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Beenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718861012681693010noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433746510084776903.post-1863752279459883742017-01-05T17:53:00.001-05:002017-12-10T19:12:25.045-05:00A Court of Thorns & Roses inspired Art series ♥<br />
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First post of January, happy new years everyone!<br />
I created an inspired art series from <i><span style="font-size: large;">A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas </span></i>for my art project during the Fall semester.<br />
<a name='more'></a>hope you guys like it :) This is one of my all-time favorite series, and I always imagined the descriptions and words that the author used which led to this fun project. My drawings have always been more feminine, dark, and more on the sensual side. They're pretty much dark as my soul *lol*<br />
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I used drawing pencils, compressed charcoal for the thicker lines, vine charcoal for shading, and a lot of erasing! Tell me what you guys think x I'm thinking of making an art series for the next installment A Court of Mist & Fury - should I or Should I not?</div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Once upon a time.. there was a young, human girl by the name by <b>Feyre</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">She grew up to be a beautiful young woman. Her simplicity was her beauty. During the day, she hunted for food for her family and survival.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">On a terrible, terrible day she went hunting into the enchanted forest. She kills a wolf.. or how she thought it was a wolf, but he turned out to be a Fae.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> This is the challenge called <b><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;">The United States of YA hosted</span> </span>by <a href="http://www.epicreads.com/blog/the-united-states-of-ya/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Epic Reads.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They have a different YA book for each state, these are all very popular books in the genre section. So far, I have read 15 books out of 47 which is sad.. I'm hoping to read all of the books listed on the challenge, let's see how it goes for this year! I'm aiming to read atleast <b>5 books</b> from this challenge this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2) My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">9) The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10) If I Stay by Gayle Forman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">12) Everneath by Brodi Ashton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">13) Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">14) Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl</span><br />
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<li>I made this challenge to keep me on track with shows that I watch and book series that I want to read for 2017 since they go on forever.</li>
<li> I tried looking separately for these challenges, but I couldn't find any that related more to me so wallah I came up with my own! </li>
<li>Here are the shows I want to finish watching or start watching. <b>I'm hoping to watch 10 shows and read 5 series</b>.</li>
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">A challenge I set for myself two years ago. NA has been around for a few years now and most of the novels have failed to impress me, although, NA is one of my favorite genre. It's a complicated relationship. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/new-adult" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> Listopia. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm hoping to discover some gems in a bunch of stones. Last year, I didn't read that many NA books, the most 5. </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">I'm hoping to read 10 NA books next year for 2017. </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Below are some of the books I'm hoping to read.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">My goal for next year is to read 200 books, last year my goal was 100.. and I beat it by reading 133 books :D Let's see how it goes this year. 7 challenges this year, not that bad. I don't like having too many because I can't keep up then :D What challenges are you guys doing, and have you read some of these books?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">A Court of Mist and Fury</b><br />
<b>Sarah J. Maas</b></span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Series: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Court of Thorns and Roses Book #2</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher:</span> Bloomsbury USA Childrens</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(May 3, 2016)</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-13:</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">978-1408857885<a name='more'></a></span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre: </b>Fantasy, Fairytale Retelling, NA</span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><b>Synopsis: </b></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">The stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas' New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses and a No.1 New York Times bestseller. </span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">F</span><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">eyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court - but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people. Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. </b></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms - and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future - and the future of a world cleaved in two. With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights. </span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Older teens will love A Court of Mist and Fury. Contains mature content. Not suitable for younger readers.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">NOTE: Well, I have returned after a long hiatus.. :D I feel like a vampire, back from the dead hah. How is everyone doing?? Hopefully some of you still remember me *teardrop* I had gotten busy with work and college, and blogging felt like a .. chore to me. I know, I know. I only had time to read, although I still reviewed sometimes on goodreads. I missed blogging & my book buddies though! I went on </span><b>vacation for a while, </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>and I also got <span style="font-size: large;">married.. :) s</span>o congrats to me. A lot happened this year lol. I also work as a beauty & skincare specialist so I'll also be posting makeup, lifestyle, and beauty looks in between, most reviews will be about books still! </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><b>I will try to update this blog atleast twice a week now.. as time goes on, I'll start updating it 4-5 times a week. I changed my username from feminitsreflections to <span style="font-size: large;">beenazai </span>because it feels more personal, Beena is one of my nicknames and Zai is short for Sudozai which is my husband's last name on social media, it's not his real last name though lol it's our caste if that makes any sense. </b></span></span><b>P.s I took a year to come back *yikes*</b></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A Court of Mist and Fury </i>is my favorite book this year.. Feyre and Tamlin have escaped from the clutches of Amarantha. Feyre is now stronger than ever since she is now resurrected from the dead, and she was saved due to the seven High Lords of the Courts. She cannot seem to move from the past because she has taken innocent lives before to save the person she loves, Tamlin and his kind. As the novel progresses both Tamlin and Feyre cannot seem to comprehend what they both have done to save the people they love. Neither has she has forgotten the bargain she made to the High Lord Rhysand of the Night Court, the most powerful High Lord in history.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A Court of Mist and Fury </i>was the most highly anticipated book this year, and it passed my expectations of it.. This is the most beautiful and funniest book I have read this year. previously, I had made a <a href="https://www.beenazai.blogspot.com/2015/03/waiting-on-wednesday-is-weekly-blog.html" target="_blank">WOW</a> post on it. I have read the author's previous work before, <a href="https://www.beenazai.blogspot.com/2015/03/throne-of-glass-sarah-j-maas.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Throne of Glass</i> </a>was a disastrous series in my opinion, still I wanted to give the author another try. I read the first book in the series, and I did like a lot but I felt it was a bit boring with the romance and very little fantasy. This book is SO SO SO MUCH BETTER. </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>A Court of Mist and Fury </i>has a beautiful cover, and the title suits it as well.<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are team Tamlin, boy you will be disappointed. Tamlin is missing for about 70% of the book, most of his role comes in the beginning. Like the previous book, this does have it's fantasy elements although, you get a glimpse here and there. Like most of the author's books, she focuses on romance a lot. The plot was fantastic though and I sure didn't see that ending coming.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Feyre has so much character growth in this novel - she has spunk, attitude, and she's badass. She's not the same person she was in the first book.. literally, she's not a person/mortal. She still has her human heart though and the feelings that humans tend to feel. I liked her much better in this novel than in the previous one, she acted too much like a Cinderella in that one with her "I'm badass, but I secretly want to be saved." She's witty, wise, and smart. Not booksmart since she doesn't know how to read, but she is creative and she can think. Tamlin, Tamlin.. I liked the romance of these two although, I thought Tamlin had a sweet, but boring personality. He <strike>is</strike> was kind.. He's not snarky or witty like Rhysand or Lucien though. Lucien was my favorite character in the previous book, but hello Rhysand.. I didn't like Rhs in the previous book, and I thought he was vile and abusive, but this novel changed my mind. <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">I actually read the first novel twice comparing the Rhysand's in there back and forth. I was wondering why did I hate him in the first novel? The first book actually explains why he acted in such ways with the writer's indirect cues. This novel makes you understand Rhys more..</span> </span>He's hilarious, arrogrant, but so snarky and actually not..vile. I also appreciated Rhys inner circle in here especially Mor and Cassian. The friendship aspect was great in here, and I loved how females leaded in the book. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">It's amazing when a strong male can apperciate a strong female and doesn't always want to protect her. </span> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The romance was swoon worthy and steamy.. It's the kind of romance I like in novels. It starts off with hate then becomes genuine friendship. I didn't even mind that the romance took more than half of the book. I didn't mind the love triangle, now that everything is explained and it makes so much more sense now. I thought I was loyal with Tamlin, but this novel has you rooting for the other male lead. Sorry Tam. The romance was one of my favorite aspects of this novel, it was swoon worthy and steamy. I don't want to go into too many details of the romance because it might spoil it. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">READ THE BOOK THOUGH. IT IS AMAZING. I LOVE RHYSAND AND I LOVE FEYRE, AND MOR, AND CASSIAN.. AND LUCIAN. HELL, I EVEN LIKE NESTA HERE.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The magical aspects of <i>A Court of Mist and Fury </i>were amazing. This had so many plot twists I couldn't imagine what would come next. There's things happening here that you would not even expect to happen. This is really my favorite book this year, I love every single thing about it. There are about four plot twists in the novel. If you read other reviews, you can probably guess two of them, I couldn't though but OMG the other two twists are insane. I didn't expect that at all. The next release date is so far though.. This novel is much longer than the first book so enjoy. I had to finish it in one setting which took about 4-5 hours. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The writing is compelling, mystical, majestic, and beautiful.</span> I believe I was teary at two parts - one that was very depressing and one at the near end. I am so excited to read the third installment in this series! I hope the author comes out with pre-equals or standalones of the other characters in the novels such as Mor, Cassian, Azreil Nesta, Elain, Lucian, Amren. You grow to love all of them, and you wonder how their stories will be continued. There were so many fantastic quotes in the novel, it was very difficult to choose the best! I have others, but those spoil the story a bit. Enjoy the book as much as I did. I already have re-read it *giggles*</span></li>
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Beenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718861012681693010noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433746510084776903.post-19534175283350642342015-12-06T01:21:00.002-05:002017-12-10T19:12:45.304-05:00Mini Haitus until 2016.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi guys.. So, I haven't been as active as much on my blog for the past two months. I'm almost finished with my undergraduate studies soon, I finish in Spring 2016 so the courses have been very tough on me this semester. I barely get time read these days, let alone blog. Although, when I do manage to get time - I still read about 3 books per week now. Before, I used to read about 7-8 in a week. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Yes I know, reading is my life.</span><br />
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I have finals right now, and I rather just concentrate on that for now along with my reading. I'm still reading. I'll always be reading. I'm taking a temporarily break for now, I've been feeling like my blog feels like a chore now, and I rather stay away from it for now. I think every blogger goes through a phase like this, I've been in a blogging slump for months. Although, I know what I want to post next - I don't have the energy to make time.<span style="font-size: large;">. I'm not sure when I will be back. </span> I'll always be updating my reading status on my Goodreads though. See you guys soon! Happy reading :)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 22px;"><b>Thoughts: </b>Apologies for not being as active as much, I have been really busy with studies and life in general, I'm still trying to get into the blogging everyday mode after my long break so bare with me. I have been doing a lot of reading these past months, so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">I shall be doing mini reviews today of hyped books, new releases, and upcoming releases. Mini reviews are getting pretty popular these days so here's to hoping we find some gems in stones. In Cam Girl, Vada Bergen and Ellis Carraway are best friends, they're so close the reader isn't aware which girl ends and which one starts if that actually makes sense. Nevertheless, after an accident Vada is left deeply scarred emotionally and physically. Her promising career of art is cut short, and Ellis pulls away from her. Vada has nothing to lose now, so she meets these entrepreneurs who want to set her up as a cam girl. Vada has to strip on webcam, and the money begins to pour in. A client name "Blue" gets serious, he's more </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">interested</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> in Vada's life than her body. Online, they chat intimately, Vada shares her life with Blue, and Blue continues to remain a mystery. Soon, Vada wants to meet Blue, and Blue agrees on one </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">condition, to bring someone back from her past. This book is just .. wow. This is most definitely Leah Raeder's best work, her other books Unteachable and Black Iris didn't appeal to me as much because they focused more on pornographic graphic details than an actual plot. Although, the author has a beautiful way of writing and challenging stereotypes. Now, this one actually has an amazing plot. </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">This book has everything you would want in a novel, Leah is an LGBT author so that's always different to read about. </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">This novel deals with a concept that hasn't been mentioned in her books before. I wish I would tell you but I rather not spoil it. </span><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>This is more than a romance novel, it deals with more self-discovery aspects. JUST READ THIS BOOK.</b> </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">It's an amazing book, and you can't help but follow Vada's journey. Cam Girl is definitely being added to my favorites list.</span></span><br />
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<b>Thoughts:</b> Kate Quinn's mother died last year, and she soon finds out she has a father who she never knew existed before. He's a powerful politician who is apparently running for U.S President. Now, Kate is moving in with a family she never knew about before, and she is joining the campaign of a man she doesn't even know. She might be falling in love with a boy with a rebellious side as well. This is a slightly intense self-discovery name. It's more about drama, and family dynamics than actual romance. There is romance in the novel, although I found it somewhat boring - my main focus was on the family since that was initially what had drawn me to the book. I feel in a lot of books, author's either make the romance more focused or the actual plot/action. Surprisingly, in <i>The Wrong Side of Right</i>, the romance took a backseat, there should be a balanced though of both aspects for the novel to be fantastic. Otherwise the family dynamic was fairly interesting. The relationship between Kate and her newfound family was adorable, <b>Kate was imperfect, she had flaws, and her insecurities were believable.</b><b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b>She is trying to find her place in a world she might not belong to.<b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b>She is a democrat, her father is a republican so naturally their ideas do clash. The father and daughter aspect was so refreshing and heartbreaking to read about, they do go back and forth with their perspectives. This novel does touch your heart. I just feel the romance was a bit unnecessary and cheesy, it could have been better. Recommended for fans of Sarah Dessen, and Huntley Fitzpatrick.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">89 Walls</span></b><br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Contemporary, Mature Young Adult<br />
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<b>Thoughts: </b><i>89 Walls</i> is a political, love story. Quinn is republican and Seth is a democrat. It's more of a romance novel, although politics plays it's fair share. This seemed quite similar to the epic love story Romeo and Juliet - this seems like a young adult novel but it's quite mature so kudos to the author for making a change in young adult fiction. I wish there was less teenage angst in the novel though, the characters seem to be running back and forth to each other which I usually cannot stand in books. The novel picks up by the second half, as the first half was rather slow. The book contains taboo and sensitive topics which was interesting to read about such as suicide, politics, and many others. I can't mention them without spoiling the plot. That's not something you read in young adult fiction. Although, the concepts were a bit all over the place since the book was at a moderate length, about 264 pages. I think about two of the actual concepts were relevant to the main plot. The main character Quinn seems conservative, however, some of her actions declare her as a hypocrite which saddens me. I understand though, it's all politics which is usually not my genre. <b>The novel did have plenty of potential though, and the writing was indeed beautiful. The book is a page turner, and as a reader I couldn't wait to find out what happens next.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sarah Crossan</span></b> <br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins, joined at the waist, defying the odds of survival for sixteen years. They share everything, and they are everything to each other. They would never imagine being apart. For them, that would be the real tragedy.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grace and Tippi are identical, conjoined twins. They are joined at the waist, and for the past sixteen years they have shared everything. The girls each have two hearts, and two separate dreams from one another. They have two different lives, but they share the same body. However, now something is happening to them, something they never hoped would ever occur to them. Now, they must decide if they would rather run and hide from the truth, or make the most impossible choice of their lives.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">The cover, title, and premise of the novel is just fantastic. The presentation is appealing and fascinating. I have been highly anticipating this novel since I have heard of it's release date. I have never actually read a novel about conjoined twins, although I've seen many movies on them. Twins have always sounded amazing, a person who is your other half. In this case, the person is literally your other half. I rated </span><i style="color: #333333;">One</i><span style="color: #333333;"> five stars because the emotional impact of the novel felt quite strong, and I did tear up a tittle. It's a powerful novel, one that you might remember for the rest of your lifetime. </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The writing and everything else is four stars, however, I happened to fall in love with this book so it deserves a five stars from me.</span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grace and Tippy are two shades of the same person.. sometimes. Grace seems more well-behaved, nicer, and calm although, Tippy is more blunt, loud, and outspoken. The two sisters love each other dearly, and they can't imagine life without one another. It was intriguing to see how the girl's stories revolve around each other. Most conjoined twins choose separation in the end, so I have always wonder how their lives were before surgery or even if they choose not to proceed through it. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">How do they share a bathroom together? What happens when they're married? How do they work? What happens when one of them loves/likes another person? What happens when they decide to separate?</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> </span>It's a bit obvious with the premise that separation might be involved. The predictability is there, although it's still wonderful to know what occurs next in the novel. So many questions, and it's fascinating the book touched on these topics. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">I</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">t shows the struggle of two girls, and how they have two separate minds and hearts, yet their lives must revolve around each other.</span> It's a thought-provoking novel and I loved both of the girls. Grace plays a bigger role in the story, so I was a tad bit closer to her although, the twins were amazing and hilarious together. It's clearly her story, although I wish Tippy had a fair share of the book too.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Thoughts:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 22px;">I haven't updated my blog that much since I was enjoying my summer vacation, however, now I am ready to be active again since University studies have started again! I have been doing a lot of reading these past months, so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">I shall be doing mini reviews today of hyped books, new releases, and upcoming releases. Mini reviews are getting pretty popular these days so here's to hoping we find some gems in stones. <i>A Million Miles Away </i>has been one of the highest </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">anticipated</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> reads this summer, at first I wanted to purchase the book but then I changed my mind after seeing the reviews.. and I was right. This novel is about identical twins, one twin by the name of Michelle dies in a car accident and her twin sister Kelsey feels all alone after her twin has passed away. Michelle had a boyfriend, Peter and Kelsey believes he should be aware of Michelle's </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">tragedy</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> however, she cannot tell him. Instead, she pretends to be her sister Michelle because she has developed a liking towards Peter. I love the concept of twins, and I love it even more when it gets twisted with mismatched identities - however, the plot was just wrong on so many levels. As a reader, I can understand Kelsey's pain - it's heartbreaking if a sibling dies, and I do believe the death of a twin is like literally losing your other half. Kelsey clings to Peter because he's the only person left close to Michelle. That's wrong, you should cling to yourself Kelsey. You're the <i>closest</i>. </span></span><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">I didn't like the manipulation and pretending to be your dead, twin sister, I'm sorry but that is just disgusting. Kelsey has her own boyfriend too, so whoop whoop more wrong. </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">The concept was interesting, but I found myself skimming some pages because the actual content and romance was rather sappy and dull, the book fell flat for me unfortunately. </span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tarryn Fisher</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><b>Thoughts: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Olivia Kaspen has recently found out her former boyfriend Caleb Drake has lost his memory. Now Olivia must decide how far she wants to go along with this advantage to bring Caleb back into her life. </b>The premise sounds quite vile, but it is fantastic. I have read the author's previous work <i>Mud Vein </i>which happens to be my all-time favorite New Adult book.<b> Her characters always seem to be imperfect and selfish, yet you cannot help but always like them. They're unlikable, but they're relatable. </b>Olivia doesn't sound as bad as the premise might make her seem like, she's actually quite intelligent, independent, she's selfish but she still cares about Caleb more than she cares about herself. Her actions might seem vile. but I never once thought she was a cunning and manipulative woman. I binge read this series in two days, all three books are told from different perspectives in this order: Olivia Kaspen, Caleb's current girlfriend Leah Smith, and finally Caleb Drake. I actually loved Olivia's character, she's witty and she is pretty badass. The male lead Caleb isn't so perfect either, it's really clear these two characters deserve each other. The romance and dialogue between the characters was just adorable and not cheesy like many New Adult novels seem to be. The story is told from flashbacks of the past and to the present, it all leads up to the awful yet amazing cliffhanger ending. <b>This is one of the best series I have read in a long time, it's </b></span></span><b><span style="line-height: 22px;">definitely</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> one of my new favorites. </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><b>Jennifer Mathieu</b></span></span><br />
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<b>Source: </b>Borrowed from the library.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><b>Thoughts: Rachel Walker is devoted to God, however, now she is curious about the outside world her family has turned away from so she begins questioning what she believes in.</b> This book was on my radar ever since I had heard about it, I always find the topic of religion fascinating since I happen to love and admire my own. I always find it intriguing when people who misuse religion are exposed too. I feel when religion gets misused, the people wouldn't be called religious at all, extremists yes and it resembles a dangerous, cult environment. It also happens to target mainly women and even little children - trying to justify </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">misogyny with religion. Anyway without getting too deep and moving on, I couldn't help but be disappointed with this novel. <b>Unpopular opinion, </b></span><b><span style="line-height: 22px;">I expected much more than what I read, I never actually felt the despair and uncomfort Rachel felt, the premise is fantastic, the cover is gorgeous, and the title. The presentation is beautiful, however, the novel didn't make a strong impact on me as I would have liked. I've read many books about cults so it can be hard to live up to my expectations. <i>Devoted </i>is more monologue with less action.</span></b><span style="line-height: 22px;"> The novel isn't much about religion, although yes, faith however, it focuses more on some of the people of the community and church who try to impose religion on others. It does have plenty of poetry in it which I honestly skimmed around. I love listening to poetry, but somehow I don't like reading it. The ending of this novel somewhat leaves the reader hanging, it's an open ending. </span><i style="line-height: 22px;">The Truth about Alice</i><span style="line-height: 22px;"> by this author was more intriguing. If you haven't read that many books about cults you might like this one, however if you're looking for a more balanced emotional and action filled novel about religion and those who misuse it by creating a cult, I would recommend</span><i style="line-height: 22px;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5303373-the-chosen-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Chosen One</a></i><span style="line-height: 22px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5303373-the-chosen-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>by Carol Lynch Williams.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Hidden Huntress (Malediction Trilogy Book #2)</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Danielle E. Jensen</b></span></span><br />
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<b>Source: </b>Gifted by my sister.<br />
<b>Thoughts: </b><i>Hidden Huntress</i> is the sequel of <i>Stolen Songbird</i>, now you can find my raving 5 butterfly rating review <a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/05/stolen-songbird-by-danielle-j-jensen.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. *This review has <b>mild spoilers</b> of the previous book.<br />
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Presentation wise, I like the black dress and darkness of the cover which unravels in the book, I'm not sure I understand why the head is chopped off on every book cover of this series. The titles are intriguing though, <i>Stolen Songbird</i> and <i>Hidden Huntress</i>. Recap: In the first book, Cecile is stolen from her family and sold to the trolls in order to break the curse that the witch Anushka put on them. Now, Cecile has finally escaped the dangers of the land Trollus, more like she was shoved out of there for her safety. Recovering from her injuries, she now lives with her mother in Trianon and stages the opera stage every night. <b>The first book in the trilogy was fantastic, however, the second book seems to suffer from second book syndrome which makes me honestly really sad. It's still a good read and it is beautifully written, although, it is quite dense and really long.</b> There is less interaction between Cecile and her husband Tristan which as a reader I could not stand. The plot twist in the novel I had seen it coming in the beginning on who the witch Anushkha is so I wasn't as enthusiastic about it. The first half was disappointing, the second half was much better, although that ending was brilliant. <b>Fantasy writers sure know how to make the ending of the book great, even if the other content might not be as strong.</b> The third and final conclusion sounds exciting though, so here's to hoping that book might be as fantastic as the first book in the series, maybe even better. I hope the first book is as epic as the first one.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin Trilogy Book #3)</span></b><br />
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Beenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718861012681693010noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433746510084776903.post-65837298352903507272015-09-08T04:01:00.000-04:002015-09-08T04:02:30.956-04:00Book Tour: The Ones We Trust♥<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Genre: </b>Contemporary, Adult<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Synopsis:</b> <b style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">A moving and evocative exploration of grief and guilt in the wake of one family's devastating loss. </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">When former DC journalist Abigail Wolff attempts to rehabilitate her career, she finds herself at the heart of a US army cover-up involving the death of a soldier in Afghanistan—with unspeakable emotional consequences for one family. As the story of what happened comes to light, Abigail will do anything to write it. </span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><i>The Ones We Trust </i>is a moving novel - Abigail Wolff attempts to turn her career around, she finds herself at a US army cover up that involves the death of a solider in Afghanistan. The more evidence Abigail seems to find, the more tangled she is in the case. She begins to trust less people, including her own father who is a retired army general. She falls in love with the slain solider's brother, Gabe who of course is a bad, bitter man. Although, he is struggling to hold his family together. Abigail is surrounded by betrayals, loyalty, and questions everywhere. This book reminded me a lot of the hit television show Scandal, and the genre the book is written for is fantastic. This is not a heavily dramatic book, the length of the book is kept fair and intriguing throughout the end. Abigail's character is likeable, and she is a character the reader can connect with. I was fond of her ideas, and how she believes in the truth and justice. Gabe reminded me of an "angry young man," although, eventually he does grows on you as a genuine person as the story further develops. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The romance between these two characters was in fact, swoon worthy. You can easily see their chemistry, although I personally feel the angry, bad boy image has been used way too often.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">There are many twists and turns in the story, some I didn't even expected at all, but others seem to be a bit predictable which actually took away from the story. </span>The plot was intriguing, and it was hard to put down the novel. I enjoyed reading the book from the first chapter to the end. The secondary characters added to the story as well, everyone in the novel doesn't seem simple but rather complex which was unique to the novel. The forgiveness and hope aspects were likeable, and I'm glad the writer touched on them. The presentation: cover, and title are beautiful. This is a novel about trust and more monologue than the author's previous work. The ending was satisfying, and I understand why the author wrote it in such a way. I would rate this novel 3.5 stars.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Overall, the plot of <i>The Moment of Letting Go</i> seems ordinary but it's still enjoyable to read about. Now, you have two adults with a no string attached relationship, but of course sooner or later one falls for the other and it causes drama. It was really unique how both characters helped each other, Luke wasn't the only one helping Sienna, she also helped him out with his past. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">It's great both characters helped each other out, and they were each other's equals.</span> There isn't a real antagonist, it's mainly a novel of letting go of the past and moving onto the future. The writing itself is fantastic, and the author doesn't fail to deliver more in that section. I still expected more from the author since I loved all of her previous books. I'm a huge fan of <i>The Edge of Never</i> and the<i> Killing Sarai</i> series! It's still a sweet romance and an entertaining novel to read about about two characters letting go of the past and moving on with their present and future. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They have a different YA book for each state, these are all very popular books in the genre section. I have read only 13 out of the 47, which is sad. I'm hoping to read all of the books listed on the challenge, let's see how it goes for this year! I'm aiming to read atleast 10 books from this challenge this year.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">My goal this year is to read 250 books. Last year my goal was 300, unfortunately I couldn't reach it fully and I only read 272 books. Lets see how this goes! </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Sometimes, I'll be doing honorably mentions as well that didn't make the list. Most of these are my all-time favorites and the books that have set the highest standard for me in literature.</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">These are the exceptional books that will stay with me forever.</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> (I'll also do updated lists but that might take a year or so). I have a lot of interesting ideas that go beyond genre later for this meme/feature so be on the look out :) I even got my younger brother hooked on this feature. I'm a very diverse reader, and I read a broad of genres and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">at least</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> twenty books a month. </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Today's genre is Contemporary in New Adult. I love the genre NA, but most of the books have failed to impress me because of the stupid angst, stupid characters, and generic plot. These are the gems I have found in stones that keep me searching for more great NA books.</b><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18246727-mud-vein" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher</span></a></b> is the most unique New Adult novel I have ever read, the premise is not what it seems at all. It's best to go blind in this novel. Senna Richards, a famous author wakes up locked in a house in the middle of nowhere. Only truth can set her free. This is more of an intense self-discovery novel than romance. The romance was wonderful to read about as well.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20803953-bully?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Bully by Penelope Douglas</span></a> </b>was the first New Adult novel I had originally and I just fell in love with the characters and writing. Tate and Jared and neighbors who were once best friends, they had a fall out and became enemies. Jared hates Tate and bullies her. This has one of the cutest romance's.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17788401-ugly-love?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover</span> </a></b>is the only New Adult novel that has made me cry about three times. There is no good girl, bad boy romance here - rather it is about two adults. Tate and Miles begin a physical relationship with no attachment, but of course, as always one person begins to fall for the other one. It's an amazing novel that is touching and moving at the same time.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17788403-maybe-someday?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover</span></a></b> is a wonderful, musical novel. Sydney is a college student who is in love with her boyfriend Hunter, but that changes after she catches her boyfriend cheating on with her best friend Tori. She moves out, and soon runs into her interesting neighbor Ridge which begins an unforgettable love. I usually the author's male leads she creates much more than the heroines, they're so likeable(except Dean). She also uses some concepts that haven't been used in new adult before. There is a love triangle which seems cliche, but it was not that bad. This is still a beautiful novel.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23587984-maybe-not?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover</span> </a></span></b>is a hilarious novella about two roommates Warner and Bridget - their love and hate relationship was so enjoyable to read about. For once, we don't have a bad boy or a good girl characters. We have characters equally bad who are each other's match, Warner is more nicer though.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16081272-the-edge-of-never?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">The Edge of Never by J.A Redmerski</span> </a></span></b>was the second New Adult novel I had read - it's an amazing novel about a road trip the female leads Camryn takes on. During her trip, she bumps into Andrew. This was an amazing novel that I laughed and cried with. </li>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Today, I will be presenting a discussion review with</span><b style="line-height: 19px;"> <a href="http://www.happyindulgencebooks.com/" target="_blank">Jeann of Happy Indulgence Books</a></b><span style="line-height: 19px;">, this was actually my second time doing a buddy read and it was an exciting adventure to try! Jeann will be posting her review of the book as well, so be sure to check it out guys!</span></span></div>
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<li style="line-height: 1.38;"><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.happyindulgencebooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Jeann: </span></a></b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m so disappointed with <i>Splintered.</i> I’ve heard all the raves and it started off really promising, but as soon as Jeb and Morpheus met, it kind of went downhill from there. I wanted more of the dark, mental health twist to Alice in Wonderland, less fighting over Alyssa. What did you think?</span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Benish:</span> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">I agree, I've seen mainly positive reviews about this series. The covers are all so gorgeous though. I'm not that familiar with the FairyTale Retelling "Alice in Wonderland" besides the insanity part. The mental illness aspect was there but there wasn't any depth into it. The romance did take over a lot of the book which is rather depressing.. Which male lead did you prefer? </span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Jeann:</span> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know, I thought I would have liked it a lot more! A lot of the Wonderland parts weren’t really that reminiscent of the story. If I really had to choose, it would be Morpheus. He was seductive and manipulative but at least he knew that you know? To be honest, I REALLY hated Jeb. He was overbearing, loved telling Alyssa what to do, and even worse, he was mucking around his girlfriend’s back to do it! Gosh, I hated the love triangle so much! How about you? </span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Benish:</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I liked Jeb in the beginning, but like you mentioned he just became really controlling afterwards. The whole girlfriend part wasn't necessary either, it just creates more drama. Alyssa doesn't really have a backbone to herself either, she's always listening to him or her father. I wasn't the biggest fan of both male leads, although Morpheus was a little better. The second part of the book was much better though, I feel that's so common in many fantasy books - 70% romance and then boom, the actual action comes along. Do you see this trend too? </span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Jeann: </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh mann, I did enjoy the ending where more of the action happened, but I guess by that point I was so annoyed with the love triangle drama and Alyssa’s meek character and everything. I mean hello Bella Swan with two pushy male leads! She did step up but it was at the very end, I just wasn’t sold. Yeah, this is what lets me down about paranormal fantasy. I used to love this genre but then it all kind of became focused on the romance. I don’t mind romance, but not when it’s so cheesy you know?</span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Benish:</span> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, that's so true. I'm surprised publishers still use the genre fantasy for these kind of books. Romance suits it better. The love triangle was super annoying with the damsel in distress. If they added more mental illness to the book and no Jeb, it could have been a good attempt of fantasy. Light fantasy usually don't work for me, although hearing the thoughts of bugs and other creatures was fascinating. Do you look forward to the rest of the series? </span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Jeann:</span> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">I can’t say I’m too keen Benish. I’ve heard mixed things about the next two books, but I have them on my shelf so I suppose I’ll be reading them at some point. I really LOVED the mental hospital angle with Alyssa’s mother talking to bugs and stuff like that! That was really creepy, I wish it didn’t head into the direction it did. But oh well, lots of people seem to love it. At least we can black sheep together <3 How about you?</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Benish: </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">The black sheep direction doesn't seem too bad & yes we're in it together!<3 I have the rest of the two books on my shelves too so I will probably will get to them ultimately. I was really looking forward to liking <i>Splintered</i>, but it was just boring and lacked depth with the romance. This is a romance I so don't ship. The bug aspect & mental illness aspect was really good, I agree. How many stars are you moving towards? </span></li>
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<li><b style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Benish: </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know, I'm glad you're the black sheep with me too! I would give it 2 stars as well, hopefully the next books are much better. </span></li>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sugar</span></b><br />
<b>Deirdre Riordan Hall</b><br />
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<b>Genre: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Contemporary, mature YA</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><b style="font-family: inherit;">Source:</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Review copy was sent free of charge via Skyscape (Amazon Publishing).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Thoughts: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;">I shall be doing mini reviews today of hyped books & upcoming releases, mini reviews are getting pretty popular these days so here's to hoping we find some gems in stones.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> This is a diverse and realistic novel about a young girl name Sugar Legowski Garcia who is Puerto Rican-Polish. She wasn't always fat but now she is at the age of seventeen. Sugar's life is based on her family, she runs errands for her mother who is obese to the point where she cannot even get out of the bed or move that much. Her brother Skunk is making her life miserable and she is </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">constantly</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> bullied in school - she meets a guy name Even who sees beyond her </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">appearance</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">. Now this is a contemporary novel, but it is much more than just romance. This is also a harsh novel about family drama and bullying - it shows the bad side of families and the extreme circumstances bullying takes. Even and Sugar begin a relationship based solely on friendship, it's adorable to read about a romance that starts off with </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">genuine</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> friendship - there is no teenage angst in this novel and Even helps Sugar face the harsh realities of her life<b>. <span style="color: #e06666;">She does not change because of a guy - rather she takes the form of who she <i>wants</i> to be and not what her family <i>needs</i> her to be. It's a novel about a young girl coming out of the darkness.</span></b> I really did like this novel quite a lot, it does have plenty of food descriptions and it tells the tale of how taking your anger out on food and over-eating makes a negative toll on your body and life. This was a beautiful novel that does ultimately break your heart, I don't know </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">whether</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> to scream or cry at that plot twist - but I feel it was </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">necessary for the story to develop even more. <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Sugar's life sounds terrible, but I love how the character is quite strong and she never complains about her life. </span></b></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>I would really recommend this uplifting novel if you're looking for ordinary yet diverse characters.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yasmine Galenorn</span></b><br />
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</span> <b style="font-family: inherit;">Thoughts:</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The cover is stunning, it's the first thing I noticed about the novel. I like badass heroines in leather with a sword.</span></b><b style="color: #e06666;"> </b>It reminds me of the series <i><a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/03/throne-of-glass-sarah-j-maas.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Throne of Glass</a></i>, but I believe Lara Croft from Tomb Raider started this trend.<b style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"> </b>Shimmer is a blue dragon shifter who has magical abilities. She has been exiled due to a mistake she was made, now she is forced to work under Alex Radcliffe who is a vampire. This is a spin off series, but it can be read as a standalone - although, it does feel like a </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">continuation</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> but from Shimmer's perspective. Shimmer is a </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">likeable</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> heroine, she can shift into a dragon with water elements so that was pretty unique. Alex was a good hero, but he pretty much flat for me - I never really got the chance to know him as well as I wanted to, maybe it's because this is a spin off series and I haven't read the </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">original</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> series. I wanted more from his character, and the writing couldn't justify it. There is an over emphasis on Shimmer's beauty though, I'm really fed up with that skinny yet curvy trend of females in books. </span></span><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Otherwise, the book is really fast paced and very creepy at the same time - the world-building suspense around the mystery was intriguing especially the supernatural aspects which were different.</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> It is a good start to a series though, and I do look forward to checking out more of the author's future work.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"><b>Exposed (Captive #2)</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Brighton Walsh</b></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Thoughts: </b>A young woman name Evie has gone from hiding from her </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">criminal</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> past, and now she has been taken captive by her ex boyfriend Riley. <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Riley and Evie were childhood sweethearts who were separated due to unfortunate </span></b></span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">circumstances</span></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>.</b> </span>I love the concept of childhood sweethearts and second chance romances, it's just quite cutesy. <i>Exposed</i> is the continuation of the first book in <i><a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/03/captive-by-brighton-walsh.html" target="_blank">Captive </a></i>which I had previously liked. I liked the book <a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/03/captive-by-brighton-walsh.html" target="_blank"><i>Captive</i> </a>much more and I couldn't help but be disappointed by this book as a whole - I couldn't connect to any of the characters Evie and Riley, the plot twist in the book was really </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">unnecessary</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> and I felt it was put to justified their "second chance romance." I didn't feel any slow burn romance, it was too intense right away - I understand the couple was together before but I don't believe they could have easily connected once again. The development lacked between the romance and characters. <b><span style="color: #e06666;">The second half is much better than the first half though, it was less angst romance and more of an actual plot. It was interesting to see Riley's and even Ghost's personal stories, I adored the secondary characters Ghost and Madison - I thought their chemistry was still there throughout this time. </span></b>The book could have been better since I expected much more from the author.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 22px;"><b>Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Book #2)</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Robin LaFevers</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Thoughts: </b>I had actually DNF this book the first time I read it, mainly because I was in a reading slump. I picked it up again because I loved the first book <i>Grave Mercy</i>, and I love female </span></span><span style="line-height: 22px;">assassins in stories.<b><span style="color: #e06666;"> I'm really glad I picked up this novel again because I happened to fall in love with it. </span></b> This is a companion series, this series can be read as a standalone - although the characters in the previous books are secondary characters here which might spoil the fun factor. I thought Sybella was a crazy, bratty, and cranky assassin nun in the first book, my thoughts about cranky and bratty have changed although crazy is still there. I love how dark her character is, yet there is easily some goodness in her character as well. Sybella serves Mortain, and their convent has the sister's of death, they serve the God of death. They are trained to become assassins and carry out the killings. Sybella is trained in the arts of killing and seduction - she uses her charm to attract others. I thought Ismae's story in <i><a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/03/review-his-fair-assassin-grave-mercy-by.html" target="_blank">Grave Mercy</a></i> was a bit dark, but this novel is much more darker. I do love the first novel more, but this novel is amazing as well. It's haunting, compelling, and it does deal with mature concepts as well - this has more action than the previous book as well. I also loved the male lead, Beast. Now, he is actually hideous looking - but he's still cutey in his own way.<b><span style="color: #e06666;"> I love how the author creates intense dark characters who are ordinary looking and combines them in this diverse series. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PACKAGE. All of the characters are a breath of fresh air - If you haven't read this series yet, you should! I find this series much more compelling than <i><a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/03/throne-of-glass-sarah-j-maas.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Throne of Glass</a></i>.</span></b> The characters are dark and twisted, yet they never try to imply they're good. They're believable. They're humble, and are actually ordinary looking - this book can make you feel, it's easily one of my favorite novels. I do look forward to reading the third book, I hope it's just as epic was the previous ones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 22px;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brutal Youth</span></b></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 22px;"><b>Anthony Breznican</b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b style="color: #181818;">Thoughts: </b><span style="color: #181818;">Three freshmen at a Catholic high school join forces to survive in their school against bullies. Saint Michael has quite the reputation of expelled delinquents and religious students, soon an incoming freshman name Peter Davidek signs up. He partners up with Noah Stein, and Lorelei Paskal who are fellow freshman's - the trio join forces to destroy the bullying culture at their school. This is a strong and of course, a brutal novel. It's a coming of age story, and the first thing that automatically draws you in is the first chapter.</span><b style="color: #181818;"> </b><b><span style="color: #e06666;">It's actually really hard to grasp my attention right away with the first chapter, and this novel actually does that</span></b><b style="color: #181818;">. </b><span style="color: #181818;">The novel is addicting to read and it is mainly fast paced - I also liked the multiple perspectives which helped adapt to the characters and it helps the reader understand them. The characters are quite complex and they're ultimately unlikable, and that's what bothered me the most. I don't mind complex characters, I love dark characters who do bad things (e</span></span></span><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">xcept in the case of rape of course) </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">but it doesn't necessarily mean they're a bad person I mean the characters who do sin but their choices are accurate to a human being in reality, the ones you can relate to. I can still like those, but I didn't really like any of these characters in the books. </span><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">The plot itself wasn't that unique about bullying, but it is a refreshing novel.</span></b><br />
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Beenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718861012681693010noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433746510084776903.post-73161645305039913062015-07-13T04:00:00.000-04:002015-07-22T00:32:54.147-04:00High Standards of Literature | Top Ten Must reads in Contemporary Adult ♥<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128029.A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini </span></b></a>is a book I had read in my freshman year of high school and it has stayed my all time favorite book since. Yes, I actually have an all-time favorite book - It can be hard to choose, but I love this book. I have re-read it more than twenty times. The pages have creased and yellowed over time from a lot of reading, and I still adore this book. The author is one of my favorites as well - it's also a cross-cultural novel - based in Afghanistan. It's about two women Mariam and Laila who affect each other's lives. Mariam is forced to marry a man atleast TRIPLE her age & we see the hardships and trouble she faces later. The story is set in two parts, one from Mariam's perspective and one from Laila's perspective and how their lives are interconnected.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15505346-on-the-island?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">On The Island by Tracy Garvis-Graves</span></b></a> is a phenomenal book on adventure, romance, and survival. Anna Emerson is the teacher of T.J Callahan who has cancer, their plane crashes when they're heading to Maldives and now they're stuck together and they must try to survive. The forbidden romance might seem taboo but I personally believe it's not because no laws or anything of teacher-student were broken. I loved the survival aspect of the story, and it was just so intriguing - this novel is wonderful, it's one of the cutest books out there. JUST READ IT.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15507958-me-before-you" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Me Before You by Jojo Moyes</span></a> </b>is a heartbreaking story that definitely can make you cry. Lou Clark is looking for a new job and she lands in Will Traynor's house - now Will has a disability. He is disabled from the neck down.. This book can make you laugh, and it can also make you cry. This is one of the best books I have ever read and it has one my most favorite romance's. It also has ordinary characters which I love, Lou is more on the chubby side. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1924491.Glitter_Baby?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Glitter Baby by Susan Elizabeth Phillips</span></a></b> has done well with this novel - this is the first novel I had ever read of her and it is one of my favorites. I have re-read this novel more then ten times and it's adorable. Fleur Savagar is the most beautiful woman in the world, everyone but to herself. Her cunning mother wants her to try movies instead of modeling. In New York, she meets Jake Koranda - Hollywood's hottest actor and bachelor. It's about an ugly duckling turned into a swan kind of romance, I love the character growth Fleur reaches in this novel - more for feminism. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12935956-arranged?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Arranged by Catherine McKenzie</span></b></a> is a novel about arrange marriage - Anna Blythe has a great life, good friends, and even a potential deal on her book but what lacking is a mutual healthy and stable relationship. She wants to share her life with someone and settle down, but all of her relationships have been unsuccessful. Tired of dating, she signs up for an arrange marriage service which helps her meets Jack. This novel has made me cry, and it does have ordinary characters in it. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8554005-sing-you-home?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult</b> </span></a>is an LGBT novel and it is fantastic. I have re-read this novel atleast five times. It's written by one of my favorite authors whose books I always adore. This is much more than a romance novel, it's mentioned what happens what religious extremists try to do with homosexuals. Zoe meets a woman name Vanessa after an unsuccessful marriage - they want to have a child but they must have a court battle with Zoe's ex-husband Max who is religious. I love this novel, it brings out many great points and challenges homophobia and those who misuse religion. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15858248-wallbanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wallbanger by Alice Clayton</a> </span></b>is a hilarious adult novel - this is often classified as New Adult, but it is not because the characters are adults who are not in college anymore. Caroline moves into her new apartment, and almost every night her neighbor seems to have adventures of his own which she is fed up since she cannot sleep or be at peace in her own home. I loved the tension between Caroline and Simon, the love hate relationship was adorable. This novel made me laugh, I loved Simon - one of the most genuine male leads out there - This is a light read which never fails to make me smile.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609610-becoming-rain?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Becoming Rain by K.A Tucker</b></span></a> is part of the author's new adult series - this is actually adult since the characters are not in college, it is not New Adult. This can be read as a standalone series, although the characters from the previous book do come as secondary characters in the novel which can spoil the previous book. I hated the author's previous series, but I happen to fall in love with this one. There's much less slut-shaming and less angst, and friendships are valued more. Over here undercover officer Clara takes upon the name Rain in order to bust a car theft ring, the catch? The owner's nephew seems to be in charge now who just happens to be gorgeous - READ IT.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12033455-i-ve-got-your-number?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella</a></b> is a squeaky clean adult novel - the romance is clean, and it reminds me of young adult. Poppy has lost her engagement ring and she fears that if her fiance Magnus and his family finds out they will freak out. Soon, her phone is stolen and she temporarily finds a replacement phone in the .. trash. Now the owner of the phone in the trash is a businessman wants his phone back but Poppy refuses to give it back until she has find her ring.. which begins a tug of war. This was a light read and it has plenty of fluff in it.</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Okay.. now there is NOTHING wrong with being physically beautiful. AND. There is NOTHING wrong with not being beautiful/ordinary.</b> However, I feel in almost every book I read physical beauty is over emphasized. The actual book can still be fantastic, but the characterization can be off. I don't care if the hero in the story is the "most beautiful guy I have ever seen." That makes me cringe. I much rather prefer ordinary looking characters because that's more accurate to reality. At times, ordinary might seem boring but trust me, it's really not. Even if the writer chooses to make the characters amazing looking, I much rather not read about how their "green eyes shoon like emeralds" or their "beautiful brown eyes were a mixture of cocoa and honey" <b>STOP OVER EXAGGERATING.</b></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If it's one time, I can understand but if the characters constantly think about each other's physical beauty, then that makes me really sad. The chemistry even starts because of that intense physical attraction. I'm also fed up with female heroines who are over emphasized as "skinny yet curvy." I'm going to say this in a polite manner, most women <b>do not</b> have bodies like Kim Kardashian or Kylie Jenner. Personally, most women that I have seen either have the thinness Kendall Jenner has(minus the tall height) or Jessica Simpson when she was chubby. Not every man or women look like Greek God's. There's usually not much diversity in characterization in books. They usually have the same, generic appeal to their characters. It's not bad when it's overdone, it should be limited though.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Where are the characters that are chubby, stick skinny, short, nerdy, geeky, scarred, ordinary looking, and even hideous? Very few books have this, and I do wish it was more popular. </b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">I like flaws, I find them more attractive.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><i>― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2987.Sarah_Dessen" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Sarah Dessen</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1032900" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Truth About Forever</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. </span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.” </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><i>― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2122.Sarah_Vowell" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Sarah Vowell</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/748402" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Take the Cannoli</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><i>― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/180392.R_L_LaFevers" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">R.L. LaFevers</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/14452295" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Grave Mercy</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Amazing examples where the characters are beautiful, but they're not over emphasized.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">In <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11500217-angelfall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angefal</a>l,</b> Penryn's beauty is not over emphasized, at first I thought she was probably ordinary looking but then she turned out to be really beautiful. Rafee is emphasized on his beauty, BUT not over emphasized - mainly because he's an ANGEL and we know they're beyond gorgeous. <b>There is this issue in fantasy books where everyone is beautiful, such as angels, werewolves, vampires, personally I don't mind that much because they're creatures that are indeed unrealistic and who always happen to be beautiful. Although, I do wish the characters weren't over emphasized in other books.</b> I still love these gorgeous characters, but I do wish sometimes, they were portrayed differently. I still want to see that stereotype of aliens having huge heads and small bodies or even having skin made out of gold or silver. SOMETHING COOL.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The Color of our Sky</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amita Trasi</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b>Synopsis: </b><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;">A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave trade and the other on a mission to save her—two girls whose lives converge </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;">only to change one fateful night in 1993. <b>India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"><b> the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"><b> of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt to escape this legacy that binds her, Mukta is </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"><b>transported to a foster family</b></span></span><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"> in Bombay.</b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"> There she discovers a friend in the high spirited eight-year-old Tara,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"> the tomboyish daughter of the family, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"> Mukta to a different world—ice cream and sweets, poems and stories, and a friendship the likes of which</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"> she has never experienced before. </span><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;">In 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara’s room. Eleven years later,</b></span><br />
<b style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Tara who blames herself for what happened, embarks on an emotional journey to search</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"> for the kidnapped Mukta only to uncover long buried secrets in her own family.</b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #333333; line-height: 22.4000015258789px;"> </span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Color of our Sky</i> is about two childhood friends and their journey that relates to each other. In 1986, Mukta is a ten year old child who is from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes. She has come to her age to fulfill her prophecy on becoming a temple prostitute. However, she does not want this, she is just a child so she is transported to a foster family in Bombay, India. She finds a friend in eight year old Tara, the daughter of the family. Tara helps her recover her wounds and seek for the better. On one fateful night Mukta is kidnapped from Tara's room - there is no trace left of where she and how she is. Eleven years later, Tara still cannot forget Mukta and comes back to India to search the the kidnapped Mukta, but in doing so she also discovers dangerous secrets about her own family.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well.. this was a beautiful, and insight novel to read about - t<b>he author has written a wonderful novel on her first attempt, this is her debut novel - hence the almost five stars. I'm not as easily impressed, and this book has certainly wowed me.</b> I love reading about cross cultural novels, I have heard about high rates of child trafficking and prostitution in India but never have I heard about "temple prostitutes." I'm surprised that's even a lifestyle, those two words temple and prostitute sure do contradict each other. It reminded me a bit of the concept of the assassins who are nuns in the <i>His Fair Assassin</i> series, although their two different books. Temple prostitutes or "religious" prostitution is a sexual ritual consisting of sexual acts in religious worship. I don't support any form of prostitution, I feel it is completely wrong, although I can understand if someone does it for survival or if they're forced such as, human trafficking. It bothers me when people sell their body for external goods.. It really hurts me and saddens me, so this book did hit a weak spot. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Overall, I feel this book is fantastic and everyone at one point should read it.</span> Let's not forget that gorgeous cover. It's actually stunning with the night sky.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mukta and Tara are two different characters.. yet they're both intriguing to read about. Mukta's story won my heart though, I wonder how she must have been feeling born into prostitution and ordered to become a temple prostitute, The female friendship aspect was intriguing to read about <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">- I can love a book if it has more strong females who value other women than slut-shamers. </span>There's not much romance in this novel but you do get a glimpse here and there, but it's mainly a moving story about family, drama, and friendships.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The novel is told from alternating perspectives: Mukta's and Tara's. You do see Mukta's childhood and Tara's present. I found the perspectives fascinating, although it would have helped if the chapter said the person's name. The two women and their friendship is strong and beautiful. I figured out what were the buried secrets by the third chapter, mainly because the story had foreshadowing. I didn't mind at all that I figured out the plot twist, and it was still interesting to read about. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">The strong friendship reminded me of <i>The Kite Runner</i> as well, a childhood friendship that was never forgotten over the years even though. This is a compelling, and really dark adult novel so be cautious of what you're writing.</span> The details aren't as graphic, but they're enough to spook the reader. The author does a wonderful job of balancing a moving story and actually informing the readers through subtle hints that child, actually rather human trafficking is wrong and it must be put to a stop. I think I just might join the cause now because of this book.</span></li>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes, I'll be doing honorably mentions as well that didn't make the list. Most of these are my all-time favorites and the books that have set the highest standard for me in literature. </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">These are the exceptional books that will stay with me forever.</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (I'll also do updated lists but that might take a year or so). I have a lot of interesting ideas that go beyond genre later for this meme/feature so be on the look out :) I even got my younger brother hooked on this feature. I'm a very diverse reader, and I read a broad of genres and </span>at least<span style="font-family: inherit;"> twenty books a month. </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Today's genre is Contemporary in Young Adult which is one of my favorites. I love cute, fluffy books that can make you feel. These are accurate to reality too.</b><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51738.Just_Listen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Just Listen by Sarah Dessen </span></b></a>is my all-time favorite book in the contemporary, young adult genre. It's similiar to the book <i>Speak </i>except this book has actually made me cry. I had first read this book in middle school and it has stayed my most loved book in this genre even till l now. It is about a girl name Annabel who seems to have the perfect life but it's not.. She meets Owen, who is an outcast and together they must face what really happened to Annabel's life. The male, love interest Owen is also one of my favorite fictional characters in books. <b>THIS IS A MUST READ. </b></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51737.The_Truth_About_Forever?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Truth about Forever by Sarah Dessen</a>.</b> </span>Need I say more? The author is by far my most favorite contemporary author whose novels I have liked, most I have loved. I have re-read all of her books atleast eight times. This book is about Macy, her boyfriend is at Brain Camp and she meets a guy name Wes. It's not a book about cheating, don't worry. The author's books are usually about coming of age and discovery yourself. Once again, the author is spectacular at creating catchy and dreamy male fictional leads.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51737.The_Truth_About_Forever?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Ashe</a>r</span></b> is an emotional roller coaster, I have read this book once and I don't like I'll ever read it again because it's just so damn depressing. This has made me cry about three times.. I would still really recommend this novel because it does inspire a person. Now, it is about someone who has committed suicide, but what I learned from this story is the suicide could have been prevented if someone had stood by Hannah's side. If someone had still tried to reach her even if she pushed them away. It has taught me to fight for others and help those in need and that's the best thing a book could do: inspire you. The ending is unforgettable. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15283043-the-distance-between-us?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">The Distance Between Us by Kasie West </span></b></a> is one of the cutest contemporary novels out there. This book is just adorable and I can't stress that enough. It has snark, humor, and a kickass heroine. Caymen Meyer's is from the poor class and Xander Spence is from the rich, upper class and soon their paths cross and it begins a love-hate relationship. I wasn't a fan of Kasie West's novel On The Fence, but I have loved all of her other books. She can take cliche concepts and turn them into something amazing. There's something magical in her writing. I stalk all of her interviews too, she's so snarky and hilarious.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16080353-out-of-control?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Out of Control by Sarah Alderson</span></b></a> is a novel that reminds me of the Fast & Furious movies. It's fast paced and it actually has a love story in it. It's about a girl name Liva who witnesses a murder happen, she comes across Jay who is a criminal, a thief. Together, they must find ways to survive throughout the night. It's really cute, and I did not expect myself to like it so much.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21570677-if-i-stay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>If I Stay by Gayle Forman</b></a> </span>is a novel that has stayed with me throughout high school and college life. It's about Mila who is an car accident with her family, now as her body is in shock and coma - she has an out of body experience and she must decide wheather she wants to live or die.. I loved this book, that ending made me bawl over. It's ironic how Adam's famous speech made me cry and everything else that was traumatic in this book didn't. The author sure can write amazing novels.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6408862-stolen?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Stolen by Lucy Christopher</span></a> </b>was the first book I read about Stockholm Syndrome.. besides Beauty & The Beast. It's honestly one of the most intriguing books I have read, now this is a squeak clean novel about a kidnapping and aduction. Gemma is kidnapped by Ty who has been in love with her for years.. Now that ending was fantastic, I feel this is how books about kidnappers should end. I did love Ty though even though he is messed up. It's one novel that is unforgettable.</li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15777621-this-song-will-save-your-life?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales</span></b> is about Elise</a> who has been bullied and she is on the verge of suicide.. It's about a girl who discovers a new life in the underground world of partying and DJ'ing. Now, I loved this novel and I also liked Char as well. It's a strong, contemporary novel about bullying. </li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13132816-emmy-oliver?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway</a></b> </span>is one of the cutest contemporary novels I have read this year, I'm also fond of that simple yet beautiful cover. Emmy & Oliver used to be best friends until Oliver disappeared..Oliver realizes he's been kidnapped by his father and now he has returned to his childhood home where he meets Emmy once again. Simply adorable, I also love how the author stands against slut-shaming and cliche concepts.</li>
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<br />Beenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718861012681693010noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3433746510084776903.post-85404425677135741522015-06-29T08:00:00.000-04:002015-07-07T22:02:58.704-04:00Double Review ♥ Fire & Flood Series by Victoria Scott.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fire & Flood</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Victoria Scott</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16069167-fire-flood" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic" border="0" src="http://i62.tinypic.com/2vmeo77.png" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher: </b>Scholastic Press (February 25, 2014)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>Genre: </b>Dystopian(maybe), Thriller, Young Adult</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Source:</b> Review copy was sent free of charge via Scholastic Press. Thank you Saraciea.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: inherit;"><b>Synopsis:</b> <strong style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Time is slipping away....</strong><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b>Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to Montana for the fresh air.</b> She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying—and she's helpless to change anything. </span><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b>Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness.</b> But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love, and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race. </span><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The jungle is terrifying, the clock is ticking, and Tella knows she can't trust the allies she makes. <b>And one big question emerges: Why have so many fallen sick in the first place?</b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Tella Holloway's brother is terminally sick and there is no medicine or drug out there that can cure him. Her parents move to Montana believing fresh air would help Colin. Soon, she receives a mysertious call to become a Contender in the Brimstone Blood which is an epic race across four ecosystems: jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain. If she wins, she can have the cure that will help her brother. Without hesitaion, Tella jumps at the opportunity, but there are other Contenders after the cure as well. Now Tella must find her way in the race - the jungle is her first stop. There is one question ticking though, why have so many people fallen sick in the first place?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Unpopular opinion time.. I actually really liked this series, <i>Fire & Flood</i>. I have read many negative reviews on this book and how it is almost a replica of <i>The Hunger Games.</i> Isn't THG a replica of <i>BATTLE ROYALE</i>?</span> I have read both books and it's insane how they're so many similarities. The only real difference is <i>Battle Royale </i>is more gruesome, and <i>THG</i> is more personal/family. With that being said, this book does have obvious elements of THG, but I'm surprised why no one is comparing it to Battle Royale, which is the original book for a dystopian government with some kind of competition(unless one exists before that). Don't get me wrong, <i>The Hunger Games</i> series is still fantastic, but is not unique and neither is the <i>Fire & Flood</i> series, it's just surprising most people barely even question <i>THG. </i><b>Regardless, I found the author's take on her series intriguing, it's probably inspired, and I don't believe it's an imitation because they're different plot lines.</b> The competition in this series is about survival and not killing. This sounds like a dystopian novel, but there is no wicked government here. It's all very secret. <b>Oh, and the new covers of this series are gorgeous. I hated the eyeballs. Sometimes simple covers are just as elegant as fancy ones. </b>The feathers symbolizes something major in the novel and the titles suit the books well too. I couldn't ask for a more perfect cover for both of these books.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tella Holloway is shallow, ignorant, vain, and she shows signs of stupidity.. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Without any research, she jumps at the opportunity to save her brother, however, she shows bravery, she's selfless, she loves animals, and she's <b>not</b> cruel. </span>Her character does slightly annoy the reader, but she does grow on you eventually. At the end of the day, she's a teenager and she's being to worry about her makeup and hair. I still do it, and I'm an adult. Although, in a death scenario, that would be the last thing on my mind. The male lead's name is Guy.. He's cold at first, but ultimately he is likeable once you get to know him. His name could have been more better. The romance was interesting as well and I so shipped their boat! I was rooting for both of these characters, I prefer Tella's character more though. She has yet to reach character growth, but she does goes get there slowly, but surely.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The Pandora's aspect in the novel was different, although it's similar to Digiman - it works though.</b> The Pandoras are animals that are digitally made, but they're actually real. They still eat(although, they can survive without food), you can still hold them and what not. The bond between Tella and her Pandora Maddox, her fox was adorable. Yes, she even names him. Her cutesy character reminded me a bit of Penryn from the <i>Angelfall </i>series, they both name their possessions, and they're innocent yet fiery. The world building plot was fascinating to read about, concepts about adventures are my most favorites. This book was a surprising read since I managed to like it quite a lot. The adventures in the ecosystems jungle and desert were amazing and the writing does have it's fair dose of humor. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">It's not the most original book out there, although, I do believe it's still great in it's own way.</span></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Everything Everything</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nicola Yoon</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><b>Thoughts:</b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"> </span><i style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Damage Done</b></span></i><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b> is a well-written thriller about twin characters, Julia and her sociopath brother. Her brother has killed people before, he is inhuman to other people's emotions but his twin sister.</b></span> Julia is now in a hometown with her family with a new identity, she is trying to start fresh, but someone from her past is not letting her. She's a complex character, although, I did like her overall. This thriller has plenty of potential, I even liked the romance between Julia and the male lead, he was adorable and I was smiling with their conversations.<b><span style="color: #e06666;"> The world building plot was quite intriguing, and I had to finish this novel in one setting. Now this is a disturbing book in young adult so be careful, the ending is open ended and I wish it wasn't. I wanted more, you know?</span></b> It can be bothersome when a thriller is left with an open ending. It's still an intriguing ending, but I wish there was more to it. Overall, it's a fantastic thriller with many twists and turns down the way that I had not expected at all. Recommended for fans of </span><i style="line-height: 22px;">The Ice Twins, and Dangerous Girls.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Thoughts:</b> Amy has lost her memory after an accident, and she does not remember anything for the past two years, even her boyfriend Adam. The concept reminded me of the book <i>The Vow, </i>although the author here approaches it with a different take.<i> </i>Everyone believes Adam and Amy were a perfect, happy couple but Amy sees him differently in her flashbacks. Well, hello to the guy on the cover! This is a new adult novel, so naturally it does have an angst but there is a plot twist when Amy has lost her memory. I thought the novel was well-written, and I couldn't wait to read what happens next.<b><span style="color: #e06666;"> I liked Amy's character but I didn't like Adam, he seemed crazy at times destroying the wall when he was angry and what not. I was disappointed mainly because the novel didn't offer anything new, I was excepting something different.</span></b> It's mainly a romance novel, and I do wish it was developed more. Recommended for fans of <i>The Vow</i>.</span><br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy, Adult, Romance</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Thoughts:</b> <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>How beautiful is that cover though.. unfortunately, the book itself was a bit terrible. </b></span>I'm not sure what I was thinking despite all the reviews that I asked my sister to buy me it. The heroine Sophie lives in a time with royal witches, once they reach their twenty-first birthday, they manifest their powers to their goddess. Sophie unknowingly to Cameron, a member of the royal guard, this makes her power not binded and dangerous. <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Now, this is a fairly long book, but this novel basically has no plot, it's just steamy scenes right away and I did not like any of the characters at all especially Sophie. </span></b>Sophie is frustrating - she's like a damsel in distress. There is no story here, this book is about 400 pages of a long teaser. It's depressing because the premise had a lot of potential. I'm surprised I even finished this novel to the very end. I'm not sure I even understood what I even read, there is nothing about this novel that is going to make me pick up the second book in the series - I only like the cover and title of this new series, that's about it. If you're looking for a better book about witches, you should try <i>Hex Hall.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #444444; line-height: 22px;">Thoughts: </b><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 22px;">There was been a lot of hype about this novel, and I have just gotten a chance to pick it up. The cover is amazingly beautiful, and I love how it actually looks like a jewel. Violet is a surrogate, she will be purchased at the surrogacy action to one of the royal families. The Jewel represents royalty - but behind the jewel lies many brutal truths.</span><span style="color: #e06666; line-height: 22px;"><b> I don't think this novel is as bad as everyone has been saying, the concept is unique and it is fascinating. </b></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">It's been compared to <i>The Hunger Games</i>, but I personally don't feel the vibes except for the dystopian aspect and the lady in the waiting who is similar to Cinna, that's about it. Otherwise, they're two different novels. This novel had plenty of potential, I thought this could easily be one of my favorites until the second half..</span></span><b style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> The first half was wonderful, however, the second half had an instant love boom out of nowhere. That bothers me a lot, I couldn't relate to the romance at all.</span></b><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 22px;"> The novel is well-written, and I found the concept very well done. I found myself enjoying this novel, and the ending was amazing though, so I do look forward to checking out the next book in the sequel. It's ironic how I usually end up liking a book everyone hates, and I usually dislike a book that everyone loves. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Summer has officially started! I like the summer because college is out, although, the heat and the weather just exhausts me. I prefer nighttime and mornings better, less sunshine. <b>My summer reading list mainly complies of books I have been wanting to read for sometime now. I won't be including review copies unless I'm quite eager to read them as well. Review copies are mostly obligations for me, they're usually not what I want to read at the moment(I'll still read them over the summer regardless) </b>Although they're are some review copies in my list. <b>I have about 118 books I own that I have not read, that's enough to last me the rest of the year so I'm hoping to read atleast 40 books this summer, </b>although I have about 60 books added to my list. It's incase I DNF a book so I have other optons. This is my personal list so here are the top twenty books on my list below.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23305614-finding-audrey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finding Audrey</a> </b>by Sophie Kinsella is a unique, contemporary novel is about fourteen year old Audrey who has an anxiety disorder. She meets Linus, and boom boom do I sense a romance? I think Sophie Kinsella is a fantastic author, and she's one of my favorites. I loved her book I<i>'ve Got Your Number</i>, and her new release mainly has good reviews from my fellow bloggers. This was a gift, and I wanted to read it because <a href="http://www.divabooknerd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelly from Diva Booknerd</a> seems to love it a lot!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15792316-split-second" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Split Second</b> </a>by Kasie West has been on my radar after I fell in love with the author's previous books, once again she's one of my favorite authors although, I didn't like her first book <i>On The Fence. </i>All of her other books are fantastic though. This is a paranormal series and a continuation and sequel to <i>Pivot Point</i>. The heroine Addie who has a gift, she can see two sides of the same story. Have you ever wondered WHAT IF you picked this choice? She can see both choices and which ends badly and good. She has psychic abilities almost, she can see the future, but she can only see her future. It's very different! Beautiful covers as well. This was a gift.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21393504-kalahari?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Kalahari</b></a> by Jessica Khoury is a series, but they're mainly companion novels, told from different people in the story. I haven't read her previous work before, but I'm really excited to read this. Adventure and survival on an isolated desert, jungle, or an island is my most favorite concept in a book, and this book has it. Five teens are stranded in the Kalahari and it's upto Sarah, the daughter of a zoologist to guide them. It also has a romance as well. I hear the book is fast paced so that's a great thing, so excited to dive into this book! This is a personal purchase.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23361172-paperweight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paperweight</a></b> by Meg Haston is a realistic novel about eating disorders. Stevie is in an eating disorder treatment center, and she plans to escape. If Stevie gets her way, she will commit suicide afterwards. It sounds heart breaking, but I do want to read this one. The cover is simple yet beautiful, and I love the title as well. This was a review copy.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/15084403-scarlet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Scarlet</b></a> by A.C Gaughen has been on my TBR for sometime now, this is one book that everyone seems to love. It's a retelling of Robin Hood.. but over here Robin Hood is a girl who is pretending to be a boy. I sense the Mulan concept here, but I do want to know where the author takes their own retelling. The cover is beautiful though, and I love the texture of the book itself - it's very soft and the flowers actually glow in the light. This was gifted from my sister, and I wanted to read it based on <a href="http://thedailyprophecy.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mel's review from The Daily Prophecy</a>!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13062488-the-lost-girl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>The Lost Girl </b></a>by Sangu Mandanna is quite the underrated novel I hear, it's about a girl name Eva who was created to take over someone's life after they have passed away. She is chosen to take over Amara's life after she has passed away. It's a pretty original concept. This was a personal purchase, I bought it because the girls at <a href="http://thebookbelles.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Book Belles</a> seem to loved it!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13062488-the-lost-girl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>The Storyteller </b></a>by Jodi Picoult, okay now I love almost every single book published by this author. She writes mainly adult books. She takes unique concepts and makes them so amazing. I love how different and realistic her books are, this is about Sage who befriends an old man, he asks Sage to kill him because he feels he deserves to die. Previously, he was a Nazi SS Guard. Now Sage's grandmother is a Holocaust survivor.. The cover fascinates me as well.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13450398-pretty-girl-13" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Pretty Girl 13 </b></a>by Liza Coley is a powerful psychological thriller about a girl who has lost her memory of the past three years. She has been missing those years, and one day she shows up at her family's doorsteps. I read a spoiler for this by accident, but I still want to read this novel though. It sounds amazing and really underrated.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23357188-bound-by-honor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bound by Honor</a> </b>by Cora Reilly is about arrange marriages in the mafia, books about mafia romance are one of my guilty pleasures! This is a personal purchase. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6449920-dragonfly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dragonfly</a> </b>by Julia Golding is another novel about arrange marriages, I like reading books about arrange marriages mainly because of the culture I'm from. Princess Taoshira is ordered to marry Prince Ramil and of course they hate each other. The cover is gorgeous though. This is a review copy.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23555803-fire-flood?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fire & Flood</a> </b>by Victoria Scott is one novel I recently started reading - it does remind me of The Hunger Games but hey, THG isn't original either. Battle Royale anyone? I do like it so far, but the heroine is pretty damn annoying at some parts. It's about a group of people, all age ranges in a competition for a cure for the deadly illness of their loved ones. The cure found can cure any deadly disease. The cure concept is different though. This is a review copy.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22718682-devoted?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Devoted</b></a> by Jennifer Matheiu is a story about religion and faith. Rachel Walker is devoted to God, but now she is looking for answers on why her family has turned away from the outside world. She can't find answers in neither her church or her homeschool education. The cover is amazing and this is a personal purchase.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21851568-hidden-huntress" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hidden Huntress</a></b> by Danielle L. Jensen is the sequel to <i>Stolen Songbird</i>, it's about trolls and witches. I really loved the first book where the heroine Cecile is kidnapped and forced to marry the Troll King Tristan in order to break the curse the witch Anushka has placed on them. Soo excited, although I'm not liking that cover.. Personal purchase.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17788889-damsel-distressed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Damsel Distressed</a></b> is a fairytale retelling.. except from the stepsister's perspective. I feel this is more accurate of what <i>Cinderella</i> should have been. The stepsister is usually who suffers the most because the biological daughter is horrible to her. It's very different! This was gifted.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18371031-winter-s-tale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winter's Tale</a></b> by Mark Helprin - I own this for one year now and I still haven't read it, it sounds amazing but the book itself is huge! I love the movie cover though. It's about a common man who goes into a mansion to steal.. and later discovers the daughter is still in the house. I sense a romance about to boom, soo cute - this was was a personal purchase.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12558285-splintered" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Splintered </a>by A.G Howard is the fairytale retelling of <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> - the covers are all so pretty though, and I know I'm behind on popular books, but hey I'm updated on new releases! This is a personal purchase.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>P.S I Still Love You</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jenny Han</span></b><br />
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<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher:</span> Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (May 26, 2015)</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Language:</span> English</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-13:</span> 978-1442426733</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello June! It's been three weeks since I last updated with my mid-monthly posts, I can't always post them every week because I'm too busy these days.. The posts will too much so I will just highlight what were the most popular posts this June. Lots of books these past three weeks - I've already read some of these so I'll try including an update about the actual content of the book as well! Happy reading :)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>My birthday was on June 5, I turned 22 years old! </b>No more forever 21 which is rather depressing. My mother surprised me in bed by singing "Happy Birthday" and giving me balloons. I spent the later of the day with family at home where I cut my ice cream cake. I would have taken pictures of the balloons, but they have almost died out now. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>My older sister's birthday was this June as well,</b> I would reveal her age but it's impolite to do that so let's just skip that. We're both Gemini's! We went by the lake and then to the Afghan restaurant that we all love. Our car actually broke down because my mother unintentionally left the headlights on which caused the battery to die, but later on we jump start it and it was fine. (LOL what a birthday!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I'm kind of in a blogging slump for the past week</b>, I have tons of amazing ideas of reviews and discussion, but I just took a break from my laptop. It was more relaxing time for me, since I feel overwhelmed with all the review copy deadlines and college work. I'm much better now though & oh, yeah I'm still coughing. Now that much anymore, but it's still there.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy father's day to all the amazing fathers out there as well as mine :)</span></b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Ramadan has started on my end! Happy Ramadan Mubarak to those who are celebrating it -</b> Ramadan is an 30 day fast that lasts a month. It starts with the dawn prayer at 3:45 a.m and it ends at 7:31 p.m. The timings change according to the sunrise and sunset. We're not allowed to eat, drink, abstain from music, sexual activity, profanity, and so on. The idea behind Ramadan is to keep our bodies pure and keep our minds humble when we fast, but also when the fast ends we shouldn't forget what we been doing - we also give a lot to charity, and the humbling part comes in when we realize the importance of simply water and food. We realize how the poor must feel and we thank Allah for everything he has blessed us with. It's a beautiful month, and it does reward you in the end with the Muslim Holiday Eid-Ul-Fitur and later Eid-Ul-Adha. We dress in our prettiest traditional clothes, in the morning we attend Eid prayers at the mosque. I find it really beautiful that 200 people bow down at the same time and pray together. Later, we go out with family and friends and stuff ourselves with the finest of the food at a hotel/restaurant. Our gatherings usually involve around 200 people, and trust me, the food is very diverse and delicious. We also hold rafflecopter giveaways and prizes and we don't play music there. There is a fee, but it depends. Sometimes the indvidual pays, other times the organizer does. It's not only for Muslims, if you have a non-Muslim friend who wants to come - they can. This is probably the day we binge eat because we've been abstaining from food and drinking for so long. </span></li>
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<a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/05/book-dual-books-with-similar-concepts.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6/28 Feminist Reflections Discussion: Book Dual of Similar concepts</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/06/underrated-books-need-love-too.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/4 Feminist Reflections Discussion: Underrated Books</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/06/ten-mini-reviews-immaculate-written-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/6 Ten Mini Reviews</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/06/book-tour-arc-review-hello-i-love-you.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/9 Book Tour: Hello, I Love You & Giveaway</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/06/want-vs-need-differntiating-between.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/11 Feminist Reflections Discussion: Want vs Need.</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.feministreflections.com/2015/06/brokenskies.html" target="_blank">1/12 Broken Skies by Theresa Kay Revie</a>w</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6/22 <i>P.S I Still Love You</i> by Jenny Han</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">6/25 Feminist Reflections Discussion Topic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">6/26 #Eight Mini Reviews <i>Damage Done, Everything Everything, Delicate Monsters, I've Got Your Number, Devoted, Remembering Us, The Shattered Court, </i>and <i>Brutal Youth.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you to <b>St. Martins Press/Griffin, Kate Publicity, Penguin Teen, Amazon SKyscape, Abram Books, Soho Teen, HarperTeen, Luxury Reading, Simon & Schuster Teen, BloomHill Books, Albert Whitman Teen </b>for the review copies! These are just so many to add the links for goodreads individually. I'll do the tags only for the ones I have read so far.</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20764638-broken-skies?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>Broken Skies</b></i></a><b>: </b>A treasure that is really underrated, I would really recommend. 4/5.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19542841-more-happy-than-not?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>More Happy Than Not</b></i></a><b>: </b>Yay to diversity in young adult books, a well-written book on LGBT.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20698530-p-s-i-still-love-you?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>P.S I still Love You</b></i></a><b>: </b>I loved this one much more than the first one, although the concept of this four square is very cliche. 4.5/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23014725-delicate-monsters?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Delicate Monsters</i></b></a><b><i>: </i></b>I'm not sure if I even understood this book, it wasn't for me. 2.5/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19542831-damage-done?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Damage Done:</a></b> </i>Well, this was one was amazing.. recommends for fans of <i>Dangerous Girls.</i></span></li>
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><b>Twenty-two books from my older sister on my 22nd birthday.</b> She's the best! She actually wanted to buy me a professional canan/nikon camera that costed more than $500, but I asked for books instead. I love photography, I really do but I have no need for a super expensive camera as of right now - I will let her get that for me next year. Hey atleast, she was getting a bargain - the total for these books came out to be $150. The 22 books was really unintentional, she wanted me to buy 25 books, but I was taking forever to narrow it down and I chose 22 instead. (Ignore the bad quality of this picture). I've only read two of these books yet,<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12033455-i-ve-got-your-number?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <i>I've Got Your Number</i></a>(5/5) and <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23281690-the-shattered-court?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Shattered Court</a></i>(2/5).</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11988046-pivot-point?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pivot Point</a></i>: Kasie West has done it again, the covers are gorgeous for this series, and I really liked the paranormal aspect of this book. 4.5/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8490112-daughter-of-smoke-bone?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" target="_blank">Daughter of Smoke & Bone</a>:</i> I renewed this again, since I didn't get to finish it the last time.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18782855-princess-of-thorns?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Princess of Thorns</a>: </b>So disappointed in this one when I loved the author's previous work. I'm quite fed up with the girl pretending to be a boy, please stop copying Mulan. 1/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9464733-beauty-queens?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beauty Queens: </a></i>I heard so much about this book, but it's just so weird, I didn't like any of the characters. 1/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18081228-the-orphan-queen?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Orphan Queen:</a> </b>Defo.. not for me. It was very boring, and it offered nothing new. 1/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22489107-fairest?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fairest:</a> </b>The writing bored me.. It wasn't for me. 1/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alienated Cliche, cliche cliche. SOO disappointed. Beautiful cover though. 1/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12578077-obsidian?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Obsidian:</a></i></b> I'm not sure why people like the idea of a cocky, judgmental alien who thinks he "knows how you are" at first meeting.. I didn't like any of the characters at all. 1/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307-graceling?from_search=true&search_version=service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Graceling: </a></i></b>I can't get into this series, it's very boring.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11235712-cinder?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cinder</a>: </i></b>I just cannot get into this series, I DNF the first time, but then I tried it again and read more than halfway, and it's still a DNF. It's just boring for me, and it has nothing like the Cinderella concept. A Mechanical Cinderella? That's different, but the writing bores me. Pretty cover though. 1/5</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16068780-the-jewel?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Jewel</a>: </i></b>The first half was amazing, but in the second half, the insta love annoyed me and the romance was a disaster. 3.5/5</span></li>
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<a href="http://www.thefandom.net/tv-shows/tahereh-mafis-shatter-me-series-coming-to-television/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The series <i>Shatter Me</i> has been optioned for tv.. [Yikes! More action, less romance please]</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/red-queen-writer-reveals-cover-715795" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elizabeth Banks is directing the movie <i>Red Queen</i>.. (oh why please I hated RQ??)</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ellen-degeneres-produce-adaptation-naomi-800931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ellen DeGeneres will produce <i>Uprooted</i>(Omg yes yes! I love them both)</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grey-Fifty-Shades-Told-Christian/dp/1101946342" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christian Grey has his own book! I admit, I have a bit curious now.</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Faye @ The Social Potato <a href="http://thesocialpotato.maryfaye.net/2015/06/05/say-it-with-bubbles-vampire-academy-movie-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shares a hilarious Vampire Academy review with bubbles.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Amir @ Not So Literary discusses <a href="http://www.notsoliterary.com/2015/06/plagiarism-is-not-a-game/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">plagiarism is not a game</a> and <a href="http://www.notsoliterary.com/2015/06/whats-on-my-kindle-do-you-really-want-to-know/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what's on her kindle(hilarious!)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Heidi @ Rainy Day Ramblings discusses <a href="http://www.rainydayramblings.com/rainydayramblings/2015/06/tell-me-something-tuesday-106-what-makes-a-memorable-read.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what makes a memorable read?</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cait @ Paper Fury wants to <a href="http://paperfury.com/can-i-guess-what-style-of-book-covers-you-adore-quiz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">guess what style of book cover do you love?</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeann @ Hapy Indulgence Books <a href="http://www.happyindulgencebooks.com/2015/06/20/chatterbox-i-want-a-social-media-off-button/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wants a social media off button</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lola @ Lola Reviews discusses <a href="http://lolasreviews.com/lolas-ramblings-what-influences-your-enjoyment-of-a-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what influences your enjoyment in books</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jillian @ Jillian's Books <a href="http://jilliansbooks.blogspot.com/2015/06/an-introduction-brand-new-features.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shares new spotlight features including one on underrated books.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mel @ The Daily Prophecy shares <a href="http://thedailyprophecy.blogspot.com/2015/06/unpopular-opinion-book-tag.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unpopular opinion tag</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Are beautiful covers more attractive?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"><b>OF COURSE.. but not every beautiful book cover holds your attention. </b>The first thing I always notice is the cover and then the title. That's not really enough to make me read the book though. I need to know the premise/blurb before I purchase and read the book. I also need to know if my blogging buddies I trust have reviewed them or other bloggers I look upto for recommendations. Beautiful covers aren't everything though, sometimes the book cover can be gorgeous but have a crappy story. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">YES .. and NO. For the most part it's a yes for me because I don't have the time and patience to go through EVERY SINGLE book at the bookstore and check out the blurb. I pick whatever I'm looking for, or something that catches my eyes. It's not always good to judge by covers though, because some books with bad covers have a beautiful story. If I do pick up a book with a not-so-good cover, I still read the blurb. It's either the title or cover that catches my eyes. <b>I do believe you do need a good cover to attract publicity, if the cover isn't appealing - the book will probably be ignored. </b>It doesn't have to be super fancy or anything like that, I love simplicity as well - something that is unique and looks appealing.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Broken Skies</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Theresa Kay</span></b><br />
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<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher:</span> Skyscape (January 13, 2015)</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A deadly virus has mutated, and it has wiped out more than 90 percent of the world, so naturally when Earth is barely populated - someone from the outside will come over to take over. The aliens have arrived known as the E'rikson. They ignore the humans and have no contact with them until they come across Jace. Jax(Jasmine) and Jace are siblings, they're twins and one of the few survivors on Earth. Women are a necessity to the human race since they're so less, they are needed for future offspring's. Jax want's no part of being promised to a man so Jax and her twin Jace hunt to survive. <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">One day, Jace is abducted by the E'rikson, the aliens. Jax can't do anything but watch in a horrifying manner. Soon, she finds a ally in Lir, a young teenager of the E'rikson who was left behind by his ship.</span> The two of them form an alliance, with Jax who will help Lir through human territory and into the city because chances are the humans will kill the alien and Lir has no idea which path leads to where since he is unfamiliar with Earth. The alien promises Jax that he will sneak her into the E'rikson city where she can find her brother. Soon, she discovers a shocking secret that could effect the aliens and humanity forever.. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, hello to this beautiful cover.. Yes to readheads! There's not many in young adult novels when most tend to be blonde or either brunette. The model on the cover is gorgeous though, I also like how Skyscape has an amazing texture to their paperback books. It's so soft, almost like rubber. Anyway, moving on this was a wonderful story to read, and it has been on my TBR for quite some time now! <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">I'm surprised how underrated this novel is, it mainly has good reviews - but not many people are aware of it. PICK IT UP ALREADY. </span>Broken Skies has been compared to many popular novels already, it has similar vibes to <i>Lux</i>, <i>Angelfall</i>, and <i>Alienated</i> but they're all unique books from each other.<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"> I have always found aliens fascinating, so it's always great to read more about them. </span></span></li>
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