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 &lt;div&gt;Adam&amp;#39;s first single off his new album finally arrives and it&amp;#39;s hot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <title>You do have to wonder. Why have a government if you don&#39;t want it to govern?</title>
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            <description>    &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/rupert-cornwell/rupert-cornwell-why-cant-the-us-learn-to-love-its-government-1816868.html&quot;&gt;http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/rupert-cornwell/rupert-cornwell-why-cant-the-us-learn-to-love-its-government-1816868.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Rupert Cornwell: Why can&amp;#39;t the US learn to love its government?&lt;/h1&gt;
	

&lt;p class=&quot;tagline&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 1.25em;&quot;&gt;Out of America: Suspicion of rulers dates to the founding of the nation – and even Obama is unlikely to change that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;/p&gt;What is it about Americans and government? The
tea-party crowd were back in town the other day – more than 5,000 of
them, gathered on the West Lawn of the Capitol to rail against the
historic healthcare reform bill that the House of Representatives is
expected to pass this weekend.

		&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;The
passions the measure has generated among its Republican opponents have
been remarkable. One Republican Congresswoman has declared that health
reform was a greater threat to America than Osama bin Laden and global
terrorism, while John Boehner, the party&amp;#39;s leader in the House, urged
the protesters to join Republicans in &amp;quot;defending our freedom&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;A neutral observer would not know whether to laugh
or cry at this so-called &amp;quot;Super Bowl of Freedom&amp;quot;, featuring inter alia
a giant banner describing the proposals as &amp;quot;National Socialist
Healthcare, Dachau, Germany, 1945&amp;quot;. Yes, the tea-party movement,
currently touring the country, contains more than its share of cranks
and nutters. But the fringes, too, can express political truths. This
particular truth is that Americans just can&amp;#39;t bring themselves to love
government. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;When President Barack Obama came to power, the
stage seemed set for government activism unmatched in decades. The
parallels with the early 1930s were palpable. Talk of a second Great
Depression was everywhere, economists were urging a &amp;quot;new New Deal&amp;quot;,
Franklin Roosevelt was suddenly back in fashion. Nine months on,
however, the urgency seems to have vanished. And why this cooling of
reformist ardour? True, the economy has improved (though not by much,
as evidenced by the news that unemployment last month rose to 10.2 per
cent, the highest level in a quarter of a century.) The huge deficits
being run up by Washington are also legitimate cause for concern. A
more important reason though is America&amp;#39;s ancestral suspicion of
government.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;The governors&amp;#39; elections in New
Jersey and Virginia last week, in which Mr Obama&amp;#39;s Democrats were
soundly defeated, were largely local affairs. But in so far as they
sent a message to the party that controls the White House and both
chambers of Congress, the message was plain: slow down, the voters
said, don&amp;#39;t force change down the people&amp;#39;s throats. With a young and
charismatic President who won power by promising change, it&amp;#39;s easy to
forget that the US is a conservative country. Mr Obama triumphed in
2008 not by harnessing a vast tide of liberalism, but by persuading the
wavering centre that he was a better bet than another four years of
discredited Republican policies. In Virginia and New Jersey, exit polls
showed, the centrists (moderates, independents, call them what you
will) changed their minds and decided to put on the brakes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;A
fascinating Gallup survey last month found that despite the Democrats&amp;#39;
victories in 2006 and 2008, fully 40 per cent of Americans, more than
ever, describe themselves as conservative, while 36 per cent call
themselves moderates. Only 20 per cent are avowed liberals. It&amp;#39;s not a
question of government having failed the country. It&amp;#39;s just that
Americans aren&amp;#39;t comfortable with the beast when its role, as now,
threatens to expand – even when the deficiencies of the unfettered free
market have never been more glaring.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;Mr Obama
secured his record-breaking $787bn stimulus package last February,
albeit with virtually no Republican support. But that might be it. Yes,
the House will probably pass a version of healthcare reform, but the
measure could yet founder in the Senate, where party discipline is
weaker, and a 60 per cent majority is required to pass anything of
significance. If it does fail, it will basically be for fear that the
reform amounts to a &amp;quot;government takeover of healthcare&amp;quot;. The most
contentious part of the bill is the &amp;quot;public option&amp;quot; – whereby a
publicly financed scheme would be set up to provide some competition to
rapacious private insurers. But that option now hardly dares speak its
name. Leading Democrats prefer to speak of a &amp;quot;consumer option&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;And
health care is but one of three massive public policy issues on the
table, beside a green energy programme to combat climate change, and
regulation of the financial markets, aimed at preventing a repeat of
last year&amp;#39;s crisis. But there&amp;#39;s no guarantee any of them will get
through. For Europeans, all three would be no-brainers: assured health
coverage for all (or rather almost all), steps to reduce both pollution
and imports of costly foreign oil, and curbs on the excesses of Wall
Street. Not so in the US – because each implies a substantial increase
in the role of government.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;And it has been ever
thus. Suspicion of government is as old as the Republic. The movement
that turned up on Capitol Hill again last week takes its name, of
course, from the Boston Tea Party of 1773. Americans like to see their
War of Independence as a revolution against government – back then the
far-away government in London that taxed the colonies without allowing
them representation – and the habit has never died.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;These
days, one thing unites every presidential candidate: a readiness to
denounce the federal government in Washington and all its works. That
the candidate in question might have made a long and comfortable career
in that den of corruption and iniquity makes not a scrap of difference.
Usually – as now – the sentiment works to the advantage of Republicans,
but not always. Sometimes, the beneficiary can be a genuine outsider
like the eccentric Texan businessman Ross Perot, who in 1992 came
closer to winning the White House than any independent in 80 years.
Sometimes it takes on the hyperbolic aspect of the tea-party crowd, and
last summer&amp;#39;s raucous town-hall protests against health reform. And on
occasion it spills over into tragedy, into the raw hatred of Timothy
McVeigh, who blew up the federal government building in Oklahoma City
in 1995, killing 168 people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;No one is more
aware of how distrust of government is part of America&amp;#39;s collective
political DNA than Mr Obama. Whether he can tame it is another matter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;font-null&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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&amp;#160;&amp;#160;I have read what I consider the top three Vampire Romance/Mystery book series that are out there. &amp;#160;My Vampire interest was recently acquired through the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, however I searched for&amp;#160;a more adult approach on the subject matter and this is what I recommend. &amp;#160;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;Sookie Stackhouse (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) by Charlaine Harris. &amp;#160;There are currently 8 books in the series with the next book due out in May. &amp;#160;I read these books before HBO picked up the series True Blood which is based on them. &amp;#160;I find the show to be slow, but that is probably because I am years down the road in Sookie Stackhouse&amp;#39;s life. (and you can never really fully adapt a book to the screen you just miss all of the characters thoughts and feelings)&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The series takes place in Louisiana and is about Sookie who is telepathic, works in a bar, lives with her grandmother, and does not have luck with men. &amp;#160;Through recent laws passed vampires are now legal citizens. &amp;#160;This has changed life in the small town of Bon Temps. &amp;#160;The town is very racist to the newly revealed vampires. &amp;#160;Bill the vampire moves in next door to her and she discovers that she cant hear his thoughts or the thoughts of any other vampire. &amp;#160;Bill becomes her boyfriend and with that relationship she goes deep into the vampire community and catches the eye of many other vampires. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The series includes Shape Shifters, Ware Animals, Witches, Fairies and few other magical creatures that make this world very interesting and unpredictable. &amp;#160;There is a string of different love interest throughout the series that will have you wanting more. &amp;#160;There is also always someone who is trying to get Sookie killed or put in danger the ones she loves. &amp;#160;I recommend this series as an introduction to the Vampire Romance/Mystery category. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    









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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; The next series I recommend is Riley Jensen (Guardian&amp;#160;Series) by Keri Arthur. &amp;#160;I have read 6 of the 7 books in the series and I intend to complete the 7th in the next few days. &amp;#160; The next&amp;#160;installment&amp;#160;in the series is due out in October. This series is about Riley Jenson half Vampire half&amp;#160;Werewolf. &amp;#160;This series dives more into the&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;werewolf&amp;#160;side of things that is lacking from the other series. &amp;#160;It follow her and her job which starts off as an office worker it the Directorate of Other Races but it evolves into the&amp;#160;Guardian&amp;#160;job that her boss keeps steering her towards. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Riley&amp;#39;s twin brother is kidnapped and with a naked Vampire who has amnesia that is on her doorstep she sets out to find her brother. &amp;#160;These books have a lot of fight scenes that are very visual, it is real easy to hold your breath through a few pages before you realize you are even doing it. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Riley goes through a string of conflicted lovers and relationships that leaves you as a reader unable to decide who to pull for. &amp;#160;The nonstop action makes these books a very fast read. &amp;#160;This series takes you deep into an unknown world that you could never imagine existed. &amp;#160;I recommend this book if you are looking for a good Vampire Romance/Mystery with a window into the world or&amp;#160;Werewolves. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    










    
    
    









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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The final and my favorite of the three series is the Anita Blake (Vampire Hunter) by Laurell K Hamilton. &amp;#160;I have read 15 of the 16 books in the series (I cant seem to find a copy of Blood Noir anywhere and had to place a special order that is taking forever to come in) &amp;#160;The 17th in the series is due out in June. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;This series is about Anita Blake who is a necromancer (someone who raises zombies) by day and a legal vampire hunter by night. &amp;#160;She is known in the vampire world as The Executioner because of her high kill count. &amp;#160;Anita also a part of the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team RPIT which is the department of the police that deals in all crimes involving a monster of sorts. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Anita is torn between relationships and and her own moral hang-ups. &amp;#160;This series goes deep into the Vampire and Werewolf community and a few other things that seen to fit right into this world of mayhem. &amp;#160;Hamilton has done a really good job with describing this world so that you can imagine everything that Anita is experiencing. &amp;#160;You also get to learn about weapons, which was never really my thing but it is put out there in such an interesting way that you can&amp;#39;t help but want more. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;This series is never dull for even a moment, you are constantly taken from one thing to the next without any time to breathing. &amp;#160;There is also such a long list of characters that you never get bored with the same personalities. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;I highly recommend this series to anyone who is interested in the Vampire Romance/Mystery. &amp;#160;One of the best things about it is the amount of books in the series. &amp;#160;I read very fast reader and I was on this series of books for awhile and never got bored. &amp;#160;I cant wait for the next book in the line up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Any book suggestions or comments please let me know!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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 &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;SPOILER ALERT!!!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;#160;Ok so I finished the book. I thought it was too short, but I guess I just cant get enough of this series and will always want more.&amp;#160;Out of the entire series this installment was my least favorite, however&amp;#160;I&amp;#160;still could not put it down. In my opinion, the flaw with this book was that there was not an actual&amp;#160;villain, but it looks like Jason will be moving to the list of main&amp;#160;characters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Here is the blurb from the back of the book.&amp;#160;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;#39;-editor-proxy&amp;#39;;&quot;&gt;ow the Old Bastard&amp;#39;s Dying and I Won&amp;#39;t Have Time to Forgive Him Before He Goes......Jason Schuyler is a werewolf. He&amp;#39;s also one of Anita Blake&amp;#39;s best friends, and sometimes her lover. And right now he needs her--not to be a vampire hunter, or a federal marshal, or a necromancer, or even for her rank in the werewolf pack, but because his father is dying. He needs Anita because she&amp;#39;s a pretty woman who loves him, who can make him look like an everyday guy, who agrees to go home with him and help him say good-bye to the abusive father he never loved. The fact that&amp;#160;Jason&amp;#160;is about as much an everyday guy as Anita is a pretty woman is something they figure they can keep under wraps for a couple of days in small town. How hard can it be? &amp;#160;Marmee Noir, ancient mother of all vampires, picks this weekend to make a move. Somehow she has cut the connection that binds Anita and Jean-Claude unable to sense what is happening. Dangerous even as she sleeps, buried in darkness for a thousand years somewhere beneath the old country of Europe, Marmee Noir reaches out toward power. She has attacked Anita before, but never like this. In Anita she senses what she needs to make her enemies tremble.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Here is the breakdown of what happened. &amp;#160;Nathaniel talks Anita into going&amp;#160;with&amp;#160;Jason to see his&amp;#160;terminally&amp;#160;ill father in North Carolina, and to&amp;#160;convince&amp;#160;him that Anita is his girlfriend and Jason is not gay. &amp;#160;It&amp;#160;starts&amp;#160;out&amp;#160;with&amp;#160;the&amp;#160;usual Anita&amp;#160;hang-ups&amp;#160;about her relationships&amp;#160;with&amp;#160;the&amp;#160;men in her life and now finding herself alone with Jason. &amp;#160;She discovered that she is having more feelings for Jason than their normal&amp;#160;friends&amp;#160;with benefits relationship, even without the &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ardur &lt;/span&gt;into play. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Jason is mistaken for a distant cousin Keith, who&amp;#160;happened&amp;#160;to be the governors troublemaking son, who is back in town to get married. &amp;#160;This causes a little conflict because Keith has run off with the master of the city&amp;#39;s wife, and there are vampires out to kill him, and&amp;#160;of course&amp;#160;they think Jason is him. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In the meantime Marmee Noir decides to try and make Anita her human servant and raises the &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;ardur&lt;/span&gt;&amp;#160;to a level that it has never been before. This causes Anita to almost change into a tiger, Marmee Noir&amp;#39;s animal to call. &amp;#160;She&amp;#160;also&amp;#160;managed to put out a call to all of the waretigers across the country. &amp;#160;She then wakes up in the hotel room two days later with Jason and two strange waretigers and&amp;#160;doesn&amp;#39;t&amp;#160;remember much. &amp;#160;As it turns out Anita rolled Crispin one of the tigers from Vegas and he becomes addicted to the ardur.&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Jean Claude sends Richard to check on Anita when he could not feel her&amp;#160;through&amp;#160;the marks because their connection was temporarily cut by Marmee Noir&amp;#39;s attempts to mark Anita.&amp;#160;Apparently Anita broke Marmee Noir&amp;#39;s hold on her by making Jason her Wolf to call and Marmee&amp;#39;s cat was scared away. Anita doesn&amp;#39;t realize that she did it until Richard comes and can tell because Jason&amp;#39;s smell changed, and they are now aware of each others thoughts and feelings. &amp;#160;Somehow the ardur is transfered to Richard and he tries to use it on Anita but is stopped by Jason. &amp;#160;As always he gets angry with Anita because she will not&amp;#160;solely&amp;#160;commit to him and he leaves. &amp;#160;Anita and Jason return to St Louis where I&amp;#39;m sure the next book will try and sort out all of the new drama with the addition of Jason as Anita&amp;#39;s animal to call. &amp;#160;Also Jean Claude said that per vampire&amp;#160;etiquette&amp;#160;Anita has to meet with all of the tigers that will respond to her call.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;I only touched on the parts of the book that I think are essential to the Anita Blake story line. &amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(143, 66, 173);&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;#39;-editor-proxy&amp;#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 153, 51);&quot;&gt;Book 1 of 50 in 365 Challenge! &lt;/span&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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For it’s no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that’s exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used—and discarded—in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch one fiend, another series of brutal slayings shocks the vampire world of her lover, Quinn. So the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil—or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter, the rogue wolf Kye Murphy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Riley has threatened Murphy with arrest if he doesn’t back off the investigation, but it’s Riley who feels handcuffed by Kye’s lupine charm. Torn between her vamp and wolf natures, between her love for Quinn and her hots for Kye, Riley knows she’s courting danger and indulging the deadliest desires. For her hunt through the supernatural underworld will bring her face-to-face with what lurks in a darkness where even monsters fear to tread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana; &quot;&gt;Here is the real rundown. &amp;#160;Riley is on the hunt for a vampire murderer using zombies to do their dirty work and comes across Kye&amp;#39;s path (he was the guy that did some previous work for Anita&amp;#39;s pack leader Blake) &amp;#160;And at every crime scene he just keeps turning up and they both have to resist their desire towards one another. &amp;#160;The case turns towards to two women who own a strip club. &amp;#160;Riley has to go under cover as a stripper and get a job in the club where she can keep an eye on the two suspects and get a closer look at the club. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana; &quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;In the meantime Riley tells Quinn that he should take on other partners for blood because she has been feeling weak from al of the blood loss. Surprisingly this does not lead to an expected fight, he just says that he does not want to discuss it and that Riley is the only one for him. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Back at the strip club Riley runs across Kye again and they team up to get more info while resisting the&amp;#160;increasing&amp;#160;urge to be with one another. &amp;#160;Riley and Kye sneak into an underground room where they find the place that the women conduct their sorcery and destroy their alter. &amp;#160;They are&amp;#160;immediately&amp;#160;confronted by a half dozen zombies and the woman behind it all. &amp;#160;Riley kills the woman but not before she shoots Kye. &amp;#160;Riley was trying to get him to shift but he would not wake and then the second killer comes in and shoots Riley with a silver bullet. &amp;#160;She wakens and is bound to a table with silver chains. &amp;#160;She asks about Kye and discovers that he has&amp;#160;bled&amp;#160;to death and she suddenly wants to just curl up and die herself, which is shocking to her because she does not even like Kye. &amp;#160;After a failed attack on the woman the door burst in an Kye shoots the woman dead. &amp;#160;She is sooo&amp;#160;relieved&amp;#160;to see he is alive. &amp;#160;The&amp;#160;silver&amp;#160;bullet in&amp;#160;Riley&amp;#39;s&amp;#160;shoulder needs to be removed so Kye&amp;#160;knocks&amp;#160;her out to do the job. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;When she wakes up she see Kye sitting in the comer of the room and tells him to go because she is calling in the Doctorate and he should not be there when they arrive because he &amp;#160;is a hit man. &amp;#160;He refuses to leave and tells Riley that before she calls it in they need to take care of some business. &amp;#160;She knows that he wants to have sex and her urge so strong that she cant resist. &amp;#160;Instantly they realize that they are soul mates. &amp;#160;Riley does not know that to do because this is not what she wants so she just cries. 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            <title>Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse Book 9) by Charlaine Harris</title>
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 &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;SPOILER ALERT!!!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;#160;I read this book in only one day! I had forgotten how just how intense Sookie Stackhouse&amp;#39;s world was. &amp;#160;This book was non stop action from the start. &amp;#160;Here is the description from the back of the book. &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vamps—and nothing about weres. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie works—and she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;But there’s a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beings—older, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolves—is preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human &amp;#160;pawn in their battle.&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana; &quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Here is the real deal. &amp;#160;The book starts with the Weres coming out to the world. &amp;#160;Sam shifted in the bar to show everyone that he was really a shapeshifter. &amp;#160;Not everyone took the news so well and Sam&amp;#39;s stepfather shot his mother when she told him her secret. &amp;#160;Sam had to&amp;#160;immediately&amp;#160;leave to be by&amp;#160;her side&amp;#160;in Texas and he left Sookie in&amp;#160;charge&amp;#160;of the bar. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Sookie was approached by Eric&amp;#39;s daytime guy with a request for Sookie to meet with Eric at Fangtasia. &amp;#160;He also gave her something wrapped in velvet and said that Eric requested that she gives it to him in front of his guest, which happened to be the new Vampire King of Louisiana. &amp;#160;When Sookie arrives at the bar and hands Eric the wrapped gift he opens it and it is the small knife that was used in vampire weddings. &amp;#160;This meant that Sookie belonged to Eric and they were married in the vampire community. &amp;#160;This protected Sookie because the King of Louisiana was there to request Sookies presence with him to gather information, and because Quinn requested to see Sookie. &amp;#160;Sookie was outraged by Eric&amp;#39;s trick but their blood tie made it her for her to stay mad. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Sookie Returns to Bon Temps the next morning the FBI at her door questioning her about the explosion and wanted to know how she was able to find the survivors and who was the boy that assisted her. &amp;#160;During&amp;#160;their questioning Sookie receives a call that Crystal, Jason&amp;#39;s pregnant wife was &amp;#160;crucified&amp;#160;outside of Merlots Bar. &amp;#160;The FBI agents thought it might be a hate crime and they tagged along with Sookie to the bar. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Sookie is also visited by her great grandfather Niall the Fairy. &amp;#160;He tells Sookie that she may be in danger because of a fray war that was forming and his enemy was trying to kill and his bloodline. &amp;#160;Sure enough a Fairy shown up to kill Sookie but she is gardening and&amp;#160;happened&amp;#160;to have an iron tool in her hands and killed the Fairy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Sookie also has another surprise visitor that was Quinn. &amp;#160;Bill sees Sookie and Quinn arguing outside and comes over to protect Sookie. &amp;#160;I turns in to a fight and ends with Sookie getting knocked out. &amp;#160;When she wakes up Eric is in bed with her and she knows he gave her his blood to help her recover. Sookie gets the courage to ask Eric if he really remembers the time they spent together when he was under a spell and he tells her that he remembers every second. &amp;#160;He also told her that part of the spell was that he would be close to his hearts desire, and that was why he was running down Sookie&amp;#39;s road. And he offers for Sookie to quit her job and move into his house, but she refuses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Arlene makes an attempt on Sookie&amp;#39;s life and she is arrested along with her boyfriend. Sookie spots another fairy in the woods and is worried about her safety. &amp;#160;She calls in a favor with the vampires and the werewolves she is sent Trey from the weres and&amp;#160;Bubba from the vampires. Trey is poisoned Bubba is weakened, and Sookie is kidnapped by fairies. Sookie learns that Niall is from the Air&amp;#160;fairies&amp;#160;and Brendan is of the water&amp;#160;fairies&amp;#160;and they were responsible for the death of her&amp;#160;parents.&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;She is tortured and knew she was going to die, but she wakes up in a hospital with Claudine. Eric arrives shortly and he said Brendan is on his way to destroy everyone. &amp;#160;He gives Sookie a lot of his blood to get her strong enough for the fight. &amp;#160;He then&amp;#160;bring&amp;#160;her into the room where Bill is receiving blood from Clancey in&amp;#160;preparation&amp;#160;for the fight. Bill tells Sookie that he will die fighting for her. &amp;#160;Brendan and the&amp;#160;Frey&amp;#160;bust into the room and the fight begins. Of corse the vampires win the fight. &amp;#160;Pam comes and picks up&amp;#160;everyone&amp;#160;and returns them home.&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Niall the only&amp;#160;remanding&amp;#160;prince decides to close the off the fray world and remove all contact with the humans for the humans safety. He goes to tell Sookie bye and when he is leaving he says that the vampire really loves her but he leaves before she could think to ask which vampire.&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Here is chapter one from Charlene Harris&amp;#39;s website, enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.charlaineharris.com/deadandgone.html&quot;&gt;Dead and Gone Chapter One&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Book 3 of 50 in the 365 Challenge!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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            <title>Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)&quot;&gt;SPOILER ALERT!!!&lt;/span&gt; &amp;#160;So I just finished Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost. &amp;#160;This book was a super fast read I finished it in one day, its action packed, has a nice little romance story and its keeps you wanting more. &amp;#160;Its also fun because it is set in todays world and vampires are still in hiding. &amp;#160;Here is the Blurb from the back of the book.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father—the one responsible for ruining her mother&amp;#39;s life. Then she&amp;#39;s captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unholy partnership.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: verdana&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;In exchange for finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She&amp;#39;s amazed she doesn&amp;#39;t end up as his dinner—are there actually&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;good&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;vampires? Pretty soon Bones will have her convinced that being half-dead doesn&amp;#39;t have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her newfound status as kick-ass demon hunter, Cat and Bones are pursued by a group of killers. Now Cat will have to choose a side . . . and Bones is turning out to be as tempting as any man with a heartbeat. &amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Ok so Cat is a half vampire because her mother was raped by a newly made vampire and&amp;#160;becomes pregnant with her. &amp;#160;As a result of this her mother has a&amp;#160;hatred&amp;#160;to vampires and&amp;#160;insist&amp;#160;that Cat kill as many as she can find because they are all murderous monsters. &amp;#160;Cat goes out to clubs and lets vampires hit on her and leaves the bar with them, when they make their move to drain her she kills them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;This leads to her meeting Bones, a master vampire hit man, who notices Cat and her little mission. He kidnaps her because he thinks she it working for the man that he has been tracking to kill. When he discovers that she is something different and realizes her potential gives her a choice of death or partnership in his mission. &amp;#160;Cat accepts because she knows that it is her only chance to live.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)&quot;&gt;&amp;#160; Bones trains cat for weeks and they set out with Cat as bait to catch bad vampires with Bones waiting to question them before they kill them. &amp;#160;Bones is trying to get to Hennessy a vampire who is selling young human girls to vampires for considerable amounts of money. &amp;#160;He has been searching for him for 11 years and intends to track him with information form the vampires they hunt down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(102,0,0)&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)&quot;&gt;&amp;#160; In this process Cat falls for Bones, who is already in love with her, but is fighting her feelings because she was brought up&amp;#160;believing&amp;#160;that all vampires are evil. &amp;#160;Cat is also still scarred from her first serious relationship with a boy who left her as soon as she had sex with him. &amp;#160;As Cat struggles with her feelings Bones tricks her into going out on a date with him and just as they are about to kiss Hennessy walks into the club.&amp;#160;Cat lures Hennessy out of the club and her and Bones attempts to kill him but they fail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;They continue hunting vampires to get to Hennessy. In the process Cat decided she loves Bones and they start dating, but she lies to her mother and tells her that she is dating her human neighbor. &amp;#160; &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Hennessy&amp;#39;s vampires find where Cat&amp;#39;s family lives and they kill her grandparents and kidnap her mother in order to get Cat. Bones is busy killing Hennessy and Cat discovers that his partner is the governor, she goes straight to his house and kills him. &amp;#160;The police show up and arrest her and the FBI comes in to take her into custody. &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;On the way there the FBI agent Don tells her they are in a new devision in paranormal investigation and wants to hire Cat to hunt rogue vampires because she is the only of her kind. &amp;#160;She is offered a job new identity and a home for her and her mother each, for 10 years in the FBI and no contact with vampires. She agrees knowing that this is the only way she will not go to prison and the only way to save them form killing Bones.&amp;#160;Bones shows up just after Cat agreed to their terms and is unaware of her plans. &amp;#160;He stops the car that has Cat in it and gets Cat and her mother. &amp;#160;They go to a place to hide so he can make arrangements for them to leave the country. &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Cat has no intention on leaving&amp;#160;with&amp;#160;him&amp;#160;because&amp;#160;she knows the FBI will track them down and kill them, but she doesn&amp;#39;t want to tell Bones because she knows he will talk her out of it. &amp;#160;Bones leaves to take care of a few last minute plans and Cat leaves Bones a note breaking up with him. &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Cat and her and her mother leave and go meet Don and his crew where she starts her new job and is in command of a new crew she must train. &amp;#160;She doesn&amp;#39;t stop thinking&amp;#160;about&amp;#160;Bones but she knows this is the only way he will be safe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 153, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;#39;-editor-proxy&amp;#39;;&quot;&gt;Book 4 of 50 in 365 Challenge!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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 &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;So Midnight Sun is Twilight form Edwards point of view. &amp;#160;As you may know Stephenie Meyer was in the process of writing this book when it was illigally posted on the internet. &amp;#160;She was so upset by this that she has stopped writing the book but has put the partial daft &amp;#160;on her website.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;I liked this installment better than Bella&amp;#39;s version of the story. &amp;#160;However that may only be because I have read the story from Bella&amp;#39;s point of view and this fills in all of the blanks. &amp;#160;And I really like that we get to hear everyones thoughts as Edward hears them. &amp;#160;The incomplete draft has left me wanting more, I really hope Myers finishes the book,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Here is the link to Midnight Sun on Stephenie Myers website. &amp;#160;Have Fun!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf&quot;&gt;Midnight Sun: Edwards Version of Twilight by Stephenie Myer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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