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I am finally going to leave blogger. It's not because I don't like it, but I want to try wordpress. It seems better from what other people say. I've been learning how to use it these past few weeks and I'm liking it so far. I won't delete this site, it's a big part of me. This is where I started talking more and more about books, this is where I connected with some authors, reviewed their books. For the authors that sent me their books, I still have them and I will try my best to read and review them soon, but I won't make any promises. Thank you to all who have been reading my posts here. If you want to check my new blog, here's the link: <a href="http://www.cchellereads.wordpress.com/">www.cchellereads.wordpress.com</a><br />
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I hope you all have a wonderful December,<br />
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Happy Holidays!<br />
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xoxo<br />
RochelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-54393323368670794062016-11-18T23:38:00.003-05:002016-11-18T23:41:42.335-05:00Nanowrimo & other things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi,<br />
Things has been really hectic this past few days, I don't know how I'm still alive. On the positive note, I started writing <i>Eventide</i> (My story for Nanowrimo) and I have a beginning that could potentially be something bigger, but I am not planning on continuing it anytime soon, due to finals (of course). With that said, I won't be continuing Nanowrimo for the second year in a row. I also started to write this other story when I didn't have much inspiration for <i>Eventide</i>. I'm really proud of it and will continue writing whenever I can.<br />
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I kind of wish I wrote a book review on A Court of Thorns & Roses, I don't remember why I didn't and I regret it. I'm going to start reading the sequel which is huge by the way. It's the only book I'm planning on reading for the #TomeTopple Readathon and also for the rest of the semester.<br />
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I'm going to start setting up goals for next year. I know I don't always complete all those goals/challenges, but I'll make a list anyway.<br />
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That's it for now,<br />
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x<br />
Rochelle A.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-6326150827535727692016-10-12T18:47:00.004-04:002016-10-12T18:47:35.151-04:00Book review: The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1389804901l/16429619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1389804901l/16429619.jpg" /></a><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Genre: YA Fantasy</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publication date: July 8th, 2014</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: Henry Holt</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pages: 492</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rating: 3/5</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">GR Summary:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">A princess must find her place in a reborn world.</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">She flees on her wedding day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—secrets that may unravel her world—even as she feels herself falling in love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><b>My review:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Let me start off by saying that the reason I did not read this book when everyone was talking about it is that I was scared that I might not enjoy it because of all the hype. Before I decided to read this book, the high expectations were pretty much still present. I didn't think I'll ever get rid of them, so I just read the book. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">To be honest, it was a little hard to get into the story. What I mean by that is it didn't give me the feeling to want to know what happens next. It didn't make me flip the page. I constantly stopped reading. But I really wanted to finish it and I heard that the end is mindblowing, so I thought maybe the end will make me want to read the next book which might be better than this one. Unfortunately, the ending did not change my opinion about this book. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I had a hard time connecting with the characters, especially Lia, the main protagonist. That's a huge problem for me because if I don't connect with the hero, I can't really enjoy the story a lot. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Surprisingly, I did not hate the love triangle. I find that it was alright and I didn't not favour one over the other. They are both pretty much on the same level. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Again, I wanted this book to make me want to know who she'll end up with, but it didn't.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I wanted to see more of the bad guys of the story, but I guess I will get that in the next books. However, as of right now, I don't really feel like reading the sequels.</span></span><br />
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I'm disappointed, for sure, but I don't blame the writing style or the author. This book is loved by so many and my review does not mean it's a bad book. I really wanted to like this novel because like I said, a lot really enjoyed it.<br />
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For my overall rating, I give this book a 3/5 stars.<br />
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<b> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">About the author: </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">I suppose I have always been enamored with story and character. My mother tells me I could be the most annoying little kid, waking up each day as a new character. Every morning she would have to ask me "who" I was for that day, because unless properly addressed I refused to answer anyone. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">One time when I was about four years old, my parents were out shopping at Sears. They each thought the other had me by the hand when in fact I was exploring my own aisle (translation: I was lost!) Two salesladies found me and sat me on the counter, asking me my name so they could page my parents. I remember their consternation when I would only answer "Little Red Riding Hood." They couldn't shake my real name out of me no how, no way. I knew the value of persistence even then. My parents say they nearly fell over, when over the loud speaker they heard, "Would the parents of Little Red Riding Hood please come claim their child?" They knew exactly "who" was lost. These days I mostly wake up as myself, though I do seem to hang out with a lot of "characters" during the day.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Usually when people mention their education in their bios they only mention their college degrees, but to me, it is just as important what happened way before that. Wow--second grade! I will never forget Mrs. Alsenz. Boy, could she tell a great story! She would make them up and pretty soon have a classroom of wiggly kids exuberantly telling stories right along with her. And then there was Mrs. Bonsey in fourth grade. She always praised my writing and made a shy little girl feel like she might actually excel at something. And finally in twelfth grade came Mr. Kirk, crusty on the outside with a heart of gold on the inside, who loved the English language and taught his students to do the same. (Hey, Mr. Kirk, do you see me waving at ya?)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Later I went on to get a BFA from Long Beach State University in art. I worked for a time as an artist then started the most challenging job of my life--motherhood. Holy smokes, no one told me there would be no coffee breaks. But it is the most rewarding job I have ever had (watch out--I'll start dragging out the pictures) </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Still later, I went to San Diego State University where I received my teaching credential. I went on to teach many different grades but it was my second grade students who pushed me back into writing. During Writing Workshop I would sit with them and write, loving the process, loving the stories, and lo and behold deciding I would love to return to my first love. That's a whole lot of lovin' going on and luckily for me I was able to do just that. Not that writing is easy. I have a huge stack of rejections to prove it, but I still have enough of that Little Red Riding Hood persistence in me to keep on going.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Now I write full time from my home in San Diego. My books to date are The Adoration of Jenna Fox, A Room on Lorelei Street, Scribbler of Dreams, and David v. God. More are definitely on the way. </span></span><br />
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After his father’s death, Reider relinquished reign of the wolf pack to his brother Geoff, leaving everything—including Sable—behind, but refused to let go of the one thing his father ever gave him: the amulet that symbolized leadership. Six months later, Geoff is missing and the Conclave has called him to the Hotel Paranormal. They want him to take control of the Great Basin pack or hand over the amulet reserved for the alpha of the Great Basin Pack. Reider quickly learns the amulet is coveted by many.
Can Reider unravel the mystery and find his brother or will he submit to Sable and the Conclave and reclaim his reign.
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Constance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, daughter, and four canine kids where she writes contemporary romance novels and paranormal romance novels. When not writing stories of finding and rediscovering love, Constance and her husband spend the hours planning a cross-country motorcycle trip for the not-so-distant future…if they can find a sidecar big enough for the pups. <strong> </strong><br />
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Website: http://www.constancephillips.com<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Constance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, daughter, and four canine kids where she writes contemporary romance novels and paranormal romance novels.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-55997456026061894512016-10-02T21:43:00.003-04:002016-10-02T21:43:33.968-04:00Nanowrimo 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm participating in this year's NANOWRIMO. Let's just hope I can write 50,000 words since I didn't make it last fall. My month will be busy as usual because of school, but you know what? It doesn't matter because I really want to write this story I have in mind. For the first time ever, I'm not writing a contemporary romance. I have ideas in that genre, but I'm just really tired of contemporary because I feel like whatever I write is so typical and cheesy and I don't like either of those things. I also want to step out of my comfort zone. The novel that I will write this November is a zombie apocalypse type of story. This novel is inspired by, of course, The Walking Dead. It is not a fanfiction because the only things I took from the tv series are the zombies and the way zombies are killed. Anyway, this is the current cover of the story I will write. I do not know the girl in the picture. I just found this photo on Pinterest. The title is "EVENTIDE" which means "evening". I called it that because something happens every evening/night in the story. That's all I could say for now. I can't wait to start writing!<br />
For those who are participating, GOOD LUCK! <3Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-69647036896652968822016-09-22T17:40:00.001-04:002016-09-22T17:40:50.510-04:00Reading(s)Currently reading:<br />
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<li>The Lord of the Rings (Almost done with the Fellowship of the Ring)</li>
<li>The Awakening by Kate Chopin</li>
<li>Wold Girl and Black Prince Vol. 5</li>
<li>Folk & Fairy Tales</li>
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I'm really liking TLOTR, but I wish I could take my time reading it because there is so much info. Right now, I have to rush a little bit because I have an essay and an exam on the first book soon. It's so annoying!!!<br />
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One thing that bothers me is that every time I read, I always think about the movie and what's even more annoying is when some of the characters I like in the book are not in the movies (e.g. Tom Bombadil and Glorfindel) Another thing that bothers me is that Frodo is old in the book and in the movies, he is young (It's not really a major spoiler, but if it is for you, I let you to get mad at me rn). Overall, it's really interesting.<br />
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My prof said that The Awakening is a "page turner". I don't completely disagree because the chapters in this book are relatively short which is GOOD, but it's not a page turner for me. After I read a chapter, I'm not curious to find out what's going to happen next because I find it kind of predictable. Based on the introduction talking about Kate Chopin's life and how the main character in the book is, I kind of knew what's to come. Nevertheless, I don't hate this book at all.<br />
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Wolf Girl and Black Prince, I just don't have much time for it which sucks because I really want to finish this series. I already finished watching the entire anime, but I want to read all volumes too. Hopefully SOOON!<br />
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I'm currently on the Sleeping Beauty part of this fairy tale book and I'm loving it. Sleeping Beauty is not my favourite princess, but after reading all these different versions, I had this great idea earlier today that I want to write my own version. I think I'm going to write that during Nanowrimo. Yeah? Yes.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-49116937930983423472016-09-18T20:06:00.001-04:002016-09-18T20:06:19.576-04:00I'm back?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey guys!<br />
Ah, I've missed blogging. I know it's been only a few months since my last post, but I feel like it's been <u>forever</u>.<br />
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Before making the decision to start blogging again, I considered switching into <i>wordpress</i>. I've had an account there for a while, but I still can't figure out how to use it. So, I'm just going to stay with blogger.<br />
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I have new review copies and I still have the old ones. I do plan on reading and reviewing them, I just don't know when. I am also going to participate in Nanowrimo again and I'm so pumped!<br />
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I just want to keep myself busy.<br />
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I also miss blogging in general and reading review copies, participating in blog tours, reviewing books, etc.<br />
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Over the last few months, my reading tastes changed quite a bit. I started reading mangas and I really find them entertaining. I also bought the Harry Potter box set if I didn't tell you guys already. So far this year, I've read a lot of classics, more than I expected and I've been so into Historical Fiction too.<br />
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I'm happy that I got to read outside my comfort zone over the past few months. I'm looking forward to posting more here. Stay tuned!<br />
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Have a great week!<br />
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xo<br />
<i>Rochelle</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-77850938444119390552016-06-07T21:33:00.002-04:002016-06-07T21:33:36.341-04:00Goodbye For NowHey readers!<br />
I don't know if you'll read this, but I'll leave a message anyways.<br />
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I haven't been active for a while now and I don't think I will be for an indefinite time. I don't write reviews as much as I did before. I still have review copies from authors and I apologized if I still haven't written reviews for those books. I appreciate you taking the time to send a copy to me. Unfortunately, I've been really busy at school and my reading taste also changed throughout the year.<br />
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I'm now active on tumblr again.<br />
Follow me on www.ellescapereality.tumblr.com<br />
I don't really write reviews there, but I reblog a bunch of book related things, so check it out.<br />
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Until we meet again!<br />
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x<br />
RochelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-44801649675204089292016-04-26T23:34:00.002-04:002016-04-26T23:34:52.630-04:00WELL...So, my blog is pretty much turning into my diary... for now anyways.<br />
It's currently 11:26pm here and I've been trying to write poems since 7:30pm (with breaks of course). Honestly, it's so difficult to find inspirations and to choose the right words. So, my advice would be to write everything that comes to mind and start from there. I did this a few times and the second time, I ended up with:<br />
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I hit my leg<br />
I hit my nose<br />
I start to bleed<br />
Like a waterfall<br />
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It sucks to be<br />
A clumsy bee<br />
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Totally random, but hey, it sounds pretty good... I guess. haha.<br />
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But I ended up writing about LOVE because that's where I'm more creative.<br />
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I'm literally obsessed with All I Ask by Adele and You Don't Own Me by Grace. It's crazy. I don't think I'll ever know what are the types of music I like to listen to. It really depends on my mood really; sometimes I would listen to heavy metal, other times I'd listen to old 70s, 80s and 90s songs. So, it all depends.<br />
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And about today, I actually planned to reach the 100 pages mark of Lolita, but that didn't happen because school and I was with my friend most of the time. Hopefully I'll be able to read more tomorrow.<br />
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Okay, enough for now. This is totally random. I might write an update again tomorrow.<br />
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x<br />
RochelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-57484590079013380932016-04-26T02:27:00.004-04:002016-04-26T02:28:41.914-04:00Totally Should've Book TAG<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">[ Created by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">emmmabooks from Youtube ]</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>1. Totally should've gotten a sequel</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><i>Nantucket Blue Duology by Leila Howland. I honestly really enjoyed this summery read and I still want to go back into the story. I really want a third book! </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>2. Totally should've had a spin off series</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><i>The Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi. There are some characters in this series that I really enjoyed reading about and I wouldn't mind if Tahereh Mafi decides to write a series or a standalone on a character from her first trilogy.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>3. An author who totally should write more books</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><i>L.A. Weatherly. Ahhh. I LOVED the Angel Series! It's so underrated, but I totally enjoyed reading about Willow and Alex and half angels. Anyway, that's the only series/books that L.A. Weatherly wrote as far as I know. I really hope she writes more books in the future!!!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>4. A character who totally should've ended up with someone else</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><i>Oh, yes. So many series. Let's see. I didn't like how these series ended because the guy I rooted for since the beginning doesn't end up with the female protagonist: "The Summer I Turned Pretty" "Shatter Me" "Trylle" </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>5. Totally should've ended differently</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><i>Besides those books, uhhhhh Allegiant. It should've definitely ended differently.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>6. Totally should've had a movie franchise</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><i>The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. If it's not yet happening. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>7. Totally should've had a TV show</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><i>The Rosemary Beach Series by Abbi Glines. Hhaha if it ever happens, it should be entertaining with all the drama this series contain.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>8. Totally should've had only one point of view</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><i>The Summer I Turned Pretty, just because I didn't want to know what the two brothers think. I just hate one of them and I feel bad for the other, so it was awful reading their POV. Lame excuse, I know. </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>9. Totally should have a cover change</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><i>Easy. THE LUX SERIES BY JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><b>10. Totally should've kept the original covers</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"><i>Bared To You by Sylvia Day. Enough said. </i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-66513911451306169762016-04-26T02:08:00.003-04:002016-04-26T02:08:51.500-04:00Currently ReadingHey!<br />
I have three more weeks of school!!!! YAY!<br />
I'm trying to not stress myself out. It's currently 2:07am and I can't sleep, so I decided to write about what I'm currently reading.<br />
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So, based on my currently-reading shelf on Goodreads, I'm reading <i>Lolita</i> and <i>A Little Life</i>. Besides those two books, I'm listening to the audiobook version of <i>The Siren </i>by Kiera Cass and honestly the girl's voice sounds like Barbie's. lol.<br />
I also started reading <i>Tatiana and Alexander</i> by Paullina Simons, but I haven't picked it up in two weeks.<br />
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I have a ton of unread books on my shelf and I still don't know what to read that will help my reading challenge. I need a quick read, but I'm not really in the mood for young adult and those are the ones I can read quickly.<br />
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What to do?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-20933267218976027142016-04-21T17:13:00.002-04:002016-04-21T17:13:39.726-04:00HELLO, again!Hey readers!<br />
Ah, it's been a while. I really really miss blogging and writing book reviews. Now that my semester is ending and summer is coming up, I'll start posting more on my blog.<br />
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I am planning to take two summer courses, so that I will only have six classes in my next two semesters. I just feel like seven is too much for me. I mean I can handle it, but there's always that one class that I do not focus on a lot because I have too much to do in other classes. Sooo... yeah. But I will still have time to read hopefully yes...yes.. I'll have time to read... It's only two classes...two intensive classes...ah.. we'll see.<br />
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Anyway, I'm currently behind my reading goal on goodreads and I'm a little stressed out with that. I will be participating in the upcoming readathons and hopefully that will help me catch up.<br />
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This Saturday is the Dewey's 24hour readathon and I'll be reading Possession by A.S. Byatt, Sweet Thing by Renee Carlino and Lolita by Nabokov.<br />
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Talk to you guys soon,<br />
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RochelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-86089318132764996292016-02-05T13:00:00.000-05:002016-02-05T13:00:04.219-05:00Review: Shuffle (Ruby Riot #2) by Lisa Swallow<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1449979843l/26804272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="26804272" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1449979843l/26804272.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With Ruby Riot on a break, Will Campbell, Ruby Riot bassist, returns to university to finish his degree and fails badly at everything apart from partying. He needs major help if he wants to pass his final year and attempts to join a not-very-rock star study group. Will is horrified to discover the person organizing the group is Fleur Roberts, the girl he's secretly crushed on for two years and who recently threatened him with a restraining order.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Fleur's rock stars are history academics. She has no interest in any variety of pierced, tattooed slacker, especially not the jackass rock star who humiliated her at a party. There's no way in hell that Will Campbell is joining her group.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Faced with losing the easiest way to fix his academic problems, Will has the perfect solution: pretend he's his twin, Nate. Will and Nate have swapped identities before so nothing can go wrong. Surely.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Fleur is successful academically, but her love life is a failure. Following a number of disastrous dates, she finds herself falling in love with a guy who is lying to her. But Will's deceit isn't the only thing about to shatter her world. When another man Fleur trusted betrays her, and she attempts to retaliate, Fleur discovers how dangerous he is. And when Will becomes involved, the repercussions threaten both of their futures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">I found this book entertaining in some parts, especially the whole drama about Fleur not knowing which twin she's addressing to. I liked how Will is so determined to be good enough for Fleur and for not giving up even after she hated his guts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">I didn't like the main character Fleur at all. She's so confused about her life in my opinion and I didn't like how she handled so many things.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">To add more to that, the way the author wrote about Nate and Will's bromance is probably supposed to look cute or relatable, but I just found it weird. I thought Nate is the good brother and Will is the bad one, but then it's the other way around. I wasn't pleased with the relationship between the twins.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">I recommend this book to romance readers looking for entertainment. I would suggest to not read this book if you've read romance novels in the past week or so because you'll get annoyed since there are some similar aspects you'll find predictable and probably a little cheesy. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; line-height: 22.72px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lisa’s first publication was a moving poem about the rain, followed by a suspenseful story about shoes. Following these successes at nine years old there was a long gap in her writing career, until she published her first book in 2013.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-67079522537501848162016-01-22T19:54:00.001-05:002016-01-22T19:54:17.769-05:00UPDATE: Changes!Hey readers!<br />
I'm sorry for being gone for a while. I won't make any excuses, I just wasn't motivated to blog. I want to make some changes on this blog and it might take a little while. First, I want to change my new year bookish resolution because I'm finding it impossible to accomplish all of the things I wanted to do at the beginning of the year.<br />
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I'm giving up the 2016 PopSugar Reading Challenge because right now, I'm doing a lot of challenges and it gets really confusing and stressful.<br />
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I will keep the 120 books in 2016 for now. However, it will probably change during the semester when I don't get enough time to read.<br />
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I will still buy less than 35 physical books this year and I'm actually doing pretty well on that because I haven't bought any books "for pleasure" yet.<br />
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I'll try to finish series that I have already started. I will give you guys an update on that probably during the summer or the end of the year.<br />
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Okay, so I haven't been doing the resolution "Write a book review/week". I'm completely failing. I'm just writing some book reviews on Goodreads right now.<br />
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The books I've received for review are still unread on my kindle/iBooks. I'm trying to really motivate myself to read them. I just don't want to read them when I don't feel like reading that genre because I might end up hating the book.<br />
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I'm still planning to reread some books and give books I've DNF'ed another chance.<br />
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I haven't started reading the Bible yet. Hopefully soon though.<br />
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Right now, I'm reading Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan. I like the story, but I'm not really in the mood for fantasy, so I'm not reading it as fast and I'm not quite motivated to read it when I get the chance.<br />
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I can't tell you when I'll be posting next since school just started for me.<br />
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I'm really active on instagram, so if you want to see what I'm up to, follow @biblioaddict.<br />
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Have a good weekend! (:<br />
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RochelleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-37446807617510823362016-01-14T12:00:00.000-05:002016-01-14T12:00:17.940-05:00SHUFFLE BY LISA SWALLOW
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Today we are sharing a chapter from SHUFFLE by Lisa Swallow. This is a contemporary romance title and the second book in the series <em>Ruby Riot</em>! The book will be released January 28th and it is available for pre-order now, exclusively through amazon.</h1>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Will Campbell, Ruby Riot bassist, is back at university and failing badly at everything apart from partying.</em>
With Ruby Riot on a break, Will returns to university to finish his degree. He needs major help if he wants to pass his final year and attempts to join a not-very-rock star study group. Will is horrified to discover the person organising the group is Fleur Roberts, the girl he’s secretly crushed on for two years and who recently threatened him with a restraining order.
Fleur’s rock stars are history academics. She has no interest in any variety of pierced, tattooed slacker, especially not the jackass rock star who humiliated her at a party. There’s no way in Hell that Will Campbell is joining her group.
Faced with losing the easiest way to fix his academic problems, Will has the perfect solution: pretend he’s his twin, Nate. Will and Nate have swapped identities before so nothing can go wrong. Surely.
Fleur is successful academically, but her love life is a failure. Following a number of disastrous dates, she finds herself falling in love with a guy who is lying to her. But Will’s deceit isn’t the only thing about to shatter her world. When another man Fleur trusted betrays her, and she attempts to retaliate, Fleur discovers how dangerous he is. And when Will becomes involved, the repercussions threaten both of their futures.
Shuffle is the second standalone book in the Ruby Riot series and can be read separately to the first book.</span></div>
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<strong>WILL</strong>
Touring with Blue Phoenix fooled us into thinking we’d hit the big time and would never return to our ordinary lives again. Yeah, Ruby Riot dominates our corner of the music scene, we’re bombarded with questions and posts on social media, fan mail, and the whole deal. But, at the end of the day, we’re three guys and a girl in a band.
The band’s progress halted and life rewound when our lead singer, Ruby, danced off into the sunset with the Blue Phoenix guitarist and a baby on the way. Jax lost his shit over Ruby getting knocked up by Jem; but what’s the point in freaking out? She’ll come back; Ruby lives and breathes her music more than any of us. Apart from Jax, who was recently caught in feminine wiles of his own. Tegan, Bryn Hughes sister, kicked his backside into line in a spectacular fashion. I can almost see the thumbprint on his forehead. Things lulled as we finished the album and while Ruby has her baby. Then, we try again.
So, me and Nate rewind several months, back to studying and fulfilling our promise to parents. Mine still think we need a back-up plan for when our little musical venture fails. If they’d bothered to pay attention to our lives over the last few months, Mum and Dad would know this isn’t likely to happen any time soon.
We spent all our money from the tour within weeks. Now the choice is a job, which equals less time and energy to rehearse, or doing what the parents want and dutifully completing our degrees. No big deal, only a year left now.
Okay, big deal because I fucked up last year. I need high marks in all my courses this year or I’m going to fail my degree. An Arts degree. Nobody fails an Arts degree.
Living the rock star dream involved more than the odd weekend gig – rehearsals, obligatory partying, and girls. Hangovers equal missed lectures; but somehow, Nate juggled his student/rock star life as adeptly as his drumsticks. Nate studies the same course as I do, but we choose different class times. As only a handful of people in the world can tell us apart, between us we manage to attend at least one of the classes a week and keep our attendance average.
Nate became slack at note-taking last year, his hungover haze interfering with the ability to open his laptop, but somehow he muddled through and passed. I came a tiny percentage away from failing the majority of courses.
I only have myself to blame.
The worst subject is history. Nate talked me into this as our major, and I agreed, thought it would be easy, but no. Hardly any classes to attend, but so much fucking study. We study English lit too; that’s easier to scrape through by reading notes and creating my own crazy theories. History is bloody complicated.
Two weeks in, and things are off to a bad start.
“Shit!” I throw my paper at Nate, across the table in the cafe.
He looks at the assignment-marking sheet on the front and screws his nose up. “Oh, man. Fifteen percent? Was that for getting your name right?”
“I’m fucked!” I grumble and sit next to him. “What about you?”
“Sixty-three percent.”
“How? How do you do that?”
“Study?”
“I do study!”
“Study more.”
I swear under my breath and pull out my phone. A text from Dee, the chick I hooked up with at the beginning of term; a starry-eyed Fresher who won’t take the hint I’m not interested. Times like this, I need to remind myself who I am. Will Campbell, bass player for Ruby Riot heading for the big time. Not Will Campbell, failing Arts student trying to keep his parents happy.
“What the fuck do I do? I tried this time! Really tried. I’m shit at history.”
“Man, if coming back to uni sucks this much, find a job instead.”
No way. As long as I’m here, I have cash flow from my parents. I promised that when Ruby Riot started making more money, I’d pay them back a thousand times over. Behind their smiles of agreement, I see what they really think: never going to happen.
“I can’t. I’m not doing some shitty job at a supermarket while I wait for Ruby to come back to the band.”
“Well, suck it up, princess. Keeps Mum and Dad off our backs if we get a ‘proper’ qualification.”
“When do you think they’ll believe we can make a living from the band?”
“When we actually do. The album launches next month, we have a few small gigs lined up. A bit of cash. Ruby’s coming.”
“With her kid?”
“Dunno. Maybe baby-daddy Jem will come and babysit.”
I laugh; we both do, at the image of Jem Jones – bad-mouthed, bad attitude, reformed addict – with a baby as his new accessory. “I’d pay to see that. Reckon he changes nappies?”
Nate screws his face up. “Dude, I’m eating.”
I steal one of his chips and watch the other students around. Most pay little attention to us, although we have hangers-on some days. Their belief we’re partying rock stars draws them to us, and the partying is one of the reason for my bad grades.
Nate slurps from his can of energy drink. “There’s a study group if you’re that worried.”
I stare. “Study group? Are you mad? I suppose that’s a group of chicks who meet in the evenings in the library and argue about feminist interpretations of history. Like the one in my class, can’t remember her name. Jeez, she doesn’t shut up and the guy teaching the class hardly gets a word in. No wonder I’m not learning anything.”
“Just a suggestion.” He pushes my paper across the table. “Fail this semester and you’ll be stacking supermarket shelves.”
“As if! What about the album? We’re gonna be big.”
“There’s no guarantee, you know that.” Nate stands. “Whose turn is it to go to the Shakespeare class this afternoon? Yours?”
“Oh crap, no, please don’t make me sit through that again. I bloody hate Shakespeare.” I stand too.
“Your name sake? No affinity there? What did you expect when you signed up for Lit as part of your degree?”
“Please,” I beg. “Do this. After that shit mark, I’m not in the mood.”
Nate wrinkles his nose at my pleading look. “Fine, but you do the next two classes.”
“I love you, man.” I grab the side of his face and kiss his cheek hard. Nate pushes me off. “Jesus, Will!”
He hauls his messenger bag across his shoulders and wanders away. Slumping back in my seat, I chew my lip. Study group sounds like a viable option. Unfortunately.
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<strong>AUTHOR INFORMATION:</strong></h2>
<a href="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LisaSwallow.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LisaSwallow" class="wp-image-11290 alignleft" src="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LisaSwallow.jpg" height="251" width="310" /></a><span id="freeTextContainerauthor7091632">Lisa is an author of new adult romance and writes both paranormal and contemporary, often with a side of snark.
Lisa is originally from the UK but moved to Australia in 2001 and now lives in Perth in Western Australia with her husband, three children and dog.</span>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-72077960318134662632016-01-04T19:55:00.000-05:002016-01-04T19:55:06.701-05:00Book Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387124618l/9361589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="9361589" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387124618l/9361589.jpg" /></a><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Genre: Fantasy, Magical Realism</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Publication date: September 13th, 2011</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Publisher: Harvill Secker</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pages: 512</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rating: 5/5</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called "Le Cirque des Reves," and it is only open at night.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway--a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love - a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per-formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;"><b><i>"Marco lifts his hand to brush a stray curl away from Celia's face, tucking it behind her ear and stroking her cheek with his fingertips."</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">In my opinion, The Night Circus is one of those books that demands the reader's complete attention because there are so many informations and details to remember in order to fully understand the story. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;">Also, I took my time reading this book because I wanted to stay in the magical world and in the atmosphere Erin Morgenstern created. It's so entertaining, magical and interesting that you just want to live in it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">I don't read a lot of magical realism books and I was intimidated by this book when I first heard of it last year. I thought that it wasn't for me and that I wouldn't be able to finish it, but now, a year later, this book just made my favourite list and I'm really glad I finally read it and experienced this amazing and magical journey.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">I will definitely reread this book in the future because I know that there are some tiny details that I've missed and also because I really really enjoyed reading about all the characters in this book and the plot is amazing overall.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;"><b><i>"When all of this is over, no matter which one of us wins, I will not let you go so easily."</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">I have to admit that the dates are a little confusing. When the story shifts to Bailey and then back to the two main characters, I was kind of lost, but it got easier towards the end so, don't worry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">The romance in this book was a little like the insta-love trope that a lot of readers, including me hate, but surprisingly I find it really really cute and sweet in this novel. I was swooning while reading the scenes when Marco and Celia were together. The love story is just wonderful!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Another thing, I found out that this particular book was written during Nanowrimo and that fact just motivates me to do better and to write a book in 30 days. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Finally, I recommend this book to readers who wants to read something different or something out of their comfort zone. Like I said before, I don't really read Magical Realism, but I still enjoyed reading this, so if you are exploring for new genres, give this book a try. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Erin Morgenstern is a writer and a multimedia artist, who describes all her work as "fairy tales in one way or another." She grew up in Marshfield, Massachusetts. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts with two very fluffy cats.</span></span><br />
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Website: <a href="http://erinmorgenstern.com/">http://erinmorgenstern.com/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-77095416991976101392015-12-31T17:25:00.001-05:002015-12-31T17:25:06.713-05:002015 BOOKISH WRAP UP2015 was a roller coaster ride when it comes to my personal life. It wasn't as good as 2014, but I'm happy I got through all the tough times. <div>
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<li>I read a lot of books in a genre I'm not familiar with. (BECAUSE OF SCHOOL XD)</li>
<li>I still spent a lot on books.</li>
<li>I started borrowing books from the library.</li>
<li>I was in a reading slump for almost four months.</li>
<li>I read a lot of ebooks.</li>
<li>I wrote more reviews, but never enough.</li>
<li>I almost completed the Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge.</li>
<li>I started filming booktube videos, but it's so embarassing I stopped doing it. hahaha</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-19714183492469051442015-12-31T17:02:00.005-05:002015-12-31T17:02:46.066-05:00Bookish New Year Resolutions 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Read 120 books</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Complete the 2016 Popsugar Reading Challenge</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Buy less than 35 physical books excluding books for school</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Finish series that I've already started</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Explore new genres</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Write at least one book review per week</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Read and review books I've received for review</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Give books I gave up on another chance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Reread at least 3 books/series </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Start reading the Bible</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Read Outlander</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Read Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward (I've received this book on my 17th birthday and I still haven't read it... It's bothering me xD)</span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hadley Daniels is tired of feeling invisible.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After Hadley’s best friend moves away and she gets on the bad side of some girls at school, she goes to spend the summer with her grandparents in the Lake Michigan resort town of Grand Haven. Her next door neighbor is none other than teen TV star Simone Hendrickson, who is everything Hadley longs to be—pretty, popular, and famous—and she’s thrilled when Simone treats her like a friend.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being popular is a lot harder than it looks.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s fun and flattering when Simone includes her in her circle, though Hadley is puzzled about why her new friend refuses to discuss her former Hollywood life. Caught up with Simone, Hadley finds herself ignoring her quiet, steadfast friend, Charlotte. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He’s sweet, good-looking, and Hadley can be herself around him without all the fake drama. However, the mean girls have other ideas and they fill Nick’s head with lies about Hadley, sending him running back to his ex-girlfriend and leaving Hadley heartbroken. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So when her parents decide to relocate to Grand Haven, Hadley hopes things will change when school starts…only to be disappointed once again.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cliques. Back-stabbing. Love gone bad.</span></div>
<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is this really what it’s like to live…Next Door To A Star?</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>About the author:</b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Bio: Krysten Lindsay Hager is an obsessive reader and has never met a bookstore she didn’t like. She’s worked as a journalist and humor essayist, and writes for teens, tweens, and adults. She is the author of the Landry’s True Colors Series and the new </span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Star Series</span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and her work has been featured in USA Today and named as Amazon’s #1 Hot New Releases in Teen & Young Adult Values and Virtues Fiction and Amazon’s #1 Hot New Releases in Children’s Books on Values. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Krysten writes about friendship, self-esteem, fitting in, middle school and high school, frenemies, modeling, crushes, values, and self-image in </span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">True Colors </span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">and</span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Best Friends…Forever?</span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"> as well as in, </span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next Door to a Star. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">The sequel to </span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next Door to a Star (Competing with the Star: Star Series: Book 2) </span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">will be out March 22</span><span style="line-height: 12.496px; vertical-align: super;">nd</span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and the 3</span><span style="line-height: 12.496px; vertical-align: super;">rd</span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"> book in the </span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Landry’s True Colors Series</span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (</span><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Landry in Like</span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">: Book 3) will be out January 12</span><span style="line-height: 12.496px; vertical-align: super;">th</span><span style="line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />She is originally from Michigan and has lived in Portugal, South Dakota, and currently resides in southwestern Ohio where you can find her reading and writing when she’s not catching up on her favorite shows. She received her master’s degree from the University of Michigan-Flint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WEBSITE: </span><a href="http://www.krystenlindsay.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 21.3px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; line-height: 20.8267px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.krystenlindsay.com/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INSTAGRAM: </span><a href="https://instagram.com/krystenlindsay/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 21.3px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; line-height: 20.8267px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://instagram.com/krystenlindsay/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simone was on the phone in the picture and the blonde girl with them was Morgan. But what was worse was that the boy was Nick and Lauren had her hand on his arm. Great, it was probably the same night I called Simone and she was too busy to talk. Maybe I was the one on the other end of the phone in the stupid picture. I had missed my chance to meet Lauren, and Simone never even told me when she was in town. I guess I wasn’t cool enough for her to admit she was friends with me to somebody like Lauren. Who was I kidding? A TV star wanting to hang out with me? We weren’t friends at all. I was somebody she ran to when she needed something. And Nick was probably humoring me until his new celebrity girlfriend called him back. I wanted to throw up all over the table.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.8267px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Charlotte called later and asked if I wanted to go with her to the party tomorrow .I went to put on my fake tan and imagined myself walking into the party looking all tan and gorgeous, and everyone would be wondering who I was and why they hadn’t asked me to hang out with them before. Connor and Lucas would want my phone number, Nick would be begging me to go out with him, Simone would realize I was cool, and Morgan would want to be my friend. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then reality set in. First, the fake tan squirted out of the bottle all gooey. I rubbed the cold cream all over my arms and legs and put a little on my face. Simone had said you had to wash your hands well or it would stain your palms. I wasn’t sure how to put the tanning stuff on the back of my hands without getting it on my palms and drying, so I decided not to put any on my hands at all. I sat on some paper towels so I wouldn’t get any brown stuff on my bed, but it seemed to dry fast.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I woke up the next morning and I was definitely darker. My face was kind of orange, but my arms and legs had streaks on them. It was like somebody had burned me with a curling iron. Plus, my hands looked like I had white gloves on compared to the rest of me. I couldn’t go to the party all streaky.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">People would make fun of me. I thought about putting the tanning stuff on all the lighter places on my body, but then it might look like I had a disease.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wasn’t the only one wearing jeans at the party, but I felt like I was dressed for a winter carnival when I saw Morgan and Pilar. Pilar had a deep pink halter top on with tiny jean shorts, and she had put some shimmery stuff all over her arms and legs. Morgan was wearing a blue crocheted tank top, and she would have passed for at least seventeen. She had her curly blonde hair down for a change, and all the guys were sitting around her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“She’s so fake-looking,” Charlotte said as we watched Morgan and Lucas dance.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morgan seemed so confident as she moved her hips. I wouldn’t be able to dance so free even if I was alone in my own bedroom. I was glad I had worn jeans because I would have seemed like a skinny kid next to Morgan’s muscular legs.</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="ecxdocs-internal-guid-868dd20f-c37b-ad85-539c-5e6267711c46" style="line-height: 21.3px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="ecxdocs-internal-guid-868dd20f-c37c-dc1c-5bff-60b054c4ef9f" style="line-height: 20.8267px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The idea for the book came from situations I observed back in my school days. I couldn’t understand why some girls let their “friends” treat them the way they did. Hadley isn’t based on me, but rather on a lot of things I witnessed that made an impression on me. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first time I saw the show, “Girl Meets World,” I thought that Lucas (Peyton Meyer) looked exactly like how I pictured Nick Jenkins in my mind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I saw my cover, I just gasped because the cover model is the perfect Hadley. Hats off to Ashley Byland of Redbird Designs for getting that so right.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I went to Grand Haven almost every summer as a kid and teen and made several research trips, too. There’s nothing like walking the pier imagining the characters with you. I have tons of pictures—I even have the picture of the alley where Asia and Hadley see their rock star crush, Jack Brogger.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There’s a scene where Nick walks Hadley and her friends home early from a party even though it means he has to leave himself. It’s based on something that happened when I was in high school and a guy left a football game early to walk me and my friend to her brother’s car which was parked far away. I thought it was the sweetest thing and never forgot that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"> People ask me who Charlotte’s grandpa was based on and honestly I imagine a comic book strip character when I write his scenes—he looks like Ralph from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Crankshaft</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">. Oddly, I got to meet the creator of Crankshaft last spring at a writing event. I hadn’t signed the contract for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next Door to a Star </span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;">at that point though, but we did talk about Ralph because I liked the storyline he did with Ralph and his wife’s dementia.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The idea for Hadley’s rock star crush came from my decades long crush on George Michael. I used the last name “Brogger” for him because that was a nickname my grandpa’s coworkers gave him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20.8267px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Simone and Hadley do movie marathons of Josh Haven, but who was my Josh Haven? Well, when I was in grade school it was…Charlie Sheen. Yup, my cousin Anne and I did a movie marathon of Charlie Sheen films. Her mom even rented, “Heidi,” for us and we fast-forwarded through every scene Charlie wasn’t in. You might be thinking about the “Two and a Half Men” show right now, but let me just say, “Wall Street.” Google it, see Charlie’s beauty, and then ask yourself why my uncle would think that was an appropriate movie for a 10 year old to watch. </span></span></div>
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Logan Clay has the talent, and he’s put in the time.
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And then <em>she</em> walks in to his life,
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He’s trapped.
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Logan Clay has never met a woman who wasn’t only after the perks his rockstar life could provide, and there are a lot of perks.</div>
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It’s a chance at a love he never thought he’d have.
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Famous rockstar Logan Clay is head over heels in love.</div>
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Aside from being a Top 10 Barnes & Noble and Amazon Bestseller, Sarah Robinson is a native of the Washington, DC area and has both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in criminal psychology. She is newly married to a local police officer, Justin, who is just as much of an animal rescue enthusiasts as she is. Together, they own a zoo of rescues including everything from mammals to reptiles to marsupials, as well as volunteering and fostering for multiple animal shelters.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way.<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">But he’s also rude—to the point of cruelty, even. For all his attitude, Tessa</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">should</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;"> hate Hardin. And she does—until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she’s never known before. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">He’ll call her beautiful, then insist he isn't the one for her and disappear again and again. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, yet every time she pushes back, he only pulls her in deeper. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">Tessa already has the perfect boyfriend. So why is she trying so hard to overcome her own hurt pride and Hardin’s prejudice about nice girls like her? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">Unless…could this be </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">love</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">Now newly revised and expanded, Anna Todd’s After fanfiction racked up 1 billion reads online and captivated readers across the globe. Experience the Internet’s most talked-about book for yourself!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there’s everything </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;"><em>AFTER</em> </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">... Life will never be the same.</span></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">I first heard about this book when it first came out last year, but when I found out that it was a one direction fanfiction from wattpad, I wasn't sure I was going to like it. So, even though a lot of people loved it, I still didn't want to spend my money on it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.32px;">Now, a year later, I found it at the library and I thought I'd just give it a chance. Before reading, I had no high expectations and I told myself, I'll just read it for fun and distraction. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.32px;">Tessa is an innocent girl who just moved to her college dorm. She's eighteen, she's on her freshman year of college as an English major, she has a nice, gentlemanlike boyfriend at home and she's smart. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.32px;">Now, let's move on to the love interest. Hardin. OMG. In the beginning, he was actually quite fine and I was intrigued by him. However, when he and Tessa starts to 'date' and fight and makeup and then fight over and over and OVER again, he is just an asshole. He doesn't treat women right and I hate him for it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ANNA TODD is a first-time writer spending her days in the Austin area with her husband, with whom she beat half the statistics by getting married one month after graduating high school. Between her husband's three deployments to Iraq, she worked odd jobs from a makeup counter to the IRS processing counter. Anna was always an avid reader and boy band and romance lover, so now that she’s found a way to combine the three she’s enjoying living a real-life dream come true.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267071344431865184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722501731835527270.post-26351548779450255432015-12-03T10:30:00.000-05:002015-12-03T10:30:00.130-05:00Blitz: Wasted by Mya O'Malley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;">Do you believe that some souls are destined to be together, even through hardship and deceit?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;">After 9-11, Declan’s heart is torn between wanting to stay with Morgan and needing to fight for his beloved country. Knowing that the future may be uncertain, he kisses his fiancée goodbye and focuses on his mission until that dark day from which he will never fully recover. Injured in Afghanistan, Declan has lost more than part of his leg; he’s lost part of himself, now plagued in grief and guilt. How could he possibly ask Morgan to take care of him for the rest of his life, being nothing but a burden to her? Which would be more heartbreaking, feigning his own death or bringing her unhappiness every day? If only he could eradicate her from his mind and be at peace with his decision.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;">Morgan prays day and night for Declan’s safe return, but when his letters stop coming, Morgan knows in her heart that she has lost him forever. Morgan has a hard time believing in fate and destiny after her fiancé is taken from her. With Declan gone, Morgan’s hope for true love is destroyed, but eventually she finds comfort in the arms of another, even though Morgan’s new love knows that her heart belongs to Declan.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;">Will Morgan eventually be able to move on, or will Declan haunt her dreams forever?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">Mya O'Malley was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City, where she currently lives with her husband, daughter and three step-daughters. The family also consists of a boxer, Destiny and a ragdoll cat named Colby. Mya earned an undergraduate degree in special education and a graduate degree in reading and literacy. She works as a special education teacher and enjoys making a difference in the lives of her students.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">Mya's passion is writing; she has been creating stories and poetry since she was a child. Mya spends her free time reading just about anything she can get her hands on. She is a romantic at heart and loves to create stories with unforgettable characters. Mya likes to travel; she has visited several Caribbean Islands, Mexico and Costa Rica. Mya is currently working on her eighth novel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Her face was the only thing that had kept him sane during his deployment. At this moment, however, thoughts of Morgan had been pushed to the side for reasons of pure survival. Declan wiped the mud from his eye with a swift movement of his hand, just quick enough so that he could see again. Booming thunder went off near and far.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Swearing under his breath, Declan closed one eye and squinted the other shut as he spied his target. Breathe. One, two, three… he could do this. The first time he’d had to shoot another man he had faltered, hesitated only the briefest of seconds, during which time the man escaped his line of sight and shot a fellow soldier in the leg, causing serious injury.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />This time, Declan concentrated, aimed his M4 rifle, and fired. The distinct thud of a man dropping to the ground confirmed the target had been hit. Swiping at the sweat in his eyes from the sweltering mid-day heat, Declan gulped and struggled to his knees. Lining up his rifle again, his neck and shoulders ached with fatigue. He bit down and gritted his teeth, tasting dirt while fighting off the pain.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />It seemed as if hours had gone by, when in fact, it had probably only been minutes when finally the haunting sound of gunfire ceased. Not one to trust silence in any setting, Declan mentally counted upward until he reached near fifty.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“All clear,” his buddy, Sean, called out. “All clear.”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Declan, always cautious, still maintained his position until he heard his fellow soldiers from his platoon begin to speak. Peeking up from his ravine, Declan rose slowly to his feet as the rifle was pressed to his side.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Surveying the damage, it appeared that several of their enemies were lying still on the ground. The man he had shot lay still, appearing lifeless. Another man lay several feet away. It seemed the enemies had taken off, deserting the boundaries of the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan. His platoon mates fell silent, all business as they quickly gathered their belongings to head back to base.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Declan clutched his rifle, drawing closer to his victim. Curiosity had gotten the best of him. Fully aware of his previous actions, Declan stepped even closer. He had never killed a man before — injured, yes, but never killed. This man did not appear to be alive.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />His heart sped up as sweat caused his fatigues to cling to his body. For God’s sake, the man looked to have been only in his early twenties at best. What have I done? What are we doing here? Waves of nausea rose and Declan swallowed hard.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Hey! Step back!” Sean called out. “Move out! I repeat, move out!”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Hearing his friend call out to him, Declan turned toward the sound of his voice, realizing his mistake seconds too late. He should have known better; he should have. But no amount of training can prepare you for taking another man’s life.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Glancing swiftly at Sean through tear-stained eyes, he saw the movement in his peripheral vision. Sean raced to the open dirt road. They were sitting ducks, in plain sight. The man that Declan had presumed dead, the one he had shot, raised his own rifle and fired at Sean, who dropped instantly to ground.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“No! No!” Declan spun his head back to the imminent threat, a moment too late. The force of the explosion knocked him to the ground in an instant. Morgan’s face was the last thing that registered in his mind as another shot fired, leaving his world black.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /> ****<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Clouds scattered overhead, cries of gulls bringing back another time, a different memory, sitting here with Declan by her side. Morgan squeezed her jaw, fighting back the pain.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Months later, there was still no word from Declan. On the Internet, she had searched out his name relentlessly but there was no mention of Declan, no death certificates and his name couldn’t be found on any list of casualties of the war. It was as if he had simply disappeared, but that wasn’t possible and she feared the worst. He was gone and there was no closure for Morgan, as his only living relatives were his mom and some family living on the west coast, whom Declan hadn’t seen in years. Even she and Declan’s old friend, Stephen seemed to be losing touch.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />She could sit on this beach and watch the water forever; it was a place Declan had cherished, a place she felt close to him. Never again would her life be the same without Declan Blake. How was she going to make it without him?<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />The world was quiet and without joy for Morgan. Even Morgan’s mother nagged her to speak with a therapist. She didn’t see the purpose of smiling or laughing when it was all forced. Constant thoughts of Declan plagued her day and night.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Morgan nearly jumped when her cell rang. First instincts were to let the call go to voicemail, but she knew the person calling would only persist. That’s how it had been lately; she would ignore phone calls only to find tons of messages waiting.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />It was Elle, calling for the second time that day. “Hi, Elle.”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Where have you been? I’ve been trying to call you for hours,” Elle exclaimed.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“I don’t know, I’m just hanging out.”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Down by the river again?” Elle inquired.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Yup,” Morgan responded as she moved her foot around in the sand.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Figured as much.”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Elle’s voice sounded odd, almost as if she were hearing her close by. Morgan turned to see her friend walking toward her on the grassy path leading to the small beach.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Rising to her feet, Morgan felt tears escape. Elle was by her side, arms wrapped around her within moments. Morgan released Elle and took a small step back.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Oh, Elle, what am I going to do?” she sobbed.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“You’re going to live, dammit. Declan would want you to be happy.”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“How? How can I forget about him, just move on?” It wasn’t possible, she had tried, and it just wasn’t working. Even when she was at work, she was just going through the motions; she did her job, but her heart wasn’t the same.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“I think it’s time for you to see someone to talk about all of this. You’ve waited long enough.”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />She was right and so was her mother, believe it or not. “I will, Elle. I will because I don’t know what else to do.”<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Morgan, you’re the strongest person I know. You have so much happiness and love to share. I have full confidence in you. You’re going to make it and come out stronger in the end.” Elle spoke through her own tears.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />“Thanks, Elle. I love you.” Morgan felt better knowing there was someone on her side rooting for her.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /><b style="line-height: 21.3px;">Soundtrack</b> - Spotify- Song Playlist for Wasted Time:</span></div>
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