tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39564370705202135832024-03-13T08:26:16.966-07:00Book-A-HolicMultimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-22641534507183301502019-05-19T03:01:00.000-07:002019-05-19T03:01:42.630-07:00Book Review: Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama <div style="background: rgb(255,228,225); border-bottom: #ffe4e1 3px solid; border-left: #ffe4e1 3px solid; border-right: #ffe4e1 3px solid; border-top: #ffe4e1 3px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">made him one of the most influential and compelling voices in American politics, Barack Obama published this lyrical, unsentimental, and powerfully affecting memoir, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller when it was reissued in 2004. Dreams from My Father tells the story of Obama’s struggle to understand the forces that shaped him as the son of a black African father and white American mother—a struggle that takes him from the American heartland to the ancestral home of his great-aunt in the tiny African village of Alego. Barack discovers that he is inescapably bound to brothers and sisters living an ocean away—and that by embracing their common struggles he can finally reconcile his divided inheritance. A searching meditation on the meaning of identity in America, Dreams from My Father might be the most revealing portrait we have of a major American leader—a man who is playing, and will play, an increasingly prominent role in healing a fractious and fragmented nation.</span></div>
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This book is an open gate towards stories of history, a beautiful yet sad portrait of Africa, true images of a real world.
The reason why I wanted to read this book in the first place was that I wanted to know more about the past of the man who was once the President of America, the first African American to be elected as the president of the United States, a country where racism against black people was bluntly expressed in this book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This book was written way before Obama became a president.
This book was truly inspiring to me in many aspects and forms. It was inspiring in the sense that in a way it was a portraying of Obama's journey of self-discovery, a reflection of his past, his childhood, his adolescence, turning points in his life, his family's history, his life, but it was also a picture of the truth, of what was really going on in places he was in, in the black communities in Chicago, America, his life in Hawaii, in Indonesia, in Kenya...
Therefore, it not only showed us what and who has affected Obama to become the person he became but it outgrew that to show us who is Barack Obama and why is he the he was. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It gave me a greater understanding of a world, of stories, of realities I wasn't aware of.
It also contained some great beautiful stories from the past, history of societies. I highly recommend it. And if he was to write another book like many years later, I definitely would read it. You could see that he was a genuine person, not just as a person but also genuine in his feelings and sentiment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> However, what I didn't appreciate about this book was that it needed concentration, it was heavy, dead serious book where you'd need to concentrate to get absorb it all in which didn't go well with the fact that I usually read before going to bed, so I'd say that to get the full hang of the more political details of this book, I would need to read again.
Towards the middle of the book, it contained too many details of a timing of Barack Obama's life that it was just hard to keep up, like to the point you'd get bored but don't yet give up on the book because after that small part, it's about to get so much better.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Facing incomprehensible circumstances, Claire must learn to survive as she comes to terms with her new reality—every aspect of her livelihood is now dependent upon the tall, dark-haired, dark-eyed tycoon. Anthony may appear to the world as a prosperous, benevolent, kind businessman, but in reality Claire learns he is also a menacing, controlling captor with very strict rules: do as your told, public failure is not an option, and don’t divulge private information. Failure to follow these rules and more, are met with serious consequences.</span></span></div>
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<b>Published: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">November 26th 2013 by Harlequin Teen</span></b></div>
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</span></span>Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-83688967377447937102016-03-17T11:47:00.000-07:002016-03-31T10:48:45.837-07:00Book Review: Forgotten by Cat Patrick<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Each night at precisely 4:33 am, while sixteen-year-old London Lane is asleep, her memory of that day is erased. In the morning, all she can "remember" are events from her future. London is used to relying on reminder notes and a trusted friend to get through the day, but things get complicated when a new boy at school enters the picture. Luke Henry is not someone you'd easily forget, yet try as she might, London can't find him in her memories of things to come.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> That was such a good book! Like seriously, I didn't expect it to be that good but yeah, it was. And the reason why is basically because it was fun as well as interesting and the characters were definitely a major factor in how this story turned out to be. The concept of this book I found at first a bit odd yet intriguing but then I grew to being familiar with it throughout the story and I really liked it to the say the least!</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The twist! Oh yeah, there was one and a unique one too and boy! did it not make this story as awesome as it was. Because basically what it was that London had a messed up memory where she lives her life day by day and her memories are the future... or what she thought it all was. And as it odd as it may seem, it kinda sounds differently or less odd when you read it.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In a future where women are a rare commodity, Emma fights for freedom but is held captive by the love of two men—one her husband, the other her worst enemy. If only she could remember which is which. . . .</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b></b> That was hella good! I was superbly impressed with this story, for I didn't expect it to be that good. But, it was and it exceeded my expectations and I am happy to say I loved this book. The closest book I can compare this book with is The Host, they are still completely different stories but I can see that those who enjoyed the Host can enjoy Archetype as well. Furthermore, the premise of this book was you'd call a thriller, I was hooked from page one.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The plot, Phew! That is just another thing. I was honestly never bored, always at the edge of my seat, for the story was just packed with incidents, twists and turns. The story as a whole was just enjoyable and thrilling I would say. There were some scenes in this story that would just get my heart to squeeze a bit. I thought it was really good and full of incidents, an actual story. The author just did a fantastic job putting it all together. The author's writing was what you'd call sophisticated with a nice and wide range of vocabulary but still easy to follow. </span><br />
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The characters, I liked the characters, especially Emma and shockingly, Declan, I mean he was still a sweet-heart. I think the characters were well-written, not the best but good and they contributed a big part in making this story as good as it was. I am also looking forward to knowing more of Noah in the sequel but I can say that I'll love him.</span><br />
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As for the romantic aspect in this story, I would say that it is yet to blossom in the sequel. We could see snippets of a love story, I don't know what else to call it but it fitted the story and went well with the plot. And the ending was a brilliant, kinda complicated one and I didn't see it coming but I loved despite it being a cliffhanger but now, I just can't wait to read the next book. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I liked the idea behind the book, it was thoughtful in my opinion, it kinda reflects a couple of things we have in real world. And although part of the main idea was a bit too science-</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fiction</span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for me but I didn't mind it too much, it was still interesting and very well-executed. And what was even more twisty was that Emma fell in love with two but not in the sense that would come to one's mind, it wasn't as cheesy as I made it sound but you'll have to read the book to get what I am talking about, enough to say that it added to the story some heat. </span><br />
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</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Overall</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, this book guys was an amazing, heartfelt story with a main idea that we do not see very often. I was unexpectedly happy with what I found in this book, from the characters to the story to the writing, the author definitely did pull it off all together astoundingly. I had a fun time reading it. So if you are looking for a good fantasy/scientific fiction/dystopian novel with a bit of romance and an entertaining and intriguing storyline, then I'd say to definitely give this book a try.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Author:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> M.D. Waters</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Series: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Archetype #1</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February 6th 2014 by Dutton Adult</span></span></b></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">xoxo, Mariam</span></div>
Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-55243722785873060192016-02-17T13:29:00.000-08:002016-03-31T10:51:05.385-07:00Book Review: Shift by Em Bailey<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Olive Corbett is not crazy. Not anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She obediently takes her meds and stays under the radar at school. After “the incident,” Olive just wants to avoid any more trouble, so she knows the smartest thing is to stay clear of the new girl who is rumored to have quite the creepy past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But there’s no avoiding Miranda Vaile. As mousy Miranda edges her way into the popular group, right up to the side of queen bee Katie – and pushes the others right out – only Olive seems to notice that something strange is going on. Something almost . . . parasitic. Either Olive is losing her grip on reality, or Miranda Vaile is stealing Katie’s life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But who would ever believe crazy Olive, the girl who has a habit of letting her imagination run away with her? And what if Olive is the next target?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A chilling psychological thriller that tears through themes of identity, loss, and toxic friendship, Shift will leave readers guessing until the final pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Woah! That was peculiar! No really, this book was quite different from probably anything that I have read before. I mean, aside from the intensity as well as the <span style="background-color: white;">unusualness </span>of this book, I would say that this book was pretty good. The first few chapters were somewhat boring or not as eventful as the rest of the book, it started out fairly normal, nothing out of the real world and then BOOM! well, not boom because it kinda came out gradually but enough to say guys that there is a paranormal twist on this story which I'll be telling you what I thought of it later on in the review ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> So first of all, I really liked the story from Olive's - the protagonist - point of view, it was definitely something and the author's writing style was also a smooth one and I found it easy to follow. In addition that she was capable of writing her characters pretty well, like she profoundly created them while perfectly sticking to the specific theme of each character. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The concept which this story was built on, imitation, was actually portrayed in a way that intrigued me, it was a bit weird as well as spooky but still original. So the paranormal aspect of this story was a blast to read and took the story to a whole another level, that's for sure. However, there were also some moments in this book where I was SO close to giving up on finishing the story, I guess because the story frustrated me at some parts that I didn't want to complete reading but I am glad I did because it was good.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> Overall,</b> it was a good book with a unique idea. I can say that the chance of coming across a story with a similar idea is a really low one. It was a story about imitation, death, friendship, love, family, finding safety, strength and hope. So I'd say to read it just for a change of scenery, away from all the vampires, werewolves and whatnot. That, and the fact that it was fun. I mean, this book can definitely still be a hit or a miss but I would say that if you are a fan of paranormal novels then go ahead and give this book a try.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Imitation is the highest form of flatte</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ry." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Charles Caleb Colton</span></span><br />
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Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-79318113155938687382016-01-27T11:39:00.000-08:002016-02-23T05:23:22.420-08:00Book Review: Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Soon, Sydney finds herself captivated by her mysterious and attractive neighbor, Ridge. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore, either. They soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">A passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Maybe Someday </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">will immerse readers in Sydney’s tumultuous world from the very first page.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No words is enough to describe how compelling and heartfelt this story was! I mean, Colleen Hoover, ma'am, you're off the hook. This story, this plot, these characters, this romance, phew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, this story had something, something that is surprising but at the same time gave the story the "unique" flavored romance that it had but unfortunately I'll have to keep it a secret so that I wouldn't ruin it for you, but enough to say that it will make sit back a moment for it settle in. And I believe that this twist was what the first thing that made me fall in love with the love story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Second came the story-line itself which hooked me up whichI thought was well-thought, sweet and exciting and the "music" theme that the author adopted in this story really added to the story as well, giving it a backbone..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Third was the characters, mostly the two main characters though, they were just authentic and admirable, they weren't perfect in every aspect, but still, I just loved them and they made the story as awesome as it was and that was enough for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And lastly, the writing and the author herself, perfect as always. Colleen Hoover's writing have never failed me, not then and definitely not now. It just served the story well and she knew how to get this story going, her writing was simply smooth as in easy to follow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, the ending was a bit way too traditional and not much of a "special " closing to such a unique love story but other than that I loved it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So overall</b>, for all romantics out there and anyone who is interested in a good, heartfelt love story then I recommend Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover, not only was it exciting but also well-written and simply sweet.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> historical </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;">A</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;"> riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; text-align: left;"> America’s most infamous act of treason.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b></b>I think Clara’s ongoing struggle throughout the course of the novel is to become the leading lady of her own life. As an employer Peggy Shippen Arnold is demanding, difficult, and she casts a very large shadow. Clara has to learn, ultimately, to stand up to this overbearing figure before she can take the reins of her own future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> And yet, they occupy completely different worlds. Clara begins the novel as a naïve, friendless servant who has never known anyone so sophisticated and worldly and charming. Clara has never worn fancy dresses, or entertained gentlemen suitors, or even slept in her own bed. That is why, at first, Clara is so enamored of Peggy Shippen. Clara’s new mistress is a popular, witty, fashionable force who has all of Philadelphia societ</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y at her feet, and Peggy not only wants Clara to work for her, but she seems to want Clara as a friend. Clara is, in her own way, just as seduced by Peggy as many of the other characters in the novel are. Given the social and economic disparities between the two of them, it’s clear why Clara becomes pretty much entirely dependent on Peggy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> But just as Clara is reliant on her mistress, so too is Peggy dependent on Clara. She invites Clara out with her; she asks for Clara on her wedding day; she moves Clara with her to set up her new home. You see time and again that when Peggy is in a particularly tough spot, it’s Clara for whom she asks. But then, as Peggy’s luck worsens, it’s Clara who suffers. It’s the classic case of venting one’s anger on the person nearest, the person trusted so implicitly that one takes his or her presence entirely for granted. That’s why, even after everything devolves with the plot to turn over West Point, Peggy reacts so violently to the idea of Clara leaving her employ. She can’t fathom the possibility of Clara not always being there.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ultimately, I would say that Clara is the leading lady of The Traitor’s Wife, even though, at times throughout the story, she seems like little more than a pawn. A supporting character in Peggy and Benedict Arnold’s plots. But Clara does grow into herself by the end. She sees the life she wants – a life of independence, a life with Caleb, and a life far away from Peggy. Clara does what is necessary to achieve that life. But not without her biggest challenge yet – outsmarting the indomitable Peggy Shippen Arnold.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ALLISON PATAKI grew up in upstate New York, in the same neighborhood where Benedict and Peggy Arnold once lived. Allison attended Yale University, where she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in English. While at Yale, Allison received Distinction in the Major from the English department and served as a campus reporter and news anchor for the student-run campus television program, YTV News.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The daughter of former New York State Governor George E. Pataki, Allison was inspired to write The Traitor’s Wife: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America based on the rich Revolutionary War history of her hometown in New York State’s Hudson Highlands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Allison spent several years writing for television and digital news outlets prior to transitioning to fiction. The Traitor’s Wife: A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America is Allison’s first novel.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;">It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. </span></div>
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With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> I found the premise of this book had me curious from the very beginning. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I mean come on, a house full of </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">prostitutes</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">?! And as much as I found the plot to be interesting and -intriguing- I also found it a bit <i>too</i> odd and also, I wasn't quite sure of the time setting of this story, not until I reread th synopsis actually that I knew it was a historical fiction novel, set in the 1950s which did fit because there was no mention of any modern inventions.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" Eleanor Roosevelt</span><br />
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Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-85378706526143976742014-01-01T14:22:00.001-08:002014-01-01T14:22:28.748-08:00Book Review : The League of Skull and Bones by M.J. Fletcher<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The plot was really fun to read and original, I liked how action-packed it all through the story, leaves you no space to get bored. However, I just keep picking up on similarities between this story and The Doorknob Society series which is, I have to say was my favorite. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What I didn't like about this book was the fact that reading Jess's character, I found her personality to be somewhat similar to this of Chloe's which was such a disappointment. They were both the same kind of bad-ass female characters, at least to me. I just expected a new character - bad-ass yes but different - and although I loved Jess's character but it was close to reading another story with a similar main character. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The romantic aspect was cute, still not fully clear so I can't wait to read the next book to find out but there were new characters, some whom were the mysterious type of guys and whatnot but I liked the characters. And I totally found the delimma that was facing Jess and endangering her life to be interesting.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Isaiah was... Ahhhh! Just totally not what I expected and I mean it in a very very good way. He was just swoon-worthy, hot and manly and with Rachel they were just Wow! Katie just has her way with the male characters, she just creates the best and have me fanning over each and every one of them and the also the female characters, certainly. Just everything about this book was brilliantly thought and written. I found Rachel also to be a noteworthy character, that's definite but I loved her character despite how I disagreed to the way she acted when it came to all her family situation, I did see where she was coming from though. Anyway, in the end, they were both sweet together and they completed and complimented each other quite well. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> And I Iiked the fact that each one of the three books could be read separately and that was just yet another awesome thing about this series! I mean, Noah and Echo had an appearance in the book and also Beth and Ryan but not knowing them won't affect your understanding of the story but of course knowing their story would just makes it a greater overall experience, tying it all together I guess. Although when I come to try and choose a favorite from the three books, that's when it gets real hard! But I would have to say Dare You To! </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Tell me what is your favorite book out of the three books so far? I'd love to know so leave it in a comment down below)</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Katie McGarry</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Release Date: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">November 26 2013 by Harlequin Teen</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Links: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17233800-crash-into-you?ac=1" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goodreads</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> | Amazon</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-22057142944193846972013-10-04T14:47:00.005-07:002013-10-04T14:50:41.364-07:00Feature and Follow Friday #25<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Philosopher; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Books</b>: I have never actually read The Mortal Instruments series - Shocker! - but I just never came around reading it so I am just planning on watching the movie instead! And The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Movies:</b> Mean Girls, this just sounds like a classic but I never got why, I recall watching it once but I don't remember almost anything. And also, Ice Age 3 and Toy Story 3 as well! These are the only ones I can think of right now.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>TV shows: </b>Games of Thrones (Never read the books as well and not planning to do so), True Blood and Breaking Bad, although I just started watching Breaking Bad so I am only 5 episodes into it :D</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://booka-holic.blogspot.com/2013/09/guest-post-jamie-baywood-author-of.html" target="_blank">Guest Post: Jamie Baywood (Author of Getting Rooted in New Zealand)</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://booka-holic.blogspot.com/2013/09/book-review-forgotten-by-cat-patrick.html" target="_blank">Book Review: Forgotten by Cat Patrick</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://booka-holic.blogspot.com/2013/09/book-review-shift-by-em-bailey.html" target="_blank">Book Review: Shift by Em Bailey</a> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: normal;">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." <b>Aristotle</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">xoxo, Mariam</span></div>
Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-52893596792654517462013-09-25T04:09:00.001-07:002013-09-25T04:09:11.476-07:00Guest Post: Jamie Baywood (Author of Getting Rooted in New Zealand)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Craving change and lacking logic, at 26, Jamie, a cute and quirky Californian, impulsively moves to New Zealand to avoid dating after reading that the country's population has 100,000 fewer men. In her journal, she captures a hysterically honest look at herself, her past and her new wonderfully weird world filled with curious characters and slapstick situations in unbelievably bizarre jobs. It takes a zany jaunt to the end of the Earth and a serendipitous meeting with a fellow traveler before Jamie learns what it really means to get rooted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was always my dream to live abroad when I was growing up in California. I had bad dating experiences in California and read in a New Zealand tour book that the country’s population at 100,000 fewer men than women. I wanted to have some me time and an adventure. New Zealand seemed like a good place to do so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I consider myself an accidental author. I didn’t go to New Zealand with the intentions of writing a book about my experiences there. I had funny experiences that I had trouble believing were true. I wrote the stories down to stay sane. I wrote situations down that were happening around me and shared them with friends. The stories made people laugh so I decided to organize the stories into a book and publish in the hopes to make others laugh too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the first people I meet was Colin Mathura-Jeffree from New Zealand’s Next Top Model. I had no idea who he was or that he was on TV when I meet him. He is friends with my former flatmate Liam. We had a steep staircase that I kept falling down. Colin taught me to walk like a model so I wouldn’t fall down the stairs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In New Zealand, I had a lot of culture shock. One of the most memorable moments was learning the meaning of the Kiwi slang word “rooted.” One night I was brushing my teeth with my flatmate Liam and I said, ‘I’m really excited to live in this house because I have been travelling a lot and I just need to settle down, stop traveling and get rooted’. Liam started choking on his toothbrush and asked me if I knew what that meant because it had a completely different meaning New Zealand than it does in the States.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had the opportunity to write and perform for Thomas Sainsbury the most prolific playwright in New <span style="font-size: small;">Zealand. I performed a monologue about my jobs in the Basement Theatre in Auckland. The funny thing about that experience was Tom kept me separated from the other performers until it was time to perform. I was under the impression that all the performers were foreigners giving their experiences in New Zealand. All of the other performers were professional actors telling stories that weren’t their own. At first I was mortified, but the audience seemed to enjoy my “performance,” laughing their way through my monologue. After the shows we would go out and mingle with the audience. People would ask me how long I had been acting. I would tell them, “I wasn’t acting; I have to go to work tomorrow and sit next to the girl wearing her dead dog’s collar around her neck.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I love making people laugh more than anything else. I feel very grateful when readers understand my sense of humor. I plan to divide my books by the countries I’ve lived in. My next book will be about attempting to settle in Scotland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you Jamie for guest posting here on Book-A-Holic!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: left;">Jamie Baywood grew up in Petaluma, California. In 2010, she made the most impulsive decision of her life by moving to New Zealand. Getting Rooted in New Zealand is her first book about her experiences living there. Jamie is now married and living happily ever after in the United Kingdom. She is working on her second book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xoxo, Mariam</span>Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-29930192878761825682013-09-07T14:15:00.002-07:002013-09-08T03:06:31.894-07:00Goodbye..... for a YEAR!?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So yeah, as you can see from the title of this post, I am taking a break from blogging for this whole year. And the reason why, is because this school year for me is extremely important and based on my grades, it will be decided which colleges I can get into next year - as it kinda works out differently here in Egypt - so as I said, extremely important and its my last year of school! :D </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I guess that this is going to be my very long hiatus because I need to be focused as much as I can, I won't kill myself or anything but between going to school, studying, doing homework, reading ( hopefully ) and maintaining a social life, I found that fitting blogging in here won't work because for me, blogging is so time-consuming. BUT I am planning on posting reviews and participating in memes from time to time whenever possible so I won't be completely away for the whole year. However, it is true to say that I will miss blogging and reading consistently because it is something that I do enjoy and find myself in it :/ but hopefully, I will be back after finishing school this year ;)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">And here is just an inspirational quote that I </span><span style="color: #e06666;">came across today </span></span></b></div>
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they choose a featured blogger every week along with a question for
everybody to answer! It's an awesome way to meet new book bloggers and
share the follower love :) </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">*** </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is in one hard question but after withdrawing the series </span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">that
I love and can't live without - because I simply can't choose just one
book, I need the whole series - it came down to stand-alones and so,
this one book for me is Dare You To by Katie McGarry! ( Review <a href="http://booka-holic.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-dare-you-to-by-katie-mcgarry.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> )</span></div>
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job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed
herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan,
who she’s been in love with for as long as she can remember.<br /><br />
What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost
father, who claims he can bring Allison’s mother back from the dark
place her mind has gone. Allison doesn’t trust her father, so why would
she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha
de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will
eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and
work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore
her mother’s sanity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b>Series: </b>The Danaan Trilogy #1 <br /><b>Publication date:</b> April 30th 2013<br /><b>Genres:</b> Paranormal, Young Adult</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div>
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“What time do you get off work?” he
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I turned and narrowed my eyes at him. “I close at six. Then I have to balance
the register, so around six thirty.”<br />
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Ethan looked down at his hands for a second, then glanced up at me through his
thick lashes. “You want to get something to eat when you’re done?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I licked my lips, his dark brown eyes pulling
me in. I tore my gaze away and tried to focus on the computer screen. He didn’t
say anything for a few moments, and I fidgeted, knowing he was watching me. When
I turned toward him, his expression was so intense that my stomach
somersaulted.<br />
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“Just one time,” he said quietly.<br />
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“What?”<br />
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“Say yes, just one time.” Ethan slowly moved behind the counter, his eyes never
leaving mine.<br />
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“If you don’t have a good time, fine. But, I’ve been trying to get you to give
me a chance for years. Don’t act like you didn’t know.”<br />
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I shook my head slightly as he approached, wanting him closer but afraid of
what it would mean. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He stopped, his brow creasing. “I won’t hurt
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I looked up at the ceiling. I was tired of always pushing him away. If I went
out with him once, maybe then I could convince him too that this was a bad
idea. I covered my face with my hands.
“All right,” I mumbled through my fingers.<br />
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“What was that?” I felt the warmth of Ethan’s hands as he pulled my own away
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“I said all right,” I repeated, my insides fluttering.<br />
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He gathered my hands and pulled them close to his chest. His scent, clean and
fresh like sun-warmed denim, made my knees go weak.<br />
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With his head tilted back, he exclaimed in a mock reverent tone, “Yes! Thank
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children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first
library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were
routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when
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Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-80189324235632627722013-08-23T11:16:00.001-07:002013-08-23T11:16:35.066-07:00Book Review: Golden by Jessi Kirby<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. So when fate drops a clue in her lap—one that might be the key to unraveling a town mystery—she decides to take a chance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Julianna Farnetti and Shane Cruz are remembered as the golden couple of Summit Lakes High—perfect in every way, meant to be together forever. But Julianna’s journal tells a different story—one of doubts about Shane and a forbidden romance with an older, artistic guy. These are the secrets that were swept away with her the night that Shane’s jeep plunged into an icy river, leaving behind a grieving town and no bodies to bury.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reading Julianna’s journal gives Parker the courage to start to really live—and it also gives her reasons to question what really happened the night of the accident. Armed with clues from the past, Parker enlists the help of her best friend, Kat, and Trevor, her longtime crush, to track down some leads. The mystery ends up taking Parker places that she never could have imagined. And she soon finds that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This book</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> may not have stood out in the sense of it being a one of a kind novel, one that you won't forget easily but it did kind of stand out through the meaningfulness of the story itself, that it wasn't just a love story where instantly everything came together and everybody was happy. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Their were certainly some moments </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">where I was definitely intrigued by the path that the story was taking, there was unique vibe to the plot and that captivated me to complete reading the book but other than that I guess the plot was okay and also it was like a story within a story which was fun too! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Furthermore, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I did like the poetry</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> entries that the author added, it wasn't overwhelming which was crucial</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> or it would have been a total turn off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The romantic aspect of this story was really cute, normal</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> but not cheesy and that I appreciated because it definitely added to the story. However, I felt that there wasn't much focus on Olive's relationship because the actual relationship didn't happen until the last few chapters of the story and I would have loved to see more and that kind of left me with the feeling that something was incomplete in the story but I liked it nonetheless.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I wasn't really comfortable with the writing style, I mean it was good but not always because it </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">slightly annoyed me for some reason throughout the first half of the story.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> But t</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he characters were a strong feature in this story. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The book was told from Parker's point of view - which is by the way a somewhat odd name for a girl, right? - and she was a character that I definitely liked, generally, her actions, mistakes and way of thinking are definitely one of a real human's, making her believable and I personally can relate to her in some things. Another character worth mentioning was Trevor, who was such a sweet guy and I can't get over how sweet he was and I pitied him because of the constant rejection from a certain someone in the story which I guess this someone is obvious but still, lets not get in further in the fear of giving away anything. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nonetheless, the ending of this book was a nice happy one, a bit vague on a few parts but it was okay, you pretty much get what happens in the end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b> Overall,</b> I definitely did like this book because firstly, it didn't go directly under the category of the average romantic contemporary novels because there was more to the story than only that. There were some words of wisdom thrown here and there in this book as I also found the characters to be authentic and lovable, a nice storyline with some diversity as we also go through </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a journey of self-discovery and a world of new chances. However, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I honestly can't say that I do wholeheartedly recommend this book because for me, I did like it but it didn't wow me, so I'd would say to just give it a try if you found it interesting enough to intrigue you because who knows, maybe it will wow </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> ;)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 23px;">- It’s one of those moments I think Frost was talking about when he wrote “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” I see it differently now. Not as a sad thing, but as a truth of nature. And life. Things have to change.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 19px;">- Up until tonight, I thought that making big choices took courage—more than I had. But what I realize, here, now, is that it’s not actually making the choice that takes courage. It’s facing it afterward. Owning up to it, whether it’s good or bad. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-indent: 20px;">- ‘What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ Mary Olive.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Jessi Kirby</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strike>Series:</strike> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stand-alone</span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May 14th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers</span></div>
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is a normal teenage girl living in
Ireland-or so she thought. Her world is forever changed when she
discovers that she is descended from a long line of witches. To her
horror she finds she is the one that is supposed to stop the curse that
has taken the life of every girl before her. As if that isn't enough,
she must learn to use magic and her trainer is a man named Bones. He is
the son of Mari, Queen of the Witches, and a god. It is Bones that has
been entrusted to teach her the skills she needs to stay alive, which
wouldn't be so bad if he didn't have an uncanny knack for pushing her
buttons. Can Nera learn what she needs while staying immune to the
charms of the man that gets under her skin at every opportunity?</span><br />
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xoxo, MariamMultimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-42137254546871953172013-08-06T08:01:00.001-07:002013-08-06T08:54:47.604-07:00Book Review: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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<span id="freeText9270645592649589985">tick<br />tick<br />tick<br />tick<br />tick<br />it's almost<br />time for war.<br /><br />Juliette
has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people
with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.<br /><br />She's
finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her
as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from
her lethal touch.<br /><br />Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.<br /><br />In this exhilarating sequel to <i>Shatter Me</i>,
Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and
what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between
her heart—and Adam's life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>( </i>NOTE: </b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This
review may contain spoilers for the first book, Shatter Me so unless
you already read that one, I don't recommend reading this review of the
sequel )</span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Have I ever mentioned that this story is like </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">pure</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
awesomeness?! What an incredibly enthralling sequel. The storyline itself was really intriguing and exciting and it was one of those books that you'd thoroughly enjoy reading, it engages you within its pages, making you lose yourself completely in the story.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> Again,
the book was buzzing with emotions as t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he author was able to transmit raw and poignant emotions and feelings through all the characters but mainly Juliette. And I think this was because of Tahereh Mafi's style of writing, her
entering Juliette's inner though</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ts and feelings and comparing them to
visual images which at sometimes seemed a little bit overdone and definitely distracting but generally speaking, it was fine because it somewhat also gave the way in which the book was written a unique vibe.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Tahereh
Mafi's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">writing style was one thing that I liked, it was powerful as well as professional which of course added to the story </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but that's not it, because she was able to create a variety of characters and she nailed
every single character extravagantly. The characters were yet another feature that I absolutely found perfect. I had this connection with almost every character in the story. I could feel for them as well as like them and especially Juliette, Warner and Adam - the main characters.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> And Warner was a character whom I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">had love/hate feelings towards him in the first book but in Unravel Me, I can confidently say that he made it to my heart. He was the bad guy, like that's for sure but at the same time he was sweet and different, partly because I guess he was one of those characters whom when they love or care, it's not normal for them and they manage to make it special and it did feel spe</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cial, al least to me but let's not go any deeper so as to not spoil for you guys but just sufficient to say that the love aspect of this story was engaging. </span></div>
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triangles? Nah, not a fan but in this story, I'll have to
admit that it slightly caught like a deer in the headlights. Like I
couldn't choose if the love triangle was necessarily a negative thing or if I want her to be with Adam or Warner, I mean with Warner
I am sure things won't be settle but he cared about Juliette which I
found sweet despite the "bad" person that he is. You could
see his vulnerability, pain, regret, power and lust on full view at this
scene in the book and that one scene just made me feel and fall for him. On the
other hand, Adam, he is such a sweetheart and I love his character and
everything and we saw how adorable of a couple both he and Juliette were
so lets just say that we will have no choice but to leave it to Tahereh
Mafi to surprise us in the next book which I am dying to read already which is yet to come out in 2014! 2014?!! </span></div>
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say that if you enjoyed reading Shatter Me, Unravel Me will blow your
mind. Page-turner, noteworthy, awe-inspiring, intense and original plot that will have
you sitting on the edge of your seat as well as heartfelt and authentic characters that will make you enjoy the story even more. This series has hands down made its way to my favorites shelf, I was honestly reading through the book, not wanting to finish it and also dreading the moment when it will come to an end partly because the third book is still not out and also because the story was SO much fun. So if you happen to like dystopias then </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by all means, go ahead and read this on</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">e you HAVE to read this one or you'd be missing out. Highly recommend it!</span></div>
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“I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in
love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into
the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind
of friend. The one who will memorize the things you say as well as the
shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every
freckle, every shiver of your body. <br /><br />I want to know where to
touch you, I want to know how to touch you. I want to know convince you
to design a smile just for me. Yes, I do want to be your friend. I want
to be your best friend in the entire world.”</span></span></div>
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Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-72008960542135126362013-08-02T10:54:00.001-07:002013-08-02T10:54:21.458-07:00Book Review: Easy by Tammara Webber<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="freeText13045080108653772990"><b>Rescued by a stranger.<br />Haunted by a secret<br />Sometimes, love isn’t easy…</b><br /><br />He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…<br /><br />The
attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he’d worked so
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to tear them apart.<br /><br />Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.<br /><br />A
groundbreaking novel in the New Adult genre, Easy faces one girl's
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<span style="font-size: small;"> So I guess you could say that this book was one of the few books that I read in the New Adult genre. Although, I don't really see that much of a difference between NA and YA except for maybe it is the fact that the characters in the NA were older. Anyway, onto the actual story, so I found the premise of this book to be rather striking as well as exciting, like an in-your-face type of opening which I liked, but it could also startle the reader easily if you ask me because it just JUMPS straight into action ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> And unlike most people, for me, the characters were definitely not the author's strongest feature, like the characters generally weren't bad but just didn't quiet reach my heart. However, that doesn't include Jacqueline and Lucas - the main characters - because I definitely found them better than the other characters and I liked them way more, a connection was formed with them throughout the story. <br /><br /> But what I also liked about this book was how it was written. The author's style of writing was really strong if I could say and I was totally able to clearly see the story through Jacqueline's point of view but I would have also loved to see altering chapters between hers and Lucas's POVs which I bet would have been much more interesting but as I said, I did still like it from Jacqueline's POV. As for the story itself, it was pleasurable, heartwarming and eventful but at the same time, there was a sense of simpleness to the story which was also interwoven with a serious issue, all of which I don't necessarily mean in a positive way but not a negative one too if you get what I mean. <br /><br /> Furthermore, I found the way in which Jacquelune and Lucas first met - minus their very first 'intense' encounter - cute, you know, with the staring and whatnot. But when Jacqueline's 'relationship' with Lucas started, it sounded a bit cheesy at sometimes which lessened my liking towards their relationship but didn't erase it because they were utterly adorable together and I'll have to admit that there were some really swoon-worthy moments in that book. Another thing that was sort of noteworthy was how the author managed to make Buck, a character whom played a huge role in a main incident that happened in the story, really really creepy.<br /><br /> <b>Overall, </b>I'd say that Easy was a book that I liked, it wasn't a book that you'd take to the beach, didn't have that light summer essence but it was a good contemporary novel. I found the plot to be entertaining with a bit of a heated romance which was sweet but not spellbinding, characters whom were amicable, a nice writing style and it also involved a heavy subject. Simply, I wouldn't say that this book was unique but rather enjoyable enough. So if you're a new reader of the NA genre, a constant reader of it or just don't have a clue on what to read next, then I'd say to give this book a try ;)</span></div>
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Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-77880909054425825462013-07-30T06:00:00.000-07:002013-07-30T18:28:04.300-07:00Blog tour: Chaotic by C.A. Williams<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Adelaide
McGregor was spinning out of control, in a world of pain that no one
knew anything about. She put up a front, displaying a
picture perfect girl that everyone wanted to be, but no one was truly
there for her. Then she was sent away to live near her grandparents due
to bad behavior when her mother
decided she just didn't want to deal with her any longer. Without a
penny to her name and no where else to go, her life was uprooted to
North Carolina. Everything seems to be changing for the better with her
fresh new start until she meets a guy who flips her world upside down
all over again. Sometimes you have to make it through the struggles of
imperfection in life for everything to come out as complete perfection,
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<b>Released:</b> May 10th 2013<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Excuse me, I think this one needs to be redone. There’s a tiny little smudge. Actually, you really should just start completely over to make it perfect.” I scrunched my nose at the woman who was painting my nails in the Charged Up Cherry, who was scowling at me. She proceeded to remove the color as I asked without a word, which was probably a good thing, since I’m sure she didn’t want to be losing any customers, and I could make that happen very quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wasn’t trying to be a bitch, but I was definitely on edge and that tended to make me not so nice. I had basically been forced to go on this outing with Marley and Madison. And although they were fun to hang with for parties or shopping, I always felt like I had to walk on eggshells around them, like at any minute the perfect façade, that I had worked on so hard, would suddenly slip away, and they would see me for who I really was. And then they would be quick to drop me as if they had never known me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I gave the woman a small smile as she glared down at my nails, hoping that would soften my tone just a little bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">“I just love that color, Adelaide. It will look perfect with that dress you bought at Divinity for the party. Did you hear who Chris is bringing by the way?” I lost interest as one of my best friends, Marley, droned on and on about Chris Zander.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I could care less. Been there, done that. And never going back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At least Madison was paying attention, hanging on Marley’s every word. Madison, with her dark chestnut hair, petite frame, and doe like brown eyes, was all in all a good looking girl by most people’s standards. But she tended to be a worshiper, and that kind of made her pathetic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Marley, on the other hand, had flowing bleach-blonde hair that curled into soft ringlets, stood as tall as most guys, but had a slim model-like figure with a pair of perky double d’s that even I was a little jealous of. She definitely knew that she was hot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The three of us had been best friends since I had moved here almost five years ago. And when I used the term best friends, I used it lightly. They basically just welcomed me with open arms because of who my step-father was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I guess if you wanted to, you could call me the one in charge. They both seemed to follow me anywhere and do whatever I said, but they were also quicker than anyone to turn around and stab you in the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It had all started the summer in between junior high and high school, when I had a crush on Chad Stanger. Marley knew that I liked him and that just made her want him more, so she somehow managed to sink her claws into him first. I caught the two of them hiding behind a tree with Chad’s hand up her shirt. Now that I thought about it and passed him in the halls at the local community college,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I checked back into reality when I heard a click and “That’s a wrap”. I blew out a breath at those three simple words and relaxed just a little. The camera men began to pack away their equipment while the director jotted down some notes and then picked up his phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During our senior year, our school had been featured on the reality show, Unrehearsed, that centered on high school life and the everyday dramas. Luckily, they switched schools after a year of recording. It had been stressful to say the least, putting on a show for all of America, that everything in my life was picture perfect. Far from it.</span></div>
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Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956437070520213583.post-23158421793451681632013-07-04T04:18:00.000-07:002013-07-04T04:18:54.501-07:00Book Review: What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,228,225); border: 3px solid #FFE4E1; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center;">
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Before the ski trip, sixteen-year-old Cassidy “Sid” Murphy was a cheerleader (at the bottom of the pyramid, but still...), a straight-A student, and a member of a solid trio of best friends. When she ends up on a ski lift next to handsome local college boy, Dax Windsor, she’s thrilled; but Dax takes everything from Sid—including a lock of her perfect red curls—and she can’t remember any of it.</div>
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Back home and unable to relate to her old friends, Sid drops her college prep classes and takes up residence in the A/V room with only Corey “The Living Stoner” Livingston for company. But as she gets to know Corey (slacker, baker, total dreamboat), Sid finds someone who truly makes her happy. Now, if she can just shake the nightmares and those few extra pounds, everything will be perfect... or so she thinks.</div>
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Witty and poignant, Colleen Clayton’s stunning debut is a story about moving on after the unthinkable happens.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I have nothing to say except that I liked this book. Although to be honest, I was a little freaked out by the whole thing but the premise of the book definitely intrigued me. Anyway, so I usually don't feel comfortable reading books about rape and such but this wasn't the one to make someone uncomfortable but I'll leave at this because I don't want to accidentally give anything away.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I won't say that I never read anything with the same essence but Colleen Clayton did manage to make it stand out a bit than other stories. And again, rape isn't a normal subject or a light one but this story turned out to be a good one. And what's more is that I can somewhat relate to Sid's character and that captivated me even more to read it, although, I was slightly creeped out by how down-to-earth this story seemed to me at least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I can confidently say that the author nailed it with all of her characters, along with her style of writing which was easy to read. I loved Corey, he was such a sweetheart later on in the story and he captured my heart then :P As for Sid, I pitied her greatly as well as strongly felt for her, I just wanted to give her hug for everything she's been through - like seriously! The plot was well thought and as I said, the actual rape part wasn't in details - thank God - so it was like the unfortunate incident that happened to Sid without details of the actual thing but just the circumstances that it happened in as well as the aftermath of everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The story was wrapped up nicely, I liked the ending so much. Corey and Sid's relationship was growing and so when the book reached an end, they have already reached a cute level of their relationship and it wasn't at all an instant so I liked that too and also, everything got cleared out by the end of the book, all about what happened to Sid as well Corey's secret, so we weren't left clueless. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b> Overall,</b> I found What Happens Next to be an enjoyable read and a book worth reading. I personally learned a lesson or two if I could say. It could be read by younger readers - like 16 and up I guess - not just adults because there was nothing extremely inappropriate as I said before. This story was about heartbreaking, raw, sorrowful feelings weaved with hope and love, seeking trust, finding the stability to stand ones ground in life through family & friends, overcoming a permanent scar through accepting it and the journey of pain that it took to do so. So basically I would say that if you're into contemporary novels if even slightly then I'd recommend this book for you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Title:</strong> What Happens Next</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Author:</strong> Colleen Clayton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><strike>Series:</strike></strong> Stand-alone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Source:</strong> Owned</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Published: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">October 9th 2012 by Poppy (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Links:</strong> </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12819342-what-happens-next" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Happens-Next-Colleen-Clayton/dp/0316198684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372702090&sr=8-1&keywords=what+happens+next" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Rating: 3.5/5 </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Happy Reading!<br />xoxo, Mariam</span>Multimemohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12955335636640000695noreply@blogger.com1