tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080220827300527632024-03-13T08:28:36.487-07:00Read Between The BooksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-82137272403331831992015-05-13T07:00:00.000-07:002015-05-13T07:00:01.403-07:00Review + Excerpt + Giveaway: All Played Out (Rusk Universtiy #3) by Cora Carmack!<br />
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<a href="http://confessionsofayaandnabookaddict.blogspot.com/">Confessions
of a Y.A. and N.A. Book Addict</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://shortandsassybookblurbs.blogspot.com/">Short and
Sassy Book Blurbs</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://wackymommareads.blogspot.com/">This Wacky Momma
Reads</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.winterhavenbooks.blogspot.com/">Winter Haven
Books</a>-Review</div>
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<b>May 10</b></div>
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<a href="http://anateasbookshelf.blogspot.com/">Anatea’s
Bookshelf</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://bookstackedblog.wordpress.com/">BookStacked
Blog</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://stackswaiting.blogspot.com/">Stacks
Waiting</a>-Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://behindclosedcovers.blogspot.com/">Behind Closed
Covers</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://buttermybooks.tumblr.com/">buttermybooks</a>-Review
& Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://randombookmuses.com/">Random
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<a href="http://oneguysguidetogoodreads.blogspot.com/">One Guy’s
Guide to Good Reads</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.tickettoanywhere.net/">Ticket to
Anywhere</a>-Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://whatanerdgirlsays.com/">What
a Nerd Girl Says</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<b>May 11</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.alwaysyaatheart.com/">Always YA At
Heart</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://bookbriefs.net/">Book
Briefs</a>-Review</div>
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<a href="http://thegirlmeetsbooks.wordpress.com/">Girl Meets
Books</a>-Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://booksbymigs.com/">Books by
Migs</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://kimberlyfayereads.com/">Kimberlyfaye
Reads</a>-Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://prisonersofprint.com/">Prisoners
of Print</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://snugglingonthesofa.com/">Snuggling On The
Sofa</a>-Review</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.travelsnreads.com/">Travels N
Reads</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://wordswithsarah.blogspot.com/">Words
With Sarah</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<b>May 12</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.booklabyrinth.com/">Book
Labyrinth</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://fmrbookgrind.blogspot.com/">FMR
Book Grind</a>-Review</div>
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<a href="http://margayleahjustice.blogspot.com/">Margay Leah
Justice</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.newadultaddiction.com/">New Adult
Addiction</a>-Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://tammyandkimreviews.blogspot.com/">Reviews
by Tammy & Kim</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://tarheelbibliobabe.blogspot.com/">Tar Heel
Bibliobabe</a>-Review</div>
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<a href="http://vi3tbabe.com/">Vi3tbabe</a>-Review &
Excerpt</div>
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<b>May
13</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.babblingchatterreads.wordpress.com/">Babbling
Chatter Reads</a>-Review</div>
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<a href="http://booksojourner.blogspot.com/">Book
Sojourner</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.bridgerbitchesbookblog.com/">Bridger
Bitches Book Blog</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.grownupbookreviews.blogspot.com/">Grown Up Book
Reviews</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/">Read Between
the Books</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://reesesreviews.blogspot.com/">Reese’s
Review</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.whatsarahread.com/">What
Sarah Read</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.romanceaddictbookblog.com/">Romance Addict Book Blog</a>-Review
& Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://readingissexybookblog.blogspot.com/">Reading is
Sexy</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<b>May 14</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.bibliobelles.com/">Bibliobelles</a>-Review
& Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://purpleshadowhunter.blogspot.com/">Book Butterfly in
Dreamland</a>-Review</div>
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<a href="http://www.hopelessbooklovers.com/">Hopeless Book
Lovers</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://jordansbookreviews23.blogspot.com/">jordansbookreviews</a>-Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://nomisparanormalpalace.blogspot.com.au/">Nomi’s
Paranormal Palace</a>-Review</div>
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<a href="http://ripeforreader.blogspot.ca/">Ripe For
Reader</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://thesecretlifeofabookworm-x.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1">The
Secret Life of a Bookworm</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://staybookish.net/">Stay
Bookish</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://neverjudgeabookbyitscovers.blogspot.co.uk/?m=0">Never
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<b>May 15</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://bookbitchesblog.com/">Book Bitches
Blog</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.booksandswoons.com/">Books and Swoons</a>-Review
and Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.jeninbookland.com/">Jen
in Bookland</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://idareyou2read.blogspot.com/">I Dare You To
Read</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://lostinlit.com/">Lost in
Lit</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.ziliinthesky.com/">Zili
in the Sky</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://www.slantedbookshelf.com/">The Slanted
Bookshelf</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://stuckinbooks.com/">Stuck in
Books</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<b>May 16</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://closetgeekbooks.blogspot.com/">Closet Geeks and Slow
Mo</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://darkobsessionchronicles.blogspot.com/">Dark Obsession
Chronicles</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://moonangel23.blogspot.com/">Making It
Happen</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://miasworldview.blogspot.se/">Mia’s Point of
View</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://frannieinthepages.blogspot.com/">In Clouds of
Pages</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
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<a href="http://thatbooklife.com/">That Book
Life</a>-Review & Excerpt</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.thebookbelles.blogspot.com/">The Book
Belles</a>-Review</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com/">Stuck in YA
Books</a>-Review</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.abookishescape.com/">A
Bookish Escape</a>-Review</div>
</div>
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<b>About ALL PLAYED
OUT</b>:</div>
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First person in
her family to go to college? CHECK.</div>
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Straight A’s? CHECK.</div>
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On track to graduate early? CHECK.</div>
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Social life? …..yeah, about that….</div>
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With just a few
weeks until she graduates, Antonella DeLuca’s beginning to worry that maybe she
hasn’t had the full college experience. (Okay… Scratch that. She knows she
hasn’t had the full college experience).</div>
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So Nell does what
a smart, dedicated girl like herself does best. She makes a “to do” list of
normal college activities.</div>
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Item #1? Hook up
with a jock.</div>
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Rusk University
wide receiver Mateo Torres practically wrote the playbook for normal college
living. When he’s not on the field, he excels at partying, girls, and more
partying. As long as he keeps things light and easy, it’s impossible to get
hurt… again. But something about the quiet, shy, sexy-as-hell Nell gets under
his skin, and when he learns about her list, he makes it his mission to help
her complete it.</div>
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Torres is the
definition of confident (And sexy. And wild), and he opens up a side of Nell
that she’s never known. But as they begin to check off each crazy, exciting,
normal item, Nell finds that her frivolous list leads to something more serious
than she bargained for. And while Torres is used to taking risks on the field,
he has to decide if he’s willing to take the chance when it’s more than just a
game.</div>
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Together they
will have to decide if what they have is just part of the experiment or a
chance at something real.</div>
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And don’t miss
the first two books in the Rusk University Series…</h1>
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ALL LINED UP, Book 1</h1>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Lined-Up-University-Novel-ebook/dp/B00FJ3CHY0/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0GB0KEQA3CQGSJB7Y8CE" style="color: #333333;">Amazon</a> ** <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/all-lined-up-cora-carmack/1117005074?ean=9780062326218" style="color: #333333;">Barnes
and Noble</a> ** <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/all-lined-up/id718612020?mt=11" style="color: #333333;">iTunes</a></h2>
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ALL BROKE DOWN, Book 2</h1>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Broke-Down-University-Novel-ebook/dp/B00HU5NEG0/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1TFPF2XAFW3628AHFAM9" style="color: #333333;">Amazon</a> ** <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/all-broke-down-cora-carmack/1118054618?ean=9780062326232&itm=1&usri=all+broke+down+cora+carmack" style="color: #333333;">Barnes
and Noble</a> ** <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/all-broke-down/id796801066?mt=11" style="color: #333333;">iTunes</a></h2>
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<a href="http://www.coracarmack.com/the-one-with-the-announcement-and-some-free-stuff/">For
more of what’s next in The Rusk University Series, go
here!</a></h1>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23865291-untitled">Add
Book 4, ALL CLOSED OFF, to your Goodreads now!</a></h1>
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<b><a href="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Headshot.jpg" style="color: #333333;"><img alt="Headshot" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8905 imageSeven" src="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Headshot-199x300.jpg" height="300" width="199" /></a>About Cora Carmack</b>:</div>
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Cora Carmack is a twenty-something <i>New York
Times bestselling author</i> who likes to write about twenty-something
characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like
working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like
teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She now splits her time between
Austin, TX and New York City and spends her days writing, traveling, and
spending way too much time on the internet. In her books, you can expect to
find humor, heart, and a whole lot of awkward. Because let’s face it . . .
awkward people need love, too.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">He
calls Carson, and that’s when I get the real explanation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Nell
is drunk, and Dylan doesn’t want to leave her home alone. When he hangs up the
phone, I can’t hide my shock. “Nell is drunk? The Nell that lives with Dylan?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“Wasted,
apparently.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“I’m
in,” I say, and when we both look at Brookes, he’s watching me. And I can tell
by the look he’s giving me that he knows I’ve got something going on with Nell
and doesn’t approve. I lift an eyebrow in the most casual so-what? gesture I
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">He nods.
“Sure. I’ll come.” But the words are said to me not to Silas, and I get the
feeling what he actually means is, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sure.
I’ll come watch and make sure Torres doesn’t do anything stupid.</i></span></div>
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tell Silas to go on ahead, and we’ll come along in a few minutes. But as soon
as Brookes is in his room, I jog after Silas, and catch him as he’s getting
into his truck. “You mind if I catch a ride with you?” I lie, “Brookes got a
call, and he’s gonna be a bit.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">While
Silas drives, he has me text Brookes and McClain the address. Brookes wants to
know why I left with Silas, but I’m not about to tell him that I didn’t want to
spend the car ride with him harping on me to leave Nell alone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Because
I can’t leave her alone. I just can’t. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Silas
parks the truck, and I follow him up a metal and concrete staircase to a
second-floor apartment. He opens the door without knocking, and that’s when I
see Nell standing on the coffee table with some big red-haired dude, singing
Spice Girls at the top of her lungs. We step inside just as she’s telling him
what to do if he wants to be her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lover</i>.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">I
think of her list. She told me getting drunk was on it, and all of a sudden I’m
furious that this guy got to help her check that task off instead of me.
“Nell,” I say, before I think better of it. She twists to see me, and her
socked feet slide on the coffee table, and then she’s stumbling into the ginger
giant, and both of them are going down. I dart forward, but I can’t catch up to
her. They hit the ground with a thud, a groan, and Nell’s too-cute giggles.
She’s lying right on top of him, and he has his hands on her bare back where
her shirt has ridden up from the yoga pants that fit her like a fucking
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">She
lays her head in the crook of his neck like she’s completely forgotten that I’m
here. If I stopped to think, I’d have known how crazy it would look to storm
over and tear her off the guy. I would realize what my actions would mean to
Silas and Dylan. But I don’t think. I just know I can’t spend one more second
watching her snuggled up against this guy without losing my mind. She squeals
as I pull her up into my arms, and I don’t think her feet are even touching the
ground. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“You
okay?” I ask, but all she does is laugh again and lay her head on my chest. I
catch a whiff of alcohol, a strong one, and I realize she really is completely
smashed. She probably doesn’t have a clue who she’s snuggling up against.
Probably can’t even tell the difference between me and whoever the fuck is on
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">But
even if she doesn’t realize what she’s doing ... it feels damn good to have her
wrapped around me again, and for a few seconds it dazes me. Then I look up to
find everyone in the room watching us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Damn.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">I
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“I’m
still working on that. As far as I can tell, she decided she wanted to invent
her own cocktail, and she enlisted our friend Matt’s help.” Ah. Matt. He’s one
of Dylan’s activist friends. I didn’t realize he was close to Nell, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nell points to him sprawled out on the floor
and adds, “This is what happens when you spend all day trying lots of different
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places both her small hands on my face. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“I
figured it out. It took me a long time, but I got it. I call it Newton’s Third
Law.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“Uhh
...”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“Get
it? Yours was Bad Decision. And mine... is Newton’s Third Law.” She descends
into giggles again, and I scan my minimal science knowledge to try and remember
what she’s talking about. I’d taken a physics course last year for my
kinesiology major, but I just barely scraped by. Unlike high school, where I
was concerned with keeping up to impress Lina, last year I’d been mostly
focused on forgetting her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“Is
that the one about actions and reactions?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">“Exactly!
Every action has an equal and . . .” She pauses and swallows, and man, she’s so
far gone. “Reaction. Equal and opposite reaction. So … <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">action.</i>” She gestures to an empty cup on the bar, then to her own
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho";">Then
she does this little move that’s halfway between a fist pump and a celebratory
dance. She’s so fucking adorable, it actually hurts. Somewhere between my chest
and my stomach there’s a knot that twists every time I see her. And I’m
starting to enjoy it, the strange pleasure pain of wanting her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>All Played Out</i> was such a fun book! I think it’s my favorite out of all the Rusk
University novels. It wasn’t as serious
and there wasn’t a lot of drama. I mean,
there was still some drama but not as much and not as much second guessing
about the relationship. Such a breath of
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The characters were everything to me in <i>All Played Out</i>. I connected with Nell so much it was
scary. I may not be as smart as she is
or as obsessed with school but I honestly felt like I was reading about
myself. Her personality fit me to a
tee. Not really showing emotions, not
having a social life, not really having a clue on how to get a social
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I didn’t think I would love Torres as much as I did. In the previous books, he was just kinda the
class clown and where that’s awesome and I love class clowns, sometimes it gets
to be too much. But you learn why he
does this. His character has a lot of
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>All Played Out</i> was everything I could ask for. And now I really can’t wait for the next
book, All Closed Off. Stella’s
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-12644876700450733642015-05-12T15:58:00.002-07:002015-05-12T15:58:14.122-07:00Review: All Broke Down (Rusk University #2) by Cora Carmack!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span id="freeText16820611248450615944">Dylan fights for lost causes. Probably because she used to be one.<br /><br />Environmental
issues, civil rights, corrupt corporations, and politicians you name
it, she's probably been involved in a protest. When her latest cause
lands her in jail overnight, she meets Silas Moore. He's in for a
different kind of fighting. And though he's arrogant and infuriating,
she can't help being fascinated with him. Yet another lost cause.<br /><br />Football
and trouble are the only things that have ever come naturally to Silas.
And it's trouble that lands him in a cell next to do-gooder Dylan. He's
met girls like her before fixers, he calls them, desperate to heal the
damage and make him into their ideal boyfriend. But he doesn't think
he's broken, and he definitely doesn't need a girlfriend trying to
change him. Until, that is, his anger issues and rash decisions threaten
the only thing he really cares about: his spot on the Rusk University
football team. Dylan might just be the perfect girl to help.<br /><br />Because Silas Moore needs some fixing after all.</span></i></div>
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<span id="freeText16820611248450615944">Description taken from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20525621-all-broke-down?ac=1" target="_blank"><b>Goodreads </b></a></span></div>
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I absolutely love Cora Carmack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love her writing style, I love her
characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But <i>All Broke Down</i> wasn’t my favorite by
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still adored it and I liked it a
bit more than <i>All Lined Up</i>, but I just can’t quite put my finger on why it didn’t
blow me away.</div>
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Garrick, from <i>Losing It</i>, will always be my favorite CC guy
but Silas is close behind him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure, he
has a bit of a temper and uses violence to solve his problems but he’s honestly
not a bad guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m definitely not
defending his actions, I actually really hate when people use violence as the
be all end all to a problem, but you saw a different side to him with Dylan and
you could gradually see him trying to be a better person and sort out his
issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is definitely commendable.</div>
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Dylan, on the other hand, didn’t really win me over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not until we got to meet her parents and if
you’ve read this book then you probably understand why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dylan is this goodie two shoes kind of girl
and wants to fix everything and everyone and puts her nose in places where it
doesn’t belong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that really bugs me because
she just doesn’t know when to butt out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I hate people like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But once
we read more about her background and met her parents I finally understood her
actions a bit more and finally got it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And I definitely don’t like her parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Judgey douches.</div>
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I loved that we got to see some familiar faces from <i>All
Lined Up</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really did appreciate that
but I would have liked a bit more of an update, I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’m just being greedy, though. </div>
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I did enjoy the plot but it was a bit bland and a few of the
smaller storylines didn’t really get completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just wanted more and was a bit disappointed about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I might just be getting a little tired
of the whole “boy and girl use each other to sort out their issues only to fall
in love later on” trope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Eh.</span></div>
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Other than a few complaints, I really did enjoy <i>All Broke
Down</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a solid book and a great
addition to any Cora Carmack fans’ bookcase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span>Characters 4/5</span></span></div>
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<strong>Fans of Cora Carmack’s
<em>Rusk University</em>, we have a SUPER exciting
announcement:</strong></h3>
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<strong><em>ALL CLOSED OFF, Book 4 in the Rusk
University Series, is coming!!!</em></strong></h2>
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<strong>Check out this message from
Cora!</strong></h3>
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<em>*<strong>WARNING</strong>:
This letter contains spoilers for All Broke Down. If you haven't yet read that
book, read at your own peril. <strong>SECOND WARNING</strong>: this
letter talks about fictional characters as if they are real people. Sorry I'm
not sorry. <strong>THIRD WARNING</strong>: The letter below
broaches a serious topic that could be a trigger for some
people*</em></h3>
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Hello beloved readers!</div>
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The first person who read one of my Rusk University books
was my older sister. I gave her All Lined Up when I finished, and her first
question was "Are Ryan and Stella going to be together?"</div>
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At the time, I told her no. I had plans for both of them
that included their own storylines. I thought they were too much alike. They'd
make great friends. They might even hook-up, but in the end... I couldn't
envision anything serious for them. So I actually rewrote some of their scenes
trying to make that aspect of their connection more obvious. And still, when
All Lined Up released, amidst the chatter about sweet Carson and sassy Dallas,
I had people asking if Stella and Ryan were next. I denied it again (and again
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But sometimes in writing, the stars align and a character
will become bigger and more real than you could have possibly imagined. It's a
wonderful experience, but in Stella's case it was also incredibly
heartbreaking. While I was writing All Broke Down, the news was inundated with
information about the Steubenville rape trial and other tragedies and
injustices like it. Tragedies where women have been violated first by an
attacker, then by judgmental and hateful people, and finally by a justice
system that repeatedly fails survivors of sexual assault. Having grown up in
Texas, where too often football stars are treated like gods and can get away
with just about anything, it hit particularly close to home. And since All
Broke Down featured a passionate activist heroine, I felt compelled to
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I can remember vividly sitting on my couch, brainstorming
how I would incorporate such an event into the book. I had thought the assault
would happen to an unknown character, and maybe I would focus on the way it
divided the team and the school and the town. But like I said... Sometimes a
character will become bigger and more human than I anticipated. And it sounds
crazy, but in my mind, I felt Stella push her way forward and say, "Mine.
This is my story." I immediately began to cry. Sob, really. Because I
loved her as a character. She was hilarious and strong and didn't take crap
from anyone. She was everything I always hope to be. And I didn't want her to
go through that. Even as I cried, my brain began to tell me that it made sense.
Stella was vibrant and enjoyed a wild party. She was not afraid of her sexuality,
and she had no problem with casual sex. She was the kind of girl that probably
had a reputation. The kind of girl who could be heinously and violently taken
advantage of, and people would STILL blame her. Because she was in the wrong
place, wearing the wrong clothes, behaving in the wrong way. But just because
it COULD happen to her, didn't mean I wanted it to. But once again, Stella was
there in my head saying, "Someone needs to tell this story. And I'm strong
enough to do it. Let me." And when Stella chose her story, she also
chose the man I'd been adamant wasn't right for her. Because as it turns out...
Those two characters who I thought were too alike aren't so alike anymore. And
Stella needs Ryan to help her hold on to that vibrant and strong girl she was
before.</div>
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So I let go of all the plans I had for her, and allowed her
to tell me her story, which is about more than just sexual assault. It's about
the aftermath. Depression. Shame. Guilt. Anger. Injustice. Victim-blaming.
Slut-shaming. It's about the way that kind of event can change everything-- how
you relate to people, how you think, how you dream, how you love. It's about
the way the rest of the world moves on to the next big tragedy, and you're
still left holding the broken pieces of who you used to be, with no idea how to
put them together again or even if you want to. It will be the most difficult
story I ever tell. And the most important. Because it’s a story that belongs
not just to Stella, but to millions of people around the world. It’s a story
that belongs to a new person every 107 seconds*. And that’s just in the United
States. Think about that for a moment. 107 seconds. Stella’s story won’t be any
easier to read than it will be to write. But I hope you’ll help me drag this
story into the light.</div>
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So now I’ll step off my soapbox and just tell you about the
book…</div>
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<strong>ALL CLOSED OFF:</strong></div>
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Stella Santos is fine.</div>
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Maybe something terrible happened to her that she can’t even
remember. And maybe it drives her crazy when her friends treat her like she’s
on the verge of breaking because of it. Maybe it feels even worse when they do
what she asks and pretend that it never happened at all. And maybe she’s been
getting harassing emails and messages for months from people who don’t even
know her, but hate her all the same.</div>
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But none of that matters because she’s
just <em>fine</em>.</div>
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For Ryan Blake, Stella was always that girl. Vibrant and
hilarious and beautiful. He wanted her as his best friend. His more than
friends. His everything and anything that she would give him. Which these days
is a whole lot of nothing. She gets angry when he’s there. Angry when he’s not
there. Angry when he tries to talk and when he doesn’t.</div>
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When Stella devises an unconventional art project for one of
her classes all about exploring intimacy—between both friends and
strangers—Ryan finds himself stepping in as guinea pig after one of her
subjects bails. What was supposed to be an objective and artistic look at
emotion and secrets and sex suddenly becomes much more personal. When he hits
it off with another girl from the project, Stella will have to decide if she’s
willing to do more than make art about intimacy. To keep him, she’ll have to
open up and let herself be the one thing she swore she’d never be again.</div>
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Vulnerable.</div>
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*****</div>
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ALL CLOSED OFF will be releasing sometime in early 2016. I
don't have a date yet for several reasons. The first and most important, is
that I want to do this story justice. And as such, I have no intentions of
rushing the process. Secondly, I'll be returning to indie publishing for the
remainder of the Rusk series. As you can probably tell, this story means a
great deal to me. And by having the ultimate control over everything from
timing to editing to price, I'll be able to ensure that I'm able to create
exactly the story I envision. Unfortunately, that means you won't be seeing the
paperback of ALL CLOSED OFF on the shelves in most stores. Nor is it currently
available for pre-order. But I hope you'll <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23865291-untitled">add
the book on goodreads</a>, follow me on social media, and/or <a href="http://eepurl.com/XeqJz">join my newsletter</a>. I
promise to shout it all over the place when I have a set release date or
pre-order links.</div>
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Thank you for listening as I told you the evolution of
Stella's story. When it's finished, I hope you will feel as passionately about
it as I do.</div>
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All my best,</div>
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Cora Carmack</div>
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<em>*Statistic from RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest
National Network)</em></div>
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And an opportunity to add your voice to
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Stella’s experience is only one story of many. She was with
someone she trusted when it happened, and the only memories she has are pieced
together from her own blurred recollections and the things people have told
her. Not everyone’s experience with sexual assault is the same. Each
person reacts, copes, and overcomes differently. And while this book is about
one specific character’s journey, I would like to tell as many sides of this
story as possible. As Stella grapples with her thoughts and emotions she’ll be
searching for advice, for comfort, for a place where people understand her and
can identify with what she’s experiencing. <strong>There will be room for
truth within the fiction, and if you’d like that truth to be yours, this is
your chance.</strong></div>
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If you have a story like Stella’s, and you want your voice
to be heard….</div>
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If there’s something you wish more people understood about
what you’ve gone through….</div>
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If there’s something you’d like to tell people struggling
with a story like yours…</div>
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I’d like to give you the opportunity to add your voice to
Stella’s. Use the hashtag
<strong><em>#WhenItHappened</em></strong> and let your
voice be heard on your own by posting on your own social media, or if you’d
rather I share your words <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bKZD3JRn-NxqUmA5ngcGYJtw3j4ItRpEzGMNP99l0Ac/viewform?usp=send_form">fill
out this google document</a> and tell me your story. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bKZD3JRn-NxqUmA5ngcGYJtw3j4ItRpEzGMNP99l0Ac/viewform?usp=send_form">You
can fill out this form anonymously or not.</a> I’d like to begin
this discussion now because April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. But my
hope is to include as many stories as possible within the book itself.</div>
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So many have stories of
<strong><em>#WhenItHappened</em></strong>. Your voice
and your story deserve to be heard. I’m listening.</div>
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<strong><em>#WhenItHappened</em></strong><strong>
Google Form</strong>: <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/4VRjWgZYSW">http://goo.gl/forms/4VRjWgZYSW</a></div>
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Cora Carmack is a twenty-something <em>New York
Times bestselling author </em>who likes to write about
twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life--
boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre),
stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She now splits
her time between Austin, TX and New York City and spends her days writing,
traveling, and spending way too much time on the internet. In her books, you
can expect to find humor, heart, and a whole lot of awkward. Because let’s face
it . . . awkward people need love, too.</div>
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<a href="http://coracarmack.blogspot.com/">Website</a> ** <a href="https://twitter.com/CoraCarmack">Twitter</a> ** <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CoraCarmackBooks">Facebook</a>
**<a href="http://eepurl.com/XeqJz">Newsletter</a>
**<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6535659.Cora_Carmack?from_search=true">Author
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-44992460960647483402015-04-23T14:59:00.000-07:002015-04-23T14:59:16.156-07:00Books n' Bloggers Swap Show Off!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I had so much fun doing this swap! I will definitely be participating in the next one, for sure. My partner was Kristen over at <a href="http://thebookmonsters.com/" target="_blank">The Book Monsters</a>. She was so nice and it was great getting to know her. You should really go check out her blog!</div>
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So, this is what she got me!</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307-graceling?ac=1" target="_blank">Graceling by Kristin Cashore</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16067008-stitching-snow?ac=1" target="_blank">Stitching Snow by R. C. Lewis</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17449197-unhinged?ac=1" target="_blank">Unhinged by A. G. Howard</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18798983-the-wrath-and-the-dawn?ac=1" target="_blank">The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh</a></div>
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Along with some goodies! An Alice in Wonderland bookmark, a Once Upon a Time magnet (absolutely adore), and some candy (which is already gone. No regrets)</div>
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I am so beyond happy with what I received! Thank you so much, Kristen! I can't wait to devour these books.</div>
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And thank you to <a href="http://cgswaps.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chaotic Goddess Swaps</a> for hosting this amazing swap! You ladies are awesome!</div>
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I am so excited to bring you the Cover
Reveal for EVERY LAST BREATH, the hotly anticipated conclusion to the Dark
Elements trilogy from #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling
author Jennifer L. Armentrout!! EVERY LAST BREATH is a Young Adult Paranormal
being <a href="http://www.harlequin.com/author.html;jsessionid=764E4A90D8EF202BA1CE7A062ABDAA28?authorid=2874" target="_blank">published by Harlequin Teen</a> and is
a part of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s The Dark Elements Series. It is being
released on July 28<sup>th</sup>, 2015. Pre-order EVERY LAST BREATH
and then be sure to read the first books in this amazing series before its
release!</h3>
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<strong><em>Some loves will last 'til your dying
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Every choice has consequences—but seventeen-year-old Layla
faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince
Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be
hers. Hardest of all, Layla has to decide which side of herself to trust.</div>
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Layla has a new problem, too. A Lilin—the deadliest of
demons—has been unleashed, wreaking havoc on those around her…including her
best friend. To keep Sam from a fate much, much worse than death, Layla must
strike a deal with the enemy while saving her city—and her race—from
destruction.</div>
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Torn between two worlds and two different boys, Layla has no
certainties, least of all survival, especially when an old bargain comes back
to haunt them all. But sometimes, when secrets are everywhere and the truth
seems unknowable, you have to listen to your heart, pick a side—and then fight
like hell…</div>
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<strong>“Armentrout is a major talent…I just can’t
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<strong>--<em>New York
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<strong>“Armentrout works her magic with swoon-worthy
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And we have
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too!!</h1>
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Don't miss
the previous titles in <em>The Dark Elements Series</em>-now with
new covers! Readers interested in downloading the new cover jackets for their
previously purchased Dark Elements Series titles, can download them <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47813633/Armentrout_redesign%20printable%20files.zip" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</div>
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<strong style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">One kiss could be the last.</strong></div>
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Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a
kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon,
half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses.</div>
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Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with
hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means
hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the
swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's
crushed on since forever.</div>
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Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who
claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not
sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue,
considering Roth has no soul.</div>
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But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent
demon uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne…it
could brand her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way
ticket to the end of the world.</div>
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<strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Cold-Touch-Dark-Elements-ebook/dp/B00IPDVGKW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394039840&sr=8-1&keywords=Stone+Cold+Touch+jennifer+l.+armentrout">Amazon</a> ** <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/stone-cold-touch/id837638889?mt=11">Barnes
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<strong>Every touch has its price</strong></div>
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Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered
life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get
worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks
to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has
always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely
think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no
one else could.</div>
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But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because
suddenly Layla’s powers begin to evolve, and she’s offered a tantalizing taste
of what has always been forbidden. Then, when she least expects it,
Roth returns, bringing news that could change her world forever. She’s finally
getting what she always wanted, but with hell literally breaking loose and the
body count adding up, the price may be higher than Layla is willing to pay…</div>
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<strong>"Constantly entertaining...the narrative
sizzles with as much tension as romance."</strong></div>
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And
the Prequel Novella, BITTER SWEET LOVE...</h1>
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<strong><em>In a sizzling prequel novella to her
new series</em></strong><strong> The Dark
Elements, <em>#1</em> New York
Times <em>bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout draws readers
into the extraordinary, irresistible world of Wardens and
demons.</em></strong></div>
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Dez wasn't just Jasmine's crush. A gargoyle Warden like Jas,
he helped her come to terms with her destiny—fending off demons and maintaining
the balance between good and evil. He was her everything…right until the moment
he disappeared without a trace. It didn't help that Jas's father had just
announced that she and Dez would one day be mated. Hard not to take that
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And now he's back, three years older, ten times hotter,
ready to pick up exactly where they left off. But Jas isn't taking that risk
again. Dez has seven days to meet all her conditions and earn back her trust.
Seven days filled with terrifying danger and sweet temptation. Seven days to
win her heart—or shatter it all over again…</div>
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<strong>"With her signature flare for combining
humor, romance and action, Armentrout weaves a fast-paced read that will have
readers' hearts racing in more ways than one. Like Armentrout's previous
heroines, Jasmine is fun and full of attitude, while Dez is as snarky as he is
sexy. This is a must read for new and old fans alike!" -<em>RT Book
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# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer
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fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press,
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<a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/jlarmentrout" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JenniferLArmentrout" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4476934.Jennifer_L_Armentrout" target="_blank">Jennifer L. Armentrout
Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455817-every-last-breath?ac=1" target="_blank">EVERY LAST BREATH Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455815-stone-cold-touch?ac=1" target="_blank">STONE COLD TOUCH
Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455585-white-hot-kiss?bf=500&from_search=true" target="_blank">WHITE HOT KISS
Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455811-bitter-sweet-love?ac=1" target="_blank">BITTER SWEET LOVE Goodreads</a></h3>
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I am extremely excited to bring you the Release
Week Blitz for Ann Aguirre's THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS!! THE QUEEN
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<strong>About THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY
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Sage Czinski is trying really hard to be perfect. If she
manages it, people won’t peer beyond the surface, or ask hard questions about
her past. She’s learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it’s
working just fine… until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math class. He’s a
little antisocial, a lot beautiful, and everything she never knew she always
wanted.</div>
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Shane Cavendish just wants to be left alone to play guitar
and work on his music. He’s got heartbreak and loneliness in his rearview
mirror, and this new school represents his last chance. He doesn’t expect to be
happy; he only wants to graduate and move on. He never counted on a girl like
Sage.</div>
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But love doesn’t mend all broken things, and sometimes life
has to fall apart before it can be put back together again…</div>
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When I walk past the music room, I hear something that
stills me in my tracks. People push past; I've become a rock in the middle of a
rushing stream, but I can't move. Then someone shoves me from behind, not on
purpose, but the result is the same. I slam into the lockers past the classroom
and bounce. The underclassmen who were wrestling don't even notice that my
brain has stopped firing.</div>
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<em>Shane Cavendish plays like it's his reason for
living.</em></div>
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I don't write that on the Post-it, of course. That would
just get him beaten up even harder. Instead I scrawl, <em>You’re awesome
on the guitar,</em> because the jocks might think that’s cool and leave
him the hell alone. It's a long shot, as I don't have any particular cred with
their crew, but being a musician is pretty spectacular. I can't breathe for how
good—how remarkably talented—he is. And I suspect that if he found out anyone
was paying attention, he'd stop playing.</div>
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Backtracking to his locker will make me late for class, but
it's worth it. I stick the note just below the vents, as I always do, but this
time it feels weightier, <em>more </em>somehow, like this is a
turning point. Shaking off the odd sensation, I dodge into Econ with a mumbled
excuse. Sadly, it holds no weight with Mrs. Palmer. Unlike the male teachers,
she isn't impressed with talk of 'female problems', so I get my first detention
of the year, only the second I've ever had.</div>
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Since tomorrow is Friday and I have standing plans with
Ryan, I ask, “Can I just get it over with tonight?”</div>
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I calculate; school lets out at 2:45. An hour of sitting in
silence, and I’m supposed to be at work at four. If I hurry, I can still make
my shift at the Curly Q. Which sounds like a diner, but it's actually a hair salon.
I'm not qualified to do anything but wash hair, sweep up, and answer the phone,
but it's better than fast food. I work two afternoons a week from four to
eight, which earns me spending money for the week. Since I'm under eighteen, I
get paid fifty cents an hour less than an adult; that makes me a bargain.
After detention ends, I’ll just need to ride hard to keep Mildred from yelling
at me.</div>
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Mrs. Palmer glances up from scribbling down my doom. “Can
you get a ride home?”</div>
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“Yeah.”</div>
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I’ve always got my bike out front, and the town is small
enough that I can ride anywhere I need to go from school. This is the one
positive aspect of living in a tiny berg like this, especially given my opinion
of privately-owned fossil fuel burning vehicles, which covers nicely for my
lingering fear.</div>
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<strong><a href="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Author-Photo1.jpg"><img alt="Author Photo" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8240" height="300" src="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Author-Photo1-239x300.jpg" width="239" /></a>About Ann Aguirre:</strong></div>
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Ann Aguirre is a <em>New York
Times</em> & <em>USA
Today </em>bestselling author and RITA winner with a degree in
English Literature; before she began writing full time, she was a clown, a
clerk, a voice actress, and a savior of stray kittens, not necessarily in that
order. She grew up in a yellow house across from a cornfield, but now she lives
in sunny Mexico with her husband, children, and various pets. Ann likes books,
emo music, action movies, and she writes all kinds of genre fiction for adults
and teens, published with Harlequin, Macmillan, and Penguin, among others.</div>
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<i>The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things</i> is definitely a
powerful read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It handles tough
subjects, like bullying and family issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Things that we don’t necessarily talk much about and usually just brush
under the rug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we don’t pay attention
to it then we can pretend that it just doesn’t exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it does and I think that Ann Aguirre
handles all these issues perfectly and gracefully.</div>
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It’s hard to describe my feelings toward Sage, our MC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first, I didn’t really get her, you
know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She lives with her aunt and leaves
post it notes on her classmates lockers when they’re having bad days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s part of a “green” group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has this uncontrollable need to fix things. She sometimes refers to herself as 'Shadow Sage'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just didn’t get it and really thought of
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warmed up to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when her secrets
are finally revealed, I finally got her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I realized why she does what she does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why she constantly wants approval from her aunt and wants to do
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She started as this girl who was
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Shane is honestly my dream guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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he just wanted to fly under the radar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And he does these little romantic things for Sage that will make you
swoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also didn’t help the fact that
all throughout reading this book I couldn’t picture him as anyone else but
Kellin Quinn from the band, Sleeping with Sirens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The romance was just off the charts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relationships goals, right here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had its flaws but it will make you swoon and
giggle and sigh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It'll make you want to
fight for them.</div>
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<i>The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things</i> is so much more than a
story about bullying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s about family
and friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s about acceptance and
forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s about letting go and
living your life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finding love and being
happy.</div>
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This book has got to be one of my favorite
contemporaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely one of my
favorites of the year so far. Go pick it up today! Right now!</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Characters 4/5</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Plot 5/5</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Feels 5/5</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">Writing 4/5</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Overall 4.5/5</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i>I was provided an eArc in exchange for an honest review. Thanks!</i></div>
<br />
<br />
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<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-70676614242904109422015-04-06T14:13:00.003-07:002015-04-06T14:13:51.648-07:00Books and Bloggers Swap!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the first year that I'm participating in this swap that is hosted by <b>Chaotic Goddess Swaps</b>! I am so excited for this! If you are interested then I definitely suggest you <a href="http://cgswaps.blogspot.com/2015/03/books-n-bloggers-swap-sign-ups.html" target="_blank">sign up</a>. Today, the 6th, is the last day to sign up. I say go for it! </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-40654791040634635792015-04-02T05:00:00.000-07:002015-04-02T05:00:06.503-07:00Release Week Blitz: Fall With Me by J. Lynn/Excerpt + Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;">
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My gaze roamed over him. I was really just thinking about how the polyester
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God, he walked with the kind of
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“Hey man.” Nick clapped Reece on
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Well, that was spectacular.</div>
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One side of his lips kicked up as
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“What does your shirt say?”</div>
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he laughed again, that nice and light laugh that wrapped around me. “You are .
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He took one step closer, his arms
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FALL WITH ME!! FALL WITH ME is a New Adult Contemporary Romance and is a part
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Eleven months ago, bartender and weird-shirt-wearing
extraordinaire Roxy and Officer Reece Anders had a one night stand. Well, kind
of. She’s been in love with him since she was fifteen, and he wishes that night
they shared never happened. She’s sworn him off forever, but the past and
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Her best friend since birth has been in a long-term care
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put him in there is out of prison and wanting to make amends with him and Roxy.
She’s not sure she has room for forgiveness in her and when she begins to
receive frightening messages and is on the receiving end of escalating
violence, she thinks she knows who is to blame. The man who already destroyed
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Including himself. He’s already messed up more than once when it comes to Roxy
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# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer
lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her
state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time
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where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her
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fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press,
Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book
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March was an awesome month! Bookwise at least. I I bought absolutely no books in March! I'm so proud of myself. I devoted the month to the <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/02/march-2015-take-control-of-your-tbr.html" target="_blank">Take Control of your TBR Challenge</a> hosted by the wonderful <a href="http://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/" target="_blank">Caffeinated Book Reviewer</a>! I managed to knock 7 books and 2 novellas off of my TBR. </div>
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<a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-sparks-rise-darkest-minds-25-by.html" target="_blank">Review</a> <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-in-afterlight-darkest-minds-3-by.html" target="_blank">Review</a> <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-broken-skies-broken-skies-1-by.html" target="_blank">Review</a> </div>
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I think this month I'm going to try and take a bit of a break. I've been crazy reading for these past three months. I've read a total of 31 books so far and I just need to take it easy this month, binge watch some Netflix or something. Also, I need some contemporary in my life. I've been reading so many dystopians and fantasies that my head feels like it's going to explode. So, April is devoted to contemporaries and easy-ish books. </div>
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I plan on reading in guy throughout the month: </div>
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Three contemporaries: </div>
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A book written by Ellen. She's my queen. </div>
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<i><span id="freeText17215537307750166249"><strong>A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by </strong></span></i><span id="freeText17215537307750166249"><strong>A Thousand and One Nights</strong></span><i><span id="freeText17215537307750166249"><br /><br />Every
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Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each
night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious
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<i><span id="freeText392218119551524354">True love—and world war—is at stake in the conclusion to </span></i><span id="freeText392218119551524354">The Pledge</span><i><span id="freeText392218119551524354"> trilogy, a dark and romantic blend of dystopia and fantasy.<br />Charlie,
otherwise known as Queen Charlaina of Ludania, has become comfortable
as a leader and a ruler. She’s done admirable work to restore Ludania’s
broken communications systems with other Queendoms, and she’s mastered
the art of ignoring Sabara, the evil former queen whose Essence is alive
within Charlie. Or so she thinks.<br /><br />When the negotiation of a
peace agreement with the Queendom of Astonia goes awry, Charlie receives
a brutal message that threatens Ludania, and it seems her only option
is to sacrifice herself in exchange for Ludanian freedom.<br /><br />But
things aren’t always as they seem. Charlie is walking into a trap—one
set by Sabara, who is determined to reclaim the Queendoms at any cost.</span></i></div>
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</span>Derting certainly held nothing back while starting this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t believe what I was reading!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it didn’t slow down at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was never a dull moment at all during
<i>The Offering</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were definitely
frustrating moments and moments where if certain people just thought things
through just a little bit, then a lot of bad things could have been avoided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I mean, those things had to happen to
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We go into <i>The Offering</i> on the verge of war with Queen Elena
of Astonia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I honestly felt that this
book was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found out who was
loyal and who wasn’t. We met some new people and said goodbye to some we’ve
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I still thought Charlie was naïve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty much the whole book was a testimony of
her naïveté but she finally realized her mistake and in the end she tried her
hardest to make things right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
finally trying to be the queen she knew she needed to be for her people of
Ludania and I actually admired her for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She finally came into her own, it just took her a really long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And all those fighting sessions with Zafir
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into the new characters we meet because I feel like it’s better to read about
them as they’re introduced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just
more fun that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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If you’ve read my reviews on <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-pledge-pledge-1-by-kimberly.html" target="_blank"><i>The Pledge</i></a> and <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-essence-pledge-2-by-kimberly.html" target="_blank"><i>The Essence</i></a> then
you know how much I hated the romance between Max and Charlie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt like <i>The Offering</i> was far
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-15052743000553848352015-03-28T15:00:00.000-07:002015-03-28T15:00:01.663-07:00Review: The Essence (The Pledge #2) by Kimberly Derting!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span id="freeText10339755905514699683"><strong>“Danger, dread,
mystery, and romance” (Booklist) continue in the second book of </strong></span></i><span id="freeText10339755905514699683"><strong>The
Pledge</strong></span><i><span id="freeText10339755905514699683"><strong> trilogy, as Charlie’s reign is under siege from the most unusual
of enemies.</strong><br /><br />At the luminous conclusion of </span></i><span id="freeText10339755905514699683">The Pledge</span><i><span id="freeText10339755905514699683">,
Charlaina defeated the tyrant Sabara and took her place as Queen of
Ludania. But Charlie knows that Sabara has not disappeared: The evil
queen’s Essence is fused to Charlie’s psyche, ready to arise at the
first sign of weakness.<br /><br />Charlie is not weak, but she’s being
pushed to the brink. In addition to suppressing the ever-present
influence of Sabara, she’s busy being queen—and battling a growing
resistance determined to return Ludania to its discriminatory caste
system. Charlie wants to be the same girl Max loves, who Brook trusts,
but she’s Your Majesty now, and she feels torn in two.<br /><br />As Charlie
journeys to an annual summit to meet with leaders of nearby
Queendoms—an event where her ability to understand all languages will be
the utmost asset—she is faced with the ultimate betrayal. And the only
person she can turn to for help is the evil soul residing within.</span></i></div>
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It’s really hard to put my feelings into words right
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m enjoying this series a lot but
it’s still falling flat for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not much
connection but I did feel better about this book than I did with <i>The Pledge</i>.</div>
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At the end of <i>The Pledge</i> we realize that Queen Sabara is
still very much alive but her Essence is now inside Charlie, the new Queen of
Ludania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So right off the bat you know
things aren’t going to be easy in <i>The Essence</i>.</div>
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Charlie is still annoying to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s just so naïve and way too
trusting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a new queen that has
implemented a new law and people aren’t happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me just say that there’s a difference between bravery and sheer
stupidity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s just very frustrating and it takes
almost the whole book, for me, to somewhat enjoy her character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can now tolerate her.</div>
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I loved meeting the different queens of different
realms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hearing their unique
personalities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was very interesting and it was honestly my favorite part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the political aspect of this book.</div>
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I even loved Queen Sabara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, she’s an evil bitch but you do get a lot of backstory and find out
that she is, in fact, human and not the devil.</div>
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Just like in <i>The Pledge</i>, I couldn’t stand the romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Max and Charlie have no chemistry
whatsoever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They know absolutely nothing about each
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to say that I’m actually
rooting for Charlie and Zafir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They definitely
have a lot more going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can see it.</div>
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There was really barely any action but I actually liked
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was more of a mystery and
political intrigue than anything else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
loved that so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I know that
shits about to hit the fan in the last installment of this trilogy, <i>The
Offering</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t wait to see how things
are handled and how it all ends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-60297792279962314122015-03-28T14:30:00.000-07:002015-03-28T14:30:01.259-07:00Review: The Pledge (The Pledge #1) by Kimberly Derting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ludania, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak.
The smallest transgression, like looking a member of a higher class in
the eye while they are speaking their native tongue, results in
immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina has always been able
to understand the languages of all classes, and she's spent her life
trying to hide her secret. The only place she can really be free is the
drug-fueled underground clubs where people go to shake off the
oppressive rules of the world they live in. It's there that she meets a
beautiful and mysterious boy named Max who speaks a language she's never
heard before . . . and her secret is almost exposed.<br /><br />Charlie is
intensely attracted to Max, even though she can't be sure where his real
loyalties lie. As the emergency drills give way to real crisis and the
violence escalates, it becomes clear that Charlie is the key to
something much bigger: her country's only chance for freedom from the
terrible power of a deadly regime.</span></i></div>
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I’ve had this book for a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started it awhile ago, but put it down
because I probably found a book that I wanted to read a bit more at that
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I finally read the whole thing
and it kind of fell flat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really
enjoyed Kimberly Derting’s other series, <i>The Body Finder</i>, but this one is just
so ‘meh’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very cliché.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love dystopian books but this felt like
every other dystopian to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s
some kind of separation of the people and a twisted person in charge that can only
be stopped by this one girl who just so happens to be very special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve all read these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted a little variety.</div>
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seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A caste system with different
languages?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds interesting in
theory and it really is but there’s just so many plot holes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started looking like the roads in
Connecticut with all the potholes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
plain frustrating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are three
languages in the land of Ludania. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Englaise, Parshon and Termani.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Englaise being the universal language,
Parshon is next and Termani is at the top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You’re only supposed to know your own language and you shouldn’t know
the language above your own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just
doesn’t make sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some time you’ll
be able to pick up on some things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
mean I’m absolutely nowhere near being fluent in Spanish but I know certain
words just because I’ve heard them so many times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With something like this that has been effect
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character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t even know what to say
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rulers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way Queen Sabara stays Queen
Sabara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was fascinating stuff right
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with the world or the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully,
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<i><span id="freeText7905804271009497499"><strong>Thirty years ago, civilization collapsed. Few survived.<br />Ten years ago, the aliens arrived…and stayed.<br />One year ago, I killed two men and went a little crazy.<br />Today, the aliens took my brother and I will do anything to get him back.</strong><br /><br />In seventeen-year-old Jax Mitchell's world, humans are nearly extinct and alien settlers have arrived.<br /><br />Until
recently, the E’rikon have remained segregated in their city and
ignored the few humans who have tried to engage them… but now they have
taken Jax’s brother. To rescue him, she forms an uneasy alliance with a
teenage E’rikon left stranded in the woods. She agrees to guide him to
the city if he sneaks her past the human-proof barrier. Too bad it’s not
that simple.<br /><br />Jax, who cannot stand to be touched, finds that
she’s drawn to the alien boy with bright green hair and jewel-like
scales on his back. And he’s equally affected by her, the courageous
redhead with haunted eyes. But she doesn’t know the alien’s true motives
and he has no idea that she is much more than she seems.<br /><br />With
the aliens and the humans at odds, the connection forming between the
two teens has consequences. What started off as a rescue mission sets a
chain of events in motion which threatens not only the remaining humans
and the growing alien society, but Earth itself.</span></i></div>
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<span id="freeText7905804271009497499">Description taken from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20764638-broken-skies?ac=1" target="_blank"><b>Goodreads</b></a></span><i><span id="freeText7905804271009497499"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20764638-broken-skies?ac=1" target="_blank"><b> </b></a></span></i></div>
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I’ve read the <i>Lux</i> series by JLA and <i>The 5<sup>th</sup> Wave</i>
by Rick Yancey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think those are the
only alien type books I’ve read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Broken
Skies</i>, I feel, falls somewhere between those two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i>Lux</i> series is heavy on the romance and
<i>The 5<sup>th</sup> Wave</i> is more focused on the world and what’s become of
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Broken Skies</i> has a nice balance of
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about this new world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What exactly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>happened during this Collapse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was all just very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But confusing at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way the world was described made it seem
like it was a whole other world but it turns out it’s just our world in the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just very strange how
everything declined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women are seen
as property and less than men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there are
community’s that almost seem cultish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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sarcastic and spoke her mind and at times just so hilarious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But one second she was this fierce, kickass
heroine and the next she was a trembling weak little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reader is aware that something happened
in her past but we’re never told outright what happened, and I have some idea
what must have happened but it would have been nice to get some clarity, just
to confirm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I know people obviously
have different personalities but this was a little strange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very contradictory.</div>
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Lir is an alien and I love how he and the other aliens are
described.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vibrant hair colors and eyes
to match.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just by looking at their
hair color you can figure what family they belong to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it’s just really fascinating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back to Lir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I liked him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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The story itself is just so mysterious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t know where these aliens came from
and what they are capable of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t
know what happened during this Collapse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just wanted to keep reading so I could figure it all out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though, honestly, I didn’t care one way or
another if Jax ever found Jace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just
wanted to learn more about the aliens and their world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m hoping we can get some more of that in
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<i>Broken Skies</i> was definitely an awesome read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read it one sitting and was never
bored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would say that if you enjoyed the
<i>Lux</i> series by JLA then you should give this book a shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to say they have the same feel
to them because they don’t but it is more like the <i>Lux</i> then <i>The 5<sup>th</sup>
Wave</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go check it out!</div>
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This week I'm talking about those books that I loved as a child, that I would really like to read again. It's all about the nostalgia. Now, I wasn't much of a reader when I was young. I was that kid that felt embarrassed because I liked to read so I just didn't. Unless I really wanted to. </div>
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I remember having to do a book report in like third or fourth grade and I chose this book. I fell in love but I never continued on with the series. I'm trying to slowly collect the whole series.</div>
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I "read" <i>Lyddie</i> when I was in eighth grade. I mostly skimmed this book and only did enough to get me through the tests and everything but now that I'm older, my love for historical fiction definitely has me wanting to give this book an actual shot.</div>
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This was around fourth grade, I think. I needed something for "quiet reading time" and picked the simplest book from the school library. But now, almost fifteen years later, I see these little books everywhere and would love to take them seriously now.</div>
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I honestly thought I was such a badass while reading these books. Oh jeez. This was middle school era. </div>
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Let me paint you a picture. Seven or eight year old little Courtney needs to find a book for a book report, she goes to the school library and finds this book. She read it and loved it and wrote up a book report for it, so proud of it. She gets the report back and receives a "failing" grade. Her teacher told her it was too personal and emotional. Her feelings had no right to be on that paper, it needed to be more professional. Stupid teacher. I'm almost twenty four and still remember that so vividly. Anyway, I just want to reread it cause I don't really remember the actual story. Whoops.</div>
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This was the first actual series that I read and finished. I loved it sooooo much. If you loved <i>The Darkest Minds</i> trilogy then you definitely need to pick up this series. There's seven books but they're really quite short. You could probably finish at least two in a day. And I think I was probably a freshman in high school when I read this? Maybe? It was somewhere around there.</div>
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I had to read this when I was a junior in high school and really loved it. I actually see it in the YA section in B&N with a cover change and a couple of sequels, I think. Definitely have to pick them up soon.</div>
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My introduction into dystopia. This isn't really from my childhood but I feel like it's vital to this list. It was my first dystopian book. Come on. This was read in my last year of high school.</div>
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And I'm not going to mention <i>Harry Potter</i> because that's just way too obvious and I'm already rereading the series. So, there ya go.</div>
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<i><span id="freeText15023790078296623113">Ruby can't look back.
Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the
government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is
a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few
people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any
power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on
their minds. <br /><br />They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof
of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the
disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and
others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained.
But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the
"rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids.<br /><br />Meanwhile,
reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for
to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having
tampered with his memories of her. She turns to Cole, his older brother,
to provide the intense training she knows she will need to take down
Gray and the government. But Cole has demons of his own, and one fatal
mistake may be the spark that sets the world on fire.</span></i></div>
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Have any of you heard of the Youtuber
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6VRrkeVi_Y" target="_blank">PolandbananasBOOKS</a>?<span> </span>She's very well known
in the BookTube community and I’ve been a fan of hers for quite some time
now.<span> </span>Well, she made a video a couple
years ago called Mourning Period.<span> </span>She
gets it so right about finishing a series that you aren’t quite ready to say
goodbye to yet.<span> </span>You should definitely
watch it.<span> </span>It’s pretty hilarious but oh
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Anyway, I thought <i>In the Afterlight</i> was a pretty epic
conclusion.<span> </span>It had loads of action, it
hit you right in the feels.<span> </span>There was
battle planning and everything.<span> </span>It was
great.<span> </span>There was absolutely nothing
wrong with it but I think since this is the last in the trilogy, it lost some
of the heart I guess.<span> </span>I don’t know.<span> </span>I loved <i>The Darkest Minds</i> and I think that
that’s my favorite of the trilogy because there is a lot action but there was
also a lightness even though the subject matter was still dark.<span> </span>It was a fun book.<span> </span>But in this last installment you could really
feel the impending doom.<span> </span>Dramatic much,
Courtney?<span> </span>Yes, but it’s true.</div>
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how I would probably get pissed off by what Ruby did because by then I was all “Oh,
Ruby could do no wrong!”<span> </span>And I still
love her and she’s still an all time favorite protagonist but she definitely
pissed me off in this book.<span> </span>It was like
just because she was with The League for a few months, she knew what was best
for everyone and that she knew everything.<span>
</span>I didn’t like that about her, she kept vital information from everyone
because she wanted to protect them but it was almost like she didn’t trust them
to use their common sense.<span> </span>She didn’t
really give anyone a chance.<span> </span>And I got
it, she went through hell and doesn’t want anyone else to go through that but
she needed to trust people.<span> </span>Especially
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Liam.<span> </span>I felt so bad for him.<span> </span>It was like he had to prove he was worthy to
everyone every two freaking seconds.<span> </span>And
Cole!<span> </span>Cole was just a douche!<span> </span>He treated Liam like shit.<span> </span>Like an incompetent child.<span> </span>It was horrible to read.<span> </span>Everything between these two had me wanting
to punch something, mostly because of Cole.<span>
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just so much miscommunication and unnecessary fighting.<span> </span>If they just talked out their problems, it
would have ended unneeded hostility.<span> </span>It
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Throughout the novel, though, I was waiting for mentions of
the novellas.<span> </span>We did get closure to one
but I wish we got more of a conclusion to the other.<span> </span>Or maybe we could just get a whole extra
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The story itself was a whirlwind.<span> </span>You knew shit was going to go down, and you
knew there was going to be a lot of it because this book is pretty
massive.<span> </span>It’s over 500 pages so you know
things are going to happen.<span> </span>It was definitely
epic and the last few chapters, man.<span>
</span>Holy friggens!<span> </span>I couldn’t turn
the pages fast enough.<span> </span>I wanted to
finish the book as fast as I could so I could find out what happens but at the
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<i><span id="freeText8692553038117738774"><strong>Don’t miss the thrilling novella that connects the last two novels in the <em>New York Times</em> best-selling </strong></span></i><span id="freeText8692553038117738774"><strong>Darkest Minds</strong></span><i><span id="freeText8692553038117738774"><strong> trilogy. </strong><br /><br />Sam
didn’t think things could get worse at Thurmond rehabilitation camp.
Then the Reds arrive. Everyone assumed the kids with firepower had been
killed years ago. Instead they were taken away, brainwashed, and
returned as terrifyingly effective guards. To her horror, Sam recognizes
one of them: Lucas, the one spark of light in Sam’s dark childhood.
Lucas has a deadly secret–he beat the brutal training that turned his
fellow Reds into mindless drones. When Sam defends herself against an
attack by a vile PSF guard and faces a harrowing punishment, Lucas must
risk his everything to save her. <br /><br />Includes a bonus preview chapter from the final </span></i><span id="freeText8692553038117738774">Darkest Minds </span><i><span id="freeText8692553038117738774">novel, </span></i><span id="freeText8692553038117738774">I</span><span id="freeText8692553038117738774">n the Afterlight</span><i><span id="freeText8692553038117738774"><em>.</em></span></i></div>
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I am a mess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a
pile of goo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alexandra Bracken
definitely knows how to write a novella.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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As much as I loved <i>Sparks Rise</i>, I hated it just as
much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just so painful to
read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love how with each book we get
some kind of new perspective of this world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In <i>The Darkest Minds</i> we were introduced to everything but mostly we were
on the run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>In Time</i> we saw it from a
skip tracers POV and then in <i>Never Fade</i> from the League.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Sparks Rise</i>, we were back in Thurmond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it was awful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We get so much more of it than we did in <i>The
Darkest Minds</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s such a horrific
place and I really hope that it, along with all of the other camps, burn to the
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definitely a fighter and very different from Ruby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruby’s a fighter as well but she had to adapt
into who she is now because of her circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sam was always a little rebel and I love
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<span style="font-size: large;">Characters 5/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plot 4.5/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feels 5+/5</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-51037618798791559352015-03-18T15:00:00.000-07:002015-03-18T15:00:05.836-07:00Review: Never Fade (The Darkest Minds #2) by Alexandra Bracken!<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: red;">Spoiler Alert for The Darkest Minds!</span></span></b></div>
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<i><span id="freeText8416407191837330307">Ruby never asked for the
abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on
a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt
government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the
Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is:
a monster. <br /><br />When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she
must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s
League behind. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of
America’s children—and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared
and hated outcasts—has survived every attempt to destroy it. But the
truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam
Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future—and who now wouldn’t
recognize her. <br /><br />As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless
country to find Liam—and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped
both her life and America apart—she is torn between old friends and the
promise she made to serve the League. Ruby will do anything to protect
the people she loves. But what if winning the war means losing herself?</span></i></div>
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<span id="freeText8416407191837330307">Description taken from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16150830-never-fade?ac=1" target="_blank"><b>Goodreads</b></a></span><i><span id="freeText8416407191837330307"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16150830-never-fade?ac=1" target="_blank"><b> </b></a></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span id="freeText8416407191837330307">My Review</span></b></span><i><span id="freeText8416407191837330307"></span></i></div>
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time favorites and Bracken is becoming an auto buy author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just can’t deal with this series!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh my God!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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wiped clean of his memories of Ruby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was destroyed!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I really didn’t know how
I was going to feel with Liam, Chubs and Zu gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were the ultimate group<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and I loved them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I knew we would see Liam at some point because Ruby's mission is to find him but I just didn't know when we'd see him and what state we would find him in. </span>But, we did get some new characters in the
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annoying little brother that always follows you around wanting to know what you’re
doing but you can’t help but love him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
Vida is annoying and mean in kinda a bad way but she definitely grows on
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I love how she calls Jude “Judith”
and I love how he doesn’t mind at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Ruby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, I love
Ruby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>The Darkest Minds</i> she was a
weak little girl and by the end she was just so strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <i>Never Fade</i>, we see her kind of closed
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s this soldier now and is
leading Ops and gets shit done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a
fighter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s knows when to turn off
her emotions and do what she needs to do to help not just herself but
her friends too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I feel like she’s
so relatable and extremely likable even though she’s not the same Ruby we met
in <i>The Darkest Minds</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are in her head
and hear her inner dialogue and know how conflicted she is about
everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her emotions are all over
the place and she wants to be strong for everyone else because she’s a leader
now but at the same time she just wants to break down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This, right here, is an amazing character and
one of my all time favorite heroines at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have to read <i>In the Afterlight</i>, so I
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<i>Never Fade</i> is a sequel so obviously I can’t get into
detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But just know that this is an
emotional rollercoaster of a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
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If you have yet to pick up this series, please do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is absolutely excellent.</div>
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Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to go read <i>In the
Afterlight</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(By the way, just finished
<i>Sparks Rise</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m done!)</div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Healing Hart
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The Healing Harts series came to me one night as I was just
falling asleep. It jerked me awake, making me sit up in bed. It was one of
those ideas that came completely formulated, an entire series, like a lightning
bolt to the brain, and I haven’t been able to shake loose of it until it was
written down. A family, rocked by loss, each member with a desire to help
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In the first book, Heart’s Desire, Jessie is faced with
running the family dude ranch alone after her parent’s unexpected death.
Unbeknownst to her siblings, she and her father were transitioning the ranch to
an abused horse rescue facility but she’s floundering to keep it afloat and
bankruptcy is looming. Her brother, Justin, decides it’s time to call his
college buddy, Nathan Kerrington, for help – the same man who shattered her
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Nathan Kerrington knows he hurt Jessie but he had a good
reason for it. Now he just has to prove that to her and regain her trust. But,
as old hurts rise to the surface, they must resolve their past before they can
attempt to save her future and some hurts aren’t easily forgiven.</div>
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Choosing the cover for HEART’S DESIRE</div>
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When we started looking for covers for Jessie and Nathan’s
story, I had a very clear picture in my mind. I knew exactly what my characters
look like and the feel I wanted for the series as a whole. We had also decided
very early to go with only the main characters on these books. I also knew that
while all three books should tie together, I wanted Jet, one of Jessie’s
horses, on the cover somewhere. He plays an important part in discovering
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But Jessie is such a strong, independent character, she
fought me at every step, whether it was in the first draft or the final cover.
We went through several pictures and many would have worked with the mood of
the book but there was always something that didn’t suit Jessie’s personality.
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In the end, she chose her own photo. As soon as I saw it, I
knew this was Jessie and there was no need to look further for a cover photo.
This cover portrays Jessie’s character better than words – pensive, wistful and
ambitious. The fact that Jet was able to be part of this cover was the icing on
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"I came to apologize, Jess. I shouldn't have
said those things."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She ignored the way her nickname slid easily from
his lips or the way it made her heart trip over her ribs and start fluttering
like a baby bird learning to take flight. She'd quit buying into romantic
notions a long time ago thanks to him. Now, if only she could convince her body
to let them go. She set the rake against the wall and walked into the aisle
way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"It's Jessie. Jessie. We are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> friends, remember?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">His green eyes flashed, the golden flecks lighting
them from within, and she saw frustration in the set of his jaw.
"No?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"No. Let's keep our roles in perspective.
You're the financial genius here to do a favor for my brother, and I'm just his
idiot little sister who bought your load of crap years ago and can't manage to
keep this ranch afloat now." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">His long strides ate the distance between them in
seconds but she stood her ground, staring up at him, daring him to argue. His
lips were tight, set in a grim line and a deep crease lined his perfect brow.
She wanted to back away, but years of working with her father wouldn't allow
her to show any signs of intimidation. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cowgirl
up,</i> she recited the mantra in her head, although not nearly as confidently
as she usually did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"Don't do that," he ordered, staring down
into her eyes, his voice quiet but insistent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She could feel the heat emanating from him as sparks
of desires burst in her chest, sending shivers over her skin. She tried to
control it, to stop herself from trembling at his nearness but she couldn't
stop her breath from catching in her throat. "Don't do what?" Her
voice was a hoarse whisper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"Don't belittle yourself. You are far more than
that. You've always been more than that to me." His hands grasped her
upper arms and he dipped his head toward her, his eyes never leaving hers.
"You're a talented, kind, giving, passionate woman."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It wasn't what Jessie expected. His words were a
balm to her chapped and aching heart, exactly what she needed to hear, but she
knew she couldn't let him break past her walls. Who knew what damage he could
cause her heart when he left again. She'd barely managed to piece together the
shards last time. She pressed her hands against his chest, intending to push
him away from her, but he gently circled her wrists with his fingers. Their
eyes locked and she refused to be the first to look away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"Nathan." She meant for it to be a warning
but it came out sounding more like a plea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"What, Jess?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">He placed his palms over the back of her hands and
twined his fingers between hers. His touch made her weak and she felt a wave of
need break over her, threatening to drown her. She'd been so in love with him,
and it had left a gaping hole in her, one she’d never managed to fill, not even
with her work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Nathan walked her backward until she felt the stall
behind her. With the hard wall of his body pressing against the front of her,
pinning their hands between them, there was nowhere for her to escape the
explosion of yearning that began in the middle of her chest, spreading outward,
heating her and leaving her breathless. Every inhalation filled her with the
scent of his expensive cologne, reminding her again how out of place he was. He
didn't belong here. But seeing the desire in his eyes, feeling it in every inch
of him pressing up against her, made Jessie want to wrap her legs around his
waist and let him take her right here in the barn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She couldn't possibly feel this way about him again.
She couldn’t imagine feeling any other way about him. She needed this man. Not
just wanted him, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">needed</i> him, and that
scared the crap out of her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">He was going to kiss her, and she was going to melt
under his touch. There was no doubt in her mind. If that happened, she was a
goner. Because, for her, this wasn't about sex, this was about how Nathan made
her feel, how he'd always made her feel - understood and validated and worthy.
The only other time Jessie felt that way was when she worked with her horses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">How had this man recognized the weakness in her,
buried deeply, and unearthed it so easily? Panic set in. She had to protect
herself. She couldn't let Nathan in, couldn't let him get close again. She
shoved against his hands, using her body to knock him off balance, backward
against the handles of the wheelbarrow and into the bucket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"You can finish the stalls."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She ran out of the barn, refusing to look back at
the man trying to piece together a full sentence from where he landed, inside a
wheelbarrow full of fresh horse manure.</span></div>
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sound in her village, where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches
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mercy of a zipline that carries food up the treacherous cliffs from
Beiguo, a mysterious faraway kingdom. <br /><br />When villagers begin to
lose their sight, deliveries from the zipline shrink and many go hungry.
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<span id="freeText16787795057414670348">It's moments like this that I realize how much of a Richelle Mead fangirl I am. When I found out about this book. Squealing happened. Flailing happened. Uncontrollable giggling happened. It's quite embarrassing actually. </span><span id="freeText16787795057414670348">Long story short, I love Richelle Mead and will read everything written by her. I will.</span></div>
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life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only
option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is to leave
his small town behind and to attempt to become a skiptracer. This
already almost impossible task is made all the more difficult by his
first score, a young girl who won't speak, but who changes his life in
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Overall 4.1/5</span></b></span><a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/02/march-2015-take-control-of-your-tbr.html" target="_blank"></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-17928989674588200772015-03-08T14:00:00.000-07:002015-03-08T14:03:56.971-07:00Review: The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) by Alexandra Bracken!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span id="freeText11500198882706804836">When Ruby woke up on
her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming
enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police.
Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government
“rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease
that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have
emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot
control.<br /><br /><b>Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.</b><br /><br />When
the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now
she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids
like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own
camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter
how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after
what happened to her parents.<br /><br />When they arrive at East River,
nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there
are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in
their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible
choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth
living.</span></i></div>
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<span id="freeText11500198882706804836">Description taken from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10576365-the-darkest-minds?ac=1" target="_blank"><b>Goodreads</b></a></span><i><span id="freeText11500198882706804836"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10576365-the-darkest-minds?ac=1" target="_blank"><b> </b></a></span></i></div>
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There is a bit of a story surrounding this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started it, used my favorite bookmark from
a museum, while riding down to Florida one year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
for some reason I stopped reading it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was totally enjoying it but for some reason I just stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I got busy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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finally finish it and the whole series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Completely wrecked me.</div>
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Liam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, Liam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He brings a whole new meaning to the term ‘Book
Boyfriend’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I right, ladies?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s absolutely hilarious, his sense of humor
totally won me over but it was really his protectiveness of his friends, his family, that was so endearing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chubs, Zu and now Ruby are his family and he’ll do anything, absolutely
anything, to keep them out of harms way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And his banter with Chubs literally had me laughing out loud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His whole outlook on life was a breath of
fresh air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So positive and
optimistic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh, and the way he says ‘darlin’’
all time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oy vey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Move over Adrian Ivashkov.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Liam is in the running!</div>
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Chubs and Zu were also amazing characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zu didn’t even talk and yet said so much and
was such and adorable girly girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
way she freaks out over anything pink is just so freaking cute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And Chubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So pessimistic, but in a really funny dramatic kind of way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahhh the end!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It left me dead with my heart torn out of my chest and thrown on the
floor with a bunch of elephants stampeding over it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t ask me where the elephants came
from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I don’t know how I’ll go
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, as I am typing this out, I
have read <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/03/review-in-time-darkest-minds-15-by.html" target="_blank"><i>In Time</i></a> and am actually reading <i>Never Fade</i>, so it’s all good.</div>
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Anyway, if you can’t guess by my complete gush fest over <i>The
Darkest Minds</i>, I absolutely loved it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s an awesome dystopian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Awesome sci-fi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awesome book in
general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If, for some reason, you have
put off reading this book, like me, then go pick it up now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do it! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do it now, I say!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Writing 4.5/5</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08574601839417634511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-708022082730052763.post-64147663775861241312015-03-04T09:00:00.000-08:002015-03-04T09:00:00.671-08:00Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span id="freeText10273300737724697473">It's the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.<br /><br />Like
most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending
his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that
lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play
and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. <br /><br />And like most
of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate
lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For
somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James
Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive
fortune — and remarkable power — to whoever can unlock them. <br /><br />For
years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize,
knowing only that Halliday's riddles are based in the pop culture he
loved — that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have
found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy,
obsessive study of Halliday's icons. Like many of his contemporaries,
Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes's
oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging
power to run his OASIS rig. <br /><br />And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle. <br /><br />Suddenly
the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt
— among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very
real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to
survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may
have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to
life — and love — in the real world he's always been so desperate to
escape. <br /><br />A world at stake. <br />A quest for the ultimate prize. <br />Are you ready?</span></i></div>
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<span id="freeText10273300737724697473">Description taken from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12600138-ready-player-one" target="_blank"><b>Goodreads</b></a></span><i><span id="freeText10273300737724697473"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12600138-ready-player-one" target="_blank"><b> </b></a></span></i></div>
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This is a book for fangirls and fanboys about fangirls and
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terminology and references kind of went over my head but I’m not so ignorant
that I didn’t understand it at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean,
I’ve seen <i>War Games</i> and <i>Monty Python </i>and I’ve played <i>Pac Man</i> and <i>Galaga</i> and all that but
there are loads and loads of video games and movies and TV shows from the the
80s that I haven’t had the privilege of seeing or playing yet but that didn’t
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imaginative!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t even begin to
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knowing too<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>much about it, like I
did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trust me, the experience will be
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<i><span id="freeText7423861640421440079">A page-turning,
evocative novel for fans of </span></i><span id="freeText7423861640421440079">THIRTEEN REASONS WHY</span><i><span id="freeText7423861640421440079"> and </span></i><span id="freeText7423861640421440079">SPEAK</span><i><span id="freeText7423861640421440079">, about a girl
who must follow a trail of mysterious clues to discover what happened
to her sister.<br /><br />Sisters Leo and Paris Hollings have only ever had
each other to rely on. They can’t trust their mother, who hops from city
to city and from guy to guy, or their gambler stepfather, who’s moved
them all to Las Vegas. It’s just the two of them: Paris, who’s always
been the dreamer, and Leo, who has a real future in mind—going to
Stanford, becoming a doctor, falling in love.<br /><br />But Leo isn’t going
anywhere yet… until Paris ditches her at the Heartbreak Hotel Diner,
where moments before they had been talking with physics student Max
Sullivan. Outside, Leo finds a cryptic note from Paris—a clue. Is it
some kind of game? Where is Paris, and why has she disappeared?<br /><br />When
Leo reluctantly accepts Max’s offer of help, the two find themselves
following a string of clues through Vegas and beyond. But the search for
the truth is a not a straight line. And neither is the path to secrets
Leo and Max hold tightly.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="freeText7423861640421440079">I want this right now! So much! It just sounds so amazing. So much adventure and I'm sure a romance. And I hope an amazing relationship between two sisters. </span></span></div>
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This week is all about the favorites! Limited to the last three years. I think I can do this!</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice?ac=1" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ggDmpK9C8xo/VPEIQQSSy9I/AAAAAAAABI0/U9nekVRMQes/s1600/pride%2Band%2Bprejudice%2B2.jpg" height="200" width="122" /></a></div>
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This book honestly changed my life. That's all I can say. </div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12127810-the-house-of-hades?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12127810-the-house-of-hades?ac=1" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9V_hogBL7bY/VPEJN0sxacI/AAAAAAAABI8/Kq_La6WAFjA/s1600/house%2Bof%2Bhades.jpg" height="200" width="131" /></a></div>
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Percabeth!</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10964.Outlander?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10964.Outlander?ac=1" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEutIrTjsRM/VPEJYVLLRkI/AAAAAAAABJE/HZN0Juv66D4/s1600/outlander.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a></div>
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This book is my everything. Not even kidding.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8492825-where-she-went?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8492825-where-she-went?ac=1" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bRWRATTnq-8/VPEJsLFWjoI/AAAAAAAABJM/ANydEQ3_xp4/s1600/where%2Bshe%2Bwent.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div>
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Such a beautiful book. Check out my <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2014/06/review-where-she-went-by-gayle-forman.html" target="_blank">review</a>!</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12578077-obsidian?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12578077-obsidian?ac=1" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SROeecPTlDU/VPEKmSTk53I/AAAAAAAABJY/Ev8A3SDaa3g/s1600/obsidian.jpg" height="200" width="128" /></a></div>
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Daemon. Aliens. Blogging.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16056408-easy?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16056408-easy?ac=1" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-faEZtjTalrA/VPEK6h12Z6I/AAAAAAAABJg/g-_IP1_q3Nk/s1600/Easy.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a></div>
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My very first NA book. I blame this one for my addiction. Just saying.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/891368.Project_17?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/891368.Project_17?ac=1" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LGPwhq-sENQ/VPELSgrBkbI/AAAAAAAABJo/wUqfB_2tBDU/s1600/project%2B17.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a></div>
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Such a creepy ass book! Love it!</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16122034-frigid?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16122034-frigid?ac=1" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q_wPkDC5BYs/VPELsdP4s3I/AAAAAAAABJw/AJYWFuAfiMw/s1600/frigid.jpg" height="200" width="130" /></a> </div>
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JLA is queen. Review <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-frigid-by-j-lynn.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I could not stop thinking about this books for months! </div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21936857-a-memory-of-violets?ac=1" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21936857-a-memory-of-violets?ac=1" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hP2Pp1DWv38/VPEMEzyOD5I/AAAAAAAABKA/e4Hcel17fPk/s1600/memoryvioler.jpg" height="200" width="132" /></a></div>
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Another book that changed my life. Check out my <a href="http://readbetweenthebooks91.blogspot.com/2015/02/blog-tour-review-memory-of-violets-by.html" target="_blank">review</a>.</div>
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