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Clau_goddess
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PostPosted: June 17, 2008 5:44 pm    Post subject: The Host Reply with quote

Has anyone read it???

I did, obviously, and loved it!!!!

It's another book series by Stephenie Meyer.

Let the discussions begin!!!

so soul or humans???

Here is a product description from Amazon.com, just in case you might want to read it.

"Product Description
The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time."
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PostPosted: June 17, 2008 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the book I just have not read it yet
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PostPosted: June 19, 2008 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm in the middle of reading it. it's just gotten to a really exciting part too!

it's really interesting so far i love it!!
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PostPosted: June 20, 2008 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah its really interesting, I'm glad you love it!!!! The end is the best part you'll see ^_^
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PostPosted: July 4, 2008 11:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am reading it now so far it is really good
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PostPosted: July 5, 2008 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i love the host i bought it 3 days after it came out and ive read it about 4 times now . . . i couldnt put it down Very HappyVery Happy
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PostPosted: July 12, 2008 12:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i just finnished the book.
Very Happy

it's really good but i just found one flaw...

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at the beginning wanderer says that she has a knew sence: scent.
but then later when she finds out what the people in the caves are doing to the souls they capture, as she's walking to the hospital place she says she smells something, and she says she should recognise the smell. it turns out to be a soul's blood, but since she's never seen that on earth before, and she hasn't had a sence of smell before earth, how can she recognise the smell??


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PostPosted: July 12, 2008 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

*hides her eyes from spoilers*



I just bought the book today... I hope it's good! I'll post more after I've read it.
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PostPosted: July 13, 2008 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love The Host it was great
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PostPosted: July 14, 2008 12:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just finished reading it...and just fell in love with it.

stephenie meyer is an amazing writer.
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PostPosted: July 14, 2008 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

brooke you better bring the host coz i wanna read it again Very Happy lol
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PostPosted: July 14, 2008 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha thanks for letting me borrow it.
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PostPosted: July 14, 2008 1:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

no problem brooke:DVery Happy
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PostPosted: July 20, 2008 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lozinja wrote:
i just finnished the book.
Very Happy

it's really good but i just found one flaw...

Spoiler:

at the beginning wanderer says that she has a knew sence: scent.
but then later when she finds out what the people in the caves are doing to the souls they capture, as she's walking to the hospital place she says she smells something, and she says she should recognise the smell. it turns out to be a soul's blood, but since she's never seen that on earth before, and she hasn't had a sence of smell before earth, how can she recognise the smell??



good point may be..

Spoiler:

its like an acquire smell, since she is an alien, she knows what she would smell like, just how she knows she's a female, but who knows???


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PostPosted: July 21, 2008 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clau_goddess wrote:
lozinja wrote:
i just finnished the book.
Very Happy

it's really good but i just found one flaw...

Spoiler:

at the beginning wanderer says that she has a knew sence: scent.
but then later when she finds out what the people in the caves are doing to the souls they capture, as she's walking to the hospital place she says she smells something, and she says she should recognise the smell. it turns out to be a soul's blood, but since she's never seen that on earth before, and she hasn't had a sence of smell before earth, how can she recognise the smell??



good point may be..

Spoiler:

its like an acquire smell, since she is an alien, she knows what she would smell like, just how she knows she's a female, but who knows???



yeh i guess that could be it, just like how she can get memories that aren't hers but it's like they are.........[/spoiler]
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PostPosted: July 22, 2008 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah when it comes to The Host its really hard to tell what's right because there is so much we need to learn about the aliens.
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PostPosted: July 25, 2008 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it as good as Twilight?
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PostPosted: July 26, 2008 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

VampireWolf77 wrote:
Is it as good as Twilight?


the person who bought it for me for my birthday said the lady at the bookshop thinks it's better.
i think it's almost as good. but it's a lot longer and at first it's sort of hard to get through. but once you get about halfway through it gets really exciting and a lot better.
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PostPosted: July 26, 2008 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clau_goddess wrote:
yeah its really interesting, I'm glad you love it!!!! The end is the best part you'll see ^_^

I agree the end is definetly the best part. I really wish she would write a sequel!She never said she wouldn't but she never said she would though.
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When Melanie and Wanda get their own bodies, I wanted to scream. Before that, I thought it wouldn't work out. But I'm so glad it did. And I hope that Kyle learns to love Sunny, or already has. Kinda like jared learns to love Wanda, except in a diffferent way then how he loves Mel. The end implies that there is hope for humanity, and that would make a great theme for a sequel, in my opinion.


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PostPosted: July 26, 2008 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

YES!! Stephenie Meyer said there will be a sequel!!! I can't wait. Very Happy
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PostPosted: July 26, 2008 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clau_goddess wrote:
YES!! Stephenie Meyer said there will be a sequel!!! I can't wait. Very Happy

OMG, she is?Where did you hear that?????I need to know these things!!!!!
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PostPosted: July 27, 2008 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clau_goddess wrote:
YES!! Stephenie Meyer said there will be a sequel!!! I can't wait. Very Happy



i have literally just clasped my hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming and it's still there while i'm attempting to ype one handed.

OMGGGGG!!!! where did you hear this?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree it'll be really interesting to read about...

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if they fight the souls and get earth back. although i liked how the end gave hope but left it sort of open ended. left more the the imagination.



but still. omg!!!!!!!
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PostPosted: July 28, 2008 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope, I have not read it yet, but I would very much like to soon.
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