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<span class="s1">Hi guys! As you probably know I have recently reviewed a book called Kingdom of Oceana, which is set on one of the islands in Hawaii. Today I have the pleasure of interviewing the Kingdom of Oceana’s author; Mitchell Charles.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Your book <span class=""><i>Kingdom of Oceana</i></span>, centers a lot around the setting of Hawaii, where did you get your inspiration to set it there? Have you ever lived or been to Hawaii, or is it just a country you’re fascinated with?</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">I’ve spent a lot of time in the Hawaiian islands over the past 10 years, including living on Maui part-time for about seven years. I feel deeply connected to the land, the people, and the magnificent creatures that inhabit the waters, especially the <i>mano</i> (shark), <i>kohala</i> (humpback whale) and the <i>honu</i> (sea turtle).</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I have a teenage son and daughter and I enjoy reading what they read.</span></div>
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<span class="s2">I do a lot of research, both primary research through my travels and my underwater SCUBA adventures, and secondary research through reading books.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>When did you start feeling like a real author for the first time?</b></span><br />
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<span class="s1">When I started receiving so many favorable reviews and feedback from my readers.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I write on my laptop, usually starting very early in the morning before sunrise. I create an outline and character profiles before I dive into the text. However, I try to hold the plot loosely during the writing process so that story can evolve and organically follow each character’s arc.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="color: #674ea7;"><b>If you could be the original author of any book ever published, who would you be? </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho. It’s my favorite book!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I think there are parts of me in both Ailani and the Kahuna. I was more like Ailani as a teenager, and I’m more like the Kahuna now, except I can’t shapeshift or move inanimate objects with my mind!</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>I would like to thank Mitchell Charles for the interview, and thank you so much for reading guys, and don’t forget to have a great break! </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Author:</b> Mitchell Charles</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Five Centuries Ago, On the Island Now Called Hawaii, There was a Kingdom Filled with Adventure, Beauty, and Magic. When 16-year-old Prince Ailani and his brother Nahoa trespass on a forbidden burial ground and uncover an</i></span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> ancient tiki mask, they unleash a thousand-year-old curse that threatens to destroy their tropical paradise. As warring factions collide for control of Oceana, it sparks an age-old conflict between rival sorcerers that threatens to erupt-just like Mauna Kea, the towering volcano. With the help of his ancestral spirit animals, his shape shifting sidekick, and a beautiful princess, Prince Ailani must overcome his own insecurities, a lifetime of sibling rivalry, and a plague of cursed sea creatures brought forth by the tiki's spell. Can peace be restored to the kingdom? Can Prince Ailani claim his rightful place as the future king of Oceana? ONLY ONE CAN RULE. </i></div>
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<span class="s1">One of the hardest things about writing, is creating a setting with enough detail to seem vivid and vibrant, but not too much as not to bore the reader. This book was a perfect balance and every single time something was described or a feature of something was explored you felt like there was a reason behind it. I have never been to Hawaii, yet the setting intrigued me and made me feel like I was in a place I have never actually been to. An author that manages to successfully convey something like this, is therefore a master in creating a good setting. What I thought was very clever, was how he used words from the language that the characters in the book used since it helped us understand the culture they were from.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I thought the idea of having a “guardian animal” was super cute, and made the overall aesthetic feel a lot more “customizable” if that makes sense. As for the main characters, I feel like a had a problem with how static they were. Yes, they were well written, however most of them remained the same throughout the book. Take Ailani’s older brother that is destined to be king as an example. While making the future king slightly evil is an interesting writer’s choice, I feel like Nahoa didn’t really evolve at all. He remained the spoiled brat and it was clear he was not meant to be king. I don’t feel like that’s even a spoiler alert since it’s so obvious due to the fact that The Kingdom of Oceana is kind of like a Disney movie. Actually as a fact, it’s quite similar to Disney’s new movie Moana. Except of course, the main character is male. The island is also quite literally the definition of “exotic”, which makes the story a lot more fun.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184612002567844103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668740721638425162.post-6637557086714123602016-11-30T14:23:00.000-08:002016-11-30T14:23:02.102-08:00The Carrier by Anne Tibbets<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1397140964l/20886571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Carrier (The Line, #1)" border="0" height="320" id="coverImage" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1397140964l/20886571.jpg" width="202" /></a><b style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(66, 66, 66); background-color: #f1e4ff; color: #424242; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px;">Title: </b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(66, 66, 66); background-color: #f1e4ff; color: #424242; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px;">The Carrier</span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(66, 66, 66); background-color: #f1e4ff; color: #424242; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 14px;"> </b><br />
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<span class="s1"><b>Author: </b>Anne Tibbets</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Publisher: Carina Press</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Genre:</b> YA/Fiction/Dystopian</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Length: </b>236<b> </b>pages</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i> Twenty-two -year-old Naya has spent nearly half her life as a sex slave in a government institution called The Line. When she’s kicked out after getting pregnant with twins, she’s got no way to earn a living and a horrifying choice to make: find someone to replace her, or have her babies taken in her stead. </i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>A doctor with a history of aiding ex-Line girls, Ric Bennett, wants to help. He runs a team of rebels that can delete Naya’s records and free her forever. But when The Line sniffs out his plan, things get bloody, fast. Naya means more to them than just a chance at fresh faces—her twins are part of the government’s larger plan. </i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>As they hide from government search parties, Ric comes to admire Naya’s quiet strength. And Naya realizes Ric might be a man she can trust. If they make it off the grid, they could build a new life. But first they’ll have to survive the long, vicious reach of The Line.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">What I like was how vivid the characters were, each had an actual personality which is hard to create mainly in books. Towards the end there was also a lot of tension, and another good thing is that you have absolutely no clue how the book is going to end since you don’t even know how it could end. Some parts were a little predictable however at the same time stayed true to the story, plot, and characters instead of having an unpredicted but very confusing plot twist. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184612002567844103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668740721638425162.post-72478569210668658242016-10-13T10:38:00.003-07:002016-10-13T10:41:39.208-07:00Going Bovine<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f1e4ff; color: #424242; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die.</i></span><i> Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.</i></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What do I have to say about this book? You know how sometimes you finish reading a very good book and this warm funny feeling spreads throughout your entire body? I love reading about worlds different than ours, mainly if the worlds captured by the author are funny, light, thought-through, and satirical, in a way that doesn’t come off as arrogant, yet captures an interesting aspect of a genre or idea. That is this book in a nutshell, I’m a devoted Libba Bray fan after reading only two of the books and I’m proud of it. So far, everything this author has to say provides an amazing and engaging commentary on our morals, our beliefs, and actions that instead of making me get a little upset or angry at, make me chuckle. Everything from her characters to the storyline, and all the little plot twists and turns make me loathe myself since I have such a hard time putting down her book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I know a lot of people have said this book is incredibly average, yet I don’t see how. Libba Bray is incredible at making characters come to life, and writes her books in such a way that they manage to be thought provoking while still relatable, which I honestly think can be extremely difficult sometimes. I feel that it’s one of those books that you either love or hate. No in-betweens. Personally, I like reading strange and weird books that get their point across and if do as well, this book is perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The things I did not like: The repetition of key points throughout the book. The book itself was a little bit too long and therefore some of the parts seemed stretched out in a sense. the beginning didn’t pull you in as good books tend to. It was obvious Bray was trying to make her characters sound funny and sarcastic, occasionally it got to the point where it was annoying. What I like about Cameron is that he’s a very average teen with a not so average problem which gets him into weird situations. Since he’s an average teen and not a super being, he comes off as relatable and thanks to his not so average fatal Cow-Disease his adventures are intriguing and anything but normal. It’s a funny contrast, and I think Bray pulls it off incredibly well.</span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #424242; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="background-color: #f1e4ff; font-kerning: none;">The package includes: Disney Land, an Angel with punk combat boots and wings that change pattern, an average teenager that has an incredibly rare fatal disease, a ginormous road trip with the weirdest characters, and a kickass talking garden gnome and dwarf. I mean…</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #424242; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="background-color: #f1e4ff; font-kerning: none;">Captures interesting aspects of our morals and beliefs.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #424242; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="background-color: #f1e4ff; font-kerning: none;">Is incredibly well written if we’re talking about the vivid description of places.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #424242; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="background-color: #f1e4ff; font-kerning: none;">The jokes in the book are sometimes so random and just plain strange, that at one point it feels like you have these inside jokes with the characters.</span></li>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Author:</b> Jennifer Niven</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Public</b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-kerning: none;"><b>atio</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>n Date:</b> January 6th, 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Theodore Finch wants to take his own life. </i><b><i>I’m broken and no one can fix it. </i></b><i>Violet Markey is devasted by her sister’s death. </i><b><i>In that moment we went plowing through the guardrail my words died too. </i></b><i>They meet on the ledge of the school bell tower, and so their story begins. It’s only there that they can be themselves… </i><b><i>I send a message to Violet: You are all the colors in one, at full brightness. You’re so weird, Finch. But that’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me.</i></b><i> But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. How far will Violet go to save the boy she has come to love?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Finch is considered a freak by most that know him, no-one special often contemplating suicide. Violet is popular and pretty, however the moment her older sister Eleanor dies, she feels as though nothing will ever make her happy. Violet gets into a near death situation when she nearly falls of the school bell tower, when she’s saved by Finch (who’s there due to his suicidal thoughts) and they become friends. After Finch asks to be partners with Violet for a group project, they explore various parts of the state they live in (Indiana) together. Violet realizes she loves Finch however, one day after doing their project, they fall asleep and only wake up in the morning. Violet’s parents are very upset due to the fact that they didn’t know where Violet was and were scared something had happened to her (like to her older sister Eleanor). Therefore thinking it is Finch’s fault they decide he poses as a bad influence on Violet and not allow her to see him anymore (Romeo and Juliet Cliché alert). Juliet… I mean Violet realizes how depressed and suicidal Finch is and she’s determined to save him from himself no matter at what cost…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I don’t think I’ve experienced this much heartbreak since Fault in Our Stars. Why Augustus, WHY????!! This might include some spoilers but let me just tell you, you don’t see the end coming and when it comes it hits you with all it’s force right in the feels. While I don’t think this is going to be the next FIOS I did really like the book and the way it talked about suicide and identity. I just feel that there are now more and more books about teens dealing with bullying, mental as well as anxiety disorders and depression which opens up the way to talk about it more instead of it being considered something you just keep to yourself and don’t talk about with others such as your loved ones and friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It’s hard to choose what my absolutely favorite part was because there were so many heartwarming scenes but I do have two favorites. One of them is when there’s this part in the book where Finch is returning back home in his car after (unsuccessfully) trying to do a part of the project himself since Violet is busy, and he decides that going by car is too slow, gets out and runs to the nearest villages which is miles away. He then proceeds to find a flower nursery (which is closed) but begs the owners to let him in as it’s a matter of “life and death”. They let him in and after choosing a whole bucket of flowers for Violet (which you guessed it, includes violets) he tries to pay them however the really sweet owners let him have them for free. The other one is when the two of them are doing their project and one of the places is a garden owned by this man, in which there are two homemade rollercoasters (only seating one person though) which Finch and Violet drive a billion times. That was also a really nice description as well as book part. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The only reason I’m not giving this the full amount of stars is the characters and the character development thing but it is a good book so read it if you have the time!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184612002567844103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668740721638425162.post-61144581960629501092016-07-13T13:48:00.001-07:002016-07-14T13:47:00.369-07:00Persepolis (Book 1 and 2)<a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514AvOD5UwL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="irc_mi ieAV5ly6g5BA-pQOPx8XEepE" height="320" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514AvOD5UwL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="margin-top: 16px;" width="209" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Author:</b> Marjane Satrapi</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Public</b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-kerning: none;"><b>atio</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>n Date: </b>October 30th, 2007</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Genre:</b> Non-fiction/Memoir/Young Adult</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Length: </b>341 pages</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-granddaughter of Iran’s last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis points an unforgettable portrait of daily in Iran and the bewildering contradictions between home life </i></span><i>and public life. This is a beautiful and intimate story full of tragedy and humor- raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating.</i></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I already wrote about this book and how much I loved it in my 2016 Summer Book Haul, so I’ll just basically quote myself and put that in here as I though it explained the synopsis of the novel well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">“For anyone who does not know Persepolis, just please find it on Amazon and read the first six pages. Like right now and return to this post when you’re ready for the amazingness that is Marjane Satrapi’s work. Her work is similar to Malala Yousefzai’s in means of speaking up for what she believes is right with the exception of instead of a book, being a graphic novel. It’s so honest and raw discussing themes like parents, education, identity, drugs, first love, growing up, and doing what you love no matter what. It’s sounds so close to home yet it was written by a woman who grew up during the Muslim revolution in Iran, under circumstances so different from my own. If anything it shows how much teens feel alike no matter the culture or circumstances they grew up in it’s this very book. And while I know many people have this weird bias against graphic novels “because they’re like comics” I can’t imagine this book in any other format but with beautiful minimalist black and white images drawn by Satrapi herself depicting her childhood in Iran and Vienna.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">+I’ve just discovered the amazing thing that is a graphic novel, and so far, reading about five ones considered popular by the general public, I have to say: “Yes, these are very much like comics.” And Yes I know you might be thinking “Is that actually everything you want to say about them??!” and “Are you saying that graphic novels aren’t “real” books.” Well here’s the thing: many people hate on graphic novels because “They aren’t actual books.” and “They are just text with pictures, but mostly pictures.” But really a graphic novel is just a medium through which an author gives us information and I can’t imagine Persepolis any other way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">+I’ve actually read the first book a long time ago as the series is made up of two books, however since I wanted to order the second and there was an opportunity to buy a book including both books at the same price as one, I jumped at the opportunity. I feel like I can say that overall both books were about the same regarding the quality of the story and writing, and there weren’t any significant changes from one book to the other regarding the style the author wrote in. However, I do feel that the first book was meant to be a little more fast paces with twists and turns happening every chapter (or at least the way it was written as it’s an autobiography), while the second book is more fluent and you just can’t stop reading due to how soothing it is to just read on. Truth be told this is one of those books which you can’t wait to continue reading when you have the time, and can just spend hours in this time vortex, not knowing how long you’ve been reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">+Actually occasionally I do this thing where I don’t necessarily even have to be bored with a book, but I’m just obsessed with how much progress I made. For example I’ll constantly flip to the end to see how many pages there are in all, then subtract it by the number of the page I’m currently on to see how many more pages until the end. Truth be told, I tend to do that a lot. Most books really. It is however helpful to help me measure how much I enjoy the book at certain times and the book overall. If I don’t do this often or not at all, I know I’m reading a really good book. I can say I don’t really remember doing this a single time for the duration of the entire book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">+Marjane herself is a very likable character and maybe the reason why I loves this book was because she was so well developed and it just really made me feel like I was talking with a good friend instead of of reading.</span><br />
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+Reading Persepolis was incredible because for example there was this time when she said that she wanted to be a communist because communists were all equal. And I, having grown up in a country in which there was communism (after WW2) which meant that of course I had my bias and my opinion about it, and here is someone saying they want to be a communist... I was really puzzled at this because I grew up being told communism was not at all that equal for everyone, and here is a girl who I think is really nice and seems kind, wanting to be something I was disgusted by. Yet I realized I still liked her, I still liked the character. It made me do a lot of thinking, and I realized how different people’s perspectives can be about things which you don’t necessarily have to like, but understand what they mean, for example I can see why Marjane thought communism would be a good thing, as she believed it would bring equality to a country which needed it.<br />
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-The only thing I did not like was the size of the lettering. I know it isn’t very important and it’s not like it changes the story or characters, but still. It being a graphic novel just kind of makes me realize things I usually would’t even though they are in a regular book as well, for example the size of the lettering and the font. This brings me to the last point which is about the illustrations.<br />
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+If you haven’t seen Marjane Satrapi’s work before (because you’re incredibly stubborn and didn’t check it out when I told you to) her work is all black and white and incredibly illuminating (that’s what the blurb said) yet it can go from light and fun to outright depressing and sometimes poetic as when she describes war in Iran (have you ever heard anyone say that a graphic novel is poetic? Because if no, you should stop reading and order that ish right now.<br />
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I recommend Persepolis to anyone and everyone, actually it should be mandatory for EVERYONE.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Summer vacation is finally here! Which means more time to read stuff, write stuff, and also actually have a good night’s sleep for once. And what better way is there to get ready for nine weeks of essentially doing nothing than buy books? </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(1, 25, 147); color: #011993;">LOTS OF BOOKS.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Because now, you’re finally allowed to not be productive and do math all the time. In my school we actually don’t have any mandatory reading for thirteen year olds, but I asked the two English teachers in my school to borrow me their copy of books they want their students to read. One list is for fourteen year olds which I turned this June, and the other list is for secondary three to four, so the equivalent of sixteen to seventeen year olds. As soon as I got my hands on the list I rushed to the bookstore closest to my house, (which is still pretty far as I live in a village with no bookstores) while my parents were buying necessary, boring commodities such as sun lotion and toilet paper. So the first list is about two pages long while the second one is around four. That’s right, four pages of book recommendations written in Times New Roman 11pt. I know it’s amazing, it’s basically like this good book cheat sheet for whenever you can’t control yourself and step into a bookstore to spend all your life savings! I am however lucky enough to have an amazing family that supports my hobbies, so since my grandparents were visiting for my birthday they actually got me a couple of books from the list, and I payed for the rest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Disclaimer: I did not actually buy all of these books in one day (as the nonexistent rules of a book haul state), however they were bought within three days of each other, more or less at least… I did buy one of these online from <a href="http://www.bookdepository.co/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">www.bookdepository.co</span></a>m which is my go-to site for buying books not available in Eastern Central Europe, however I bought all the rest of them in the same store. Basically the first day (when my grandparents were there) I ended up buying four books and three days later I was in the same mall and saw them unpack some of the books on my list, so after an (unsuccessful) moment of looking for them myself, the lady working there was nice enough to approach me and help me find three more which I also bought. Altogether that’s 8 books, plus the two books I got for my Name’s Day. I had a couple of friends from the U.S. in school who told me they don’t , that is really a lot. Anyways here’s a list of some of the books that I bought and the reason why they grabbed my attention while going through the list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There it is! I hope you guys are having an amazing vacay (and have lots to read) in the comments down below tell me what book you want to read during summer vacation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hi Guys! If you’re a bookworm, you know your weekend plans are all already planned, (wake up, then decide to sleep in, if a book is in reach distance, spend another hour in bed reading, if getting a book results in you having to stand up, have breakfast first since you’re already up) I found myself in a situation like this, this very morning and the book that happened to be within reach distance was Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophia Kinsella. I never read book reviews before reading a book as they very often (even accidentally) tend to spoil it for me, however this was a rare case and I decided to read the review first as I have already read the book, therefore there was nothing really left to spoil. I was relatively surprised about how many times the words “a perfect/my favorite guilty pleasure book showed up in these reviews. First of all, I don’t think I’ve ever been exposed to the term “guilty pleasure book” before, and second of all my natural curiosity took over and I decided to investigate a little into this, for me un-known term. Of course I kind of deduced what it meant but just to be sure I Googled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Books that are in Fact Awesome” This not only indicated that they thought “guilty pleasure” books are generally not awesome, but I was also surprised to find that a whole bunch of books were on there, that I really didn’t expect to be a guilty pleasure book at all. Divergent? Inkheart? The princess bride? Hmm… Doesn’t seem right… Also I discovered that there </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">were</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> certain books I realized I was not surprised to find on the list including Gossip Girl and the Vampire Academy series, which made me think that there were perhaps certain books that were different, but I wasn’t yet sure how. After more “research” many sites said they were books that were read more for their entertainment level than anything else. I vastly disagree with this, since aren’t all books used for entertainment? Why would you read a book if it’s not any fun? Why? This just made my task of simplifying the meaning of this phrase harder. In the end I decided that it was probably a book you felt guilty about reading. I don’t know what about you, but I doubt I have ever read a book at home or even in public and felt guilty or ashamed of doing so, just because it wasn’t a classic, or contained the word “vampires”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Also, the word itself is a little unfair to certain books as it indicates that they just aren’t as good as classics or other books. Bookism? Like Racism but for books? Then again, the word never seemed to be used in a negative way, in fact, most times it had a positive connotation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Concluding thoughts: The term “guilty books” is very mysterious, and while it doesn’t have a straight on definition, it indicates a chic flick sort of book which doesn’t give you any value as a reader from reading it. I don’t really like the phrase, as it indicates some books are lesser than others, and also that you don’t learn anything from them. If I learned anything from being a book addict for years, a phrase even more important to me than “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” is “No matter whether a book is big or small, whether old or new, classic or chick flick, you will learn something from it. At least one thing if not more, that will stay with you, or a quote that will speak to you, no matter how un-important or “guilty pleasure” the book seems at first.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Whew, that was a long post! I think I kind of got carried away at some point. If you got this far thank you so much for having the time to read through! I’m kind of thinking about doing a mini-series about bookish words or phrases, so I’ll see how that goes, however I can’t promise anything, as you guys probably noticed that I haven’t posted in a long time due to end-of-the-year-exams. I really enjoyed writing it and I hope you enjoyed reading it just as much. In the comments down below tell me what your thoughts are! Do you agree? Or maybe not? Do you have any suggestions what the act of discrimination towards some books should be called? </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184612002567844103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668740721638425162.post-62033695619230111372016-04-19T22:14:00.000-07:002016-04-19T22:14:13.735-07:00Waiting On Wednesday 5# Wink Poppy Midnight<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184612002567844103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668740721638425162.post-4264975240955104372016-04-09T12:53:00.002-07:002017-04-23T06:08:52.186-07:00P.S. I Still Love You<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f1e4ff; color: #424242; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">
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<b>Author:</b> Jenny Han</div>
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<b>Publisher:</b> Simon and Schuster</div>
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<b>Public</b><span style="color: #444444; font-kerning: none;"><b>atio</b></span><b>n Date:</b> 2015</div>
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<b>Genre:</b> YA/Fiction/Romance</div>
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<b>Length: </b>337 pages</div>
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<i>Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?</i></div>
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This short description contains spoilers if you haven’t already read the first book. Lara Jean and Peter finally get together to Lara Jean’s relief, only for a very intimate video with her and Peter to be leaked onto an Instagram page called Annoybitch by someone (assumed to be the before mentioned Peter’s jealous sadistic ex Genevieve). Lara Jean finds out that Peter doesn’t believe her that Genevieve was the one who did it, and starts realizing that maybe Peter isn’t ready to let go of Genevieve just yet. This of course upsets her, and makes her reevaluate their relationship which gets attacked over and over by the jealous Genevieve.</div>
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I started reading this right after To All the Boys I’ve loved before due to my excitement about this duology. I mean strong main character emotionally as well as academically, and then “boom” it kind of disappoints you. I mean don’t get me wrong, this book is so much better than most sequels, however since the first book was so good I kind of had high expectations. It would still be great if it was a standalone book, but the anticipation kind of adds up to your overall feeling about this book.</div>
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Because after all, you’ve probably gotten your heart broken by a sequel so bad you stated questioning the first book. Also, no matter how many times you experience it, it never really gets easier when it happens again. Am I being too dramatic? Definitely not, I mean have you read this book?? And,you know what’s worse? Experiencing a mild trauma after the sequel lives up to your expectations, and is maybe even better than the first book (this says a lot as it isn’t common) and then in like the last two pages which completely make you furious to the point where you want to discuss it with strangers on the world wide web… Why, hello there! </div>
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Why did I go into such extent in explaining this? Well, this book is <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">all</span> of those things.Did it exceed my expectations? Yes. Was it better than the first book? Probably. Was the ending terrible and made me throw up in my mouth a little? Yep. How could a book’s ending be so disappointing you ask? Well, when you first meet Lara Jean’s love interest/boyfriend you’re like well maybe the author is just bad at romance? You know that’s okayTo sum it all up, I ship Lara Jean and John <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">nearly</span> as much as I ship prince Zuko and Katara. I mean, aren’t they perfect together (both of them). I’m actually starting to see a lot of similarities here! I mean both the writer (of P.S. I Still Love You) and the creators (of Avatar: The Last Airbender, <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">not</span> the blue one, don’t insult me reader!) both make a perfect match and then (possibly intentionally or maybe not, no one is really sure, take that perfect match and pair them up with someone we know they wouldn’t be anything more than friends if they weren’t made to be couple. </div>
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Okay, second problem with the book: Peter. I know the author is trying to pull of the classic nerdy girl thinks she hates the popular guy but then realizes she loves him, only to realize that the popular guy loves her as well and dumps his popular and pretty girlfriend for her. It’s the classical Cinderella plot, except prince charming is the bad boy which is amazing at sports and gets invited to all the parties, (extra points if he’s also the quarterback and his girlfriend is a cheerleader in their school football team). Because let’s face it this happens in books more than we like to admit, yet the author likes to think she’s the first one to ever invent this plot twist. Ever heard of the Duff? Or John Tucker must die? Or every teen movie ever? At this point, no one can pull it off without being repetitive. You could basically write an every teen book ever book report, and if you just didn’t list the character’s names get away with it. What I don’t like about Peter is that he’s this character that loves Lara Jean yet defends his old girlfriend because she was his first girlfriend. Even if it’s obvious that Lara Jean is right, like all of the time. Who even are you Peter? A polyamorist? Okay that escalated quickly. But you know what I mean right? He’s like oh no, she’s only my very good friend and then they kiss and Lara Jean stops talking to him for like a day and then they just get back together. This basically describes the love triangle in this Jenny Han duology. but maybe, she just loves him too much to bear the thought of leaving him, I wouldn’t know because I would have long dumped someone as un-gentleman like as Peter Kavinsky. I mean really? He told everyone to call him only Kavinsky as it sounds cool.</div>
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Maybe I’m getting so worked up over nothing, but a character like Lara Jean deserves someone better. Like I don’t know John? Ugh, I ship them so much!!! I mean I was so excited that the author was getting so good at romance, and maybe even that she purposefully used Kavinsky as Lara Jean’s first boyfriend to show that there is someone for everyone out there. You know as an example that if she didn’t take charge, she would have ended up with him. Yeah, no such luck. Because at the very end Lara Jean get’s together with Peter at the very last moment, because she feels bad about leaving him, or for some other totally barmy reason. </div>
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After saying all that, it also had many strong points. The book had strong characters, discussed the loss of a loved one as well as love. And while Lara Jean was an okay main character I have to stay there were many characters I liked more than her. That’s another thing about this book duo logy: It has these complex characters and even though there are many of them, they somehow don't seem to be pushed into the story. Another interesting narration and story choice is Lara Jean being half American, and half Korean. Except of Park from Eleanor and Park, I don’t remember any character from a renowned book that is not American or British. It’s true that having American or British characters helps make the book more relatable, however having a character (even more if it’s the main character or one of the main characters) that is a nationality that the reader might not know a lot or perhaps know only very little about, adds this new depth and opportunity for the author to expand and maybe compare and contrast their culture to ours.</div>
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<b>Author:</b> Jenny Han</div>
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<b>Publisher:</b> Simon and Schuster</div>
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<b>Genre:</b> YA/Fi<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">ction/Romance</span></div>
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<b>Length:</b> 358<b> </b>pages</div>
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<i>Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. One for every boy she's ever loved. 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.</i></div>
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Lara Jean is a sixteen year old half Korean, half American teen living with alone with her American father and two sisters since her mother’s death. Lara Jean likes collecting things, one of the things being long love letters she wrote to each of her crushes or loves. She keeps them in a teal box which her mother gave her for no one to ever see, until one day they all get mailed by accident. </div>
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Okay, first of all let me tell you something about this book’s ratings. I was completely shocked to see adults saying this book was rubbish just because 1. Lara Jean has a crush on her sister’s ex-boyfriend (which seems ridiculous because is she not allowed to have a crush on him? If she likes him should she just not talk about it because it may seem strange to some readers?) I really doubt that’s something she can control, and through most of her book her relationship with him is written as a brother and sister relationship which she realizes and accepts like a complete adult. 2. People say her best friend Chris was an outrageous, loud slut. Yes, they actually said that about a teen fictional character. I will acknowledge that Chris can be a bit over the top sometimes but so is this comment. And, does no one care that Lara Jean is being bullied in school by a her “boyfriend’s” sadistic ex? Is the only thing they care about her best friend (who that makes her feel better and completely understands her) likes being the centre of attention when there are boys around? 4.The book had no ending. Am I the only one who realizes there’s a sequel?! Plus I thought the ending was kind of cliché romantic but still sweet.</div>
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Okay and now to the review. You know how sometimes you have badass main female characters, and then you have the shy, introspective, often girly main characters? You know, the one that often wears pastel color, whose hobbies include riding her vintage bike to the flea market full of vintage finds, and whose bedroom looks like something out of a teen Tumblr post? Well you just defined Lara Jean in one sentence. Sure, she has different qualities such as kind, polite and considered to be “quirky” whatever that means, but sometimes it’s a little painful to watch her perfection, and her forever talking about how average and up-pretty she is. She isn’t trying to sound whiny, but it just comes out that way. Also, when will we have a main character in YA with faults? While, that aspect of her personality was very frustrating (at least to me) at times, Lara Jean is a great main character. She’s optimistic, even though I agree sometimes a little bit childish about handling things, but she’s herself. What do I mean by childish? Often, she is troubled by what others think about her, and sometimes she puts herself down for no reason, and it kind of seems like she’s fishing for compliments.</div>
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One of the things I really liked about the story, was how her siblings played a huge part in the plot and story. Her entire family really. They aren’t just labelled as good siblings or bad siblings only to put away and later be brought up in dialogues convenient for the author, (most of the time in family fights) they’re there. A huge part of our lives are spent with siblings and you can’t just change them with a best friend instead in a book. Her relationship with her dad and sisters just seemed really real.</div>
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I thought the writing style would bore me, but over time I got used to it and really started liking it! It’s this mix of childhood memories, hopes, and dreams that will leave you all warm and fuzzy inside. While it wasn’t “funny”, it had plenty of sweet moments which just made you smile. I can’t wait to read the second book, (which is taunting me from right next to me on my bedside table) so I have to go! But the book has good characters, a memorable plot, and even though most of the story consists of Lara Jean’s thoughts it still manages to be exciting without a lot of plot twists, simply because you care about the main character and possibly see your y<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">ounger (or older) self in her.</span></div>
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Don’t you just love the blue and orange combination? Apart from that, who doesn’t love a good Sherlock and Holmes re-make? I know I do, and not only does it sounds suspenseful and adventurous, but the main heroes seem very likable. Also, how many<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> re-makes of the famous Sherlock and Holmes duo were there? Like forty? How many of those had main characters that were teens and made the mystery genre more appealing to that certain age group? If I’m not counting a recent read of mine called A Mystery so Unladylike, (which I’m not counting as the characters seemed more like 11 year olds than teens), than none (I’ve ever heard of). I love a good mystery from Poirot to Sherlock (as in the modern one), and this one seems very appealing and decides to make a genre that’s usually untouchable for children more well known by them. Which I think is great, because they get used to knowing and trying more genres than the very narrow genre of adventure, YA, and romance. Actually I have a feeling it has already hit the shelf a couple of days ago, but it’s still not available for Europe, so there you go. And also honestly doesn’t making the descendants of Sherlock and Holmes teens such a good idea overall?! Okay, I am actually genuinely excited about this!</span></div>
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<b>Public</b><span style="color: #444444; font-kerning: none;"><b>atio</b></span><b>n Date:</b> October 18, 2007</div>
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<i>Clay Jensen returns home to find a strange package with his name on it. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorder by Hannah Baker- his classmate and first love- who committed suicide two weeks earlier.</i></div>
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<i>Hannah’s voice explains there are thirteen reasons why she killed herself. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why. </i></div>
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<i>All through the night, Clay keeps listening- and what he discovers changes his life… Forever.</i></div>
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After returning home from school one day Clay Jensen (main character), finds a small package with no return address, with his name on it. After opening it, Clay realizes it’s a series of 7 tapes pre-recorder by his classmate (and first love) Hannah Baker who had committed suicide earlier. Each tape contains two reasons why she killed herself (except the last one which only has one reason, altogether making them 13) and revolves around one person who stands behind the reason or caused the reason for her suicide. Clay is shocked to realize that the tapes were only sent to those that are one of the reasons, and the only way to find out what it is, is to listen to Hannah’s story until it’s his turn… </div>
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It is very, <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">very</span> hard to talk about suicide mainly with teens. This book not only manages to effectively mange to talk about it, explain how something as small as a mean comment can contribute to something a lot larger without us knowing it, it also manages to literally break the fourth wall of YA book storytelling with it’s witty dialogues and completely new way of narration: through a series of pre-recorded tapes. While the idea of this book is simple; it is very easy to get lost in it, mainly as it has so many characters to which the spotlight changes to every chapter. The main character Clay Jensen is very likable, and even though we don’t really know a lot about him apart from what happens to him or what he thinks about the day he gets the tapes, it’s still easy to see ourselves in him. This book also was one thing, and then suddenly it was another. Some parts were very suspenseful and exciting, yet I felt disgusted by the things that happened to her. Sometimes I agreed with some of the characters, and other times I absolutely hated everyone in the entire book. So… how did I feel about this book? It was twisty and thorny just like real life, managed to talk about suicide with teens, broke the 4th wall of narration, and managed to convey very strong feelings of both extremes into readers. I have not read a book like it for a long time, and even though it was very strong, I want to give it a bad number of stars due to the disgusting things the author made the characters do, and the vapid thoughts he made some of them think. However, I know it’s part of the book and helped create the plot and atmosphere, so I’m giving it 4 stars! I would definitely read it if I were you, but get to be angry, sad, and disgusted by this book.<br />
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Finding out about Netflix <span style="text-decoration: underline;">finally</span> coming to countries other than the U.S. I immediately decided to start a free one month trial. About five minutes later I was completely hooked and amazed at how many shows I could not previously watch were there. I started a couple of shows to see how it would go and what I would like and my favorites were Orange is the New Black, American Horror Story, The Big Bang Theory, and How to Get Away with Murder in no particular order (since I couldn’t decide). I also watched a couple of really good and really bad movies. Although, my favorite movie was probably Catch Me If You Can (with that in mind please finally give Leonardo an oscar). But one show that I particularly liked was American Horror Story. I have heard a lot about it previously and it was even aired in my country but the dabing was so terrible I stopped watching five minutes in. I was in Germany this week (and for some reason the Netflix selection of movies was different) so I watched a couple of Murder House episodes which turned into binge watching the entire season 1 in a day. Despite Murder House not being very popular I really liked it and I feel that there weren’t any slow paced moments. I also started Asylum which I thought was also really good, yet I formed this relationship with the Murder House plot and characters that Asylum wasn’t really able to re-create. Murder House was therefore definitely my favorite (so far) because you left every episode on this note of not knowing what will happen next and needing to start the other episode following it ASAP. There were many plot twists but somehow you never got lost in them which would resemble a telenovela. If you have the time and aren’t sure whether you should start watching AHS I highly recommend you to, since it’s just that type of show you can watch the entire day and not get bored of. Not only was the plot very cleverly written but you actually cared for the characters which I know is very hard to do sometimes. I particularly liked the character of Moira, Vivienne, and Violet, while in Asylum I don’t particularly care for any of the characters. Moving on… </div>
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I am very surprised that this isn’t more known than it is. Djeco is a French company that makes amazingly creative and sophisticated toys known for its creative project boxes. You basically buy a small box which includes the materials and instructions on how to build or make something you usually would have a hard time finding the materials for or making yourself. Even though the toys are mainly targeted for kids; from very small children to young adults, there are certainly many projects that would interest an adult. I love receiving Djeco craft boxes for Christmas or my birthday because there are so many the chances of getting the same present are unlikely. Some of my personal favorites are painting elegant and fashionable silk scarves, using patterns to enhance an already sketched design, painting Japanese styled portraits of geishas, nature and animals. I think that one of the r<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">easons why I like them so much is because my family and I travel </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">a lot</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> and instead of packing a billion pencils and boxes for crafts in the car, you pack conveniently pack one small Djeco box.</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Also, most of the boxes come with these very good quality two-sided markers that are very hard to find elsewhere, and have this beautiful bright pastel color. Anyways, I recommend you to check it out and I’ll leave a link right over here: </span><a href="http://www.djeco.com/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0087a9; text-decoration: none;">www.djeco.com</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span></div>
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I was recently introduced to Aussie <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">when a friend of mine recommended it to me due to my dry hair,</span> when a different blogger said that it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I really like not only the pretty pale blue color (which doesn’t really make a huge difference but is still pretty) and the amazing Australian blue fruit and flowers smell (which does matter). My hair was always really dry and both the shampoo and conditioner helped a lot. Another tip: If you have extremely dry hair ends, what I do is I take half a pea sized amount of non- perfumed hand cream and gently rub it into my ends. The only thing is that you probably shouldn't do this immediately after washing your hair because you risk the fact that if you put too much in, your hair might look greasy. Anyways, here is my favorite shampoo and conditioner (so far).<br />
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Before I got this bag for this year’s Christmas none of my bags were “designer”. And with that in mind it’s not a bad thing, I really like some designer bags but I would never buy a bag just because it’s designer. I mean I can honestly say I love all my book bags and purses each commemorating a different part of my life, or memory, or country I visited. Quite honestly I still wear all my bags depending on the occasion but I just don’t have the urge to throw a single one away (because 1. why would I, they’re awesome? and 2. They’ve been given to me by one of my loved ones which were thinking I might like a nice bag (I do) or I even bought it myself. The reason why I chose this particular bag is because of how convenient it is for most things and in-the-city activities. Not only is it a stunning pale pink (one of my many favorite colors including pastel blue and purple) but it’s not big and therefore heavy and inconvenient, but also not tiny and barely able to hold any of my things. Sure, it looks tiny, but have you ever encountered a hand bag that was able to hold: A hot pink Guess purse, an eyeglass case with a pair of black detective <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">styled glasses, a notepad, a pair of bobby pins spilled throughout, and a (very) small book? I have, but none were this pretty. I always wanted a bag that would fit all my stuff in including my book for the week (and in the worst case scenario at least my kindle) and would also look presentable in case of a birthday party or a party overall.</span></div>
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Okay, first off the cover once again is completely gorgeous. The plot is about a supposedly “perfect” female character who has a good job, a good income, and a loving boyfriend, she is a role model for all those around her. However one day, Celestine North breaks a rule which in her society signals that she is one of the flawed. A position/label in which no one wants to be? I thought this might be a good read, since it talks about how people are judged by their past mistakes in a way that is not very common in YA literature. It seems like a quite light read with only 368 pages yet discusses something very important in our society.I thought it was kind of Divergentish but I might be wrong, that itself is another problem of reviewing books I have’t yet read since I cannot compare them to other books I know rather than make hasty assumptions. I found this on a list of exciting new 2016 YA releases and from all those 20 books or so, only this one really caught my eye. However if it’s good I’ll think about changing: “Don’t trust a book by it’s cover.” to “Don’t trust a book by it’s cover, unless the cover is gorgeous.” Bye!</div>
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The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f1e4ff;">Since I’ve read Only Ever Yours I read anything that sounds similar or includes girls being raised or transformed as in this case to act higher class. On second thought though I actually might have that from watching My Fair Lady too much last night. Either way, The Glittering Court is supposedly about a woman named Adelaide who wanting to escape an arranged marriage runs away to live in Adoria. However to be able to get there she has to join the glittering court. The glittering court is like this academy that transforms poor girls into upperclass ladies who will be able to get into a good marriage. However the main character and heroine begins falling for Cedric; the son of a very wealthy and powerful person.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f1e4ff;"> </span></div>
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Okay, give me a minute. Is that the plot for Only Ever Yours or what?! I know, I know, I don’t think that Richelle Mead stole this idea because the plot itself was in many books before like The Handmaid’s tale but still the similarities! I mean look: place which gets you ready to marry into a good family which the main heroine attends, falls for the son of a wealthy/powerful person, that son also loves her back… I mean come on! But it’s also kind of the reason why I want to read it. I know I am always going on about Only Ever Yours but it’s seriously the best book I read this year (and it is extremely hard to choose a favorite). </div>
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Except maybe the part where she escapes to Adoria it all sounds super similiar, (actually now that I’m thinking about it escaping to another land because back home the girls are forced to do something they don’t want to sounds super similar with Maresi. Hmm…) Also, the cover looks glamorous.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184612002567844103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668740721638425162.post-79001018261021158792016-02-01T13:20:00.000-08:002016-02-02T06:28:50.828-08:00Murder Most Unladylike<a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XARzbGkwL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="irc_mi" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XARzbGkwL._SX324_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" height="320" style="margin-top: 13px;" width="209" /></a><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(66, 66, 66); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f1e4ff; color: #424242; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px;">Title: </b><span style="background-color: #f1e4ff; color: #424242; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 14px;">Murder Most Unladylike</span><br />
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<b>Author: </b>Robin Stevens</div>
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<b>Publisher: </b>Corgi Childrens</div>
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<b>Public</b><span style="color: #444444; font-kerning: none;"><b>atio</b></span><b>n Date:</b> June 5th, 2014</div>
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<b>Genre:</b> Mystery/ Fiction</div>
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<b>Length: </b>324<b> </b>pages</div>
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<b>Source: </b>Foxford Bookstore</div>
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<i>Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secret detective agency, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't, really.)</i></div>
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<i>But then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. She thinks it must all have been a terrible accident - but when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared. Now the girls know a murder must have taken place . . . and there's more than one person at Deepdean with a motive.</i></div>
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<i>Now Hazel and Daisy not only have a murder to solve: they have to prove a murder happened in the first place. Determined to get to the bottom of the crime before the killer strikes again (and before the police can get there first, naturally), Hazel and Daisy must hunt for evidence, spy on their suspects and use all the cunning, scheming and intuition they can muster. But will they succeed? And can their friendship stand the test?</i></div>
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Remember when I reviewed the book <a href="http://teenpageturner.blogspot.sk/2015/03/twelve-minutes-to-midnight-book-1-by.html">Twelve Minutes to Midnight</a>? Yeah, well that book is so similar with this one maybe except the fact that Twelve Minutes to Midnight is slightly more twisted and dark. If I had to compare two books it would be those, because if you enjoyed Twelve Minutes to Midnight you are guaranteed to like this one. Or the other way around. I would say both are set around the same time. Maybe the only thing is that in other mystery books you kind of have the clues all set out you know, each character has clues leading to him and you just have to figure out which ones to trust. This book kind of had the clues leading up to only one or two people, and the characters themselves started excluding suspects and that itself kind of made the plot and story a little more boring.</div>
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I thought that the book itself was written excellently, reflecting the time it was from and had a couple of witty and cute quotes. For example: “ I had not yet discovered that in England, the way of showing you are very rich is to pretend that you are very poor and cannot afford things like heating or new shoes.” For some reason I just found that quote really funny because when you read or watch something about that particular era, the rich children always seem to be in some boarding school with bare whitewashed walls, very simple food, and very strict teachers/matrons. That’s when you realize that even though you may have read that in many books you never really take a moment to think about it, until you read or hear it somewhere even though you kind of subconsciously realize it. Hmm. Before reading it I had the feeling that it would turn out to be more girly and the cover just seemed so innocent and harmless I kind of doubted it would actually have a real murder case in it. It was so much better than I was expecting it to be and it was kind of like this nice surprise. There weren’t any parts that were “hard” to get through because there was always a new clue found, yet it managed not to sound cliché.</div>
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Also you know how the “detective duo” always consists of two lifelong friends, one of them who is always the “main one”. For example Sherlock and Watson. Well, in this book it’s two friends who only know each other for a year. I would want to say that I wish they knew each other longer, but then again I know there are more books in the series so I’m hoping what the author is trying to do, is build up their relationship before our very eyes. My last comment is that I felt that the ending was a bit rushed since the story stretched out for 324 pages, but the actual ending in which everything was explained was only for a few pages. I liked the index at the end of the book explaining the key words because I thought the idea itself was very cute however, I wish I had that index while reading because a lot of words would have made more sense. You know how in a murder mystery you always try to guess the least expected person because it’s the least expected that person that turns out to be the murder? MINOR SPOILER ALERT! Well, the person who does turn out to be the murder <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">is</span> the person you least expected it to be, but the author does such a good job of hiding him/her that you don’t give him/her any attention until the murder is solved.</div>
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I recently decided to do the 2016 Pop Sugar reading challenge! I wanted to try some new books this year and this challenge seems perfect to go out of your comfort zone. There are some challenges I can’t really do such as read a book based in your home state (I don’t have a home state, because I don’t live in the U.S.). Actually on second thought I could change it to New York because not only does it have many good YA books set in it, but also I’m lazy and I have a TBR book I’m planning to read already set in New York. So there! Another challenge was to read a book you I haven’t read since High School. I am currently in middle school, so that’s probably not happening, book I last read in Middle School? Also, there’s a challenge where you should read a book with a “protagonist that has your occupation”. I also don’t have an occupation except professional book worm, but I decided I’m going to cheat and say writer or journalist, or maybe blogger? I could always read Girl Online… I’ve also noticed that some of the books I read in 2016 already meet the criteria so I’ll list them. </div>
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<b>Public</b><span style="color: #444444; font-kerning: none;"><b>atio</b></span><b>n Date:</b> April 7th, 2015</div>
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<b>Genre:</b> YA/ Romance/ Fiction</div>
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<b>Length: </b>303<b> </b>pages</div>
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<b>Where you can get yours:</b><a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Simon-vs-Homo-Sapiens-Agenda-Becky-Albertalli/9780062348678">Book Depository</a></div>
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<i>Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.</i></div>
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<i>With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.</i></div>
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Simon knows he is gay from the moment that he and the mysterious boy Blue start emailing each other after Simon discovers a Tumblr post by Blue that speaks to him. However, when he accidentally forgets to log out of the library computer, and Martin; a boy from his class finds his and Blue’s emails and decides to blackmail him with them unless he introduces Simon’s good friend to him, Simon knows his relationship is at stake. But what can Simon do when Abbie (his friend isn’t interested) and he can’t tell Blue because that might mean the end of their emails.</div>
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You know how sometimes you read the short book review thingy on the cover of the book and can’t help agreeing? For example this particular book’s review said: Becky Albertalli is like the love child of John Green and Rainbow Rowell. John Green is funnier, and Rainbow Rowell has books more thought probing, however together they form this perfect combination of both. You know how you’re sometimes in a reading slump and just can’t get into a book? I was in one, and this book got me out of it after three pages. It’s light and funny, but it’s a book that you didn’t waste your time reading. It’s sweet and fluffy like a marshmallow, but at the same time honest and empowering. I liked it <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">a lot</span>. I have never heard of Becky Albertalli, nor do I know whether she has any other books published, but I will certainly try to look and find more, if they’re any similar to Simon VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. You really don’t expect to like it as much as you do when you first start reading. It explores the character’s view and the book itself is kind of narrated like a diary. It isn’t the next Fault in Our Stars, but at the same time it’s poignant and true to itself. The characters were fine, but you don’t really get to know them that much except Simon himself. Every once in a while you have to read a book like this to clear your mind of all the other things you have to do, and things happening in your life. I got the book because I saw it during a book haul while I was browsing a bookstore and bought it because I thought the cover was interesting. It is and it also looks super cool in my bookshelf! So, in short if you’re in a bit of a reading slump I definitely recommend it!</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Waiting on Wednesday #3 Flawed (read <a href="http://teenpageturner.blogspot.de/2016/02/waiting-on-wednesday-3-flawed.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(1, 25, 147); color: #011993; line-height: normal;">here</span></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Waiting on Wednesday #4 A Study in Charlotte (read <a href="http://teenpageturner.blogspot.sk/2016/03/waiting-on-wednesday-4-study-in-scarlet.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(1, 25, 147); color: #011993; line-height: normal;">here</span></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Waiting on Wednesday #5 Wink Poppy Midnight (read <a href="http://teenpageturner.blogspot.sk/2016/04/waiting-on-wednesday-5-wink-poppy.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(1, 25, 147); color: #011993; line-height: normal;">here</span></a>)</span></div>
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Let’s face it, the cover is gorgeous. I don’t even know what this book is about, yet the cover was just enough to make me want to read it. I mean, look at it! I know it’s some kind of fairytale re-do thing, but I haven’t heard much else. Just that alone though kind of makes me compare it with Cinder. Except I think this has Snow White instead of Cinderella as the main character? I have always really liked fairy tale retellings because I was a huge Disney fan when I was eleven, and I knew all the movies by heart and just wanted more. BTW have any one of had a prince or princess in a fairy tale you really didn’t like? For example I always really despised princess Ariel. I mean if you think about it, she’s just whining about how she wants to be a human the entire beginning of the movie. Then, when she gets what she wants And don’t even get me started on the sequel (shudders).There just isn’t a morale to that story. Plus princess Ariel always gets whatever she wants, yet she has to complain about the things she doesn’t, sheesh we get it you’re a spoiled brat. </div>
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