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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Gorgeous. Fearless. Dangerous. They're the kind of girls you envy; the kind of girls you want to hate. Strangers in town for the summer, Penn, Lexi and Thea have caught everyone's attention—but it’s Gemma who’s attracted theirs. She’s the one they’ve chosen to be part of their group.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /></span></i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Gemma seems to have it all—she’s carefree, pretty, and falling in love with Alex, the boy next door. He’s always been just a friend, but this summer they’ve taken their relationship to the next level, and now there’s no going back. Then one night, Gemma’s ordinary life changes forever. She’s taking a late night swim under the stars when she finds Penn, Lexi and Thea partying on the cove. They invite her to join them, and the next morning she wakes up on the beach feeling groggy and sick, knowing something is different.</span></span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Suddenly Gemma is stronger, faster, and more beautiful than ever. But her new powers come with a terrifying price. And as she uncovers the truth, she’s is forced to choose between staying with those she loves—or entering a new world brimming with dark hungers and unimaginable secrets.</span></span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Wake has been on my TBR list for a very long time bust I never got around to buying it. Then I found a copy of it for £1.50 and it was just fate. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">The story that Amanda Hocking has created is one unlike I have read before. I was unfamiliar with the "creatures" that we encounter in Wake. I had heard of them and knew what they did but I had never read a book about them before. It was a wonderful change from the normal types that are so very overused in most young adult books today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">There is a bit of mystery in the book. We know little about Penn, Lexi and Thea and you become captivated in wanting to find out more about them. I was glued to the book just so I could find out who they are and what they wanted with Gemma. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Amanda Hocking has a wonderful style of writing that is engaging and easy to follow. Her characterisation in Wake was phenomenal and it was clear that each character stood on their own two feet and wanted to be seen as an individual. I can't emphasis enough how important it is for characters to be different and not to blend together to form one. Penn, Lexi and Thea in particular were very well developed and had different personalities and you could make distinctions between them.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">The story is told from the point of view of Gemma and her sister, Harper. The narrative switches between them and, thanks again to Hocking's style of writing, it was very easy to follow and you could tell the difference between the voices of the two characters. We get to see how the two sisters are alike, and at the same time they are almost the complete opposite of one another. It was just wonderful to read from the point of view of both of them and I think it was important to get to read from both of their perspectives in order to understand the feelings and motivations of them individually. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">When I finished Wake I was just dying to read the next book. It was addictive, page turning and brilliant. A must read!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Thanks for having me!<u></u><u></u></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><i>What is the first thing you do when you sit down to write a book?</i></b><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I obsess about the character’s names. I take my time naming them: looking up meanings, creating nicknames, etc. I will have to spend a lot of time with those names, so I want them to be right. I’m not an outliner, so from there, I just pretty much start writing.<u></u><u></u></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><i>All of your books have had very unique ideas. How do you come up with them?</i></b><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Inspiration really does come from everywhere: You just have to be open to noticing the people, places, things around you. Specifically, the idea for Forgotten hit me when I was thinking about amnesia; I thought: What if you could remember forward instead? The concepts for Revived and The Originals were both products of my reading strange science news on the internet and letting my brain run away with the ideas. Just Like Fate is similar in concept to the movie Sliding Doors: I’ve long wanted to explore the “what if” moments in life in that way, but it took for me to meet Suzanne Young to really get that idea right.<u></u><u></u></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><i>All of your books, so far, have been stand alone. Do you plan on writing a series?</i></b><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Yes, the (unsold) book I’m writing now will be the first in a series.<u></u><u></u></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iW1azF101g6lKatMXoNekyqNeEz4LpY0xdfpd0PKsreFNFxECxMPAKc6yg8Q9zggufiX9SsLmNnyyb96XOImzSbHtJ2vWgUdxRTzBpfEeIpg4KO6zqR3PC1jzyx1j8N-0I_0aiADu9Y/s1600/interview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #cd6700; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iW1azF101g6lKatMXoNekyqNeEz4LpY0xdfpd0PKsreFNFxECxMPAKc6yg8Q9zggufiX9SsLmNnyyb96XOImzSbHtJ2vWgUdxRTzBpfEeIpg4KO6zqR3PC1jzyx1j8N-0I_0aiADu9Y/s320/interview.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">That’s like asking me to choose between my babies! I love them all for different reasons: Forgotten for being the first, and for its twist; Revived for the emotional side of it: Audrey’s story was inspired by a family friend’s; The Originals for its exploration of the bonds of sisterhood; and Just Like Fate for the new—and amazing—experience of writing with another author.<u></u><u></u></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Be the best mom I can be. Travel. Write a TON. Sell a series. Be healthy and happy and spend time with people who make me laugh.<u></u><u></u></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Well, write. We all make excuses for putting it off, but the way to get better is to write all the time. Also, read. I get so much inspiration from others’ amazing work. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I would once again like to thank Cat for being here! Make sure to check out her books.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Nobody </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">really </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">believes in a curse. Until you know the people who disappear. Too much coincidence, you look for reason. Too much death, you grasp for something to blame. Carson pulled Delaney out and he died on the side of the road with her mouth pressed to his. Her air in his body. Troy. She told the cops it was suicide. Didn't matter. The lake released her and grabbed another. But when Decker's father dies in a pool of spilled water on their kitchen floor, all Decker can feel is a slow burning rage. Because he knows that Delaney knew that his dad was going to die. She knew and backed out of his house and never said a word. Falcon Lake still has a hold on them both, and Decker can't forgive Delaney until he knows why.</span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">So it would appear that Megan Miranda has written another book that has left me completely gob smacked. What can I say about vengeance that I haven't already said about her other books? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Vengeance is a sequel to Miranda's debut novel, Fracture, except this time the book is told from Decker's point of view. Can I get a hell yeah? I mean, who didn't just adore Decker in Fracture? Decker became a harder character for a good portion of this book and I think it was important that he did. He reacted in a normal, human way to a difficult situation and it made me love him more. Miranda's wonderful writing style effortlessly kept me engrossed through Decker's development and his challenges.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Decker's and Delaney's relationship is different from that of the end of Fracture. In many respects we are seeing the relationship that they had throughout fracture. Delaney is the same girl that we know and love. However, while I adore her we are seeing her through Decker's eyes and they aren't seeing her too favorably at the present time. Once again, the writers powerful writing is brought in to play here.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I honestly can't begin to praise Megan Miranda enough. I feel as though all of my words will fall short. The writing was wonderful and engaging and entertaining. The characters were real, you lived them, you hated then but you wanted them to be happy because they aren't bad people. They are good people that bad things have happened to. The entire book was eerie and creepy and wonderful. It was everything I hoped it would be and more. Much more. I will admit that I never hold out too much hope for sequels but, given Megan Miranda's wonderful writing style, I had my hope unconventionally high. And guess what? They were surpassed even more than I could hope for.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">I realise now that this has been more of a gush fest than a review. Ah well. Go read it. Now.</span><br />
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06359712049182274705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-88894312117796699982013-12-02T12:08:00.000-08:002013-12-02T12:08:08.343-08:00Review: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1321538676l/2813153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #cd6700; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img alt="Thirteen Reasons Why" border="0" height="320" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1321538676l/2813153.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="212" /></span></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span></i></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret. . . is to press play.<br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Clay Jensen doesn't want anything to do with the tapes Hannah Baker made. Hannah is dead. Her secrets should be buried with her.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Then Hannah's voice tells Clay that his name is on her tapes-- and that he is, in some way, responsible for her death.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">All through the night, Clay keeps listening. He follows Hannah's recorded words throughout his small town. . .</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">. . .and what he discovers changes his life forever.</span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When I saw this sitting on the shelves in my local bookshop I had to have it. I then devoured it in just over a day. When I started I was slightly skeptical as to how it was going to work with the tapes. I thought that I might get bored with it. I didn't. Thank God. It was such a page turner and I just couldn't wait to see what Clay would hear next from Hannah's tapes.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The characters were very well developed. Hannah's story at first had me confused and then I began to feel so sorry for her. At times I was in tears reading it. The book managed to keep shocking me with every turn of the page. When I thought it was going to go in a certain direction it just did a complete u-turn and it left me guessing until the complete end.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Even when I finished the book I was thinking about it for ages after it. It really stays with you and makes you think about the way that you treat people. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I loved it so much. If I hadn't been so emotional after reading it I would have started reading again straight away.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">So series Four of <i>The Walking Dead </i>has been on for a few weeks and it is amazing! <i>The Walking Dead</i> <strike>was </strike> is one of my favourite t.v shows ever. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">I remember when I watched the first episode on the t.v and I became completely captivated and addicted. Every episode was tense and you just couldn't look away. There was the constant threat of walkers and it helped to keep you on the edge of your seat the entire way through. When it ended it felt like years until series 2 came around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Ah series 2. What can you say about series 2? It was pretty much the BEST series of any t.v show EVER. Every episode was even more tense and had more action than series one did. The whole thing with Sophia was gripping and full of questions.We had the welcome edition of the farm and its inhabitants. The series 2 finale was <b>Oh My God</b> good!!! It was one of those things that you just couldn't help but watch over and over and over again and still be surprised. When I looked up clips of the finale before it was released the announcer stated "Due to the intense nature of the finale this will be the only clip released." </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">And now series 4. It feels like the good old days before the atrocity of series 3. The tension is back. The walkers are back. <i>The Walking Dead</i> is back. The anticipation for every episode is so great that I wish I had a time machine. Anyone want to get me a time machine? I won't go into great detail in case any of you haven't seen it yet. But it is <b>Oh My God</b> good. I really hope the series continues like this cause it's amazing!<br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><i>What do you guys think? Have you been watching series 4?</i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06359712049182274705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-47415300311579945692013-11-29T02:22:00.000-08:002013-11-29T02:22:33.854-08:00Review: Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza<a href="http://i2.wp.com/images.indiebound.com/362/090/9780062090362.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #cd6700; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><img border="0" src="http://i2.wp.com/images.indiebound.com/362/090/9780062090362.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></span></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Summary from Goodreads:</span></span></i></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mila 2.0</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> is the first book in an electrifying sci-fi thriller series about a teenage girl who discovers that she is an experiment in artificial intelligence.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past—that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However, what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and it just might save her life.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mila 2.0</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> is Debra Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity-style trilogy that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what it really means to be human. Fans of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I Am Number Four</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the sequel.</span></span></i></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Mila 2.0 has been on my TBR list for a while and I finally bought it. When I started I was immediately hooked.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Debra Driza very quickly had be in her grasp and didn't let me go until the very end. There wasn't a single point in the book when I began to feel bored. It was such a compelling and unique story with characters that I adored and just couldn't get enough of.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">What I really loved about this book was that, eventhough there is a love interest, it didn't consume the plot. There was just enough to keep us satisfied but not so much that it compromised the plot. The story was strong and flowed flawlessly throughout the entire book.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Mila's story had me captivated from the very beginning. She was such a wonderful and compelling character that you couldn't help but love. At times I wanted to shake her and hug her all at the same time. She was one of those character that you really didn't want anything bad to happen to. You want to put her in your pocket and protect her from all harm. That's not to say that she is weak. She is one of the strongest characters that I have read. In simple terms; I love her.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Debra Driza did an excellent job here. It was a refreshing plot with excellently developed characters. Go read it right now!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-69508140117277326462013-11-24T02:55:00.000-08:002013-11-24T02:55:22.122-08:00Review: Torn by David Massey<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341052642l/13494525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #cd6700; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Torn" border="0" height="320" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341052642l/13494525.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="215" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;"></span></i></b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Afghanistan. In the heat and dust, young British army medic Elinor Nielson watches an Afghan girl walk into a hail of bullets. But when she runs to help, Ellie finds her gone. Who is she? And what's happened to her? What Ellie discovers makes her question everything she believes in, even her feelings for the American lieutenant who takes her side.</span></i></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">When I picked this book up I didn't expect to like it as it isn't the type of book that I usually read. Having said that I completely and utterly loved it. I loved it so much that I stayed up until all hours reading it and had it finished in a few hours.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">There isn't much that I can say because I am completely lost for words. This book was wonderful and haunting and addictive. There was always something happening, whether it was gunfire or bombs you were kept in constant suspense. You just wait for something bad to happen because it's war and bad things happen. And people die and it's tragic.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The writing style was very strong and easy to read. Massey expertly crafted images designed to shock us and to make us feel and think. There very eerie moments in the book that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I was nearly in tears at several instances. Having said that, the book was certainly not all doom and gloom. There were some very humorous moments courtesy of Ellie and her friends.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">My favourite thing about this book was how much Ellie developed and grew as a character. She was so different in the end as compared to how she was in the beginning. I also loved the relationship that developed between Ellie and Husna, a twelve/thirteen year old boy. It was such an unlikely friendship and I think that's what I liked about it so much. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The only thing that annoyed me was that it just wasn't long enough. I would have loved a longer book but that might have taken away from the story.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-40831672304716946232013-11-19T08:52:00.000-08:002013-11-19T08:52:57.142-08:00Review: Red Tears by Joanna Kenrick<a href="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348255641l/1310455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #cd6700; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img alt="Red Tears" border="0" height="320" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348255641l/1310455.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="203" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></i></b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Emily Bowyer is a normal, confident teenager. But beneath the surface she has a wretched secret. Because, for Emily, life isn't as much fun as it would appear. Her friends are going off her and her parents only seem to care about her troubled brother. Tension, pressure, anxiety, anger and self-hatred - where does it go when no one will listen?</span></i></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">This was one of those books that just strikes you and stays with you long after you finish it. It makes you realise that you have no idea what is going on in someone else's mind. </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">It's amazing how relateable Emily was in the book and I found that a lot of things she felt were things that a lot of teenagers feel at that point in their lives.</span><span style="line-height: 19px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">One thing that really disturbed me, and kinda made me feel sick, was how people reacted when they found out about Emily cutting. What her school did made me feel physically sick and it seemed as though no one wanted to help her they just wanted to cover up what she was doing and didn't really want to see the reasons for why she did this to herself. I have full sympathy for Emily and I just wanted to hug her and try and help her through it. The way her mother reacted to it made me so mad. It was as if it was happening to her and I just wanted her to stop being so selfish and help her daughter. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Joanna Kenrick's writing style was so easy to read and you could feel every emotion from Emily. It was sad and disturbing but you couldn't stop reading because you wanted to see if Emily would be able to get through it. I have to say that the ending was just perfect. I think was a beautiful way to end and it left you with a feeling that things get better and that if you are going through something difficult that things do get better even if it doesn't feel like they will.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">It was a thought provoking book that will stay with me for a long time.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-8349076739140402792013-11-12T09:06:00.000-08:002013-11-12T09:06:05.870-08:00Review: Remembrance by Michelle Madow<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312130264l/12177772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #cd6700; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Remembrance (Transcend Time, #1)" border="0" height="320" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312130264l/12177772.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="220" /></a><b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span></i></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet.<br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's high school at the beginning of the year, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she get him out of her mind?</span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, fighting fate isn't going to be easy</span></span></i></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When I first heard about Remembrance I was so excited. I mean a book based on the Love Story music video by Taylor Swift just sounds amazing. I am a big fan of all things Swifty so I felt like this book would be perfect for me.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">However, I am sad to say that I didn't like it that much. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Our main character, Lizzie, was far too annoying for me to like her. To me she appeared selfish and shallow. Very quickly she sees Drew and we have the insta-love....I am not a fan of insta-love. Straight away she is obsessed with him. But then he starts dating her best friend. Yet this doesn't stop her. Her thoughts were extremely selfish. Several times when Chelsea, her best friend, was talking about Drew Lizzie would think something about how Drew was hers. On one stage she even though "She doesn't know how she's hurting me." Why would she? Drew is her boyfriend, not yours.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Lizzie is no the only one to blame her. Drew was just as bad. He basically used Chelsea. I didn't like him. I preferred Jeremy, not that I liked him that much.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Chelsea was my favourite character. I loved her and I wish we saw more of her. I could read several books with her as the main character. I was thrilled to see that the novella, Vengeance, is from Chelsea's POV! (YAY!)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Michelle Madow has an enjoyable writing style and I found myself re-reading several passages.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Even though most of the characters were annoying and I found myself rolling my eyes several times it was still ridiculously addictive. Darn it! I can't say that I hated it, cause I didn't and I will definitely read the next books.</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.<br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future-and each other.</span><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><br style="line-height: 19px;" /><span style="line-height: 19px;">Told from Adam's point of view in the spare, lyrical prose that defined </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">If I Stay</span><span style="line-height: 19px;">, </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Where She Went</span><span style="line-height: 19px;"> explores the devastation of grief, the promise of new hope, and the flame of rekindled romance.</span></span></i></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></i></b><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>If I Stay</i> was one of the best books that I have ever read so I was very eager to read<i>Where She Went</i>. I was worried that it wouldn't be as good as I hoped it would be. I was wrong, it was brilliant. When I heard that it was from Adams POV I was so excited as I adored Adam in <i>If I Stay</i>. Can I also say that the girl on the cover looks a bit like Emilie De Ravin.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">I adored every single aspect of it and when I started reading it the world around me disappeared. I was completely entranced by Adam and the story and I just couldn't wait to read what happens next. Every moment of his story was heart wrenching and wonderful. I was so completely and utterly entranced by every single moment and it was so hard to stop reading. It was impossible not to feel for Adam every step of the way.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Hands down one of the best book that I've ever read. I adored this book. And I will always treasure these characters. I'm not going to spoil anything by telling you if they get there happily ever after, but I will say that this is worth every single second of reading. Fans of </span><em style="line-height: 19px;">If I Stay</em><span style="line-height: 19px;"> will not be disappointed, this is one journey your not going to want to miss out on.</span><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-38135931962166015112013-11-10T01:44:00.001-08:002013-11-10T01:44:46.769-08:00What's going on I hear you say.So some of you may be wondering what is going on here. Trust me, I get it.<br />
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As you all know Megan and I left this blog and made new new ones. Well I have decided to come back.<br />
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I just didn't feel the same connection to my other blog as I do to this one. This was the blog that I started with and this is the blog that I want to keep. So I'm back. For good....Hopefully.<br />
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Megan has decided not to come back because she has hardly any free time. But she might come back to do a few posts when she has more time.<br />
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I want to say thank you for not leaving even when I left. I hope we can start again!<br />
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~LeonaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06359712049182274705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-1818023622638358542013-11-09T07:46:00.000-08:002013-11-09T07:46:47.020-08:00I met Veronica Roth<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">
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The event was in Easons (an Irish bookshop) on O'Connell street. We went in, got our tickets an were sent downstairs. When we got down there were some staff that took out tickets and then asked us what faction we are. I said Dauntless and they gave us a rubber bracelet and a badge with the faction symbol on it. We also got a bag with different items in it such as an Allegiant bookmark and postcard as well as a catching fire poster. We were pointed in the direction of the Dauntless faction. We were standing while everyone else sat on the ground.</div>
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Then another staff member came up to us and asked if we wanted to move over to Amity as there were good seats. We said sure and then he got us a bad and bracelet for Amity. I thought he would take the Dauntless stuff back but he said we could keep them because he didn't want us to have to leave Dauntless fully.</div>
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After 3 Veronica came down the stairs and everyone started freaking out. The organiser of the event went up and was talking and saying how he was calm until we started freaking out. </div>
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Then Veronica came up and read for us. She read the moment when Tris jumps, from Divergent but it was from Four's POV. Then we had a Q&A session and my question was the last question that she answered.</div>
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And then it was time for the signing!!!!!!! When I got up Veronica smiled at me and asked me how I was. I could barely talk and I was completely starstruck!! She was so lovely and then I told her how I had written reviews on my blog for her books giving them 5* and she seemed so happy!</div>
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She was such a lovely person and It was the best day EVER!!!!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-55466194221409101292013-05-19T14:06:00.001-07:002013-05-19T14:06:21.796-07:00Some news!<span style="color: purple;">Hey guys!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">As I said before we have been thinking about making a new blog! And today we decided to actually go ahead and make one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">However, Megan and I will not be sharing a blog. We have decided to go our separate ways on the blogging front. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Megans blog is called "<i>Where the Pages Overlap</i>". You can find it here: <a href="http://wherethepagesoverlap.blogspot.com/">http://wherethepagesoverlap.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><br />My (Leona) blog is called "I'm Only Me When I'm Reading." You can find it here:</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://imonlymewhenimreading.blogspot.com/">http://imonlymewhenimreading.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">We would love for you to all to come see our new blogs and continue your support!<br /></span>
<span style="color: purple;"><b>NOTE</b>: For the first few weeks we will be uploading reviews from this blog onto our separate blogs. So if you get a sense of deja vu when reading them then you know why.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Thank you all for your support. Without you this blog wouldn't have been half as fun as it was!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">~Leona and Megan</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-35763237425562791372013-03-24T04:52:00.000-07:002013-11-09T14:21:02.103-08:00Review: Hysteria by Megan Miranda ~ Leona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mallory's life is falling apart. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Her boyfriend was stabbed. He bled to death in her kitchen. Mallory was the one who stabbed him. But she can't remember what happened that night. She only remembers the fear...</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When Mallory's parents send her away to a boarding school, she thinks she can escape the gossip and the threats. But someone, or something, has followed her. There's the hand that touches her shoulder when she's drifting off to sleep. A voice whispering her name. And everyone knows what happened. So when a pupil is found dead, Mallory's name is on their lips. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Her past can be forgotten but it's never gone. Can Mallory live with that?</span></i></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Having adored Megan Miranda's debut novel, Fracture, I began reading Hysteria with high expectations. Let me tell you, they were met..and surpassed. I didn't think it would be possible for me to love her second book as much as I loved the first one. But I did.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">As soon as I read the first line: <i><b>My mother hid the knife block.</b></i> I was intrigued, and then I was hooked! Megan Miranda has a way with opening lines. Fractures first line was wonderful and Hysterias was awesome. </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">The mystery that we get a feel for at the beginning continues through out the book. I was completely captivated in finding out more and more about our main character, Mallory. She killed her boyfriend so the tension we feel between her and her parents and those around her is understandable. I loved her and her love interest was awesome! Words cannot describe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Allow me to introduce you to the love interest. His name is Reid and I love him. There's something about a guy whose name is my favourite past time. Reid was the most wonderful love interest that I could imagine. When he was first introduced I was rather weary of him. I thought he was just another stuck up guy who wanted to take advantage of Mallory. That is not what he was at all. He was sweet and charming and he was good for Mallory. I have only one question "Where can I get a Reid?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This book had a lot of twist and turns and was constantly shocked by the changes throughout it. There were times when I felt emotional because there were parts that were brilliantly written and powerful. The ending of Hysteria left me hungry for more and i kind if wish that this wasn't a stand alone. But in other ways I'm glad that it was a standalone. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Hysteria is definitely one of my favourite books of 2013 and I cannot wait to read Megan Miranda's next book.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.</span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">You know when a book is so perfect you just can't find the words to describe it? <i>The Fault In Our Stars</i> is deffinitely one of them. I could sit here another 4 hours and still not be able to put into words my feelings about this book.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">It's filled with humour, tragedy, love and sadness. It will bring you from laughter to sadness and back again. You will experience a wide range of emotions through out the book.</span></span><br />
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We would like to thank you all so much for sticking with us even though we haven't updated anything lately.<br />
I (Leona) will be posting a review as soon as I can for 'The Fault In Our Stars' by John Green. It will be posted within the next few days.<br />
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~Leona and Megan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-76785429450727789952012-09-13T10:48:00.000-07:002012-09-13T10:48:31.605-07:00Cover Reveal: Reaping Me Softly by Kate Evangelista - Leona<a href="https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=95d3e0a038&view=att&th=139b1fc1fe3e219e&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_h6ve3m7n0&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P9DG8zxfJgNZW6GAzu45ZX_&sadet=1347558293602&sads=t1LM7VLZsmnsGKxBaGSPCWwk-74" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=95d3e0a038&view=att&th=139b1fc1fe3e219e&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_h6ve3m7n0&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P9DG8zxfJgNZW6GAzu45ZX_&sadet=1347558293602&sads=t1LM7VLZsmnsGKxBaGSPCWwk-74" width="208" /></span></a><br />
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an awkward boy in a baseball cap and baggy pants. Sam’s not thrilled
with the idea of hiding her identity, but it’s all part of her older
brother’s plan to keep Sam safe from male attention and hidden from the
law. Fifteen-year-old Jacob will stop at nothing to protect his sister,
including concealing the death of the one person who should have
protected them in the first place—their mother.<br /><br />Sam and Jacob try
to outrun their past by stealing the family car and traveling from West
Virginia to Arizona, but the adult world proves mighty difficult to
navigate, especially for two kids on their own. Trusting adults has
never been an option; no adult has ever given them a good reason. But
when Sam meets “Jesus”—who smells an awful lot like a horse—in the park,
life takes a different turn. He saved her once, and may be willing to
save Sam and her brother again, if only they admit what took place that
fateful day in West Virginia. The problem? Sam doesn’t remember, and
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I hear voices. Tiny fictional people sit on my shoulders and whisper
their stories in my ear. Instead of medicating myself, I decided to pick
up a pen, write down everything those voices tell me, and turn it into a
book. I’m not crazy. I’m an author. For the most part, I write
contemporary Young Adult novels. However, through a writing exercise
that spiraled out of control, I found myself writing about zombies
terrorizing the Wild Wild West—and loving it. My zombies don’t sparkle,
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I live on the benches of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains with two
lovely children, one teenager, and a very patient husband. I graduated
from Utah State University with a B.A. degree in English, not because of
my love for the written word, but because it was the only major that
didn’t require math. I can’t spell, and grammar is my arch nemesis. But
they gave me the degree, and there are no take backs. As a child, I
never sucked on a pacifier; I chewed on a pencil. I’ve been writing that
long. It has only been the past few years that I’ve pursued it
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518041364751994670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-92233699026521294782012-08-27T12:53:00.000-07:002013-11-09T14:22:05.696-08:00Review: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Leona<br />
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we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty
much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a
whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his
looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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then he opened his mouth.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><span style="background: #ffffff;">Daemon
is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all.
But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with
a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens. </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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hot alien living next door marks me.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of
enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me
lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this
alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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I don't kill him first, that is.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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book should come with a warning. It would go like this: </span><b>WARNING
This book is highly addictive so do not read if you have things to do
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would probably be shorter but I think you get the idea. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Obsidian
is absolutely brilliant. I honestly cannot praise it enough. Jennifer
L. Armentrout did a wonderful job in creating the plot and the
characters. As soon as I began reading I was pulled in. I have never
read a book that involved aliens and I honestly expected it to be
like an episode of <i>the X-Files</i>. It was a wonderful break
from werewolves and vampires and witches. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Jennifer
Armentrout is a phenomenal writer. She creates addictive story
lines and characters that you can't help but love. She
also incorporates wittiness in her characters that is sure
to make you laugh. Just don't read it in a public area that's quiet
because you will get stared at. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Obsidian's
protagonist is Katy, a blogger (yeah!) who has just moved with her
mom to try and get a fresh start after her dad's death years before.
Katy was a wonderful lead character that knew exactly how to handle
herself, well sometimes. She is quick with comebacks and is rather
fiesty. Her interactions with Dee and Daemon were brilliant and
entertaining. I loved when the three of them were together as there
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Daemon.
How does one describe Daemon? In Katy's words: <i><b><span style="background: #ffffff;">"Beautiful
face. Beautiful Body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of
hot boys."</span></b></i><span style="background: #ffffff;"> Thank
you Katy for putting that in simple terms. I was always waiting for
Daemon to say something because you knew it was going to be good. He
is deffinately one of my favourite male characters EVER! </span></span></span></div>
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ending left me hungry for more so as soon as I had finished it I
quickly went on Amazon and bought the sequel. And so begins
the agonizingly long wait for it to arrive!</span></span></div>
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you haven't read Obsidian then go, right now, and get it!</span></span></div>
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<i><span id="freeText17004736387217027217">Worlds divided them. Chance brought them together. Only love will save them. <br /><br />Stubborn,
sixteen-year-old Princess Venus of Kelari wants one thing, to become
immortal, that is, until someone exiles her to Earth, kills her
irrihunter and takes her family. <br /><br />Now she wants revenge. <br /><br />First
she’s got to get home. But before she can return to Kelari, the Gods
have commanded her to help an arrogant boy named Michael find his soul
mate. <br /><br />Only she doesn't know the first thing about love. <br /><br />Rather
quickly, her inexperience with human emotion is obscured by other
matters--alien-controlled psychotic teens that are out to kill her, and a
government group that is set on capturing and dissecting her. <br /><br />Worst
of all, Venus will suffer a painful death-by-poisoning, thanks to
Earth’s atmosphere, if she remains on the planet longer than one week. <br /><br />Still, Venus is a Princess and she's got a plan. Surely, with her help, Michael will fall in love with a human. <br /><br />But time is running out and Michael is falling for the wrong girl--her.</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText17004736387217027217"><span style="color: black;">Let's all just take a moment to admire the cover, shall we? I mean, that is one beautiful cover! Unfortunately, the contents of this novel didn't quite amaze me as much. Although I inexplicably enjoyed this book, RaShelle Workman failed to balance all the key elements of a good story - world-building, characterisation and realism - </span></span><span id="freeText17004736387217027217"><span style="color: black;">which majorly deteriorated from the book's overall quality.</span></span></div>
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<span id="freeText17004736387217027217"><span style="color: black;">After reading the first page, I immediately wanted to stop reading because I couldn't connect with Workman's writing style. I honestly don't know how to describe it but it just didn't flow with any sort of elegance that coincided with the plot's incredibly fast pace. What made it worse was the alternating POVs. The way they keep switching at random without any significant indication of doing so made the entire plot the epiphany of confusion.</span></span></div>
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<span id="freeText17004736387217027217"><span style="color: black;">Venus was a rather interesting character with a complex personality that was a challenge to dissect. Her ignorance of human emotions became quite endearing yet I couldn't find a suitable excuse for her shapeshifting perceptions of humans in general. </span></span><span id="freeText17004736387217027217"><span style="color: black;">Plus, constantly switching between anger, lust, determination and despair every few sentences made Venus quite unbearable at times. Her uncontrollable human emotions towards Michael and Zaren - her Formytian (an immortal guardian) - had me on the edge of my seat because it was impossible to figure out who she was in love with and who she was simply physically attracted to. (TEAM ZAREN!)</span></span></div>
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<span id="freeText17004736387217027217"><span style="color: black;">Michael's character wasn't much of an improvement. One minute he was a sleazy, shallow jock and next he was some cartoon hero that's got a playground crush on Venus. I struggled to believe that what he felt for Venus was genuine love because, although he takes big risks for her, he didn't hestiate to help turn her into a science project or violently dismiss her in their several ecounters after their first meeting. Workman also squanders precious words in an attempt to make us sympathise with Michael by mentioning his violent upbringing but this adds nothing effective to the plot and doesn't dismiss his erratic behaviour.</span></span></div>
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<i><span id="freeText8803973982880775613">Mackenzie and Amy were best friends.<br /><br />Since
then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by
Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come
to Mac's hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy's killer:<br /><br />A white werewolf.<br /><br />Lupine
syndrome--also known as the werewolf virus--is on the rise across the
country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust
is not easy to control.<br /><br />Wanting desperately to put an end to her
nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy's murder herself. She
discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy's
boyfriend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best
friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that
puts her life at risk.</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText8803973982880775613"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">There is no doubt that YA has had it's fair share of vampire and werewolf novels during recent years so initially I began this story thinking, what originality could Kathleen Peacock possibly derive from this<i> </i>genre?</span></span></span><i><span id="freeText8803973982880775613"> </span></i><span id="freeText8803973982880775613"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, the majority of what you read is basic Werewolf 101 but there was mystery and suspense oozing out of every single word. It was impossible to put down.</span></span></span><br />
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<span id="freeText8803973982880775613"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What makes this plot stand out is obvious from the beginning: the werewolves are loose. Everyone has been made aware of Lupine Syndrome and everyone has grown accustomed to fearing for their own mortality. Throw in a group of bounty hunters - the Trackers - then quickly murder the protagonist's best friend - Amy - add an addictive love-triangle and voila, you have a page-turning book that twists and turns and tangles your thoughts more expertly than a pair of headphones.</span></span></span><br />
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<span id="freeText8803973982880775613"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mackenzie Dobson: Hemlock's answer to Agatha Christie. For a girl with a lot of issues, she sure has the mental strength equivalent to that of ten oxes. Mac, understandably, is struggling to come to terms with Amy's death and when Amy's boyfriend, Jason, decides to drag himself down an alcohol-fueled path of self destruction, Mac instinctively steps in. Ignoring her advice, Jason brands himself a Tracker while Mac's best friend, Kyle, avoids her completely.</span></span></span><span id="freeText8803973982880775613"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Poor Mac is left alone playing Twister with the disturbing nightmares her late best friend plagues. But what is Amy trying to say?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tension, torment and tears rip Mac's reality apart. Lies, secrets and betrayal stitch it back together because it's the only thing Mac knows to be true. Her entire life has been a struggle, it's a wonder how she can maintain self-control especially in her current situation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love triangles always manage to frustrate me but then again, most YA boys aren't Kyle and Jason. Kyle is my dream guy written on paper, wrapped up with a bow and sprinkled with perfection. Jason is the bad boy but he's a sweetheart underneath, it's so adorable. (Don't expect me to pick teams though, I refuse to choose!) The romance is always present throughout but it never takes the lead. The plot keeps within the spotlight and never falters on Mac's task to discover the truth behind Amy's murder.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basically, <i>Deadly Hemlock</i> is perfection on paper. I honestly couldn't list a single fault. The mystery and suspense was consistant; the romance was sensational; the plot was impeccably structured and; Kathleen's wonderful writing style just enchants the entire reading experience.</span></span></div>
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518041364751994670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842965607588425304.post-62781401085952090502012-08-18T14:25:00.003-07:002013-11-09T14:25:00.770-08:00Review: The Selection by Kiera Cass - Leona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in the palace and compete for the heart of the gorgeous Prince Maxon.</span>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself- and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">As soon as you start The Selection you are overwhelmed with information. I found it hard to concentrate on the rest of the book after reading the first chapter. It felt like the author wanted all this detail out of the way so she threw it at us all at once without giving us a chance to digest it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When I read about this book my head screamed "The Hunger Games". However when I began reading I knew that it was a lot different compared to The Hunger Games. The feel throughout the book was much lighter in The Selection compared to the dark theme of The Hunger Games. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">America Singer is, well, a singer. I'm firstly going to comment on her name, I don't like it. Moving on, America was just not my sort of character. She spends a lot of her time saying how normal looking she is especially when people call her pretty. She was rather whiny and seemed to be a bit of a shell character without much of a personality of her own. At times I did quite like her though.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The world that they lived in didn't feel very real to me. It may have been the fact that information is thrown at us all at once rather than gradually that made it unrealistic. I just could quite grasp the concept of the world of The Selection at all and it made the book harder to read.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">We have quite a lot of secondary characters. I just wonder if there was a need for some of them to be there. They didn't really play much of a role in the plot. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">On the other hand, there was a few moments that I did actually enjoy. </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The Selection was, at times, an enjoyable read. It wasn't really for me.</span><br />
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