Melissa+Briggs

__December 6, 2010. Blog 3:__ I am currently reading Glass Houses by Rachel Caine. I'm almost done with it and i absolutly love it so far. Claire hasn't had many encounters with the preppy girls in awhile but she always keeps an eye out for them when she's walking around town. Claire found out that the town really is filled with vampires because while she was at the coffee shop, a vampire approched her and he accidently showed his fangs when he got angry. Claire still feels very frightened because of that incident and she still can't wrap her mind around the fact that vampires really do exist. Claire has also found out that Michael is a ghost...sorta. During the day he's a ghost but as soon as the sun goes down, he turns back into a human. Claire was shocked when she found this out. It was by accident that she found because she was just walking downstairs and she saw Michael curled up on the floor in pain and then he just disapeared. This is all i've read so far. This book is sooo good. The only part that i'm confused about is how Michael is half ghost, half human. It doesn't really make sense to me how this would be possible. I wonder if maybe he died at some point but then he was sorta brought back to life or something... I dont know but i can't really think or any other explanation. I really liked the part where Claire totally kicked a vampires butt ( even though that doesn't really make sense) but it made me laugh when it said that the vampire was crying and that he ran away from her. I hope that by her doing that, it didn't affect what the vampires think of her because I kind of think that they would like gang up on her but I'm not sure. I really hope that doesn't happen. Well, I can not wait to finish this book and i hope it has a good ending! :)

__November 18, 2010. Blog 2:__ Right now I am still reading __Glass Houses__ by Rachel Caine. This book has gotten //really// good since I wrote my last blog. Claire decided to move into the Glass house and vowed never to return to the dorms again. She really likes living with Eve, Michael and Shane, but she feels somewhat like an outcast because she's so shy, which makes it hard to connect with people. Soon after she moved into the Glass house, Claire needed to go to one of her college classes. When she got done with class, Claire ran into the preppy girls from the dorms. They told her she should've gotten out of town while she had the chance. They then call her a bunch of cruel names and push her to the ground. Claire struggled to get up but they held her down and punched her face and body viciously. Eventually they got bored and left Claire to wither in pain by herself. Claire somehow got up and managed to walk the few blocks to her house. When she got there Eve immediatly helped her to the couch and aided her wounds. That's all I've read so far. This book has gotten so good now. I really hope that Claire will be alright and not seriously injured. I don't understand why the preppy girls hate her so much because all she did was correct them when they said something incorrect. I also hope that the preppy girls will leave her alone soon. A part in the book that I didn't like was when Shane got mad at Claire for coming home after dark at only 9:30. It didn't make sense to me why it would be a problem to come home at that time because it seems fairly reasonable. Im beginning to suspect that this town is filled with vampires and only the residents of the town know about them. Claire does not show any signs of knowing about the vampires and she just moved there, so it must only be the residents. I can't wait to find out what happens next. I hope it'l be good!

Soon after I wrote my first blog, I thought that the book I was previously reading, Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard, was very uninteresting and boring so I stopped reading that book. I am currently reading Glass Houses by Rachel Caine. I choose this book because one of my friends recommended it and they also let me borrow the book. It is very good so far. What's happened so far is the main character, Claire, has just moved to Morganville, Texas and is enrolled at the local college there. Soon after she moves into her dorm, Claire is being bullied by a group of "preppy" girls. They make fun of her because she looks different form other people and because she is incredibly smart. Eventually the bullying becomes too much for Claire to handle and she decides to move out and find somewhere else to live. After reading an ad in a newspaper for a roommate, Claire decides to go check out the house. When she arrives at the house, Claire is greeted by a girl named Eve who is "goth". Claire isn't bothered by Eve's looks that much because she was being so nice. After Eve shows her around the house, Claire meets Shane and Michael, Eve's current roommates. This is all I have read so far. This book is very interesting so far because it keeps you on the edge of your seat. It made me wonder what would happen to Claire after she moved away from the preppy girls. I hope that they leave her alone now and she will move in with Eve, Michael and Shane. The only part of the book I don't understand yet is why Michael never seems to be around. When Claire asked Eve where Michael is she said he was always gone during the day... It doesn't make sense to me unless he's a vampire because the cover of the book does have the word vampire on it... I'm not sure yet what the deal with that is. My favorite part of the book so far is when Claire tries to stand up to the preppy girls and she completely embarrasses them. It made me laugh when the book explained how red one of them got. I really hope Michael isn't a vampire and I also hope that everything will work out for Claire in the end. I can't wait to find out what happens next!

My name is Melissa Briggs. I am currently reading Pretty Little Liars: Book 1 by Sara Shepard. It's really good so far and I'm almost half way done with it! I choose this book because I started to watch the TV show that's based off of the books and I really enjoyed the show so i decided to read the books. I found this book at borders when i went there a few weeks ago and i bought it to see how it would compare to the show. So far in the book, it's basically just telling the stories of four teen girls after their friend Allison died. In the first couple chapters it explains that Ali disappeared after a sleepover and then was found dead later on. The whole town was devastated and was sad that she had died. Eventually, the four girls drift apart without Ali and are no longer friends. Then the book skips three years until the girls junior year of high school. One of the characters named Hanna, battles an eating disorder. She has bullimia and basically "transformed" into a really pretty (and skinny) girl because of it and is now very popular. After the girls settle into their school year they begin to get texts from "A" that basically say one of their secrets and how they shouldn't keep secrets. They have no idea who A is and how he or she knows all their secrets. This is as far as i have gotten so far. I absolutely love this book! I think it is very interesting because it does not seem logical that this "A" person can know all of these secrets about these girls but yet it makes you want to keep reading to find out what happens and who A really is. My favorite character would have to be Aria, because she is very interesting and you never really know what's going to happen next with her. I can't wait to finsh this book and figure out what really happened!