The writing is also clunky ("staring at him dazedly") and self-conscious, such as the references to an "alternate history" book describing our world, with such unlikely inventions as cell phones and "texting (whatever that meant)." That said, this book, the first in a trilogy, will likely be of significant interest to teen girls looking for another vampire fix.--Amy Sisson.

A German medical orderly dazedly wandered from one man to another, but could do little for them as he lacked any first-aid supplies.

He added: "In this difficult time, I dazedly chose or hired the companionship of unsavoury and insipid types."

Wasn't it only yesterday when the survivors of the most destructive typhoon to hit land were dazedly surveying what had remained of their homes, searching for their loved ones, and wondering how to bury their dead?

when I picked up a last delicious crust-crumb from the table, smiled dazedly at my love ...

Where, he was asking himself dazedly, where in this world's maze of people and places, where in this wilderness of stars and philosophies, where is Home?

He sat like that in the armchair, with a lump in his throat, looking dazedly into the mirror, until his wife lost patience and summoned him to the dinner table.

Can hardly keep my eyes open, so stumble dazedly to bed about 5am, and 8'o'clock comes all too soon.

As Palmer and his wife come dazedly out of their destroyed house to answer questions asked by gathering policemen, a young man in a cap and knickers shows up and begins to pick through the debris.

John's Mercy Hospital, where I was born, a nurse was out in the parking lot, taking pictures and looking dazedly around.

"Against her will she had come to the surface, and found herself half out of the picture, looking, a little dazedly, as if at unreal things, at Mr.

Only to hear your uncle dazedly mumble that he did not bother to take a policy because the insurance company's office was too far away and he did not trust the agent.

Bronyakin splashed down to his waist, and flailed dazedly for a moment, grasping for his gear."That's it!" he sputtered, splintering shoreward through the ice, "Fishing is done for the day.

Thus Yan'ni, made to give up her studies, takes refuge underneath the mosquito netting around her and Muyu's bed, dazedly munching on veggies or jotting obsessive notes on the walls without ever emerging from the netting's folds.

As her patient briefly opened her eyes and looked dazedly around the room, Saar quickly reassured her, "It's OK, Mamie.