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Dear Fellow Twilighters,

I'm listening to my dad on hold with AT&T.

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted, but I have been really busy with exams for school and getting ready for my vacation to Florida where I will attend the Stringendo School for Strings summer camp!

Some recent Twilight activity- LICENSE PLATES! That's right folks; I know there are crazed fans out there but this one was a little to... close for me. Her (I hope it was a 'her') license plate read BELLA-2 which I thought was kinda awesome. (But you all know I'm Bella 2!) Ummm... When one of my vamp-a-be buddies went to the Twilight Convention: New Moon she arrived late! Yes, I can't believe it either but this is the truth. She arrived five minutes after Peter Facinelli left. You could not imagine how upset I was with her! Five minutes sooner and I could have had an autograph from Carlisle Cullen- the one and only. I've learned to let it go and forgive her for this regrettable mistake of tardiness.

In other news, my sister and cousin (both much older than I am) had a Twilight party in honor of the DVD release of New Moon. I was very excited to hear this news because I will soon be apart of their next event! Can anyone guess?.... Anyone? Well I'll give you a hint first; It arrives in theatres June 30th... Ok, You got me! We are going to see Eclipse together!!! (Cheer, applause, stare in awe) I know, it's not that big of a deal, but for me it is, so get over it.

In closing, (fancy huh?) I would like to mention that for the last day of school this year, I have decided to get a group of people together and make tie dye shirts for the awards ceremony. (I'll be sure to leave a Twilight mark some where on mine.) Ok, That's it. Time for bed!!!

Lots of Love-- Lell :)

p.s. New reading, good reading- Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita. I just finished the first book and am looking forward to getting the next book in this series Secrets of My Hollywood Life: On Location. Nothing 'bout vamps though. :)

More Links

Happy birthday Kristen Stewart!!!!! How old are you now? Well that doesn't matter because as Bella you will be forever 18. Ok, so this isn't actually a post but I wanted to tell you guys about an experience you don't want to miss. I'll post the link bellow. Oprah is having a Twilight thing on her show. So if you're willing to go and see her live, fill out the application with your story.

--Lell

https://www.oprah.com/ownshow/plug_form.html?plug_id=3932628 (for the Oprah Twilight thing)

http://twilight-review.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/kristen-stewart.jpg (for the picture of Kristen Stewart)

Hello, My Name Is Schuyler Van Alen

Dear Fellow Twilighters,

Listening to Major Tom by Shiny Toy Guns. By the way, I found this band called Never Shout Never and I'm really into it right now. I'll post a link to their Youtube page.

Yesterday was a strange day. We had the math state testing and I decided to basically dress in all black. I had my lucky, comfortable, black jacket, a black tank, black leggings, and a skirt. I don't know what came over me but I felt like being her today- Schuyler. I also finished the second book of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, Ninth Grade Slays by Heather Brewer. And the last paragraph of page 237 (chapter 20), my two favorite things were combined. The Killers and Vampires! The Paragraph is below:

"Greg turned on the radio. The Killers were on, singing a slow tune about how everything would be alright. Vlad leaned against the door and stared up at the stars, wishing against all odds that they were right." (Brewer, 237)

It just made my day! Ok, so the reason I like this series so much is because the author is a girl, but is writing from a boy's point of view. I have no clue why I'm so interested in that, but it really got to me. In the book, Vlad cries often and that also hits me hard (in a good way). So I'm off to bed. Testing is over! Good night.

--Lell

http://www.youtube.com/user/NeverShoutNever (Youtube page for Never Shout Never)
http://www.heatherbrewer.com (Heathe Brewer's webpage)

Eighth Grade Bites- Summary or No Summary?

Dear Fellow Twilighters,

I have decided to stop my summaries of the Blue Bloods series so you'll have to read the books by your self.

I have recently finished the first book, Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer, in The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. It was a good book that I would recommend to any young reader who likes vampire novels. It is told in third person, telling the views of others at times, just like Blue Bloods. I will not be posting a summary on this (at the moment) because I have to write a two page, in depth, English essay on this book; unless I change my mind in the future (and there is a good chance of that).

My mom surprised me when I got home from school today with a new book! The second instalment of the series above- Ninth Grade Slays. Also, to make my very joyful, I have received my invitation to the eighth grade dance! It is masquerade themed just like the after party in Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz. I love the whole idea of everyone not knowing who is who which will be a pain for the chaperons. It's very romantic and it makes me think of the scene in Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare where Beatrice knows it is Benedick behind his mask and is insulting him (making fun of him, not being mean.) and he doesn't have a clue who is behind her mask. I laugh every time I think about it!

To get to the Twilight part of my post- my sister and cousin had a New Moon party the other night where she watched Twilight and New Moon back to back with a whole bunch of junk food. The perfect girls night. My cousin was very upset at the fact that Bella took so long to get to Edward when he was about to reveal himself to everyone in Voltera. She was like, "I would've been screaming and pushing everyone out of the way. I'd say 'GET OUT OF THE WAY! i NEED TO SAVE MY MAN", and I kinda agree that the scene took a little longer than it should've.

Ok, I've got homework so I'm out. -- Lell

Catching Up on Every Day Twi-References

Dear Fellow Twilighters,

As you know I like to compare my life to the world of Twilight very often and have been neglecting to post here. I'm so sorry. Let's catch up on some things.

Last month: Teachers have been freaking me out with their knowledge about Twilight and how much my friends are picking up on this also. One of my friends made a joke about what my history teacher had said. It was pretty funny but I guess you had to be there. Here it goes any way! "Bella can stare a a wall for four months crying while you can stare at a wall for four seconds and start laughing!" It's not that funny but then again it was to me. A compliment on my good natured disposition. After that she made me a semi-poster of all things vampire (which I will post later.) .

Recently: I have finished The Van Alen Legacy and will be posting my summary on Revelations as well as the other book. Also, my English teach gave our class an assignment where we have to keep track of the books we read and why we read them. (See paragraph below.)

I have found a great new-ish series by heather Brewer called The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. Book one is called Eighth Grade Bites. As you can tell by the title, the main character is Vladimir Tod. An eighth grade vampire discovering his powers and how to control his thirst. He has been living with his Aunt Nelly for three years just after his parents combusted into ashes. He is half vampire though. His mother was human and his father a creature of the night. Vlad does not drink human blood directly (Aunt Nelly is a nurse and is very handy when Vlad needs some blood. He only takes donations from the hospital.) The only human he as ever bitten was his best friend Henry, when he was eight, and from then on he has been the only person's thought Vlad could read.

And that's just the begging. Pick up the book for yourself if you wish- it's a very good find. I'll post more often; as often as I can. -- Lell

Eclipse Trailer

Dear Fellow Twilighters,

YAY!!!!! The new full length Eclipse trail was released this morning!!!!! My excitement has been rejuvenated after seeing this clip. It's posted on the Official New Moon Widget above. I hope everyone is as excited as I am for spring break, if your already on break then good for you. I have good news to all; the fifth Blue Bloods book Misguided Angle is on it's way- October 5, 2010 is the official release date, plus, I finished The Van Allen Legacy! (I still have to put up the summary on Revelations so be patient!) So, be on the look out for anything pertaining to Blue Bloods/ Eclipse. I've attached a few links bellow and if you like them or think you might like them, click on them. I get no money for it so feel free to click. Ok, I'm signing off now..... Lell

p.s. I can't believe Summit Entertainment replaced Rachelle Lefevre (Victoria) with Bryce Dallas Howard, although I am impressed on how close they made the new Victoria look like the old one. It's like spooky good! And thanks to http://www.daemonsmovies.com for the comparison picture of Rachelle and Bryce, and to http://eclipsemovie.org for the other picture of the two Victorias from the films. Can you tell which Victoria is which?

http://eclipsethemovie.com (The official website for Eclipse the movie.)

Masquerade Summary Part 2

Dear Fellow Twilighters,

Most of you are aware that Jimmy Falon is a great talk show host for MSNBC and does a spoof of Robert Pattinson called Bothered. Here's the link to his newest video. Robert is Bothered by Valentine's Day- http://robertisbothered.com . And now back to my summary of Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz.
We left off with Schuyler and her dilemma of having Oliver as her familiar or not. She does. He becomes attached to her and now she's thinking she made a mistake. Schuyler becomes more involved with Jack which is really bugging Mimi. (Jack's immortal bonding partner; born as twins in this cycle.) She starts to get involved with the dark matter and summons a Silver Blood to take Schuyler. It fails and attacks Bliss and a few other Blue Bloods in the Repository. Mimi was found guilty for conjuring up the Silver Blood and gets sentenced to being burned with back fire- the only thing that can actually 'Kill' a Blue Blood.

Since Schyuler is the daughter if Allegra Van Allen (aka Archangel Gabriel) she should be able to do the blood trial and prove if Mimi is guilty or innocent. (The blood trial is where Allegra- in this case Schulyer- would drink the blood of the accused- Mimi Force- to find out the truth of the situation.) Schuyler goes to Italy with Lawerence (her grandfather) to do the blood trial and she turns out to prove Mimi innocent and that Kingsly was the one to actually summon the Silver Blood. Mimi had fainted from the incident and was unable to complete the ritual. We later find out that Kingsley is a reformed Silver Blood and was only acting on orders from the Regis (which is the leader of the Conclave- Charles Force.)

And that's it for Masquerade! Hope you enjoyed my summary even though it was quite bland. Sorry it took so long this time but I've been very distracted. --Lell

Masquerade Summary Part I

Dear Fellow Twilighters,

Listening to Into the Ocean by Blue October..... wait, it's The Great Escape now, by Boys Like Girls.
My school's full orchestra (The Cinco Symphony) has been named 2010 Texas Music Educator's Association Honor Full Orchestra (T.M.E.A. for short)! This is a big event for us. It means that we are the BEST OF THE BEST full orchestra out of all of Texas. This is even bigger than the time our symphony visited Chicago for the Midwest Clinic last year. Also, my pre-AP English teacher told our class about this website called Shelfari. It's like the 'Facebook' of avid readers. I have my Shelfari bookshelf on My Vampire Venom now; just before the quotes.

To get to my main point now- VAMPIRES! I finished Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz last week and I'm ready to write my summary! ***SPOILER ALERT***

We left off in Venice, Italy, where Schuyler and Oliver are on the hunt for Lawrence Van Allen; Schuyler's grandfather. They eventually find him and convince him to help in the search for the Silver Bloods- Croatan. In the mean while between school and life, Schuyler is going to meetings about the 400 Ball (the induction ceremony for Blue Bloods, no humans aloud!) and Mimi Force (the antagonist) is planning the after party. A masquerade ball! Schuyler steals a secret kiss from who know which boy in her love triangle at the party and quickly returns home. Dylan starts acting up and suspicions arise as to if he's a Silver Blood or not. He ends up disappearing.

Bliss (Mimi's right hand girl, and Schuyler's new found friend) a Blue Blood from Texas, is experiencing difficulties in her transformation. Her Black outs are getting worse; on one occasion she ends up on the bottom of a lake and a mysterious new Blue Blood boy saves her. Is he Dylan? Anyone? Well we're getting there. He ends up to be Kingsly Martin, a reformed Silver Boll and venator (truth seeker in Italian). Mimi is taking an interest in dark matter and spells, with Kingsly as her guide, and Schuyler taking an interest in Jack Force, Mimi's human 'twin' and immortal bond partner. Mimi doesn't like this.

Schuyler goes into hibernation, not good, and Oliver takes her to Dr. Pat, the Blue Blood specialist (and his aunt), and she says that Schuyler's human bloods cells were being taking over by the Blue Blood cells and that she should take a human familiar soon. (A human familiar is the human a Blue Blood chooses as their main source to suck the blood out of; she picks Ollie.) The only problem, she thinks, is that her relationship with him will be ruined because preforming the 'Sacred Kiss' (the sucking of blood) makes a deep connection between vamp. and human familiar.

More next time; I'll keep you in suspence! --- Lell

p.s. Sources: http://melissa-delacruz.com/index.php/books/title/masquerade (for the cover of Masquerade)

Blue Bloods (and sorry)

Dear Fellow Twilighters,

Let me start out by saying I'm so very sorry for skipping out on the posts the last two months! I've been very busy (as most of you are) due to school, church, and home activities. (I'll be moving soon; just around the corner from where we're renting now). I'm glad for your patience! I've got a good review on a relatively new series by Melissa De La Cruz, an award winning author, called Blue Bloods. ***SPOILER ALERT*** I've attached a link bellow for more information on Melissa's books, awards, and facts about her.

Basically this is another vampire book, but just like every other one you wonder across, this one has it's own little twists. These vampires are 'born' as vampires but do not discover it until they are about 15 or 16 years old. They go through cycles of life when ever they are needed; only 400 of them 'live' at once.

So Schuyler (pronounced sky-ler) is one of the main characters. She's discovering her awesome vampire powers as well as her true ancestry. When a Blue Blood from her high school shows up dead , which can never happen to one of them, Schuyler turns to her grand mother Cordelia for advice. She later finds out that there is a fallen hybrid race of vampires called Silver Bloods. Because they feast on the Blue Bloods, they are cursed forever with insanity. (Blue Bloods are one being, with the memories of their past lives, because the Silver Bloods consume them, they live as many people all at one time.) Croatan; abomination. This is the name given to the leader.

Cordelia is the only survivor (Blue Blood) of Plymouth and the colony Roanoke. She knows the truth because of her memories of her past life. Now Schuyler is the only person (with Oliver, her best friend) who can seek out the truth that no one else will believe. That Croatan exists.

Of course (and this should go with out saying) that all my reviews are in depth BUT I do leave out details because I want my readers to enjoy the book themselves. Thank you for your patience. --- Lell

http://melissa-delacruz.com/index.php/books/title/blue_bloods (Melissa De La Cruz's website, and it's were I got the pic.of the book cover)

http://bluebloodsbooks.com (The Blue Bloods Saga website)