tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25277607213238254752024-02-18T20:15:18.664-08:00~♥~ The Book Owl Extraordinaire~♥~~♥~"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library"~♥~
Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-35208235513954201862016-06-24T18:28:00.002-07:002016-06-24T18:28:48.040-07:00Dirty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Genre:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> </span><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Romance, Erotic</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">The last thing
Vaughan Hewson expects to find when he returns to his childhood home is a
broken hearted bride in his shower, let alone the drama and chaos that comes
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Lydia Green doesn't know whether to burn down the
church or sit and cry in a corner. Discovering the love of your life is having
an affair on your wedding day is bad enough. Finding out it's with his best man
is another thing all together. She narrowly escapes tying the knot and meets
Vaughan only hours later.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Vaughan is the exact opposite of the picture
perfect, respected businessman she thought she'd marry. This former
musician-turned-bartender is rough around the edges and unsettled. But she
already tried Mr. Right and discovered he's all wrong-maybe it's time to give
Mr. Right Now a chance.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">After all, what's wrong with getting dirty?</span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-60293989253005526342016-06-24T18:25:00.005-07:002016-06-24T18:26:03.495-07:00The Red Pyramid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> </span><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Rick Riordan</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Mythology, Fantasy, Magic, Adventure, Middle Grade </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Since their mother's
death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with
her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their
father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to
set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set,
who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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Egypt are waking, and the worst of them —Set— has his sights on the Kanes. To
stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe - a quest
that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to
a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.</span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/2OA9u_mqvwY"><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan Video Review</span></a></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-29176916811768774432016-06-24T18:19:00.003-07:002016-06-24T18:19:36.755-07:00Ivory and Bone <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Ivory and Bone, Book 1</span></span></div>
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fantasy—with allusions to Pride and Prejudice.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Hunting, gathering, and keeping his family
safe—that’s the life seventeen-year-old Kol knows. Then bold, enigmatic Mya
arrives from the south with her family, and Kol is captivated. He wants her to
like and trust him, but any hopes of impressing her are ruined when he makes a
careless—and nearly grave—mistake. However, there’s something more to Mya’s
cool disdain…a history wrought with loss that comes to light when another clan
arrives. With them is Lo, an enemy from Mya’s past who Mya swears has ulterior
motives.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">As Kol gets to know Lo, tensions between Mya and
Lo escalate until violence erupts. Faced with shattering losses, Kol is forced
to question every person he’s trusted. One thing is for sure: this was a war
that Mya or Lo—Kol doesn’t know which—had been planning all along.</span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-78313878314603425852016-06-10T18:59:00.005-07:002016-06-19T17:04:23.850-07:00Walk on Earth a Stranger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Title:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Walk on Earth a
Stranger</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Rae Carson</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">The Gold Seer Trilogy, Book 1</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">431</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">6/10/16</span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Fantasy, Historical
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Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><em><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Gold is in my blood,
in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.</span></span></em></span></div>
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Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal
steed. She has a best friend—who might want to be something more.</span><br />
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She also has a secret.</span><br />
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Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small
nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has
kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest
winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A
person might murder for it.</span><br />
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When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to
California—where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one
place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.</span><br />
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The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era
America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: courier new;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 32px;">Here is my review video for this book: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 32px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5DS32g54XeE"><span style="color: magenta;">Walk on Earth a Stranger Video </span><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Review</span></a></span></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-39851278058186246952016-06-06T15:16:00.003-07:002016-06-06T15:17:28.179-07:00A Drop of Night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Stefan Bachmann</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Standalone</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">439</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">6/5/16</span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Thriller, Suspense, Fantasy,
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">Seventeen-year-old
Anouk has finally caught the break she’s been looking for—she's been selected
out of hundreds of other candidates to fly to France and help with the
excavation of a vast, underground palace buried a hundred feet below the
suburbs of Paris. Built in the 1780's to hide an aristocratic family and a mad
duke during the French Revolution, the palace has lain hidden and forgotten
ever since. Anouk, along with several other gifted teenagers, will be the first
to set foot in it in over two centuries.</span></span></span></div>
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find themselves embroiled in a game far more sinister, and dangerous, than they
could possibly have imagined. An evil spanning centuries is waiting for them in
the depths. . .</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;">So this book was ok.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I will say that the synopsis is misleading and I
was disappointed in that. I thought this book was going to be a thriller with
historical aspects in it. Instead I got a fantasy and it was reminiscent of the
book Survive the Night by Danielle Vega.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">What I thought I was gonna read about were teens
excavating a hidden underground palace that was just found and somehow, perhaps
because of crumbling structure, they would become trapped and have to find a
way out. Well the characters did get stuck the palace, not the way I thought
they would and they do spend the whole book trying to get out. Ok I could deal
with this. It could still be interesting because they have to find a way out of
a palace that's been buried for 200 years. They obviously have to have some
hardships because, again the palace is old and the structure can't be that
sturdy. Well I was wrong. I did not expect the paranormal aspects, the monsters
or the whole premise of immortality. While I did find the book enjoyable overall,
I was disappointed at being mislead by whoever created the synopsis.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Most of the book is told in the present in the pov
of a girl named Anouk. There were some chapters or inserts between chapters,
that took place in 1790's France, when the palace is being made. The pov of
these inserts were from a girl named Aurelie, whose father commissioned the
palace. Aurelie's chapters are about her time in the palace, the weird things
going on and why the modern teens were brought to the palace. I have to say I liked
Aurelie's chapters the best.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">As for the characters they were ok. The main
character Anouk was a jerk. I really disliked her in the beginning but she kind
of grew on me. She was rude, obnoxious and mean to everyone and she put on a
tough facade. She was very smart however but she did do some pretty stupid
things that I was screaming at her for. But she was quick thinking and tried to
get everyone out of the palace.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I really liked Aurelie. She was sassy and spunky.
She was so not what you'd think a french 1790's aristocratic teen would be. She
cares deeply for her sisters and the whole time she was in the palace all she
thought about was getting to her sisters and escaping. She was willing to beat
up/ fight a servant for their help. She was very smart, clever and had a quick
tongue. I loved her! She was the best character of the book. I wish there was
more of her in it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I will say that there is a lot of action and
obstacles/attacks/bad guys in this book that the characters had to
fight/overcome/escape. I will say that I enjoyed the descriptions of the
different parts and rooms of the palace as well as the crazy traps that people
set for the characters. The author really put the characters through the
ringer. When they think they're in the clear, something else happens to them.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">So all in all an ok book but I was disappointed by
the synopsis because the reader is not really getting what the synopsis claims.</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-3186804642951817872016-06-01T19:53:00.002-07:002016-06-01T19:54:03.309-07:00Ruthless<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Carolyn Lee Adams</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">248</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">6/1/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Thriller, Suspense,
Survival, Contemporary </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Synopsis (Found on
Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Ruth Carver has
always competed like her life depends on it. Ambitious. Tough. Maybe even mean.
It’s no wonder people call her ruthless.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">When she wakes up with a concussion in the bed of
a moving pickup truck, Ruth realizes she has been entered into a contest she
can’t afford to lose.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">At a remote, rotting cabin deep in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, Ruth’s blindfold comes off and she finds herself face-to-face with
her captor: A man who believes his mission is to punish bad girls like Ruth. A
man who has done this six times before.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The other girls were never heard from again, but
Ruth won’t go down easy. She escapes into the wilderness, but her hunter is
close at her heels. That’s when the real battle begins. That’s when Ruth must
decides just how far she’ll go in order to survive.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Back home, they called her Ruthless. They had no
idea just how right they were.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">This book was ok but
it made me so angry.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The plot of the book is a girl trying to escape
her captor. Ruth is taken by a man up to a remote cabin in the mountains. She
doesn't know the reason why or what he wants. She eventually escapes. The rest
of the book is her escaping and trying to find civilization while he is hunting
her. Along the way we learn a few things about the man and what made him turn
out to be a psychopath serial killer through flashbacks in between chapters. We
also learn a bit about Ruth told in flash back of 5 years ago when she was
attending the horse event. This is also told between the chapters and is
alternated between chapters with the man's history.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I loved that the book opened in suspense. Ruth is
just waking up in the bed of a moving truck and the first chapter is her trying
to work out where she is. This book has a lot of suspense in it for the fact
that Ruth was being hunted through mountainous woods. You never knew if the
wolfman (that's what she calls him) is just around the bend and if he's really
going to catch her. I liked the creepy atmosphere of the book and I enjoyed the
journey of survival Ruth had to take. I did think that every event that
happened to her was adding too much to the story. Events just kept piling up
and up and its hard to think that a person could survive all those things
happening to them.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The sad thing is that I didn't really like the
characters.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ruth was ok. Some things she was smart but other
things she was incredible stupid. I liked that she didn't give up and was
determined to survive. I also liked that she became delirious after days of
running and scavenging for food. It made the story believable that the things happening
to her were taking a toll on her body and mind. Ruth was incredibly brave and
resourceful. But I didn't like her all that much. What we get of her
personality was that she was mean, difficult to be around, rude and basically a
brat.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Then there was her stupidity that made me not care
if she survived because hey if she didn't care then I didn't.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Potential Spoilers ahead for this paragraph:</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">So she escapes her captor and is on the run for
awhile. Then she reaches an empty house and sees the wolfman after her so goes
in the house to hide. Of course he gets in because there wouldn't be a story if
he didn't. However she gets the upper hand and takes him hostage. And what does
she do? She gives him water and decides to have a conversation with him! I'm like
wtf? Get out of there! In my head I was thinking she should shoot and kill him.
Or she could of shot him in both kneecaps and arms so that he is immobile and
she can get away. But no....she talks to him? At teh very least she could of
knocked him out with something. After she's done chatting she LEAVES the guy
tied up and goes to the bathroom!. She goes and takes her damn time cleaning
all her wounds. At least if she knocked him out or shot him she could take the
time to clean herself up. And then she's surprised when he escapes. I mean
really? There were so many times she could of shot and killed him or shoot him
in the knees and arms. But she didn't want to kill him. F that! I'd of taken
his own gun and shot him in the face!</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The man was your run of the mill psycho who had
mommy and daddy issues that made him the way he was. Of course I hated him but
he was very smart and very prepared to kill Ruth. He just didn't count on her
survival instinct. It's clear that she was not his first victim by the state of
the cabin. He was just gross, evil and psychotic. He liked to kill and found
excuses to do it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I'm also not sure if there is a paranormal element
to this book. Ruth has hallucinations that actually help her to escape and find
her way. However I'm not sure if the hallucinations were real or not. Ruth also
got feelings about things that were happening with her family that were correct
but again I don't know if it was her intuition or something paranormal.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The book was short and I breezed through it. I
liked the overall plot and the survival instincts of Ruth but I just didn't
like and couldn't connect with either character.</span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-36481183890136642292016-05-29T13:31:00.000-07:002016-05-29T13:31:04.334-07:00Riders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Veronica Rossi</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Riders, Book 1</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">362</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Supernatural, Fantasy, Mythology </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Nothing but death can
keep eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S.
Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">While recovering from the accident that most
definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a
bizarre cuff he can’t remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny.
He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Over the coming weeks, he and the other
horsemen—Conquest, Famine, and Death—are brought together by a beautiful but
frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the
emergence.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">They fail.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Now—bound, bloodied, and drugged—Gideon is
interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an
international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the
girl he’s fallen for—not to mention all of humankind—he needs to convince the skeptical
government officials the world is in imminent danger.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">But will anyone believe him?</span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">So overall I like
this book but I did have some problems with it.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The book is about the main character Gideon
becoming one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. He had a near death
experience or actually dies and was brought back to life (that's still not
clear), and when he wakes up he has these powers/abilities and a cuff around
his wrist that can't come off. He gets entangled with a girl name Daryn, who
calls herself a seeker. He becomes a horseman because some demons known as the
kindred are looking for a key and the four horsemen are being called to protect
it. The book is mainly about finding the rest of the horsemen, learning their
powers and fighting the kindred.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I didn't really like the way the story was told.
It's told through interrogation. The book opens with Gideon strapped to a chair
being interrogated by an officer to tell his story. One of the big battles in
the book has already happened and the book is mainly Gideon recalling
everything that happened (except the last few chapters that finally catch up to
the present). While the story was good I wasn't a fan the story being told
through memories with parts of the present cutting in when the officer wanted
to ask him questions. For me that disrupted the flow of the story.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The characters were ok but my favorite was Bas
(Sebastian), who wasn't even the main character. Bas was funny, had the best
intentions and was always helpful. He was the sweetest guy and the most fun to
be around. He had already mastered some of his abilities by the time Gideon
found him. He was not one to fight though but did when it was necessary. I
really liked him. I would gladly read a book just about him or where he is the
main character which I hope Rossi does.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Gideon is the main character. He was alright. I
think I grew to like him as the story went on. He was in the army before his
accident so its appropriate that he becomes war. I though he was very pushy at
times and felt like he needed to lighten up. He had a lot of rage and anger
inside him which made him unstable at times. Gideon did have a good heart and
was trying to understand the mission and help. He just got too angry sometimes.
He was a soldier so everything with him was about intel, control, the mission
and training. He was very strategic and wanted to protect Daryn at all costs. I
liked that he took the mission seriously.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Jode is one of the other horsemen and he's kind of
forgettable. He come in late in the book and while I did like him well enough
he didn't have much part in the book except in the battles. Marcus is the last
horseman and I didn't like him at first. He had a bad attitude, always wanted
to fight and was hostile. Actually the whole hostility between Marcus and
Gideon was getting so old for the amount of time it lasted. They were at each
other throats and always wanted to fight. It was annoying. But once the
horsemen decided to work as a team and both Gideon and Marcus stopped acting
like asses I liked them more.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I really didn't like Daryn. She was just ehh. She
is the seeker whose job is to get the horsemen together. She is very secretive
and keeps information from the guys throughout the whole book. She wants them
to do their "job" but doesn't want to give them any information about
it. She also leads Gideon on with wanting him but then saying she can't be with
him but then doing things like hug him and hold his hand. WTF man, pick
something already. Either yes or no to him. I just didn't liker her or really
see a reason for her to be there. She was always arguing with Gideon and didn't
really contribute anything except for the locations of the other horsemen.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I enjoyed the mythology behind the horsemen with
their weapons, abilities and their horses. They weapons were awesome and I
loved seeing them train with them. Personally I would of wanted the bow and
arrow for my weapon. They're abilities on how they can affect people was
awesome too. Individually they were ok but used together they were awesome. I
absolutely loved the horses. Each horse was different and manifested different,
had different personalities and abilities. My favorite was Gideon's fire horse.
That horse had a bad attitude in the beginning and I could totally see him as a
warhorse.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The demons in this book were interesting as well.
They're abilities were awesome and their true forms were so nasty and gross.
The leader was Samrael and he had a nasty power that could take down any
horseman. Personally, I think he was the strongest being in the book, way
stronger than any of the other demons and the horsemen. He was also pure evil
and was good at it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book did have some action in it in the form
big of battles but they happened at the end of the book which was kind of a
long time to wait but oh well.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The ending killed me and it ensured that I will
read the second book in the series to find out what happens. I hate
cliffhangers.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Meredith Russo</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Standalone</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">287</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Date</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"> Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">5/27/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">LGBT, Realistic
Fiction, Contemporary</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Synopsis (Found on
Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Amanda Hardy is the
new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like any other girl, all she
wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret. There’s a
reason why she transferred schools for her senior year, and why she’s determined
not to get too close to anyone.</span><br />
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And then she meets Grant Everett. Grant is unlike anyone she’s ever met—open,
honest, kind—and Amanda can’t help but start to let him into her life. As they
spend more time together, she finds herself yearning to share with Grant
everything about herself…including her past. But she’s terrified that once she
tells Grant the truth, he won't be able to see past it.</span><br />
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Because the secret that Amanda’s been keeping? It’s that she used to be Andrew.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">My Review: </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">I enjoyed this book.
It was something different than what I normally read, which for me was good.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book is about a girl named Amanda who moves
in with her dad during her senior year of high school. The book is about her
settling in the school and her new life as well as her first love. But its not
all that simple. Because Amanda used to be Andrew.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The book deals with the fear of being outed as a
transgendered person and how that affects Amandas life.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The book is told mostly in the present but some
chapters flash back to some years when Amanda was still Andrew and we find out
a bit about her past and how trapped she felt in her body.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I liked Amanda and felt like she was a strong
female protagonist who had to deal with her fair share of hardships. The reader
can really see the progression of Amanda's character from the beginning of the
book to the end. In the beginning, Amanda is fearful, always on alert and wants
to be invisible. All she wants is to get through her senior year and get out of
town to go to college somewhere far away like NY. By the end of the book she is
comfortable in her own skin, is confident in herself and wants to be seen. She
starts feeling like she doesn't have to run away to college and that she
finally feel like she belongs somewhere. Amanda does go through many hardships
and new experiences to become the character she is at the end.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I also loved how Amanda found a core of three
girlfriends who were there for her. They didn't know her secret for most of the
book. However Amanda finally knew what it was to have friends who loved her,
hung out with her and friends who just wanted to have fun together. Each girl
is dealing with their own issue and Amanda learns how to become a good friend
and listener to help them with their issues.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The romance was ok. I just didn't like how insta
lovey it felt. But it was cute. I like Grant. He was sweet, caring and
thoughtful to Amanda. However Amanda struggles with her secret and has battles
with herself on if she should be with Grant and if she should tell him her
secret.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I loved that Amanda's parents were involved in her
life. Her mother is her rock and was there with her through her transitioning.
Her father agreed to take her in and care for her when it wasn't safe for
Amanda to live in her mom's town anymore. The book also shows how both her
parents struggle(d) with their son transitioning into a girl. Her father had
the hardest time accepting it but he still loved her, protected her and wanted
the best for her. I love how the book showed each parent dealt in their own way
but ultimately supporting their child. It was a wonderful touch to the book.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I recommend this book to everyone whether you are
transgendered or not. This book has something in it for everyone and everyone
can take away something from this book. It can also teach not to judge other
people before you get to know them and their life and/or struggles.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-47661365887653970542016-05-23T17:05:00.003-07:002016-05-23T17:08:52.772-07:00Rebel of the Sands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Alwyn Hamilton</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Book 1</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">314</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Supernatural, Fantasy </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Mortals rule the
desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote
areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic.
For humans, it’s an unforgiving place, especially if you’re poor, orphaned, or
female.</span><br />
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Amani Al’Hiza is all three. She’s a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim,
but she can’t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she’s
destined to wind up wed or dead.</span><br />
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Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as
the perfect escape route. But though she’s spent years dreaming of leaving
Dustwalk, she never imagined she’d gallop away on mythical horse—or that it
would take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought
she knew.</span><br />
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<em style="background-color: #999999;">Rebel of the Sands</em><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999;">reveals what happens when a dream
deferred explodes—in the fires of rebellion, of romantic passion, and the
all-consuming inferno of a girl finally, at long last, embracing her power.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">I'm currently not able to type up a review but I did do a video review of the book, so I'll link it here if anyone is interested</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d33T0QLK1E"><span style="background-color: black; color: #c27ba0;">Rebel of The Sands Youtube Video Review</span></a></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-1218372190502681912016-05-09T15:05:00.001-07:002016-05-09T15:05:20.676-07:00The Raven Boys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Maggie Stiefvater</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">The Raven Cycle, Book
1</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">408</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Every year, Blue
Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past.
Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and
speaks to her.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby,
the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys.
Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't
entirely explain. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys:
Adam, the scholarship student who resents the privilege around him; Ronan, the
fierce soul whose emotions range from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn
watcher who notices many things but says very little.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">For as long as she can remember, Blue has been
warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn't believe in true
love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught
up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure
anymore.</span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">My Review: </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">After reading this
book I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I had read
Stievater's book Shiver and I really didn't enjoy it. It was so boring and I
was afraid this book would be the same. However after seeing booktube reviews
on how good it was, I decided to give it a try. I figured I could always DNF it
if I didn't like it.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">However, once I started reading it I couldn't put
it down. I don't know what it was about it. It wasn't my favorite book but
something about it made me keep reading. This book is told in multiple points
of view but the main ones are Blue, Adam and Gansey.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book is really about a quest to find a
dead/sleeping welsh King. If the kind is awakened, he will grant a favor to the
ones who woke him. However there are many other aspects and plot lines in the
story. The main female character Blue, is a psychic's daughter who is not
psychic. However she amplifies other psychic's powers. There is also a prophecy
that if she kisses her true love she will kill him. So one day while helping
her aunt on St. Marks day, she ends up seeing a boy's spirit (which means he
will be dead within the next 12 months) which means that either he is her true
love or that she kills him. He turns out to be Gansey, a rich boy from an ivy
league high school. Gansey is the boy who is obsessed with finding the dead
king. He has his motives as does his 3 friends who are involved in the quest as
well. Because of their school, they are know as the Raven boys. Blue ends up
meeting them and she becomes involved with Gansey's quest. And the story goes
on from there.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Aside from her ridiculous name, I really liked
Blue. As it was said many times in the book, she is very sensible. After she
was told the prophecy (which she had been told since she was little) she
decided not to fall in love or at the very least not kiss anyone. And she kept
her decision, not kissing anyone. She is also very helpful and gave her
knowledge to the Raven boys easily. All she wanted was to be part of the quest.
She cares for the boys and uses her amplification abilities to help on the
quest. She is a loving daughter as well. Sometimes she is disappointed that she
has no psychic abilities but at other times she glad she doesn't. She is very
sweet to the boys but she is also very spunky and can hold her own against
them. She can be very rude and argumentative if she is pushed. She also knows
the value of money and will not take any handouts from the boys.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I also liked Gansey, the ringleader of the raven
boys. He is very straightforward and has a take charge personality. He looks
out for his friends and helps them in whatever situations they find themselves
in. He is rich but he doesn't really look at that. He doesn't realize that the
things he says (about money or possessions) can be taken offensively by people
who are not rich, like Blue. Gansey has this need to find the welsh king (can
remember the name or spelling of it) to feel like he has made a contribution to
the world. He really is a sweet guy though.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The next raven boy is Adam. I really liked him
too. He is soooo super sweet and so smart. He doesn't really have a good home
life but that doesn't stop him from going to the prestigious school. He studies
and works hard. He is very loyal to Gansey but at the same time he doesn't want
to feel like Gansey owns him by giving Adam money or paying for things for him.
He is very independent and want to make it through hard work, not handouts. He
has very strong principals and he doesn't compromise them, which I liked about
him.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The next raven boy is Noah, who has a secret. Noah
is not always in everything with the boys and at times he's missing from the
excursions they go on. Noah is very quiet and shy but he has a soft spot for
blue and is very affectionate with her (like petting her hair). Noah is easily
not noticeable. He is described as being scruffy and always disheveled. I like
him too as well.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">My favorite character of the book is the last
raven boy Ronan. He is a bad boy with a worse attitude. He says whatever is on
his mind and he curses up a storm. He loves to fight and I mean physical
fighting. He really doesn't care about anything like school. He is very loyal
to Gansey and readily believes in the magic and the quest. He would follow
Gansey anywhere and he is very protective of him. However he has a soft side
especially towards his baby raven that he finds. He feeds the raven, holds it,
cares for it and its sweet to see that. He has a rough exterior but his heart
is good. He is my favorite!</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Lastly for the characters, I want to mention
Blue's aunts and mother. I love her mother. She did such a good job of raising
Blue to be the strong girl she is. She cares a lot for Blue, protects her and
is funny at times. She doesn't want Blue involved with Gansey and the quest but
she helps when she realizes she can't stop her. I also loved her aunt Calla,
who is just as vicious and mean as Ronan. She is the female version of Ronan. I
love how mean she is and how sarcastic. However its clear she loves Blue and
Blue's mother. Finally is her aunt Persephone. I really like her because she is
so weird. She is very soft spoken and very intuitive. She is very quiet but
powerful.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The world in the story was interesting. There's a
lot to do with ley lines and energy. Ley lines are where supernatural events
can happen. So there's a lot to do with that and the group wants to find and
awaken the ley line in the town they're in. The ley line has something to do
with the welsh king. There was a lot of psychic and supernatural elements in
the book that I enjoyed.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">There is a small beginnings of a romance in the
book but its very small. Like tiny. Right now all the boys are entranced by
Blue but in this book anyway Adam is showing some romantic affection. However I
get the feeling that Blue will end up with Gansey by the end of the series and
certain things happen in the book that point that way. However I want Ronan and
Blue to be together. I totally ship them.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">So I did like the book and I will be continuing
the series. I know I'm late in the game since the last book just came out like
last month but hey better late than never!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-28190324039546546172016-04-26T21:23:00.003-07:002016-04-26T21:26:20.076-07:00Legend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Marie Lu</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Legend, Book 1</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">305</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Date Read:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">4/26/16</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Dystopian, Science
Fiction, Fantasy </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc;">This is a re-read for me and I stand by my review I wrote a few years ago when I read it. I'll link it here: </span><a href="http://spantaliansbookreviews.blogspot.com/2013/03/legend.html" style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="color: cyan;">Review of Legend by Marie Lu</span></a></span></div>
Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-49206236842608978942016-04-23T17:06:00.003-07:002016-04-23T17:06:40.151-07:00My Sister Rosa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Justine Larbalestier</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Standalone</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">398</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">4/23/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Psychological
Thriller, Contemporary, Psychology, Mystery </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Synopsis (Found on
Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">What if the most
terrifying person you'd ever met was your ten-year old sister? A spine-chilling
psychological thriller from one of Australia's finest YA authors.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">'I promise,' said
Rosa. 'I won't kill and I won't make anyone else kill.'</span></em><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br />
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<em>I can't see the loophole. Since the
guinea pig there's been nothing. Months now without Rosa killing as much as a
mosquito.</em><br />
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<em>As far as I know.</em></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Che Taylor has four items on his list: 1. He wants
to spar, not just train in the boxing gym. 2. He wants a girlfriend. 3. He wants
to go home. 4. He wants to keep Rosa under control.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Che's little sister Rosa is smart, talented,
pretty, and so good at deception that Che's convinced she must be a psychopath.
She hasn't hurt anyone yet, but he's certain it's just a matter of time. And
when their parents move them to New York City, Che longs to return to Sydney
and his three best friends. But his first duty is to his sister Rosa, who is
playing increasingly complex and disturbing games. Can he protect Rosa from the
world - and the world from Rosa?</span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">My Review: </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">This book took me
wayyy to long to finish. Parts of it was good but for the most part it was
pretty dull.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The premise of this book is that the main
character Che, moves with his family to NYC as part of a business deal for
Che's parents. Che doesn't want to go. Every time Che is moved with his parents
he has a list of 4 things to do. Fourth is to go home. Third is to be able to
spar not just train in boxing. Second is to get a girlfriend. And the first
most important thing is to keep his ten year old sister Rosa under control.
Because Rosa is a psychopath.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The premise of this book sounds so interesting
that I immediately bought the book off book depository because this is an
Australian book and it doesn't come out in the US until November. And I waited
over a month to get it delivered because the shipping of the book took forever.
Needless to say I should of waited for it to come out in the US.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Now I'm not saying the book is bad or anything. It
was ok. But it wasn't really what I was expecting and I wasn't expecting it to
be so boring. The book is basically Che's narration of his daily life in NYC,
which is boring. The most interesting parts were about Rosa and the things she
does. Che goes on and on about boxing and he spends the majority of time at the
gym. He also talks so much about the girl he likes, Sojourner and sex. I don't
care about Che masturbating or his wet dreams (which is said in the
book...gross) or his gushing over this girl. I got this book because I wanted
to read about his psycho sister not hear his dialogue of his life. I mean Che's
not a bad character but he's just so boring. I did feel bad for him because he
has to deal with his sister terrorizing him but really I wanted to know more
about his being terrorized than about his girl crush. Meh.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rosa is pure evil. She has no empathy and is able
to pretend to be a normal girl. She gave me the creeps. I hated her but I was
interested in what she said and what she did. It was interesting seeing how she
manipulated the people around her. But she wasn't as evil or bad as the
synopsis and Che made her out to be. Most of the scenes with Rosa was her
talking to Che about her lack of feelings, how smart she was and how she
manipulated others. It was like the book told you how bad Rosa was instead of
showing it. The synopsis says Rose is "playing increasingly complex and
disturbing games" but I didn't really see this in the book. There are two
instances when terrible things happen but the reader is left guessing if Rosa
was really behind those incidents. I thought Rosa was going to be killing
animals or trying to kill people or something drastic like that because that's
what the book leads to you believe and I wanted it to be delivered. But it
wasn't and I was disappointed.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Rating:</span><span style="color: white;">B</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #9fc5e8;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-63540094821055556242016-04-12T15:45:00.003-07:002016-04-12T15:46:02.131-07:00Bloodthirsty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Flynn Meaney</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Standalone</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">234</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">4/11/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Contemporary, Realistic
Fiction, Vampire, Humor</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Synopsis (Found on
Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Some vampires are
good. Some are evil. Some are faking it to get girls.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Awkward and allergic to the sun, sixteen-year-old
Finbar Frame never gets the girl. But when he notices that all the female
students at his school are obsessed with a vampire romance novel called
Bloodthirsty, Finbar decides to boldly go where no sane guy has gone before-he
becomes a vampire, minus the whole blood sucking part.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">With his brooding nature and weirdly pale skin,
it's surprisingly easy for Finbar to pretend to be paranormal. But, when he
meets the one girl who just might like him for who he really is, he discovers
that his life as a pseudo-vampire is more complicated than he expected.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This hilarious debut novel is for anyone who
believes that sometimes even nice guys-without sharp teeth or sparkly skin--
can get the girl.</span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">My Review: </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">So this book is a
reread for me and I have to say I loved it this time around as much as when I
first read it. The book is just hilarious, I love love love the main character
and it's a fun coming of age story.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The plot is a simple one. Finbar (Finn) is 16
years old, a nerd and never had a girlfriend. His fraternal twin brother, Luke,
is hot and gets all the girls. Finn has always been picked on but recently his
family moved to NYC. Finn wonders what he can do to get a girl. He notices that
a lot of girls are reading a book called "Bloodthirsty", which is
about vampires. He figures out all girls love vampires and decides to become a
vampire to get a girl. Hilarity ensues.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I loved Finn. First off his name is completely
hilarious. Finbar. Ha. Anyway he is the most down to earth character ever. He
loves to read, is a science nerd and horrible at sports. He also recognizes his
faults in both character and his appearance (in his opinion). Finn is a very
sweet, kind, caring and loving guy and all he wants is to give his love to
someone. It's a bit hard for him though. He also has problems with the sun and
he can't be in it for long. He describes himself as tall, skinny, pale, with
brown hair and creepy clear blue eyes. Finn totally makes this book. He is just
so funny and his thoughts are hilarious. Finn is also completely oblivious when
it comes to signals from girls. Its very funny. Poor guy.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The situations Finn gets himself into because of
his pretending to be a vampire are funny and I loved seeing how he got out of
them. Also through his new vampire state, he becomes able to do things he
wouldn't have been able to do when he was just himself. He is able to speak in
class, about sex no less. He can talk to girls. He's popular. He can also
actually win in a fight. Although there are many pluses for his new
"species", some problems do arise and he has to figure out how to
navigate through them. Especially when he falls for a girl he really likes.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Finn's brother Luke, was funny too. His extremely
catholic, obsessed with cleanliness mom was also really funny. She was just so
awkward, the things she said were hilarious and she embarrassed Finn so much. I
loved it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">All in all the book was funny and it made me laugh
out loud so many times. I highly recommend it.</span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-38428162870880357952016-04-08T16:21:00.004-07:002016-04-08T16:22:00.749-07:00Salt to the Sea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Ruta Sepetys</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Standalone</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">383</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">4/6/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Historical Fiction,
Historical, World War II </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Synopsis (Found on
Goodreads.com):</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Winter, 1945. Four
teenagers. Four secrets.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Each one born of a different homeland; each one
hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies…and war.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the
coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage
aboard the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Wilhelm Gustloff</em>, a ship that promises safety and freedom.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Yet not all promises can be kept.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Inspired by the single greatest tragedy in
maritime history, bestselling and award-winning author Ruta Sepetys (<em>Between Shades of Gray</em>) lifts the veil on a shockingly little-known casualty of
World War II. An illuminating and life-affirming tale of heart and hope.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">My Review:</span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Soooo....This book
was ok. I liked it well enough but I was expecting an epic life alerting book
with all the hype this book was getting. So I'm disappointed to say that the
book was just ok for me. I went in expecting a lot but I found it so....boring.
And yes, I know I'm in the minority on this one.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book is basically about the sinking of the
Wilhelm Gustloff ship during World War 2. The boat contained over 10,000 people
and over 9,000 lost their lives. It's known as the greatest maritime tragedy in
the maritime history.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">In this book we follow 4 protagonists and the
story is told in alternating chapters. All the characters find each other while
they are making their way to the ships. The country of Poland is being
evacuated and all the civilians and soldiers are heading to the boats to get
safe passage to Germany. Russia has invaded Poland and is committing atrocities
and massacres everywhere they go.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The first character I'll talk about is Joana. She
is a Lithuanian nurse that is was working in a hospital in Poland. We find her
with a band of people that she takes care of. Joana is a very caring and loving
person. She enjoys helping people and is always more concerned with the safety
and health of others rather than herself. Throughout the book when disaster strikes
she is always volunteering to help the injured and sick. She always checks on
the welfare of her group before she rests. I really liked her a lot and she is
genuinely a good person. She really does care for people. She is hiding a
secret that is tearing her apart and she misses her family very much. She is my
favorite character.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Next is the Prussian, Florian Beck. He has a
secret mission of his own that he is carrying out. He seems to be a soldier. In
the beginning of the book he was wounded and after awhile he finds Joana's
group, where Joana tends to his wound. Florian is very secretive and is very
protective of his pack. He also becomes very protective of another character
Emilia and Joana. At first he wants nothing to do with anyone and prefers to travel
alone but as time passes he becomes attached to the girls and the others in the
group. He begins to open up a little more especially to Joana. I really liked
him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The next character is Emilia who is Polish. She
also has a secret that is revealed later on in the book. Once she meets Florian
she dubs him her "knight" and becomes very attached to him, though
not romantically. While she likes everyone else, she trusts Florian completely
and if he were to leave the group, she'd go with him. She was always looking
for him even when disaster struck. He was very important to her. Emilia is very
young in the book, maybe around 15 or so. She has had a hard life and bad
things have happened to her. She can be moody at times and she doesn't like to
talk much, except to Florian and later on Joana. She is also extremely loyal to
people she trusts and cares about and for the most part, that person is Florian
in the book. She would do anything for him and defend him to the end.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The last character is the German Naval Officer,
Alfred Frick. I hated him. He was bat shit crazy. He wrote letters to this girl
in his head and made himself out to be the best hero and sailor there ever was
where in reality he was in the lowest rank of officers. He tries too hard to be
someone of importance and its so obvious that its embarrassing. He is also
completely crazy. He aligns his beliefs with Hitler's and thinks that Hitler is
the only one who understands him and his thoughts. He never even met Hitler. He
of course hates Jews and polish people. He kick dogs, which as an animal love,
pissed me the hell off and I wanted him dead just for that. He speaks
condescendingly to other people especially the refugees and peasants trying to
get on the ships, where in reality he's just a little piece of s**t. He thought
he was so important but he was nothing. I really didn't like him. His attitude
sucks.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The setting and description of the characters'
surroundings were good and detailed. I enjoyed meeting all of the characters
and seeing their quirks. I just found a lot of it boring. It took them forever
to get to the ships and then the actual main event if the book took a few
chapters. There were some tragedies that took place along the way to the ships
but it was few and far between.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I did enjoy learning about Florian, Joana and
Emilia's history, their backgrounds, what happened to them before they met and
what happened to their families. I also enjoyed the romance that was brewing in
the book between two characters. The romance was no where near the center stage
of the book but I did enjoy the small presence that was in there. I found
myself rooting for the couple and totally shipped them (no pun intended, lol).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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expecting so much more. However I still want to read Between Shades of Gray by
this author. Oh and yes I did catch the link that attach this book to Between
Shades of Gray and that was only because I read the synopsis of Between Shades
of Gray many times. I am looking forward to reading Between Shades of Gray and
I'll let you guys know my thoughts on it. Oh and I do recommend this book to be
read because it is a good historical fiction.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-57280467060776620712016-03-27T15:39:00.001-07:002016-04-07T13:14:39.737-07:00All the Truth that’s in Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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in Me</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Julie Berry</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Standalone</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">274</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">3/25/16</span><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Historical Fiction,
Mystery</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Synopsis (Found on
Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "courier new";"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Four years ago,
Judith and her best friend disappeared from their small town of Roswell
Station. Two years ago, only Judith returned, permanently mutilated, reviled
and ignored by those who were once her friends and family.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: "courier new";"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Unable to speak, Judith lives like a ghost in her
own home, silently pouring out her thoughts to the boy who’s owned her heart as
long as she can remember—even if he doesn’t know it—her childhood friend, Lucas.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">But when Roswell Station is attacked, long-buried
secrets come to light, and Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in
silence, or recover her voice, even if it means changing her world, and the
lives around her, forever.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This startlingly original novel will shock and
disturb you; it will fill you with Judith’s passion and longing; and its
mysteries will keep you feverishly turning the pages until the very last.</span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">My Review: </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: "courier new";">This was a good
historical fiction book and I enjoyed it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The Plot:</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Judith has disappeared from her village in Roswell
Station for 4 years. When she comes back she is mutilated- He tongue has been
cut out and she cannot speak. The story is about her day to day life in her
home and village. Many events happen and she related them to the reader as if
she is writing in a journal except it's her thoughts. When she talks about a
certain character, named Lucas, and the feelings she has for him she use the
word "you" as if she is talking to him. The book is about how she is
treated by others in the village and by her family now that she is a mute.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The Characters:</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I liked Judith. As a reader I could see her grow
and change from the beginning of the book to the end. In the beginning she was
timid and didn't really want anyone to notice her. She was also kind of whiny
and a bit stalkerish towards Lucas. But near the end she becomes strong and
wants people to hear her and take notice. Judith starts out very lost,
wondering what will become of her and throughout the book she finds inner
strength and decides she can do something with her life. She also has a tough
skin, hearing all the gossip and rude things people say about her. The only
things that hurt her are her mother's remarks. Judith is also loyal to her
village even though they treat her like garbage. She went and faced her fear
because it meant getting help when the village was under attack. She is a sweet
character and I'm glad she was ok at the end.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Lucas is the by Judith loves and who she talks to
in her mind throughout the book, so we only get a view of him through Judith's
eyes and hear what he says through Judith's ears. From what I gathered he is a
hardworking young man who has many hardships in his young life. He was revered
as the town hero and the one people looked to for leadership because of his
family name but one event throws him out of popularity. Now he is ridiculed and
treated as a pariah by the stupid townspeople. Lucas is very sweet and kind
especially to Judith. He helps her and her brother to school during the winter.
I loved how sweet, loving and kind he is to his old dog Jip. He is like the
perfect guy.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I really hated Judith's mother. She treats Judith
like a leper because of her cut out tongue which was NOT HR FAULT! She was gave
all her affection to Judith's brother (who honestly didn't want it) and
basically treated Judith as if she was a slave. Instead of being thankful that
her daughter came back alive she is disgusted by her and all but ignores her
except to order her around. At one point she even calls her a whore. She
forbids Judith to even try to talk because she says Judith sound like an idiot
when she tries to talk. What a winner of a mother. She should of died of a
fever. What a b***h.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I really liked Judith's brother Darrel. He is
younger than her but he helps her and is there for her when he can be. Of
course they have their fights and disagreements but thy help each other. Darrel
gets injured and Judith helps him. They both go to school and Darrel helps
Judith with the work. He dislikes the way his mother treats Judith and defends
her when he can. He is genuinely happy for Judith at the end of the book.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">I'm not going to lie, the book was boring at
times. There was a bit of mystery involved because a girl went missing a few
days before Judith. The girl was found dead a few days after Judith disappeared
and they're a mystery of who killed the girl and who was Judith's kidnapper.
The reader learns some information in the beginning of the book but the
townspeople doesn't know. So it was kind of a wait to see when they would find
out the information and that was kind of annoying. But all in all a good book
and I'm glad I read it.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-73105643750451244262016-03-18T15:18:00.001-07:002016-03-18T15:18:18.756-07:00Invisible Worlds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Suzanne Weyn</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Standalone</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">228</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">3/18/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Paranormal,
Historical Fiction</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Suzanne Weyn brings
her trademark mix of history, romance, and the supernatural to the Salem Witch
Trials.</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Elsabeth James has powers she doesn't fully
understand. She is descended from midwives, mind readers, and a fortune-teller
who was put to death because she foresaw the death of Mary, Queen of Scots. She
can hear people's thoughts and sometimes see what they see. She has
supernatural gifts, but not evil ones.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">When Elsabeth sails with her sister, father, and
governess to America, however, she does not foresee that their ship will be
wrecked in a storm. Alone for the first time in her life, she washes up on a South
Carolina plantation, where she falls in love with a boy she meets there and
learns magic and healing from an unexpected source.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">As her powers grow, her stay is cut short, and she
is sent as a servant to Salem, Massachusetts. There she accidentally allows an
evil spirit to enter the village. When a group of girls start to say they're
bewitched and accuse villagers of witchcraft, Elsabeth must find some way to
save herself and the boy she loves.</span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">I liked this book
well enough. Again I was looking for a short book to read since I was feeling
slumpish. It wasn't wonderful but it was an interesting story.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Elisabeth James and her family have supernatural
powers. Obviously living in the 1680's her family has to keep this secret or
they will be called a witch and be punished. Elisabeth's power is to read
people's minds and sometimes see their memories or what they are seeing. Her
father is a scientist who is studying her and who is trying to make psychic
abilities become part of science. Elisabeth has a sister who lost her power.
Her governess Bronwyn is scottish and also believes in magic.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">So Elisabeth's father decided to work with another
scientist and the family must move to America. They board a boat but during the
voyage the boat sinks, with only Elisabeth surviving as far as the reader
knows. She washes ashore on an South Virginian Island plantation and then later
on is sent to Salem, Massachusetts, when the witch trails start. However no one
knows that she is the one who brought, unknowingly, evil to Salem that starts
the trials.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I liked the setting and atmosphere of the book.
Her description of seas sickness made me feel like I was getting it. I loved
how the culture of the african slaves was integrated into the story. There were
many strong and powerful women in this story which I really liked. It wasn't
only the main character. The women who she befriends are all powerful with
special abilities of their own. I loved how all the different cultures,
religions and beliefs were integrated into the story in the end. There was
Christianity, African tribal magic, Scottish Magic and Native American shamans.
It was awesome and I loved it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I also really did like Elisabeth. She was a very
forward thinking woman of her time. She wanted to live independently and make
her own money as an adult. She is very responsible especially in knowing that
she was the one who brought evil to Salem. She helped people, was kind and was
determined to do everything and anything in her power to get rid of the evil,
even at the sacrifice of herself. She detested slavery and the slave traders.
Her love story and romance was very cute and it was one the back burner for the
book. It was there but not the forefront.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The actual trials and thing relating to them were
glossed over which was a shame because that could of made for a more
interesting story. I think that was done because the trials were not the focus
of the book. Getting rid of the evil was. Even so I still enjoyed the book a
lot.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 20pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-87664549190025533942016-03-13T13:13:00.005-07:002016-03-13T13:13:54.178-07:00Finally Got a Twitter<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">So I finally joined the millions and got a twitter account. Feel free to follow me there as well!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Thanks!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Twitter: </span><a class="ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/Jojobean112" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 8px; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none !important;"><span style="color: black;">@<span class="u-linkComplex-target" style="text-decoration: underline !important;">Jojobean112</span></span></a></span>Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-17481120266500060782016-03-08T16:21:00.002-08:002016-03-08T16:21:34.872-08:00Romeo Redeemed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Stacey Jay</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Juliet Immortal, Book
1</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">363</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">3/5/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Paranormal, Romance,
Fantasy </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;">Seductive companion
to the popular</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><em style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;">Juliet Immortal</em><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">, in which former
lovers—Romeo and Juliet—meet, not as true lovers, but truly as enemies.</span></span></span></div>
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Cursed to live out eternity in his rotted corpse, Romeo, known for his
ruthless, cutthroat ways, is given the chance to redeem himself by traveling
back in time to save the life of Ariel Dragland. Unbeknownst to her, Ariel is
important to both the evil Mercenaries and the love-promoting Ambassadors and
holds the fate of the world in her hands. Romeo must win her heart and make her
believe in love, turning her away from her darker potential before his work is
discovered by the Mercenaries. While his seduction begins as yet another lie,
it soon becomes his only truth. Romeo vows to protect Ariel from harm, and do
whatever it takes to win her heart and soul. But when Ariel is led to believe
his love is a deception, she becomes vulnerable to Mercenary manipulation, and
her own inner darkness may ultimately rip them apart.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">I liked this book a
lot although not as much as "Juliet Immortal."</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book is told in two pov's~ Romeo's and
Ariel's. Ariel is the girl that Juliet took over in Juliet Immortal. This time
Ariel is herself and not Juliet.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The main plot of the book is that Romeo is given a
second chance and a chance to become an ambassador. He switched sides to good
to save hi soul. His mission is to get Ariel to believe in love and to turn to
the light side. Ariel is important in the war between Ambassadors and
Mercenaries. If Ariel becomes dark, she can destroy the world with "atrocities"
she will commit. So Romeo's job is to get her to fall in love with him. The
book is how he tries to get Ariel to fall in love.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I liked Romeo. He was still his sassy self but he
wasn't a vicious monster anymore. He really is good a saying all the right
things to get a girl to love him. At first, he is selfish because he only wants
Ariel to love him so that he can save his soul. After awhile though he changes
and wants to protect Ariel. He tried to do the right things by her even if it's
things he doesn't want to do. I like the change in him. He also becomes very
sweet, loving and good, especially towards Ariel.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I have to admit I didn't like Ariel so much. I
think it's because I still think Romeo and Juliet should be together. Old
habits... Anyway Ariel is a very damaged girl. She is always doubtful and even
after she falls for Romeo she is not strong enough to hold on to her emotions
and allows herself to have doubts. She has a very bad anger problem too. She is
sassy though which I'll give her. She is always questioning things and she has
a fear of being hurt, which is understandable. She overcomes some of these
issues by the end though. Ehh I don't really have much to say about her.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I did enjoy the romance between Romeo and Ariel. I
also loved how Romeo didn't realize he had fallen in love with Ariel. He is
kinda dense so it took him awhile. He was very sweet to her and he really loved
her a lot. Ariel loved him very much as well and became such a happier person
when she was with him.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">All in all a good book.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-86460296350296337572016-03-06T11:43:00.005-08:002016-03-06T11:45:05.917-08:00Juliet Immortal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Stacey Jay</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Juliet Immortal, Book
1</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Paranormal, Romance,
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;">These violent
delights have violent ends</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Which as they kiss consume.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">-William Shakespeare, ROMEO AND JULIET</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was
murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, who
made the sacrifice to ensure his own immortality. But Romeo didn't anticipate
that Juliet would be granted eternal life as well, and would become an agent
for the Ambassadors of Light.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">For seven hundred years, Juliet has struggled to
preserve romantic love and the lives of the innocent, while Romeo has fought
for the dark side, seeking to destroy the human heart. Until now.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Now Juliet has found her own forbidden love, and
Romeo, O Romeo, will do everything in his power to destroy their happiness.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Secrets unfold and surprises abound in Stacey
Jay's powerfully dark romance, which reunites literature's most tragic couple.</span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;">So I just re-read
this book and decided to write a new review. I looked at my old one and it was
quite spoilery. That was when I first started writing reviews and didn't really
know what I was doing. So here's the new one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">First off I really liked this book and my rating
of it still stands. I had just finished reading the No Fear Shakespeare version
of Romeo and Juliet and now I'm on a Romeo and Juliet kick, reading all the
books I own with them or shakespeare as characters.... Yes I get obsessed with
things...</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Anywho I liked how the author retold the
characters of Romeo and Juliet. In this book Romeo and Juliet are on opposite
sides fighting for the souls of people who fall in true love. Juliet works for
the ambassadors of light who are on the good side and who protect couples
experiencing true love from the mercenaries of the apocalypse who Romeo works
for. Juliet became an ambassador when she was dying like Shakespeare's play
said. She made vows to work for them and have been for 700 years. To work for them
she periodically gets put into living people's bodies and inhibits it for a few
days until her mission is complete. Romeo is a mercenary who's job is to
destroy true love and get one of the lovers to become a mercenary. So everytime
Juliet is put on a mission, Romeo is always there fighting her. That's kind of
their curse. I think this is all so interesting and so creative.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">For this mission Juliet is sent to inhabit Ariel
Dragland's body to find her two soul mates and get them to declare their love
for each other. Of course Romeo shows up too.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I really liked Juliet. She was kick ass, strong
and didn't take crap from Romeo. She always has her job in mind and while
things happen to screw this up because come on, if things didn't get screwed up
then there wouldn't a story. She hates Romeo for what happened to them when
they were both alive and she fights against him as hard as she can. Juliet has
a very strong personality and always wants to do whats right. She is loyal to
her beliefs even when she has doubts. Despite her feelings she works hard at
her job in trying to get her two soulmates together.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I liked Romeo also even if he was a creep and the
bad guy. He is ruthless and doesn't care about killing anyone. He is very sure
of himself and cocky about his ability to win against Juliet. However through
out the book you can see the softer side of him, the faint humanity that is
there so the reader can't completely write him off. He develops a bit of a
conscience about what's going on and what he has been doing for the past
hundreds of years. But he is completely still dangerous and a bit deranged.
Which is why I like him. He has personality.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Of course there can't be a story with Romeo and
Juliet without romance although it may not necessarily be between Romeo and
Juliet. I'm not going to say who the romance is between but I will say that the
romance is adorable and cute. I actually loved it. It was kinda insta-lovey but
this is a Romeo and Juliet story for Pete's sakes! They fell in love with in
less than a day in the original play. Of course there will be some insta love.
However it worked for this story and I didn't mind it. The reader could tell
that it was true love between these two people. The way the guy confessed his
love to the girl....it was swoon worthy. The guy loves the girl very much and
wants to be there for her in everything. She feels the same way too. It was
perfect.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">I really enjoyed the book and I can't wait to read
it's sequel "Romeo Redeemed" which is, you guessed it all about Romeo.</span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-89096380002107263542016-03-01T13:36:00.001-08:002016-03-01T13:36:26.942-08:00Romeo and Juliet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">William Shakespeare</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Spark Notes’s No Fear
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">2/29/16</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">In</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999;"><em>Romeo and Juliet</em>, Shakespeare creates a world of violence and generational
conflict in which two young people fall in love and die because of that love.
The story is rather extraordinary in that the normal problems faced by young
lovers are here so very large. It is not simply that the families of Romeo and
Juliet disapprove of the lover's affection for each other; rather, the
Montagues and the Capulets are on opposite sides in a blood feud and are trying
to kill each other on the streets of Verona. Every time a member of one of the
two families dies in the fight, his relatives demand the blood of his killer.
Because of the feud, if Romeo is discovered with Juliet by her family, he will
be killed. Once Romeo is banished, the only way that Juliet can avoid being
married to someone else is to take a potion that apparently kills her, so that
she is buried with the bodies of her slain relatives. In this violent,
death-filled world, the movement of the story from love at first sight to the
union of the lovers in death seems almost inevitable.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play by William Shakespeare. However this book is awesome!. One one side of the
page is the original text in old english and on the page next to it is the play
translated into modern english. I finally was able to understand the play, what
happened and what they were saying.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><br />
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so I would read the old english side first and then read the translation. I
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love. I also thought it was silly how they wanted to marry each other without
really getting to know each other. Now I couldn't tell over how many days,
weeks or months the play actually takes place over, so it me everything was
happening within days of each other. But I still do have to say that they're
romance was good and I found myself hoping that the ending would be different
like I've never read the play before- Duh Joanne. I just don't know why
Shakespeare couldn't give the kids who went through so much, a happy ending. I
also couldn't believe how young Juliet was. I thought she was at least 16 but
she was like 13-14 in the time of the play. WTF? I had no idea about love
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talked about was love. Love this, love that, I miss my love, blah blah blah. I
felt like I didn't really get to know him aside from his views on love. Also
damn that boy moves fast! He was obsessing over Rosaline and his love for her,
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extremely sad and again I wondered why Shakespeare would do this. It was so so
sad and I just wanted them to have a happy life together. It's not fair. If
only Romeo wasn't so rash to kill himself. If he waited maybe another minute or
two until the friar walked in everything would of worked. Meh.</span><br />
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Shakespeare" and it's published by Spark notes. There are many of
Shakespeare's famous plays that are available in this series. I can't wait to
read them!</span><br />
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<br />Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-81449124997215432582016-02-25T20:17:00.004-08:002016-02-25T20:17:54.083-08:00Trapped<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">The day the blizzard
started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for
those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of
staying alive. . . .</span></span></span></div>
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Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their
high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no
one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at
school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just
down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze,
and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty
halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating
decision. . . .</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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enjoyed it while I read it. It was a quick and easy read which was exactly what
I was looking for.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-color: #999999;"><br /></span>
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there was no ending. The book just stops. You don't find out what actually
happens to each character or how they are affected after the storm is over.
There were so many unanswered questions left which I will admit pissed me off.</span></span></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-83546076425690931612016-02-20T21:12:00.000-08:002016-02-20T22:15:40.656-08:00Youtube Channel Update<span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Hi everyone! I just wanted to give a little update about my youtube channel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">As of today I have about 30-35 videos up on my channel. Some are book hauls, some are reviews, some are monthly wrap-ups and some are tag videos. I'd appreciate it if anyone would like to check it out and/or subscribe. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Also I wanted to let everyone know that some of the books I've been reading don't have reviews. Its because I don't have much time to write a review on every book (especially if I read 3 books in 3 days) or I just don't have much to say on the book. However, in my Monthly wrap up videos I talk about the books I've read during that month and I include a few sentences of my thoughts on the books. If you're interested in hear my thoughts on the books with no review, you can check out those videos. If you want to :D. No pressure</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">Once again my youtube channel is: </span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0WHgH-PEWz6G0DyOMxydQ" style="background-color: #999999;">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0WHgH-PEWz6G0DyOMxydQ</a><span style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">I have also added a youtube subscription box on the sidebar of my blog. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Hope to see you guys there! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Thanks!</span></span></span>Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-21915829976748003412016-02-20T21:02:00.000-08:002016-02-20T21:02:09.990-08:00Mercy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Author:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Caroline B. Cooney</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Standalone</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">233</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Deerfield,
Massachusetts 1704</span></span></em><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mercy Carter's world has never been safe. Death is
always near - from the weather, the French and the Kahnawake Indians. It is a
brutal life - but it's all Mercy knows.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">One frozen night, Mercy wakes to the sound of
screaming and the smell of burning in the air. The Indians have come. And
Mercy's worst nightmares are about to come true.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">But she isn't killed. Mercy is captured - and,
along with many of her friends and family, she is dragged on a 300-mile trail
into the unknown. Freezing, starving and exhausted, some of them don't make it.
And Mercy must find a hidden strength if she is to face the new life that lies
in wait. But is this slavery - or a kind of freedom? </span></span></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-27313892640219357692016-02-19T20:38:00.003-08:002016-02-19T20:38:41.296-08:00Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Standalone</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">250</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Genre:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Historical Fiction,
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Synopsis (Found on
Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">A new generation is creating a monster...</span><br />
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When Doctor Victor Frankenstein died, he left behind a legacy of horror... as
well as two unacknowledged, beautiful twin daughters. Now these girls are
seventeen, and they've come to Frankenstein's castle to claim it as their
inheritance.</span><br />
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Giselle and Ingrid are twins, but they couldn't be more different. Giselle is a
glamorous social climber who plans on turning Frankenstein's castle into a
center of high society. Ingrid, meanwhile, is quiet and studious, drawn to the
mysterious notebooks her father left behind... and the experiments that he went
mad trying to perfect.</span><br />
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As Giselle prepares for lavish parties and Ingrid finds herself falling for the
sullen, wounded naval officer next door, a sinister force begins to take hold
in the castle. Nobody's safe as Frankenstein's legacy leads to a twisted,
macabre journey of romance and horror.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">I really enjoyed
reading this book.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book is about Frankenstein's twin daughters.
After Frankenstein died his twin daughters inherited castle Frankenstein and
his money in Scotland. Up until their inheritance they didn't know who their
father was. The twins decide to go live at the castle and the book is about
they settling in to the castle and figuring out the mystery of their father.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The book is told in alternating povs between the
twins Giselle and Ingrid in the form of a journal.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The twins could not be more different. Giselle is
the high society twin, who redecorated the castle to its former glory. She
loves pretty things, reading romance novels, loves dresses and love parties.
She is curious about her father but doesn't really think about or is interested
in what he did with his life. Giselle is very sweet and she loves her sister
dearly. Also based on events in this book I can say that she is definitely a
fighter and survivor. She is definitely more care free about life and she is
the kind of girl who would love to fall in love, have a husband, children and a
household to run. While I did like her she was not my favorite twin.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ingrid is my favorite twin. She loves knowledge
and loves to learn. She is very studious and especially interested in the
sciences. But since she is a woman in the early 1800's she is not allowed to
study to become a doctor. That doesn't stop her from sneaking into lectures
dressed as a boy and seeing cadavers and real organs. Ingrid immediately finds
her father's journals in the castle and is very interested in his life and his
work. Ingrid is basically a scientific genius. She doesn't really care about
parties and dresses comfortably instead of elaborately. She isn't concerned
with getting married and if she does she wants a husband who she can have real conversations
with ror she'd be bored. Ingrid is very invested in her father's journals.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">There is also a bit of a mystery going on. There
have been many murders occurring since the girls returned to the castle. There
is also a bit of romance in the book between one of the twins and a man who
lives there. I totally ship the relationship.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I also love how the science of the time was dealt
with in the book. There was plenty of information so that the readers know what
the breakthroughs and theories of the time were. I don't really read many books
with actual science in it and I was glad that this one included it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">So all in all a great fast and easy read.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546532080727508388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527760721323825475.post-26177090226928415362016-02-18T16:01:00.003-08:002016-02-18T16:01:44.890-08:00Faces of the Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Author:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Suzanne Weyn</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Series:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Standalone</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Number of Pages:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">201</span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Date Read:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">2/18/16</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">Genre:</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;">Historical Fiction,
Paranormal </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ead1dc; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></div>
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Goodreads.com):</span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #999999; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">When Marie-Therese,
daughter of Marie Antoinette, slips into the streets of Paris at the height of
the French Revolution, she finds a world much darker than what she's ever
known.</span></span></div>
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When Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France learns of the powerful rebellion
sweeping her country, the sheltered princess is determined to see the
revolution for herself. Switching places with a chambermaid, the princess
sneaks out of the safety of the royal palace and into the heart of a city in
strife.</span><br />
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Soon the princess is brushing shoulders with revolutionaries and activists. One
boy in particular, Henri, befriends her and has her questioning the only life
she's known. When the princess returns to the palace one night to find an angry
mob storming its walls, she's forced into hiding in Paris. Henri brings her to
the workshop of one Mademoiselle Grosholtz, whose wax figures seem to bring the
famous back from the dead, and who looks at Marie-Thérèse as if she can see all
of her secrets. There, the princess quickly discovers there's much more to the
outside world - and to the mysterious woman's wax figures - than meets the eye.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #9fc5e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: #999999;">I really enjoyed reading this
book. I Suzanne Weyn's books because they are entertaining quick and easy
reads.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;"><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book takes place during the French Revolution
and it centers on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's daughter Marie- Therese. The
basic plot of the story is about Marie Therese exploring Paris and taking on a
new identity as a peasant during the Revolution. Marie Therese has a friend who
became the king and queen's adopted daughter and she looks very similar to
Marie Therese. Her friend is Ernestine. Ernestine grew up alongside Marie
Therese and she was educated along with her. However Ernestine has something
that Marie Therese doesn't have: Freedom. Ernestine can leave the palace and go
to Paris on errands and she is able to go around the palace whenever and
wherever she pleases.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">However Ernestine envies Marie Therese because she
wants to be a princess too. So, through their childhood and into their teens
they switch places. Of course the king and queen can tell them apart but no one
else really can unless they stand next to each other. By switching, Marie
Therese can have freedom and visit Paris and Ernestine can be a princess.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">This book deals with the theory that is out there
that during the Revolution Marie Therese and Ernestine switched places and the
real Ernestine took the princess' place when the royal family fled Versailles
and it was Ernestine incarcerated in prison. In this theory the real Marie
Therese hid among the people as a peasant and escaped the revolution. I thought
Suzanne Weyn did a great job of portraying this theory in her book.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The book also includes a woman who makes life-like
wax statues and that is where Marie Therese works while her family is in
prison. In Paris she also meets her love interest Henri. The romance is cute
but it's very pg-13. To add to it, there it a bit of paranormal elements thrown
into the story which I thought was done nicely, even if it did come out of
nowhere.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I really liked Marie Therese. She wasn't a spoiled
brat and she was very kind to people. I understood her struggles during the
book. She loved her family dearly but she also believed in the revolutions
themes of freedom, prosperity and equality. Of course she didn't want her
family to die but she did understand the principals the people of France were
fighting for because she experienced hunger and poverty while in the streets of
Paris. I can't imagine how difficult it was for her to hear that her parents
were being executed and she could't do anything to stop it. Marie Therese, in
the book anyway, was a very strong character to have gone through all she did
and not only survive but not go crazy as well.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I do want to mention something about Ernestine's
character. She was an extremely loyal friend and she loved Marie Therese very
much. She is also extremely brave. She stood in for Marie Therese knowing she
may possibly die. She refused to allow Marie Therese to go with her family when
they were fleeing, insisting that she take her place and save her. I admire her
bravery vey much.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">All in all this was a good quick read and I'll
definitely will be checking out more of Suzanne Weyn's books.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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