Author Appreciation Week: Kimberly Pauley

Kimberly Pauley is the author of two books. Sucks To Be Me and Still Sucks To Be Me.

Love her for those two books. I swear on my own life that they are teh only two vampire books I truly love *that I have read of course*

Her books yanked me out of my twilight addiction. Ive said that a few times but once again.

THANK YOU FOR THAT :)

And shes a totally sweet person.

I seem to say a lot of people are sweet.

Guess it must be true.

Anyway.

Her books are HILARIOUS!
They are in a series together meanwhile one is deciding whether or not to become a vampire and one is well being a vampire :)
Gotta love that type of stuff.

Right?
Right.

She also runs YABooksCenteral which is an adorable little *okay not so little lol* site for people to read and post reviews oh and to win a lot of books.

Shes like the perfect author.

Okay granted it would be even more perfect if she could be Stephenie Meyer instead of Stephenie Meyer.

*thinks about it*

Can I imagine her books as bestsellers everywhere and awardwinning multi million dollar movies with the hottest couple in hollywood?

Uh YA!

Shes just that great.

Hopefully *crosses fingers* that can happen one day.

Cuz she totally deserves it :)

Still Sucks To Be Me by Kimberly Pauley

Still Sucks To Be Me by Kimberly Pauley

Pages: 384
Pub Date: May 11, 2010
Author Website/Blog: www.kimberlypauley.com
Synopsis: Why it still sucks to be me: Here I am some all-powerful (ha), all-knowing (yeah right), in-control (totally not) vampire, and my parents and the stupid Vampire Council still get to dictate everything I do. Not only did they make me fake my death AND funeral (I didn't even get to go!), but I had to leave behind my BFF Serena and move really far away. Meanwhile my boyfriend George is off "reconnecting with his parents" in Brazil. Land of beaches, bikini babes, and the biggest party in the world. He's probably going "Mina, who?" Grady asked me to Homecoming and won't take no for an answer. Did I mention cute but oh-so-complicated Cameron, the only other bloodsucking teen in town? That's because I'm trying not to think about him, tahnk you very much. And ugh, Raven. Is she seriously stalking Serena? Vampire superstrength can't fix this trainwreck. But can I?

Must I spell it out for you? I simply loved it. It was hilarious. I found it even funnier then the first book, (but then again, there was more cause for laughter in this book) (ie cow pie crown) However this book had a lot more drama in it. A lot. In the last book it was mostly teenage drama, this time it was like 'life or death,' drama. Good. I loved this book  a lot because it had a lot more sarcasm, and there was a lot more lightheartedness in this one. Which of course I loved :) I loved how it constantly goes, "Well the the Vampire Council in California while the one here is all relaxed and stuff." Loved that. I also loved how it was a vampire story, with once again an average teenagers strife. (No apologies to Twilight, sorry but teenagers lives are NOT like that) It seems that all second books are the best one and Still Sucks To Be Me is no exception. Dear vampire fans, go read it, although its recomended the first one is read first :)

Read our review of Sucks To Be Me

Sucks To Be Me by Kimberly Pauley

Sucks To Be Me by Kimberly Pauley

Pages: 304
Pub Date: August 26, 2008
Author Blog/Website: http://www.kimberlypauley.com/
Synopsis: Mina Hamilton's parents want her dead. (Or undead to be precise.) They're vampires, and like it or not, Mina must decide whether to become a vampire herself. But Mina's more interested in hanging out with best friend Serena and trying to catch the eye of the too-hot-for-high-school Nathan Able than in the vampire training classes she's being forced to take. How's a girl supposed to find the perfect prom date and pass third-year French when her mom and dad are breathing down her neck--literally?

Let me start by saying that this book was my cure to what I like to call Twilight Fever. Its purely sarcastic and frankly just what I needed to shake me out of my "OH MY GOD!" Obsession. It was a great book that I couldnt help but love. I sat there reading it one day at lunch and my friends were like, "Ew your reading a book that isnt Twilight?" And then I told them how amazing it was. And actually Ive been calling it the "Anti-Twilight." When I recomended it to my librarians thats actually what I said. It showed the strife of being a real teenager, only worse. She has to attend classes with a bunch of weirdos AND she has to figure out her complicated love, along with the biggest decision, to be a vampire or not. Complicated. Right? Read it to laugh, and find out why the dubbed title Sucks To Be Me really fits the description :)