tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6459630018347492402024-02-18T18:18:35.268-08:00The Readical EffectReadical— A new type of reading!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645963001834749240.post-52710997630826085802017-07-06T11:11:00.000-07:002017-07-06T11:11:01.617-07:00When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon<div>
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Title: When Dimple Met Rishi<br />
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Release Date: May 30, 2017<br />
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Publisher: Simon Pulse<br />
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Pages: 380<br />
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Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself. The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not? Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28458598-when-dimple-met-rishi?ac=1&from_search=true">goodreads</a>]</blockquote>
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One of my favorites this summer. <b>When Dimple Met Rishi is a novel that captivates your heart and influences more people to understand that culture is important and should be respected.</b> But this love story, was so unique and of its own kind. I know I may overuse “unique”, but I mean it in the most genuine way. The storytelling was precise from bringing heartwarming teasing, to seeing the raw and unmasked truths. <br />
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Also, Dimple being a woman of color and in tech is such a brilliant and beautiful thing because of the tech industry being so concentrated in men. <b>This token chimed with my own personal pursuit.</b> I've realized “You can’t be, what you can’t see”. It's rang in my head and this novel takes me home. <br />
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The setting in a “hackathon” esque area was very interesting and fun. This novel doesn't only bring a love story, but a story on the privileges people have over others AND their rhetoric around it. Rishi, a more traditionalist, is planning to be in an arranged marriage with Dimple, who is more of a free spirit. These two will eventually hit it off and ideals change, while feelings accumulate. <br />
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There’s not enough I can say about this one. It left me contemplating my own culture and the traditions I want to hold and ones I can’t let anyone decide for me.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645963001834749240.post-18920019845674749482017-06-28T11:04:00.000-07:002017-06-28T11:04:16.164-07:00Uprooted by Naomi Novik<div>
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Release Date: May 19, 2015<br />
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Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows— everyone knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her. But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose.[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22544764-uprooted?ac=1&from_search=true">goodreads</a>]</blockquote>
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This was my first fantasy-esque novel in a loong time. I believe this is a good kick start to a fantasy high! The premise was captivating, just like the beginning chapters! The world building was long, but it was worth reading the characters walk through the world.<br />
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I was reminded of SO many other tales, while reading this one. Like for example Beauty and the Beast! More of the setting and landscape. And Shadow and Bone, for its dark, fantasy elements. But all in all, Uprooted was on its own stage. The blow in the beginning wasn't has hard hitting throughout the novel, but I still enjoyed it. There's so much potential not for this series, but for the world! I'm so excited to tell this tale. Enjoy.</div>
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Release Date: May 30, 2017<br />
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Desi Lee believes anything is possible if you have a plan. That’s how she became student body president. Varsity soccer star. And it’s how she’ll get into Stanford. But—she’s never had a boyfriend. In fact, she’s a disaster in romance, a clumsy, stammering humiliation magnet whose botched attempts at flirting have become legendary with her friends. So when the hottest human specimen to have ever lived walks into her life one day, Desi decides to tackle her flirting failures with the same zest she’s applied to everything else in her life. She finds guidance in the Korean dramas her father has been obsessively watching for years—where the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten. It’s a simple formula, and Desi is a quick study. Armed with her “K Drama Steps to True Love,” Desi goes after the moody, elusive artist Luca Drakos—and boat rescues, love triangles, and staged car crashes ensue. But when the fun and games turn to true feels, Desi finds out that love is about way more than just drama.</blockquote>
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The premise of this novel was MADE for me. I love summer contemporaries AND kdramas. I know kdramas seem repetitive when meets the eye, but I agree with the main character Desi, how the build up and intimacy make the moments worth it. This novel picked me up into the perfect summer mood. I suggest this to anyone in need of a smack of summer in one punch.<br />
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I loved how the writer plays on not only kdrama cliches, but common cliches in American culture. It’s poignant and messy, but these dramatic events work. Also, I treasure the family dynamics and culture because searching for diverse books in a sea is difficult, but the first step is to look. I enjoyed the storytelling and larger character realizations. This is one not to miss!<br />
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I am...Readical. But behind Readical is me, Marcey. I review YA books, where I voice my concerns, passions, and raves. </div>
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Currently...I'm studying computer science and have been hectic with school. It's difficult to put aside time for reading, but that's where I hope to improve my time management. (and priorities aka books)</div>
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My current read... is Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake. Let me know if you've read it!</div>
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My social media... My twitter handle is @marceyreads or <a href="http://twitter.com/marceyreads">twitter.com/marceyreads</a> Follow me and tell me you're from Armchair BE and I'll follow you back!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645963001834749240.post-52881787495525036322017-05-30T19:01:00.000-07:002017-06-01T19:02:13.082-07:00Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: Royal Bastards<br />
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Release Date: May 30, 2017<br />
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Publisher: Disney-Hyperion<br />
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Being a bastard blows. Tilla would know. Her father, Lord Kent of the Western Province, loved her as a child, but cast her aside as soon as he had trueborn children.<br />
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At sixteen, Tilla spends her days exploring long-forgotten tunnels beneath the castle with her stablehand half brother, Jax, and her nights drinking with the servants, passing out on Jax’s floor while her castle bedroom collects dust. Tilla secretly longs to sit by her father’s side, resplendent in a sparkling gown, enjoying feasts with the rest of the family. Instead, she sits with the other bastards, like Miles of House Hampstedt, an awkward scholar who’s been in love with Tilla since they were children.<br />
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Then, at a feast honoring the visiting princess Lyriana, the royal shocks everyone by choosing to sit at the Bastards’ Table. Before she knows it, Tilla is leading the sheltered princess on a late-night escapade. Along with Jax, Miles, and fellow bastard Zell, a Zitochi warrior from the north, they stumble upon a crime they were never meant to witness.<br />
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Rebellion is brewing in the west, and a brutal coup leaves Lyriana’s uncle, the Royal Archmagus, dead—with Lyriana next on the list. The group flees for their lives, relentlessly pursued by murderous mercenaries; their own parents have put a price on their heads to prevent the king and his powerful Royal Mages from discovering their treachery.<br />
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The bastards band together, realizing they alone have the power to prevent a civil war that will tear their kingdom apart—if they can warn the king in time. And if they can survive the journey . . [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25752041-royal-bastards?ac=1&from_search=true">goodreads</a>]</blockquote>
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Everything in this book was what I needed to fulfill my fantasy craze. My eyes were peeled towards the enchanting world building: the magic and the ever growing kingdom. <b>After each page, the plot thickened to be more compelling and mesmerizing as the last.</b> There is plenty of action to keep anyone focused and entertained.<br />
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Royal Bastards, was a solid read and I recommend anyone who is in the mood for some YA fantasy, to pick this one up. There was always someone new to meet in the plot and I grew to become very interested in them. One issue I had was the very simplistic writing in a very historic and fantasy background, which didn't pull me in all the way.<br />
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I usually try not to pick a fight with the main character, but Tilla was not my favorite. But I enjoyed how the author tied the ends on the character and story arcs. There were more lessons learned in the end by the main characters, but it pulled the novel more together.<br />
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I hope there will be more after this because I'd like to see where the author takes these complex characters in his world. It was strong in female bonds and power, which I can never get enough of. This was full of humor and intrigue, so don't miss out!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645963001834749240.post-53566160473842641052017-05-28T14:04:00.001-07:002017-05-28T14:04:56.654-07:00Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAIGSTVcTeFIyrj93T9gRK_ioLnzwuDFwi__SnQe9JzDlUyG_vUS7TwkKXCSl9K7EzUaojmleEqXC8iIUBf0rtVxxDM5LjoVF4keujmc0kTWqgkwslSaAyJVMx6I2y0ZzaBRcrX5koljg/s1600/30312860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAIGSTVcTeFIyrj93T9gRK_ioLnzwuDFwi__SnQe9JzDlUyG_vUS7TwkKXCSl9K7EzUaojmleEqXC8iIUBf0rtVxxDM5LjoVF4keujmc0kTWqgkwslSaAyJVMx6I2y0ZzaBRcrX5koljg/s320/30312860.jpg" width="211" /></a><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> Always and Forever, Lara Jean</span><br />
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Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad’s finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot’s coming home for the summer just in time for the wedding. But change is looming on the horizon. And while Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father’s wedding, she can’t ignore the big life decisions she has to make. Most pressingly, where she wants to go to college and what that means for her relationship with Peter. She watched her sister Margot go through these growing pains. Now Lara Jean’s the one who’ll be graduating high school and leaving for college and leaving her family—and possibly the boy she loves—behind. When your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to? [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30312860-always-and-forever-lara-jean?ac=1&from_search=true">goodreads</a>]</blockquote></span></span><br />
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First: check out my reviews of the first two books in the trilogy!<br />
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<li><a href="http://readical.blogspot.com/2014/05/book-review-to-all-boys-ive-loved.html">To All the Boys I've Loved Before</a> --no spoilers</li>
<li><a href="http://readical.blogspot.com/2015/06/ps-i-still-love-you-by-jenny-han.html">P.S I Still Love You</a></li>
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A cherry on top. This is exactly how Jenny Han ended her sweetest book series. I'm usually late to the party, but when I bought this and read it in one day, it was an expecting ending. I haven't reread the second one in a looong time, but I thought I knew where this was going because of the synopsis. <b>Jenny Han captures the reader, with more than savory and sweet diction, but with powerful character dynamics from the Song sisters, to her relationship with Peter.</b><br />
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Senior year! Lara Jean and Peter began the book with a stronger, faithful, and bubbly relationship than their last. They immediately drawn me in because their relationship is so playful. I absolutely adored Kitty; she reminds me of Lily from Modern Family! I couldn't exactly remember Stormy at first, but it all came back to me when I heard about John. Then I thought about all the other boys she loved before! Like all the pity mentions of Josh were hilarious, he was obviously the rotten apple in the bunch. I had a small feeling we were going to see Josh, but it never happened. But either way, he is the past, and Peter is Lara Jean's future.<br />
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Peter and Lara Jean's relationship was definitely on the table the entire novel. We've heard the saying the entire series, "Don't be the girl that goes to college with a boyfriend". I could not see this go any other way, but in despair for Lara Jean. But the commitment Peter has for Lara Jean, was a true testament to his love for her. The tensions between them rose from their families, to their future together. We learn more about Peter's parents, nothing that wasn't new, his dad left him and his mom's distrust of Lara Jean. Lara Jean was almost just pestering Peter about his dad, but I was also angry that he didn't go to graduation because he didn't see Peter do well without him. But his mom is another story. A whole talk with Lara Jean. How she is ruining Peter's future?! I was even more disappointed when Lara Jean believed her entirely. The breakup was dramatic to say the least. The wedding came at the perfect point for a resolution and more lovey dovey comments.<br />
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Margo and Ms Rothschild were a complicated relationship. Margo didn't want her mom to be replaced and she felt like Ms Rothschild was too comfortable at home, when she was away at college. <b>Jenny Han amplifies common tropes to her characters, but masterly renders the storytelling from cliches. </b>There was not a pleasant resolution between these two characters, but I know it'll work out in the end.<br />
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Korea. The best gift, but also at the worst timing. I didn't like the idea of this trip at this point of time because of the rising tensions with Peter, college switching, the wedding, I convinced myself Korea was a plot hole, where no character mentioned it again. This large event was used as another wall between Peter and Lara Jean. But just the fact that no one mentioned something briefly like, "Remember when we...",... none of that.<br />
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One final thing I loved dearly, was college choosing. Lara Jean didn't get into a selective school all her peers, and her boyfriend, got into, but it leads her to a path with a higher ranked school and best first impression. The spontaneous rendezvous with Chris to the college that suddenly un-waitlisted her was such an exciting and thrilling experience. It was basically one last hurrah for these two besties and it lightened the mood.<br />
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<b>I loved that the novel ends in a full circle, from the very beginning contract. The story of how someone met is usually a special one and I'm teary-eyed about Peter and Lara Jean's.</b><br />
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Hello readers! I know my hiatus was long, but I'm here to mention the upcoming events and posts I have in store! It's been a hectic year, always hustling and bustling, but I know my roots: this blog. I want to evolve this blog to become something I've always wanted it to be. I know I'll put extra hard work into this blog this summer, so enjoy the sun and keep reading!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby’s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for EVERY POSSIBILITY LIFE HAS TO OFFER. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he’s got swagger, but he’s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can’t recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He’s the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything in new and bad-ass ways, but he can’t understand what’s going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool:Be charming. Be hilarious. Don’t get too close to anyone. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. . . .Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28686840-holding-up-the-universe?ac=1&from_search=true">goodreads</a>]</span></blockquote>
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Upfront, this is of course a non spoiler review. This is also my first Niven novel and I know of her previous NYT bestseller. But what did this one have that intrigued me more? Some substance. I'm talking its central theme brings up stigma or bullying overweight teens. But I don't believe the author wrote it in a convincing way. Some people might even take it offensively. It's tricky...or it's an easy topic that can be taken out of proportion and at times I felt like it did.<br />
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Libby Strout was once in every headline on tv which started with something like "America's Fattest Teen". No one really looks past her weight and high school kids are brutal to her. The type of comments she receives from people her age are terrible and disheartening. She also wanted to be a dancer despite her weight contradictions and comments from teachers. I feel like the story lost sight of that, but she keeps on dancing in spite of the haters.<br />
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Jack Masselin is supposedly the cute, nerdy guy who sees Libby for who she is underneath and out of her skin. His friends are complete jerks, so he fits into the high school scene just fine. Did I mention he has prosopagnosia? Which means he can't identify faces, not even the faces of whom he loves. And another engineer in the male dominated STEM world. It's sarcasm. I feel like it didn't really delve into that engineering part except making robots and I didn't see a clear purpose for it.<br />
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This entire relationship was very tedious. It felted like a "meet-cute, insta-love after a week" type of deal. Maybe they were utterly perfect for each other and any other climax didn't stop them from realizing they needed each other. But the entirety of the description, "finding someone who sees you for who you are and seeing them right back" is a little tacky. Isn't that what love in every other books is or becomes? It's a good comparison with Caroline, Jack's on/off girlfriend, but other than that...it didn't feel as exhilarating as the description delivered.<br />
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I gave this novel a chance or I took, " Every Possibility Life Has To Offer", but I didn't deliver for me. This didn't take me home, but take the book's advice and "Take every possibility life has to offer" and give this your best shot.</div>
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><blockquote>When the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose. Only the walled city of Viyara was left untouched.</span></span><br />
The heirs of the city’s most powerful—and warring—families, Mahyanai Romeo and Juliet Catresou share a love deeper than duty, honor, even life itself. But the magic laid on Juliet at birth compels her to punish the enemies of her clan—and Romeo has just killed her cousin Tybalt. Which means he must die.<br />
Paris Catresou has always wanted to serve his family by guarding Juliet. But when his ward tries to escape her fate, magic goes terribly wrong—killing her and leaving Paris bound to Romeo. If he wants to discover the truth of what happened, Paris must delve deep into the city, ally with his worst enemy . . . and perhaps turn against his own clan.<br />
Mahyanai Runajo just wants to protect her city—but she’s the only one who believes it’s in peril. In her desperate hunt for information, she accidentally pulls Juliet from the mouth of death—and finds herself bound to the bitter, angry girl. Runajo quickly discovers Juliet might be the one person who can help her recover the secret to saving Viyara.<br />
Both will find that Viyara holds more secrets and dangers than anyone ever expected. And outside the walls, death is waiting. . . [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28448239-bright-smoke-cold-fire?ac=1&from_search=true">goodreads</a>]</blockquote><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><blockquote>Aspiring reporter Piper Baird decides to write a scathing exposé on the overprivileged students at an elite Washington, DC, school, only for her life to change when she begins to fall for the story's main subject, in this new realistic contemporary romance from Brodi Ashton, the author of the Everneath trilogy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Raucous parties, privileged attitudes, underage drinking, and diplomatic immunity...it’s all part of student life on Embassy Row.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Piper Baird has always dreamed of becoming a journalist. So when she scores a scholarship to exclusive Chiswick Academy in Washington, DC, she knows it’s her big opportunity. Chiswick offers the country’s most competitive prize for teen journalists—the Bennington scholarship—and winning will ensure her acceptance to one of the best schools in the country.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Piper isn’t at Chiswick for two days before she witnesses the intense competition in the journalism program—and the extreme privilege of the young and wealthy elite who attend her school. And Piper knows access to these untouchable students just might give her the edge she’ll need to blow the lid off life at the school in a scathing and unforgettable exposé worthy of the Bennington.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">The key to the whole story lies with Rafael Amador, the son of the Spanish ambassador—and the boy at the center of the most explosive secrets and scandals on Embassy Row. Rafael is big trouble—and when he drops into her bedroom window one night, asking for help, it’s Piper’s chance to get the full scoop. But as they spend time together, Piper discovers that despite his dark streak, Rafael is smart, kind, funny, and gorgeous—and she might have real feelings for him. How can she break the story of a lifetime if it could destroy the boy she just might love? [goodreads]</blockquote></span></span><br />
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I was really impressed and looking forward to this one. I've actually read a few books about daughters and sons of senators and presidents and quite enjoyed reading about an idea of that life. I just thought these characters were dry as in I couldn't find a reason to like them. Rafael, the son of the Spanish ambassador, held up to a stereotype. </div>
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Piper was a very driven student and was a journalism star. She seemed blind that there were other people who want what she wants, the scholarship. Her world seems very one-sided. couldn't help also feeling bored and dreaded when a subplot carried on.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645963001834749240.post-16511897789383945942016-09-09T17:05:00.000-07:002016-09-09T17:05:14.823-07:00As I Descended by Robin Talley<br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Golden child Delilah is a legend at the exclusive Acheron Academy, and the presumptive winner of the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. She runs the school, and if she chose, she could blow up Maria and Lily’s whole world with a pointed look, or a carefully placed word.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">But what Delilah doesn’t know is that Lily and Maria are willing to do anything—absolutely anything—to make their dreams come true. And the first step is unseating Delilah for the Kingsley Prize. The full scholarship, awarded to Maria, will lock in her attendance at Stanford―and four more years in a shared dorm room with Lily.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">I'm drawn to this book because it's following two lesbians in high school and it has a similar resemblance to Macbeth. This tagline is such a hook, so if anyone's interested, don't waste any more time. The diversity was refreshing because I've never had the chance to read a premise like this. It's the idea of representation. There was and still is a lack of representation of lgbt and not all books are catered to it, but this one was.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">I know the basic ideas of Macbeth, but not the entire behind the scenes. I do feel though lots of nerds would pick at this, but I'd rather enjoy it for what it is. But the small spark that got this going was competition between Maria and Delilah for a scholarship. We all know important scholarships are, they're basically free money. Maria is what they call a well-rounded student and her girlfriend Lily is going to Stanford. So Maria has to follow Lily to Stanford and this scholarship would send that ship sailing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">But what the girls do so Maria can get the scholarship were a bit crazy to say the least. There were an abundance of ghosts. I think it was in the characters mind almost every page. I understand the author really brought the diversity wagon home because I'm pretty sure everyone was gay. It was a creepy, yet thrilling read.</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Release Date</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> May 17, 2016</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Publisher</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> Delacorte Press (Penguin Random House Imprint)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Pages</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> 384</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Received</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> Publisher**In exchange for a fair and honest review</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Star Rating</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">★ ★ </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">★ </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">☆</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">☆</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><blockquote>Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can’t even think. Then the sun comes up, life goes on, and Waverly goes back to her perfectly hateful best friend, her perfectly dull classes, and the tiny, nagging suspicion that there’s more to life than student council and GPAs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Marshall Holt is a loser. He drinks on school nights and gets stoned in the park. He is at risk of not graduating, he does not care, he is no one. He is not even close to being in Waverly’s world.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">But then one night Waverly falls asleep and dreams herself into Marshall’s bedroom—and when the sun comes up, nothing in her life can ever be the same. In Waverly’s dreams, the rules have changed. But in her days, she’ll have to decide if it’s worth losing everything for a boy who barely exists. [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26067507-places-no-one-knows">goodreads</a>]</blockquote></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">This one intrigued me enough to pick up, but I don't think I would say that by the end of the novel. I knew the novel had strange and dreamlike aspects and it kept me interested enough to finish it. Some parts were a bit stretched out, or too long for my liking of a scene. The main characters, or specifically Waverly, didn't grow on me, but her growing character arc sure did.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">There are plenty of books about a teenage scholar, but what makes this one unique? The conventional and paranormality of her dreams! Waverly and Marshall, the love interests, couldn't hold onto me because there was so much unspoken stuff, I couldn't stand it. Marshall felt more underdeveloped than Waverly, but he still kept his candid, annoying personality. I still want the best for each character and I don't believe they were each other's.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Once Waverly understood her imperfections, rather than let it get to her, also when all friends appreciate her, it makes her whole. I still can't believe the ending, in a WOW way. I usually end up predetermining characters' fates in books, especially this one and I didn't see it coming.</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> The Unexpected Everything</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Release Date</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> May 3, 2016</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Andie had it all planned out. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Important internship? Check.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Amazing friends? Check.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three weeks).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">But that was before the scandal. Before having to be in the same house with her dad. Before walking an insane number of dogs. That was before Clark and those few months that might change her whole life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Because here’s the thing—if everything’s planned out, you can never find the unexpected. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">And where’s the fun in that? [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17838528-the-unexpected-everything">goodreads</a>]</blockquote></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "muli" , "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">It's summer and I'd call this the perfect summer read! I've been handling my reading slump efficiently, but I couldn't resist devouring another Morgan Matson novel! It's weird because if she dropped another novel, I'm so committed I would drop what I'm doing and buy it. Back to THIS novel, I adored it immensely. The dynamics of the characters and the relationships, also the cameo of Emily and Dawn's relationships! <b>The Unexpected Everything was more expecting than anything, but it did not limit the novel as a whole, it lasts as a warm and touching feeling as a result.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Just letting you, the reader, know this has spoilers, so check yourself and come back! If so, let's move on to the characters! The main course, the main reason you went to the party, the characters! Andie Walker is the main character who thinks she's done everything accordingly. She has her perfect summer internship, good group of friends, and in enough relationships to keep her whole. I wanted to relate to Andie, but some characteristics were...overused. I enjoyed how she came out of a situation, like how she found the dog walking job. She bounces back and forth but it won't stop her from seeing the prize. Also, the relationship between Andie and her father was very heart-felt. I enjoyed all the little things, the movies, the dinners, and the parenting surfacing, Andie needed a parental figure in her life, and her dad really came to action.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Oh yeah, so the love interest? I cannot believe Clark was a writer! And the connection of Doug from Since You've Been Gone...It's the little things guys. Clark seemed liked the perfect boyfriend and it did bring Andie to surface with real feelings. Their relationship was very cute and gushy, so I'll spare you the amount of times I hugged my book. There were cliche moments and it became meta when Toby was mentioning those cliche moments. The friends! I loved this group of friends, I envied this group and it seemed like a typical teen summer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Let's move along to that ending! Especially the deleted scenes/ additional epilogues. It seemed very open ended to me, I know Morgan Matson says she won't write sequels, but she leaves them wide open...so she can write them! But none the less, I'll take what I can get. I especially love how Morgan sounds so excited to talk about her characters near the end! I could feel the radiation of her excitement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: muli, verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">I think I needed this book at this time. It'll definitely be a reread in the late future. <b>The Unexpected Everything left me content with the characters and the story. I wouldn't trade it for any other.</b></span></span><br />
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Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?<br />
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It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.<br />
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In a leap of faith—or an act of complete desperation—Jessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie can’t help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved? [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25893582-tell-me-three-things?from_new_nav=true&ac=1&from_search=true">goodreads</a>]</blockquote>
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<span style="color: #666666;">First of all, WAFFLES. I love this cover because it represents the novel in a clear metaphorical sense! <b><u>Tell Me Three Things</u> is sweet like waffles and unique in every shape, the waffle iron has.</b> I enjoyed the mystery, romance, and the handling of mourning. Jessie's story is simple and the author created depth into her character that enhances her storytelling. Of course, this is spoiler free, so I will try to throw in some thoughts, while leaving you wanting more...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Jessie's life has become a disarray. She barely had time to recover over the loss of her mother and then is sent to her father, who has a whole family of his own. She has to leave her old school and friends behind and start at a new school with no friends. It sounds completely ordinary from here, but there seems to be an anonymous student (SN) emailing her tips and tricks of getting around school. Jessie was a strong lead and completely a real teenager. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Then there comes a turning point and she finds new love interests and more friends. She also had a step brother Theo, who I learned to love. I felt...I don't know the word.. "in" a private high schooler in Los Angeles's life. The emails between SN and Jessie were also quite hilarious and the headlines cracked me up! There probably should have been more development in relationships like a little more of her step brother and step sister, but the author really took her time on working the best friend story line, which was fine by me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b><u>Tell Me Three Things</u> had a plate full of components that a contemporary lover would love to dig into!</b> It was clever, entertaining, and quite the easy read. Buxbaum's first young adult novel makes me craving for more and I'm excited to see more from her in this genre.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Hello Readical Readers! I'm excited to say I have an exciting plan of posts coming soon and I don't think a gif exists for my excitement. These posts will be all over the place and I'm excited to get back into the swing of things. If you have any book related or blog related questions, please refer to my email marceyforever@gmail(.)com . And I hope my readers have a great week and a bright one as well.</span></div>
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Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13638125-vicious">goodreads</a>]</blockquote>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This is another book that I put off for about a year and a half. Yeah, I know, well I was very dumb back then to not pick this up. And I won a giveaway from Victoria herself on her Twitter for a signed copy! I'm even more stoked now that I've read it and enjoyed it. Vicious isn't very ethnic oriented, but the dramatic effects kept me in sync throughout the story. If you're at least 100 pages in, <b>I think the book will take you home instead.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">The novel essentially follows two smart boys in college, then fast forward 10 years later, sworn enemies. Heroism is a big part of the novel and also the characters. After every chapter, we question who is the "bad guy" and who is going to save the day. But I couldn't really trust either of them. They both have completely different motives and they haven't done great things. Victor is the supposed protagonist and I guess he could be, but really shouldn't.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I love supernatural powers. I have a weird knack for reading or watching stuff about them. These powers are generally common, so it's easy to grasp. I also liked that throughout the story, it was near the end until we figured out Victor's ability. There was also a young girl who aided Victor, Sydney, and I really loved her charisma. ExtraOrdinaries is an interesting term for those who have abilities and it reminds me of a crime TV show. Anyways, <b><i>Vicious</i> gravitated through heroism, power, and friendship. It brought things into perspective of what we are capable of and what we'll do to unleash that control.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>Vicious</i> will also be featured in my original blog feature "Curtain Call", so look out for that when times come. <b>I've learned that many people misinterpret ideas and actions, in order to keep their opinion the truth.</b> I'm looking forward to Victoria's next work.</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness</span><br />
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Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they're so hopelessly outnumbered?[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8100904-monsters-of-men">goodreads</a>]</blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>This review contains spoilers of the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness. Read at your own discretion.</i></b> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Where to start, where to start. I'll start off saying this is one of my favorite series of ALL TIME. Another super action packed plot full of pure fun :~). But seriously, this book crushed me and I've never felt so awakened by my favorite power couple Tiola. My friend is thinking about starting the series and she's like, "I'll get to it soon..in the future", but please read it! I'll try to divide this review into main category paragraphs. Now lets dive into the shallow end of this novel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I. The Villains and Minor Characters. <span style="color: #666666;">There is the Mayor and Mistress Coyle, which we know from the 2nd novel are enemies themselves. In the end, <b>it didn't matter who could outlive the other, but who could control and hold the most power.</b> I had a feeling one of them had to die, but both of them is a treat. Mistress Coyle's death kind of surprised me because she doesn't seem the person to back down from power. But of course, it had to be in the hands of a bomb, this is Mistress Coyle. But THE MAYOR. That left me confused, but happy. He obviously died because no oxygen in the ocean. But walking out like that? Well it was over then. There's Lee, who's cute but almost got in the way of Tiola, but he is just okay to me. And Wilf was back and alive! Then we all saw it coming...BEN. When Ben took Todd aside and said in front of everyone, "Excuse me, I need to catch up with MY SON". I cracked up, then cried. There's Davy Prentiss, I guess his death was sad and I emphasized...I admit it he can be sexist and dumb, so his redeeming qualities were just alright. Wow, there were just a lot of characters I loved...Never forget Manchee.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">II. Todd and Viola (Tiola). </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This pairing has kept me on my heels from beginning to end. The 2nd book with <b>all the separation and independence was kind of necessary, but they grew from their time apart. </b>Now that coms were present, their little talks from working on both sides were very redeeming for this relationship. Also, Todd learns how to control his noise and wield the power and control. Whenever Viola mentioned that Todd's silence was like he was a different person, I was kind of like "I go through this now, deal with it xoxo". But I guess in this world, I'd feel a little empty because after knowing what stupid things he has in head, I'll miss it when it's gone. Viola had those # bands on her and I could tell her pain before the cure was unbearable. And the description while Todd was healing it...my poor daughter. There was also a scene at the end where Todd opens his noise to Viola and I've been waiting so LONG. And THAT KISS...even Viola felt like <i>finally</i>. THE END was the biggest cliff hanger. But in the bonus short story, we find Todd is awake and ALIVE. But I feel bad for those in 201o who had to wait 2-3 years for Snowscape. But now it's an even bigger cliffhanger! But I guess there's fanfiction for that.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I read somewhere that Lionsgate optioned this as an adaptation and nothing has really happened in a year more or less. I don't know if that's the best option, but this series is heavily action packed and I'm sad to see another "Hunger Games remake" type of articles. But these stories cannot be compared. I'm sad to be reading these so late, but better late than never! Read these and let me know your thoughts.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Release Date</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> March 31, 2015</span><br />
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It’s been a year since it happened—when Paige Hancock’s first boyfriend died in an accident. After shutting out the world for two years, Paige is finally ready for a second chance at high school . . . and she has a plan. First: Get her old crush, Ryan Chase, to date her—the perfect way to convince everyone she’s back to normal. Next: Join a club—simple, it’s high school after all. But when Ryan’s sweet, nerdy cousin, Max, moves to town and recruits Paige for the Quiz Bowl team (of all things!) her perfect plan is thrown for a serious loop. Will Paige be able to face her fears and finally open herself up to the life she was meant to live?[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22429350-the-start-of-me-and-you">goodreads</a>]</blockquote>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I've felt very mixed about this. I've read Emery's debut and these concepts held a very cliche mood. But I have friends who absolutely adore her stories and I tried not to get into this one with a clouded mind. But I think her stories aren't for me. I enjoyed aspects of this novel, but it felt like just another YA contemporary.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Paige's first boyfriend died in an incident and high school is about to start. Her high school follows labels and she is concerned of getting "the girlfriend of the boy who died". I don't think anyone who's just beginning freedom should go through this close of death. But this accident opened her eyes and she really sees how she wants to play at this. I'm glad that the author didn't leave out the post panic attacks because it's normal for anyone to go through something this recent and not feel anything. <b>Because this is how being human is a battle between yourself.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Paige's friendships with everyone was very "high school". Which is great because this is a novel set in a high school setting. It was comforting that these teens are just beginning to make their own choices and living. There were also intellectual teens who had conversations about pop culture and film. Maybe this does happen realistically and I'm not part of it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">In this genre, there is no end to the amount of white and heterosexual couples. It's just how the writer deludes these things that I've come to realize becomes repetitive. Yes, I gushed at this story because I'm a wimp for cliches. But I think it's time to expand to different things. I'm not bad mouthing this author and Emery is a lovely person to follow on Twitter. I'm talking about this dilemma in general. But I'm not sure if I'll pick up another Emery novel soon.</span></span></span></div>
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Hello readers! It's Friday. I know, that you know, that I know...well, it's been a long week! I Love My Hair is a coloring book of braids, coils, and doodle dos. I'm excited to show you some sneak peaks of what's inside, so you can pick it up yourself! Come on in.<br />
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For fans of Johanna Basford’s Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest comes a hip, gorgeous doodle coloring book about all things hair. Unlike other adult coloring books, which depict nature scenes and cityscapes, this title celebrates strong, confident women with a passion for style, design, and fashion.<br />
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Revel in the mesmerizing patterns and intricate details of Andrea Pippins’s delicate pen-and-ink illustrations, ready for you to color, complete, and embellish. Lose yourself in page after page of bold hairstyles and accessories, from rows of braids, to Mohawks, to sweeping updos, to cascades of ribbons and beads. Be transported to another world as you ink in Medusa’s slithering coiffure, Cleopatra’s elaborate headdress, and Marie Antoinette’s towering bouffant.</div>
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Perfect for experienced color-inners and newcomers alike. Coloring enthusiasts of all ages will love this empowering and stylish book. So go ahead—let your hair down, grab some pens or pencils, and add some color to your life.</div>
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Hairstyles over the years have created people's awareness of others and first impressions. What I loved going through this, was the variety and pandemic drawings of cultural hair. I enjoyed the separation of hairstyles and how you had the chance to color AND be cultured. The drawings of women in the coloring book were so beautiful, that I feel I would color it wrong, or mess up. It's going to be my task to color objectively. There was also lots of cool typography promoting obviously the whole idea of this book, LOVE YOUR HAIR. </div>
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Below, will be more previews of inside I Love My Hair. I absolutely enjoyed the hairstyles of women because what I've been learning in my history classes, women go through so much that I can't believe we've put up with our type of treatment this long.<br />
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But hair is beautiful and coloring is fun, what more can you ask for? Andrea Pippins drew all the artwork in her coloring book full of stylish and empowering illustrations. This coloring book is great for all ages and I encourage everyone to seek it out! Have a good one!<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><b>ANDREA PIPPINS</b> is an influencer, an artist, a designer, and an educator with a penchant for cool and a personality as warm as her Brazilian roots. Her work can be seen in magazines and on television as well as on clothing and stationery. Andrea teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art and curates her fashion, art, and design blog, Fly, a weekly resource to inspire young women to pursue their creative passions. She also produces digital and screen-printed artwork in which she explores color, pattern, and texture while interpreting her personal experiences as an African American woman. Andrea lives in Baltimore, Maryland, where you can often find her dancing in her living room with the samba music way up. This is her first book. Learn more at andreapippins.com and follow her on Instagram and Twitter!</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Monday, November 2: <a href="http://www.alexalovesbooks.com/">Alexa Loves Books</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tuesday, November 3: <a href="http://www.pandorasbooks.org/">Pandora’s Books</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Wednesday, November 4: <a href="http://www.naturalchica.com/">Natural Chica</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Thursday, November 5: <a href="http://theirishbanana.blogspot.com/">The Irish Banana</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Friday, November 6: <a href="http://thelovelybooksbookblog.blogspot.com/?zx=8357a20d4277945f">The Lovely Books</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Monday, November 9: <a href="http://www.fictionfare.com/">Fiction Fare</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tuesday, November 10: <a href="http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/">Mundie Moms</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Wednesday, November 11: <a href="http://whatsarahread.com/">What Sarah Read</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Thursday, November 12: <a href="http://bookiemoji.com/">Bookiemoji</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Friday, November 13: <a href="http://readical.blogspot.com/">Readical</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Monday, November 16: <a href="http://www.readsleeprepeat.org/">Read. Sleep. Repeat.</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Tuesday, November 17: <a href="http://eaterofbooks.blogspot.com/">The Eater of Books</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Wednesday, November 18: <a href="http://www.bookrookreviews.com/home/0912-a-review-of-nightmares-by-jason-segel-and-kirsten-miller-yearling-giveaway">The Reading Nook Reviews</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Thursday, November 19: <a href="http://www.thejungalow.com/">The Jungalow</a></span></li>
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Hello Readical readers! I know what you are thinking. Why does your blog have inconsistent postings?!?! I'm going to leave your blog because of the nothingness in the abyss you call a blog!!!! Wow, okay that's harsh. But I have lots of stuff to get off my chest and this will kind of be a "tell all" blog version. And I wouldn't mind if you checked out other blogs for bigger, <i>better</i> posts because I cannot compete with the amazing ladies of: <a href="http://www.alexalovesbooks.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">Alexa Loves Books</a>; <a href="http://www.pandorasbooks.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">Pandora’s Books</a>; <a href="http://www.naturalchica.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">Natural Chica</a>; <a href="http://theirishbanana.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">The Irish Banana</a>; <a href="http://thelovelybooksbookblog.blogspot.com/?zx=8357a20d4277945f" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">The Lovely Books</a>; <a href="http://www.fictionfare.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">Fiction Fare</a>; <a href="http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">Mundie Moms</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12.8px;">; </span></span><a href="http://whatsarahread.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">What Sarah Read</a>; <a href="http://bookiemoji.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">Bookiemoji</a>; <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></u><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><a href="http://www.readsleeprepeat.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Read. Sleep. Repeat.</a>; </span><a href="http://eaterofbooks.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">The Eater of Books</a>; <a href="http://www.bookrookreviews.com/home/0912-a-review-of-nightmares-by-jason-segel-and-kirsten-miller-yearling-giveaway" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">The Reading Nook Reviews</a>; <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></u><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><a href="http://www.thejungalow.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Jungalow</a></span></div>
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Also! Did I mention I'm part of the I LOVE MY HAIR Blog Tour with these amazing ladies?? It's a coincidence. Anyways, expect an exciting post coming your way soon! </div>
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I've been lacking posts due to school and tiredness. I have found out recently my use of time is not used wisely. I have realized lots of things these past few months.I guess I'm on the path of "finding one's self", and it is very draining. Anyways, I decided to write this tonight because I need my opinion more out there, I guess and it's a struggle to hold onto all these thoughts flying away. I don't want to make this too deep, so I'm all well and alive!</div>
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The Future of Books? Well, I'm glad you asked. I have no idea and you shouldn't be asking me...Actually, you should just check out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-My-Hair-Coloring-Braids/dp/0399551220">this Adult(any age really) coloring book!!! </a> I LOVE MY HAIR. And no, this is NOT sponsored, I believe coloring helps with lots (not all) of stress or relaxing. I'm pretty sure studies show too. You heard it here first.</div>
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I'm going to tell the truth to you all and say my posts will continue to be inconsistent because of my EDUCATION. I am working towards that bright light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm not going to completely abandon my blog! I love this THRIFTY NIFTY BLOG. That is exactly how I would describe this blog. Please, just expect the unexpected and good things will come your way eventually.<br />
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Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss.<br />
Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order.<br />
But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? <br />
And where is Viola? Is she even still alive?<br />
And who are the mysterious Answer?<br />
And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode... [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7003779-the-ask-and-the-answer">goodreads</a>]<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I honestly do not know where to start on this review. The only thing I can think of is *insert whole book here* Now read it, please. I think this is a series lots of people are like "I'll read it eventually". And I was one of them. but wake up America. It is time. It is action packed and love interests exist, but it isn't the main focus. Yes, love is everywhere and it always has its own power. The main characters Viola and Todd, are not only fighting a war, but I see it as justice for the people they have come to meet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I really enjoyed where this plot direction is going, but kind of like "What's going to happen now"? I can usually predict what happens in the middle of the book, but the ending opens more doors to "What could happen"? I really love these type of books because it supports the idea that there is more out there. Well, until I read the final book in the trilogy, I like to keep my characters alive.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Sometimes I can't believe what these characters do and THINK. Todd is a very overthinking character (I am too) but I try to control it. Anyways, I'll have to end this short. I'm going to pick up the final book, and I actually read a spoiler online...A MASSIVE SPOILER. I can't blame the person because these books have been out for quite some time now. It's like saying "Tag your Harry Potter spoilers". <b>Well, Patrick Ness will never cease to amaze me.</b></span></span></div>
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<blockquote>What if you aren’t the Chosen One?<br />The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?<br />What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.<br />Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.<br />Even if your best friend is worshiped by mountain lions.[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23830990-the-rest-of-us-just-live-here">goodreads</a>]</blockquote><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Release Date</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> September 22, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><blockquote>A world battered by climate shift and war turns to an ancient method of keeping peace: the exchange of hostages. The Children of Peace - sons and daughters of kings and presidents and generals - are raised together in small, isolated schools called Preceptures. There, they learn history and political theory, and are taught to gracefully accept what may well be their fate: to die if their countries declare war.</span><br />
Greta Gustafsen Stuart, Duchess of Halifax and Crown Princess of the Pan-Polar Confederation, is the pride of the North American Prefecture. Learned and disciplined, Greta is proud of her role in keeping the global peace, even though, with her country controlling two-thirds of the world’s most war-worthy resource — water — she has little chance of reaching adulthood alive.<br />
Enter Elián Palnik, the Prefecture’s newest hostage and biggest problem. Greta’s world begins to tilt the moment she sees Elián dragged into the school in chains. The Prefecture’s insidious surveillance, its small punishments and rewards, can make no dent in Elián, who is not interested in dignity and tradition, and doesn’t even accept the right of the UN to keep hostages. [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11516221-the-scorpion-rules?ac=1">goodreads</a>]</blockquote><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I haven't had the time for a good dystopia, and this one makes me want to read more. It was incredibly dark and there were scenes that uplifted the situation at the right time. It includes LGBTQ, aka there's gal pals relationships in a sci-fi! I love representation especially if it's in a genre where it's heavy on minor straight characters. Also, there's interracial relationships and I'm so happy this author made these characters. I also enjoyed the culture, story building, and writing because this story felt very weaved perfectly.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Everyone is talking about the "villain" in this story, Talis, and I want to start there too. He wasn't incredibly one sided, but he had a real, full character. Talis was witty and endearing. He is such a fascinating character and even though we don't agree with all his actions of taking children hostage and going to drastic measures when a nation doesn't follow his line up, he conventionalized world peace. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The romance was little, but it wasn't the whole story. The descriptions of this world and characters felt so surreal, I was fueled by action. It's a complex, science fiction novel and was very original. It's amazing to see something else in this genre and especially something I enjoyed. This one is worth your time.</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> One by Sarah Crossan</span><br />
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<blockquote>Tippi and Grace share everything—clothes, friends . . . even their body. Writing in free verse, Sarah Crossan tells the sensitive and moving story of conjoined twin sisters, which will find fans in readers of Gayle Forman, Jodi Picoult, and Jandy Nelson.
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Tippi and Grace. Grace and Tippi. For them, it’s normal to step into the same skirt. To hook their arms around each other for balance. To fall asleep listening to the other breathing. To share. And to keep some things private. The two sixteen-year-old girls have two heads, two hearts, and each has two arms, but at the belly, they join. And they are happy, never wanting to risk the dangerous separation surgery.<br />
But the girls’ body is beginning to fight against them. And soon they will have to face the impossible choice they have avoided for their entire lives. [<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23524610-one">goodreads</a>]</blockquote><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Grace was more of the quiet one and she had so much to say. Tippi had a more tenacious personality, but they were in sync. What I've read on what is separated and conjoined with their bodies, I believe the author did her research. This story was a bit predictable, but so many other things made up for it. For example, it wasn't the perfect family and that's more believable, than a loving mother and father who do not bicker and live their happy, healthy lives. And the other members of the family, it all felt so real.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I cannot stop raving over her writing. It was so light with an intended bigger impact. The ending really shook me and was cruel, but I understood where it came from. It was a unique topic and really interested me when I needed it most. But I don't think it'll stick like super glue. <b>But it is definitely worth your time and dimes.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;">Title:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"> Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Release Date</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> September 8, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Pages</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> 368</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>Received</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Muli, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;"><b>:</b> ARC from Publisher</span><br />
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<br /><blockquote>This is the story of a girl, her gay best friend, and the boy in love with both of them.<br />Ten months after her recurring depression landed her in the hospital, Mira is starting over as a new student at Saint Francis Prep. She promised her parents she would at least try to act like a normal, functioning human this time around, not a girl who sometimes can’t get out of bed for days on end, who only feels awake when she’s with Sebby. <br />Jeremy is the painfully shy art nerd at Saint Francis who’s been in self-imposed isolation after an incident that ruined his last year of school. When he sees Sebby for the first time across the school lawn it’s as if he’s been expecting this blond, lanky boy with a mischievous glint in his eye. <br />Sebby, Mira’s gay best friend, is a boy who seems to carry sunlight around with him like a backlit halo. Even as life in his foster home starts to take its toll, Sebby and Mira together craft a world of magic rituals and secret road trips, designed to fix the broken parts of their lives. <br />As Jeremy finds himself drawn into Sebby and Mira’s world, he begins to understand the secrets that they hide in order to protect themselves, to keep each other safe from those who don’t understand their quest to live for the impossible.[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24039396-fans-of-the-impossible-life">goodreads</a>]</blockquote><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This novel was pitched as a "bisexual love triangle" of the sorts and whenever I hear about bi characters, I'm on board. For the most part, it's hard to find! But I wouldn't say it was a love story because even though some sex scenes occur, it also felt platonic. I felt the events hit me emotionally with these characters dealing with anxiety and romantic struggles. The three characters were supportive and respectful of the relationship between them all. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">What I found very unique was the POV's because each one was told in a different person. Jeremy was told in first person, Sebby was in occasional second person, and Mira was in third person. These characters' voices spoke into their character and really fit them well. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Not every book on this subject is perfect, but I did try to rationalize with these issues. Sebby's storyline was one of the most developed and personally interested me more, but felt not finished. Sebby was a foster kid with personal issues and tried to bottle up these feelings until the end. Mira's story was somewhat on her depression and it does get dark to read. I understand depression is a serious subject and it does make me really think my life out. Jeremy was more of a shy guy, and it became repetitive from there. I was exactly satisfied with the ending because I felt a hidden build up from the beginning and I still felt just there.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">If you're looking for more diversity in YA, then I recommend this book. It had a plethora of LGBTQ, race, and mental health talks, so it's as diverse as it can get. But a great book, for a great day.</span></span></span><br />
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