tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62039902422165854872024-03-13T20:18:10.533-07:00Book~a~liciousAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-73222763782427064262014-10-12T10:29:00.001-07:002014-10-12T10:29:36.952-07:00Bookish Scenarios Book Tag!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I saw this tag on BookTube and decided to do it on my blog for fun. :D I'm almost certain this tag was created by JesseTheReader. If I am wrong, please let me know!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b><i>This is one of my favorite books, so I'd definitely have to keep this one!</i></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b><i>Contemporary- For a while now, I haven't been reading as much contemporary as I used to, so I don't remember most of the ones I've read before or whether or not I liked them! :/ </i></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Fantasy- IGNITE ME BY TAHEREH MAFI! The Shatter Me trilogy is one of my favorite book series of all time, and I definitely recommend this trilogy to everyone. It was amazing!</i></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white;">2. You're at the bookstore and you hear a teenager telling their mom they don't like to read, but their mom insists they pick something. You walk over and recommend a book you think is great for people who aren't big on reading - what book is it?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><i>I would snatch The Hunger Games off of that shelf and shove it into their arms! The Hunger Games was my very first Young Adult book and brought me into the YA world! It's the perfect book for those who don't really enjoy reading because it's interesting, fast paced, and just SO GOOD. It has just about everything someone could want in a book. :)</i></b></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">3. You're not feeling yourself and need a pick me up. Which book do you read to put yourself in a great mood?</b><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 15px;">To put myself in a great mood, I would run for a book from the Shatter Me trilogy. I love t</span>hat trilogy so much, just holding it in my hands puts me in a great mood!</i></b></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white;">4. You go back in time for a day to your teenage years. What book would you most likely have caught yourself reading?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><b><i>Well, I am in my 'teenage years' currently, so I can't exactly answer this question! However, looking back, I would have caught myself reading The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. :)</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><i>Ahh, this question is so hard! There are wayyy too many books for me to choose from. However, I think I would go with Beautiful Creatures because it's really long and all around amazing!</i></b></span></span><br />
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<b><i><u>Day 1: October TBR</u></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>For this month's October TBR, I plan to read The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd, The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross, The Kill Order by James Dashner, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, and The House Girl by Tara Conklin. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>For this challenge, I chose Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers. This book has a total of 566 pages. I probably have books with more pages than this, but this was the first one I came across. </i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this challenge, I chose the Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa. :) I didn't want to go with one that most would pick, such as the Mortal Instruments, so I chose this series! Although I haven't read all of them yet, the ones I have read have been amazing and 5/5 stars! </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I skipped Day 4 since the last movie I watched was a princess movie with my sister! :)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was searching through my bookshelves, and I literally could not find any green books! These were the only ones I found, and the shades are completely different! </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-The Maze Runner by James Dashner</span></i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-28575247654814481902014-10-05T10:36:00.002-07:002014-10-05T10:36:25.101-07:00Update: Where this Blog is GoingHi! :) It's been so long since I've made a post, and I'm tired of using school and stress as my excuse now! From now on, all bookish things I want to do on Goodreads, 'Bookstagram,' and blogging will be a part of my homework now. :)<br />
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Since I've been posting and doing more bookish updates on Instagram, I realized that I could just transfer them onto my blog as a blog post for those of you who don't have an Instagram.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-79536910565858501812014-06-19T15:19:00.000-07:002014-06-19T15:22:12.384-07:00This or That Book Tag!<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Physical book! Nothing tops holding the book in your hand, and being able to smell the pages. Even an electronic can't beat that! </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The only time I've actually read an audio book was in school. Other than that, I've never read one that I've bought myself. I think it's a lot easier to get distracted when you aren't the one reading the book. I always prefer to have the book in hand! </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Paperback is a lot more comfortable and cheaper, while hardcovers are a bit bulkier and bigger. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>When I go to pick up a book, if it interests me then I will buy it regardless of whether or not it's a series or standalone, but with series, you get to be with the characters more and the stories are more complex, so I'll go with series. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 18px;">BOOK MARKS! Bending the pages is just slowly destroying the book! I like to keep my books in the best condition possible, so I definitely prefer book marks. In hard covers, I fold the dust jacket flap on the page that I left off on, </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">primarily</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> because I usually always lose my book marks, and this doesn't hurt the book!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"In the poor town of Carp, New York, a group of teens enters a high-stakes game that involves a series of secretive, possibly deadly challenges throughout the summer, with the winner receiving more than $50,000-- enough money to start a new life."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Review/Talk: So many people on BookTube and on Goodreads have given this book 4/5 stars, 5/5 stars, so I was extremely excited when I came back home from the bookstore with this book. I just knew that I was going to love it just as many others had. However, starting from page one, I was never drawn into the story. The story starts off with the beginning 'challenge' of Panic which is 'The Jump'. Already, the main character starts talking about some boy who she loves and is frantically searching for him, only to find him with someone else. It is because of this that she decides to enter the game 'Panic', which I thought was the worst possible reason to enter. Although her reasons changed throughout the book, her very first reason was because her boyfriend had cheated on her. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought that this whole game would have been more organized instead of the way it was. I thought there would be this one area where multiple different obstacles were held, not just whatever was in the neighborhood. For an example, if there was a 'haunted house' in Carp that people were known to be afraid of, that's where one challenge would be held. If there was some crazy person in the neighborhood that people were afraid of, that's where a challenge would be held. It all just seemed like really stupid homemade challenges that teens would do in a game of Truth or Dare. Yes, some of them were really crazy, but most of them were really stupid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usually, in a good story, you fall in love with the characters, but in this story, I absolutely did not. They were like most teens that you see on TV shows now, going to parties and drinking and what not. There was nothing interesting about these characters, and I did not like them AT ALL. The main character was very blah ,and when she was not with the others, we learn about her life at home. We learn about her relationship with her sister and her parents, and the same thing repeats throughout the story. We are also introduced to Anne, which is the woman that the main character, Heather, begins to work for. I felt like this was so out of place. We go from a crazy teen party to talking about her job with chickens and tigers and dogs. <i>What? </i>To me, it didn't fit into the story at all, and it was such a weird transition. I loved when we see her working at Anne's house, but to me, it felt like the readers were in a different world compared to the other parts of the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was also very confused throughout this book and some of the individual challenges, but I don't want to spoil you guys, so I'm not going to go into detail about that, but I didn't really know what was going on during parts of this book. I was frustrated and angry because it just didn't make sense. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just talking about the book brings me back into the world ,and I hated it so much. I regret buying this book, since I am not able to go to the bookstore often. I liked Delirium, by Lauren Oliver, but this book was just not good at all to me. I was very disappointed, and I hope that I am not the only one who thinks this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What did you think of Panic by Lauren Oliver? Let me know in the comments!</b></span><br />
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I'd do a quick update post on what I've been doing book related and in regular
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Book of the Week:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I am currently on page 132 of Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton. I'll see how far I'll get today! I'll keep you all posted if I start a new book this week as well! I'm really enjoying it more than I thought I would so far. I better change the subject before I start getting into a review! ;-)</span></span><br />
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more information on this, I'll be posting a separate post all about it, and the
link to the group in which you can find it in! This is the 6th 2 month challenge that the admins of Crazy For Young Adult Books have created, and I'm super excited! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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Teenage Witch, a TV show that I loved when I was younger. It brings back so
many memories sitting down and watching it again. :-) I haven't read the books,
but I'm sure they're even better than the show. Books always are!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Apps</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">: I
recently just downloaded the Blogger app, so now I can keep posting on-the-go or
when I don't have access to a computer! In fact, I'm using it right now! This
will be my first time using it, so hopefully it'll work out. :-) </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-41262292218533342502013-07-28T19:51:00.003-07:002013-07-28T19:51:58.963-07:00Day and Night Tag!<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
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</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I mainly read more at night. I honestly don't know why! I never
feel the urge to read during the day like I do at night.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Well, I have a serious and silly one. Between
Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys made me understand how lucky I am. Some people
are living with no food, no money, and nowhere to stay. Compared to them, I'm
living like a queen. The silly one is Between the Lines by Jodie Picoult. It
made me to start thinking that maybe the characters within stories are actually
alive, and have to keep acting out their story over and over whenever someone
opens the book. Silly right?</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">No, but there might be someone out there in the world who is
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</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Before, I didn't mind loaning my books out. Honestly, I did it
all the time! However, one time I leant out two of my books to two different
friends, and I didn't get back until 2 years later. One of them was in decent
condition, but the other was in complete shambles! Looks like I learned my
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</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I never used to smell my books until I heard that some people
did. I'm thinking to myself,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>why
do they do that?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>So I smelled
one of my books just to see if I could get a better understanding of why they
do it! Hahaha! :-)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Well, everyone in the world is different. Some
people love to read, while others don't. To me, a booklover, I think it's a
negative thing, but to be honest, not everyone is going to like the same things
as you. I just think that the people that don't read are really missing
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</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I try to keep my books in the best condition possible! I'm not
saying they all look like I just bought them yesterday, but I<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>try<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>my best. ;-)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">G: Gosh! I have to many books! True or False?</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">There is no such thing as too many books. ;-) </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">H: Have
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Not to
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">T: Toned
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">I tag Shirin over at <a href="http://www.straightfromthereadersmouth.blogspot.com/">Straight From The Reader's Mouth!</a></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-89676766924430178582013-07-27T12:25:00.001-07:002013-07-27T12:25:12.091-07:00Cover Changes Part 1 <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all have them! There are just some things that truly irk us about books! It could be something about the physical characteristics of a book, or the actual content of the book. Today, I will be sharing with each of you my book pet peeves! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Cover Changes! This is one of my biggest pet peeves in the whole wide world. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind if new covers are released after the series have been completed. However, if they change the cover to something completely different, right in the middle of a series....UGH! Wouldn't you think it'd be so much trouble to have to come up with a whole new cover design instead of keeping the original?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes, I like the new covers better than the original. For example, Stephanie Perkins' novels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the new covers: </span> <img alt="description" height="200" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/8723259689_3694414d62_z.jpg" width="400" /> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gorgeous right? It took a minute for me to get used to for a while, but once it did, they began to grow on me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the original covers: </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><br /></span></span> <img alt="description" height="250" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358271931l/6936382.jpg" width="150" /> ~~ <img alt="description" height="250" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358271832l/9961796.jpg" width="150" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Usually, I absolutely hate when publishers change the covers of books right in the middle of a series or companion novels. To be honest, I love the new covers! I think they should have printed Isla and the Happily Ever After the same way as the original covers, for the people who already own them in the old covers. The new covers are so pretty, and looks perfect next to each other. Even the spines look nice. I never liked covers with real people of them. I mean, sometimes it's fine, but not when they have them do awkward poses or are in weird set ups. I just find them to be so cheesy sometimes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll definitely be one of those ordering the new covers. :-D Gorgeous!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>BUT</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">When they completely ruin the way the series looks, I'm extremely angry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">Take the Across the Universe trilogy. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">Beautiful! The third book must look equally pretty as well, right?<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WRONG.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">Look at what they've done:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">I'm not saying this cover is ugly. It's actually really nice, but the point is, is that it is completely different from the rest of the books! If you want to turn books into a trilogy, you have to make them go together, like a trilogy! You can do this with the covers all you want, as long as you finish the original! I might consider buying the United Kingdom edition of Shades of Earth since it has the same sort of galaxy theme. Why do publishers do these type of things to us? I just don't understand. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">What do you think of cover changes? Let's discuss down below!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-13692672727595455952013-07-25T17:13:00.003-07:002013-07-29T19:54:14.801-07:00The Selection by Kiera Cass Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Author: Kiera Cass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Rating: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">✰</span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">✰</span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">✰</span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">✰</span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">✰</span></span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;"> 5 </span><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">stars</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Genre: YA Fiction</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Page Number: 327</span><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> pages</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Synopsis provided by Goodreads:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" /><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.265625px;"> <b><u>Quickie Review</u></b>: Ever since I bought this book at Books-a-million, I couldn't wait to start it. I've heard nothing but good things about this book, so I had extremely high expectations. I was definitely <b>not </b>let down. This book was <b>AMAZING! </b>You know that feeling you get when your so close to finishing a book, and you can't wait to feel that accomplishment of completing once again, another book? (Maybe it's just me) With this book, I didn't want it to end. I wanted the story to go on and on and on. I found myself falling in love with each of the characters which I don't usually do. I completely fell in love with the world, and I applaud Kiera Cass for writing such a <b>phenomenal</b> book. If you're hesitant about reading this book because of all the hype, or whatever reason you may be putting it off, you need to stop whatever you're doing right now and pick it up. The characters are amazing, and you will find yourself getting so attached to each and every one of them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17.265625px;">3- The people in caste Three are teachers, writers, inventors, etc.</span><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"> All girls who are chosen for the Selection are automatically moved up from whatever caste number they belong to, to a Three unless you are a two. Our main character, America, is bumped up from a Five to a Three once she is chosen. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px;">Author: Sarah Dessen</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-14277705212912981732013-07-19T12:38:00.001-07:002013-07-19T12:38:37.388-07:00Breaking the Spines Tag!Most of these tags I will be pulling from some of my favorite YouTube videos! I'm obsessed with tags, so I thought I'd start sharing my opinion with all of you on my blog! Let's get started!<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>This is an extremely hard question! I can imagine someone reading a book over and over again just because they love it, and the spine will eventually break, they just can't help it. However, I can also imagine someone not caring about their books, and bending and twisting it as they please. Mostly, I think that the book was well loved (unless it was cheaply made)</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;" /><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">5. Because the spines on hardback books can't visibly break, do you prefer buying hardback books over paperback books? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand…</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town…until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more? Violet’s grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery...who makes you want to kiss back. Violet’s already so knee-deep in love, she can’t see straight. And that’s just how River likes it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Blending faded decadence and the thrilling dread of gothic horror, April Genevieve Tucholke weaves a dreamy, twisting contemporary romance, as gorgeously told as it is terrifying—a debut to watch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, if that doesn't suck you in, I don't know what will! </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-50392902056531953022013-07-03T14:05:00.003-07:002013-07-03T14:05:52.902-07:00The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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sure what to expect. I'm happy to say that I really enjoyed the story, and I
recommend it to anyone looking for a light and fun read. A lot of people that
have read this book say that they weren't a big fan of the 'insta-love' in the
story, but I didn't see it that way at all. For a book that takes place in a 24
hour time period, I don't think there's room for a friendship to start to turn
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wasn't mentioned in the description of the book at all, and that was the fact
that her dad was getting remarried. This was a major part of the story because
it contains flashbacks of how Hadley and her mother dealt with the divorce and
his remarriage. The whole reason why Hadley was even at the airport heading to
London was for her father's wedding, which wasn't mentioned in the description
either. If you've ever had to cope with your parents' divorce, I think this
would be a really good book for you to relate to. Family is also a major aspect
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what it's like to go through divorce, having to meet your new stepmother, and
missing a flight! Hadley misses her flight by 4 minutes,</span> causing her to
have to re-schedule, causing her to meet Oliver. It's funny how if she hadn't
had so many delays that morning, she wouldn't have met Oliver. It's the usual
story in which girl meets guy at airport, they end up sitting next to each
other on the plane, and falling in love. They're up all night on the plane
talking about their lives, and before they know it, it's over, and they lose
eachother after the arrival. The rest of the book is about whether or not
they'll find each other, and if Hadley can make it to her father's wedding on
time. The only thing I didn't like about this book was the fact that there were
soo many flash backs. I think the author was trying to show us more about
Hadley's life, and everything leading up to meeting Oliver, but I just didn't
like that. All in all, I give this book a 4.5 out 5 stars. Go read it! </div>
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The books I've read in June:<br />
Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts ~4 stars<br />
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith ~5 stars<br />
Altered by Jennifer Rush~ 5 stars<br />
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin ~4.5 stars<br />
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl ~5 stars<br />
Shelter by Harlan Coben This book deserves more than~ 5 stars!<br />
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Look forward to seeing my reviews on these books as well!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">For the 30 day book challenge you have 2 choices:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">1. You can read 1 book a day for 30 days</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Or</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">2. You can read a certain amount of pages a day to equal out to the amount of pages you wish to read in the total 30 days.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">ex: If my goal was to read 6,000 pages for the 30 day challenge, I'd divide that by 30 end up having to read 200 pages a day for 30 days. This will equal up to my goal of 6,000 pages. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">*option number 2 is easier* :D</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">More information is listed here in this video: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcZDF7EsquU&feature=youtube_gdata_player" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcZDF7...</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Let us know in the comments what books you're going to be reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, everyone, the Legend of the Seeker is my FAVORITE show as you will soon come to know. I've watched all episodes of every season MULTIPLE times. Literally. *Fangirl moment* AHHHHHHH! Okay, I'm done. Now back to business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you don't know already, the Legend of the Seeker (LotS) has been cancelled and didn't come back for a 3rd season. I believe it was cancelled back in 2010...? Anyways, I came to tell you guys about http://www.smgo.tv, a website that is dedicated to bringing back popular TV shows that were cancelled. With the help of the Save Our Seeker campaign, we've exceeded our goal in getting enough votes! In fact, we actually went OVER the 15,000 votes!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">"Our goal is to get a cable TV network interested in purchasing a 13-episode run of </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Legend of the Seeker</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">." And as you can see, the voting is still open! The more votes we can get the better! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-60831885399887312652013-06-15T13:40:00.001-07:002013-06-15T13:40:05.542-07:00Veronica Roth!<div class="bigGreyBoxBody" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-7939765127074675342013-06-15T13:35:00.001-07:002013-06-15T13:42:41.511-07:00BOOKTUBE-A-THON!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695121998306329214noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203990242216585487.post-50452118993685195192013-06-14T15:10:00.000-07:002013-06-14T17:05:25.319-07:00Altered by Jennifer Rush~ Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Title: Altered</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Author: Jennifer Rush</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purchased: Books~a~million</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rating: <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">✰ 4.5 </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 33px; text-align: center;">✰'s</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Jennifer Rush's debut novel had me turning pages long into the night. Thrilling and suspenseful, Altered surprised me in the best possible way." ~Michelle Hodkin</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe?</em><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Jennifer Rush's debut novel had me turning pages long into the night. Thrilling and suspenseful, Altered surprised me in the best possible way." ~Michelle Hodkin</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't agree more with Michelle Hodkin. I was literally up all night reading this book. When I first started it, I was interested, but not intrigued. But as I read more and more, I found myself unable to put it down. It was fast-paced and full of action! <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">It left me wanting more and I loved the character development. Jennifer Rush had me shocked at every page and I can't wait for book 2 to come out!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jennifer Rush lives in a little town on the shoreline of Lake Michigan with her husband and two children. She grew up wanting to be an Egyptologist, but realized she hated the desert and declared herself a writer instead. She won her first writing award in the fourth grade (a Mickey Mouse pencil was the prize) and has been crafting stories ever since. In her free time, she likes to read, Photoshop, and consume large amounts of caffeine.</span></span><br />
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" A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense.... I couldn't stop reading."-- Stephen King.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.1875px;">Suzanne Collins has had a successful and prolific career writing for children's television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. Collins made her mark in children's literature with the New York Times bestselling five-book series for middle-grade readers The Underland Chronicles, which has received numerous accolades in both the United States and abroad. In the award-winning The Hunger Games trilogy, Collins continues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. Collins lives with her family in Connecticut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novel, David Levithan introduces readers to what <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> calls a "wise, wildly unique" love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.</span></b></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With his new novel, David Levithan, bestselling co-author of <i>Will Grayson, Will Grayson</i>, and <i>Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist</i>, has pushed himself to new creative heights. He has written a captivating story that will fascinate readers as they begin to comprehend the complexities of life and love in A’s world, as A and Rhiannon seek to discover if you can truly love someone who is destined to change every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went into this book having very high expectations and I don't know what to say. This is probably going to be one of the hardest reviews I'd ever have to right due to the fact that I've had mixed feelings for this book. I was very interested in the plot and I think that was what had drawn me to the book in the first place. A person that wakes up everyday in a different body, living a different life. So because of that, my expectations for this book was very high. *I'll refer to 'A' as a "he" because in the book, he does not consider himself woman or man because everyday he wakes up as someone different"*Everything from the writing style to the plot of the book was very well written, so I had very few cons with this book. The cons I did have was the extent of "A" and Rhiannon's romance. I felt that A was very obsessed with Rhiannon, which made me have my doubts about this book. It was as if on every page he was talking about how much he needed to see her. I understand that he loved her and he hasn't felt this way many times for other people, but it made him very annoying. I felt that he didn't need to see Rhiannon as much as he felt like he did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know the book was suppose to be about him and Rhiannon and how he tries to be with her even though everyday he wakes up in a different body, a different gender, in a different home, but it's like he spent every waking moment thinking about Rhiannon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pg 48- "In a town that's about a 4 hour drive from where Rhiannon lives" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pg 51- "In a town only an hour away from Rhiannon's"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this continues for all the next chapters. I think the author should've spent less time on his love for Rhiannon (because I think we all know he's crazy about her). Besides, the romance, we also learn how he feels waking up in someone else's body each day. I loved how beautifully it was written , and the quotes in the story were fantastic. It makes you look differently at the world. It makes you appreciate the life you live because you are lucky. All in all, I rate this book a 4 out of 5 stars. I recommend this to everyone and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...Continued from the previous review. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another problem I had with this book was how 'A' didn't understand that Rhiannon would be uncomfortable with still seeing him when he wakes us as a girl sometimes. It's completely normal for him, but it's new to Rhiannon. She didn't feel right being with him when he was a girl, or when he was 'overweight', and A didn't understand that. </span></div>
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