Chem Geeks

Most of you already now I'm a book geek and that I love music, but I bet none of you knew I love Chemistry. I take IB Chemistry HL and I am the only girl in my class at school. We usually do very fun experiments and we get to film them, so I decided to share this all with you all but on another blog called Chem Geeks (chemgeeks2012.blogspot.com.br).

My Awesome Chemistry Class :)

Making methane bubbles and lighting them on fire.

Updates!

So... Recently, my friend and I have decided to write a book/short story!
We don't know the name, but we are very eager to start. We've written 400+ words already and I think it's turning out great!
Also, I opened a deviantart account : http://lissaswc33.deviantart.com/
and...
a tumbler: http://lissa334.tumblr.com/
That's about it :)
Bye guys,
Lissa (a.k.a. Xinezah)

Winter 2011/ 2012 - Book Recommendations

So, a lot of the holidays have already passed and I've read many books. Last time I made recommendations was August, so I'll have a ginormous list in this blog post. Therefore I'll be extra nice and separate these recoms by the month I've read them :)


From September to October....
I had this obsession with romances and read a lot from Sophie Jordan. All these books listed below are set in Victorian England. They all have more or less the same plot, however, I have a weakness for strong female characters and happy endings :)
1) Too Wicked to Tame
2) One Night With You
3) Once Upon A Wedding Night
4) Surrender to Me
5) Sins of a Wicked Duke (The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls #1)
6) In Scandal They Wed (The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls #2)
7) Wicked Nights With a Lover (The Penwich School for Virtuous Girls #3)

November...
Continuing my obsession with the romances, I started reading Lorraine Heath romances, including...
8) In Bed with the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James #1)
9) Between the Devil and Desire (Scoundrels of St. James #2)
10) Surrender to the Devil (Scoundrels of St. James #3)
11) Midnight Pleasures With a Scoundrel (Scoundrels of St. James #4)
12) Passions of a Wicked Earl (London's Greatest Lovers #1)
13) Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman (London's Greatest Lovers #2)
14) Waking Up With the Duke (London's Greatest Lovers #3)
Then I was on goodreads (www.goodreads.com) and one of the suggested books I found was by this author called Gena Showalter. I soon got obsessed with her Lords of the Underworld Series:
15) The Darkest Night
16) The Darkest Kiss
17) The Darkest Pleasure
18) The Darkest Whisper
19) The Darkest Passion
20) The Darkest Lie
21) The Darkest Secret
22) The Darkest Surrender
23) The Darkest Prison
24) The Darkest Angel
25) The Darkest Fire


December - Early January....
I love Showalter's serie so much I decided to give her other series a try and they were pretty good too: 26) Playing With Fire (Tales of an Extraordinary Girl #1)
27) Twice as Hot (Tales of an Extraordinary Girl #2)
28) Intertwined (Intertwined #1)
29) Unraveled (Intertwined #2)
30) Twisted (Intertwined #3)
31) Heart of a Dragon (Atlantis #1)
32) Jewel of Atlantis (Atlantis #2)
33) The Nymph King (Atlantis #3)
34) The Vampire's Bride (Atlantis #4)
35) The Amazon's Curse (Atlantis #5)
Another book I read in December which I had been waiting for 6 years was...
36) Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
This is the only book I will actually write about (as the list is so enormous). Well, I'd like to start by saying kudos to Paolini for this book was very well worth the time. I loved the whole book in general, despite some very predictable things happening. I did however hate a certain event (which I shall not mention as it will spoil the story) and I thought I was incredibly lame*. I also thought the beginning was too slow paced and I did lose some interest at first. Not to mention the unsatisfying ending concerning Murtagh's character and his lack of appearance throughout the novel. 
And also...
37) Clockwork Prince - Cassandra Clare
 I actually have a collectors edition and read it in November, but I'll just add it here because it was only published on the 6th.
Don't forget...
38) Divergent - Veronica Roth
No way I can describe it. It was AMAZING.


For those who read in Portuguese... 
I've recently read...
39) "O Cortiço" - Aluísio Azevedo
I really liked the book despite it being a class novel. It portrays the life in Brazil, however it does have a very prejudice point of view. Other than that, it had a very intriguing plot.


Aims in 2012 
1) Read many books!! (about 25)
2) Look forward for the following books:
   a) Bitterblue - KRISTIN CASHORE
   b) City of Lost Souls - CASSANDRA CLARE
   c) Clockwork Princess - CASSANDRA CLARE
   d) Jessica Rules the Dark Side - BETH FANTASKEY
   e) Endlessly - KIERSTEN WHITE
   f) Hidden - SOPHIE JORDAN
   g) The Golden Lily - RICHELLE MEAD
   h) Shadow Heir - RICHELLE MEAD
   i) The Darkest Seduction - GENA SHOWALTER
   j) Lenobia's Vow - P.C. CAST
   k) Insurgent - VERONICA ROTH
3) Write more on my blog :)

Suggestions 
For those of you who love to read like I do, USE GOODREADS (www.goodreads.com)!!! It is really helpful to save the books you've read and look for more interesting options :) They also give you recoms based on the books you've already read.

That's all :) I'll try to write more :)
Lissa (a.k.a Xinezah)