tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31241109989689290172024-03-13T22:37:09.490-04:00 La Bruja BookwormA Witchy Bibliophile's Y.A. Book Reviews . . .Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.comBlogger572125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-11504578508912221602018-03-05T00:00:00.000-05:002018-05-01T07:19:50.712-04:00Review : Better Than New by Nicole Curtis<div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>For the first time, Nicole Curtis, the star of the megahit HGTV and DIY Network show <i>Rehab Addict</i>, reveals her private struggles, her personal victories, and the inspiring lessons we can all learn from them.</b><br /><br /><b>Nicole Curtis is the tough, soulful, charismatic dynamo who for the past twenty years has worked tirelessly to restore historical houses, often revitalizing neighborhoods in the process. And also, in the process, drawing millions of fans to her television show, </b><b><i>Rehab Addict,</i> where they follow each step of the hard work and singular vision that transform the seemingly lost cause of a run-down building into a beautifully restored home. But there is so much more to this self-taught expert and working mom. With hersignature irresistible honesty and energy, Curtis writes about a project that every reader will find compelling: how she rehabbed herself. <i>Better Than New </i>reveals what’s not seen on TV—Curtis’s personal battles and her personal triumphs, her complicated relationships, her life as a single mother, the story of how she got started remodeling houses, and the consuming ins and outs of producing a megahit television show while keeping up with two kids, two rescue dogs, and countless tasks on her home renovation punch lists. Followers of the show will get an inside look at some of her most famous restorations, including the Dollar house, the Minnehaha house, the Campbell Street project, and the Ransom Gillis mansion.<br /><br />Part inspirational memoir and part self-help guide, <i>Better Than New</i> is a journey ineight chapters—each pinned to the story of a house that Curtis has remodeled, each delivering a hard-fought lesson about life—that takes readers to the place we all want to be: home.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My parents didn't exactly jump for joy when I decided to drive headfirst into adulthood by moving south with my boyfriend right after my high school graduation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Review</strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have always enjoyed shows the centered on </span>renovation<span style="font-weight: normal;"> as well as my love for old houses. Years ago, while </span><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> <b style="color: #bf9000;">Better Than New</b></span></strong></span></strong><b> </b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">is genuine, informative and inspiring. An engrossing page turner, I could not put the book down.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">While not the most fantastical writing, the story is genuine and perhaps what makes it so compelling.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Reader get an exclusive peek into in the tell-all of Curtis’ life like never before.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Curtis’ voice is that if an old friend telling stories of days past over steaming cups of hot chocolate. While I read the book, I felt as if Curtis was talking directly to me.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Her voice was real, honest. She did not hold back. Not even the embarrassing moments or romantic blunders.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">If you are a Rehab Addict addict then you will be obsessed with Better than New.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All in all, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #bf9000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Better Than New </b><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">is fresh, real and insightful. A real treat for fans of Rehab Addict -- or any who desires to behind-the-scenes account. Read <b style="background-color: white; color: #bf9000;">Better Than New</b>, you will not be disappointed.</span></strong></span></strong><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nicole Curtis is the host of the HGTV and DIY Network megahit show <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rehab Addict</span>, which has been on the air since 2010. Nicole, a native Michigander, was born and raised in a small town outside Detroit. Nicole has spent more than 20 years working in construction and preserving old homes. She has gone from struggling single mom to host of a hit television show and has inspired people across all ages and demographics to find the courage from within to follow their dreams.</span></i></div>
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Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-67906410969974121332018-02-06T12:44:00.002-05:002018-02-06T12:44:17.906-05:00Top Secret Bookish Project!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hey Bookies!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know it has been a while, but I have been busy with work and classes. To make up for my hiatus</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, as of January, I have been working on a Top Secret Bookish Project!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After countless man-hours, and time lost sleeping and reading, I am excited to launch the product sometime during the week of February 12th. Once, I have more definitive date of launch I will be sure to post on the blog, Twitter and Instagram.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As we get closer to launch day and once Phase 3 is completed, I will remove the shroud of mystery from the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bookish Project.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Please keep a look out for the unveiling of the Secret </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bookish Project to come.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Secret Bookish Project - <i>Phase 1</i>: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> *Research, design development, focus polls</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> *Purchase materials, finalize designs</span></b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> *Product production, set up Etsy store</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Secret Bookish Project - <i>Phase 4</i>:</span></b><br />
<b style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> *Launch product</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For those who do not know what the American Library Association convention is, I provided some info below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;">As I mentioned in my posts, </span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2016/01/recap-my-first-alamw.html">ALA Midwinter 2016 Recap</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2016/07/ala-annual-conference-2016-orlando-fl_41.html">ALA Annual 2016 Recap</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;">ALA Conferences are quite similar to BookExpo America. More like a lowkey version of BookExpo America. And I am so grateful to be able to have attended!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you're a fellow book blogger or someone who loves books and will be attending this year's Annual Conference, look me up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">IF you have some free time aside from ALA check out Things to Do in Denver:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://2018.alamidwinter.org/">St. John's Cathedral</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Since I am an INTJ and have the perpetual NEED to make plans for plans because, I mean come on, my total existence depends on it . . . I have decided to try and construct a <i>A Book Lovers Guide</i> for the fellow #Bookiedeeds Warriors also attending</span><span style="color: #666666;"> NYCC</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777;">Penguin Random House’s</strong><span style="color: #777777;"> schedule is </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #134f5c;"><a href="http://www.penguinteen.com/catch-penguin-teen-at-new-york-comic-con-2017/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">here</a></span></strong></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777;">Chronicle Books</strong><span style="color: #777777;"> schedule is </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #134f5c;"><a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/2017/09/27/come-see-chronicle-books-new-york-comic-con/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">here</a></span></strong></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777;">MacMillan’s</strong><span style="color: #777777;"> schedule is </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #134f5c;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="http://macmillanusa.tumblr.com/post/165871607758/macmillan-publishers-at-ny-comic-con-2017" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">here</a></strong></span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777;">Abrams Kids</strong><span style="color: #777777;"> schedule is </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #134f5c;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/nycc17/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">here</a></strong></span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777;">Harper Voyager’s</strong><span style="color: #777777;"> schedule is </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #134f5c;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="http://www.harpervoyagerbooks.com/nycc2017/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">here</a></strong></span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Simon & Schuster’s</strong><span style="color: #777777; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> schedule is</span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #777777;"> </span><a href="http://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/comic-con/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">here</span></a></span></strong></li>
<li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Epic Reads</strong><span style="color: #777777; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> schedule is </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #134f5c; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="http://www.epicreads.com/blog/epic-reads-nycc-2017/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">here</a></strong></span></li>
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Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-633634900824668962017-06-04T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.258-04:00Spread the Word Sunday #9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVeGTutjLzA/T-vAy4tUBnI/AAAAAAAAAiM/9sPDVdv4yVU/s1600/Spread+the+Word+Sunday.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVeGTutjLzA/T-vAy4tUBnI/AAAAAAAAAiM/9sPDVdv4yVU/s320/Spread+the+Word+Sunday.gif" width="260" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><em><strong><span style="color: #444444;">S</span></strong></em></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><em><strong><span style="color: #444444;">pread the Word Sunday</span></strong></em> is a meme hosted by The Tattered Page to announce some sort of book related news or cause.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This year will be my third time attending ALA and I am so excited. I did not get the attend the Midwinter in Atlanta earlier this year but I will be making up for it this June! <i>*wink, wink*</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="ALAMW17" src="https://2017.alaannual.org/sites/all/themes/alaac17/images/alalogo.png" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For those who do not know what the American Library Association convention is, I provided some info below:</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"</span></span>With more than 900 exhibiting organizations, multiple pavilions and stages featuring the hottest authors, and numerous related fun events, the exhibit floor is an integral part of your learning, professional development, and networking. The Exhibit Hall offers you the opportunity to explore and discuss with expert vendors the breadth and depth of new and favorite library products, services, books, online services, tools, and technologies.</span></i></b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The ALA Annual Exhibits will be held in McCormick Place, Chicago.</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></b></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Exhibit Hours</i></span></div><table style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">June 23rd: Friday Opening Reception on the Exhibit Floor</span></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">5:30pm - 7:00pm</span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">June 24th: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Saturday</span></span></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">9:00am - 5:00pm</span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">June 25th: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunday</span></span></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">9:00am - 5:00pm</span></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">June 26th: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Monday Exhibits Closing Events - Wrap Up / Rev Up Celebration </span></span></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">9:00am - 2:00pm</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;">As I mentioned in my posts, </span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2016/01/recap-my-first-alamw.html">ALA Midwinter 2016 Recap</a> & <a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2016/07/ala-annual-conference-2016-orlando-fl_41.html">ALA Annual 2016 Recap</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;">ALA Conferences are quite similar to BookExpo America. More like a lowkey version of BookExpo America. And I am so grateful to be able to have attended!</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you're a fellow book blogger or someone who loves books and will be attending this year's Annual Conference, look me up!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*For more info, check out the official website for the </span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://2017.alaannual.org/" style="color: #e82e80; text-decoration-line: none;">ALA Annual 2017 Meeting & Exhibit</a>*</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: left;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QLUbnV6plY4/VtnHhSEMj4I/AAAAAAAADt8/kFZBLfo0Is4/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QLUbnV6plY4/VtnHhSEMj4I/AAAAAAAADt8/kFZBLfo0Is4/s1600/Ashley.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-78888125799262397852017-05-29T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.313-04:00New YA Releases : Week of May 29th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mYe1KICcKQA/WSSZ7egB24I/AAAAAAAAFHQ/p0YOGhwOBc0Oh6rwwhQPQtl3Oxf8vj2GQCPcB/s1600/COMING%2BSOON%2BLOGO.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mYe1KICcKQA/WSSZ7egB24I/AAAAAAAAFHQ/p0YOGhwOBc0Oh6rwwhQPQtl3Oxf8vj2GQCPcB/s1600/COMING%2BSOON%2BLOGO.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here are some upcoming releases this week. Release dates sources: </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc.</span></i></div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VThCl_QA_Ps/WSywA_cu2wI/AAAAAAAAFV8/AYdPQU5jNJYBeCb8vdHR9hFI-NmiIL0jACLcB/s320/5.30.17.jpg" width="213" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_x6hCczGjcg/WSywA0JTdyI/AAAAAAAAFV0/X_PRLPCAccIze_AyKiTw1pO_fPvLI5_3QCLcB/s320/5.30.177.jpg" width="211" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fY9zluwhuTs/WSywA4XVZ6I/AAAAAAAAFV4/YG5k0AwHVNI0PFWq5eejBGpVU9j7PlWuwCLcB/s320/5.30.jpg" width="210" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIc39m6eEcw/WSywA33yGmI/AAAAAAAAFWA/kj90YwtNkLUzwLv0xHMkvAEYsQpEHa4zwCLcB/s320/5.3017.jpg" width="213" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GB-4DPs22n4/WSywBJXDFGI/AAAAAAAAFWE/6sufoJGcexouG8hCUyRnbOqYpKI3Erv9gCLcB/s320/5.30177.jpg" width="213" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewzohAEdNLk/WSywBGAZ4KI/AAAAAAAAFWI/SYCZk5ecCjE3d2TQVlFgAiGAJueIQI6ZgCLcB/s320/5.302017.jpg" width="212" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ksWacIkts8/WSywBKRZuEI/AAAAAAAAFWM/eRRt99tYhfwvgN9HLK06jzQQACRRWTqWgCLcB/s320/5.31.jpg" width="212" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I Believe in a Thing Called Love </i></b>by Maurene Goo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>When It's Real </i></b>by Erin Watt</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>One of Us Is Lying </i></b>by Karen M. McManus</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>When Dimple Met Rishi </i></b>by Sandhya Menon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Royal Bastards </i></b>by Andrew Shvarts</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Spectacle </i></b>by Rachel Vincent</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Romancing the Throne </i></b>by Nadine Jolie Courtney</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Are any of these on your Bookish Wishlist or Pre-Order cart? Which do you look most forward to?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.3 !important; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The Immortal Throne</span><b style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.2px;">by Bree Despain</span></span></h1><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Publisher</i>: </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Carolrhoda Lab TM </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Release Date</i>: <span style="line-height: 19px;">October 1, 2016</span><br /><i>Pages</i>: 344</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span id="freeText14824484333587107388"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Story:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Daphne Raines knew it was risky to enter the underworld to save the love of her life, Haden, who had sacrificed his own honor as an Underlord for her sake. But she could never have predicted that she'd end up betrothed to Haden's conniving half-brother, Garrick, new King of the Underrealm and bound to his dark world. </span><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Even worse, Haden is banished to the mortal realm, and has just days to live as poison takes over his body and mind. Only Daphne's kiss can save him, but how can she escape Garrick and reach Haden in time? Surprises lurk around every corner in the final chapter of this epic romance story, as Haden and Daphne fight to fulfill their destinies.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;">-via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1512405833/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IUIKR9J9YLCNB&colid=1RJEER3LPVMVB">Amazon</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6JrWzyrZ3I8/WSeYF0k-RII/AAAAAAAAFNg/66CfB4QIAvc49urMTzr4zfabtYPF9F-4ACLcB/s1600/bree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="254" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6JrWzyrZ3I8/WSeYF0k-RII/AAAAAAAAFNg/66CfB4QIAvc49urMTzr4zfabtYPF9F-4ACLcB/s200/bree.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gQD1xHnWL8M/WLm6g6z01EI/AAAAAAAAE64/pH8_jT2X9IcoBVB5K_sFg8glouy9hp6RwCLcB/s1600/SARAH%2BMAAS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dq7sd5f85HY/Vm2e3dVtmoI/AAAAAAAADUg/Um6TY68uhEk/s1600/pintip%2Bdunn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><b style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meet the Author</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><i><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: normal;">Bree Despain </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: normal;">is the author of The Dark Divine trilogy and the Into the Dark trilogy. She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and two sons. Visit her online at breedespain.com.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.com/w/1RJEER3LPVMVB">Books I Dream About</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-18138909192310067322017-05-22T03:00:00.000-04:002017-09-06T16:26:13.291-04:00Review: Avenged by Amy Tintera<div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Release Date</em>: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">May 2, 2017</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Pages</em>: 416</span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>With the romance of <em>The Selection</em> and the epic stakes of <em>Red Queen</em>, Amy Tintera’s <em>New York Times</em>-bestselling Ruined trilogy continues with the thrilling young adult fantasy <em>Avenged</em>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Emelina Flores has come home to Ruina. After rescuing her sister, Olivia, from imprisonment in rival kingdom Lera, Em and Olivia together vow to rebuild Ruina to its former glory.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But their fight has only begun. Olivia is determined to destroy everyone who acts against Ruina. Em isn’t as sure. Ever since Em posed as Prince Casimir’s betrothed in Lera, she’s started to see another side to this war. And now that Cas has taken the throne, Em believes a truce is within reach. But Olivia suspects that Em’s romantic feelings for Cas are just coloring her judgement.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Em is determined to bring peace to her home. But when winning the war could mean betraying her family, Em faces an impossible choice between loyalty and love. Em must stay one step ahead of her enemies—and her blood—before she’s the next victim in this battle for sovereignty.</b></span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">One-word Review</strong><span style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">: <span style="color: #bf9000;">FANTASTICAL</span></span></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Reading Tune</strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T5eYF9WiRI">Game of Survival </a></i> - Ruelle</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tag Line:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>What goes around comes around.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Opening Line:</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The remains of Em's home sat at the bottom of the hill.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Review</strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">I am usually hesitant about sequels but I enjoyed Ruined so much that I pre-ordered </span><span style="color: #bf9000; line-height: normal;">Avenged</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> when I pre-ordered </span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2017/05/review-court-of-wings-and-ruin-by-sarah.html">A Court of Wings and Ruin</a></span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">. So that tells you something. . . </span></strong></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I a glad to say it was worth it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The plot </span><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #bf9000; line-height: normal;">Avenged</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of is flows smoothly with the first book. Why not suspenseful, the plot does not drag. Emelina Flores has brought down the Lera empire the exterminated almost all of her people, and rescued her sister, Olivia. But there are a few hiccups.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Emelina cannot stay away from the newly minted king of Lera. Her husband. Cas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Em and Olivia take the remainder of their people back to Ruina. Where there is nothing left for them but the ruins of their home and dead earth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Olivia is bloodthirsty, the most powerful Ruin and cannot listen to reason. And is the now the Queen of what is left of Ruina.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In </span><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #bf9000; line-height: normal;">Avenged</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">we see the chasm between Em and Olivia grow as the story progressed. By the end of the book, we are left with expectations for the next book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> Em has some decisions to make and sides to take. But where will that leave her and her false husband? </i></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">What does the future hold her Cas and Em?</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All in all, I ate </span><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #bf9000; line-height: normal;">Avenged</span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> up! Tintera did a good job with the sequel and I will anxiously await the next installment.</span><br />
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Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-20556216374354778002017-05-22T00:00:00.000-04:002017-12-20T21:06:02.898-05:00New YA Releases : Week of May 22nd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Synopsis: <span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="background-color: white;">Maddy is a smart, curious and imaginative 18-year-old who is unable to leave the protection of the hermetically-sealed environment within her house because of an illness. Olly is the boy next door who won't let that stop them from being together. Gazing through win</span><span class="_dgc" style="background-color: white; display: inline;">dows and talking only through texts, Maddy and Olly form a deep bond that leads them to risk everything to be together, even if it means losing everything.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="_xdb" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bolder;">Director: </span><span class="_Xbe kno-fv" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a class="fl" data-ved="0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMI9gEoATAb" href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=958&q=Stella+Meghie&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LVT9c3NEwuLrTMqYw3VIJyC0yz8_IKc7TEspOt9NMyc3LBhFVKZlFqckl-EQCjnkHJOAAAAA&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMI9gEoATAb" style="color: #1a0dab; cursor: pointer;">Stella Meghie</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="_dgc" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="_dgc" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="_xdb" style="font-weight: bolder;">Adapted from: </span><span class="_Xbe kno-fv"><a class="fl" data-ved="0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMI-gEoATAc" href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=958&q=Everything,+Everything&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LVT9c3NEwuLrTMqYw3VIJwk8wLLY2yKlO0NLKTrfRzU1MyE-OT83Nz8_P0E1MSC0oSSzLz86zAzNQUhbSi_FwAAaFpxUoAAAA&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMI-gEoATAc" style="color: #1a0dab; cursor: pointer;">Everything, Everything</a> by Nicola Yoon</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="_dgc" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b></span><span class="_dgc" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="_xdb" style="font-weight: bolder;">Production companies: </span><span class="_Xbe kno-fv"><a class="fl" data-ved="0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMIhwIoATAf" href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=958&q=Alloy+Entertainment&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LVT9c3NEwuLrTMqYw3VOLSz9U3MMlJia9I0lLITrbST8vMyQUTVgVF-SmlySWZ-XkKyfm5BYl5lQB64ldQPwAAAA&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMIhwIoATAf" style="color: #1a0dab; cursor: pointer;">Alloy Entertainment</a>, <a class="fl" data-ved="0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMIiAIoAjAf" href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=958&q=MGM&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LVT9c3NEwuLrTMqYw3VOLQz9U3SDcsKtdSyE620k_LzMkFE1YFRfkppcklmfl5Csn5uQWJeZUAUNS6eT0AAAA&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwitrrOEpYvUAhUCwYMKHZseAM4QmxMIiAIoAjAf" style="color: #1a0dab; cursor: pointer;">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Dr. Pauline Whittier</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">, Maddy’s mother,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">played by </span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Anika Noni Rose</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>Carla</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, Maddy's nurse, played by </span><i>Ana de la Reguera<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Kara Bright</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">, Olly’s younger sister,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">played by </span><i>Taylor Hickson<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="line-height: 20.79px;">One-word Review</strong><span style="line-height: 20.79px;">: </span></span></strong><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Everything</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From the moment I watched the trailer for </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Everything, Everything</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I was smitten. I NEEDED to see the movie set to hit the big screen months later.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was chomping on the bit as the countdown drew nearer to the release date. We purchased tickets in advance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Movie Day</i>: Fruit snacks in hand, I settled into my reclining seat and theater AC as I anxiously waiting the previews to be over.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then Magic!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From start to finish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I did not blink once. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The on-screen chemistry between Olly and Maddy was perfect! Amandla and Nick did such a superb job playing Maddy and Olly, as individual characters and as a couple. The quirkiness, the romantic and awkward tension was so on point - especially the scene when Olly Visited Maddy in the Sun-room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The character-actor dynamic was fantastic - they vibe together very well. The screenplay writer and the casting director did a great jobs translating the characters from book to screen and choosing the actors to play them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The scene settings were exactly how I imagined them to be, while I was reading </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Everything, Everything</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and more. Although, I wish the Sun-room was more of a sunny room - more windows, to be honest. But other than that, Maddy's sterile home, Olly's dark boyish room, the trip to Hawaii, were cinematic visions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Serendipity: </i></span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">-Text conversations transport Maddy and Olly into her architectural models.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Maddy,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every ocean deserves to be seen by you.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Peeves</i>:<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All in all, <b><span style="color: #45818e;">Everything, Everything</span></b> is a fantastic cinematic rendition of its novel. If you have not gone to see it, you must!</span><br />
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Jenna’s small clan has risked their lives traveling the countryside as masons, secretly drumming up support and arms at every stop for the exiled King James Stuart so that he may retake the British throne. But their next job brings them into enemy territory: England.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jenna’s father repeatedly warns her to trust no one, but when the Duke of Keswick hires the clan to build a garrison on his estate, it seems she cannot hide her capable mind from the duke’s inquisitive son, Lord Alex Pembroke—nor mask her growing attraction to him.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But there’s a covert plan behind the building of the garrison--a secret that cannot be revealed. Will Jenna hide her family’s mutinous plot and assist her clan’s cause, or protect the life of the young noble she’s falling for?</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Shelley Sackier’s lush, vivid historical debut, someone will pay a deadly price no matter what Jenna chooses.</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 18.2px;">-via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062453440/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I21JZBIK8Z2BCJ&colid=1RJEER3LPVMVB">Amazon</a></span><br /><b style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><b style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meet the Author</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><i><span style="line-height: normal;">Shelley Sackier </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: normal;">i</span><span style="line-height: normal;">s the author of </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: normal;">The Freemason's Daughter</span><span style="line-height: normal;"> and </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: normal;">Dear Opl</span><span style="line-height: normal;">. She blogs at peakperspective.com about food, family, and the folly that is life while living atop a mountain in the Blue Ridge. You can read more of her work at www.shelleysackier.com and follow her on Twitter @ShelleySackier.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.com/w/1RJEER3LPVMVB">Books I Dream About</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></div></div></div></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-34406486158716277702017-05-15T03:00:00.000-04:002017-09-06T16:27:36.765-04:00Review: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. 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<em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">*</span><span style="color: red;">Warning: This review may contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.</span></b></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Release Date</em>: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">May 2, 2017</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Pages</em>: 720</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In this thrilling third book in the #1 <i>New York Times </i>and <i>USA Today </i>bestselling series from Sarah J. Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy them all.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tag Line:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><i>A nightmare, I'd told Tamlin.</i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I <i>was the Nightmare.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The painting was a lie.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Review</strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Plot:</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong style="color: #274e13;">A Court of Wings and Ruin</strong> </span></strong></span></span>is the third installment in Sarah Maas' <strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Court of Thorns and Roses</span></strong> series . . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And I LOVED it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">SHE DID NOT LET ME DOWN.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What I loved most about </span><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">A Court of Wings and Ruin </strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was: the sexytime between Rhysand and Feyre *<i>cough, cough</i>* and the side romantic stories - Azriel and Mor, Cassian and Nesta (my favorite), Azriel and Elain, Elain and Lucien, Amren and Varian. Off-guard does not describe how Amren and Varian caught. They came completely out of left field. I would have never thought Amren having the capacty of harboring romantic feelings for anyone. I mean he barely liked Rhysand and the gang! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Amren smirked. "Like a hound on a scent." - page 657</i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ireally hope Maas writes a story for Cassian and Nesta. They have such a banterific chemistry. And, oh, boy, the tension!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As well as Lucien and Elain. Although, I have a feeling that is going to be a love triangle for Azriel - Azriel and Elain and Lucien.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The plot was suspenseful. Feyre had to balance adjusting to going from human to High Fae, becoming the High Lady of the Night Court, making amends and protecting her newly turn sister, while simultaneously trying to find some semblance of ally-ish between the High Lords of the Courts they can defeat a massive, unstoppable army with the most powerful weapon in the history of history so powerful it is tied to the earth bent of killing and enslaving humans . . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*pheww* That was a lot to say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="color: #274e13; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">A Court of Wings and Ruin </span></strong>pacing was perfectly timed for the story. At no point did I feel the story drag. Maas' writing was as ensnaring as ever! Her writing style for the </span><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><strong style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Court of Thorns and Roses</span></strong></span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> series just speaks to me on a visceral level. I never wanted the story to end - not in any of the ACOTAR books. </span>All in all, you absolutely <i>have</i> to read </span><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><strong style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">A Court of Wings and Ruin</span></strong>.</span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Court of Thorns and Roses</span></strong>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Character Breakdown:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I bow down to Maas. Usually by the sequel, the story is weakly executed and the characters fall flat. Not in the case of </span></span><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">A Court of Wings and Ruin</strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">! The characters are more alive than ever! The different personalities meshed so well with each other and the storyline.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Feyre</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></i><b style="color: #e06666;"> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- Feyre was sa badass in </span></span><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">A Court of Wings and Ruin</strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. She was cunning and clever. She was kind and strong. Unapologetically herself and kickass in combat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="color: #cc0000;">"This was such a lovely dream. I'd never slept so wonderfully before. So warm, nestled beside him. Calm. Faintly, echoing into my world of slumber, he spoke again, his breath caressing my ear. "You're exactly as I dreamed you'd be, too.'"</i><i style="line-height: 18px;">- ACOTAR, pages 212</i></span><br />
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<i style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">that was who had been running alongside us. Trying to find us. </span></i></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the part of my review, when trying to selected only a few of my thousand favorite quotes from </span><strong style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">A Court of Wings and Ruin </strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">where I realize most of them involve Cassian and Nesta. That goes to show you how much they stole the show.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;">But Helion gave her the same bow he'd offered me--though his smile was edged with enough sensuality that even my heart raced a bit. No wonder the Lady of Autumn hadn't stood a chance. "I don't think we were introduced properly earlier," he crooned to Nesta. "I'm--" </i></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;"><br /></i></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;">"I don't care," Nesta said with a snap of her wrist, striding right past him and up to my side. "I'd like a word," she said. "Now."</i></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;"><br /></i></i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="line-height: 18px;">Cassian was biting his knuckle to keep from laughing--at the utter surprise and shock on Helion's face. It wasn't every day, I supposed, that anyone of either sec dismissed him so thoroughly. -</i></span><i style="color: #666666; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;">- page 457</i></i><br />
<i style="color: #666666; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;"><br /></i></i><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">~*~</span></i></span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cassian casually slid Nesta behind him, his fingers snagging in the skirts of her black gown. As if to reassure himself that she wasn't in Amren's direct path. Nesta only rose onto her toes to peer over his shoulder. -- page 283</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">~*~</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We held each other in silence for minutes. Hours. Two souls, twining in the dark. I lowered my shields, let him in fully. His mind curled up around mine. -- page 290</span></i></span></span><br />
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Which do you look most forward to?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-25763641553191411872017-05-10T00:00:00.001-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.539-04:00Writing Kick Wednesday! : The Devil is My True Love by Ashley Correa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vU0o4GubLM4/WSRKfuctgrI/AAAAAAAAFFM/isYZSCBujTUFuHKa26I9qu-Qg8iNfgBNACLcB/s1600/KICK%2BLOGO.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vU0o4GubLM4/WSRKfuctgrI/AAAAAAAAFFM/isYZSCBujTUFuHKa26I9qu-Qg8iNfgBNACLcB/s320/KICK%2BLOGO.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">*Writing Kick Wednesday! is where you a writing piece of yours of someone you admire, the meme is hosted by <a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/">The Tattered Page</a>*</i></div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><br /></i><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">Hey Bookies!</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13pt;">Below is a poem I write last years after a significant separation from someone I used to know. And for this </span><span style="font-size: 17.3333px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><i>Writing Kick Wednesday,</i></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13pt;"> I thought I would share it with you guys:</span></div><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Devil hated me with such depth-less, fiery, passion<br /><br />He convinced me it was True Love<br /><br />With Unbreakable Adoration for Him and Unparalleled Encouragement, I stood by and watched while The Devil ravaged and feasted on my life to ruin<br /><br />And I Utterly, Undoubtedly Loved The Devil for it<br /><br />With pathetic efforts, feeble attempts, I pretended to Deny it<br /><br />For 1 year I danced with The Devil with such Delicate Trust, such Blinded Loyalty, such Carnal Need, such Soaring Reverence<br /><br />Danced and danced and danced<br /><br />Danced until my feet splintered off and became sharp bleeding infected stumps<br /><br />Danced with a radiant smile on my face while my skin and muscles melted off as He burned me alive<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />The Devil SoSoSo Thoroughly Destroyed my Entire World without so much as a second thought, without a backward glance<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />The Devil's Searing Caresses, my Life's Blood<br /><br />The Devil's Flaying Licks, my Unrivaled Strength<br /><br />The Devil's Corrosive Kisses, my Reason for Existence<br /><br />The Devil's Perpetual Lingering Scent, my Other Half<br /><br />The Devil's Wretched Arousal, my Saving Grace<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />Grasping His acid skinned hand, I clung to The Devil for dear life as He led me to Paradise Everlasting<br /><br />Only stumbling for a few steps, I made a Mad Dash alongside Him<br /><br />Surging forward by His sweet terrible nothings<br /><br />With His sinfully delicious coaxing I ripped my pulsing heart out of my chest and presented it to The Devil on the most gloriously polished silver platter<br /><br />ThumpThumpThump<br /><br />My hemorrhaging, dying heart beating solely for The Devil<br /><br />Its Solitary Purpose<br /><br />Godly Fate<br /><br />Written in Holy Script across the Immeasurable Brilliant Stars<br /><br />ThumpThumpThump<br /><br />The Devil clenched it in hand, black talons piercing the beating crimson mass<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />ThumpThumpThump<br /><br />Paradise Everlasting on the horizon, we ran and ran and ran<br /><br />Ran until there was nothing left of me<br /><br />Stripped of everything<br /><br />An unclaimed decaying corpse<br /><br />A scavenged unidentified skeleton<br /><br />A dead worthless unloved void<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />ThumpThumpThump<br /><br />With my last burst of life I charged for Paradise Everlasting with The Devil riding my broken neck<br /><br />Charged and charged and charged<br /><br />Throwing his veering horned head back, The Devil cackled<br /><br />Then leaned in to murmur vows of Relentless Devotion and Steadfast Loyalty in my ear as He whipped my back raw to the bone with His leather whip of exquisitely deceitful words<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />ThumpThumpThump<br /><br />We arrived at the threshold of Paradise Everlasting<br /><br />The Devil's glamour fell from its flimsy, rotten hinges<br /><br />A Wasteland of Insurmountable Misery watered by molten sands of<br /><br />Lost Hopes<br /><br />Stolen Dreams<br /><br />Smashed Promises<br /><br />And Chucked Sucked Dried Lovers<br /><br />With such savored delight The Devil shoved me forward<br /><br />Over the line of no return<br /><br />Trapped in the Wasteland<br /><br />All Alone and Less Than Nothing<br /><br />Beside The Devil stood Her<br /><br />From his broken past<br /><br />The One<br /><br />His One who ate him alive<br /><br />His One who vomited him back up with utter black disgust<br /><br />His One who spat on him as he crumbled to an Universe of irreparable pieces<br /><br />Returning for The Devil<br /><br />To reclaim The Devil whose shattered pieces I mending back together with the most Intimate, Purest parts of me as glue<br /><br />Beside The Devil stood Her<br /><br />The One who held his heart first<br /><br />His One<br /><br />Who Always held his heart while the devil handed me a Diseased, Contagious, Flesh Eating placebo for safekeeping<br /><br />She held his True Heart and the devil was Insane with such Untamable Glee and Ferocious Devotion as his Perfect Immortal Heart stitched back together with every inch of My Soul beats solely for Her<br /><br />His One<br /><br />On my severed festering knees I watched them<br /><br />Watched as the devil bowed down on all fours to Her<br /><br />As the devil groveled and worshipped at Her feet<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />ThumpThumpThump<br /><br />My heart ThumpsThumpsThumps in the devil's clenched hand, black talons piercing the beating crimson mass<br /><br />As The Ultimate Sacrifice to Her, the devil offers my hemorrhaging, dying heart, beating solely for him, on a bed of poisoned thorns<br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />ThumpThumpThump<br /><br />Rising to his hind legs he lifted his hoofed feet and danced on my hemorrhaging, dying heart, beating solely for him<br /><br />Crushing it, grounding it into the dirt, nothing more than dust already long forgotten<br /><br />For Her<br /><br />The devil's True Queen<br /><br />The devil's One and Only<br /><br />The devil's Most Irrevocable Flawless Match<br /><br />Through and Through<br /><br />Trapped in the Insatiable Wasteland on my severed festering knees to Forever Witness their Unwavering Bliss</span></i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I watched on as the devil carried Her, his Divine Idol, in his protective, unyielding arms</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">Through a parade of Unfaltering Worship, Unquenchable Yearning, Tender Affection, Sacred Love</span><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">Forevermore fueled by his Very Essence to Paradise Everlasting</span><br /><span style="background: white;"><br />She<br /><br />Her<br /><br />His Most Precious and Cherished<br /><br />And<br /><br />Still</span><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">Still</span><br /><br /><span style="background: white;">Still</span><br /><br />Still, I was convinced The Devil was my True Love<br /><br />ThumpThump . . .<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em;"><div style="line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hope you enjoyed it. Please feel free to leave your questions, suggestions or thoughts in the Comments section.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RIb5o6USiOs/VM1fOSKbiMI/AAAAAAAABmM/nZwEUrDqfew/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RIb5o6USiOs/VM1fOSKbiMI/AAAAAAAABmM/nZwEUrDqfew/s1600/Ashley.png" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: start;"></div></div></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-16729080160497956732017-05-10T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.513-04:00Wishlist Wednesday #133<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: 18.2px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: #e3a327; line-height: 18.2px;" /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>*Wishlist Wednesday is where you show a book that has been on your wishlist/TBR list for a while, the meme is hosted by <a href="http://www.pentopaperblog.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Pen to Paper</a>*</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mgZArrCCxL0/WSd2gqPUNeI/AAAAAAAAFMw/YmQQS3Z5UwYtwzs7wrA2DIucPahEzNItQCLcB/s1600/cruel%2Bpri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mgZArrCCxL0/WSd2gqPUNeI/AAAAAAAAFMw/YmQQS3Z5UwYtwzs7wrA2DIucPahEzNItQCLcB/s400/cruel%2Bpri.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VVvI-DlCzs/WLm5uFKLCyI/AAAAAAAAE60/GP0BIumHrSAoc4Hl6lcLtRBNKPMcCxDQwCLcB/s1600/court%2Bwings5.2.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #999999;">The Cruel Prince</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></b><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">by Holly Black</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><i>Publisher</i>: </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Little, Brown Books for Young Readers </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Release Date</i>: <span style="line-height: 19px;">January 2, 2018</span><br /><i>Pages</i>: 384</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span id="freeText14824484333587107388"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Story:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.</span></b></div><div><i><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b></i></div><i style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.</span></b></i><br /><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><i><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><i><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.</span></b></i></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><i><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences.</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;">-via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316310271/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2DJ3IS0JWBVDY&colid=1RJEER3LPVMVB">Amazon</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YeJMInMHs_g/WSd3d9eE64I/AAAAAAAAFM4/k7_1RcEgeDYKrJdxi-_opQNpAyu-tNTXwCLcB/s1600/holly%2Bblack.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YeJMInMHs_g/WSd3d9eE64I/AAAAAAAAFM4/k7_1RcEgeDYKrJdxi-_opQNpAyu-tNTXwCLcB/s200/holly%2Bblack.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meet the Author</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><i><span style="line-height: normal;">Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels, including </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: normal;">Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale</span><span style="line-height: normal;"> and the #1 </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: normal;">New York Times</span><span style="line-height: normal;"> bestselling Spiderwick series. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award and the Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret library.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.com/w/1RJEER3LPVMVB">Books I Dream About</a></span><br /><br /></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-77038827268442997182017-05-08T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.557-04:00New YA Releases : Week of May 8th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KjCQaPWnkPI/V8kHfckVQvI/AAAAAAAAEkY/zpYxTSJs5QQdaC-qZy6w7sCGpDF0O0VDACLcB/s1600/Book-clipart-black-and-white-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KjCQaPWnkPI/V8kHfckVQvI/AAAAAAAAEkY/zpYxTSJs5QQdaC-qZy6w7sCGpDF0O0VDACLcB/s320/Book-clipart-black-and-white-3.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here are some upcoming releases this week. Release dates sources: </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc.</span></i></div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JHcpHDjzsGg/WSysVqN-joI/AAAAAAAAFU0/xjzTJ3uHHyAjf1lk5E6JUMY3vkeh3s8GgCLcB/s320/5.9.20177.jpg" width="225" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zQ3-cuHowfs/WSysVnjN5dI/AAAAAAAAFU4/tZqOZSzgyh8XnCq9hx7tux4N2835N9oCgCLcB/s320/5.9.2017.jpg" width="211" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pK7iFKvm4P4/WSyi3UQI0DI/AAAAAAAAFUc/txlfSjoIbnwPparTgTe0PjleVv1n65bNwCLcB/s320/5.9.17.jpg" width="214" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U965HGi05LY/WSyi3c_tR_I/AAAAAAAAFUk/f7vzV_lcY4A8MgIffetWhOTZswRt3bU5wCLcB/s320/5.9.jpg" width="211" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_g7R3nz-AzA/WSyi3dcyXqI/AAAAAAAAFUg/bld3pnvjbE0qrAinuOlg1HrhJjeqa1V3QCLcB/s320/5.917.jpg" width="211" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i> Brave New Girl </i></b>by Rachel Vincent </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i> Umberland </i></b>by Wendy Spinale </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The Queen and the Cure </i></b>by Amy Harmon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Ramona Blue </i></b>by Julia Murphy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The Traitor's Kiss </i></b>by Erin Beaty</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Are any of these on your Bookish Wishlist or Pre-Order cart? Which do you look most forward to?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-80354212081184570722017-05-07T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.574-04:00Spread the Word Sunday #8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVeGTutjLzA/T-vAy4tUBnI/AAAAAAAAAiM/9sPDVdv4yVU/s1600/Spread+the+Word+Sunday.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVeGTutjLzA/T-vAy4tUBnI/AAAAAAAAAiM/9sPDVdv4yVU/s320/Spread+the+Word+Sunday.gif" width="260" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><em><strong><span style="color: #444444;">S</span></strong></em></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><em><strong><span style="color: #444444;">pread the Word Sunday</span></strong></em> is a meme hosted by The Tattered Page to announce some sort of book related news or cause.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">B-E-A! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">B-E-A! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">B-E-A! </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I truly, really, honestly want to go to BEA this year but . . . Jury duty has me hostage so *fingers crossed* we can pull it off. Time will tell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_tAi-tpYCOI/WScmskOiEwI/AAAAAAAAFKA/frl7acL52J8fJ-XoOA3Xr5kZ3LXIm2l7ACLcB/s1600/BEA%2BLOGO.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="204" height="192" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_tAi-tpYCOI/WScmskOiEwI/AAAAAAAAFKA/frl7acL52J8fJ-XoOA3Xr5kZ3LXIm2l7ACLcB/s320/BEA%2BLOGO.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> those who do not know what the Book Expo America is, I provided some info below:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"</span></span>Content is being consumed in more dynamic ways than ever before and new methods must be used to engage readers. BookExpo is evolving to lead the global publishing industry to its consumer driven future and celebrate storytelling in all its forms. It’s the place where industry, authors and readers converge to define the new publishing universe.</span></i></b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">BookExpo provides a focused professional environment to <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">discover</span> emerging authors and the next blockbuster titles, <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">engage</span> with the world’s most influential publishers and <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">learn</span> from industry leaders and peers.</span></i></b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">BookExpo culminates with <span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">BookCon</span>, our two day Fan event where storytelling and pop culture collide.</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Embrace the future of publishing with us in New York City on May 31 – June 2, 2017.<span style="line-height: 20px;">"</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></b></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Show Floor Hours</i></span></div><table style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; max-width: 100%; text-align: justify;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> May 31st: Wednesday </span></div></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1:00pm - 6:00pm</span></div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> June 1st: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Saturday</span></span></div></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">9:00am - 6:00pm</span></div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> June 2nd: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunday</span></span></div></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">9:00am - 5:00pm</span></div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">You can check out my recaps of the previous times I attended BEA:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2011/05/bea-day-1.html">BookExpo America 2011: Day 1</a></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2011/05/bea-day-2.html" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15px;">BookExpo America 2011: Day 2</a><br /><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2011/05/end.html" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15px;">BookExpo America 2011: Day 3</a><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2012/06/bookexpo-america-2012.html">BookExpo America 2012</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2013/06/bookexpo-america-2013.html">BookExpo America 2013</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2014/06/bookexpo-america-2014.html">BookExpo America 2014</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.thetatteredpage.com/2015/06/book-expo-america-2015.html">BookExpo America 2015</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*For more info, check out the official website for the </span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/" style="color: #e82e80; text-decoration-line: none;">Book Expo America 2017</a>*</span></div><div style="background-color: white; 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Release Date</em>: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">May 9, 2017</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Pages</em>: 272</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused of a crime, she's stuck under stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF's gone ghost. Tatum fills her newfound free time with community service by day and working at her covert graphic design business at night (which includes trading emails with a cute cello-playing client).</span><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"></span><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">When Tatum discovers she's not the only one in the house keeping secrets, she finds she has the chance to make amends with her family and friends. Equipped with a new perspective, and assisted by her feisty step-abuela/fairy-godmother, Tatum is ready to start fresh and maybe even get her happy ending along the way.</span><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><br />A modern play on the Cinderella story arc, IT STARTED WITH GOODBYE shows us that sometimes going after what you want means breaking the rules.</span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">IT STARTED WITH GOODBYE will appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen, Stephanie Perkins, and Jennifer E. Smith.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>My Review</strong>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First off, I want to thank Blink for sending me </span><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It Started with Goodbye </span></b>to read and review.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tag Line:</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not all stories being with once upon a time . . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Opening Line:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tatum, they have your license plate on camera.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Plot:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It Started with Goodbye </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is a Cinderella inspired YA so naturally, I was excited to read it. Tatum is "Cinderella" who still has her father but also a stepmother and stepsister who are not the greatest. A wrong place wrong time lands Tatum in jail -- both the actual one and the proverbial one at home with her stepmother. And, yes, there a Prince Charming of sorts who makes an appearance.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The pacing of</span><b><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It Started with Goodbye </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was a little slow for me. To get to the romance part anyway. Christina June's </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">writing was on par; it was interesting and flowed well.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It Started with Goodbye </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">world-building was decent as well. I was able to get into the story and get caught up with the characters and the storyline. The best aspect of the story were the characters. They were so alive. Well fleshed out and each had such strong personalities. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Evil Stepmother was a pain in my ass. So cold and nasty towards Tatum. So prickly and frustrating.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Evil Stepsister wasn't terrible. More of a Evil Stepsister by association. Cold and reserved the worse she did was say a few snide remarks here and there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tatum's father was the worst of all. Worse than her stepmother and stepsister. 's father should I have known her like the back of his hand. Known there was some mistake. Known that she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He should have known his own blood, his own daughter better than that. Yet, he would not even give her a chance to explain. He would not even hear her out. On top of the fact he is perfectly fine with the way his second wife treats Tatum. *<i>URGHHHH</i>* Moving on . . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tatum was only little annoying. Mostly I liked her. What annoyed me is how she kept blaming herself for how her stepmother and father's behavior toward her. I definitely get the whole being a bigger person thing but she should not have to shoulder the blame for how she was treated by them. She did nothing wrong. Except maybe telling an adult about her best friend's - who was a entitled bitch and terrible friend -- good-for-nothing boyfriend. Still . . . Anywho, her character growth was on point. I loved it when she finally stood up for herself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All in all, while </span><b style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It Started with Goodbye </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is not one of my favorites I did enjoy it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christina June writes young adult contemporary fiction when she’s not writing college recommendation letters during her day job as a school counselor. She is a voracious reader, loves to travel, eats too many cupcakes, and hopes to one day be bicoastal – the east coast of the US and the east coast of Scotland. She lives just outside Washington DC with her husband and daughter. Her second novel, EVERYWHERE YOU WANT TO BE (a companion to IT STARTED WITH GOODBYE), will be published in 2018.</span></i></span><br />
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Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-31698282812844736392017-05-03T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.616-04:00Wishlist Wednesday #132<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: 18.2px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: #e3a327; line-height: 18.2px;" /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>*Wishlist Wednesday is where you show a book that has been on your wishlist/TBR list for a while, the meme is hosted by <a href="http://www.pentopaperblog.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Pen to Paper</a>*</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X0PEVvfoHNE/WSdz1rqPcYI/AAAAAAAAFMY/upj3qFGWnfw_Yq6eeHpIMvdVTjTHPf7ZgCLcB/s1600/beyond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X0PEVvfoHNE/WSdz1rqPcYI/AAAAAAAAFMY/upj3qFGWnfw_Yq6eeHpIMvdVTjTHPf7ZgCLcB/s400/beyond.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VVvI-DlCzs/WLm5uFKLCyI/AAAAAAAAE60/GP0BIumHrSAoc4Hl6lcLtRBNKPMcCxDQwCLcB/s1600/court%2Bwings5.2.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #999999;">Beyond</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></b><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">by Catina Haverlock & Angela Larkin</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><i>Publisher</i>: </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Cedar Fort, Inc. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Release Date</i>: <span style="line-height: 19px;">June 13, 2017</span><br /><i>Pages</i>: 272</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span id="freeText14824484333587107388"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Story:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seventeen-year-old Presley Hale has no idea the guy she just told off in the school parking lot died in a drowning accident four months ago. And why would she? It s not like she knows she can see the dead.............. On his four month dead-iversary, Landon Blackwood is over his ghost gig and finally ready to leave Earth forever. But when he stops by his old high school for a final good-bye, he's stunned when the new girl in town, Presley sees him. Against his guide's wishes, he bags his departure and begins tracking her to search for answers to their mysterious connection. But how long can he keep his true identity a secret? And how long can he protect Presley from the insidious spirits using her as a pawn in a deadly game in which no one wins?</span></b></span></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;">-via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1462120261/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I3EU0C7ZDK6XCA&colid=1RJEER3LPVMVB">Amazon</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b8GSS817u9I/WSd1K1wkNlI/AAAAAAAAFMk/KqhnOG9epicbHfm0DVAfrFn0MQPO8GHAQCLcB/s1600/catina%2Blarkin.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="389" height="190" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b8GSS817u9I/WSd1K1wkNlI/AAAAAAAAFMk/KqhnOG9epicbHfm0DVAfrFn0MQPO8GHAQCLcB/s200/catina%2Blarkin.webp" width="200" /></span></a></div><br /><b style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meet the Author</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><i><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1.27999997138977px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Catina Haverlock</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.27999997138977px; line-height: 24px;">graduated with a BA in broadcast and print journalism from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Taylor Swift lyrics are her muse. She has appeared on several radio and television programs to discuss autism and hosted a dating game show of her own. She lives in Southern California with her husband and four children.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.27999997138977px; line-height: 24px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1.27999997138977px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Angela Larkin</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.27999997138977px; line-height: 24px;"> spent much of her childhood under a blanket with a flashlight, secretly reading past bedtime. She’s been a gold miner, a pool cleaner, a mannequin dresser, and a teacher. She's lived a true romance: meeting her husband in a case of mistaken identity and now lives in the North Carolina pines with him and her four children.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.com/w/1RJEER3LPVMVB">Books I Dream About</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-1144258028250468512017-05-01T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.634-04:00New YA Releases : Week of May 1st<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mYe1KICcKQA/WSSZ7egB24I/AAAAAAAAFHQ/p0YOGhwOBc0Oh6rwwhQPQtl3Oxf8vj2GQCPcB/s1600/COMING%2BSOON%2BLOGO.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mYe1KICcKQA/WSSZ7egB24I/AAAAAAAAFHQ/p0YOGhwOBc0Oh6rwwhQPQtl3Oxf8vj2GQCPcB/s1600/COMING%2BSOON%2BLOGO.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here are some upcoming releases this week. Release dates sources: </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc.</span></i></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pPKO0F2G6Yc/WSyhKgr5AxI/AAAAAAAAFUQ/nBoLiOqvk1Ed3o4LDeW0BVXeT_8VcZLkQCLcB/s320/5.2.2017.jpg" width="213" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EDkYcYCg_Cw/WSyhI8zwTkI/AAAAAAAAFTs/WomMb7Nohk4bG3suTViZoLRMx_YWr2LnQCLcB/s320/5.2.20177.jpg" width="209" /><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P33At7-lDkI/WSyhJNBKwXI/AAAAAAAAFT0/h_-xlCK10BEPS0yMhtVd7v2AxtSO14CWwCLcB/s320/5.2.201777.jpg" width="216" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AGESrTHHfWM/WSyhJF1ebqI/AAAAAAAAFT4/ZwLv43sqTecEmhOViwykoMKpdn8JNYu0gCLcB/s320/5.2.jpg" width="208" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0fPkB1-RosQ/WSyhJaJ2koI/AAAAAAAAFT8/WIcHfgGMihIJByG6fAbbm4323_Le16L1gCLcB/s320/5.217.jpg" width="210" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xnBcPH5fBCs/WSyhJXNPurI/AAAAAAAAFUA/7JAJhU3pjCQEalIP8ImGWbfgfzu_qFEuwCLcB/s320/5.3.17.jpg" width="210" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aF_ZUv8XZJk/WSyhJplGS-I/AAAAAAAAFUE/tYQbLsYxJEQ_5l4TRYdHCcI60flhr41KwCLcB/s320/5.3.jpg" width="210" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H8pDlD597UU/WSyhJlkxKrI/AAAAAAAAFUI/8i4ZkLORjzoy2Lp07QFYDw7NvH9_Qe1AACLcB/s320/5.4.jpg" width="212" /><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LFRnyuIuoGI/WSyhJwDmEjI/AAAAAAAAFUM/qED8pypinnIPMB3-69KMSx7snu2cmYCyQCLcB/s320/5.417.jpg" width="200" /><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p-7SyBowZ48/WSyhI34ONdI/AAAAAAAAFTw/3_JYW9geoXIYXOlWqUPf3UTErCv6oPGOwCLcB/s320/5.2.17.jpg" width="216" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>How to Make a Wish </i></b>by Ashley Herring Blake</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Cold Summer </i></b>by Gwen Cole</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Note Worthy </i></b>by Riley Redgate</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>A Court of Wings and Ruin </i></b>by Sarah J. Maas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The Trials of Apollo </i></b>by Rick Riordan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Always and Forever, Lara Jean </i></b>by Jenny Han</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The Black Witch</i></b> by Laurie Forest</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Legion</i></b> by Julie Kagawa</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Release</i></b> by Patrick Ness</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Avenged</i></b> by Amy Tintera</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Are any of these on your Bookish Wishlist or Pre-Order cart? Which do you look most forward to?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-75328230443545572782017-04-26T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.665-04:00Wishlist Wednesday #131<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: 18.2px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: #e3a327; line-height: 18.2px;" /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>*Wishlist Wednesday is where you show a book that has been on your wishlist/TBR list for a while, the meme is hosted by <a href="http://www.pentopaperblog.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Pen to Paper</a>*</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bgQt9FHTsI4/WSdyKE10l4I/AAAAAAAAFMI/WRQMYYHps-8EgfHnZy-A-JFjVwrbMGKTQCLcB/s1600/the%2Brave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bgQt9FHTsI4/WSdyKE10l4I/AAAAAAAAFMI/WRQMYYHps-8EgfHnZy-A-JFjVwrbMGKTQCLcB/s400/the%2Brave.jpg" width="265" /></span></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VVvI-DlCzs/WLm5uFKLCyI/AAAAAAAAE60/GP0BIumHrSAoc4Hl6lcLtRBNKPMcCxDQwCLcB/s1600/court%2Bwings5.2.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #999999;"><b>The Ravenous </b></span>by Amy Lukavics</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Publisher</i>: </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Harlequin Teen </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Release Date</i>: <span style="line-height: 19px;">September 26, 2017</span><br /><i>Pages</i>: 304</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span id="freeText14824484333587107388"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Story:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There's something wrong with Rose. </span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From the outside, the Cane family looks like they have it all. A successful military father, a loving mother and five beautiful teenage daughters. But on the inside, life isn't quite so idyllic: the Cane sisters can barely stand each other, their father is always away and their neglectful mother struggles with addiction and depression. </span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When their youngest and most beloved sister, Rose, dies in a tragic accident, Mona Cane and her sisters are devastated. And when she is brought back from the dead, they are relieved. But soon they discover that Rose must eat human flesh to survive, and when their mother abandons them, the sisters will find out just how far they'll go to keep their family together.</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-top: -4px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;">-via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0373212607/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2YUWXEEDJQ436&colid=1RJEER3LPVMVB">Amazon</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Of5CvEyd2j0/WSdzCm47EbI/AAAAAAAAFMQ/v-g2qu9IFj0biaPjGHZcWkVRRQrDrvyNACLcB/s1600/amy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="470" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Of5CvEyd2j0/WSdzCm47EbI/AAAAAAAAFMQ/v-g2qu9IFj0biaPjGHZcWkVRRQrDrvyNACLcB/s200/amy.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a></div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gQD1xHnWL8M/WLm6g6z01EI/AAAAAAAAE64/pH8_jT2X9IcoBVB5K_sFg8glouy9hp6RwCLcB/s1600/SARAH%2BMAAS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dq7sd5f85HY/Vm2e3dVtmoI/AAAAAAAADUg/Um6TY68uhEk/s1600/pintip%2Bdunn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><b style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meet the Author</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><i><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;">Ever since she was little, Amy was especially intrigued by horror books and movies. Raised in a small mountain town in Arizona, she sustained herself on a steady diet of Goosebumps, Fear Street, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books before discovering Stephen King in her mother's bookshelf. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;">Amy lives with her husband, their two precious squidlings, and an old gentleman cat by the name of Frodo. When she isn't writing, she enjoys cooking, crafting, and playing games across many platforms.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.com/w/1RJEER3LPVMVB">Books I Dream About</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-7834097572177494932017-04-24T00:00:00.001-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.708-04:00New YA Releases : Week of April 24th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mYe1KICcKQA/WSSZ7egB24I/AAAAAAAAFHM/j3esh4U_TZ48tHO0hk9getLWc7SgoucxACEw/s1600/COMING%2BSOON%2BLOGO.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mYe1KICcKQA/WSSZ7egB24I/AAAAAAAAFHM/j3esh4U_TZ48tHO0hk9getLWc7SgoucxACEw/s1600/COMING%2BSOON%2BLOGO.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">Here are some upcoming releases this week. Release dates sources: </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc.</i></div><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5EivflB_uv8/WPJW2sy65wI/AAAAAAAAFAE/g311JQfyNxITPXNCljWbQ7v550xII0TWgCLcB/s1600/4.24%2Bescape.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jve7fZhIzno/WPJW23mgSvI/AAAAAAAAFAI/yhjoZfz9nGssAMzgy_jOxN5EUbZJVyxBgCLcB/s1600/4.24%2Blegion.jpg" /><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jWBaxxVMi5A/WPJW28U68EI/AAAAAAAAFAM/WdExLy15-dQfwOEyerEgemR39RY0rYiAACLcB/s1600/4.24%2Bwhole.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Escape from Asylum </i></b>by Madeleine Roux</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Legion</i></b> by Julie Kagawa</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>The Whole Thing</i></b> Together by Ann Brashares</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Are any of these on your Bookish Wishlist or Pre-Order cart? Which do you look most forward to?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9iBAPv7cuzo/VwhM2EWZKkI/AAAAAAAADz4/sZzg6gXWuZk-6a2NRCbxRvxKHcYRYkTSA/s1600/Ashley.png" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-25107324652319739732017-04-19T00:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T12:08:02.729-04:00Wishlist Wednesday #130<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KXR01U4SelE/U2FX0RHlZ2I/AAAAAAAAAvU/OP0MEsM6S_Q/s1600/Wishlist+Wednesday.jpg" style="border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: #e3a327; line-height: 18.2px;" /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>*Wishlist Wednesday is where you show a book that has been on your wishlist/TBR list for a while, the meme is hosted by <a href="http://www.pentopaperblog.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Pen to Paper</a>*</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8IOlXHu4OWk/WSdvOE6qRbI/AAAAAAAAFL0/N-c56Ph4qVwDjqjaEa0L1jZt5BSgwOhVgCLcB/s1600/odd%2Btr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8IOlXHu4OWk/WSdvOE6qRbI/AAAAAAAAFL0/N-c56Ph4qVwDjqjaEa0L1jZt5BSgwOhVgCLcB/s400/odd%2Btr.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: #990000;">Odd & True </span></b><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">by Cat Winters</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><i>Publisher</i>: </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Amulet Books </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Release Date</i>: <span style="line-height: 19px;">September 12, 2017</span><br /><i>Pages</i>: 368</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span id="freeText14824484333587107388"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Story:</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Trudchen grew up hearing Odette’s stories of their monster-slaying mother and a magician’s curse. But now that Tru’s older, she’s starting to wonder if her older sister’s tales were just comforting lies, especially because there’s nothing fantastic about her own life—permanently disabled and in constant pain from childhood polio.</span><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" /><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">In 1909, after a two-year absence, Od reappears with a suitcase supposedly full of weapons and a promise to rescue Tru from the monsters on their way to attack her. But it’s Od who seems haunted by something. And when the sisters’ search for their mother leads them to a face-off with the Leeds Devil, a nightmarish beast that’s wreaking havoc in the Mid-Atlantic states, Tru discovers the peculiar possibility that she and her sister—despite their dark pasts and ordinary appearances—might, indeed, have magic after all.</span></span></b><br /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.2px;">-via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1419723103/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1GYCN03HP13P6&colid=1RJEER3LPVMVB">Amazon</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_MWH2ZAhsV8/WSdwIyNCgXI/AAAAAAAAFL8/r3rgx5W6PQ829uqLALTpGWYrTrnl0eKQQCLcB/s1600/cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="134" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_MWH2ZAhsV8/WSdwIyNCgXI/AAAAAAAAFL8/r3rgx5W6PQ829uqLALTpGWYrTrnl0eKQQCLcB/s200/cat.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dq7sd5f85HY/Vm2e3dVtmoI/AAAAAAAADUg/Um6TY68uhEk/s1600/pintip%2Bdunn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><b style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meet the Author</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><i><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;">Cat Winters is an award-winning, critically acclaimed author of YA and adult fiction that blends history with the supernatural. Her YA works include IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS, THE CURE FOR DREAMING, THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY, and the forthcoming ODD & TRUE (Fall 2017). Her adult novels are THE UNINVITED and YESTERNIGHT. She has been named a Morris Award finalist, a Bram Stoker Award nominee, and an Oregon Spirit Book Award winner, and her books have appeared on numerous state and "best of" lists.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;">Winters lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at www.catwinters.com.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: <a href="http://amzn.com/w/1RJEER3LPVMVB">Books I Dream About</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><div style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Reading!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkYz7zRGVkw/VN2MfeZk_fI/AAAAAAAAB8g/ow9NxPVSCRE/s1600/Ashley.png" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Ashley Correahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15538883457192196397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124110998968929017.post-57960261744238006102017-04-17T03:00:00.000-04:002017-09-07T11:59:50.447-04:00Review : The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi<div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Publish</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">er</span></em><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">St. Martin's Griffin </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Release Date</em>: </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">April 26, 2016</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most. . .including herself.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Reading Tune</strong><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiqtgWWL6u8">Fantasy</a></i> by </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Alina Baraz </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">&amp; Galimatias</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Opening Line:</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Staring at the sky in Bharata was like exchanging a secret.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Review</strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The Star-Touched Queen</span></strong> </span></strong>was so breathtakingly magical! The plot was thick with rich storytelling, </span>fantastical twists and stunning details. A cursed motherless princess shunned by everyone is fated to a marriage of Death and Destruction. Or so her star-touched horoscopes promises.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Princess Maya came to terms with her great and terrible horoscope. Used to being sneered at, overlooked and ready for a life of learning. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then in a flash she finds herself married. To Amran. The King of </span></span>Naraka. Naraka is a known as the Otherworld. With Amran Maya learns the impossible. Magic is real. Compassion is real. Akaran opens her up to new experiencing she could have never imagine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The very stories Maya's told her younger sister are her reality. And she is Queen of that magical otherworldly realm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What I loved most about </span></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The Star-Touched Queen</span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was: the rich storytelling. Chokshi's poetic prose is phenomenal - she truly has a voice for storytelling. Filled with folklore so remarkably woven in, it made the magic of </span></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The Star-Touched Queen</span></strong> come to life. The world-building was badass - a perfect blend of reality and enchantment. The pace flowed seamlessly with the stunning unfurling of the story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></i></span></span></span><i style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;">While he slept, I betrayed him.</i></i></span><br />
<i style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></i></i><i style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><i style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wove my own magic. A dream of sleep full of silvery spangles that I slipped over his eyes in the same moment that stole away the noose. -- page 197</span></i></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All in all, I so thoroughly fell in love with </span></span></span></span></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The Star-Touched Queen</span></strong>. Chokshi was born with a gift for storytelling and I am so pleased I gave <strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The Star-Touched Queen </span></strong>another shot.<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Character Breakdown:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were several character arcs but instead of distracting the reader away from the main timeline, it fleshed it out more-so. The plethora of vivid characters drove the story forward.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i>Maya</i></span></span><b style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- Clever, smart, has a love for learning and sharp edges.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Amran </i></span></span>- Charming, mysterious, otherworldly. And unconditionally in love with Maya.</span><br />
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