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"'Right,' I agree, glancing back at the photo and the message scribbled across it. 'Because there isn't much time.'<br />And my life depends on it."<br /><div style="text-align: right;">
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This is about a girl (Camelia) whose life changes all of the sudden because of the new guy in school. There's a rumour going on about him being the murderer of his ex-girlfriend or something of the sort; but of course, Camelia is the only one who doesn't totally believe that and weird stuff starts to happen to/around her. I'm not that deep into the book yet, but so far, I don't know if I like it? There's a lot of stereotype teenage stuff in it and other things that don't exactly do it for me. BUT, having read a previous series by Laurie Faria Stolarz, I'm not giving up yet. Hopefully, when I finish this first book of the TOUCH series, I'll have a better opinion.<br />
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<b>Title</b> - <i>Enchanted</i><br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://aletheakontis.com/" target="_blank">Alethea Kontis</a><br />
<b>Series</b> - Woodcutter Sisters<br />
<b>Release Date</b> - May 8th, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher</b> - <a href="http://www.hmhco.com/popular-reading/books-for-teens-kids/by-age/Teens" target="_blank">Harcourt Children's Books</a><br />
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<i>It isn't easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday's only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.<br /><br />When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland - and a man Sunday's family despises.<br /><br />The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction for this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past - and hers?</i></blockquote>
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A string of commonly known fairy tales and nursery rhymes have been weaved together to create this incredibly adorable and mischievous story about a family, the Woodcutters, with too much fey magic in their blood. And as everyone in Arilland knows, with fey magic comes lots of unpredictable things; trouble is never too far away, and you never know what's waiting for you around the corner.<br />
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As I reading, I couldn't help but think that the storyline was borderline genius! From page one, I got sucked in and wouldn't let myself stop (was also really annoyed whenever I got interrupted during my reading). As I somewhat stated before, a lot of fairy tales and nursery rhymes were put together to create this first tale of the Woodcutter Sisters; so you'd think that with so many different stories, there'd be lots and lots of confusion, right? Wrong. This was so perfectly orchestrated that there was absolutely no mistakes. By mistakes I mean that the author didn't mix names up and whatnot.<br />
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Featured was the tale of <i>Jack and the Beanstalk</i>, the <i>Princess and the Frog</i>, and <i>Monday's Child</i> amongst others that I don't really know but that's OK because they made this book awesome regardless! A very embarrassing thing that happened, though, was the fact that I kept forgetting the name's of the Woodcutter sisters, so if a sentence said something like, "Friday told Sunday..." my reaction was just like, "What? Why is there a joke in the middle of th-- oh, yeah!" and this happened way too many times. ¬.¬'<br />
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Speaking of names and characters, there are many of them in this book. The Woodcutters have seven daughters, Monday-Sunday xD, two sons named Jack Jr. and Peter, an adopted son who's a relative anyway but they didn't know, papa Woodcutter Jack Sr., mama Woodcutter whose name is Seven (long story... read it to find out), a wicked aunt and her twin opposite. Then there's the king whose name everyone in Arilland has forgotten, the prince, the prince's brother, and a bunch of very helpful people who are also important. The point is, there's a lot of them!<br />
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I stumbled unto something really cute while half paying attention to my television screen, something that I feel like should be shared. Although I do not enjoy watching this particular series on the Cartoon Network, I can't help but <u>really</u> like episode 27 of <i>Teen Titans Go!</i> titled "Books".<br />
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It's an episode where Starfire, Robin, Beast Boy, and Cyborg are so bored that they *gasp* decide to try to set their imaginations free by reading books. And boy do they get ADDICTED! Raven, who has always been a reader, tries to make the other four understand the power of what a good book can do to a person; both bad and good things (like being obsessed, that sneaky double-edged sword).<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291271892121756374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244697122066157899.post-432994604032308912014-01-03T17:59:00.000-08:002014-01-17T15:45:11.040-08:00Fluent Fridays 3 - Promising Books of January 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Title</b> - <i>Cruel Beauty</i><br />
<b>Series</b> - Cruel Beauty Series #1<br />
<b>Release Date</b> - January 28th, 2014<br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://www.rosamundhodge.net/" target="_blank">Rosamund Hodge</a><br />
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<b>Series</b> - Under the Never Sky #3 (FINALLY)<br />
<b>Release Date</b> - January 28th, 2014<br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://www.veronicarossi.com/" target="_blank">Veronica Rossi</a><br />
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<b>Series</b> - The Madman's Daughter #2</div>
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<i>Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island-and the secrets she left behind. Now back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau's horrific legacy-though someone, or something, hasn't forgotten her.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>As people close to Juliet fall victim one by one to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three claw-like slashes, Juliet fears one of her father's creations may have also escaped the island. She is determined to find the killer before Scotland Yard does, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>As Juliet strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in the midst of a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, past bubbling to the surface life threatened by an obsessive killer-Juliet will be lucky to escape alive.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>With inspiration from Robert Louis Stevenson's </i>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<i>, this is a tantalizing mystery about the hidden natures of those we love and how far we'll go to save the, from themselves.</i></blockquote>
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<i>One shocking afternoon, computers around the globe shut down in a viral catastrophe. At sixteen-year-old Adam Daley's high school, the problem first seems to be a typical electrical outage, until students discover that cell phones are down, municipal utilities are failing, and a few computer-free cars like Adam's are the only vehicles that function.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>Driving home, Adam encounters a storm tide of anger and fear as the region becomes paralyzed. Soon- as resource dwindle, crises mount, and chaos descends-he will see his suburban neighborhood band together for protection. And Adam will understand that having a police captain for a mother and a retired government spy living next door are not just facts of his life but the keys to his survival in, </i>The Rule of Three<i> by <a href="http://www.ericwalters.net/" target="_blank">Eric Walters</a>.</i></blockquote>
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<b>Title</b> - <i>Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea</i><br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://apriltucholke.com/" target="_blank">April Genevieve Tucholke</a><br />
<b>Series</b> - Between<br />
<b>Release Date</b> - August 15th, 2013<br />
<b>Publisher</b> - <a href="http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishers/yr/dial.html" target="_blank">Dial</a><br />
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At first, I thought the book was alright; the first couple of pages where the main character, Violet, is talking about her grandmother dragged on a bit too much for my tastes, but I prefer not to judge a book until I've read at least a hundred (100) pages of the story. It soon became clear that I didn't need to go that far before I took a liking to Violet White's peculiar ways, her twin brother Luke's bad attitude, and their neighbor Sunshine's laid-back existence. I was also very intrigued by the Whites' family history!</div>
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It is, at last, the end of 2013 and the beginning of a new year that will hopefully be filled with wondrously wonderfully new books by all of our favorite authors!<br />
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It was not long ago that I decided to work on this little blog of mine. I've found out that being a full time university student takes a lot out of a person's day; so much in fact that reading in the pace I'm used to in the past is almost impossible! x.x<br />
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Things will be different during 2014. New semester, new schedule. So what have I done? I've made sure that I would have plenty of time to read, blog, and be more involved in the book blogging community.<br />
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Happy Holidays everyone! I don't know what you celebrate exactly, but I know for a fact that t'is the time to appreciate books and their authors!<br />
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What did I wish for this Christmas? Books, duh! Books, books and more books! And I did get books, from myself? I suppose no one would know which ones I wanted better than me. xD<br />
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<b>Title</b> - <i>Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer</i><br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://katiealender.com/" target="_blank">Katie Alender</a><br />
<b>Series</b> - <strike>None</strike><br />
<b>Release Date</b> - September 24th, 2013<br />
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<i>Colette Iselin is excited to go to Paris on a class trip. She'll get to soak up the beauty and culture, and maybe even learn something about her family's French roots.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>But a series of gruesome murders are taking place across the city, putting everything on edge. And as she tours museums and palaces, Colette keeps seeing a strange vision: a pale woman in a ball gown and powdered wig who looks suspiciously like Marie Antoinette.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>Colette knows her popular, status-obsessed friends won't believe her, so she seeks out the help of a charming French boy. Together, they uncover a shocking secret involving a dark, hidden history. When Colette realizes she herself may hold the key to the mystery, her own life is in danger...</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>Acclaimed author Katie Alender brings heart-stopping suspense to this tale of revenge, betrayal, intrigue<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> — and one killer queen.</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">At first, I thought that Colette would prove to be a very interesting person. After all, why else would a book be written with her as the focus? She was a little interesting only because of her supposed family history and bloodline. The character herself? Not so much. She worries and panics about everything that could go wrong and they eventually do (self-fulling prophecy). Even though everything is going wrong with her family, all she can think about is whether or not her friends Hannah and Pilar will approve of the things she does.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The plot, although good, was very rough. It felt rushed and unfinished, but I think it had a lot of potential. Sometimes it seems the author was trying too hard in some part of the story while in other parts, she wasn't trying enough. I personally thought that the concept was a great one; it's what drew me to the book in the first place (besides the very cupcake-ish cover. Yum!).</span><br />
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<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://www.blackholly.com/" target="_blank">Holly Black</a><br />
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<b>Release Date</b> - September 3rd, 2013<br />
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<i>Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. And once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><i>One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of a Coldtown itself.</i><i><br /></i><i><br /></i>The Coldest Girl in Coldtown<i> is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black.
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During their journey to the nearest Coldtown, Tana, Aidan, and vampire boy meet a pair of twins who go by the names Midnight and Winter. The twins' goal is to travel into Coldtown and get willingly turned into vampires themselves simply because they don't want to go through any more birthdays. They don't particularly care how it happens as long as it does. The twins' contacts inside Coldtown seem harmless and happy to help Tana and Aidan at first, but it does not take long for them to show their true colours. What I really like about this story is how the villains and the good guys are somehow balanced; meaning that, while Tana meets people who are up to no good, she also makes friends with some who truly have her back.<br />
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What makes it hard to pick who or what I love most about books? I think it's because there are so many options out there; we are surrounded by literature, and when we think we've fallen in love with one, a new book comes out and blows us all away!</div>
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For the longest time, I didn't have any novels that I would do anything to get my hands on. I mean, I (really really) liked a lot of them, re-read some of them a couple of times, but nothing ever <strike>err</strike> stirred my blood? o.o' That is, until I read a certain title called <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10626594-the-scorpio-races" target="_blank">The Scorpio Races</a> by Maggie Stiefvater. And then I read and re-read and re-read and <i>re-read</i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11750412-every-other-day" target="_blank">Every Other Day</a> by Jennifer Lynn Barnes in one sitting. Immediately after, I discovered <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10576365-the-darkest-minds" target="_blank">The Night Circus</a> by Erin Morgenstern. All in the timeframe of a couple of months.<br />
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The Raven Cycle<br />
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I've lost count of how many times I've read <i>The Raven Boys</i> while I was waiting for <i>The Dream Thieves</i> to come out. And now I own the second Raven Cycle title which is signed and doodled on by Stiefvater herself!<br />
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Book 3 comes out sometime in 2014. Book 4? 2015. Which is not OK at all.</div>
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1 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7896527-throne-of-glass" target="_blank">Throne of Glass</a></div>
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2 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17167166-crown-of-midnight" target="_blank">Crown of Midnight</a> (THE TWISTS)</div>
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Sarah J. Maas is a tremendously wonderful writer. And if you have never heard of or read this series yet, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE? BUY THEM BOTH NAO!!</div>
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3 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15844362-the-one?ac=1" target="_blank">The One</a> (May 6th, 2014)</div>
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Kiera Cass puts an interesting twist on the classic story of Cinderella. She is also a funny author who likes to connect (a lot) with her readers.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/40454-chronicles-of-elantra" target="_blank">9 <strike>kickass</strike> books so far</a></div>
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10 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18136617-cast-in-flame" target="_blank">Cast in Flame</a> (2014)</div>
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There's already 9 books out (with one expected to be published in 2014) and yet the story has JUST BEGUN. I own title 8, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13548142-cast-in-peril" target="_blank">Cast in Peril</a> ^^ but still haven't read title 9, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14743412-cast-in-sorrow" target="_blank">Cast in Sorrow</a>. Not by choice!</div>
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12 - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985377-undead-and-unsure" target="_blank">Undead and Unsure</a></div>
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Vanpires and werewolves and all things that go bump in the night... This series is hilarious, bloody, and dirty. But mostly, it's hilarious and I love it all!</div>
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So would I say that these are my favorite books/series of all time? Yes but no. I feel like the term "favorite" is too limited. I am infatuated with the titles listed, but there are so many others that I will never forget and will never 'get over' because it's hard. And most of all, I don't <i>want</i> to have to pick this over that.</div>
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Why can't other people get that? Why do they expect me to have one that I prefer above all others? e.e </div>
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I've been busy with school projects lately, but I will always find the time to read very entertaining books about the Roaring Twenties. Accidentally read the last volume of the series first a few of months ago. Oops.<br />
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Hooray! The <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2013" target="_blank">Goodreads Choice Awards 2013</a> is here!</div>
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The event is an awards show type of thing that happens once a year where readers vote for their favorite nominated book in any and every one of the categories.</div>
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This year, there are twenty (20) categories: Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, Memoir & Autobiography... *breathes* History & Biography, Nonfiction, Food & Cookbooks, Humor, Graphic Novels & Comics, Poetry, Debut Goodreads Author, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, Middle Grade & Children's, and Picture Books.</div>
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Wow, what a list! And the voting schedule is as shown below:</div>
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November 4 - 9 <b>Opening Round</b></div>
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November 11 - 16 <b>Semifinal Round</b></div>
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November 18 - 25 <b>Final Round</b></div>
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This is my first time participating because I didn't know it existed (<i><strike>my life was sad before Goodreads</strike></i>).</div>
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I'm extremely glad and proud that stuff like this exists in the bookish community.~</div>
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However... it makes me feel like I don't read enough?</div>
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I go into most of the categories and am like, "I HAVEN'T READ ANY OF THESE AWESOME BOOKS WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?!?!"</div>
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I truly want to cry a little.</div>
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Some of the books I recognize and have originally had interest in them but never got the chance to add them to my TBR list. And it seems that my list is so <b><u>full</u></b> already (I call it virtually clutter, and having claustrophobia, this does not bode well for me).</div>
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But. But but BUT! I have decided that I will add at least one book from each of the categories to my TBR, maybe even more than that from the categories like <span style="text-align: left;">Middle Grade & Children's, and Picture Books.</span></div>
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This was the hardest decision I had yet to make this week...</div>
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<b>Title </b>- <i>Fearless/Sam/Run</i><br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/sweetvalley/" target="_blank">Francine Pascal</a><br />
<b>Series</b> - Fearless<br />
<b>Release Date</b> - January 31st, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher</b> - <a href="http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/simon-pulse" target="_blank">Simon Pulse</a><br />
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<i>Gaia Moore is brilliant and beautiful. She's trained in three kinds of martial arts, has reflex speed that's off the charts, and can break codes in four languages.</i><br />
<i>She's also missing the fear gene.</i><br />
<i>All Gaia wants is to be like everyone else. Instead, she's left wondering about her past, her missing family... and the unavailable boy she's falling for. But everything changes when she learns that someone is hunting her down for her special skills, and they'll do anything to get to her.</i><br />
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There are times when you read the synopsis of a book and you're like "yeah, I know exactly how this is going down". That was my thought process for this bundle of the first three books of the Fearless series by Francine Pascal. I knew Gaia would be a great character who would kick-ass a lot more often than a regular teenager should feel the need to <strike>and she does</strike>. In all, I expected it to be a pretty easy read, something that I could breeze through in a day and be say, "alright, read that".<br />
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Gaia is someone that I would aspire to be. She cares about people even though she doesn't exactly like to be around them. She goes out of her way to ensure the safety of enemies (except for that one incident...). Not too mention that she's extremely strong, fast, and cunning. What makes a realistic and relatable person, however, is her insecurities. She doesn't have the fact that she has super abilities, but she wishes she didn't enjoy the thrill of fighting bad guys so much. She wishes she had been born more or less 'normal', and regrets the fact that she's never had a boyfriend.<br />
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Pascal's writing style when it comes to this series is somewhat simple but it works. The reason being that you get a sense that you really are in Gaia's head when she's narrating the story. And for a teenager, Gaia is very not-annoying because of the way everything flows. When you turn to another point of view, it doesn't stray far from what you were originally reading so, again, great flow.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291271892121756374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244697122066157899.post-48647759574491700802013-10-31T18:29:00.001-07:002013-10-31T18:29:41.636-07:00For This is the Night - October 2013 in Full<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The picture is of a cosplayer, reading. Why a reading cosplayer? Because today is the last day of October and is Halloween night and this is a book blog! Although I do not participate in festivities like this... HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!<br />
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<a href="http://f-of-words.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-rules-of-dreaming-by-bruce-hartman.html">The Rules of Dreaming</a> by Bruce Hartman<br />
<a href="http://f-of-words.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-sharing-moon-by-christy-campbell.html">The Sharing Moon</a> by Christy Campbell<br />
<a href="http://f-of-words.blogspot.com/2013/10/vessel-by-sarah-beth-durst_23.html">Vessel</a> by Sarah Beth Durst</div>
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<a href="http://f-of-words.blogspot.com/2013/10/cover-reveal-susan-dennard-strange-and.html">Strange and Ever After</a> (Something Strange and Deadly #3) by Susan Dennard</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="http://f-of-words.blogspot.com/2013/10/teaser-tuesdays-october-22.html">Teaser Tuesdays</a></span> - October 22<br />
<a href="http://f-of-words.blogspot.com/2013/06/fluent-fridays-why-will-i-read-thee-i.html">Fluent Fridays</a> - Why Will I Read Thee? I</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="http://f-of-words.blogspot.com/2013/10/teaser-tuesdays-october-29.html">Teaser Tuesdays</a></span> - October 29<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12027415-fearless-sam-run" target="_blank">Fearless/Sam/Run</a> by Franscine Pascal</div>
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<a href="http://www.relicsandwonders.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Lombaro's Amulet</span></a> (Relics & Wonders #1) by Kevin Mullikin</div>
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<a href="http://maggiestiefvater.com/the-raven-boys/the-dream-thieves/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">The Dream Thieves</span></a> (The Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater<br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12813630-the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown?ac=1" target="_blank">The Coldest Girl in Coldtown</a> by Holly Black<br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16139598-marie-antoinette-serial-killer?ac=1" target="_blank">Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer</a> by Katie Alender</div>
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<u><b>Currently Reading</b></u> - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10368915-soul-thief" target="_blank">Soul Thief</a>/<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10308452-forbidden" target="_blank">Forbidden</a> by Jana Oliver, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13599291-dance-of-the-red-death" target="_blank">Dance of the Red Death</a> by Bethany Griffin</div>
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<u><b>Recently Finished</b></u> - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12027415-fearless-sam-run" target="_blank">Fearless/Sam/Run</a> by Franscine Pascal</div>
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<u><b>To be Read</b></u> - <a href="http://www.relicsandwonders.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Lombaro's Amulet</span></a> (Relics & Wonders #1) by Kevin Mullikin, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18202141-the-forever-ones?from_search=true" target="_blank">The Forever Ones</a> (The Iduna Project) by Marjorie DeLuca</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291271892121756374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244697122066157899.post-80682356922571241902013-10-29T09:00:00.000-07:002013-10-29T09:00:15.730-07:00Teaser Tuesdays - October 29<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><br /></i><i>Teaser Tuesdays</i>, a weekly bookish meme, is brought to you by <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Should Be Reading</span></a>. This meme is where I will share two (2) random "teaser" sentences from a random page of whatever I'm currently reading and try to pull you guys in.<br />
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This week's book (the entire series, really) is published with two different names... which I think is unnecessary.</div>
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"<i>All the pain and brutal rejection from the day before slammed into Riley like a shock wave. She bit her lip, not wanting to shout out her fury aloud, reveal to the world how badly this hurt</i>,"<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291271892121756374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244697122066157899.post-25946779577145235702013-10-25T13:30:00.000-07:002014-01-17T15:44:46.768-08:00Fluent Fridays 1 - Why Will I Read Thee? I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Title</b> - <i>Vessel</i><br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Sarah Beth Durst</a><br />
<b>Series</b> - <strike>None</strike><br />
<b>Release Date</b> - September 11th, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher</b> - <a href="http://imprints.simonandschuster.biz/margaret-k-mcelderry-books" target="_blank">Margaret K. McElderry</a><br />
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What really got me to pick this book up at the library was the cover. There's a girl on the cover who's in a beautiful ensemble and the colours are in-your-face... It was made specifically so that I could stare at it and not get bored.<br />
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I was not at all disappointed with this storyline. It is different and rich with foreign beliefs and cultures that may or may not be fictional. It deals with the concept of sacrificing oneself in order to save others and dealing with the baggage that comes with knowing that you have no future because you are not expected to live very long. Goodness! While I was reading this, I couldn't help but be impressed with the actions of the characters whose purpose in life is to die so that their clans can survive the Great Drought.<br />
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Liyana, the <i>main</i> main character is a very cool chick in my book. She keeps her cool and her head on at all times. "<i>Oh, I'm about to be offered up as sacrifice? That is perfectly OK... You're leaving me in the desert to die a horrible death because the ceremony didn't work and you're blaming it on me? I'll catch you guys on the flip-side.</i>" What? Are you crazy, girl? Of course she's crying on the inside a little, but her sense of self sacrifice is so great that she'll really do anything to ensure the survival of her clan. "<i>The goddess who was suppose to invade my body while I disappear into the Dreaming forever is missing? Let's find her.</i>" Not to mention that she's really good at almost everything.<br />
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Ultimately, what really made me like this book was the concept behind it. I even wish I was the one that came up with it. There's a lot of interesting things that takes place in the midst of the story, but to reveal one would make me reveal <u>that</u>, then <u>this</u>, and so you'd think that I might as well copy and paste the entire book onto here.<br />
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My only regret was the fact that the book wasn't longer. There could have been more details somewhere in the middle to make it longer (which is just my opinion). I pretty much didn't want it to end because I wanted more, I wanted more, and dang it I WANT MORE!<br />
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The cover of the final book of the Something Strange and Deadly trilogy has surfaced!~ This title will be published by Harper Teen and will be on shelves available on <b>July 22nd, 2014</b>.<br />
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<i>In the conclusion to the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a roaring—and addictive—gothic world,” Eleanor Fitt must control her growing power, face her feelings for Daniel, and confront the evil necromancer Marcus...all before it’s too late.<br />He took her brother, he took her mother, and now, Marcus has taken her good friend Jie. With more determination than ever to bring this sinister man to justice, Eleanor heads to the hot desert streets of nineteenth-century Egypt in hopes of ending this nightmare. But in addition to her increasingly tense relationships with Daniel, Joseph, and her demon, Oliver, Eleanor must also deal with her former friend, Allison, who has curiously entangled herself in Eleanor’s mission.<br />With the rising dead chomping at her every move and Jie’s life hanging in the balance, Eleanor is convinced that her black magic will see her through to the bitter end. But there will be a price. Though she and the Spirit Hunters have weathered every battle thus far, there will be consequences to suffer this time—the effects of which will be irreversible. And when it’s over, only some will be able to live a strange and ever after.<br />Susan Dennard will leave readers breathless and forever changed in the concluding pages of this riveting ride.</i></blockquote>
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I've been waiting for all three books to come out so I can tackle the entire series at once, but July 2014 is a long wait from today... Will I have the patience to wait before I start reading book one? Probably not. xD<br />
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<b>Title</b> - <i>The Sharing Moon</i><br />
<b>Author</b> - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7143414.Christy_A_Campbell" target="_blank">Christy Campbell</a><br />
<b>Series </b>- <strike>None</strike><br />
<b>Release Date</b> - September 2nd, 2013<br />
<b>Publisher</b> - <a href="https://www.createspace.com/" target="_blank">CreateSpace</a><br />
<b>Format Acquired</b> - eBook via <a href="http://amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br />
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<i>Elijah is different. He's confused. And he used to be alive.
When eighteen year old Elijah Solomon dies, so do all of his memories.</i>
<i>A mysterious message sends his lost soul back to change the life of one girl, and relive a very intriguing world. It isn't easy having a second chance, Elijah soon realizes. Dreams reveal clues from his past he isn't prepared for. Seraphina Adams lives with her emotionally distant mother and battles the darkness in her own mind. After the loss of her father, Sera finds that opening up and learning to trust can be the hardest things to grasp. Until she meets Elijah, the most beautiful boy she's ever seen.</i></blockquote>
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Before saying anything else, let me first get this off my chest: I've never read a story that tugged at my heartstrings so hard before.<br />
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When I first got the notice from a Goodreads group that there was a new book available for Read & Review, I was thrilled after reading the synopsis.<i> The Sharing Moon</i> sounded like a cute read, and my initial thought was that it would be a break from the stories I'm used to reading.<br />
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I wasn't prepared for <i>The Sharing Moon</i> at all; that is to say, I was completely blown away by the plot, the characters, the moods, the everythings, in the best possible way! Campbell did not just write a book that tugged at my heartstrings a little, it felt like my heart was playing tug of war with an invisible force. I was expecting a rather simple tale about second chance and I received a whirlwind of twists, turns, and heartache.<br />
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Elijah, even though he is a lost soul who hardly ever gets a straight answer from the forces of the universe who decided to give him the second chance in the first place, tries very hard to do what is asked for him. He's persistent, friendly and very protective of the number one girl in his life. Not to mention that he's perhaps the most beautiful boy that has ever existed (and he's existed twice!). I admire the way Elijah is pretty much the "force of good", smiling and encouraging, even though he has his own demons to battle. And he does it all for the sake of Seraphina.<br />
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Seraphina is a broken soul, someone who tries but cannot seem to find the value in her life. I mean, unless you read it, or you've known someone who deals with extreme depression, you wouldn't believe that this girl is the way she is. I thought she that the mood swings would get annoying after awhile, but nope. Her darkened mind only made me want to read even more. That sounds really really bad, but I swear that it's a good thing. She becomes Elijah's number one priority, she is the girl that needs to know that life is a fragile thing and the girl that desperately needs saving.<br />
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Leah. Now <i>she</i> was annoying. I understood her purpose in pestering Elijah at every unconscious moment, but goodness! Ugh! That girl is just a ball of frustration. I just wanted to throw things at her every time she became part of the story.<br />
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As for Campbell's writing when it comes to <i>The Sharing Moon</i>, I thought that styling the story in the present tense was a genius approach. And it was done in a way that made the tone of the story very interesting. In short, <i>it made me unable to stop reading</i>. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I couldn't NOT finish this book in one go. I read it on the bus, while walking to class, while I was <i>in</i> class, when I knew I should have been taking care of other things (<strike>cough cough, homework</strike>)... I needed to know how it all ended because it was just so good!!!<br />
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The only problem I had though (uh oh), was the fact that the characters talk like they're reading a script (which they are in a way). Sometimes is was okay, but other times it distracted me from what I was reading because it didn't flow as well as it should have. BUT, other than that, <i>The Sharing Moon</i> was a pleasure to read. If I had a physical copy of it... IwouldfindawaytomakeElijahmine.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Thank you Christy Campbell, for gifting me with an e-Book copy of this awesome book.</span><br />
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