tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68281045155369481542024-02-08T05:29:09.333+01:00Tea time and PaperbacksElajshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734228311961470006noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828104515536948154.post-91227463236108790902016-03-04T21:29:00.002+01:002016-03-04T21:29:29.657+01:00Wrap-up & Favorites || February<div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">February is over, and I had a pretty good month. I’m slowly getting back into reading, and I think I’ve found my love for it again. I’ve had exams in February, and a small winter break to get me ready for school once again. I’ve read some great books, and I don’t think there has been any that I disliked. Because I’m still trying to get back from a reading slump, I’m consciously choosing books that I’m pretty certain that I’ll like. Hopefully I’m going to venture out of my comfort zone a little bit in the coming months. We’ll see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I read 6 books in the month of February. Two of them were graphic novels, and the rest were novels. I got myself caught up with a series (if you don’t count short stories), and I’ve started some new ones. Overall I’ve enjoyed the books that I’ve read, and I feel like I’ve been able to take my time with them, and not just rush through them (I’ve been known to do that). I have reviews coming up of some of these books, most of them actually, so I wont talk more about them here. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23154286-something-like-lightning">Something Like Lightning</a> by Jay Bell </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25181638-something-like-thunder">Something Like Thunder</a> by Jay Bell<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23257157-the-wolf-wilder">The Wolf Wilder</a> by Katherine Rundell </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23131087-nimona">Nimona</a> by Noelle Stevenson </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23149152-tiny-pretty-things">Tiny Pretty Things</a> by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20898019-ms-marvel-vol-1">Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal</a> by G. Willow Wilson </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">★</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because I passed my English exam, I decided that it was okay to treat myself to some books. Real, actual, physical books. I didn’t spend that much money on books in February, even though I did get a good amount of books anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23430483-cam-girl?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true">Cam Girl</a> by Leah Raeder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18829666-black-iris">Black Iris</a> by Leah Raeder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25372801-all-the-birds-in-the-sky?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true">All The Birds In The Sky</a> by Charlie Jane Anders</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18336982-underneath-everything?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true">Underneath Everything</a> by Marcy Beller Paul</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24039396-fans-of-the-impossible-life?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true">Fans of the Impossible Life</a> by Kate Scelsa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29094159-something-like-hearts?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true">Something Like Hearts</a> by Jay Bell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23592235-am-i-normal-yet?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true">Am I Normal Yet?</a> by Holly Bourne</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26365537-kindred-spirits?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true">Kindred Spirits</a> by Rainbow Rowell</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What I've Watched</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">February was the month of <b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Prison Break</b>. I started re-watching it at the beginning of February as a way to escape from my exams, and I continued even after the exam was over. I’ve watched most of the series before, except for season 4, which is what I’m watching now, so I’m excited to finally get to finish the series properly. I also went to the cinema with my brother in February. We had a gift certificate, and decided to use that to watch <b>Deadpool</b>. I really loved that movie, and I’m definitely interested in watching it again when it comes out on DVD. Lastly I re-watched <b>Clue</b> about 4 times in February. It’s one of my all time favorite movies, and when times got though, it's my 'comfort movie'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In February I really jumped on the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqPLipRthHo">Hamilton</a></b> bandwagon. The music from that show is absolutely fantastic, and it’s something new, which I really like. I have my favorites that I listen to more than others, but as a whole, it’s pretty darn amazing. I’ve also really gotten into <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRK7PVJFbS8">Kendrick Lamar</a> </b>lately. I’ve had a song or two of his on one of my playlist before, but I’ve never really taken the time to really listen to him. I’m slowly getting through more and more of his songs, and it's brilliant. Lastly, I’ve had one song on repeat for the past days, and that is <b>Halsey’s cover of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1pUqmaPsFA">Love Yourself</a></b>. I love her voice, and what it brings to the song, and I think I like it a little better than the original.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">February was made up of a lot of great moments (as well as some pretty shit ones, but this is a positive post, so we aren't talking about those). In the beginning of the month I had my written <b>English exam</b>, and honestly, it was absolute hell. Six hours of constant writing, well, it was more like six hours of constant panicking. A week after my written, I had the oral part of the exam, and I passed, with a pretty decent grade even. It was such a relief to finish English, and it means that I'm technically an English teacher now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the middle of the all the exam prep, i decided that I needed a change, and <b>I cleaned my room</b>. It doesn’t sound like that much, but for me it was a pretty big deal. I decided that I needed to get rid of a lot of crap, and damn did it feel liberating. With cleaning my room came cleaning out my book shelve, and in that process I got rid of a lot of books Well technically, they’re still just sitting on my floor, but I’m not going to keep them much longer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This last moment is incredibly silly, but at the same time, it has made me ridiculously happy. That is the fact the <b>Shane McMahon</b>, Shane-O-Mac, has <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzDP3ltd8tA">returned to WWE</a></b>, and he is going to wrestle The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. I know, it’s silly, but I’m counting it as a favorite moment, because it made me smile so big. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>How was your February? Did you read any great books?</b></i></span></div>
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Elajshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734228311961470006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828104515536948154.post-2557740225874328022016-02-28T20:39:00.002+01:002016-02-28T20:41:59.129+01:00Review | The Girl In 6E by A.R. Torre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Title: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">The Girl in 6E</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Author: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">A.R. Torre</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Published: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Janurary 21<sup>st</sup>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Pages: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">352</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Genre: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Thriller, Erotica</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">I haven't touched a human in three years. That seems like it would be a difficult task, but it's not. Not anymore, thanks to the internet. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 21px;">I am, quite possibly, the most popular recluse ever. Not many shut-ins have a 200-member fan club, a bank account in the seven-figure range, and hundreds of men lining up to pay for undivided attention. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 21px;">They get satisfaction, I get a distraction. Their secret desires are nothing compared to why I hide... my lust for blood, my love of death. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 21px;">Taking their money is easy. Keeping all these secrets... one is bound to escape. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 21px;">What if you hid yourself away because all you could think of was killing? And what if one girl's life depending on you venturing into society?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I went into this book not really knowing what to
expect. I’ve seen it around the book community a little bit, but not enough to
know more about it that what the synopsis was giving me. When I put this book
down at the end, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s not that I expected to not like
the book, but I was somewhat hesitant. I’ve read thrillers before, and I’d like
to believe that I’ve read my fair share of sex scenes, but the combination?
That was something else, and I really liked it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I found the book to be less graphic than what I
expected it to be. Because of the synopsis, I was prepared for much more than what was actually presented to me.
However, I quite liked the way that it was balanced out. There definitely are
some quite graphic scenes, both sexually, and when it comes to something gorier,
but I never found it to be too much. Nonetheless, the book is quite twisted, so keep that in mind if you decide to pick it up.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first half of the book seemed very slow, and it
took me a while to actually get into the story. There’s a lot of background
information, back story, and build up done, and it took me some time to process all of that. However, right around the 50% mark shit gets real pretty fast. The book really
picks up, and everything happens way too fast for my liking. The last bit just
seemed a little too crammed, and before I knew it, it was all over, which is a bit of a shame. I would have liked for it to be a little more fleshed out.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I really liked the main character Deanna. I loved
seeing how she progressed throughout the story, but also getting a
lot of back story on her in the process. Even though a lot of her thoughts and actions may seem
a little out there, she seemed like a real, and realistic, character. She’s a smart
girl, which shows in the way she’s made a living for all those years she’s been
indoors.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While Deanna’s is the main point of view, we do get snippets from some of the other characters once in a while. It was a little confusing in the beginning, because I wasn’t prepared for the switch. But after a while I got used to the style of the switches. I liked the fact that we didn’t just stick with one throughout the entire book. It made the book a little more daunting, because we actually got the perspective of 'the bad guy' in the story.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wasn’t really a fan of some of the other characters. We get
to see a good deal of Deanna’s deliveryman, and I’m still not sure how I feel
about him. A lot of times he seemed very out of place, even though he does prove
to be helpful. Still, I’m not exactly a fan of his character.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I enjoyed the writing style, and I definitely really enjoyed the book, and I’m very
interested in seeing where the next book will take Deanna.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, I think
I need to get some life back into this blog, don’t you guys think? I’ve been so
stressed out with school, and exams, that I've been neglected this. But now that my exams are finally over (I’m qualified
to teach English now, which is pretty awesome! Don’t expect me to know proper grammar though,
because I still don’t), I can put some more time into my blog again. I start school again on Wednesday, and I hope to prepare some blog posts, so that I won't neglect this again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today I
want to share with you, the books that I plan on reading this weekend. I have a
lot of time to myself, and I really just want to get some reading done before
school starts again. I’m currently reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23257157-the-wolf-wilder">The Wolf Wilder</a> by Katherine Rundell,
and I'm enjoying it so far. I have about 100 pages left of the book, and I'm interested in seeing where those last pages will take the story, because right now, I'm not really sure where it'll all go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the
rest of the weekend, I have two books lined up. The first is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19351043-nimona?from_search=true&search_version=service">Nimona</a> by Noelle
Stevenson. It’s a library book, and I’d like to read it before I have to return
it. I’ve heard a lot of people talk about this graphic novel, and I’m looking
forward to reading it. It has gotten a lot of great reviews, and it seems I have a feeling that I’ll get through this book fairly quickly, and it just seems like a good read for the weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lastly, I
would like to start <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5.Harry_Potter_and_the_Prisoner_of_Azkaban?from_search=true&search_version=service">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</a> this weekend. Truth Time – I
have only read the first two books in the Harry Potter series, and I feel like
it is time to start reading the rest of the books. I don’t think I’ll actually
finish it this weekend, but I would like to at least start it. </span></span>I really do want to try and finish the Harry Potter series this year, so I better get started! <span style="font-family: inherit;">I read the first 40 pages of this a few years back, and I remember really liking it, so I think it's time to go back to Hogwarts. Finally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Title:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Drama</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Author:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Raina Telgemeier</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Published:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> September 1st 2012<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Pages:</b> 240</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Genre: </b>MG, Graphic Novel, l<b>G</b>btq</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Rating:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif;">★</span></span></div>
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<b>Thoughts:</b><br />
This was my first read of 2016, and I really enjoyed reading it. It was a pretty quick read, both because it was a graphic novel, but also because its intended audience is middle grade. It is definitely a read that I would recommend for someone who want to read a fun, quick, middle grade graphic novel, or just to younger readers in general.<br />
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There is a lot of typical middle school drama going on in this book - which is kind of hinted to in the title - and it was portrayed really well. The story was a little all over the place at times, but isn't that just how middle school is?<br />
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The main character is likable, and she is a joy to follow. She acts like someone her age would, and the way she reacts to the different things in the book are all very realistic. I like the fact that she is so passionate about her role in the school play - which is the set designer. She's very responsible, energetic, and kind of all over the place - but in a very likable way.<br />
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There's a big focus on friendship in this book, and they were all portrayed really well. There is some love/relationship stuff going on, but it doesn't really take over the main part of the story. There are some lgbtq+ characters in this books, and I very much enjoyed reading about them. I liked the fact, that it wasn't the main plot of the story, but that it just kind of fell into it naturally - if that makes sense.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Title:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> The Sculptor</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Author:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Scott McCloud</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Published:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> February 3rd 2015<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Pages:</b> 488</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Genre: </b>Graphic Novel</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Rating:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif;">★</span></span></div>
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First of all, I really loved the art in this graphic novel. Second of all, this is a brick of a book, like, I felt like I was going to break my back when I had to bring this home from the library. But I also understand why it is as big as it is. There are a lot of panels where it's just the pictures telling the story, and I really enjoyed those parts.<br />
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This book has a lot of hype, and it is very well loved. However, for me, this was just an okay book. The plot was interesting, and it raised some pretty difficult and complicated questions, but it wasn't enough for me.<br />
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I didn't feel connected with the main character, and to be honest, I didn't actually like him at all. I don't know if you're supposed to like him, but still. Also, I felt like there was a lack of female characters in this book. There's the main love interest, and then there's her roommate. But mostly, that is it. It is very male dominated, and I missed some female representation, and for that sake, some female interaction.<br />
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All in all, this wasn't really my cup of tea, but I can see why people would absolutely love this graphic novel, so I would recommend that if you find it intriguing, then give it a go, it might be just your thing.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Title:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> George</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Author:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Alex Gino</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Published:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> August 25th 2015<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Pages:</b> 195</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Rating:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif; font-size: x-small;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif; font-size: x-small;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif; font-size: x-small;">★</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif; font-size: x-small;">★</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">This was such a wonderful read. This book has been on my radar ever since sit was released last year, and I'm so glad that I finally read it. It is an important book, and I would recommend this to pretty much everyone. It is a really heartwarming story, and it will probably make you smile, and give you the warm fuzzies. </span>The ending of this book made me smile so much, and I shed a tear or two while reading it. There were a lot of beautiful moments throughout this book.<br />
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The writing in the book was simple, maybe even a little too simple sometimes, but I really didn't mind at all. However, it its primary target is middle grade, so it is understandable that the writing is on the simpler side. That is not to say that the writing was bad, not at all - simple isn't bad.<br />
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I thought that the main character, Melissa, was adorable, and I really liked her. She was the absolute sweetest, and I loved getting to hear her story. I liked the fact that she was so sure of herself, and who she was. You were rooting for her throughout the entire book. I also think that her best friend was a great character, their friendship was really well done. I loved the fact that the best friend was supportive of our main character.<br />
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I you loved this book, the I would definitely recommend picking up Gracefully Grayson, if you haven't read that one yet. The stories have similar themes, and they both include a school play, but they are still very different books. And both are very worth the read.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In one of my last posts I shared my Bookish resolutions for 2016, and in there, I said that I wanted to read 16 specific books throughout the year. In this post I want to share those 16 books, and maybe give a little explanation as to why they are on the list. Now, these were all released before 2016, because I want to try and read the books that I already have on my shelves. The majority of the books are young adult and contemporary, and a lot of them have LGBTQ+ main characters. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5.Harry_Potter_and_the_Prisoner_of_Azkaban?ac=1&from_search=1">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</a> by J.K. Rowling (MG/Childrens, Fantasy)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I need to get on with this series. I read the first two books years ago, and for some reason I have yet to continue with the series. Seriously, I'm bad at series. I’ve heard that this is a lot of people’s favorite of the Harry Potter books, so that makes me excited.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10194157-shadow-and-bone?ac=1&from_search=1" style="font-family: inherit;">Shadow and Bone</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">by Leigh Bardugo (YA, Fantasy)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So many people have praised this series, and it sounds so interesting. I'm honestly not much of a fantasy reader, but I want to start reading more from that genre, and I think that this will be an good place to start. Or it won't, we'll see. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23058402-the-art-of-being-normal?ac=1&from_search=1">The Art of Being Normal</a> by Lisa Williamson (YA, lgb</span></span><b style="font-family: inherit;">T</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">q+</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">)</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When this book first came out, I didn't really pay it that much attention. Then my cousin read it, and she loves it, and she has told me to read this ever since. So, this year I plan on picking it up, and I hope to love it as much as my cousin did. Also, it deals with an important topic, so that's one more reason to read it.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18667779-everything-leads-to-you?ac=1&from_search=1" style="font-family: inherit;">Everything Leads to You</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">by Nina LaCour (YA, <b>L</b>gbtq+)</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I desperately need to read more f/f books, and this is on the top of my list. I've heard multiple good things about this, and</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> it's been on my shelve for a while, so I think it's time to finally pick it up. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20579291-lies-we-tell-ourselves?ac=1&from_search=1">Lies We Tell Ourselves</a> by Robin Talley (YA, <b>L</b>gbtq+)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I actually gave a copy of this to my cousin for Christmas, even though I haven’t read myself. Yet. I've heard people raving about this book, and I really like the premise of the story. I hope to pick this one up, sooner rather than later.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19542841-more-happy-than-not?ac=1&from_search=1">More Happy Than Not</a> by Adam Silvera (YA, l<b>G</b>btq+)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This book is not on the top of my imaginary tar pile, but that is not to say I'm not excited to read it. I am, but I just have some books other books I want to get to before this. But it is on this list for a reason, and I <i>will</i> read it this year.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18692431-everything-everything?ac=1&from_search=1">Everything, Everything</a> by Nicola Yoon (YA, Contemporary)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I talked about this one in my last <a href="http://teatimeandpaperbacks.blogspot.dk/2016/01/top-ten-tuesday-2015-releases-i-meant.html">Top Ten Tuesday</a> post. It’s a book that was very talked about last year. It has gotten a lot of great reviews, and the premise of this story sounds really intriguing. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20649195-because-you-ll-never-meet-me?ac=1&from_search=1">Because You’ll Never Meet Me</a> by Leah Thomas (</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">YA, Contemporary</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know much about this one other than what the goodreads summary has told me. However, just from that, I'm pretty excited for this one. From what I can tell, it focuses a lot on the friendship between the two male characters, which is kind of a rare thing to see in YA, </span>and that<span style="font-family: inherit;"> makes me even more excited to read it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22082098-your-voice-is-all-i-hear?ac=1&from_search=1">Your Voice Is All I Hear</a> by Leah Scheier </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">(YA, Contemporary)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">From what I can tell, this book deals with love, and with mental illness. I haven't read that many books that has a protagonist with a mental illness, and that has to change. It's important to get those voices out, and be heard. I'm very excited to start this one - and I plan on doing so within the next couple of months.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18367581-afterworlds?ac=1&from_search=1">Afterworlds</a> by Scott Westerfeld (YA, <b>L</b>gbtq+)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve never read anything by Scott Westerfeld, but I’ve heard good things about his writing. Of the books he has written, I think Afterworlds would be something right up my alley. Also, as far as I know there is a some f/f romance in this. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20652686-something-like-spring?ac=1&from_search=1">Something Like Spring</a> by Jay Bell (l<b>G</b>btq+)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is one of my
favorite series of all time, and I’m very eager to continue it. I adore Jay Bell’s writing,
and it’s always a joy to read his books - even though they will make me weep.
This book features some new characters, which is always a delight when it comes
to this author.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18505845-all-lined-up?ac=1&from_search=1">All Lined Up</a>
by Cora Cormack (NA, Contemporary)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve read </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Losing It</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by
the same author before, and it was and okay book, but nothing to write home about. Even
though I didn’t enjoy the story that much, I did like the writing a lot, so I
want to see if this book is more my cup of tea. It sounds pretty interesting,
and I’ve heard some really great things about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22857416-off-campus?ac=1&from_search=1">Off Campus</a> by Amy
Jo Cousins (NA, l<b>G</b>btq+)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This series keeps
popping up on my goodreads. I’ve read a short story by this author before, and
I enjoyed it, so I want to try and read something more of her work. It seems like
it's going to be my cup of tea, and if I like this first book, there are luckily a lot more in the series.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22719283-under-the-lights?ac=1&from_search=1">Under the Lights</a> by Dahlia Adler (YA, <b>L</b>gbtq+)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was so excited when I bought this book, and I have no idea why I haven’t read it yet. I haven’t read anything else by the author, but I’ve heard some amazing things about her writing. Again, I need more f/f stories, so I'm pretty sure this is a must read.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21805717-only-ever-yours?ac=1&from_search=1">Only EverYours</a> by Louise O’Neill (YA, Science Fiction/Dystopian)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So many people have
sung this book’s praises, and it’s made me want to read it so much. I bought it
last year, with every intention of reading it, but I never made it that far.
It’s very high on my <i>want to read</i> list – as well as </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Louise O’Neill's</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> other book, Asking For
It.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11595276-the-miseducation-of-cameron-post?ac=1&from_search=1">The Miseducation of Cameron Post</a> by Emily M. Danforth (YA, <b>L</b>gbtq+)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve been told so many times that I </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">need </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">to read this book – but it's long. I know it’s “only” about 470 pages, but for a contemporary
novel, that seems like a lot. It’s kind of intimidating, and I’m glad that I
have it in ebook format, because I’ve seen a physical copy of it, and it’s a
brick. But I’m excited to finally get to it this year – which I very much aim
to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>These are the 16 books I really want to read in 2016. Do you have any books, you feel like you just need read this year?</b></i></span></div>
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Now, there are a lot more than these, but we could be here all day, if I were to talk about all of them. Some of these I own already, which is a step in the right direction, and some I have yet to get. But all of these are books that I hope to get to sometime in 2016.<br />
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1. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25223115-just-visiting?ac=1&from_search=1">Just Visiting</a> by Dahlia Adler<br />
I've heard nothing but amazing things about this one, and I really want to read it. It sounds very interesting, and it's definitely on the top of my <i>to-buy</i> list, and of course my <i>want to read</i> list.<br />
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2. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25788343-steam?ac=1&from_search=1">Steam</a> by Stacey Rourke<br />
It's crazy that I haven't actually read this one yet. It's the last in The Legends Saga (that I know of), and the first two books in that series were amazing. I think the only reason I haven't actually read this one yet, is that it's a kindle book, and I hate reading on my phone. But I will get to it this year! I have to!<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23388164-the-porcupine-of-truth?ac=1&from_search=1">The Porcupine of Truth</a> by Bill Konigsberg<br />
I read <i>Openly Straight</i> by the same author last year, and I really enjoyed it, so I wanted to check out some of his other work. Sadly I didn't get around to reading it, but hopefully 2016 will be the year for that.<br />
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4. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22352840-read-me-like-a-book?ac=1&from_search=1">Read Me Like A Book</a> by Liz Kessler<br />
I kind of bought this on a whim last year, and I haven't actually heard that much about it. But it does have an interesting premise, and I do want to read it sometime this year. I mean, it's about a girl figuring out her feelings for others of the same gender, so I'm very interested in this.<br />
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5. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23058402-the-art-of-being-normal?ac=1&from_search=1">The Art of Being Normal</a> by Lisa Williamson<br />
This is a book I've heard a lot of great things about. I know that my cousin loved this book, and she has been telling me to read it ever since she finished it. I have it on my shelves, so it's just a matter of picking it up.<br />
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6. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18829666-black-iris?ac=1&from_search=1">Black Iris</a> by Leah Raeder<br />
Actually all of Raeder's book are on my <i>want to read</i> list, and I kinda want to add <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23430483-cam-girl?ac=1&from_search=1">Cam Girl</a> to this point as well. I've heard amazing things about the book, and I need to get my hands on this somehow. Soon, I hope.<br />
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7. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19542841-more-happy-than-not?ac=1&from_search=1">More Happy Than Not</a> by Adam Silvera<br />
So many people have raved about this book, and I've seen it on a lot of people's favorites lists last year. It's a book that's sitting on my shelf for a while now, and I just have to pick it up. In a couple of months maybe.<br />
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8. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18336965-my-heart-and-other-black-holes?ac=1&from_search=1">My Heart and Other Black Holes</a> by Jasmine Warga<br />
This, I've heard some mixed things about, but I still very much want to read it. I think it's going to be an interesting read, and I'm curious to see how it will all unfold.<br />
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9. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18710209-tiny-pretty-things?ac=1&from_search=1">Tiny Pretty Things</a> by Sona Charaipotra<br />
This is said to be a mix between Pretty Little Liars, and Black Swan. Now honestly, I'm not that big of a fan of PLL, and I have never actually seen Black Swan - however, it still sounds very interesting to me, and I'm excited to get to this sometime in the near future. Also, the sequel comes out this year (hopefully), so I kinda want to get in on this before that.<br />
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10. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18692431-everything-everything?ac=1&from_search=1">Everything, Everything</a> by Nicola Yoon<br />
There has been so much hype about this book, and it's was also on my most anticipated releases of 2015. So why haven't I read it yet? Well, a reading-slump starting around August put a stopper on that. But I'm out of that slump, and I want to read this one very soon.<br />
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<i><b>These are some of the books I didn't get to in 2015. Are there any of these you can recommend? Which 2015 releases did you want to get to, but haven't yet?</b></i>Elajshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734228311961470006noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828104515536948154.post-70368286336204840442016-01-09T20:26:00.001+01:002016-01-09T20:26:34.008+01:00Let's Talk About | My 2016 Blogging and Bookish Resolutions<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a new year, and that means I have a couple of bookish, and
blogging resolutions & goals, and I want to share them with you. Mostly for myself
honestly, because then it’s out there, and I think I’ll feel more compelled to
actually try and meet those goals then. Or at least, let’s hope so. I didn't want to pressure myself too much, so there aren't all that many goals for me to meet. But the few there are, I feel like I can accomplish in one way or another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Post at least three times a
week<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn’t really blog anything for most of last year, and I want to change
that. I’m not sure it’s going to happen right away, but I’m hopeful that it
will change, and I will start posting more sometime this year. It may be a
little overly ambitious for me, but you’re allowed to be that from time to time,
right?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Post more reviews<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a hard time writing reviews. I always feel like I somehow need to
write an entire essay on my thoughts on the books I read, which isn’t necessary
at all. I need to get used to the thought of writing reviews, even though they
may not be that long, because I love sharing my opinions on the books I read.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a goal that sort of goes with the one before. When I finally decide
to actually write a review, I end up putting it off, multiple times, and all of
a sudden, it’s been a month, and I remember nothing about the book. This year, I want to be better at writing my thoughts down as quickly as I can, after I finish a book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Use twitter more<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's not directly blogging related, but it's near enough. I really like twitter, and I want to use it more. I <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">think it's such a great way to connect to other bloggers, and even authors, which is why I want to start using my twitter account more. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve decided to not actually participate in any reading challenges this
year. Well not officially at least. I do have the ‘Popsugar’ reading challenge
printed out, but completing it is not really a priority of mine. Not at all really, but it's a fun little thing to look at from time to time. Also, it can be helpful when I don't know what to read. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The only
challenge I have really set myself this year is my goodreads goal. My goal this
year is to read 75 books, and I think that I can manage that. Last year I read 61
books, but I was practically in a reading slump from August to December, so I
think I can make it to 75 this year. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a couple of other goals besides my goodreads one, and I think it's actually something I can manage. I didn't want to set too many, and too big goals, because I </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">know that would just frustrate me more than it would help me. But I think I've come up with some good ones, and ones that I can actually keep this year.. (because last year they went to hell after the first month.. oops)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Read the books on my <i>16 in 2016</i> list</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't read all of the books I wanted to read in 2015. Therefore I have made a list of 16 books that are very high on my </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">want to read list, </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">and I feel like I need to get to this year. I'll do another post where I talk about those 16 books, and it'll probably be up in a day or two.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I use the library a lot, and I check out a lot of books at a time. That's a problem, because I can't read that many of them in a month. So, along with reading all the books I get from the library, I want to check out less books at a time.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Slow my roll on the book buying</b></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honestly, I don't buy books all that often, but then when I do buy them, I buy in bulk. Usually, they are ebooks, and as they are cheaper, I get a lot for not that much money. I mean, I love having so many books to choose from - but I can't keep track of all of them, and it's getting a little out of hand. So this year I want to try and slow down on my book buying a little. Just a little, because a complete <i>'book buying ban'</i> would not work for me at all.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Seriously though, I read a lot of contemporary - probably 90% of everything I read can be categorized as that. This year I really want to try and get out of that comfort zone a little bit, and perhaps delve into some fantasy, or even some science fiction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>So these are my blog & bookish resolutions for 2016. Do you have any reading resolutions/goals for the year?</b></i></span></div>
Elajshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734228311961470006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828104515536948154.post-69960907246573696752016-01-07T17:34:00.000+01:002016-01-07T17:34:18.781+01:002015 Favorites | Books & More<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">2015 is over, and 2016 is here. To be honest, most of 2015 was kind of a shit year for me, and I'm for the most part relieved that it's over. Hopefully 2016 will be much much better. I have neglected this blog a lot in 2015, and I'm sad that I did. I want to continue blogging, but I just haven't been able to get myself to write anything even remotely coherent. This is also why, most of my latest posts have been 'Top Ten Tuesday' posts. I do plan, and hope, to blog a lot more, and more consistently in 2016. Well, here's to hoping!</span><br />
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Anyway, this post is all about those things in 2015 that were amazing and all kinds of awesome. I really wanted to share all the things I've loved this past year, and that's how this post came to be. Not that it's revolutionary or anything. Most people have posts like this around this time. There isn't really any rhyme or reason to these lists other than their overall category. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2015 was not the best reading year for me. I read a lot in the first quarter of the year, but then it all went down hill for me. I read a lot of 'meh' books in 2015, and I wasn't really invested in what I was reading, no matter what it was. However, I did manage to read some really fantastic books, and some of them I'm definitely thinking of re-reading in 2016. These books aren't in any order what so ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Something Like Autumn</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> by Jay Bell<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the third book
in the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Something Like</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> series by Jay Bell, and I think that this may be my
favorite book of the series so far. I knew, going into this book, that it would
break my heart, and oh boy, did it do that. I loved getting backstory on Jace,
and it made me love the character even more. I'm so in love with this series, and I can't wait to continue it in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Carry The Ocean</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> by Heidi Cullinan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honestly, I think that this
was probably my favorite book of the year. This book deals with a lot of
different topics including depression, sexuality, and autism spectrum disorder.
It's such a beautiful book, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to re-read
it in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">A Darker Shade of
Magic</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> by V.E. Schwab<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is one of the last
books I read in 2015, and it was amazing. I don't venture out of my contemporary comfort zone a lot, but with this book, I'm glad I did. I loved the main characters, adored the world, and I was intrigued by the plot. I'm so excited to read the next book when it comes out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Fawn</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> by Nash Summers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This short story, I decided to read on a whim. Actually I wasn't entirely sure that I wanted to
read it when I first saw it, but I'm happy that I did. The writing was beautiful, and it made
me cry in several places. It's a beautiful story, and I might re-read it this year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Take Them By Storm</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> by Marie Landry<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This book made me smile.
There were so many things I loved about this book, and I actually have a review
up of this, so if you want to know more about my thoughts, you can check that out <a href="http://teatimeandpaperbacks.blogspot.dk/2015/02/review-take-them-by-storm-by-marie.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">The Song of Achilles</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> by Madeline Miller<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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one too – I’m on a roll here. I went into this book with very high
expectations, and this book completely exceeded those expectations. I read this one in a
day – which I’m still surprised that I actually managed, but I just couldn’t
put the book down. This was a beautiful story, and even though it could be a little slow at time, I still loved it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Love Lessons series</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> by Heidi Cullinan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay, so this is not one
book, but a whole series. Again we have something written by Heidi Cullinan
on the list. I wasn’t really sure how I felt about this series when I started
it. However, it grew on me, and just got better and better. The
characters were fantastic, and the writing really drew me in. This series has a
diverse cast, including a trans character, very briefly a bisexual character,
and an array of representation from the G side of LGBTQ. I would highly recommend
this series. My review of the first book in the series can be found <a href="http://teatimeandpaperbacks.blogspot.dk/2015/01/review-love-lessons-by-heidi-cullinan.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>Honorable mentions:</b>
<i>Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz, Anything Could Happen by Will
Walton, Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg, and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens
Agenda by Becky Albertalli.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Favorite Movies of 2015</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like I didn't watched a lot of movies in 2015. Most of my time has been spend on catching up with various TV series, so I’ve kind of neglegted watching
movies. And when I finally sat down to watch a movie, I reached out for an
old favorite, instead of watching something new. However, I did manage to watch some
new releases. My favorite one has to be </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Star
Wars The Force Awakens</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Actually I’ve watched it twice, at this point. This
year was also the year where I went to the movies with my younger brother a
lot. Three of those movies has made it to my favorite list - </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fast and Furious 7</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Big Hero 6</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, and </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Straight Outta Compton</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, and there were all pretty darn awesome in
their own ways. I would highly recommend all four of them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Favorite TV Shows of 2015</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, I watch a lot of TV. Probably a little too much, but it takes my mind of off things. I
have three series that are pretty much my all time favorites, and two new
shows that I absolutely adore. But let's start with the three oldies. <b>Criminal
Minds</b>, <b>Castle</b>, and <b>Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</b> are
some of my all time favorite shows, and this year I watched maybe a little too
much of them. I usually have one of these three shows running in the background
when I’m writing, or really, doing anything. As of new shows, this year I’ve
absolutely loved <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jessica Jones</b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daredevil</b>. Both shows are incredible,
and I can’t wait for the second season of Daredevil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have listened to a lot of
music this year, and I have definitely expanded my horizon. According to
Spotify my two most listened to artists in 2015 were <b>Beyonce</b>, and <b>Nicki
Minaj</b>, and if you know me, that is not really a surprise. I
absolutely adore both of these ladies, and I'm sure I'm going to keep
listening to then far into 2016. Next are two artists that I haven't listened
to much before, but I'm very happy that I've started to listen to them. Those
two artists are <b>Angel Haze</b>, and <b>Drake</b>. Drake is all my brothers
fault. Seriously, he listens to a lot of Drake, like a lot, and now I do too. As for Angel Haze, I've known
about them for a while, but have just never listened to any of their
music, but holy hell, I'm glad I did, because it's pretty darn amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Favorite Moments of 2015</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even though there were a
lot of bummer moments in 2015, there were some really amazing moments that I
fondly look back on. One of those is when <b>I went to London</b> back in
July. I went with my mother, younger brother, and cousin. It was such a lovely
trip, and it made me want to travel so much more. Another moment was when I, in
June, <b>passed my Danish Exam</b>, and I can now technically call myself a
Danish teacher. I'm still not done with my teacher's education, but it's two
years, out of four down, and it removed a big weight off of my shoulders. The
last is not really one moment, but a series of moments with my two
favorite people in the world. I spend a lot of time with my <b>cousin Charlie</b>,
and my <b>best friend Marie</b>, and I'm so grateful for all that time.
Basically those times are some of my very favorite moments from 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> So these were my
favorite things of 2015. Sometime in the next couple of days I will post a
<b><i>'2016 reading and blogging resolutions' </i></b>post. Hopefully. Anyway,
I hope you had a great 2015, and that you entered 2016 in an awesome way.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: x-small;">Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by </span><a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html" style="color: #46395b; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Broke and The Bookish</a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: x-small;">. This week I'm talking about some of the 2016 debut novels I'm looking forward to reading. Honestly, I hadn't heard much about most of these, and they were pretty much all found on a late night GoodReads browse. However I like the sound of all of them, so I'm definitely interested in getting them, or you know, at least reading them. (also, as far as I know, all of these are debut novels, but if not, then you're welcome to tell me so)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">1. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27220352-jerkbait?ac=1&from_search=1">Jerkbait</a>, 2. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22692740-symptoms-of-being-human">Symptoms of Being Human</a>, 3. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23947922-if-i-was-your-girl">If I Was Your Girl</a>, 4. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22663629-shallow-graves?ac=1&from_search=1">Shallow Graves</a>, 5. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25437747-beautiful-broken-things?from_search=true&search_version=service">Beautiful Broken Things</a></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>6. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17933522-please-don-t-tell?ac=1&from_search=1">Please Don't Tell</a>, 7. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23688792-these-vicious-masks?from_search=true&search_version=service">These Vicious Masks</a>, 8. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21979832-the-girl-from-everywhere?ac=1&from_search=1">The Girl From Everywhere</a>, 9. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25467698-the-love-that-split-the-world?from_search=true&search_version=service">The Love That Split The World</a>, 10. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25897757-the-may-queen-murders?ac=1&from_search=1">The May Queen Murders</a></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">11. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24485772-true-letters-from-a-fictional-life?ac=1&from_search=1">True Letters From A Fictional Life</a>, 12. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26240663-seven-ways-we-lie?ac=1&from_search=1">Seven Ways To Lie</a>, 13. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21945590-underwater">Underwater</a>, 14. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23546634-the-way-i-used-to-be?ac=1&from_search=1">The Way I Used To Be</a>, 15. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24529123-this-is-where-it-ends?ac=1&from_search=1">This Is Where It Ends</a></span></i></div>
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I didn't really feel like I could narrow it down to 10, so the list ended up having 15 books instead. Oh Well. These are in no way put in any order of release date, or even which I'm most excited to read. Of course there are some that I'm more excited to read than others, but isn't there always? I think that <i>If I Was Your Girl</i>, <i>These Vicious Masks</i>, <i>The Girl From Everywhere</i>, and <i>The Way I Used To Be </i>are the books I'm looking forward to the most. At least as of right now, but it might change. </div>
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<i><b>What 2016 debut novels are you looking forward to reading?</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Title:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Trust the Focus<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Author:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Megan Erickson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Publisher: </b>InterMix</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Published:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> March 27th 2015</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Format:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> eBook<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Genre: </b>NA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">, LGBTQ<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Series: </b>In Focus #1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Rating:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #7b65b6; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">3.5/5 stars</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Find on: </b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22663603-trust-the-focus">Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">With his college graduation gown expertly pitched into the trash, Justin Akron is ready for the road trip he planned with his best friend Landry— and ready for one last summer of escape from his mother’s controlling grip. Climbing into the Winnebago his father left him, they set out across America in search of the sites his father had captured through the lens of his Nikon.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">As an aspiring photographer, Justin can think of no better way to honor his father’s memory than to scatter his ashes at the sites he held sacred. And there’s no one Justin would rather share the experience with more than Landry.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">But Justin knows he can’t escape forever. Eventually he’ll have to return home and join his mother’s Senate campaign. Nor can he escape the truth of who he is, and the fact that he’s in love with his out-and-proud travel companion.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Admitting what he wants could hurt his mother’s conservative political career. But with every click of his shutter and every sprinkle of ash, Justin can’t resist Landry’s pull. And when the truth comes into focus, neither is prepared for the secrets the other is hiding.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I really
enjoyed the book from start to finish. The premise of it all sounded
interesting, and I think it delivered what it set out to do. It was very sweet
and cute, but in the end, I wasn’t blown away by the story, and I was left with wanting more from it. Or, I think
I expected to get something more from it. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The story deals a lot with growing up. Both boys have just graduated college, and is at that point in life where they need to figure out where to go. I really liked how the theme was shown throughout the whole book.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The romance
in the story was so sweet, and there were some absolutely adorable moments
between the two characters. These were usually scenes where not much was
happening, but it was the small things that mattered, and that absolutely
melted my heart. However, I would have liked some more build-up to that
romance. Because we don’t get that much back story on the characters, and where
they have already been in regards to the romance, it loses some of what could
have been a build-up to it.</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #131313;"><i><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #131313;"><i>“Trust the focus and put down the
camera.”</i></span></b></i></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
characters made the story interesting. I really liked both characters, even
though they could be difficult to tell apart some times, because their voices
were, in many ways, very similar. I feel like we got to know so much about Justin
and not enough about Landry. I would have loved to get more back story on him,
which in turn, I think, would round the character more, and make him stand out
from Justin Not having that much on Landry made him seem a little flat and, at
times, unrealistic as a character. But besides them falling a little flat from
time to time, they seemed real to me. They both got frustrated, and they both
lashed out, and when they did, it felt real – that’s something I really appreciated
about the book and the writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I enjoyed
reading from the perspective of Justin. I think he made for an interesting main
character, but at the same time, I would have liked, again, to hear from
Landry. Granted, it made parts of the book seem more real, and more uncertain, because
we had no idea what was really going on, but that also frustrated me to no end. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were some intense parts in the book, but they seemed far to short. That's one of the problems I have with this book. I kept wanting more, more drama, more intense scenes, more yelling and conflicts. It could be because of Justin's personality, that he wants to avoid the all too intense feeling, but as a reader, it gets frustrating to read. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think
that the photography aspect tied the story well together. In the beginning, I wasn’t too sure how it would be incorporated, but the way it played into the
story just worked so well. I’m glad that it wasn’t just a fleeting theme throughout, but that it actually brought something to the story and the plot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The ending,
for me, was a little bland. I feel like there could have been done something
more with it. It was beautiful, and as a whole I liked the ending, don’t get me
wrong, but I would have loved a little something more, and I kind of wanted the story to go off with a bang (not literally though).</span></div>
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<a href="" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a>Elajshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734228311961470006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828104515536948154.post-43810624903640918912015-10-29T10:18:00.000+01:002015-10-29T10:18:25.759+01:00Wrap-up & favorites (+ I'm back!) || September 2015<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">*taps the mic* is this
thing on?</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, I’ve been missing in action for about two months or so (probably more). Honestly
it wasn’t something I planned to do, but life went in that direction, and so here
we are. It turned out that I needed to take the summer, and more, off – mostly to actually
think about whether I wanted to continue this blog. In the end I decided that I
do want to continue. I can’t promise that I will post regularly or anything,
but I will try to get at least one post out a week – hopefully more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So what have I been doing
since you last heard from me? The answer is not that much. Okay, I have
done some things. I spend 5 days in London with my family, and I had such a great time.
I want to go back there some day and explore even more. Basically I want to see
more than just the outside of Wembley Stadium. I mean, it’s a beautiful
stadium, but it gets old pretty quick. But besides that, I haven't really
been doing that much, other than relaxing a whole lot. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">School has started again in the beginning of September, and I'm currently <i>not technically </i>in school, but out teaching, which is tough, but I'm loving it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I haven’t
really read anything all that much while I’ve been away from the blog either. I wouldn’t call it a
reading slump exactly, but yeah, it pretty much was a reading slump. Most of
the time I wasn’t in the mood to read anything, and when I finally was in the
mood, I ended up reading a shit ton of Teen Wolf fan fiction. Oh well, at least
I was reading. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">But without further
ado, here are my September wrap-up and favorites. (I'm not posting a wrap-up + favorites for October, because honestly, I haven't really done/read anything)</span></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">|| BOOKS READ ||<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I read 2 books, 1 graphic novel, and 4 short stories/novellas in September. It may not seem like all that much, but I think it was a pretty decent reading month. I have reviews for some of these coming up sometime in the near future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24118011-lonely-hearts">Lonely Hearts</a> by Heidi
Cullinan </span><span lang="EN-US">★★★★</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20575446-in-real-life">In Real Life</a> by Cory
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I bought way too many
books in the month of September (I know, I'm sorry), but they are all ebooks, so I don’t feel that
bad about it. It didn’t put too big of a dent in my budget. I want to try and spend less money on books, because quite frankly, I have too many right now that I need to read, and I can't really make room for book buying in my budget anymore. So, September is hopefully going to be the last month in a while where I buy a shit ton of book. Nevertheless, here are the 16 books, yikes, that I bought in September.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19542841-more-happy-than-not?ac=1" style="font-family: inherit;">More Happy Than Not</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by Adam Silvera</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25686927-him?ac=1">Him</a> by Elle Kennedy,
Sarina Bowen<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20649195-because-you-ll-never-meet-me?ac=1">Because You’ll Never Meet Me</a> by Leah Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25963015-crossroads?ac=1">Crossroads</a> by Riley Hart<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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spend with re-watching </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Castle</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, and </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Queer As Folk</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. I haven’t watched season
four of Castle in a very long time, so it was lovely to revisit the series
again - same thing with Queer As Folk (just.. the entire series). I also went to the cinema with my
younger brother to watch </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Straight Outta
Compton</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. I really enjoyed the movie, but I think it got even better because
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Straight Outta Compton, I spend the rest of the month listening to a shit ton
of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ice Cube</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">N.W.A</b>. I put it on when I’m on my way to school, and it wakes me up
pretty great. Besides that, the past months or so, I’ve finally started
listening to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Halsey</b>, and I
absolutely love her music. It has taken over my playlists, and I’m not mad
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">September was a whirlwind of a month. I started school again, and within the first two weeks felt the stress and the pressure. Luckily there were things in September that made some of that stress go away for a little while. One Saturday in September I went out with my cousin, and we <b>danced the whole night</b>. It's been such a long time since I've done that, and we had such a fun time. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another thing is the fact, that I finally decided that, yes, I do want to <b>continue blogging</b>. And though it may not be consistent for the first month or two, I really want to stick with it this time around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25788343-steam?ac=1" style="font-family: inherit;">Steam</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6587879-horns?ac=1" style="font-family: inherit;">Horns</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830502.It?from_search=true&search_version=service" style="font-family: inherit;">It</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8442457-gone-girl" style="font-family: inherit;">Gone Girl</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821614-you?ac=1" style="font-family: inherit;">You</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Okay, truth time, I don’t actually have a Halloween reading list. I don’t even really celebrate Halloween at all. I mean, I do read a scary book (read: try to), watch a scary movie with my dad, and then stuff my face with Halloween chocolate, but that’s about it. Nonetheless, I do <i>love</i> reading creepy books, even though I don’t do it that often – that needs to change (perhaps a 2016 bookish resolution?). These books are not necessarily all horror books, but they are books that I think/I've heard are going to be creepy reads. All of them are books that I, in a perfect reading world, would love to read around Halloween time (not all the books at once, but maybe one or two). Steam, I'm definitely going to read this Halloween, but I still want to try and read one of the others as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Before I was a reader, I used to spend all my money on DVD's. Honestly, if it wasn't for Netflix, I probably still would. So as a tiny bonus to this Halloween Top Ten Tuesday, I'm going to list some movies perfect for Halloween.</span></div>
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<b>1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: </b>One of my favorite movies of all time. I mean, not it's not a scary movie, but do Halloween movies really need to be that? I don't think so, and I'm definitely going to watch this a little closer to Halloween.</div>
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<b>2. Sleepy Hollow: </b>This is a creepy movie. It's a Tim Burton movie, so it's kind of a given. Again, it's one of my favorite movies of all time, and I'm happy to re-watch it once more.</div>
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<b>3. It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown:</b> I feel like this is such a Halloween classic. I remember watching this on TV as a child, and absolutely loving it. I don't own it, so I can't actually watch it, but I definitely would if I could.</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">So this was my top ten tuesday for this week. What are some of your favorite movies for Halloween? And what are some of your favorite creepy reads?</span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/518848.Sabriel?ac=1">Sabriel</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16045088-charm-strange?ac=1">Charm and Strange</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11595276-the-miseducation-of-cameron-post?ac=1">The Miseducation of Cameron Post</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055262-a-darker-shade-of-magic?ac=1">A Darker Shade of Magic</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21805717-only-ever-yours?ac=1">Only Ever Yours</a></span></i></div>
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So I haven't actually been reading all that much in the past months - but more on that in another post. Therefore, I'm not really sure that I'm going to get to any of these, but I certainly hope to. Most of these books have been on my running TBR list for a long time, and I think it's finally time to read them. Then again, isn't that the case with most of the books on our TBR lists? Oh well. I am very excited to get to all of these. Most of these are on my eReader, so luckily they will be very to lug around, especially when I start teaching again in October. Hooray for not having to carry a million books at a time. Also, all of these books are some that I already own. I do have books that I want to read, that either isn't released, or that have been released, but I just haven't gotten my hands on them. However, I have no idea when I'd get to them, so I decided not to put them on this list.</div>
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<i>Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by <a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html" target="_blank">The Broke and The Bookish</a>. This week it's all about some of those books I can't wait to get my hands on. These are books with schedule release dates from July and then forth - at least as far as I know. They are in no way in order of anything, to be honest, just in the order of which I remembered first.</i></div>
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I have never read a Leigh Bardugo book before (Shadow and Bone is on my shelf though), but this one sounds absolutely fascinating. I'm not really one for fantasy books (I read mostly contemporary), but I really don't think I can let this one slide.</div>
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I fell in love with Rick Riordan's stories late last year, and I really can't turn down a story about Norse mythology. I'm really interested in how this story is going to progress, and what direction it will take.</div>
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I read This Song Will Save Your Life last year, and I absolutely loved it. So when I found out that Leila Sales had a book coming out this year, I got really excited. This sounds really interesting, and I cannot wait to get my hands on it.</div>
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I've heard a lot of people talking about this one, so I decided to see what they were all talking about. It sounds pretty darn interesting, so I'm looking forward to see how it's going to go.</div>
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This sounds oh so very intriguing. It seems as though there are a lot of different things that will play into this book, and it sounds like something right up my alley.</div>
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I read the first book in this (companion?) series earlier this year, and I really feel in love with Megan Erickson's writing. This one sounds just as interesting as the first one, so of course I'm going to pick it up when it comes out.</div>
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<i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18336982-underneath-everything?ac=1">Underneath Everything</a> by Marcy Beller Paul</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13186809-one-small-thing">One Small Thing</a> by Piper Vaughn & M.J. O'Shea (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've wanted to read this book for such a long time, and I'm glad I finally did. It was a good book, and I will try to have a review of it up it soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20645398-trouble-the-wallflower">Trouble & the Wallflower</a> by Kade Boehme (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Again a book that I've wanted to read for forever. It was not what I thought it was going to be, but I enjoyed the journey nonetheless. The characters were for the most part very </span>likable, and it was just a sweet read.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17559310-imaginary">Imaginary</a> by Jamie Sullivan (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This was everything I wanted. It was short and made me tear up so much. The ending felt a little rushed, and I would have loved it to be a longer story. But all in all, this was really good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156532.Y">Y: The Last Man, Motherland</a> by Brian K Vaughn (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a love-hate relationship with this series. There were parts of this that I completely loved, and then there are the parts that piss me off. This was honestly one of the better parts of the series, and it got me really excited to read the last part.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2202230.Y">Y: The Last Man, Whys and Wherefores</a> by Brian K Vaughn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the last part of the Y: The Last Man series, and I’m so glad it’s over. It’s been a roller coaster, but the ending was just bad. There was such a big build, and it fell completely flat. The ending felt rushed and like a cop out. I'm so mad at this, and I honestly don't know how to even rate it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23330476-carry-the-ocean">Carry the Ocean</a> by Heidi Cullinan (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-align: center;">★)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The best book I read this month. It was such a beautiful read, and I would definitely recommend this. However, I don’t think it’s for everyone. It is very fact heavy, and it can be incredibly slow paced at times. But that was just part of the experience for me, and it added so much more to the book. It deals with a lot of heavy topics, but they are handled beautifully in my opinion.</span><br />
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<b style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">|| LIFE FAVORITES ||</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">This month has been </span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;">stressful for me. I've had so many assignments to hand in, and it has really taken a toll on me. However, May also had some really nice moments. At the end of the month I went to one of my friend's <b>24th birthday party</b>. It was such a fun night, and really what I needed after all the school stress. We started at her place, and then we went out to dance. I haven't danced that much in a long time. </span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;">Also, it's finally official - I'm going to <b>London</b> at the end of July. We've talked about it for so long, and after I handed in my last assignment, we went online and booked everything. I'm so excited to finally see London. I'm going with my mom, brother, and my cousin. It's a place that I've wanted to visit for a long time, and I'm glad I finally get the opportunity. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">May was the month that brought us <b>Eurovision</b>. Granted, I don't think it was the best show ever; it lacked some more drama and over-the-top-ness that Eurovision usually have. I watched the show with my cousin, and that made it all a bit better - basically we ate out weight in pancakes, and yelled at the TV all night. It was fun.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Did you read any good books in May? How was your month?</i></b></span></div>
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My goal for this week is to read two books, and I feel like even <i>that</i> is setting the bar too high. But We'll see, I might end up surprising myself and read more than that. I haven't chosen the books that I want to read, except the first one, but I do have a fairly big selection to choose from.<br />
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The first books I'm going to read, and have already started, is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17975600-something-like-autumn">Something Like Autumn</a> by Jay Bell. It's been waiting for me for too long now, and I have to pick it up. Besides that I don't know what I'll pick up - I'll have to see what looks good to me when I get there. However, I will show you some of the books I have to choose from. There's a couple of physical books, and I also have chunk of eBooks to choose from.<br />
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<b><strike>Updates</strike> Wrap-up</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><strike>(Throughout the week I will update this page with all of my reading... Or the lack of it)</strike></i></span></b></div>
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Honestly there hasn't been all that much to update you all on. I've read about 23% of Something Like Autumn, and that's about it. It's been such a busy week, much busier than I had thought it was going to be. All in all, my participation in this has been a tiny bit of a failure on my side. But I am determined to redeem myself at the next LGBT Read-a-thon at the end of June. And with that said, next time I want to participate on twitter even more than this time.</div>
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<i><b>Did you participate in the read-a-thon? If so, how did you do? Would you participate next time?</b></i></div>
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I've just found out about this read-a-thon that's starting tomorrow <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(the 25th)</span></i>, and ends on the 31st of May. This sounds like just the thing for me, so of course I've decided to participate. I have a shit ton of books that fall within the LGBTQ+ category, that are just sitting there and waiting for me to pick them up. A read-a-thon like this is a brilliant excuse for me to read them all. Not that I've needed any excuse to read LGBTQ+ books before (if you know me at all, you'd probably know that), but a week with almost nothing but LGBTQ+ books just sounds amazing.</div>
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I don't have a set TBR yet, and I probably won't when all comes to it. I just can't deal with having a set TBR, but I may post a picture of possible reads over on my <i><a href="https://instagram.com/elajsha/">instagram</a>. </i>I'm pretty sure I know where to start though. I've put off reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17975600-something-like-autumn?ac=1">Something Like Autumn</a> by Jay Bell for far too long now, so it is at the very top of my to-read pile. Besides that one book, I don't really know what I want to read, I'll just have to see where my mood takes me.</div>
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I do have an exam on Tuesday though - a 24 hour written exam, so I won't read there, and probably not on Wednesday either. But besides that I will try to read something every single day, and reading will be a great way to recover from my inevitable exam freak out.</div>
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<i><b>Are you participating in the LGBT Read-a-thon? If so, what are you reading for the week?</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In March I ran in to a bit of a reading slump. Not a big one, but most of the time I just wasn't in the mood to read anything, and I kind of forced myself to do so a couple of times. But I did manage to read a good amount of books anyway. In March I read 6 books, and I did the same in April. I do have some reviews of some of these books coming up in the next few weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15806154-pushing-the-limits">Pushing the Limits</a> by Katie McGarry (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21945638-how-we-deal-with-gravity">How We Deal With Gravity</a> by Ginger Scott (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22663603-trust-the-focus">Trust the Focus</a> by Megan Erickson (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★ (3.5))</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22934084-seconds">Seconds</a> by Bryan Lee O'Malley (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118944.American_Born_Chinese">American Born Chinese</a> by Gene Luen Yang (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22456945-not-otherwise-specified">Not Otherwise Specified</a> by Hannah Moskowitz (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79426.Y">Y: The Last Man, Vol 7: Paper Dolls</a> by Brian K. Vaughan (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79422.Y">Y: The Last Man, Vol 8: Kimono Dragons</a> by Brian K. Vaughan (<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18918095-boy-meets-boy" style="font-family: inherit;">Boy Meets Boy</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by David Levithan (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22464070-the-blinding-light" style="font-family: inherit;">The Blinding Light</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by Renae Kaye (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23525237-noticed-me-yet" style="font-family: inherit;">Noticed Me Yet?</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by Anyta Sunday (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8538168-the-lost-hero" style="font-family: inherit;">The Lost Hero</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by Rick Riordan (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">★)</span></div>
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|| BOOKS ACQUIRED ||</b><br />
So in the months of March and April I ended up getting a lot of books, I got 23 books, not including the four that I've already done a book haul on. That's a lot of books, and only one of them is a physical book - the rest are eBooks. I won't show all of the books that I've bought (unless you want to see them - then maybe I'll do a post or a video, or something), but I do want to share a couple, that I'm most excited to read. Some of them I have already read, but they are still exciting to me.<br />
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<b>Physical books:</b></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19547856-simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda?ac=1">Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda</a> by Becky Albertalli</i></div>
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<b>eBooks:</b></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7736182-the-lost-hero?ac=1">The Lost Hero</a> by Rick Riordan</i></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7984373-annabel?ac=1">Annabel</a> by Kathleen Winter</i></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19403811-the-incredible-adventures-of-cinnamon-girl?ac=1">The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl</a> by Melissa Keil</i></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15803173-golden-boy">Golden Boy</a> by Abigail Tarttelin</i></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10744752-adaptation">Adaptation</a> by Malinda Lo</i></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13186809-one-small-thing?from_search=true&search_version=legacy">One Small Thing</a> by Piper Vaughn and M.J. O'Shea</i></div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20645398-trouble-the-wallflower">Trouble & the Wallflower</a> by Kade Boehme</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>|| LIFE FAVORITES ||</b></span><br />
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A lot of great things happened while I was away - Mostly in April though. First of all, I decided to take <b>a break from blogging</b>. I just wasn't feeling like writing anything, and I didn't want to force myself to do so. The break was really nice, and definitely needed, although it ended up being a longer break than I had anticipated. Nevertheless, I am here again, and ready to take on the world.. <i>Blogging world</i> at least.<br />
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I also went to some pretty great parties in April. The first was <b>my cousin's 18th birthday party</b>. It was such a fun night, and I may have gotten a tiny bit drunk. Just a tiny bit. At one point we went outside, while it was almost pitch dark, to play Kubb. I know, it sounded great to drunk ears, but it may not have been the best idea ever. Especially since as people may have gotten a little hurt, because it was dark and we were drunk. Nevertheless it was an amazing night, even though I ended up going home a little early, because I was pretty dead on my feet.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(My cousin and I at her 18th birthday party.. We may have been a little drunk)</span></i></div>
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The other party I went to was with two of my best friends from high school. Once a year the school throws a party where old students are more than welcome, so we went to that. I had a blast, and I don't think I've danced that much in a long time. It was so amazing seeing my old friends again, especially since we don't all hang out that much, so spending time with them is always a welcomed thing.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>|| MOVIE & TV FAVORITES ||</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In April I went to the </span>movies twice, and both of those movies are on my favorites list. The first movie I saw was <b>Fast & Furious 7. </b>I went with my younger brother, and I'm so glad I went and saw it. I've only watched two other Fast & Furious movies before, but it wasn't <i>that</i> difficult to follow what was happening. It's definitely a movie I'd want to watch again. The other movie I watched on the big screen was of course <b style="font-family: inherit;">Avengers: Age of Ultron.</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I was so excited to watch this one, and it didn't </span>disappoint<span style="font-family: inherit;">. There were things in the movie that I didn't like, but I honestly still think that I liked this one better than the first Avengers movie. I mean, this one has Scarlett Witch in it, you can't really beat that - well, you probably could, but I'm still </span>ecstatic<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to have her in the movie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last but </span>definitely<span style="font-family: inherit;"> not least we have, maybe the ultimate favorite, </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Wrestlemania.</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Wrestlemania this year was good, really good. I mean, there will always be things at 'Mania that people, including me, don't like, but overall it was a pretty cool show this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>|| MUSIC FAVORITES ||</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first of my music favorites ties in with the whole Wretlemania thing, and that is the song <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZfbUlcM64I">Suplex City Bitch</a> by PFV</i>. If you've seen W</span>restlemania, you probably would have heard Brock Lesnar utter these words, and lo and behold, someone made a song out of it. It's kind of a ridiculous song, but I absolutely love it, and it's been my jam ever since I heard it the first time. Another music favorite of mine is, again, something wrestling related. It's Bray Wyatt's 'theme song' <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9psDkhyh28A">Live in Fear</a> by Mark Crozer</i>. It's a creepy song, but it makes me feel pretty darn awesome when I listen to it at six in the morning on my way to school. <span style="font-family: inherit;">My last music favorite is kind of random, but it's <b>70’s music</b>. Somehow I ended up listening to a playlist on S</span>potify filled with 70's music, and it was honestly the best thing I've heard in a long time. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>|| OTHER FAVORITES ||</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of my absolute favorite things I got while being on a break is my new planner. I'm now the proud owner of an A5 size 6 ring planner. It's from Paperchase, and it's been my savior ever since I got it. I've been so overwhelmed lately with </span>school,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and so many other things that I needed to keep track of, and this planner has been so much help. I can have everything I need in one place, which is </span>just<span style="font-family: inherit;"> amazing. So now I have all my appointments, my blog related things, all my bookish lists, and my finance things in one place. Honestly, I just feel damn organized with this new planner.</span><br />
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Last but not least, is not really a favorite but more of a thought. I've thought about start making videos as well as blogging. Not all the time, but just maybe one here and there. There have been time where I've wanted to post something, but haven't been able to get the words out on, and I think sometimes it would just be easier to talk instead of type. However, I'm kind of terrified to actually turn on a camera and get in front of it. We'll see if I decide to do something about it.<br />
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<i><b>So yeah, sorry for the long post, but I felt like I needed to come back with something. I have a lot of ideas for posts, and about 4 drafts lying around at the moment. I'm glad to be back!</b></i><br />
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It's probably going to be like that for a little while, which is why I wanted to come out and say that I'm taking a break from blogging. Just a small one lasting maybe a few weeks, but it could be more, I'm not sure. I just need to clear my head for a bit, and I hope to be back relatively soon with some great content.<br />
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- Lisa!<br />
(Ps. I'm not going to be completely offline, so you are very welcome to follow me on twitter or instagram, or anywhere else if you want to know what I'm up to. Those are certain to be updated while I'm gone from here - links are in the side bar)Elajshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734228311961470006noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828104515536948154.post-56392271766134358672015-03-30T14:57:00.004+02:002015-03-30T14:57:42.379+02:00Let's Talk About || Authors I want to read<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In recent weeks I've seen a lot of people talk about their favorite, and auto buy authors, and I was thinking of making a post about that as well. However, as I got thinking I realized that I don't really have more than maybe two auto buy authors, and that wouldn't make that much of a post. Therefore I thought about it, and came up with the idea of talking about those authors that I haven't read anything by yet, but really want to. I'm aware that other people have done this before, and I'm in no way claiming this as an original post idea.<br />
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<b>Neil Gaiman</b><br />
I have no idea why I haven't read anything by this man yet. When I was younger, one thing that was always on my wish list was The Graveyard Book, but somehow I never got it, and I never thought to purchase it myself. And while I still want to read The Graveyard book, these days it's American Gods that I'm absolutely dying to read. I'll hopefully end up reading both of them, and more, at some point in life.<br />
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<b>Sarah J. Maas</b><br />
People all over the internet has been raving about this woman's amazing writing, and I want to experience that. I have Throne of Glass on my Kobo, and I really just need to get on with it. Honestly, I don't think I've heard anything horrible about Sarah J Maas' books, so I can't wait to get to them.<br />
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<b>Brandon Sanderson</b><br />
Again, I have heard nothing but amazing things about this man's books. Mostly I hear people absolutely raving about the Mistborn series. However, the books I really want to read aren't those, but the Reckoners series. It sounds like something just up my alley, and I want to try and read at least the first book, sometime this year maybe.<br />
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<b>V.E. Schwab</b><br />
Reading a book by this author is way overdue. I've heard nothing but amazing things about her books, and I really want to try and read at least one of them. I don't own any of the books yet, but I'm sure I can get a hold of one some way. Actually A Darker Shade of Magic was one of my most anticipated books of 2015, so it would probably be a good idea to start there.<br />
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<b>Holly Black</b><br />
Something about this author's books have always looked intriguing to me, but I've never actually picked one up. It's probably because, for the most part, all I read are contemporary books, and Holly Black's books are on the more fantasy side, and that has never really been my kind of thing. But I am ready now, to jump in and discover her books.<br />
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<b>Rachel Hawkins</b><br />
I've been wanting to read something by Rachel Hawkins for forever, but like the with a lot of these other authors, I just haven't picked any of her books up. I did start Hex Hall once a long time ago, but I only read about 20 pages before I put it down. Not because they were bad 20 pages, but because I wasn't feeling it. However, I really want to try and pick one of her books up again. If not Hex Hall, then Rebel Belle.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Are there any authors you haven't read anything from, but are dying to? Anything by these authors you would recommend? </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Author:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Bill Konigsberg<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Publisher: </b>Arthur A. Levine Books</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Published:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> May 28th 2013</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Format:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Hardback (borrowed from library)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<em style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">A funny, honest novel about being out, being proud . . . and being ready for something else.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. He plays soccer. He's won skiing prizes. He likes to write. And, oh yeah, he's gay. He's been out since 8th grade, and he isn't teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy. Not that GAY guy. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">So when he transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret -- not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean slate. But then he sees a classmate breaking down. He meets a teacher who challenges him to write his story. And most of all, he falls in love with Ben . . . who doesn't even know that love is possible.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">This witty, smart, coming-out-again story will appeal to gay and straight kids alike as they watch Rafe navigate being different, fitting in, and what it means to be himself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">I went into this book with certain expectations, but what I got was nothing like I thought it was going to be. And that's not </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">necessarily</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> a bad thing. What I got out of this book was so much more than I could have hoped for, and I'm so glad that I finally decided to read it. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">It was very well </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">written, and I might have fallen in love, just a little bit, with Bill Konigsberg's writing. He managed to make the characters very believable, and he gave Rafe such a realistic voice. There was banter, and witty dialogue, but without it being too much, and it taking over.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">The story is about Rafe finding himself and who he wants to be. He wants to shake the label he has as </span><i style="line-height: 19px;">'the gay-kid' - </i><span style="line-height: 19px;">wants to show people that there's more to him than just that. It's an interesting take on everything, and this book comes up with some pretty interesting and important points to consider.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>It’s hard to be different,” Scarborough said. “And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated. </b></span></span></div>
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I really liked Rafe as a character. I thought he was so well developed, and such an interesting person, without being all that special. Mostly he is just an average Joe without any 'special' talents, and I really like that about him. To some extend I felt like I could into his head, and I understood why he wanted to shake the label. I mean, I think I've wanted to shake my own from time to time. I felt for Rafe and what he was going through. He was such a down to earth character, and I really liked that about him.<br />
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I absolutely loved the side characters, and I though they were such a great addition to the story. Rafe's roommate Albie was a strange but fun character to read about. I also really liked Toby, Albie's best friend, and would have loved to see more of him. Somehow he really made an impression on me, and snuck his way into my heart. My favorite parts of the story was definitely when we got to see Rafe, Toby, Albie, and Ben together. The things they got up to were hilarious, and I would have absolutely loved to see more of those four together. Their friendship was so new, but they quickly found their way together.<br />
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There was a great deal of humor in the story, and it made everything seem a little more light hearted. A lot of the humor came in from of Rafe's parents. They were so incredibly over the top, but somehow that still worked. The fact that they were so over the top just made them that much better. The humor and lighthearted-ness of the story also came from Albie and Toby<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Straight people have it so much easier. They don’t understand. They can’t. There’s no such thing as openly straight. </b></i></span></span></blockquote>
The romance. Oh the romance! It wasn't the main focus, but it still took up a great deal of the book. It was such a fragile kind of romance, and my heart ached for more of it. It was a realistic take on this type of romance, and I did have times where I wanted to yell at the characters to get their acts together. There were more than one romantic couple in the story, and that was something that I really enjoyed.<br />
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The ending felt realistic, but I would still have loved to see more. I want to know what happens to Rafe and all the others, but I guess I will just have to use my imagination for that. However, I did not see the ending coming at all. It was not what I imagined would happen, but I can see why it ended where it did, and I'm still very pleased with that.<br />
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I would honestly recommend this book to anyone. It deals with some pretty important topics that I think anyone can benefit from reading about. On top of that it's a nice story that will make you laugh and make you smile - at least once.<br />
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<i>Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by <a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html" target="_blank">The Broke and The Bookish</a>. This week I'm talking about the books that I really want to read this spring. All but one of these books are some that I already own. The only one that I don't own, and that aren't out yet, is Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. However, its release date is next month, and I highly intent to get it.</i></div>
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Post</span></a> by Emily M Danforth<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a book that I’ve
wanted to read for such a long time, and now that I finally have it in my
possession, it’s been added to the top of my tbr. I think it’s going to be one
of the next books I’m going to pick up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18667779-everything-leads-to-you?ac=1"><span style="color: #420178;">Everything Leads To You</span></a> by Nina LaCour<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another book that I’ve
wanted to read for a long time. It just seems like something that would be good
to read in the spring. I might be wrong, but no matter what, I need to read
this very soon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17975600-something-like-autumn?ac=1"><span style="color: #420178;">Something Like Autumn</span></a> by Jay Bell<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The third book in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">seasons series</i> by Jay Bell. I’m kind of
bummed I’m not father ahead in the series, and could say I would read Something
Like Spring, because that would jusy have been perfect. Nevertheless, I can’t
wait to see Jace’s point of view and hear his story. And who knows, I might
finish this one quickly, and get right in to Something Like Spring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven’t heard too much
about this book, but it sounds like something that’s just up my alley. Also, I’m
so completely in love with the cover for this book. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9464733-beauty-queens?ac=1"><span style="color: #420178;">Beauty Queens</span></a> by Libba Bray<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a book that I’ve
tried to read before but had to put down. Not because it was a bad book, but
because I just wasn’t in the mood for it at that point. I think I’m ready to
pick this one back up, because I’ve heard some great things about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10744752-adaptation?ac=1"><span style="color: #420178;">Adaption</span></a> by Malinda Lo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve wanted to read a
Malinda Lo book for a very long time, and Adaption seemed like a brilliant
place to start. I’ve heard some pretty great things about this book, and I need
to start reading something more than just contemporary fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23228.Boy_Meets_Boy?ac=1"><span style="color: #420178;">Boy Meets Boy</span></a> by David Levithan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have not read anything by
David Levithan before other than Will Grayson, Will Grayson. And I didn’t like
that one a whole lot. However, I have heard people raving about him and his
writing, so I really want to see what it’s all about.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23545800-kaleidoscope-hearts?ac=1"><span style="color: #420178;">Kaleidoscope Hearts</span></a> by Claire Contreras<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I had to add some New Adult
to this mix. This is a book that I don’t know that much about, and it’s been
sitting on my kobo basically since it came out in January. It sounds
interesting, and I’m sure it’s going to be something I’ll like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16151118-far-from-you"><span style="color: #420178;">Far From You</span></a> by Tess Sharpe<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Have I heard amazing things
about this one? Why, yes I have, and from a lot of people. It sounds so
interesting, and it doesn’t hurt that the cover is absolutely stunning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This book is not released
yet, but I needed to add it to this list. This is one of my most, if not the
most, anticipated book of the year, and I am going to get it as soon as it’s
out. I’m planning on reading it as soon as I get my hands on it, and that’s why
it’s included in this list.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a>Elajshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734228311961470006noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6828104515536948154.post-45147004625262298082015-03-14T16:02:00.000+01:002015-03-14T16:02:16.477+01:00|| Versatile Blogger Award<div style="color: #222222; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Rules:</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"> </span></b></div>
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<b>1. Nominate 15 other bloggers relatively new to blogging.</b></div>
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See, this is the thing about tags/award things I'm really bad at. Tagging and nominating people. I never know who's done what, and for this, I have absolutely no idea who to nominate. 15, is a big number, and I have no clue where to even begin with that. I'm so sorry, I'm an asshole, I know! I almost didn't want to do this, because I feel like a complete ass, not having any idea of who to nominate. The people I can think of, I'm pretty sure I've already seen them doing this, so that kind of defeats the purpose of everything.</div>
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<b style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2. Let the bloggers know that you've nominated them. </b></div>
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<b>3. Share 10 random facts about yourself</b></div>
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1. I am a huge Metallica fan, and so is the rest of my family.</div>
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2. At least half of my closet consists of menswear. I honestly think it's more comfortable than women's clothing.</div>
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3. Giraffes are my favorite animals.</div>
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4. I have a lion tattoo on my right forearm.</div>
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5. When I was younger I wanted to be either a secret agent, or an Italian mob boss. yeah...</div>
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6. I love Jameson whiskey.</div>
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7. I absolutely love coffee, but I probably only drink it once every third month.</div>
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8. I am absolutely terrified of going up, and down, ladders. </div>
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9. Never in my life have I ever broken a bone.</div>
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10. My two favorite movies are Seven and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.</div>
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<b>4. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back to their blog.</b></div>
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A million thanks to the amazing Cecilie @ <a href="http://cucie-reads.blogspot.no/">Little miss Cucie and her readings</a> for nominating me for this. You guys should definitely go check out her blog, because it's pretty darn great!</div>
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<b>5. Add the Versatile Blogger Award Picture to your post.</b></div>
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So, this new year I've stopped doing monthly book hauls. Basically I didn't feel like showing all the books I got every month, and just made it a small little feature in my monthly wrap-up posts instead. However, in the last month or so, I've gotten some really interesting books, that I really want to share with you guys, and I thought they deserved their own post. Some books I've already talked about in monthly wrap-ups, but some are completely new on my shelf. This is excluding the library books I've gotten, because most are already back at the library.</div>
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First, I've gotten a lot of physical copies of books lately. I don't usually spend money on physical copies, simply because most times I just can't afford it, honestly I'd rather just read on my eReader. However, this last month or so I've had an urge to treat myself a little bit, and splurge out on a few books. All the books in the first picture have lgbtq+ characters in them. Also, they are just so damn pretty to look at, and they do wonders for my book shelf. Really, they make the shelf look so much prettier than it did before.</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17900792-not-otherwise-specified?ac=1">Not Otherwise Specified</a> by Hannah Moskowitz</i></div>
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I've been waiting for this book to come out, and now that I have it, I can't wait to finally read it! It sounds like such an interesting book, plus it's got a bisexual main character, which just makes me even more excited. I've head amazing things about it, so I have high hopes.</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20517739-far-from-you?ac=1">Far From You </a>by Tess Sharpe</i></div>
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Another book that I've been staring at for a long time. I've heard a few things about this, and all of them have been good. It sounds really interesting, and I'm very excited to see how I'm going to like it.</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20579291-lies-we-tell-ourselves?ac=1">Lies We Tell Ourselves</a> by Robin Talley</i></div>
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This is yet another book I've been wanting to read ever since it came out. I've heard nothing but amazing things about the book, and I want to read it very soon.</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18667779-everything-leads-to-you?ac=1">Everything Leads To You</a> by Nina LaCour</i></div>
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This has been on my radar since it came out, but for some reason I have just never gotten around to actually getting a copy of it. However, now that I have one in my possession, it's just about finding this time to actually read it.</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24081440-playlist-for-the-dead">Playlist For the Dead</a> by Michelle Falkoff</i></div>
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A 2015 release that I've heard mixed things about. I love books that have some kind of music element to it, which is a big part of why I picked this one up. And because I thought it sounded interesting, of course!</div>
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143347-we-were-liars?from_search=true">We Were Liars</a> by E. Lockhart</i></div>
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I've heard so many things about this book, and it was all over booktube and blog-land back in summer. I've heard some mixed things about this one, but I'm very curious about it anyway. So, we'll see when I'll get around to read it.</div>
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<i>Dit Liv I Lister</i></div>
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I am so freaking excited for this thing. It's basically a book for you to write lists in. I love writing lists, and I've been looking at this one since it came out. However, I've always thought it was way too expensive, but it was finally on sale, so I got it 85% off.</div>
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Then I got a couple of eBooks. Two of those are reads that has been on my radar for a long time, and I finally decided that I needed them in my collection. I got them all pretty cheap, so I really can't complain about that.<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23301776-my-heart-and-other-black-holes">My Heart & Other Black Holes</a> by Jasmine Warga<br />
This is a February release, and one I've been looking forward to. It is definitely high on my to be read list, and I hope to get around to reading it very soon.<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21805717-only-ever-yours?from_search=true">Only Ever Yours</a> by Louise O'Neill<br />
I have been looking at this one for some time, and I thought the concept of the book sounded interesting. I've seen Cynthia @ <a href="http://www.afterwritten.com/">Afterwritten</a> raving about it, and that's just made me want to read this book even more.<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11595276-the-miseducation-of-cameron-post?ac=1">The Miseducation of Cameron Post</a> by Emily M. Danforth<br />
It is about time I got this book, now I just need to read it. I think it is one of the books I've been recommended the most in the past years, so it's strange that I only just picked it up now. However, It's in my possession now, and I really just need to start reading it.<br />
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<i><b>Those were the book that I wanted to share with you. Have you read any of these books, or are they on your to-buy list? Have you gotten any interesting books lately?</b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;">Author:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"> Jenny Han<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 14.949999809265137px;"><b>Publisher: </b>Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">They aren't love letters that anyone else wrote for her, these are ones she's written. One for every boy she's ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she can pour out her heart and soul and say all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #131313;">Thoughts:</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #131313; font-family: inherit;">This is a
book that I've wanted to read for such a long time. In fact, it was on my <i>most
anticipated books of 2014</i> list. Everyone has been raving about this, and I
was so excited to finally read it. However, I must say that I ended up being
disappointed with this book. It</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;"> was
not what I expected it would be at all. I might have hyped it up too much for
myself, and that's why I was disappointed, but I'm not sure. I thought this was
going to be one thing, but it ended up being something that I wasn’t prepared
for, and something I didn’t really enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The premise was so
promising, and I absolutely fell in love with the idea
of this story. The thing is, I don't think it lived up
to that promise. I was missing more of what the synopsis promised.
It felt like there were way too many storylines fitted in to one book, and that
made me question what the main story was actually supposed to be. I did really like
Jenny Han's writing though, and I do want to try and read some of her other
books, to see if they would be a better fit with me.</span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #131313;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You'd
rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real
person.</span></span></i></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our main character is Lara
Jean, and I did not like her at all. She was incredibly immature, whiny (urgh,
I hate that word), and oh so very annoying. There was so much unnecessary drama
created by her, and it seemed like she couldn't see that she created it. It
felt like nobody was ever good enough for her, and she didn't give people a
fair chance. In addition to that, she was incredibly judgmental, which really pissed
me off. When she had made a judgment of a person, there was almost no way for
that person to escape that box they were put in. She had made up her mind, and that was that.
Exclamation point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lara
Jean acted way younger than she was supposed to be, while her younger sister Kitty, to
me, acted much older than the nine years she was. There were times, where Lara Jean
acted like the kids I teach in third grade. And one thing I just couldn't get
behind was the fact that Lara Jean called her dad for </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">daddy. </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've
always been taught that that's what you call your dad when you're a kid, and
not when you're over 16. That might just be a personal thing for me, but it
still annoyed me to no end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There were two characters
in the book that I actually liked. One of them is Kitty. She was such a fun
character, and she had so much personality. She definitely grew on my
throughout the book, and in the end, her appearances were some of the
highlights. The other character I fell head over heels in love with was Peter.
I honestly think that he was probably the character that went through most
development, at least in his own way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Peter was not special, and
he was not perfect. He acted like your typical teenage boy would do, and I
loved that about the character. Was he a jerk some of the times? of course he
was, but honestly people are jerks sometime, and that's life. The thing was,
I'm pretty sure he was aware of the fact that he wasn't the nicest at all
times. He was a realistic character, and that was really refreshing.</span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #131313;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Love is
scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to
be scared anymore.</span></span></i></b></blockquote>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A thing that I liked, was the relationship between the Song sisters (Margot, Lara
Jean, and Kitty). I love books were there’s a great sibling relationship, and
this story had it. At least to some extend. There were parts where I thought
Lara Jean might be a little too dependent on her older sister, but it was
something I could look away from. I don’t really have any thoughts on Margot. I
don’t feel like she was a particularly prominent character, and I didn’t feel
like we got to know her much, which might have been nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I loved that we got to see
some of the family’s Korean heritage. There was a part in the story where their
dad, who is American, had to make this Korean dish, and even though he
completely butchered it, it was still a great moment to see. I would have loved
to have even more of those kinds of scenes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The romance in this book
was not for me. It seemed shallow and more or less pointless. I didn’t feel the love there were supposed to be between some of the characters, and that
really dragged the story down, especially since it’s made out to mainly be a story
about love. I would have love to have gone deeper into those feelings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wasn't invested in this
story for most of it. It was only with the final chapters of the book, that I started caring
about what would happen. However, I must say, that even though the majority of this
book was not for me, I’m still going to read the sequel. The reason being that
I didn’t think there was any kind of closure in this book what so ever, and I
would like to see what is going to happen.</span></div>
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