tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21410562686308457552024-03-12T19:14:01.062-04:00Not Your Fairy Talefairytale [n]: a story about fairies; told to amuse childrenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-64877981090983217892014-01-01T12:23:00.002-05:002014-01-01T12:23:55.108-05:002014 Audio Book Challenge 31 audio books listened to in 2013, when I saw on goodreads <a href="http://thebooknympho.com/2013/11/sign-up-2014-audio-book-challenge/">thebooknympho</a> 2014 audio book challenge I just had to do it.<br /><br />So I am just going to copy and paste for a second. here is the just of the challange.<br /><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; font-family: tahoma; line-height: inherit;"><br /></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;">The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2014 than you did in 2013.</span><br /><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;">
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;">My Precious</strong><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6;"> (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;">30+</strong><br /><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma; line-height: 22px;">So I am going to try whole heartly to out do my self from last year, and listen to 30 audio books. </span><br /><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma; line-height: 22px;">Now thats a lot but I use </span><a href="http://www.overdrive.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e62565; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none;">Overdrive</a><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> through my local library. I also have an </span><a href="http://www.audible.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e62565; font-family: tahoma; font-size: small; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Audible.com</a><span style="font-family: tahoma; line-height: 22px;"> membership. So hopefully I will make use of that, and make use of my walk to and from work on a daily basic, to use that time to listen. </span><br /><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma; line-height: 22px;">Cheers Happy New Years Guys.</span><br /><span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma; line-height: 22px;">I am doing that thing, where its January and I have all these bookish goals. Wish me luck </span></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-63192288363486274162013-10-18T19:45:00.000-04:002013-10-18T19:46:57.687-04:00Waiting. was the original title of this post, but then I started rambling about Discovery of Witches. So today I was on goodreads today. No suprise if you know me, but yea I was on goodreads. And I saw a lot of people whinning and complaining about "Oh no a year is too long to wait!" "Why can't this book be out sooner rather than 2015." and so on. <br />
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Now I hate waiting for the next book in the series. I feel like the wait between City of Lost Soul and City of Heavenly Fire, is going to kill me. Waiting for season three of Sherlock is noting compared to the wait for The Book of Life I mean seriously. TWO YEARS FOR A BOOk<br />
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But as much as I hate waiting. I would rather wait then get a shitty half assed written novel. Or a poorly done movie. I mean honestly wait for good quailty shouldn't be bad. I have had so many series where I have LOVED the first novel, or even loved the second novel, but there comes a time where the quality of the novel suffers because of the time frame the author has to write and edit the book.<br />
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Book Sellers want to get a book while its HOT I mean look at Twilight, Breaking Dawn was done so pourly it made me hate the series, it felt rushed and if there was a point where as much as I love the book I was damn disapointed in it.<br />
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The <span itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="bookTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8667848-a-discovery-of-witches?from_search=true" itemprop="url" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">All Souls Trilogy</a> by Debra Harkness is one of those books where I fell in love in The Discovery of Witches. And I died while reading Shadow of Night, it was SO GOOD. I am highly anticipating The Book of Life. I mean if I could some how magically get a copy of this book right now, I don't know what I would do for it. But I in no means wish for the book to push up the publication date. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The reason behind this post is. GUYS STOP COMPLAINING about how long a wait is! cause guess what if its BAD you are going to complain even MORE. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-12323981204852873072013-10-17T16:50:00.001-04:002013-10-17T16:50:31.822-04:00 Emma Approved. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know those movies that you watch every time you are sick? You know the ones I am talking about. You have been watching them since you were a kid. Well for me that was Clueless you know the one with Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd.<br />
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And then I was about 15 when I found out that Clueless was based off of Emma by Jane Austen, and by that time Pride and Prejudice was my go to movie for when I was sad, of just broken up with someone, or having boy problems. The love Darcy and Elizabeth had was something I could only dream of unless I hope to have a love like Josh and Cher. But As soon as I found out Clueless was based on Emma, I picked that up, tried to read it. And I am still reading it 8 years later. I have seen Emma (2009) with Romola Garai. And I love it more then Pride and Prejudice.<br />
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So when I heard that Hank Green and Bernie Su was doing The Lizzie Bennet Dairies which takes my all time favourite book and my favourite media (youtube) and combined them. I knew I was going to love it. And I did. Now that they are doing Emma, its currently on its forth episode on the youtube channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PemberleyDigital">PemberleyDigital</a> and I hope you guys check it out. Its funny and sweet, and I am really liking how they are portraying Emma right now.<br />
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Emma is a hopeless romantic, she believe that love will concur everything. She is always plotting and always thinks things are going to go her way. I can't wait to see how it all blows up on her and how she will learn from it.<br />
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What is also great about this youtube show like the Lizzie Bennet Dairies, the characters have twitter accounts and instagram and pintrest. and then you get conversations like this one.<br />
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That just makes you want to squeak with joy.<br />
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Oh and I am totally painting my walls orange next week. this show totally made me fall in love with the idea I have been thinking about for two months now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-21474202184953745852013-10-12T20:31:00.000-04:002013-10-12T20:55:55.448-04:00So time to revamp the world. or at least my blogSo I have been strictly a book blogger for a while now, and I haven't posted much at all lately. I may post a 50 word review on goodreads hear and there. But never on here. And I think its time for that to change.<br />
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Book blogging is fun, but a twitter conversation I have been having the past few days really made me think. You know what! its really easy to say why you hate a book but not easy to say why you love a book. So while I am going to continue book blogger per say. I am also going to start blogging things in general. Thoughts on Movies, TV Shows (because I watch A LOT of T.V) Craziness of every day life. Web Shows I watch, YouTube videos I've liked or hated, that big cozy sweeter I love, or the new pair of slippers that I bought that I am currently wearing. Or that shirt that fell apart, little things that I write because I kinda want to get back into that.<br />
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I just need to get back it to blogging and writing things I like. I may even vlog a bit.<br />
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Thanks if you are still reading this, hello to new readers. I am not going to promise a new post every day, but I am at least going to try to write something once a week. That day may change or it may stay the same.<br />
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Read. Watch. Love. Laugh. Learn. Enjoy.<br />
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-TeganUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-57229679706662510192013-02-06T00:00:00.000-05:002013-02-06T00:00:10.351-05:00Why Haven't I Read You Wednesday?My friend Amy at <a href="http://simpleloveofreading.blogspot.com/">A Simple Love of Reading </a>has started a new meme today, and I thought it would be nice of me to join in. Cause lets face it, I can relate very much to this meme.<br />
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In all reality, there are so many ways to read, that you don't have to have time per say, just a spare moment with your cellphone hear and there and you can read a book in a month. So here's a book I haven't gotten around to yet, for some reason or another<br />
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I'm really excited to read this! and I can't wait to work down my TBR pile to get to this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-28739476296675150392013-01-20T18:52:00.001-05:002013-01-20T18:52:12.870-05:00Hey It's Monday Wow I haven't done this in a while.<br />
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Hey its Monday is brought to you to by This is a fun weekly meme hosted by Sheila at <a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/">Book Journey</a>.<br />
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So What am I reading this week?<br />
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I am reading: Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles<br />
This is the final novel in the Perfect Chemistry Series and I can not wait to see how this ends for the brothers.<br />
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I am listing to I<span itemprop="name">nto the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond by Kim Harrison </span><br />
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I am really liking this its going to take me a while to get through I have 17hours left. So yay! the hours I have to spend on the bus to and from school! its good to have something to do.<br />
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<span itemprop="name"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-14876654301276015352013-01-16T11:42:00.000-05:002013-01-16T11:42:38.646-05:00Oh My God! its 2013! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The top 13 books I want to buy in 2013! (I am going to TRY and only buy 13books) Cause lets be honest, not buying any is not going to work at all! But I have a lot of books I own but have not read, (number is around 100) I am desperately trying to get them read and I am pretty much broke right now, but there are still some series that I NEED to read ASAP. So I am limiting myself to ONE a month. <br />
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I can't wait to read this book this is my FAV series, I have been reading it since I in high school!<br />
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Ever After by Kim Harrison release date January 22nd (I HOPEFUL will get this on audio from the library! if not come March when I get money from my taxes back!) <br />
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The Indigo Spell - Richelle Mead Ah I can't wait! February 12th! Sydney! and Adrian Ivashkov Be still my heart! <br />
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February 5th! Ah! I love these books! I am In love with Kat and Hale! <br /><br />
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March 19th I cannot wait for Clockwork Princess! I love this series! I can't wait for the end! <br />
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May 7th should be a date in your calender Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong Middle Grade Debut! I can't Effin wait! + Gods!<br /><br />
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May 14th I love the Hex Hall Series! and So glad that its being extended! maybe we will see more of Archer! <br />
June<br />
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<b>Dare You Too - Katie McGarry</b> I LOVED Pushing the Limits! Katie McGarry is amazing! I cant wait!!<br />
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Also in June is <b>Winds of Salem by Melissa De La Cruz</b> the Beauchamp books rock! I cannot wait to read the rest of the series. <br />
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June 4th. Richelle Mead rocks!! I cant wait for this new series! <br />
<b>July</b><br />
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July 2nd <b>The Arrivals: A Novel by Melissa Marr!</b> No cover. yet but I am PUMPED I have no clue what this is about but I can't wait Melissa Marr has never let me down. <br />
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<b>August</b><br />
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Omens Kelley Armstrong I love Kelley Armstrong Books I am hopefully going to love this series too. <br />
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The Retribution of Mara Dyer I am currently savoring the second book in this series! and I totally don't want it to end! Release Date October 22nd (via goodreads) <br /><br />
So here are my 13 books that I want to buy this year, it will likely change and hopefully I will get some from the library! (cause I am running out of room. E-readers rock, and audio books!)<br />
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- Thanks for reading, and hopefully I will blog more this year! <br />
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Title: Pushing the Limits<br />
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Author: Katie McGarry<br />
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Publisher: Harlequin Teen<br />
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Page Count: 392<br />
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Series: NA<br />
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Discloser: BEA<br />
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Title: Speechless
Author: Hannah Harrington
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Discloser: Arc received from BEA
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5 out of 5 stars
Relase date: Aug 28th (sorry the ARC says September)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-5400838587040952382012-04-24T17:52:00.001-04:002012-04-24T17:52:15.257-04:00Bloodline - Richelle Mead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: Bloodlines <br />
Author: Richelle<br />
Publisher: Penguin <br />
Page Count: Audio book <br />
Series: Book one <br />
Discloser: Bought<br />
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<span id="freeText8134546430687680317">When alchemist Sydney is
ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill
Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private
school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama
is only just beginning.
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<br />Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines
explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made
the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive -
this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are
even higher and everyone's out for blood. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText8134546430687680317">Unless you have been living under a rock. you have heard of The Vampire Academy, those six books were great, I had an issue with the first 12 chapters of book one, hated every second of book four and was on the mend in book five so book six I was back in "I love this series" and afraid to end the series. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText8134546430687680317">I have been nervous to start Bloodlines, starting another MEAD series, which is intense, beautiful, and heartbreaking. So I am late to review this. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText8134546430687680317">Sydney is bugging me, she's not Rose, and like all of Mead's MC's she has her own voice, Sydney isn't strong like Rose (or Georgina) She's human, she's lost she has a strict set of believes she has had all her life, the Moroi are the second worst things in the world, Dampire's are the third and Strigo are the worst. And Sydney is having an issue living with a Moroi and a Dahmpire, even worst she is having a hard time dealing with her boss who refuses to see them as living things. Jill we see a little bit more of Jail bate, but I can't wait to see her bloom fully as I hope to see in the second book. Adrian is back, hes same old same old but something is changing within him it seems. I love Adrian so I am totally bias against him, to me he can do no wrong. The new characters in this book, I look forward to seeing more of them. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText8134546430687680317">There is a lot of plot going on in this book, so many different threads laced together and at first your like there is no way everything is going to get wrapped up, this will make an awesome series, everything they need is right hear. and then 90% of the book gets wrapped up and you have like 20pages left, thinking what the hell! seriously how is this a series. And then BANG! your left screaming and trying to fuigured out how to get the next book early. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText8134546430687680317">Fact: I really enjoyed was that this book has another bordering school. I love boarding school novels.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText8134546430687680317">GOLDEN LILY is out <b>June 12th</b>! if you have not read Bloodlines now is the perfect time. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-45408238314071787962012-02-22T00:00:00.000-05:002012-02-21T21:28:29.069-05:00The Fault in Our Stars - John Green<br />
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Title: The Fault in Our Stars<br />
Author: John Green<br />
Publisher: Penguin <br />
Page Count: Audio <br />
Series: N/A<br />
Discloser: Bought<br />
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I've been thinking about this review since the release
date. And I can't review it, There are so many things that could be
discussed about this book, but nothing to be said about it<br />
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The characters aren't perfect, but they are very real.<br />
The plot, is predictable yet will make you cry.<br />
The writing, isn't without flaw, but somehow because of that the story seems more real.<br />
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Here are some of my thoughts on the book because of the book.<br />
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Jan- 18 <br />
I don't know how to start this, I don't want to spoil any thing, but man! Grab a box of tissues! and maybe if your of age a bottle of champagne and taste the stars. Seriously this book was heartbreak and amazing! I don't know how to say this book rocks without getting fan-girly<br />
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Jan 30 - feb 16<br />
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I revived a text message from a friend about a tumor she is having removed, can't sleep, can't let my self think of the fault in our stars, but every little while, Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace seep into my thoughts. And I cry for those fictional characters, because I can't think of her.<br />
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Feb 18th<br />
I work at a funereal home on occasion, I just had to write a donation card "in loving memory of Hazel Waters." Some how that statement I had to write was full of so much unfulfilled potential, of all those who cannot live, what could of been. <br />
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Title: A Discovery of Witches <br />
Author: Deborah Harkness <br />
Publisher: Viking Adult<br />
Page Count: 23.9hours<br />
Series: All Souls <br />
Discloser: Bought<br />
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I apologetic for the length since a review, one of my close personal friends has had a serious medical issue. <br />
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This book title is what drove me to it, as well as when it first came out Bruce at my local book story harassed me to read this for months, I finally caved when Audiable had a sale, and this book was on sale. I am glad I waited to read it, and almost wish I wanted some more time.<br />
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I listened to this 24hour audio book in a week, I went from work home and back again, listening to it on my lunch breaks, on my afternoon breaks, anywhere I could, I even listened to it one morning, setting up the play room.<br />
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This book is totally enthralling, If I had the physical copy I would not be surprise if I had stayed up at all hours of the night reading, but the bonus of audio and being able to be in a different world, while shoveling the drive, was amazing.<br />
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Characters. Diana is a witch who does not want to use her magic, she wants to stay as far away from it as possible. And then she discovers a lost manuscript that all of the other-beings (demons/witches and vampires) want. Enter Mathew, Be still my heart, what I would not do for that boy. Seriously, he is an entralling characters, I want to know about his entire existence he has lived many years and he's been in many battles, and he always has motive behind what he does.<br />
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Plot, the plot isn't exactly fast pasted, there is a lot of world building, even thought the book is set in "our" world it is vastly different, from the world we know, as well it is mainly set in London, a place I have longed dreamed of going, so I enjoyed the descriptions of that. But like most well done books, by the end I was "reading" faster and faster, and not putting it down, the last three hours of this book I did not take my head phones out, from the time school let out, until the book was done, and I was searching for anything about the next book in the All Souls Trilogy. (which comes out in MAY!) <br />
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<span id="freeText3843420064199511115">A richly inventive novel
about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious
manuscript that draws them together.
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<br />Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana
Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the
course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of
witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive
glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her
discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of
daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has
stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only
creature who can break its spell.
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Title: City of Fallen Angels <br />Author: Cassandra Clare<br />Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry<br />Page Count: 424<br />Series: Book Four of the Mortal Instruments <br />Discloser: Bought<br />Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6752378-city-of-fallen-angels">Link</a><br />
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Wow I am not a fan of series movig on afterward they are done. City of Glass was the end of the series, it was a perfect ending for those characters, and because the book is popular it moves gets more books. And because I like the series, I bought it. And it sat on my shelf for MONTHS until I bough the audio book, I had just finished <a href="http://notyourfaerytale.blogspot.com/2011/12/clockwork-prince-cassandra-clare-audio.html">Clockwork Prince </a>and I was on a Ed Westwick and Cassandra Clare high, and I wanted City of Fallen Angels, So I bought it, again. And Don't get me wrong, Its a good book, I like it, and I need to have the hardcover copy for my shelf, but man, I wish I had just bought the audio in the first place, it was so much easier then making myself picking up a book.<br />
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But enough bitching, I am sorry, I really do like the book, I was just upset that there was another book.<br />
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This book takes place six weeks after the events in City of Glass, and by god, its intense, The plot is solid, and had enough twist to keep me guessing. I just don't like Simon, And he had the majority of the book. But I did like Kyle and he was in a lot of Simon parts. I also love the Infernal Divines references in this book. And of course seeing Mangus and Alec together, it was just great. It was definally a book of Fans of Cassandra Clare, if you don't like her books, or if you don't like when authors write books just because people love there characters, I would not sugest this book to you.<br />
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Or if you dont like when couples are going through hard times, that have already been through hell!<br />
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Good book for those who love her other two trilogy.<br />
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Great Audiobook!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-45940122662038169722012-01-07T05:22:00.000-05:002012-01-07T05:22:02.099-05:00Divergent - Veronica Roth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: Divergent <br />Author: Veronica Roth<br />Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books<br />Page Count: 487 <br />Series: Divergent Trilogy book 1 <br />Discloser: Bought<br />Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8306857-divergent">Link</a><br />
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Wow, I was a little shocked when I actually got into this book, I am not a fan of dystopian (I am starting to like them a little bit more), but Melissa Marr liked it and so did all of my friends so I thought I would give it a chance as well as my friend Amy @ <a href="http://simpleloveofreading.blogspot.com/">A Simple love of Reading </a>was going to a signing in T.O and asked me if I would like a signed copy. And I said yes, Then I got 100pages into the book and put it down. And Then I was watching a <a href="http://www.readingteen.net/">Reading Teen</a> Video about the best audio books of 2011 and Andye said something about Divergent, So I went to Audiable and bought a copy, and I loved it.<br />
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Divergent isn't like any dystopian I have read, (and I have read a lot we studied them in english in grade 12) The whole city of <span id="freeTextContainer10553428838031647167">Chicago has decided that what is wrong with today's society is not race, gender, or religion, but the fact that peoples lifestyles clash, and in order to fix that, they must be dived, (much like segregation) and thus the people are divided into </span><span id="freeTextContainer10553428838031647167">five factions, Candor (the honest),
Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful),
and Erudite (the intelligent) and then the Fractionless those who failed to pass the initiation. </span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer10553428838031647167">And then there is the Divergent. Those are very rare, those who do not fit in to only ONE of those fraction, and these people are deadly, because they threaten the perfect society. </span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer10553428838031647167">Tris is a Divergent, and she is finding it hard to life with the fact. And I don't want to get too much into the plot, so just saying Tris is an awesome character, who is trying to fuiger out her place in this society. Its a beautifully woven story. </span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer10553428838031647167">Emma Galivn is a amazing reader who breathes life into this story. If you like Audio books you should check this one out. If you don't well check out the hard copy!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-26074872603887001922012-01-06T17:00:00.001-05:002012-01-06T17:00:13.076-05:00Perfect - Ellen Hopkins<br />
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Title:Perfect <br />Author: Ellen Hopkins<br />Publisher: Margaret k Mcelderry books<br />Page Count: 662<br />Series: Companion novel to Impluse <br />Discloser: Bought<br />Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9917945-perfect">Link</a></div>
Days have past since I Finished Perfect by Ellen Hopkins, and to be honest, I am still feeling pretty good about myself. There's something about Ellen Hopkins books for me at least that makes me feel better about myself, there is at least always something that relates to me.<br />
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With Perfect it was the fact that all these people were striving for the best, but not for themselves Cara wants to be the perfect daughter for her parents, but her struggling with her sexuality makes that hard for her to come to terms with. Sean, wants to be the perfect baseball player, and he will do whatever it takes to get there, Kendra, wants to be a model size 2, and if that means not eating well that's what she's going to do. Andre has talent and wants to use it, but he has to hide it from his parents.<br />
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This book is a Companion Novel to Impulse, and the two take place at the same time, and the two are pretty much seamlessly connected, It was really cool to see how Conner's (one of the Main Characters in Impulse) Effected those back at home, His sister, (Cara) his Ex-Girlfriend (Kendra) His team mates (Sean) and he even affected a totally stranger (Andre).<br />
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This book has something for everyone, because I am sure nobody think of themselves as perfect. I know the first time my mother called me fat, I remember what I was wearing, where I was standing, what I was looking at, and most of all how it made me feel. And We all have moments like that, where people our choices make or break us, I could of agreed with her, and then stopped eating, or but I didn't. And I think its important for those of who may be struggling with things like eating disorders, drug abuse (to better enhance performance) or just all together coming to terms with who they are, should read this book. It is really eye opening.<br />
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The Characters are life like, and they are human, they have human reactions to things, and the description of the drug use has shocking motivation behind it.<br />
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After the letdown that was Tricks (Sorry I really disliked that book) I am glad to have another amazing Ellen Hopkins book! <br />
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If you've read Perfect, you might want to check out Ellen other books:<br />
Crank Series (Crank, Glass, Fallout and Flirting with the Monster)<br />
Burned <br />
Impulse (Companion novel)<br />
Identical (Jaw drooping effen amazing novel) <br />
Tricks (good book, I just thought more could of been done with it)<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-84139710194454600032012-01-04T17:32:00.001-05:002012-01-04T17:33:57.270-05:002012 updateSo I know I haven't been posting much, but that's going to start to change, I haven't been reading much, I have spent 60+ hours a week studying and at school, rather then reading, and I have voved that I am going to learn how to blance school and blogging and reading.<br />
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Happy New Years Guys hope to see you guys soonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-84853587622983095832011-12-24T22:24:00.001-05:002011-12-24T22:55:17.737-05:00Clockwork Prince - Cassandra Clare - Audio book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="freeText5165430677810911425">In the magical
underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety
with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue
forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as
head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be
out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants
to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends. </span><br />
With the help of the
handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa
discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply
personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life.
To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from
mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from
the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that
the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When
they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they
realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and that one of
their own has betrayed them. <br />
Tessa finds her heart drawn more
and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods,
continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the wall
he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister
free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is
and what she was born to do? <br />
As their dangerous search for the
Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that
when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.<br />
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Title: Clockwork Prince<br />
Author: Cassandra Clare <br />
Publisher: Simon and Schuster <br />
Page Count: 15hours Audio <br />
Series: The Infernal Devices <br />
Discloser: Bought Audible <br />
Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10025305-clockwork-prince">Link</a><br />
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First of, I didn't remember being as much of a fan of this series as I was, I though I had luke warm feelings towards Clockwork Angel. but I reread my review, and looked on goodreads and it turns out I loved it. I just wasn't loving Will and Jem as much as everyone else, and boy I wish I had loved Clockwork Angel as much as I loved Clockwork Prince. Man did I love this book!<br />
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Nobody I know is shocked when I say I don't like Cassandra Clare. I know sorry but I don't like here. But her BOOKS I love I 100% love her books, and I wish I could just stop! But out of all six books of hers this is my fav. Now I have to admit, I have stopped buying phyical copies of her books. I am sticking to the audio books. I had City of Fallen Angel on my TBR stack for months. And I Could not bring myself to read it. But I picked it up RIGHT after Clockwork Prince.<br />
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Man I love Clockwork Prince.<br />
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Boys<br />
There is a TONE of Mangus, in this book, and hes has a important role, and he is the same as he is in The City of Bones series, funny loveable and there's so much story to go with him.<br />
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Will's Story is great, we find a lot about him and his past, and he is so good in this, hes funny and scarstic, and I fell inlove with him more every word he spoke.<br />
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Gem, God, i don't like him, I really wish he would die already, he has a illness that is slowly killing him, and I wish he would just die! it would make life so much easier for Tessa if he was dead! . . . K maybe it wouldn't.<br />
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Tessa: Woah! what is going on with her! seriously! I wish I knew, she is such a fascinating character. And god, I love her "power" I need to know more.<br />
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Everyone else anything I could say is realated to plot, which is so good I don't want to give any way!<br />
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IF you haven't picked up your copy of this do it! right now. Buy it online. have it for the rest of your winter holidays! if you dont have holidays it will keep you up at night wanting more.<br />
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I did listen to the audio and the narratarters were Great! I love the switching points of view! with a new voice.<br />
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Get reading.<br />
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-Tegan<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-83323979391342665172011-12-07T21:17:00.001-05:002011-12-24T22:24:21.081-05:00To Be<br />
Second Books That I loved book one/or really enjoyed<br />
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1. Supernaturally - Kristen White <br />
2. Uncommon Criminals - Ally Carter <br />
3. Crossed - Ally Condie <br />
4. The Lost Saint - Bree Despian <br />
5. Trial By Fire - Jennifer Lynn Barns <br />
6. Crescendo - Becca Fizpatrick <br />
7. Sweetly - Jackson Perce <br />
8. Fire - Kristina Cashsore <br />
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Series that I love <br />
1. Blue Bloods - Lost in Time - Melissa de la Cruz <br />
2. The Mortal Instruments - City of Fallen Angels - Cassandra Clare <br />
3. Otherworld - Spell Bound - Kelley Armstrong <br />
4. The Wolves of Mercy Fall - Forever - Maggie Stievfvater <br />
5. Fever - ShadowFever - Karen Marie Mooning <br />
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Authors I love: <br />
1-4. Melissa De La Cruz - 4 books <br />
5. Maggie Stievfvater - Scorpio Races <br />
6. Brenna Yovanoff - The Space Between <br />
7-9: LJ Smith - The Forbidden Games <br />
10. The Future of Us - Jay Asher <br />
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Books I've heard good things so I bought: <br />
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1. The Prophecy of the sister - Michelle Zink <br />
2. Guardian of the Gate - Michelle Zink <br />
3. We hear the Dead - Dianne Dalerni <br />
4. Iron Witch - Karen Mahoney *heard AMAZING things!* <br />
5. Unearthly - Cynthia Hand<br />
6. Divergent - Veronica Roth *100 pages in its really good*<br />
7. Angel Star - Jennifer Murgia <br />
8. Goddess Game - Niki Burnham <br />
9. Across the Universe - Beth Revise <br />
10. Dark Lover - J.R WardUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-26535683605151743342011-10-15T12:51:00.005-04:002011-10-15T13:14:00.723-04:00Lola and the Boy Next Door - Stephine Perkins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51a8P0ErqJL.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 500px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51a8P0ErqJL.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Title: Lola and the Boy Next Door<br />Author: Stephine Perkins<br />Publisher: Dutton<br />Page Count: 338<br />Series: NA<br />Discloser: Bought<br />Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9961796-lola-and-the-boy-next-door">Link</a><br /><br /><span id="freeText10563052515341332392" style="">Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild -- the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.<br /><br />When Cricket -- a gifted inventor -- steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door</span><br />-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<br /><br />Does this book really need an introduction? She's the queen of Contemporary novels. Her debut novel Anna and the French Kiss in 2010 rocked you socks off, John green said it was like him and Maureen Jonhson had a baby but only better. And Lola and the Boy Next-Door is BETTER. in my not so humble option. And let me tell you, books that get hyped up THIS much I don't normally like. Hunger Games - meh wasnt a fan. But by golly, this book made me fall in love with Cricket. Now I know what your thinking how can you fall in love with someone named Cricket? It just happened.<br /><br />Now The plot was good. I have had discussions over her gay dads'. And wheather or not Perkins was trying to have a subtext that she turned out this way because her dads' were gay. And this way there is nothing wrong with it. Lola is LOUD! she doesnt believe in fashion but lives her live in costumes. Dresses and Wigs, And she never wears the same thing the same way twice, and I love it. And it's who she is, and though in the case of Lola i dont believe it was because of her dads, but maybe a lack of strong female in her life, it is not like Rachel from Glee where she's like this because her dads pushed her. But I truly believe this is who she wants to be. Okay enough politics. Lets talk BOYS! which is something I know you must love.<br /><br />Holy CHRIST! St. Claire now this will be short, I love my little mutt, and seeing him through Lola's eyes instead of Anna's was great, we really see how much he cares for her. But you know this, you've read Anna. What?! you haven't? Well that's okay its just a companion novel you can still read and enjoy this magical trip with Lola. Any ways, you want to hear about Cricket, the boy next door, the one with the name you don't think you could ever love?<br />Well wait a min, lets talk about Max first. Now as much as I love Cricket, I am a pretty big Max fan for the first half, Now I know there is a age difference, and I am not fond of that, but I am a believer in that love can't tell age, I have family who they have been together 20 years and they are in there thirties now. I have friends who have she was 15 and he was 45 and now that he's has past away, she still says "I loved him from the day I met him until long after the day he died." I believe that love doesn't care. I believe that Lola loves Max, and you can tell that he loves her too. He's in a band, he's older, he has a bad relationship with his father, and his mother ran away. Him and Lola connect in ways that her and Cricket can't. I really liked Max for the first half of the book, he may have been jealous but that's a sign that he cared right?<br /><br />Cricket. All I am going to say about this is Cricket Bell is a REAL fictional characters, he has his flaws, he doesn't know what to do about Lola and his feelings for her, they are all mixed up. He tries to do the right thing, and he just gets in trouble for it. And he's sweet and caring. But that's all your going to get out of me on him because I don't want to share MY version of Cricket and have him muck around with yours.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-82158755057005072172011-08-30T11:16:00.004-04:002011-08-30T11:46:31.079-04:00Candy Darlings - Christine Walde<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf36g_EdFefTvgU0u2ifZmWfP6oXknuRQ6EMimPSmHZDJpRSOOThTdy58g44S-I85Mrop0T0NMGTumtKTPaAeoQwLq-TmSHY3iG_tukuEC6ZU5UMA_2Ne4SYIFIlNj_EdGU-9W-x_kbSE/s1600/514DFGY6YTL._SL500_.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf36g_EdFefTvgU0u2ifZmWfP6oXknuRQ6EMimPSmHZDJpRSOOThTdy58g44S-I85Mrop0T0NMGTumtKTPaAeoQwLq-TmSHY3iG_tukuEC6ZU5UMA_2Ne4SYIFIlNj_EdGU-9W-x_kbSE/s320/514DFGY6YTL._SL500_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646675906785282066" /></a>
<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; font-size:14px;">The Brothers Grimm meet <em>Mean Girls</em> in Christine Walde s edgy YA debut novel, the story of a young girl and her friend, a mysterious misfit named Megan Chalmers, who join forces at an exclusive private school to combat a powerful trio of teen tyrants. United by their outsider status, the girls soon discover that they share an obsession with candy in all its addictive, sugary incarnations. During the course of an eventful school year, the two friends ward off grief, loneliness, and the spectacularly cruel tactics of their tormenters by consuming mind-boggling quantities of jawbreakers, tootsie pops, slime balls, and other sugary confections -- while Megan spins dark, disturbing stories that help them cope with the stresses in their lives. Strong language and adult themes may make this subversive little novel inappropriate for the youngest, most impressionable readers. However, we would not hesitate to recommend <em>The Candy Darlings</em> for older teens struggling to find their way in the emotional landscape of adolescence.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Futura;font-size:17px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Futura;font-size:17px;">
<br /></span></div>Title: Candy Darlings
<br />Author: Christine Walde
<br />Publisher: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;">Graphia</span>
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<br />Series: 310
<br />Discloser: Bought<div>Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321111.The_Candy_Darlings">Link</a></div><div>
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<br /></div><div>This book is unique how many books have the story told from a point of view where you don't know the main characters name. The entire book you are not told the MC name. Kinda like Fight Club. (or so I am told.) I like to call her Elizabeth because she feels like at some points she's and Eliza, other times she's a Beth, or a Liz, I am very glad that we never got a name for her because that makes the reader feel like they are engulfed into the story more then if we knew her name. But for this review, I am going to call her Elizabeth because it's just easier. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>So Elizabeth doesn't eat candy, she use to love it, but it was something her father always brought her home from when he was away. And well it hurts to much to eat any. Megan is a candy lover, always has some in her mouth, and she and elizabeth bond over there common ground of Candy. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>This book has stories from Megan about candy and This book will make you wonder, was that a ghost or were they just high. The last half of the book it mindblowing. </div><div>
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<br /></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-66987164294313066652011-08-30T10:13:00.004-04:002011-08-30T11:00:25.568-04:00Empress of the World - Sarah Ryan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkAUPnz6tq6L_-oKDjDyvHa6oSgLZVhOC5sdyzD0LdI2i-e82uvQn1DIt1GBEXRVDapdPxzOyjjlAjHjovdQ_ei-HAZSYx-bZYRQmFVD55nWb7yndB3MD0akyOsUXeUxtSyeuRr4kW4w/s1600/47944.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkAUPnz6tq6L_-oKDjDyvHa6oSgLZVhOC5sdyzD0LdI2i-e82uvQn1DIt1GBEXRVDapdPxzOyjjlAjHjovdQ_ei-HAZSYx-bZYRQmFVD55nWb7yndB3MD0akyOsUXeUxtSyeuRr4kW4w/s320/47944.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646664013035058706" /></a>
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<br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; font-size:14px;">Nicola Lancaster is spending eight weeks at the Siegel Institute Summer Program for Gifted Youth, a hothouse of smart, articulate, intense teenagers. She soon falls in with Katrina (Manic Computer Chick), Isaac (Nice-Guy-Despite-Himself), Kevin (Inarticulate Composer) . . . and Battle. Battle Hall Davies is a beautiful blonde dancer, and everything Nic isn't. The two become friends-and then, startlingly, more than friends. What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">
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<br /></span></div>Title: Empress of the World
<br />Author: Sarah Ryan
<br />Publisher:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 18px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">Puffin</span>
<br />Page Count: 224
<br />Series: Companion
<br />Discloser: Library</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47944.Empress_of_the_World">Link</a></span></div><div face="Futura" size="17px" style=" ">
<br /></div><div face="Futura" size="17px" style=" ">This books so totally changed my point of view on gay lesbian fiction. It was the first book like this I read. Nic is a smart girl, but she's never really put much thought into liking girls, or guys for that matter, but when she sees Battle that changes, she has beautiful long blond hair and is the prettiest person Nic has ever seen. </div><div style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Futura; ">
<br /></div><div style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Futura; ">Battle is strugling with her sexuality she has dated guys but doesn't really like them.But she would rather like them then girls. But there's something between her and Nic that she can't fight. but she tries damn hard to. </div><div style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Futura; ">
<br /></div><div style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Futura; ">This book takes place in a summer camp, and there's a lot of fun characters. I love the boys in this book. Isaac is great. Josh is pretty cool too. This is a perfect book to read in the summer and a + is that the author reads the audio book on itunes podcast for free<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-20832988835601945342011-08-30T09:33:00.004-04:002011-08-30T10:11:17.289-04:00Perfect Cut -<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxfbaWnzGzExQOStQjv5iZ3Z5Xwq-8QdSYFCCXb9mEb_VjEXN9YZjk_nrFI2pF0gPjOvpyRCkR2q03laImhRnznOX8H3ai2JgdC82VG4CE6IKfgcofwsGittXRdFqO9gSMckstiLhFD4/s1600/2188794.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxfbaWnzGzExQOStQjv5iZ3Z5Xwq-8QdSYFCCXb9mEb_VjEXN9YZjk_nrFI2pF0gPjOvpyRCkR2q03laImhRnznOX8H3ai2JgdC82VG4CE6IKfgcofwsGittXRdFqO9gSMckstiLhFD4/s320/2188794.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646642203330946802" /></a>
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<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >After the death of his tough, guitar-playing, much-loved sister, Michelle, Brian finds it increasingly difficult to care about anything. He doesn’t care about his parents. He doesn’t care about his friends. He doesn’t care about school. He just doesn’t care anymore. The only time Brian comes alive is in the few seconds it takes for the razor to slice through his skin. But he never cuts deep enough to cause any real damage. At least, not yet... In <em>The Perfect Cut,</em> Julie Burtinshaw has written an incredibly honest and perceptive novel about cutting, revealing why this dangerous practice has become an increasingly common form of stress relief among young adults. Told from the perspective of the grief-stricken Brian who, in his mind, has run out of options for coping, it’s clear that while he makes some bad choices, he’s not a bad person. The book ends on a grace note, reassuring young readers that even terrible obstacles can be overcome, and that where there’s life, there is hope.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Title: Perfect Cut
<br />Author: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/443680.Julie_Burtinshaw" class="authorName" itemprop="url" style="text-decoration: none; "><span itemprop="name" style="color:#000000;">Julie Burtinshaw</span></a> </span>
<br />Publisher: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">Raincoast Books</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 18px; "> </span>
<br />Page Count: 308
<br />Series: NA
<br />Discloser: Bought<div>Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2188794.The_Perfect_Cut">Link</a></div><div>
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<br /></div><div>This book broke my heart. Brian has a story to tell, and he has a story to find out about his dead big sister. I read this book in 2days in I stayed up until 1am reading, and then I cried until 3am because I just lost it when I read this book. I don't cry during books, I didn't cry when I read I didn't cry during Sing Me To Sleep, nor Bridge to Terabithia, Before I Die, Thirteen Reasons Why, Speak. This book is the only book I ever remember crying over. And boy did I cry. </div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><div>This book played with my emotions, Brian was such a great guy, he has his issues, he cuts because his sister did, he cuts his stomach which ow that would hurt, so you know he has his issues, his sister always wore jeans in summer "ripped for AC" and it took him a while to fuiger this all out. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Once night his sister dies in a car crash. And months afterwards this story takes place. It's a story about a family who is grieving. Told from a sons point of view through various flashbacks that tear into the future. This books will leave you heart broke. </div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-36549499030127792512011-08-30T08:48:00.003-04:002011-08-30T09:31:58.165-04:00Diary of an Anorexic Girl - Morgan Menzie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d4-8-ky9txGGOKn8lAWM-FqyL9iAGFh0CLmcUjWECrZ83lqHthV96ZUulh2hYd8opdhJwbYsTdEgGcVl6500nhL2zQ95n40BFekxcp8mcFMpOTE1L9vE_w20nq1YdkqoHuKbAfimlsk/s1600/389624.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d4-8-ky9txGGOKn8lAWM-FqyL9iAGFh0CLmcUjWECrZ83lqHthV96ZUulh2hYd8opdhJwbYsTdEgGcVl6500nhL2zQ95n40BFekxcp8mcFMpOTE1L9vE_w20nq1YdkqoHuKbAfimlsk/s320/389624.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646630709027390146" /></a>
<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; font-size:14px;"><p style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">Morgan Menzie takes readers through a harrowing but ultimately hopeful and inspiring account of her eating disorder. Her amazing story is told through the journals she kept during her daily struggle with this addiction and disease. Her triumphs and tragedies all unfold together in this beautiful story of God's grace.</p><p style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">Features include: daily eating schedule, journal entries, prayers to God, poems, and what she wished she knew at the time. It's the true story of victory over a disease that is killing America's youth. </p><p style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; ">
<br /></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Title: Diary of an Anorexic Girl: a spirtual journy through eating disorders
<br />Author: Morgan Menzie
<br />Publisher: W publishing group
<br />Page Count: 200
<br />Discloser: Bought<div>Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/389624.Diary_of_an_Anorexic_Girl">Link</a></div><div>
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<br /></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><div>This book was a fast read. I liked it, but it wasn't extremely deep. And the writing was sloppy. It was a diary more or less, in the begining Morgan Menzie points out that its fiction but if you would like you could just call Blythe Morgan if you so wished. I read this book four year ago and it didn't overly stick with you. I haven't been through what she has, but I thought that because this book was fiction the author changed things that shouldn't have been changed. This would of been better as a work of non-fiction rather then fiction. I felt a disconnect. </div><div>
<br /></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><div>The Diaries, and how much she ate, and her prayers were, heart breaking, but at the same time this book was very God ornament. And it bugged me, but at the same time I don't think this book would of gotten published without the god, I like this book but it was pourly written and badly edited.</div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-78407926999482537742011-08-30T07:40:00.003-04:002011-08-30T07:53:40.950-04:00More then You Can Chew- Marnelle Tokio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL47MzvRqv23-Tz5H4hBHrc6eTd4WQXj808rflkcRs9q7o_3DjJEQb8hcNJjpkmljwNMMKOpM97lpbssjGnujq533NRIrzdPvyGLwUSGXlPkE7ZQnenPPGkTLfeDjdtP0jvYkcMNSqOyI/s1600/714627.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL47MzvRqv23-Tz5H4hBHrc6eTd4WQXj808rflkcRs9q7o_3DjJEQb8hcNJjpkmljwNMMKOpM97lpbssjGnujq533NRIrzdPvyGLwUSGXlPkE7ZQnenPPGkTLfeDjdtP0jvYkcMNSqOyI/s320/714627.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646613887948146642" /></a>
<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Marty Black has retreated from a difficult family situation into the area she can best control, her own appetites. She may not be able to control her parents’ behavior, but she can decide what she will and will not eat. Eventually, she stops eating altogether. Marty is close to death when she finally asks for help and finds herself in a psychiatric institution. But recognizing her need for help is only the first tenuous step on a long road to recovery.<p style="line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Marty’s ability to find a way to live, despite the powerful lure of anorexia, is the core of this fine, insightful novel.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Marnelle Tokio’s semi autobiographical story will resonate with every teenager who faces issues of family, body image, and self-confidence.</p><div>
<br /></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ">Title: More Then You Can Chew
<br />Author: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name" style="text-decoration: none; ">Marnelle Tokio</span></span></span></span>
<br />Publisher:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "> Tundra Books<div class="buttons"><div id="bookDataBox" class="uitext" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><div class="clearFloats"></div></div></div></span>Page Count: 240
<br />Series: NA
<br />Discloser: Library </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/714627.More_Than_You_Can_Chew">Link</a></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">One of the best books I read in High School I read so many books, but this was one that stuck with me. This is set mainly in a Rehab and it shows how hard Marty's will to survive, but how tainted her condition is. She want's help. She needs it. but there's a line they want us to have 5000 calories a day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "> And her reply is "I am not putting 5000 of anything into my body." She needs it but she can't seem to take her self out of the mind set. This book is haunting. I read this 6 years ago and I still have the ideas that it put in my head floating there. Every time I feel bad about eating something I shouldn't I some what think of this book, and how it's okay to eat. Well in moderation. How that extra scoop of ice cream wont mean that I lose my figure. It my be not perfect but what's attracted about being a double zero and 85pounds soaking wet at 5'3. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">This book will change you if you haven't read it. I strongly erge you too. If you have teenage children and you think they may be strugling with it. Don't think that its a too dark of topic, just get them to read it, because from a one adult who read this as a teen to a parent, Let Them Read Whatever. Just talk about it. </span></div><div>
<br /></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141056268630845755.post-40023130784905395752011-08-25T17:28:00.003-04:002011-08-25T18:17:00.924-04:00Falling For Hamlet - Michelle Ray<a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1286573816l/9415959.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 475px;" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1286573816l/9415959.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; ">Meet Ophelia: a blonde, beautiful high-school senior and long-time girlfriend of Prince Hamlet of Denmark. Her life is dominated not only by her boyfriend's fame and his overbearing family, but also by the paparazzi who hound them wherever they go. As the devastatingly handsome Hamlet spirals into madness after the mysterious death of his father, the King, Ophelia rides out his crazy roller coaster life, and lives to tell about it. In live television interviews, of course.<p style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Passion, romance, drama, humor, and tragedy intertwine in this compulsively readable debut novel, told by a strong-willed, modern-day Ophelia.
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<br />Author: Michelle Ray
<br />Publisher: Poppy
<br />Page Count:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"> 368</span>
<br />Series: N/A
<br />Discloser: ARC TRADE <div>Goodreads: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9415959-falling-for-hamlet">Link</a></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; "><div>
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<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Where to start. It's Hamlet with texting. K that's a crap review. Scrap that. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">It's everything you love about Hamlet, with coffee. There's something about this book that is missleading from what you see when you see the cover or read the back cover. Tag line is "First Come Love Then Comes Madness." And the cute cover. It looks like the book has a happy feel to it. Like when you see a passionet kiss on the cover you think romance. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Don't get me wrong, there was romance in it, but its one of Shakespeare's Tragedies meaning and sorry if I ruin a four hundred year play for you, but they all die in the end. In this re-telling Ophelia doesn't die, and maybe some other people. The Ending is fairly diffrent from the play, we have more of the aftermath of what happened. But we also have a lot more of the before. Which I loved. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">In this we see The Dead King and how Michelle Ray thinks he was, and the characters are more alive. Yet I think they are fairly true to the play. That's the great thing about a 400year old play you can take things and change the context. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">One thing I loved about this book was how some of the lines were changed so slightly, that it made everything make scene. And I would read it, and I would hear my grade 12 english teacher saying this is how we should understand it. If anything I would love to give this book to my Teacher, because she loved hamlet dearly, but I would terrified to see her reaction to how some things were changed. For the better I think. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">One thing I love is how the book was broken up. Instead of Act's the story was told as if she was on a talk show telling her story of the fall of the crown of Denmark. I also loved the DDI and how the characters that were in the play the small ones made there way into the story. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I have read other Hamlet Retellings with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; font-size: medium; ">Ophelia as the lead and this is by far one of the best. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0