tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54019314737432066792024-03-14T08:26:48.714-07:00ILoveTeenBooksmy books, my choices and my life.traychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945579701344020423noreply@blogger.comBlogger236125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401931473743206679.post-53902114681868052362014-03-17T13:22:00.000-07:002014-03-17T13:22:00.459-07:00BOOK REVIEW: Three by Kristen Simmons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>TITLE: </b>Three<br />
<b>AUTHOR:</b> Kristen Simmons<br />
<b>FIRST PUBLISHED:</b> February 11th, 2014<br />
<b>GENRE: </b>YA, Distopian <br />
<b>SERIES: </b>Article 5, Book 3.<br />
<b>RATING:</b> 4 out of 5 stars <br /><br /><span id="freeText13960103801730600595">Ember Miller and Chase
Jennings are ready to stop running. After weeks spent in hiding as two
of the Bureau of Reformation’s most wanted criminals, they have finally
arrived at the safe house, where they hope to live a safe and quiet
existence.<br /><br />And all that’s left is smoking ruins.<br /><br />Devastated
by the demolition of their last hope, Ember and Chase follow the only
thing left to them—tracks leading away from the wreckage. The only sign
that there may have been survivors.<br /><br />With their high profile, they
know they can’t stay out in the open for long. They take shelter in the
wilderness and amidst the ruins of abandoned cities as they follow the
tracks down the coast, eventually finding refugees from the destroyed
safe house. Among them is someone from Chase’s past—someone he never
thought he’d see again.<br /><br />Banding together, they search for a place
to hide, aiming for a settlement a few of them have heard about…a
settlement that is rumored to house the nebulous organization known as
Three. The very group that has provided Ember with a tiny ray of hope
ever since she was first forced on the run.<br /><br />Three is responsible
for the huge network of underground safe houses and resistance groups
across the country. And they may offer Ember her only chance at telling
the world her story.<br /><br />At fighting back.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a> My Review<br /><br />When I started reading Three I had no idea what was happening. Because I read the previous book almost a year ago, I didn't remember a thing that happened. So, the first 20 or so pages of this book were kind of confusing. But then I started remembering this from the past and remembered what happened the last time I read about Ember and Chase.<br /><br />To be honest, I didn't like most of Three. There weren't scenes that took my breath away or kept me at the edge of my seat. I felt betreyed a little bit, because from what i've read in the previous two books, I know how brilliantly Kristen Simmons' mind works. <br /><br />I couldn't connect too much with Ember and Chase. I didn't feel most of the things that they did. At one point, even if they died I wouldn't have cared much. But then, came the last 100 pages of Three. And let me tell you, those were good. Like really good. If it weren't for those, the rating would have been lower by a lot.<br /><br />The story started twisting and I even didn't think that Kristen could solve everything in those last 100 pages the way I wanted it, and I was scared for the characters, especially Chase. In those moments I remembered why I love Kristen Simmons' writing so much. <br /><br /><span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer605262774"><span id="freeText6128978584893132090">I
loved how Simmons threw in a few surprises like the identity of Three,
and someone from Chase's background that he didn't think he would ever
see again. I think one of the best things about
Three was that even though Ember and Chase are the main characters,
Sean, Rebecca, Billy, and others are not left out of the loop.</span></span><br /><br />I am glad that Three ended the way I wanted it to end. I am so happy that I had this awesome opportunity to read this amazing trilogy that left me so many good memories (especially the first book). I just can't wait to see what's the next thing that Kristen Simmons writes. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">4 out of 5 stars</span><br />traychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945579701344020423noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401931473743206679.post-87748182071165804692014-03-14T13:08:00.000-07:002014-03-14T13:08:00.661-07:00BOOK REVIEW: Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>TITLE: </b>Boy Nobody<br />
<b>AUTHOR: </b>Allen Zadoff<br />
<b>FIRST PUBLISHED:</b> May 23rd, 2013<br />
<b>GENRE: </b>YA, Action, Mistery<br />
<b>SERIES: </b>Boy Nobody, Book 1.<br />
<b>RATING:</b> 3.5 out of 5 stars<br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer18154597008522561183">Who is Boy Nobody?<br /><br />The perennial new kid at school:<br />New town, new name... new mission.<br /><br />The perfect assassin:<br />Kill your target and move on.<br />No fear. No sympathy. No remorse.<br /><br />But
this time is different. The stakes are deadlier. The memories are
surfacing. And Boy Nobody is about to find out who he really is.</span><span id="freeTextContainer18154597008522561183"></span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer18154597008522561183">I decided to read this because it seemed short and fun and not all too complicated, because I did not have time to read something large and complex. Well, this book was somewhere in between. It's short, and the story is not too complicated. </span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer18154597008522561183">I liked Boy Nobody because it was quite original. I've never read a YA book before written this way. The writing was nice and concise. While reading it, you have a feeling like you're watching a movie, because this story would perfectly be adapted in a movie. </span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer18154597008522561183">It was hard conecting to the main character, because he tried as much as he could to stay on the low, and he kept adapting new personalities with every next target and he didn't show much emotion.</span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer18154597008522561183">I felt that the book moved way too fast. I do understand that he had 7 days to complete the mission he was given, but that a short time to fall in love with a girl. And there was an insta connection and almost insta love between the two main characters. </span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer18154597008522561183"><span style="font-size: large;">3.5 out of 5 stars</span></span>traychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945579701344020423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401931473743206679.post-90130304099841688372014-03-10T12:52:00.002-07:002014-03-10T12:56:06.987-07:00BOOK REVIEW: The Ask and The Answer by Patrick Ness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>TITLE: </b>The Ask and The Answer<br />
<b>AUTHOR: </b>Patrick Ness<br />
<b>FIRST PUBLISHED:</b> May 5th 2009<br />
<b>GENRE: </b>YA, Dystopian<br />
<b>SERIES: </b>The Chaos Walking Trilogy, Book 2.<br />
<b>RATING:</b> 5 out of 5 stars<br />
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<span id="freeText14809731733141696579">We were in the square,
in the square where I'd run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to
stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could
save her - But there weren't no safety, no safety at all, there was
just him and his men...<br /><br />Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd
has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their
worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and
imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order.
But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is
she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one
day, the bombs begin to explode...</span><br />
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview826528069">God dammit Patrick Ness. What have you done to me?</span></span><br />
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview826528069">I
rated the first book The Knife of Never Letting Go 5 stars, because I
loved it so so much! It was original and crazy awesome. After finishing
it, people were telling me that I shouldn't expect too much of book two,
because it's slow and not as good as the first one. WHAT? This must've
been another book then, because it was freaking beautiful and even
better than the first one.</span></span><br />
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview826528069">It starts off right where book one
ended, and that is in Haven, which now is called New Prentisstown,
because Mayor Prentiss came first and well, he wanted to become a
president, and he did. </span></span><br />
<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview826528069">I don't want to talk about the main
characters Todd and Viola much. I like them, but they are not my
favorite. Let me talk about the father-son Prentiss duo.</span></span><br />
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview826528069">Seriously,
how awesome is Mayor Prentiss? He is probably my all time favorite
villain. He is such a complex character and it's so hard to guess what
he is going to do next, what his next move is or what he's going to say.
I love how smart he is, and how he has the power to just make us think
that he's good and the other side is bad. At one moment he got even me! I
admit it. I was like "This guy is good. Why does everybody hate him?".
And then in the next chapter it would just hit me "Oh, there's why". But
nevertheless he is just damn right smart. And evil. But I still love
him. </span></span><br />
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview826528069">Let me say just a few words about my other favorite
character, Davy Prentiss. He is the one character that we saw mentally
growing in this book. From what he started in book 1, to the things he
did in book 2, he definitely made a big progress. Throughout the both
books I thought that we deserve chapters from his POV, because he had it
tough, this guy. All the stuff he had to suffer because of his father,
damn I feel sorry for this guy. </span></span><br />
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just can't explain how much I love this trilogy. Patrick Ness is a
mastermind, I admit it. He has the power to make me feel. The Ask and
The Answer ended with such a big cliffhanger and I just can't wait to
see what happens in Monsters of Men. This has become one of my favorite
series. It's hard to top Uglies and Divergent, but this is close. Really
close.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5 out of 5 stars</span>traychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945579701344020423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401931473743206679.post-33325658421591112282014-01-19T14:11:00.000-08:002014-01-19T14:11:00.105-08:00BOOK REVIEW: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>TITLE: </b> The Knife Of Never Letting Go<br />
<b>AUTHOR: </b>Patrick Ness<br />
<b>FIRST PUBLISHED:</b> May 5th 2008<br />
<b>GENRE: </b>YA, Dystopian<br />
<b>SERIES: </b>The Chaos Walking Trilogy<br />
<b>RATING:</b> 5 out of 5 stars<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.</span><br />
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<b>WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN?</b><br />
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This book was so unbelievebly amazing. Believe me when I say that. </div>
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Before starting to read it I had some expectations. Nothing too high nothing too low. People have been telling me that this is an awesome trilogy and that I should just read it. But boy, I did not expect it to be this good!</div>
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The beginning of the book, the first few chapters weren't that good. There was even time when I thought that I should maybe give up and start reading something else. Thank God I didn't listen to my mind. After the first 30 or so pages this book gets so good that you wouldn't even believe it. </div>
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Patrick Ness is such a genius author. The way he writes, the way he expresses his thoughts is beyond great. His writing style is so original and different that anything else. </div>
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I must say that this is I think the first book that made me emotional. Like, I almost teared up a bit. Why? Because of a certain death. The death of my favorite character. I'm trying not to spoil it for you, but damn it was so hard saying goodbye to him. I hate Todd for making the decision he made in that chapter.</div>
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This was the first YA book that I've read in a long time. Maybe six months or more. Thank God I made a come back like this. It is also the first book I read this year. Let's just hope that all the books I read this year are nearly as good as this one.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">5 OUT OF 5 STARS</span></b></div>
traychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945579701344020423noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401931473743206679.post-63987577777905567522014-01-14T14:04:00.002-08:002014-01-14T15:01:25.738-08:00COVER REVEAL: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare<br />
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Today, Cassandra Clare revealed the stunning cover of the last book of her best-selling book series The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire.</div>
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I've read only the first two books of this series BUT i loved them. I wish I could get the rest of them and read them. </div>
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Here's the beautiful cover<br /><br /></div>
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ILoveTeenBooks is a part of The Eternity Cure tour! The theme of the tour is <b>Vampire vs. Human</b>. On which side are you? Please visit the newly launched site <a href="http://www.bloodofeden.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Blood of Eden</b></span></a> for more information. We will be discussing is our 'dear and sweet' <b>Jackal</b>. Yes! We got the coolest guy in the book! Hah!<br />
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But before you read that, here's something more about The Eternity Cure.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Julie Kagawa</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Series: Blood of Eden #2</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Published: April 30th, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You won’t want to miss book 2 in Julie Kagawa’s dystopian masterpiece, <i>Blood of Eden</i>, optioned for a movie by Palomar Pictures.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do you face the end of eternity? </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Allison Sekemoto’s world, there is one rule left: Blood calls to blood.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She has done the unthinkable: died so that she might continue to live. Cast out of Eden and separated from the boy she dared to love, Allie will follow the call of blood to save her creator, Kanin, from the psychotic vampire Sarren. But when the trail leads to Allie’s birthplace in New Covington, what Allie finds there will change the world forever-and possibly end human and vampire existence.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></blockquote>
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As you can tell, Jackal is a really awesome, vampire(which one isn't?), former vampire King of Chicago and Allison's older brother. Kanin turned him a couple of decades before finding Allie. Most think he is the villain in these novels but I think he is misunderstood. He is one of those anti-heros. You never know if he is telling the truth or not. He plays by his own rules and knows when is the time to strike and when to pull back. Jackal's biggest concern is Jackal. He doesn't do anything if he doesn't help him in any way. I'm still not sure why he helped Allie track down Kanin who's being torture by the so-called Psycho Vamp, Saren. Jackal calls Kanin 'old man' and doesn't show he still cares for him but he <i>still</i> goes with Allie. So I would say, don't underestimate Jackal. He is not as vicious as he's trying to make us believe.<br />
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What I like most about him is his sarcasm and fearlessness. He teases Allie and Zeke when they're having a tender moment. He doesn't tolerate stupidity well so he just kills everyone that's going on his nerves, that is, if he can. Leave it to him to make all of us laugh.<br />
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The only thing that's bigger than his thirst for blood is thirst for power. There's nothing he wouldn't do to be able to rule. He's proven that when he a King of Chicago. His subjects were all ruthless killers who enjoyed watching humans fight rabids. Jackals's only weakness is he can't turn humans into vampires so his plans aren't going well, for now. But who knows, he might get his kingdom back in the third book. *whispers* I hope so.<br />
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<b style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julie Kagawa was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasn’t getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish and the odd eel.</span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br style="margin: 0px;" /></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;" /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0pt 0px; text-align: start;">
<b style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To pay the rent, Julie worked in different bookstores over the years, but discovered the managers frowned upon her reading the books she was supposed to be shelving. So she turned to her other passion: training animals. She worked as a professional dog trainer for several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until her first book sold and she stopped training to write full-time.</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Title: </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wither</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Author:</b> Lauren DeStefano</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">First Published: </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">March 22 2011</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Genre</b>: YA, Dystopian, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pages</b>: 358</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 18.1875px;">I LOVE DYSTOPIAN BOOKS. THEY ARE SO SO SO GOOD. Wither wasn't an <span style="background-color: transparent;">exception. I've wanted to read Wither since I read Delirium, and saw that these two series got many comparations. So, Delirium is my favorite book series, and of course, I wanted to read Wither. Now Wither is one of my favorite books ever!! Right there with Uglies and Delirium. I'm so glad I had a chance to read it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It didn't have a lot of action. But it was never boring, which isn't the case with a lot of books who don't have a lot of action. Often they are boring, and not one moment I felt bored when I was reading Wither. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*and last but not least, shoutout to (i'm becoming annoying with these shoutouts) to Jessi @ AuntieSpinelliReads for sending me Wither. I'd always be grateful. Thanks :)</span></span></span></div>
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1. The Goddess Test Series by Aimee Carter<br />
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2. Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi<br /><br />Thanks to Harlequin Teen for The Goddess Test series. I'm preparing something similiar with The Julie Kagawa Month but with these books.<br />Ans HUGE THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS to the most awesome person in this world, JESSI. Please visit her blog (which Is my all time favorite blog)<a href="http://auntiespinellireads.org/" target="_blank"> Auntie Spinelli Reads</a></div>
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If you know me, then you'd know how much I love dystopian books. You'd also know how much action in dystopian books I want. You'd know that i'm not so much into the "romance" bits in novels. With Slated I felt like I changed all my beliefs. I didn't want it to have much action. I wanted more romance. Thank God, that was the case. What kept me reading Slated was the "mystery" part. Why was she Slated? Who is Kyla? What about her past?<br /></div>
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There was enough action. As I mentioned, I didn't want it to have it alot action. I wanted everything to go smoothly, and step by step, because some things were complicated. </div>
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I liked Kyla. Not my favorite female character, though. At some times she was whiny, but cool enough for me.</div>
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Just few minutes ago, on Veronica Roth's website was announced something the fans of the Divergent series had been expecting for months! What is that you're asking. IT'S THE FREAKING TITLE AND COVER!<br />
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Ripped away from those she loves most, Tess is heartbroken
as her small band of travelers reaches the Isolationist camp in the mysterious
and barren Middlelands. Desperate to be reunited with James, the forbidden
chosen one who stole her heart, she wants nothing to do with the rough
Isolationists, who are without allegiance in the war between the Westerners and
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Virginia, but don’t call her a Southerner. She also spent a few years living in
Cuba. Since her time on the island of
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author she fell in love with? Jane Austen in middle school. Tiffany spent most
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Tiffany embraces popular Young Adult literature and uses it in her classroom.
She currently teaches the following novels: The Outsiders, Speak, Night,
Dystopian Literature Circles: The Hunger Games, The Giver, The Uglies, and
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For twenty-one-year-old
Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They'd been best friends
ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie.
Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with
that? Kyler puts the 'man' in man-whore. He's never stayed with a girl longer
than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn't
want to risk their friendship by declaring her love.<br />
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Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To
him, she's perfect and she's everything. But the feelings he has for her, he's
always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always
be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one
girl he can never have.<br />
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But when they're stranded together at a posh ski resort due to a massive
Nor'easter, there's nothing stopping their red-hot feelings for each other from
coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet,
can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them,
and this ski trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.</blockquote>
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and <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling author. She
lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her
state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time
reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write,
and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russel Loki.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in
algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which
explains her di<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5401931473743206679" name="_GoBack"></a>smal grades in math. Jennifer writes young
adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is
published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion
and Harlequin Teen.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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traychehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11945579701344020423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401931473743206679.post-73801253930524015802013-03-26T09:06:00.000-07:002013-03-26T12:49:14.017-07:00BOOK REVIEW: Vortex by Julie Cross<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Author:</b> Julie Cross</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">First Published: </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">January 3rd 2013</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pages</b>: 426</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Jackson Meyer has thrown himself into his role as an agent for Tempest, the shadowy division of the CIA that handles all time-travel-related threats. Despite his heartbreak at losing the love of his life, Jackson has proved himself to be an excellent agent. However, allthat changes when Holly—the girl he altered history to save—re-enters his life. And when Eyewall, an opposing division of the CIA, emerges, Jackson and his fellow agents find themselves under attack and on the run.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved Tempest so much! It was the first book about time traveling that I've ever read. Gave it 5 stars. I had quite big expectations about the sequel Vortex. And guess what? I loved it even more than I thought I would! It was better than Tempest. More time travel, more action, more awesome characters and more unexpected plot changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There wasn't a lot romance in this book. Though, there were a few scenes with Holly and Jackson that could be called "romantic".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WOW Lots of it! I LOVED THE PLOT! There were sooo many unexpected stuff going on, few murders here and there, little bit of conspiracy. LOVED IT! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jackson is an awesome male character. I liked the way he though things, loved how he acted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The scenes with when Jackson found "the room". I loved the Einstein quotes, that was awesome.<br />I loved when he found out new stuff about his past, and some stuff about the future.<br />I loved how the time travel thing is all well explained.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Would I recommend it?</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes I would. Especially if you are fan of Tempest you need to read this book asap. If you like books with time travelling, you should totally pick this one up. A great sequel!</span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white;">Excerpt One: The Longing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“Not to
run, but to be careful, especially with the vicar so near.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> “Only one in three are taken.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“It’s
not worth the risk, Nathaniel. Or have you forgotten the look of those who have
been taught? The far off stare, the dreams seemingly ripped away.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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What good were dreams if they stayed unfulfilled? Since coming of age the month
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trying to see to the opposite wall. It had to be close, because he could feel
his boots pressing against it. But try as he would, he couldn’t penetrate the
darkness. There was no glimmer to help, only the darkest dark he’d ever known.
No moon, no stars, no hint of light. A dark to haunt one’s dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sometimes,
he’d startle to the grating of the ceiling cover being removed. Light would
pour into the room, flooding him with exhilaration…He’d stand, stretch his
stiff limbs and look into the plump faces of the vicars surrounding him,
seniors all with their decorated hats. They, in turn, would look down on him
sympathetically before beginning a litany of the horrors of the darkness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had forgotten his dilemma. The idea of the keep had awakened something in him
he thought he’d lost forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> “But who’ll solve the puzzle?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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founders of the keep believed a new generation would arise that would seek the
truth at all costs, even at the risk of their lives. Some few from that
generation would take the lead. These would be called seekers, and their task
would be to solve the puzzle and rediscover the keep.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There Comes a Prophet by David Litwack<br />
Publication date: July 9th 2012<br />
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Genre: YA Dystopian</div>
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<span id="yiv1983986402freeText17455529089520946069"><b>Synopsis:</b><br />Who among us will cast aside a comfortable existence and risk death to follow a dream?<br /><br />A world kept peaceful for a thousand years by the magic of the ruling vicars. But a threat lurks from a violent past. Wizards from the darkness have hidden their sorcery in a place called the keep and left a trail of clues that have never been solved.<br /><br />Nathaniel has grown up longing for more but unwilling to challenge the vicars. Until his friend Thomas is taken for a teaching, the mysterious coming-of-age ritual. Thomas returns but with his dreams ripped away. When Orah is taken next, Nathaniel tries to rescue her and ends up in the prisons of Temple City. There he meets the first keeper of the ancient clues. But when he seeks the keep, what he finds is not magic at all.<br /><br />If he reveals the truth, the words of the book of light might come to pass:<br /><br />“If there comes among you a prophet saying ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the light.”</span></div>
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The urge to write first struck when working on a newsletter at a youth encampment in the woods of northern Maine. It may have been the night when lightning flashed at sunset followed by northern lights rippling after dark. Or maybe it was the newsletter's editor, a girl with eyes the color of the ocean. But he was inspired to write about the blurry line between reality and the fantastic.<br />
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Using two fingers and lots of white-out, he religiously typed five pages a day throughout college and well into his twenties. Then life intervened. He paused to raise two sons and pursue a career, in the process becoming a well-known entrepreneur in the software industry, founding several successful companies. When he found time again to daydream, the urge to write returned. There Comes a Prophet is his first novel in this new stage of life.<br />
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David and his wife split their time between Cape Cod, Florida and anywhere else that catches their fancy. He no longer limits himself to five pages a day and is thankful every keystroke for the invention of the word processor.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">After faking their deaths to escape from prison, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Near-celebrities now for the increasingly sensationalized tales of their struggles with the government, Ember and Chase are recognized and taken in by the Resistance—an underground organization working to systematically take down the government. At headquarters, all eyes are on the sniper, an anonymous assassin taking out FBR soldiers one by one. Rumors are flying about the sniper’s true identity, and Ember and Chase welcome the diversion….</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Until the government posts its most-wanted list, and their number one suspect is Ember herself.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Orders are </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">shoot to kill</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">, and soldiers are cleared to fire on suspicion alone. Suddenly Ember can’t even step onto the street without fear of being recognized, and “laying low” is a joke. Even members of the Resistance are starting to look at her sideways.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">With Chase urging her to run, Ember must decide: Go into hiding…or fight back?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I am so glad I read this book!! Ever since I read Artcle 5 last year, I was eager to know what happens next. You know, Artcle 5 was one of the best books I read last year, and I definitely was excited for the sequel. I put my expectations very high, and expected a lot! Thank god I got everything I wanted! This book was excellent! It had action, it had a little bit romance and it SURE had some unexpected twists! Like the end, let's say. I loved it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A LOT. I mean A LOT A LOT. That's why I loved this book so much. It was full of action scenes, and full of unexpected moments. </span></span></div>
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Hi guys! Sorry that we didn't post so much last week. It's been a busy busy week, but we promise to post more this week!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">First Published: </b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">August 7th 2012</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas could live—not walk around half dead. He knows they're right, but in Cas's eyes, no living girl he meets can compare to the dead girl he fell in love with.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Now he's seeing Anna everywhere: sometimes when he's asleep and sometimes in waking nightmares. But something is very wrong...these aren't just daydreams. Anna seems tortured, torn apart in new and ever more gruesome ways every time she appears.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Cas doesn't know what happened to Anna when she disappeared into Hell, but he knows she doesn't deserve whatever is happening to her now. Anna saved Cas more than once, and it's time for him to return the favor.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">I've had this book since it came out in August. But I decided to read it just now... I thought that it might be boring and stuff, but I am glad it wasn't. I felt a little dissapointed though, because I wanted A LOT MORE ANNA KORLOV. MORE ANNA! MORE ANNA! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Not a lot... Almost not at all. I mean yeah, Cass was thinking about Anna all the time, but this isn't a love story.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Not a lot... It was fast paced, but there weren't a lot of action/fighting scenes.. It wasn't boring though!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Cas was a descent male character. I don't know what to say more about him. He played nice, he was interesting etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since last year, I've been more and more interested in thrillers after so many paranormal novels disappointed me so I decided to shake things up and I'm glad I did because thrillers were just what I needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The night before I finished this book I was home alone and playing Left4Dead and lets just say, it wasn't pretty. All of the lights were on in my house and I was sitting in a corner listening to early Britney songs. This usually does the trick and I snap out of it but it wasn't helping because I started to think of all the creepy things that happened in this book and I back then I hadn't even read the first half of the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The creep factor was really high in this book. I did not expect it would go that far. There were two different parts in this novel. The first one was more contemporary with a dash of eerie mirror scenes with random whispering while the second was full on paranormal/horror story with the strange hair-raising black monsters that are actually something like split ghosts that are looking for their lost, other half in this world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also, the first half had romance which was ignored in the second part of the book. I didn't feel attached to the growing relationship of the characters because it happened to fast for my taste, especially considering that the main character, Sophie didn't have friends in school but she suddenly accepts the attention of Evan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There was one thing I didn't like. The way out protagonist, Sophie never listened to anyone. There were a lot of situations where someone would say something like <i>Don't go to that mental hospital</i> or <i>Don't go there alone</i> or <i>Obey the doctor</i>, she wouldn't do it and her disobedience is what got her in big, colossal trouble every time. If she hadn't gone to the hospital in the middle of the night alone, none of the mess in the second half of the book wouldn't happen. But I guess, all of those things needed to happen in order to solve the whole mystery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It might appear I said a lot of things that didn't set right but that's not entirely true because it's easier to talk about the bad side of the book rather that the good. All in all, I would recommend this book to my friends and everyone else since it had so many scary and unnerving scenes. It was definitely one of the best young-adult thrillers I've read. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1361897858417_11991">Sometimes, a few dares can change lives…<br /><br />The weekend before the start of senior year, Sophie Erickson and her best friends, Ella and Grace, discover a handwritten list of dares tucked away in the glove compartment of Sophie’s beat-up old Toyota. But this isn’t just any list; it’s a dead girl's bucket list.<br /><br />Sophie's beloved aunt Suzy died as a teenager in a fatal fall, leaving Sophie with an overly cautious family, a few fading photographs, and a bucket of bolts that barely passes for a car. But now, Sophie has Suzy’s list of the things she wanted to do in her last year of high school. Sophie can't help but wonder: What would happen if she tried to fulfill Suzy’s last wishes, to live out the longed-for life of her aunt, her hero?<br /><br />As Sophie and her friends attempt to knock off the things on Suzy's list of dares, love blossoms in unexpected places and Sophie begins to feel that her life is finally coming together...when in fact, everything is slowly unraveling around her. When the truth about a long-held family secret threatens to shatter everything she believed to be true, Sophie is forced to question everything she knew about the life and people she believed in, and ultimately herself.</i></span><br />
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Downing is an okay read.<br /><span style="font-size: small;">
It’s definitely not the best book out there but it’s worthwhile. I love books that revolve around concepts
such as that of Bucket Lists and the journey of finally finding yourself. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">
So it wasn’t very hard to pick this book up immediately. </span><br />
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I feel the plot the whole book is set on is quite a good one actually. Dead
Aunt. Her list of things to do before she died. Hot Neighbour. Bestfriends. And
self discovery.</span></span><span lang="EN-IN"><br />
All the things that attract the usual YA crowd.<br />
This book had lot of promise but honestly, it couldn’t quite live upto it. I
could see so many holes in the story while reading it and the protagonist in
itself was a big turn off. The story was way too predictable and I had a hard time
relating with the decisions the Sophie (The protagonist) made. What brought
most of the book was the fact that I wasn’t buying the emotional side of the
whole story. And the love story also felt a tad bland to me until the last few
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Aside from the main protagonist , I loved the sub-characters. Sophie’s
bestfriends , Ella and Grace, were a treat to read about and there were some
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<span id="yiv2062358020freeTextContainerauthor237997"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Erin Downing has written more than a dozen books for young adults, tweens, and kids. Her guilty pleasures include an unhealthy obsession with reality TV and cheesy romantic dramas (Revenge! Alias!), an addiction to Us Weekly magazine, and cupcakes.</span></span></div>
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get about 4,000 words done. That’s 20k a week. You do the maths – you can have
a whole novel written in about 4 weeks. Of course, it may be terrible, but
that’s what the editing process is all about. For preparation, I get on the
rowing machine in the morning and listen to my ipod. That’s when I do most of
my thinking. I visualize the scenes in my head and the exercise clears my head
and gets me charged up. I probably drink about 3 cups of coffee in any given
writing day. I’ll start writing at 8am and write solidly until lunch when I’ll
have half an hour off. I find it doesn’t pay to have too much of a break –
especially if I’m really into the creative process. I’ll start writing again in
the afternoon and usually finish around 4pm. I don’t like to work much past
that otherwise I don’t get to spend any time with my family. Besides, I’m
pretty shattered by that point and my writing gets lazy. I do find it hard to
sleep after a solid day of writing – I’m usually too worked up and I often go
to bed thinking of better ways to write the scene. My wife tells me she talks
to me in the evenings and I answer her but I often forget can’t remember the
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Rapture has occurred - the end of the world. The faithful have risen up to Heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Those left behind are in a living hell. Armed only with his swords and his wit, a teenage boy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #260a00; font-family: inherit;">Phillip W. Simpson is an author of mostly children's books - both fiction and non-fiction.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #260a00; font-family: inherit;">and oriental weapons and turning down a job at the British museum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #260a00; font-family: inherit;">His YA novel RAPTURE (the first in the Rapture trilogy) was released Sept 1st, 2011 by Pear Jam</span></div>
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<span style="color: #260a00; font-family: inherit;">books. RAPTURE is a dystopian/post-apocalyptic story about the end of the world featuring demons,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Author:</b> Suzanne Collins</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">First Published: </b>August 24th 2010</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Genre</b>: YA, Dystopian</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pages</b>: 390</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 18.196969985961914px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rating:</b> 5 out of 5</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire back to back last year. I really loved them! I always wanted to read Mockingjay, but I got the chance to read it this year. I'm so glad I read it! Few friends told me that the book is a dissapointment, and that it's not as good as the first two. I don't know what they were talking about! Mockingjay was magnificent! I loved it!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">There isn't a lot of romance in Mockingjay. I mean, almost not at all. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">A LOT OF ACTION!!!!! Every single chapter was filled with action! It made the plot go so fast! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Heroine:</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Katniss Everdeen is my favorite character of all times! I mean, she is so strong, confident and yet, she is herself! In these three books she goes in soo many emotional rides, I feel sorry for her. Those two deaths at the end almost broke my heart!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Peeta, Finnick and Gale... All great heros! They did all to protect Katniss, their loved one. Though, Suzanne Collins decided that three heros is a lot, so decided to break out hearts and kill one of them. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I liked that it was full of action. I liked District 13. I liked the epilogue. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Sometimes I thought that the writing style was like... to much. Like, sometimes I'd forget what Katniss was trying to say or think when she started that thought. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">YES FOR SURE. This book is a total must read. Like it's preceders, it's an action paced, full of greatness novel. It will make you think about yourself and the world around you.</span><br />
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