tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68778563681816511372024-03-13T22:12:27.812-07:00The Scribbler's QuillShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-27610328951292262562012-03-19T22:34:00.004-07:002012-03-20T08:32:07.417-07:00Top Ten Tuesday (13)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by </span><a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #00997f; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">The Broke and the Bookish</a><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">.<br />
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<b><u>Top Ten Books On Our Spring TBR List</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br />
</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am currently a little over half way through with this book and I really love it!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>2. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">The cover of this book is absolutely breathtaking and plus I heard that it was a high-fantasy, which I love, so I cannot wait to read it!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>3. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have heard great things about this book and I think that I am going to enjoy it a lot, so pretty excited.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>4. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved the Heir Chronicles by her so I want to start this series ASAP.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>5. The Maze Runner by James Dashner</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend let me borrow this book and said that I would enjoy it so I am definitely looking forward to reading it soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>6. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved the Mortal Instruments Series as well as Clockwork Angel so I really want to read this book in the very near future.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>7. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a part of my Top 100 Classic Book Reading Resolution and I have read it before and loved it; so I can't wait to read it again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>8. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I got this book for Christmas but I haven't gotten around to reading it because I want to reread the series because I haven't read any of them since Brisingr came out so I just want to refresh my memory first.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>9. Shine by Lauren Myracle</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've heard some great things about this so I really cannot wait to read this book.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>10. Graceling by Kristen Cashore</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have heard some awesome things about this book as well and plus it's a high-fantasy as well, so I really want to read it soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><3 Shannon</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-365034245638927632012-03-10T23:31:00.000-08:002012-03-10T23:31:38.557-08:00In My Mailbox (8)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KM_abLg27Wc/Tj8QykRhVqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cbvLSa_CdgY/s1600/mailbox1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KM_abLg27Wc/Tj8QykRhVqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cbvLSa_CdgY/s1600/mailbox1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">In My Mailbox is a meme created by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">The Story Siren</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"> and inspired by Alea of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Pop Culture Junkie</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">! It is a list of what books you have received over the previous week, either for review, from the library, from the bookstore, or from trades.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>Books Bought:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9541845-but-i-love-him">But I Love Him</a> by Amanda Grace</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7488244-unearthly">Unearthly</a> by Cynthia Hand</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25373.Nick_Norah_s_Infinite_Playlist">Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist</a> by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7741325-dash-lily-s-book-of-dares">Dash & Lily's Book of Dares</a> by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7260188-mockingjay">Mockingjay</a> by Suzanne Collins</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11870085-the-fault-in-our-stars">The Fault in Our Stars</a> by John Green</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7824322-between-shades-of-gray">Between Shades of Gray</a> by Ruta Sepetys</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>Book Recieved:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11724858-where-it-began">Where It Began</a> by Ann Redisch Stampler (from <a href="http://dacarctours.blogspot.com/">The DAC ARC Tour</a>) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<b>Books Read in February 2012</b>:<br />
-Unearthly by Cynthia Hand<br />
-Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins<br />
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling<br />
-But I Love Him by Amanda Grace<br />
-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan<br />
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<b>Books Going to be Read in March 2012:</b><br />
-Where It Began by Ann Redisch Stampler<br />
-Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins<br />
-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling<br />
-Incarnate by Jodi Meadows<br />
-The Fault in Our Stars by John Green<br />
-Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan<br />
-The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien<br />
-To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee<br />
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<3 ShannonShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-2560463226162862772012-03-01T00:53:00.002-08:002012-03-01T01:00:41.233-08:00Top 100 Classic Books Reading Resolution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/14B0WZIWODk?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of resolutions for 2012 was to read more classic books, so I have compiled a list of the Top 100 Classic Books. The way that I have come up with this list is that I looked at multiple lists and picked the books that showed up the most. The books are in no particular order, I just wrote them down as I determined that they should be on my list. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't plan to be able to read all of these books in one year but I hope to be able to start on it and continue it. I will either review them here on my blog or make a video about it on my YouTube channel, which ever I feel like at the moment!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> If you would like to participate along with me that would be great!! In the month of March I am planning to read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Let me know in the comments and if I get enough interest I might put up a discussion post at the end of the month/when the books are finished.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To see the full list and where I will be keeping track of my progress click <a href="http://shannone2009.livejournal.com/3282.html">here</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><3 Shannon</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-2776242381125985422012-02-21T00:30:00.000-08:002012-02-21T00:32:20.755-08:00Top Ten Tuesday (12) + Tune In Tuesday (8)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by </span><a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #00997f; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">The Broke and the Bookish</a><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><u>Top Ten Books I Would Save From A Natural Disaster</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>1. Harry Potter Series by J.k. Rowling</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I would never be able to part with these books! I've had them since 3rd/4th grade (and you can tell it too). These would probably be one of the first things that I would grab.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>2. All My Ellen Hopkins Books</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I love her books and I have a few of them signed so I would be able to part with these either.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>3. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">This was one of the first books that really got me back into reading in high school; because in middle school I didn't have a good selection so I kind of slacked off but this book brought me back in. Also Wes is in the number one spot on my fictional character crush list!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>4. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I read this book in high school and I loved it! It quickly became one of my favorite books and now all I need to do is read Lord of the Rings 1-3.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">This book is probably my favorite "classic" book! I absolutely adore it and I would not be able to leave this book behind.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>6. The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">This is one of my favorite book series from when I was in middle school and I have read them over and over so many times!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>7. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">This book was a recent purchase and I didn't expect to love it as much as I did but now I could not possibly bear to leave it behind. Plus it's signed!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>8. The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">This series is one of my favorites and I absolutely love it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>9. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">This book quickly became one of my favorites in a very short amount of time, so I wouldn't be able to leave it behind either. Plus, need I say anything other than: Cricket!! <3</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><b>10. Any Other Signed Book on My Book Shelf</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I have a couple of other signed books on my book shelf that I definitely would not be able to part with, so I would be grabbing those as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br />
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<b>Books Read in January 2012:</b><br />
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith<br />
-Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins<br />
-Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan<br />
-The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker<br />
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<b>Books Going to be Read in February 2012:</b><br />
-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan<br />
-The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater<br />
-Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins<br />
-Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan<br />
-Incarnate by Jodi Meadows<br />
-The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein<br />
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<3 ShannonShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-61677934120637952092012-02-08T23:54:00.000-08:002012-02-11T12:14:37.428-08:00Review: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-430AsHWy2uM/TyjC4IVP1UI/AAAAAAAAAO4/fnNCLLkyGlY/s1600/Lola+and+the+Boy+Next+Door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-430AsHWy2uM/TyjC4IVP1UI/AAAAAAAAAO4/fnNCLLkyGlY/s320/Lola+and+the+Boy+Next+Door.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><b style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins</b><br />
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<b style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: black;">From Goodreads:</span></b><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Budding designer Lola Nolan</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> doesn't believe in fashion... she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild -- the better. But even though Lola's style is outrageous, she's a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When Cricket -- a gifted inventor -- steps out from his twin sister's shadow and back into Lola's life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">This books seems to be so great because, to me, the characters are phenomenal! They all really come together and make this book truly wonderful.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Lola is a really flawed/human character. She makes mistakes, is a little bit of a compulsive liar, and is a little selfish as well but she doesn't do it with any malicious intent. I really LOVE Cricket! He is one of the most unique love interests that I have read in YA, this far. His character is a breath of fresh air when it comes to the male love interests. It seems that in most books that you pick up, you will probably find a loner/mysterious/moody/brooding love interest and I'm getting kind of tired of it. Cricket is sweet, the boy next door, and realistic. He wins you over with his charm and how genuinely nice his character is. I cannot say enough good things things about his character!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I wish Calliope's character would have been in the book a little more. I found her character to be very fascinating. I also found Calliope and Cricket's relationship very interesting as well. I would have loved to have been able to learn a little more about their dynamic and how they interacted with each other. However, I didn't really get Calliope and Max as the "villains/antagonist" at all. I didn't hate or wish harm to either of them and their reactions seemed very normal to me.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Usually in books there seems to be a lack of good best friends and parents who are actually aware of what their children are doing but, not in this book. Lola's best friend is great and very loyal to her as well. Lola's parents are also very aware of what she is doing most of the time. When they didn't approve of her boyfriend, Max, they made her bring him over for brunch every Sunday and she had to check-in whenever she was out with him. So you cannot say that Lola's parent's weren't a part of her life because they grounded her quite a lot for disobeying the rules.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefcff;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I absolutely LOVE this book! It is amazing and I recommend it to just about anyone! It has moved up to my second favorite Contemporary book on my list. Cricked is, also, definitely on my fictional character crush list as well! SA-WOON! ;) Oh, Anna and St. Clair are also characters in this book, so that is definitely a plus! I have nothing but praise for this book and I'm giving it<b> 5 Quills</b>! So go out to your nearest book store and buy it!!<br />
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<b>From Goodreads:</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j_qGauMsdXs/TzK0zwR_4XI/AAAAAAAAAPA/llySxmY-tlU/s1600/11724858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j_qGauMsdXs/TzK0zwR_4XI/AAAAAAAAAPA/llySxmY-tlU/s320/11724858.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Gabby lived under the radar until her makeover. Way under. but when she started her senior year as a blonder, better-dressed version of herself, she struck gold: Billy Nash believed she was a the flawless girl she was pretending to be. The next eight months with Billy were bliss...Until the night Gabby woke up on the ground next to the remains of his BMW without a single memory of how she got there.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">And Billy's nowhere to be found. </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">All Gabby wants is to make everything perfect again. But getting her life back isn't difficult, it's impossible. Because nothing is the same, and Gabby's beginning to realize she's missed more than a few danger signs along the way. </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">It's time for Gabby to face the truth, even if it means everything changes. </div></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">Especially if it means everything changes.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">This book is going to be published in March and I cannot wait to read it! I'm lucky enough to be receiving it as a part of the Debut Author Challenge ARC tour, and I am so very excited. This sounds like it is going to be an interesting read; so I would keep my eye out for it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><3 Shannon</span></span></div></span>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-35034231329907096662012-01-24T22:21:00.000-08:002012-01-24T22:22:48.163-08:00Waiting on Wednesday (11)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at </span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #00997f; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Breaking The Spine</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>From Goodreads:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9rHzNiBzHhU/Tx-elmMSh4I/AAAAAAAAAOY/WLVtcb6GpdI/s1600/seared.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9rHzNiBzHhU/Tx-elmMSh4I/AAAAAAAAAOY/WLVtcb6GpdI/s320/seared.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">After seventeen-year-old Felicita’s dearest friend Ilven kills herself to escape an arranged marriage, Felicita chooses freedom over privilege.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> She fakes her own death and leaves her sheltered life as one of Pelimburg’s magical elite behind. Living in the slums, scrubbing dishes for a living, she falls for charismatic Dash while also becoming fascinated with vampire Jannik. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Then something shocking washes up on the beach: Ilven's death has called out of the sea a dangerous wild magic. Felicita must decide whether her loyalties lie with the family she abandoned . . . or with those who would twist this dark power to destroy Pelimburg's caste system, and the whole city along with it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">One of the main reasons that I want to read this book is because it it a high fantasy, and I love love love high fantasy books!! It sounds like it's going to be a pretty good read and I'm really glad that I am also getting this book as a part of the Debut Author Challenge ARC tour! I can't wait to read it. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">This book comes out on February 28th, 2012! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><3 Shannon</span></div></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-70927796667222120202012-01-22T23:41:00.000-08:002012-01-22T23:41:07.523-08:00Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ABcd0hW5S7s/Twnq4izmEMI/AAAAAAAAAOI/zo7ThJPSknE/s1600/The+Statistical+Probability+of+Love+at+First+Sight+by+Jennifer+E+Smith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ABcd0hW5S7s/Twnq4izmEMI/AAAAAAAAAOI/zo7ThJPSknE/s320/The+Statistical+Probability+of+Love+at+First+Sight+by+Jennifer+E+Smith.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><b style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18B. Hadley's in 18A. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Twists of fate and quirks of timing play out in this thoughtful novel about family connections, second chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">If I saw this book in a book store and just read the title I probably wouldn't have picked it up because I hate "love at first sight". The only reason why I gave this book a chance is because I heard a lot of great things about it, and decided to give it a chance. This book takes place over the course of 24 hours, but the love story does not feel like insta-love. It feels real and genuine, and there's no doubting that Oliver and Hadley are great together!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">I read this book in two days and I enjoyed it very much but it's not all cute, light material; there is some heavy stuff in this book. Oliver and Hadley each have something they have to come to terms with; some of it you know, some of it you find out during the story. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">This book gives you a little bit of everything: love, heartache, sadness, joy, anger, and acceptance. I would recommend it to everyone because it is so much more than a contemporary love story. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The growth that Hadley and Oliver go through is what makes this book great. This book has quickly jumped into my favorite contemporary books. So I give this book<b> 5 Quills</b> and I highly suggest that you pick it up and read it.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N8uLrSpYq_Y/Tjj2vpwtcyI/AAAAAAAAADM/TNA3_gSfTaY/s1600/5+quills+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N8uLrSpYq_Y/Tjj2vpwtcyI/AAAAAAAAADM/TNA3_gSfTaY/s1600/5+quills+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><3 Shannon</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-19174077644324237592012-01-22T08:40:00.000-08:002012-01-22T08:40:01.481-08:00In My Mailbox (7)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KM_abLg27Wc/Tj8QykRhVqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cbvLSa_CdgY/s1600/mailbox1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KM_abLg27Wc/Tj8QykRhVqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cbvLSa_CdgY/s1600/mailbox1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">In My Mailbox is a meme created by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">The Story Siren</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"> and inspired by Alea of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Pop Culture Junkie</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">! It is a list of what books you have received over the previous week, either for review, from the library, from the bookstore, or from trades.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>Books Borrowed:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6186357-the-maze-runner">The Maze Runner</a> by James Dashner</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10798428-the-queen-of-kentucky">The Queen of Kentucky</a> by Alecia Whitaker (from <a href="http://dacarctours.blogspot.com/">The DAC ARC Tour</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><3 Shannon</span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-49775195962007976982012-01-19T16:50:00.000-08:002012-01-19T16:53:37.868-08:00Review: The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_s8urebpZoQ/TxiadnxXUZI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/pr5cjjuyVJQ/s1600/41qa0A9CZyL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_s8urebpZoQ/TxiadnxXUZI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/pr5cjjuyVJQ/s320/41qa0A9CZyL.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><b style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker</b><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Paperback: 384 pages</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Fourteen-year-old Kentucky girl Ricki Jo Winstead, who would prefer to be called Ericka, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">thank you very much</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">, is eager to shed her farmer's daughter roots and become part of the popular crowd at her small town high school. She trades her Bible for </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Seventeen</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> magazine, buys new "sophisticated" clothes and somehow manages to secure a tenuous spot at the cool kids table. She's on top of the world, even though her best friend and the boy next door Luke says he misses "plain old Ricki Jo."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Caught between being a country girl and wannabe country club girl, Ricki Jo begins to forget who she truly is: someone who doesn't care what people think and who wouldn't let a good-looking guy walk all over her. It takes a serious incident out on Luke's farm for Ricki Jo to realize that being a true friend is more important than being popular.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">This book was a very fast and easy read. It was also very adorable and very realistic as well. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The main character is fourteen years old so she is a tad annoying but who isn't when they are that age. So when I was reading this book I had to remind myself, a few times, that she was only fourteen and therefore allowed to be a little annoying. Because when you are that young nobody has who they are figured out. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5hc0Um5rUbo/TjjzcfEX7wI/AAAAAAAAADI/gT_H-LR-HF8/s1600/4+quills.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5hc0Um5rUbo/TjjzcfEX7wI/AAAAAAAAADI/gT_H-LR-HF8/s1600/4+quills.gif" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><3 Shannon</span></span></span>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-84728122566936702802012-01-08T00:23:00.000-08:002012-01-08T00:28:06.584-08:00In My Mailbox (6)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KM_abLg27Wc/Tj8QykRhVqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cbvLSa_CdgY/s1600/mailbox1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KM_abLg27Wc/Tj8QykRhVqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/cbvLSa_CdgY/s1600/mailbox1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">In My Mailbox is a meme created by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">The Story Siren</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"> and inspired by Alea of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Pop Culture Junkie</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">! It is a list of what books you have received over the previous week, either for review, from the library, from the bookstore, or from trades.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BFsar73gy_E/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BFsar73gy_E?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BFsar73gy_E?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>Books Borrowed:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska">Looking For Alaska</a> by John Green</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>Books From Christmas:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games">The Hunger Games</a> by Suzanne Collins</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7664041-inheritance">Inheritance</a> by Christopher Paolini</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10798416-the-statistical-probability-of-love-at-first-sight">The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight</a> by Jennifer E Smith</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8928054-shine">Shine</a> by Lauren Myracle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307-graceling">Graceling</a> by Kristen Cashore</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire">Catching Fire</a> by Suzanne Collins</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">That is what I go in my mailbox :) what did you get in yours?</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><3 Shannon</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-12037290950801496872012-01-03T16:23:00.000-08:002012-01-03T16:23:33.301-08:00January TBR 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d7_q7HM0U-A/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d7_q7HM0U-A?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d7_q7HM0U-A?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br />
<b>Books Read in December 2011:</b><br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2954411-living-dead-girl">Living Dead Girl</a> by Elizabeth Scott<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8235178-across-the-universe">Across the Universe</a> by Beth Revis<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6050678-leviathan">Leviathan</a> by Scott Westerfeld<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska">Looking For Alaska</a> by John Green<br />
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<b>Books Going to be Read in January 2012:</b><br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6567017-will-grayson-will-grayson">Will Grayson, Will Grayson</a> by John Green & David Levithan<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10798416-the-statistical-probability-of-love-at-first-sight">The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight</a> by Jennifer E. Smith<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10626594-the-scorpio-races">The Scorpio Races</a> by Maggie Stiefvater<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6148028-catching-fire">Catching Fire</a> by Suzanne Collins<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10798428-the-queen-of-kentucky">The Queen of Kentucky</a> by Alecia Whitaker<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270805.Impulse">Impulse</a> by Ellen Hopkins<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10332259-perfect">Perfect</a> by Ellen Hopkins<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5907.The_Hobbit">The Hobbit</a> by J.R.R Tolkein<br />
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<3 ShannonShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-78566804539456325022011-12-25T17:20:00.000-08:002011-12-28T22:39:39.179-08:00The Wrapping Up 2011 Read-a-Thon Updates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nKUZXRzsfYM/TvfDysgETbI/AAAAAAAAANo/cp_wbJ81xV8/s1600/Button-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nKUZXRzsfYM/TvfDysgETbI/AAAAAAAAANo/cp_wbJ81xV8/s1600/Button-2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Summary:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Total Pages:</u><b> </b>300<br />
<u>Updated at:</u> 12/29/11 1:40 am<u><br />
</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Currently Reading:</u> Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan</div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Finished Reading:</u> Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld<br />
Looking For Alaska by John Green</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Books I'm Going To Read:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PqUoTRuIM_w/TvfAcpSEqPI/AAAAAAAAANc/jP4mXub-DMg/s1600/142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PqUoTRuIM_w/TvfAcpSEqPI/AAAAAAAAANc/jP4mXub-DMg/s320/142.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strike><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6050678-leviathan">Leviathan</a> by Scott Westerfeld</strike></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strike><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska">Looking For Alaska</a> by John Green</strike></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6567017-will-grayson-will-grayson">Will Grayson, Will Grayson</a> by John Green & David Levithan</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10626594-the-scorpio-races">The Scorpio Races</a> by Maggie Stiefvater</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270805.Impulse">Impulse</a> by Ellen Hopkins<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9917945-perfect">Perfect</a> by Ellen Hopkins</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24770.Uglies">Uglies</a> by Scott Westerfeld</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24768.Pretties">Pretties</a> by Scott Westerfeld</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials">Specials</a> by Scott Westerfeld</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493456.Extras">Extras</a> by Scott Westerfeld</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I've had a bit of a late start with Christmas and stuff but I hoping to read about 4 or 5 books from the list.<br />
<3 Shannon</div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-85665677462048443292011-12-06T21:48:00.000-08:002011-12-06T21:48:57.580-08:00Waiting on Wednesday (10)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at </span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #00997f; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Breaking The Spine</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>From Goodreads:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UjpaCXwi5Tg/Tt7790MHzxI/AAAAAAAAANQ/DsHt9NOhq9c/s1600/Cracked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UjpaCXwi5Tg/Tt7790MHzxI/AAAAAAAAANQ/DsHt9NOhq9c/s320/Cracked.jpg" width="212" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Sometimes there's no easy way out.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother's sleeping pills --- only to wake up in the hospital.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little bit. But it doesn't stop Bull's grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there's no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse ---much worse--- before they get better.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This book comes out Januaray 3, 2012; and I miraculously got on the Debut Author Challenge ARC tour for it!! I am so excited to read this book! I love books from this genre so I'm expecting to enjoy this book a lot!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><3 Shannon</span></span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-66227415848322929532011-12-06T01:38:00.000-08:002011-12-06T01:50:44.380-08:00Top Ten and Teaser Tuesday (11) + Tune In Tuesday (7)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by <a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/" style="color: #00997f; text-decoration: none;">The Broke and the Bookish</a>.</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><u><b>Top Ten Childhood Favorites</b></u></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>1. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingles Wilder</b></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">My great grandmother gave me a box set of these books when I was really young but I didn't read them until I was in the fourth grade and my friend Stephanie and I decided to have a competition to see you could read them all first (I won!). But they quickly became one of my favorite series and I reread them the following summer.</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>2. Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling</b></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">This was the other series that I had a competition with Stephanie (she won) and thankfully I did or it would have taken me much longer to discover the wonders of Harry. This is my favorite series!! When I need a reading pick-me-up these are the books that I go to! <3</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>3. The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques</b></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">The library in my middle school was sucky to say the least and I miraculously found five of these books which I read at least five times before I made my parents buy me the series . Which I have read multiple times and I am due for a reread as soon as I find the time.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>4. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White</b></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">I had to do a project on this book in the third grade and I really enjoyed reading it and I ended up rereading after I was done with the project.</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>5. Heartland by Lauren Brooke</b></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">I have no idea how I stumbled over this series but I loved it!</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><b>6. The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B Cooney</b></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">I found this book at a book fair at my middle school and instantly fell in love with it before I was even halfway through with it. I still love it so much that it is still on my bookshelf and not packed up with the rest of my childhood books.</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>7. Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson White</b> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This is another book I found at a book fair and I am really glad that I bought it because I really did like it. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>8. The Berenstain Bears by Stan Berenstain</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This was one of the series that I absolutely loved when I was in elementary school.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">9. The Giving Tree by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Shel Silverstein</span></span></b></div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">I really love this book! It is so sad and sweet; it never fails, every time I read this book I always get teary eyed. </div><div style="background-color: #eefcff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br />
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"</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>I want to scream, but I can't.</i><br />
Because none of this is real.<br />
It's just another nightmare."<br />
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-pg. 49 "Across the Universe" by Beth Revis</span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Happy Tuesday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><3 Shannon</div></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-37816539755404321862011-12-03T10:43:00.000-08:002012-01-03T16:32:21.223-08:00December TBR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/HiJcfRvDg6Y?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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<b>Books Read in November:</b><br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9279177-the-lover-s-dictionary">The Lover's Dictionary</a> by David Levithan<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games">The Hunger Games</a> by Suzanne Collins<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8591107-the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer">The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</a> by Michelle Hodkin<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11126886-the-bronze-and-the-brimstone">The Bronze and the Brimstone</a> by Lory S. Kaufman<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8306857-divergent">Divergent</a> by Veronica Roth<br />
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Books Going To Be Read In December:</b><br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9583408-across-the-universe">Across The Universe</a> by Beth Revis<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6567017-will-grayson-will-grayson">Will Grayson, Will Grayson</a> by John Green & David Levithan<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6050678-leviathan">Leviathan</a> by Scott Westerfeld<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10626594-the-scorpio-races">The Scorpio Races</a> by Maggie Stiefvater<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270805.Impulse">Impulse</a> by Ellen Hopkins<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9917945-perfect">Perfect</a> by Ellen Hopkins<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24770.Uglies">Uglies</a> by Scott Westerfeld<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24768.Pretties">Pretties</a> by Scott Westerfeld<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials">Specials</a> by Scott Westerfeld<br />
-<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493456.Extras">Extras</a> by Scott Westerfeld<br />
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<3 ShannonShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-18085173700193541902011-11-30T10:00:00.000-08:002011-11-30T10:00:02.675-08:00Waiting on Wednesday (9)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/">Breaking The Spine</a>, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>From Goodreads: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wtMqiOD0fEo/Tsxs2TT-HOI/AAAAAAAAAMA/Ij14v2qW1so/s1600/Clockwork-Prince-CVR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wtMqiOD0fEo/Tsxs2TT-HOI/AAAAAAAAAMA/Ij14v2qW1so/s320/Clockwork-Prince-CVR.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="freeText16069217444987520276">In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends. With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and that one of their own has betrayed them. <br />
Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do? <br />
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span id="freeText16069217444987520276">This book comes out on December 6th, 2011, 6 days from now! Clockwork Angel was really good and in some ways a little bit better than the Mortal Instruments. I've already pre-ordered this book and hopefully I will get it before December 10th because Cassandra Clare is supposed to be signing books about 45 minutes from where I live then!!!! Super excited!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="freeText16069217444987520276"><3 Shannon</span><br />
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<span id="freeText16069217444987520276"></span></div></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-69971973731783495922011-11-28T09:05:00.000-08:002011-11-28T09:06:53.040-08:00Review: The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mu_eOMeB1Dw/Tsvj_aprDZI/AAAAAAAAALo/Ui46psm2IA8/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mu_eOMeB1Dw/Tsvj_aprDZI/AAAAAAAAALo/Ui46psm2IA8/s320/3.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><b>The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan</b><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: black;">Reading Level: Adult</span> </li>
<li>Paperback: 224 pages</li>
<li>Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux</li>
<li> ISBN-10: 0374193681</li>
<li>ISBN-13: 978-0374193683</li>
<li>Received From:<span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">i bought it.</span></li>
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<b><span style="color: black;">From Goodreads:</span></b><br />
<span id="freeText7615634109123523183"><i>basis, </i>n. <br />
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<i>There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. <br />
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If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment </i>does <i>pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it’s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover’s face. <br />
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</i>How does one talk about love? Do we even have the right words to describe something that can be both utterly mundane and completely transcendent, pulling us out of our everyday lives and making us feel a part of something greater than ourselves? Taking a unique approach to this problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan’s <i>The Lover’s Dictionary </i>has constructed the story of his relationship as a dictionary. Through these short entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of being within a couple, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.</span><br />
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<b><span id="freeText7615634109123523183">My Thoughts:</span></b><br />
<span id="freeText7615634109123523183"> When I bought this book I had no idea that this was an Adult book and I couldn't tell it was when I was reading it either; so the reading level is moot. This book is absolutely FANTASTIC!!! It has now been placed on my list of favorites and my rereading list as well. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText7615634109123523183">This is such a short book and has very little words on each page but that does not hinder the book at all. On page 21, in 45 words, David Levithan breaks your heart when the narrator's girlfriend tells him that she cheated on him. The book may not have a completely happy tone; but it's real and could actually happen in real life. It's amazing that David Levithan can tell a love story in about a 1/4 of what it takes other authors and it is just as good as their books!<br />
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<span id="freeText7615634109123523183">I cannot praise this book enough! I would recommend this book to anybody because it is just that amazing. So I give it<b> 5 Quills</b>! :)</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N8uLrSpYq_Y/Tjj2vpwtcyI/AAAAAAAAADM/TNA3_gSfTaY/s1600/5+quills+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N8uLrSpYq_Y/Tjj2vpwtcyI/AAAAAAAAADM/TNA3_gSfTaY/s1600/5+quills+2.jpg" /></a></div><span id="freeText7615634109123523183"><3 Shannon</span>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-9735913929531931752011-11-24T01:09:00.000-08:002011-11-24T01:09:55.355-08:00Review: Possess by Gretchen McNeil<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4lnjXp0yg7s/TmVpmmu32lI/AAAAAAAAAF4/JUu2bT66Pbo/s1600/Possess_hc_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4lnjXp0yg7s/TmVpmmu32lI/AAAAAAAAAF4/JUu2bT66Pbo/s320/Possess_hc_c.jpg" width="211" /></a><b>Possess by Gretchen McNeil</b><br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: black;">Reading Level: Young Adult</span> </li>
<li>Paperback: 384 pages</li>
<li>Publisher: Balzer + Bray</li>
<li> ISBN-10: 0062060716</li>
<li>ISBN-13: 978-0062060716</li>
<li>Received From:<span style="color: black;"> Won in a contest at <a href="http://www.candacesbookblog.com/">Candace's Book Blog</a></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: black;">From Goodreads:</span></b><br />
<span id="freeText17141183354994712899">Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her mom, by the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Unfortunately for Bridget, it turns out the voices are demons – and Bridget has the rare ability to banish them back to whatever hell they came from. <br />
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Terrified to tell people about her new power, Bridget confides in a local priest who enlists her help in increasingly dangerous cases of demonic possession. But just as she is starting to come to terms with her new power, Bridget receives a startling message from one of the demons. Now Bridget must unlock the secret to the demons' plan before someone close to her winds up dead – or worse, the human vessel of a demon king.</span><br />
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<b><span id="freeText17141183354994712899">My Thoughts:</span></b><br />
Creepy books are usually not my cup of tea so I wasn't really expecting to like it as much as I did. McNeil wrote this book really well, there was one part that had me so creeped out that I wanted to stop reading it but I am glad that I did not. During the middle of the book I was a little bit confused but things eventually came together. The ending of the book really takes off and has you at the edge of your seat. <br />
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The relationship between Bridget and her 8 year old brother Sam is really endearing and softens Bridget's hard edges and makes her more relatable to the reader as well. Bridget's love interest Matt is such a nice guy and their relationship progresses at an actual real pace, even though Matt's over protectiveness was a bit weird at first.. Also Bridget's best friend, Hector, was definitely my favorite character in the book! <br />
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All in all this was a pretty good book and it was very well written. McNeil also put a lot of time in researching the demon part of the book and that is what really pushed this book over the edge. So overall I give this book <b>4 Quills</b>!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5hc0Um5rUbo/TjjzcfEX7wI/AAAAAAAAADI/gT_H-LR-HF8/s1600/4+quills.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5hc0Um5rUbo/TjjzcfEX7wI/AAAAAAAAADI/gT_H-LR-HF8/s1600/4+quills.gif" /></a></div>Happy Thanksgiving!! <br />
<3 Shannon<br />
<span id="freeText17141183354994712899"> </span>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-75970050140524298212011-11-22T21:16:00.000-08:002011-11-22T21:16:48.368-08:00Waiting on Wednesday (8)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iRuzIAoHOE8/Tjm82qYLjDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/cjlpeoMdciM/s1600/WoW.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/">Breaking The Spine</a>, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.<br />
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Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18B. Hadley's in 18A. <br />
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Twists of fate and quirks of timing play out in this thoughtful novel about family connections, second chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.</span></div><br />
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<span id="freeText9400774862616390755">This title sounds absolutely fantastic! Also the love interest is British?!? That just makes him all the better, I mean who doesn't love a good British accent? I haven't heard too much about this book but it sounds like it's going to be really good read.</span>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-44666057775196859052011-11-22T11:53:00.000-08:002011-11-22T12:03:16.474-08:00Top Ten and Teaser Tuesday (10) + Tune In Tuesday (6)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ewa-It7bm7U/TiVAHP5Jy_I/AAAAAAAAACA/JQUmISeYmx0/s1600/TTT3W.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by <a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/">The Broke and the Bookish</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Top Ten Authors I Want At My Thanksgiving Dinner</b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>These are basically all of my favorite authors and that is why that I would want them at my Thanksgiving Dinner! </b><br />
1. J.K. Rowling</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Ellen Hopkins</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Cassandra Clare</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. David Levithan</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Sarah Dessen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. Scott Westerfeld</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">7. Cinda Williams Chima</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">8. Beth Revis</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">9. John Green</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hSvJwvf4XJs/TiVHvWR--FI/AAAAAAAAACI/ATAwQILulCI/s1600/teasertuesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hSvJwvf4XJs/TiVHvWR--FI/AAAAAAAAACI/ATAwQILulCI/s1600/teasertuesday.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by<a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/"> Miz B</a> at Should Be Reading.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyone can play along! Just do the following:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Grab your current read, open to a random page, and share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My Teaser:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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"Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it."<br />
-pg. 3 "The Lover's Dictionary" by David Levithan<br />
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"These kinds of fights can never be won -- even if you're the victor, you've hurt the other person, and that has to be some loss associated with that."<br />
-pg. 8 "The Lover's Dictionary" by David Levitathan</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/SDTZ7iX4vTQ?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Happy Tuesday!<br />
<3 Shannon</div></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877856368181651137.post-87171862046459081692011-11-20T21:13:00.000-08:002011-11-20T21:14:41.724-08:00Review: The Bronze and The Brimstone by Lory S. Kaufman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-otNzYZw5Tao/TsnZj_-GiRI/AAAAAAAAALg/AbfeXhPdMiI/s1600/Bronze-and-Brimstone-Arm-moved1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-otNzYZw5Tao/TsnZj_-GiRI/AAAAAAAAALg/AbfeXhPdMiI/s320/Bronze-and-Brimstone-Arm-moved1.png" width="213" /></a></div><b>The Bronze and The Brimstone by Lory S. Kaufman</b><br />
*Book 2 of the Verona Trilogy<br />
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<ul><li><span style="color: black;">Reading Level: Young Adult</span> </li>
<li>Paperback: 336 pages</li>
<li>Publisher: The Fiction Studios</li>
<li> ISBN-10: 1936558084</li>
<li>ISBN-13: 978-1936558087</li>
<li>Received From:<span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Given for review via Pump Up Your Book</span></li>
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<b><span style="color: black;">From Goodreads:</span></b><br />
<span id="freeText12753915258431952904">What could go wrong in the 14th-century for three time-traveling teens? How about – EVERYTHING! <br />
Hansum, Shamira and Lincoln, three teens from the 24th-century, are trapped in 14th-century Verona, Italy. They’ve survived many deadly experiences by keeping their wits about them and by introducing futuristic technology into the past. Principal among these inventions is the telescope, which brought them to the attention to the rich and powerful. <br />
But standing out can get you into unexpected and dangerous situations. The nobles of Verona now believe Hansum is a savant, a genius inventor, especially after he brings them plans for advanced cannons and black powder. Being the center of attention is great, but the potential for trouble is now exponentially greater because people are watching Hansum’s every move. <br />
Meanwhile, artistic genius Shamira has fallen for a Florentine artist with bloody and disasterous consequences. Lincoln, considered an incompetent back home in the 24th-century, has blossomed – at least until he’s shot in the head with an arrow. And Hansum, after secretly marrying his new master’s beautiful daughter, Guilietta, is offered the hand in marriage of lady Beatrice, daughter of the ruler of Verona. To refuse could mean calamity for all the teens. <br />
Amazingly, none of this is their biggest challenge. Because a rash illness is spreading across Verona – and it is threatening to consume everyone. Do they have a future in this past? </span><br />
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<b><span id="freeText12753915258431952904">My Thoughts:</span></b><br />
<span id="freeText12753915258431952904"> In this book the characters matured a lot, so I connected with them a little more than I did in the first book; but, they are still not my favorite characters that I have read about. The plot was also a little bit more gripping as well. The last part of the book really took off and was very intersting.<br />
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<span id="freeText12753915258431952904">However, I still had the same problems with this book as I did in the first one. It still took me a long time to read this book, but not as long as the first book. There were a lot of descriptions in this book as well. If the author had condensed all of the information that he put in then it would be a much faster read. I also did not really see the chemistry between Hansum and</span><span id="freeText12753915258431952904"> Guilietta, even though they're married.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText12753915258431952904">Overall I give this book<b> 3 Quills</b>. Still an average read but this one probably isn't going to go in my pile of books that I HAVE to reread.</span><br />
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It is a list of what books you have received over the previous week, either for review, from the library, from the bookstore, or from trades.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/d2FMFpBzHLU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Books From The Y'all Fest:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8235178-across-the-universe">Across the Universe</a> by Beth Revis (new book </span>from Lilly @ <a href="http://lillyreader.blogspot.com/">Lilly Road</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9917945-perfect">Perfect</a> by Ellen Hopkins (new book)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6567017-will-grayson-will-grayson">Will Grayson, Will Grayson</a> by John Green and David Levithan (new book)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9279177-the-lover-s-dictionary">The Lover's Dictionary</a> by David Levithan (new book)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270807.Burned">Burned</a> by Ellen Hopkins</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270805.Impulse">Impulse</a> by Ellen Hopkins</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Books I Bought:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8591107-the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer">The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</a> by Michelle Hodkin</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8306857-divergent">Divergent</a> by Veronica Roth</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Books I Won In A Contest:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10626594-the-scorpio-races">The Scorpio Races</a> by Maggie Stiefvater (from Jamie @ <a href="http://www.perpetualpageturner.com/">The Perpetual Page Turner</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">So the reason that I have been so MIA from this blog is because school and NaNoWriMo are kicking my butt. However, in December I should be back in full force!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><3 Shannon</span></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777883498433588944noreply@blogger.com6