts:
This book should have come with a warning label. I almost choked my own incessant laughter amongst a fit of coughing and spluttering. I was constantly grinning like a kid on Christmas over how thoroughly I found myself loving Mel and her vampire-boyfriend eradicating ways. Breathing sarcasm, and backed by a heavily rooted disliking of vampires that wanted to date her friends, Mel was the kind of character you just glom onto and don’t want to let go of. The plot seemed a little flimsy to start with, but it quickly grew beyond the initial premise, adding in a mystery, angsty friends, and cute guys.

Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Titles link back to Goodreads
• Team Human by Justine Larbalestier & Sarah Rees Brennan (purchased)
• Kamikaze Boys by Jay Bell (won)
• Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent (purchased/thanks to publisher)

So it’s been a few weeks, but I haven’t been getting many books lately–couple that with moving house again, and an utter lack of reading time that came with that and you end up with absence of things to post. I actually got both of those Before I Wake‘s the week before and moved it to the top of my pile. I really like that series–especially If I Die, so it was good to come back to Kaylee and her gang. I’ll probably be starting Team Human in the next few days. It’s co-author by Sarah Rees Brennan–one of my favourites–so I’m pretty excited to see what she’s come up with. A girl trying to stop her best friend from dating a vampire…yes, I wanna read that! Also, thanks to Jay Bell for sending me a signed copy of his book. It carries the pink theme along nicely. Anyway, that’s about it for me this week. Happy reading 😀

Here are my latest reviews if you want to check them out:
Fukuda, Andrew The Hunt #1, The Hunt
Green, John, Looking For Alaska
Vincent, Rachel Soul Screamers #6, Before I Wake

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by The Story Siren, which allows bloggers to share what books they’ve received in the past week. They can be from stores, contests, tours or publishers!

• Reckless by Cornelia Funke (purchased)
• The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan (purchased)
• The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan (purchased)
• The Demon’s Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan (purchased)
• Infamous by Sherrilyn Kenyon (purchased)
• Spellbound by Rachel Hawkins (purchased)
• Dead Sky Morning by Karina Halle (thanks to Author)
• Lying Season by Karina Halle (thanks to Author)
• Torn by Amanda Hocking (thanks to Publisher)
• Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson (purchased)

I hardly get hardcovers since they don’t sell them in Australia very often, so I thought I’d treat myself on book depository and buy all of the Demon’s Lexicon series and a few others I’ve been wanting. I’m obsessed with Sarah Rees Brennan’s writing, so I knew I had to buy these, even though I already have the UK/Aus paperbacks. I’m behind on both the Chronicles of Nick and Hex Hall series. I read the first books in each, bought the second, and then let them sit gathering dust for a year. I’ve been reading Fated over the past couples days, so when my friend, Brittany, and I went to the Claudia Gray signing in Brisbane yesterday, I saw Hunting Lila on the shelves at Dymocks and gave in and grabbed it. I did get four other books when I stopped by Big W this week, but I’m at my parents’ house this weekend, so they’re going to have to wait until next week’s IMM.

Here are my latest reviews if you want to check them out:
Williams, Avery Incarnation #1, The Alchemy Of Forever

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Waiting on Wednesday was started by Breaking the Spine and serves to showcase those pesky books that aren’t released yet, but that we’re eagerly awaiting! You can click the title to add to Goodreads. This week, my WoW is…

Title: Team Human (Team Human #1)
Authors: Justine Larbalestier & Sarah Rees Brennan
Published: July, 2012 by Harper Teen

When a vampire shows up at Mel’s high school, it’s up to Mel to keep her best friend from falling in love with him. Add a mysterious disappearance, a cranky vampire cop, a number of unlikely romantic entanglements, and the occasional zombie, and soon Mel is hip-deep in an adventure that is equal parts hilarious and poignant.

I’m not sure if that’s the final synopsis, as it seems a bit short. Still, I can’t wait to get my hands on this one. A girl trying to save her best friend from the hot vampire guy who’s just rocked up at school sounds like an awesome book. Plus, with Sarah Rees Brennan as one of the authors, there’s no way I can’t read this.

Touch Jus Accardo	Warm Bodies Isaac Marion	Dawn Of Darkness Daniel A. Kaine
If I Die Rachel Vincent	Stick Andrew Smith	Burn Bright Marianne de Pierres
Forever Maggie Stiefvater	Black Swan Rising Lee Carroll	All These Things I’ve Done Gabrielle Zevin
Raised By Wolves Jennifer Lynn Barnes	The Demon’s Surrender Sarah Rees Brennan	White Cat Holly Black
Alpha Rachel Vincent	City Of Fallen Angels* Cassandra Clare	Unraveled* Gena Showalter

* Review not available

Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, where people spread the book love by following around the blogosphere! The featured blogs this week are Belle Books and Stuck In Books, and this week’s question is:
If you could write yourself a part in a book, what book would it be and what role would you play in that book?

Well I’d love to be in The Demon’s Surrender, the characters are snarky and nothing short of amazing. While I do love each and every one of them, I think their lives are way too dangerous for me. The ever-impending prospect of death via demons or crazed magicians, or demons working with crazed magicians. No I’ll stay where I am or maybe just pop in and give Jamie a hug and then get the hell out of there before Nick starts menacing me with his giant sword. I actually wouldn’t mind writing myself into Hush, Hush or probably Crescendo. I’d make myself one of Patch’s friends so I could worm my way into Nora’s life. Then when she’d invariably do something stupid, I’d slap some sense into her, and maybe teach her how to read street signs.

Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, where people spread the book love by following around the blogosphere! The featured blogs this week are Teen Fiction Centre and Steph Likes Books, and this week’s question is:
How has your reading habits changed since you were a teen? or If you are still a teen what new genres are you in love with currently?

As a teen, the only things I read were the books we got assigned at high school and even then, I’d try and read as little as possible and just get the essay over and done with. School really doesn’t make reading fun. I think around age 11 or 12 (the tween years) I was reading the occasional TV tie-in book because I loved Charmed and wanted more of it in between episodes. The only other books I read as a teen were the Twilight series, and I thought they were amazing at the time, but really I had nothing to compare them to.

It wasn’t until around January this year that I got back into reading and realised what I’d been missing. So now I’m verging on 22, and I’m addicted to books. I’ve bought about 120 of them since January. I love the vampire genre, whether they be good, evil or confused. Urban fantasy always seems to attract me too, especially Sarah Rees Brennan’s Demon’s Lexicon trilogy. If I had to survive with only one book for the rest of my life, it would be that one. I love me some Nick Ryves, best character ever.