tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309472486384379882024-03-13T06:05:00.848-04:00Alisha's World Of BooksThis is my way of escaping the regular world.ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-66016138798851897952023-07-16T22:18:00.001-04:002023-07-16T22:18:41.617-04:00Let's Get Back To It...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchYEp18BphOU7MOIH-0nKOzbOGBsdKIwbLP-tVmvslSvS0NMi3LaO45qLQugrsZp0HL-a7ZNo8_9Py6q5u3hYecO3T0hNKYT8p9-ckk1Vm2L0VfpQ4yGt9syQ08j4buYTgP0G3XTGukMoOgtIQccde4gMHby7Svt3wv2ph8bJbY1OjNfbEO932JGi4Zwf/s250/cutequote1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchYEp18BphOU7MOIH-0nKOzbOGBsdKIwbLP-tVmvslSvS0NMi3LaO45qLQugrsZp0HL-a7ZNo8_9Py6q5u3hYecO3T0hNKYT8p9-ckk1Vm2L0VfpQ4yGt9syQ08j4buYTgP0G3XTGukMoOgtIQccde4gMHby7Svt3wv2ph8bJbY1OjNfbEO932JGi4Zwf/s1600/cutequote1.jpg" width="250" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Hiiiiiiii!!</p><p>It has been so long since I have posted on here. Over ten years! I was just reminiscing about the good ole' days posting on here and reading so many books. I'm now in my thirties, so of course the books I read are slightly different, but not really. I still read YA as much as possible. They're just so addictive. I've read a few books lately. So I'll post some reviews soon. My goal is to come back on here and post at least once a week. I miss it and the community I had. Of course things will not all be the same, but I'm down to find out how to navigate this new world. Anyways, I'm happy to be back at it and find some new blogs to follow and some new books to post on here. Yay!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I guess that's it...</p><p>Alisha!<br /></p>ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-34609686606227772762012-02-15T16:19:00.004-05:002012-02-15T16:20:22.241-05:00Epic Giveaway!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So I know it's been awhile since I've posted, but I thought I should tell you about this giveaway going on over at The Subtle Chronicle. It's a giveaway for The Hunger Games. She's giving away some awesome prizes such as a shirt and the mockingjay pin. So head on over to <a href="http://www.thesubtlechronicler.com/2012/02/hunger-games-epic-giveaway.html">The Subtle Chronicle</a> to find out how you can enter this contest. Just click the name of the blog. </div>ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-32085620961266613202011-09-25T19:59:00.000-04:002011-09-25T19:59:19.855-04:00Soooo...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well I had promised to post more reviews over the summer but that didn't happen. I went home for a week and a half before coming back for fall semester and that completely screwed me up with keeping up with my reviews. I didn't have Internet access, for some reason my mom refuses to get that fixed since she's not home that much anyways. I also barely went to the library. So I decided I would just catch up when I got back to school, and we all know that didn't happen. So now it's September, almost October, and no new reviews have been posted. I apologize. I've been focusing on school and trying to get through my sophomore year more successfully then my freshman. So fat so good, except for personal problems like a guy, being sick on and off for three weeks, and kind of wishing I didn't take a certain class, but I'm still managing. I'm planning on writing up my reviews for books I finished those last couple of weeks before I went home, and then posting them after I get through this week of exams. I wish I had more time to read so much right now. I haven't read a new book since the second week I've been in school which was the last week of August. :(<br />
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Anyways, I guess this is some sort of update. I'm hoping I can make it through this week and get some reviews up. So keep an eye out for those.<br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-35911151517255550442011-08-10T10:18:00.000-04:002011-08-10T10:18:42.135-04:00Such a Pretty Girl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just finished this one, it's <i>Such a Pretty Girl</i> by Laura Wiess.<br />
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They promised Meredith nine years of safety, but only gave her three.<br />
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Her father was supposed to be locked up until Meredith turned eighteen. She thought she had to grow up, get out, and start a new life. But Meredith is only fifteen, and today her father is coming home from prison.<br />
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Today her time has run out.<br />
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Meredith's father use to be a respected man in their town. He use to coach little league, then he got put in prison because of Meredith. Because Meredith was sent to the hospital and told them everything she could remember even though her mother told her not to. Her mother wouldn't listen to the truth. She wanted to live in her delusional world that her husband actually loves her, actually wanted to be with her, and not their daughter. The truth comes out about Meredith's father and now the whole town knows and hates him, except Meredith's mother. The one person she should definitely be able to count on. Meredith was suppose to get to be able to be far gone by the time her father got out of jail, but they let him out on parole early. She thinks that maybe she can handle it if her boyfriend, Andy, a boy also abused by her father is there with her, living in the condo close to hers. But his mother decides to go to Iowa to get help for Andy with his paralysis. Now Meredith decides that she wants real justice, she wants her father to go to jail for good. She knows he'll try again, it's just a matter of time.<br />
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This is a short novel that can be easily read in a matter of hours, which is exactly what I did. It's wonderfully written and fast paced. I couldn't believe the way the mother acted in this novel. She wanted to be with her husband more than she loved her own child. I also couldn't believe that they were allowing Meredith's father anywhere near her. He wasn't suppose to be alone with Meredith, but her mother never listened to that rule. She hardly cared about her own daughter. She acted more jealous of her than like a parent. I've read books and watched movies where this sort of thing happens. Where wives will believe anything their husbands tell them because they can't stand to be without them. This book helped me to further realize how much the justice system needs to be improved. Yet the ending is really purely stunning. Not at all what I expected. I did expect something to happen similar to what happened, but it still caught me off guard. It's an excellent read.<br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-77734049306896145732011-08-08T16:40:00.002-04:002011-08-08T17:00:31.425-04:00Update(14)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sorry this wasn't on the day that I originally planned for it to be, yesterday.<br />
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<b>Recently on Alisha's World:</b><br />
Reviewed <a href="http://alishareads.blogspot.com/2011/08/catching-fire.html"><i>Catching Fire</i></a><i>,</i> <a href="http://alishareads.blogspot.com/2011/08/some-girls-are.html"><i>Some Girls Are</i></a>, and <a href="http://alishareads.blogspot.com/2011/08/jellicoe-road.html"><i>Jellicoe Road</i></a><i>.</i> Didn't manage to do my From My Bookshelf post on Wednesday. I was too busy to decide on the book to review. Also didn't participate in the Hop last week, but that's kind of because I forgot and by Friday I was so tired I forgot about even getting on and reviewing any books.<br />
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<b>Coming Up</b>:<br />
I have many books that I have read that need to be reviewed. They include: <i>Dramarama</i> by E. Lockhart, <i>The Miles Between</i> by Mary E. Pearson, <i>The Forest of Hands and Teeth </i>by Carrie Ryan, <i>Stealing Heaven</i> by Elizabeth Scott, and <i>Such a Pretty Girl</i> by Laura Weiss. So many books! I also am almost done reading <i>Breathless</i> by Jessica Warman. I have been reading a lot more lately which makes me happy and kind of overwhelmed because I want to get the reviews posted in a timely manner, but I'm not sure if I've been accomplishing that. Anyways be looking out for those.<br />
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<b>Happenings for the Summer:</b><br />
Well it's here! My last week at school before I get my small break and then have to go back again. :(<br />
Wednesday I have finals, and then I can officially go home and chill. I plan on shopping and sleeping. Two of my favorite things. Hahahaha! No really my mother probably already has plans for me. I always tell her that my plans for my breaks are to catch up on sleep and catch up with friends. She doesn't always listen to the catch up on sleep part. She seems to think I get plenty of sleep at school which isn't the truth at all. So hopefully she'll actually listen to the sleep part and allow me to get my beauty sleep because I need it!<br />
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Well this ends this <b>Update</b>.<br />
As always, are there any questions? Anything I forgot to mention?<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alisha</span></span></b></div>
ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-71740303982840151932011-08-06T16:50:00.001-04:002011-08-07T18:36:56.249-04:00Some Girls Are<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is a book I've been wanting to read since I read a preview of it on Barnes and Noble. It's <i>Some Girls Are</i> by Courtney Summers.<br />
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Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion in this dark new tale from the author of <i>Cracked Up to Be</i>.<br />
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Regina has been at the top her whole high school career. She was always the one giving the torture, never the one on the receiving end. Now she is. Now she knows just how much everyone hates her. She knew she was mean. She also knew that she was doing it because Anna told her to. She didn't want to lose Anna, didn't ever want to be on the receiving end of her torture. Now she is all because she told the wrong person what happened at a party. She told the one person who would spin it the wrong way and make her look bad. Now no one believes her when she tries to tell them the truth. Except Michael, who should hate her because of what she did to him. He should hate her just like her former friend Liz does. Liz received the same treatment that Regina is receiving, but there's one difference. Regina knows what these girls are capable of - at least she thinks she does - and she's going to fight back. She may be sorry for what she did to Michael and Liz, but she'll never be sorry to Anna and Kara because of how they decided to handle things.<br />
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I'm just glad I never had to go through this in high school. Yes at my high school people gossiped and spread rumors, but it was nothing compared to what happens to in this book. Also I was never one who went out of my way to get noticed, so things like this never came my way. Honestly girls can be brutal, especially ones who think they've been wronged in some way. I kept wanting to shout at Anna and tell her to listen and ask herself why Regina would lie about such a serious thing as being raped. But you could tell she didn't want to listen, just wanted to get revenge. Anna was always the mastermind behind the bullying, but she always had other people do her dirty work for her. They didn't stop at a simple freeze out and spreading of rumors. No they wrote whore on her locker, made a nasty website about Regina, and even went to the point of attacking her physically. Yet that's not the worse of it. When Anna finds out how important Michael is to Regina, she uses that against her, and tries to break them apart forever. I wondered as I read this book, where's the adults. Where are the people who are suppose to help in these situations. The ones who always say they're here for you if you need them. Those types seem to absent from this book. Yes Regina's parents are there, but they easily believe what she tells them. There are teachers and the principal, but they seem to ignore the obvious signs of something wrong with their students. So Regina is basically left on her own to deal with this, until her and Michael start becoming friends. She may have found someone to finally turn to. Yes this is a book about the mean girl finally getting what she deserves, but does anyone really deserve something like this to happen to her. Maybe in the beginning some people will be happy that she's finally getting treated like she treated everyone else at school. But there does come a point when enough is enough, and no one deserves things like this to happen to them even if they may have wronged people in their past.<br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-80856303391852491992011-08-04T11:46:00.000-04:002011-08-04T11:46:21.103-04:00Jellicoe Road<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is the book I highlighted on my Hop post. It's <i>Jellicoe Road</i> by Melina Marchetta.<br />
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At age eleven, Taylor Markman was abandoned by her mother. At fourteen, she ran away from boarding school, only to be tracked down and brought back by a mysterious stranger. Now seventeen, Taylor's the reluctant leader of her school's underground community, whose annual territory war with the Townies and visiting Cadets has just begun. This year, though, the Cadets are led by Jonah Griggs, and Taylor can't avoid his intense gaze for long. To make matters worse, Hannah, the one adult Taylor trusts, has disappeared. But if Taylor can piece together the clues Hannah left behind, the truth she uncovers might not just settle her past, but also change her future.<br />
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For starters, this book confused me in the beginning. I hadn't read the synopsis when I decided to read it. I just picked it up at the library read the small summary on the copyright page, and decided to give it a try. That wasn't the reason it confused me. It starts off with an exert from something else, but I don't fully understand how it goes along with the story. It didn't involve Taylor, so it kept me wondering what it had to do with the book at all. There's more like this throughout and as Taylor starts to piece them together I do too. It may just be me who thinks these passages from Hannah's book are confusing, but I also didn't know they were from Hannah's book. A bunch of this book is about uncovering things. Like everything seems to be a mystery that we'll find out about later, so it keeps you reading. But it's not just that. I really liked reading this book. I liked reading about the territory wars, and I kept wanting to know how everything tied in together. I honestly got emotional close to end. When everything came out and I find out what had happened before, it just got to me. This book was excellent, even after the slow start it had in the beginning with me being confused, I ended up liking this book a whole lot. It was well written and gets you engrossed in the story. It's based in Australia so some of the terminology I didn't completely get but that in no way effects the story that is being told. I really wish I had a place like Jellicoe Road now.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alisha</span></span></b></div>
ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-48449170355810237742011-08-01T16:16:00.002-04:002011-08-01T16:19:38.159-04:00Catching Fire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Finally got to read this book. It's <i>Catching Fire</i> by Suzanne Collins.<br />
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<b>Sparks are igniting. </b><br />
<b>Flames are spreading.</b><br />
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Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.<br />
In <i>Catching Fire</i>, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before ... and surprising readers at every turn.<br />
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Where to begin, where to begin? All I can say is that I am simply amazed. I had liked the first book. I thought it was good. I thought it had the right unexpected twists and turns that made it a book you didn't want to put down, yet I still thought that it had all these twists but I still wanted something more from it. That if I had gone my whole life without reading it I would be fine. The second book took it up a notch. Collins throws in more twists and more turns. She shows the cruelness of the Capitol even more. You wonder how is Katniss suppose to stop a rebellion when she thinks there needs to be one. The Victory tour was meant to help save the lives of the ones she loves, by trying to prove to the Capitol and all the districts that she was so love crazy, it was her final act to keep the guy she loved, not a act against the Capitol. But Katniss doesn't know what it was anymore. She does know that all she wanted was to live. Yet she goes along with what President Snow tells her to do anyways, but it may be too late. Things have already happened that she can't change, and there's always that other twist that will make you cringe. I wondered as I read this book how any person could think this was fair. That sending children to fight to the death was an okay way to keep people from rebellion. That killing anyone who said something against the Capitol was right choice of action. That the Capitol should be allowed to thrive, while the districts starve and are basically slaves to the Capitol. I also kept wondering how the people in the Capitol got to live where they are. What made them so special to get to pretend that the Hunger Games are just that a game, a form of entertainment. I know there are countries out there that treat their citizens just as poorly, and I hate that this is how the world is, and maybe that's what the Hunger Games trilogy is trying to show. I just know that this book had me on my toes, not wanting to put it down, or miss a second of being able to read it. I can tell you that if you haven't read this book already then you will be truly surprised by what happens and the ending. </div>
ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-85713110898553706532011-07-31T21:08:00.002-04:002011-08-08T17:00:41.163-04:00Update(13)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Recently on Alisha's World:</b><br />
I reviewed <a href="http://alishareads.blogspot.com/2011/07/almost-perfect.html"><i>Almost Perfect</i></a>, <i><a href="http://alishareads.blogspot.com/2011/07/body-finder.html">The Body Finder</a></i> and <a href="http://alishareads.blogspot.com/2011/07/sky-is-every-where.html"><i>The Sky is Everywhere</i></a> since my last update. I also participated in another Hop and started posting for my meme, <b>From My Bookshelf, </b>again. Just click<a href="http://alishareads.blogspot.com/2011/07/from-my-bookshelf9.html"> here</a> to check that out.<br />
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<b>Coming Up:</b><br />
I have recently finished nearly every book I checked out from the library. They include: <i>Catching Fire</i> by Suzanne Collins, <i>Jellicoe Roa</i>d by Melina Marchetta, and <i>The Forest of Hands and Teeth</i> by Carrie Ryan. I should have reviews up for those sometime this week. They'll be my first posts for August. I also plan to do another post for <b>From My Bookshelf</b> on Wednesday. I also should have <i>Dramarama</i> by E. Lockhart done soon. I just ordered <i>Some Girls Are</i> by Courtney Summers, and hope to get it this week so I can start reading it. Ever since I read a preview, I've been dying to read this book. It's another book that goes toward edgy and relatable as part of my need to get away from paranormal and vampires for a while. It's probably only going to be for a little while that I stay away from that genre. I feel that I want to be able to relate with what's going on with the characters in the books I read, and I can't do that reading about a girl who falls in love with a vampire or is a vampire. I know people love that genre, but I feel they have all started seeming like I'm reading the same book over and over again. So for now, I'm taking a break and reading those books that tend to make you cry, even though that's not the main reason I want to read them.<br />
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<b>Happenings for the Summer:</b><br />
I have two more exams this week, and then next week is finals and I get to go home for a much needed break. During this break, I am going to try to find clothes to match the person I discovered I am but haven't been able to show to people because I haven't been able to get away from school and go shopping and get my hair fixed. If you want to read the rant about this, you can check out my other blog <a href="http://thisisalisha.blogspot.com/">Who Am I...</a> I probably don't plan on doing summer classes again, at least not here at the college I am now. Anyways, I'm hoping these last two weeks go by fast and I'm home soon.<br />
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This ends Update 13.<br />
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As always, are there any questions? Please don't hesitate to raise your hand and ask.<br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-58379830793433033952011-07-30T15:44:00.002-04:002011-08-02T19:48:57.573-04:00Almost Perfect<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here's another book I've managed to read even with my somewhat busy schedule, it's <i>Almost Perfect</i> by Brian Katcher.<br />
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Once Logan knows Sage's secret, everything changes. He doesn't know how to act, what this makes him, and sure doesn't want people to know. He thinks the best thing to do is to not be friends with Sage any longer, just cut her out of his life completely. Yet, he realizes that he misses Sage too much for this, and he tries to be her friend again, tries to understand. He doesn't know what this really could mean for them.<br />
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I didn't know if I would like reading this book or not, I just felt intrigued to know how someone in Logan's situation would handle it. He acted the way any guy would, from other stories I've heard, he lashed out at her. Tried to think of her as a he, but it didn't work for him, he kept thinking of the Sage he knew, and could never imagine her as a guy. I hated it when Logan lashed out at Sage, acted like he hated her, wanted to hurt her, but it's understandable. A huge secret was just dropped on him, and he had never had to deal with that before. The worse thing that had happened to him to before Sage was Brenda breaking up with him by cheating on him. I felt that Logan was a little naive with his relationship with Brenda. They had dated since freshman year, and he just assumed that they would go to college together. That they would be together after high school. From what he kept saying about her, Brenda never acted like she really liked him that much, but he couldn't see this. He thought he was in love. With Sage it was different, he could tell she liked him, but she couldn't date. So she wanted to be friends, but kept flirting with him. I don't know if she understood what this was doing to him. Then after he finds out, he has to decide whether he can kick Sage out of his life forever or if he wants to understand what's going with her. Why she chose this life, to live as a girl instead of a boy which she was born to be? He finds out how her father sees her, as his boy playing dress up and being a disgrace to him. He starts to understand that Sage needs a friend. Yet things don't always go as you want them to, there's not always that happily-ever-after. I couldn't put this book down once I got into it. Logan's friends added humor to the book, as well as Sage, but you still got that emotional side of when Logan didn't know what to do, how to handle things. He didn't know what would happen to him later on, he just wanted life to go the way he planned, but it hardly ever does. I liked that Logan tried to be there for Sage, tried to get to know her, tried to understand. I wish others were more like this, and didn't have such hatred for people that are different, and want to live their lives a different way than what was planned for them. I can honestly tell you I did feel sad at the end of this book, but also happy. You'll just have to check it out for yourself to understand exactly why.<br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-90579727253003997172011-07-29T10:13:00.001-04:002011-07-30T15:47:10.678-04:00Book Blogger Hop(20)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's that wonderful time of the week again. It's Friday, so that means that's it time for the Book Blogger Hop which is hosted at Crazy-for-books. Just click <a href="http://crazy-for-books.com/2011/07/book-blogger-hop-729-81.html">here</a> to find out what to do and how to enter.<br />
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For this week's question it's:<br />
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<b>"Highlight the book you have received this week(for review, from the library, purchased at the store, etc) that you can't wait to dig into!"</b></div>
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I got quite a few books from the library this week just because I just kept finding more that I wanted to read. I have already read some of them, so the next one I can't wait to read is<i> Jellicoe Road</i> by Melina Marchetta.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">"What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Abandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven, Taylor Markham, now seventeen, is finally being confronted with her past. But as the reluctant leader of her boarding school dorm, there isn't a lot of time for introspection. And while Hannah, the closest adult Taylor has to family, has disappeared, Jonah Griggs is back in town, moody stares and all.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">In this absorbing story by Melina Marchetta, nothing is as it seems and every clue leads to more questions as Taylor tries to work out the connection between her mother dumping her, Hannah finding her then and her sudden departure now, a mysterious stranger who once whispered something in her ear, a boy in her dreams, five kids who lived on Jellicoe Road eighteen years ago, and the maddening and magnetic Jonah Griggs, who knows her better than she thinks he does. If Taylor can put together the pieces of her past, she might just be able to change her future.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It sounds like it's going to be good, and I hope it is. I can't wait to finally get to reading it. </span></span></div>
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-65171205057714253182011-07-28T10:22:00.004-04:002011-07-31T21:04:11.479-04:00The Sky is Everywhere<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This one is <i>The Sky is Everywhere</i> by Jandy Nelson.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLE6psWbG-aP6t8lO00qWrH0SbH9Q5yProp1iF7wIUvlm0tD8OtjYPWz6DRf1h23WMo_hNpsfb0K0cJ5IQCsC1n9nJYFLp1oJYq3DiT8tf0x-T6BT1xakjbHApVFi01ZURQFA2l60WuH4S/s1600/the+sky+is+every+where.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLE6psWbG-aP6t8lO00qWrH0SbH9Q5yProp1iF7wIUvlm0tD8OtjYPWz6DRf1h23WMo_hNpsfb0K0cJ5IQCsC1n9nJYFLp1oJYq3DiT8tf0x-T6BT1xakjbHApVFi01ZURQFA2l60WuH4S/s1600/the+sky+is+every+where.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life — and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Bailey’s boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie’s own. Joe is the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, they’re the sun and the moon; one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But just like their celestial counterparts, they can’t collide without the whole wide world exploding.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Just as much a celebration of love as it is a portrait of loss, Lennie’s struggle to sort her own melody out of the noise around her is always honest, often hilarious, and ultimately unforgettable.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Lennie's not sure what to do now that her sister is dead. She was so use to being with her all the time, so use to being her shadow, the companion pony to the race horse. Now Lennie has to live the rest of her life in a world that Bailey will no longer be in, and that fills her with so much grief. She wants to remember Bailey, but can't help feeling sad whenever she feels happy even though Bailey is gone. Toby is feeling the same grief, and they comfort each other, and it's like they're bringing her back. Joe never met Bailey, and Lennie isn't sure if Joe would like her if he knew her before Bailey was gone. He thinks that she is an amazing clarinet player, but Lennie doesn't want to play her clarinet anymore, didn't even before Bailey was gone. Yet maybe Joe can help her see how it can help her, how they have this wonderful thing in common. Lennie spends her time writing poems about her and Bailey, and leaving them under rocks, in books, just on the ground, anywhere just so people will read them. So people will know about her Bailey, the sister she adored and loved. Yet her sister had secrets that she couldn't share with Lennie before she died, secrets that Lennie will have to face later. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Simply put, I loved this book. From the very beginning, I got pulled in. I wanted to understand Lennie's grief. I wanted her to be able to get through it and see that she could live without her sister, but she will always be remembered. Her family, Uncle Big and Gram, are all sorts of weird, but are so hilarious. This book had me laughing and wanting to cry. The parts about her mother had me wanting Lennie to see what everyone else saw, that her mother left her and she may not come back, but Lennie just wanted to believe in the story her Gram told her, wanted to believe that her mother was an explorer, traveling the world. I didn't know what to think about what was going on with Toby, but I thought it may help them both get through it. Later on I just thought that they were wallowing in their grief too much. I loved Joe, his quirkiness, his huge, bright smile, his musical ability, and the fact that he called her John Lennon. I loved Lennie's poems that were put in chapters throughout the book. Even though Lennie doesn't think anything good should come out of her sister's death, she still meets Joe, and she doesn't know if things would be the same with them if her sister was there. Would she still be as "awake" as Joe believes her to be? She does know that she'll never be the same person she was when Bailey was around, and she also knows what it's like to lose someone so easily without warning. She knows she should also love the life she has while she has it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">After finishing reading this book, I had the urge to pick it right back up, just like Lennie with <i>Wuthering Heights</i>, a book she admittedly read 23 times. </span><br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-42575766533542100162011-07-27T09:37:00.003-04:002011-07-27T18:34:39.227-04:00The Body Finder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This one's <i>The Body Finder</i> by Kimberly Derting.<br />
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<b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world . . . and the imprints that attach to their killers.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift; it mostly just led her to find dead birds her cat left for her. But now that a serial killer is terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, Violet realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Despite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet find the murderer and Violet is unnerved by her hope that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. But even as she's falling intensely in love, Violet is getting closer and closer to discovering a killer . . . and becoming his prey herself.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Ever since she was a little kid, Violet has been able to sense or feel "echos," what she calls the sounds, lights, or smells, that she can pick up when an animal has been killed. She didn't first get an echo off a dead body till she was 8. But since then, she has always picked up these"echos," and made sure that the animals had a proper burial this way the echos were calmer and not as easy to pick up. She has been able to handle this strange power of hers, deal with it, until she finds another body in the lake. A body of girl who's been murder. No one but her family and her best friend, Jay, know that she has this power, and they all try to keep her safe. They make it appear like she just happened upon the bodies, not letting people know that she's drawn to them and she can't help but go to the echos. After finding the girl in the lake, more girls go missing, and Violet is determined to find out who it is. Jay doesn't want her to, thinks that this will cause her too much problems, but Violet won't listen. She's head over heels for Jay, but she's not sure he feels the same way. He seems like the perfect guy for her. They've been friends since they were in the first grade. They know everything about each other, but Violet just keeps thinking that he will always treat her like a friend. It doesn't help that he got hotter over the summer, and now every girl is gaga over him, even the most popular girl in school. Yet maybe there is hope for Violet and Jay.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I enjoyed reading this book mainly for the suspense of finding out who was behind the kidnappings and murders. Little chapters that were told from the serial killer's point of view are thrown adding to the suspense. At some points I didn't like Violet. She acted somewhat immature for her age, at least in my opinion, and sometimes naive, even though she has this power that makes it where she knows their are terrible cruelties in this world. I felt like the things with Jay seemed to overpower everything. I mean I love reading YA Romance, but I felt this was suppose to be more about finding the serial killer, about Violet using her powers. I liked Jay, but I didn't understand how he all of a sudden got hot because I felt I never got a true description of him. It was hard for me to imagine what he looked like, but I still loved his personalities. Overall, I liked this book, and want to read the next one, hoping that it focuses more on Violet's gift or power. </span><br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-86229325410033440232011-07-27T09:08:00.003-04:002011-07-28T18:43:43.841-04:00From My Bookshelf(9)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has been probably a year since I've done one of these posts, but I felt like I needed to start it up again. If you just recently became a follower of mine or after I stopped doing these posts, then I should fill you in on what this is all about. This is my own little meme or whatever, where I review books that are literally on my bookshelf or I read way before I started my blog. A lot of those include books from the library or books I stole from my sister. It's suppose to be a weekly post that I either do Wednesday or Thursday, just depending on if I have the time. So to kick this thing off again, I decided to make this one about a book I recently just reread while I was at home for a week break and it's also a book I stole from my sister lol. It's <i>The Truth About Forever</i> by Sarah Dessen.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">But Macy's plans don't anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or . . . Wes. Tattooed, artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn't fit Macy's life at all, so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So . . . happy? What is it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about how much she misses her father, who died before her eyes the year before?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">It had another name, a real name, but that’s what everyone called it. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">“Okay,” he said, wedging a final pair of socks along the edge of his suitcase. “The list. One more time.”</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I picked up the piece of paper beside me. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">“Pens,” I said. “Notebooks. Phone card. Camera battery. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Vitamins.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Like all Sarah Dessen books, they have a way of pulling you in and not letting you go till you finish it. There's always family drama thrown in with the guy. In </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The Truth About Forever</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">, it's been a year since her dad died and everyone is dealing with it in their own way. Macy doesn't talk about it with her mother, and pretends to be the perfect daughter. She pretends everything is fine, just fine when all actuality they are not. She already has a boyfriend, Jason, a guy she met when she needed someone to provide a direction for her life. He may not show that he loves her, but she knows he does. That's why she's willing to take over his place at the library information desk even though the girls she'll be working with hate her. When Macy meets the Wish Catering crew, she never imagines she'll see them again. She can't see her life being as chaotic as their job, but somehow after getting an upsetting email from Jason, she runs into them again and starts a whole new chapter of her life. She starts spending her summer differently than how she expected. She still works at the information desk because that is what is expected of her. What's not expected of her is to meet a guy, a guy that doesn't seem anything like a guy she would ever spend her time with. Wes is an artist, unique, and attractive.He doesn't give Macy that look of pity, the look Macy says, is the look everyone gives her once they find out her dad died, and she was there when it happened. The "poor little girl" look. A look that mostly is anything but sincere. He wants to know about her, wants to know why she doesn't run anymore, why she is who she is. So they randomly start playing the Truth game. A game that you can only lose if you lie. Many times it seems like Macy wants to lie, but she finds herself actually talking with Wes. With Wes maybe she can finally learn how to deal with what happened to her father, maybe she can find happiness in the chaotic world of Wish Catering, maybe she can find out the truth about forever. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This was probably the second or third book of Sarah Dessen's that I read. I loved how she would put parts from her earlier books into each one after the one before this, </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This Lullaby</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(which I read after the </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Truth About Forever</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">). You may not notice them before because they could be little things, but in some of them it could be more. I like the fact that in her books you can find yourself relating to the characters in some way. Either in what they're going through or their personalities. I haven't lost a parent like Macy, but I have lost a relative I was really close to. I could understand her pain with that. I always wish I could meet a guy like the one's in Dessen's books, but I know that may not happen, but I can always hope. In this book, I really liked Wes, and he's probably one of my favorite guys from Dessen's books. I reread this book mainly because I had recently read </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">What Happened to Goodbye</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">, and I wanted to remember something about Jason. If you read </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">What Happened to Goodbye</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">, then you will understand what I'm talking about. One of my few problems with these books is that the plot can sometimes be predictable, that she over uses the family issues and finding the right guy scenario too much. Yet her books seem too much like what can really happen, so maybe that's why it seems to be a little overused, or maybe it's just me. I still love reading these books and they tend to be my go to books when I need a quick read that will make me happy. There also some of the few books I reread. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">So this ends my first </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">From My Bookshelf</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> I've done in a while. I hope to keep them coming. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">So do you want to learn the truth about forever?</span></span></span><br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-90675199322986526892011-07-24T19:47:00.002-04:002011-07-24T19:48:02.155-04:00Update(12)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Joined in on the Blog Hop that's hosted by <a href="http://crazy-for-books.com/">Crazy-For-Books</a>. I have no idea how long it's been since I've done one of the Hops. Found some interesting new blogs to follow. Didn't post any new reviews but that's mainly because I have been busy studying for an exam I have tomorrow. </div>
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I have finished reading both <i>The Body Finder</i> by Kimberly Dertly and <i>Almost Perfect</i> by Brian Katcher, so look for those reviews. I plan on going to the library to get some new books to read. I'm hoping that whoever has <i>Catching Fire</i> out right now has returned it and that I will get an email about it this week. I want to continue <i>The Hunger Games</i> series just because I've already read the first one, but I'm still afraid I'm going to be highly disappointed by the ending. That's all that's planned for this coming up week.</div>
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Well I have a Bio. exam tomorrow. I don't feel prepared, but I've never felt prepared for Bio no matter how hard I study. I have a Chem exam Wednesday, hoping to do well on it. I'm hoping I can go to this thing on Tuesday, but other than that I'm hoping my week isn't too stressful and I may actually get to relax for a change. I'm going to be really happy when August 11th comes because that's my last day here in Clemson for the summer. Then I get to go home for a little over two weeks and be lazy, but also be preparing to come back for the fall. I'm looking into to schools to transfer to for my junior year. I'm looking at schools that have my major and aren't as expensive as my school now. I've found one, but the distance from my hometown could be an issue(for my mother, not me). So that's what's going on so far this summer for me.</div>
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-64290124043892044822011-07-22T22:37:00.005-04:002011-07-30T15:47:23.904-04:00Book Blogger Hop(19)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So I haven't done this in quite some time, so I thought I'd give it a go again, and try to find some more awesome book blogs. There have been some changes to the Hop since I last participated, but if you want to participate as well just go to </span><a href="http://crazy-for-books.com/2011/07/book-blogger-hop-722-725.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Crazy-For-Books</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(this is a direct link to the post), read her instructions on there and get to hopping! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My answer to this Hop's question:</span><br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-39905035971376232702011-07-20T12:15:00.000-04:002011-07-20T12:15:11.849-04:00Update(11)I haven't done one of these in a while, but I decided I need to start giving updates just so you know what's going on.<br />
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<b>Recently on Alisha's World:</b><br />
Just reviewed quite a few books, including <i>Stolen</i> by Lucy Christopher, <i>Shiver</i> by Maggie Stiefvater, <i>The Hunger Games</i> by Suzanne Collins, <i>City of Fallen Angels </i>by Cassandra Clare, and a few others. You can check all those out by just going to my blog archive. I've just gotten back into blogging more regularly again and hope to keep it up.<br />
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<b>Coming Up:</b><br />
A review of <i>Vampire Academy</i> by Richelle Mead should be up soon. I should be done reading <i>The Body Finder </i>by Kimberly Dertly soon, so look for a review for it in the next week. I'm also reading <i>Almost Perfect</i> by Brian Katcher, so there may be a review up for that one up in the next couple of weeks. I'm also planning on doing some reviews for books I haven't been able to post yet, so look for those. That should include <i>A Great and Terrible Beauty</i> by Libba Bray and a couple others.<br />
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<b>Happenings for the Summer:</b><br />
Well I'm spending my weekdays in class or at work, and my weekends just happy to have something of a break. This is one reason I've been able to read more and post more on here, I've had more time. I'm only taking two classes and they aren't that bad. If you would like to read more about this than check out my other blog:<br />
<a href="http://thisisalisha.blogspot.com/">Who Am I...</a><br />
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So this ends Update 11.<br />
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Any questions?ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-86854842670040978952011-07-19T11:33:00.002-04:002011-07-19T11:34:44.355-04:00StolenThis one's about <i>Stolen </i>by Lucy Christopher.<br />
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<b>About and Thoughts on Book:</b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNceHpHZmcCaJoxZOkdL7SpyL0HnN8K1Q1wta0dSBt8oHfJ_b2IPrVnU4tmN3MZpLnCjTCXiXoxAEvmXbT-6euWoeuQOaYXxb_qA7qJvnoeSx1eWYhwV1TCh0JOXZ38JMs2OmPJHkYvq60/s1600/stolen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNceHpHZmcCaJoxZOkdL7SpyL0HnN8K1Q1wta0dSBt8oHfJ_b2IPrVnU4tmN3MZpLnCjTCXiXoxAEvmXbT-6euWoeuQOaYXxb_qA7qJvnoeSx1eWYhwV1TCh0JOXZ38JMs2OmPJHkYvq60/s1600/stolen.jpg" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty—rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar—pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare—or die trying to fight it.</span></span></b><br />
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To Gemma, Ty seems really familiar but she doesn't know why. When they meet in the airport, she thinks he's cute and interesting, but something keeps nagging at her about him. Before she can go back to her parents back to the life she's use to, he takes her and makes her live with him in the desert of Australia where no one can find her. Gemma's clever, and tries many times to escape, but like Ty told her she'll only die trying. She thinks it's better than getting killed by him. All she can think in the beginning is that he has some plan to kill her. Then he starts talking, starts telling her things about him, about the world he grew up in, and about how he first met her.<br />
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This book is told in the past tense, written as a letter from Gemma to Ty, making you believe that she's escaped, but even with it being like that you are never too sure what's going to happen. Gemma believes that Ty is going to kill her, so she knows there has to be some way out. There has to be somebody else who can save her. There has to be some town close by, people close by. As the days go on, Gemma starts finding the beauty in the place that Ty created, not truly knowing what to feel about him anymore. She doesn't know what to think, did he steal her or save her. This fast-paced novel keeps you on you toes, making you feel Gemma's fear and her wanting to escape. It's a book I was reluctant to put down till the end.ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-40792852529393914162011-07-14T12:16:00.003-04:002011-07-28T18:47:06.272-04:00Hate List<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">What if you created a list of people and things that you hated just to vent, never meaning for it to be used for anything? Never really wanting these people gone, just for them to stop torturing you, and they do stop but not not the way you wanted them to. Instead they die because of the list you made. This is what happens to Valerie. She created this list with the help of her boyfriend, Nick. It was just a way for her to vent because she couldn't stand being around those people. She wanted them to know how much they made her suffered, but she didn't want them to die. Nick thought she did, he wanted them to that's why he opened fire on the school on May 2nd. A few people died, a lot injured, including Valerie. She just wanted it to stop and be over. She just wanted Nick to stop shooting. Some thought she was a hero, others thought she was in on it. She made the list that was used for Nick to pick his target, why wouldn't she be in on it. Now Valerie has to deal with going back to school, with the people who are still there, the ones that blame her, and the friends that ignore her. WIth the help of therapist, Dr. Hieler, he's able to help Valerie come to terms with what happened and learn to cope with it and move on.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">This book wasn't like I expected from when I first started reading it. In the beginning it kept jumping from present to past making me not know what all was going on or whether we were in the present or still talking about something that happened a few months before. Valerie is still hung up on Nick. In her mind, he's still the guy that she met freshman year, who showed her his love for Shakespeare and understood what she was going through with bullies at school and her family problems. He's still the boy who got what she was all about. Valerie thought she knew Nick that she understood him, but maybe she was wrong. I found the scenes with the parents kind of frustrating. They were going through their own problems before the shooting happened, and now after the shooting they seem to be making it be the thing that caused everything. Valerie's Dad in my opinion is a complete jerk, but maybe that's just how he had to deal with things by trying to stay away from Valerie for a while. I don't think he got that she needed someone there for her. She did have that in her therapist, who managed to get her to talk about things on her own on her own time. When she first goes back to school, she does get those stares and even one girls drops out of school because she can't stand to be around her. The girl she saved, Jessica, tries to be her friend. At first you don't know if it's genuine or not, but later on you find out that she's trying to get to know Valerie. There are newspaper articles at the beginning of the first few chapters and a few of the last ones. Letting you know what others thought of the shooting and that they thought the school was a better place now, which wasn't true at all. They wanted it to be, but you learn in this book that people don't always change even after they go through a tragedy. Some people will always be the same. Valerie definitely changes. One part of the book is a flashback to the shooting to what Valerie thought was happening, to what she thought was going on with Nick. You get to understand Valerie and feel her pain. She can't decide if she's a hero or a villain. Some days she thinks both, some days neither. She never thought she would go through something like this and now she doesn't know how to deal with the aftermath. This book will pull you in, you'll understand what Valerie's going through, you'll feel like you're there in her life, during the shootings, and during everything afterwards. A great book that teaches you not everyone changes when faced with a tragedy, but some people do grow and change for the better. Yhat this will always be there, but you can move on.</span></span></div>
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-26092172839207145112011-07-10T20:10:00.001-04:002011-07-19T11:53:11.840-04:00City of Fallen Angels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a book I've been waiting to read for a while now. It's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">City of Fallen Angels</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> by Cassandra Clare and it's book 4 of the Mortal Instrument series.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">They're back. The characters that you loved from the first 3 books are back again in the newest book in the Mortal Instrument series. The war is over and Clary and Jace can finally be together, but not everything is perfect. This one isn't told from Clary's point of view as much as the others. Simon has an even bigger role in this one because everyone wants him. He may just be the key to stopping this whole thing.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Something about this series pulls me in and makes me feel like I'm a part of it. The writing is wonderful, making you think you're there. Every time I pick up one the books in The Mortal Instrument series, I think I'm a Shadowhunter, fighting demons, or that I'm going through what Clary's going through with Jace. So when Jace starts acting strange, I feel like he's let me down. That he's breaking my heart. It's hard to come back from this world, but maybe it's just me. It's one of the reasons I truly love this series, but also a reason I can't stand the endings. It makes me think my life has come to a halt waiting for the rest of my life to be written. So I felt that again at the end of <i>City of Fallen Angels</i>. I don't want to give anything away because this book is a must to read of you are at all into the paranormal YA scene. Jace is just as arrogant and as sarcastic as ever, having great moments with Simon. Simon is still geeky, even though he's suppose to be a hot vampire. Clary still her stubborn self, never listening and always wanting to take care of things herself. But they've grown a lot since the first book, <i>City of Bones</i>. Even Isabelle has changed, and you get to read about a different side of her in this book besides her badass Shadowhunter side. It's a great book, that I simply couldn't put down. It's a world I didn't want to leave. </span></span></div>
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This is another book I managed to finish in the week I had off. It's <i>Shiver</i> by Maggie Stiefvater.<br />
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Grace has a connection with Sam since the moment they meet when she's dragged from her tire swing by his pack. She doesn't know anything about them then, but she knows there's something special about the yellowed-eyed wolf, Sam. The moment they meet when Sam is human, Grace knows they're meant to be together. There's just one catch, one that Same is reluctant to tell Grace. Sam can only be a human when it's warm outside and he won't stay human that long. There has to be some way to keep him human because now that Grace has him, she doesn't want to give him up.<br />
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I originally didn't want to read this book. I am not a fan of werewolves stories. So yes that would mean I'm not Team Jacob, but honestly I'm not Team Edward either. I think Taylor Lautner is hot, but it still didn't make me all that into werewolves. To me, a lot of the werewolves stories are the same. You either change during a full moon or when you're angry. You can either be born a werewolf or be bitten and become one. Stiefvater changes it up. Yes these werewolves are bitten to become a wolf, but they change because of the temperature. They're wolves when it's cold and human when it's warm during the spring and summer. But they stop changing back and forth after a few years, the rest of their lives being spent as a wolf. I had never read a book that had it happen like that. It was refreshing. I loved reading every page, not wanting to put it down. I regret not reading it sooner, but at least I don't have to wait forever to read the next ones. It's beautifully written, switching between Grace's and Sam's point of views. They each are great characters. I especially loved Sam. He always had to write a song for everything, and I loved that about him. You fall in love with him just as much as Grace does. You root for their love even though there's a chance it won't work out. Yes this sounds familiar to other books, but don't count it out just because of that factor. It's amazing I ever thought I wouldn't like this book.<br />
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ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-71097980594723527232011-07-07T10:16:00.000-04:002011-07-07T10:16:16.892-04:00What Happened to Goodbye?Managed to read a lot over my week break from summer classes and one of the books that I managed to read is W<i>hat Happened to Goodbye</i> by Sarah Dessen.<br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like all Sarah Dessen books, this one is a love story with family drama thrown in. In <i>What Happened to Goodbye</i>(which I believe should be called What Ever Happened to Goodbye, for some reason that just bugs me), the family drama is Mclean's parents' divorce. He mother cheated on her father with the head basketball coach of the fictional college, Defriese, and leaves him to marry the guy. Besides the cheating part, the fact that it's with the Defriese's basketball coach a widely known school, makes it a huge scandal. So anyone who knows of Defriese and keeps tabs on college basketball knows about what happened. Mclean and her dad love basketball, but it's not the same any more after what happened. In my opinion, Mclean's mom acts like she's trying to escape her past just as much as Mclean is trying to change herself. Mclean's wants her mom to own up for what she did. She broke up a family and doesn't seem to be acknowledging that. So instead of dealing with her mom, she takes care of her dad. She doesn't know what he would be like if she wasn't there to handle things. So Mclean is only close to her dad and never really makes those close connections with anyone she meets in any of the towns she moves to, until now. After meeting Dave, he helps her to realize that she does have friends in Lakeview and maybe she doesn't want to leave this town and have a new persona that isn't her real self. This book, like all of Sarah Dessen's books, is extremely well written with a great heroine that you can't help but like even with her flaws. With most of Sarah Dessesn's books, I want to just read the parts that include Dave, but with this one I enjoyed all of it. It's another awesome book that fans of Dessen's previous novels are sure to not be disappointed in.</span></div>ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330947248638437988.post-38844064631438293252011-06-21T11:51:00.001-04:002011-06-23T10:19:30.133-04:00Top Ten Tuesday(1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJ-AfLD1XcNYE1rMUoOzXP4U5wG8u1-416Fbo9a_PPP5f57-A7phhvO329hxDoMhN-WQCxAvhawYHS5wAkMzoZku6IQYxXQJ5nV6Exxvns89ZtONXI-4a81OjTxPF_t-vweEjqFjVBsi-/s1600/top+ten+tuesday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJ-AfLD1XcNYE1rMUoOzXP4U5wG8u1-416Fbo9a_PPP5f57-A7phhvO329hxDoMhN-WQCxAvhawYHS5wAkMzoZku6IQYxXQJ5nV6Exxvns89ZtONXI-4a81OjTxPF_t-vweEjqFjVBsi-/s200/top+ten+tuesday.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at </span><a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Broke and the Bookish</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.<br />
Each week there's a new post of Top Ten list that one of the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. Just add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out your blog and you can check out others as well. If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment on their site. Like the Book Blogger Hops it's a great way to find blogs out there. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Number 1 reason has to be that I simply love reading! I can't live without my books. I have always been an avid reader and a book blog let's me find others who share my passion for it. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. It's a way to get share my thoughts about a book with others. Before I became a book blogger, I had only one person I would talk about books with, my sister. We both love reading, but no one else we knew ever read the same books we did or knew what we were talking about half the time. Now I have found tons of blogs that people post how they loved or disliked a book almost as much I do. It's a great way to see others ideas on a particular book.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Audience. When I first started this blog, I had barely anyone following me, and I didn't know what I was doing. Then I started finding other book blogs and people started leaving comments on my post and helped me get better at it because I knew I really wanted people to know how I felt about a book and so I wouldn't lead them astray with a bad review.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. Changed my perspective. I admit I had a skewed view of the world. But when I started blogging I started reading others' blogs and it got me to see the world differently. I found people who enjoy reading just as much as I do and maybe more. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. Outlet. I have found that I say a lot more on my blog than I do in person. I'm quiet and shy, but on here I feel like I can really say how I feel about a book. I know I can give a bad review about a book because it's not like it's going to cause a major catastrophe. I have a right to my opinion and I feel like I'm more free to express it on here. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7. I can post whenever I want. I know there are weekly memes and doing weekly reviews is important to keep my blog current, but I have the freedom of posting when I have time and I can always come back and edit it. Recently I have been trying to get back on track and post reviews I should of posted months ago, but even though I know I should post more I do have the option of doing it when I have the time. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. Finding Awesome Books! I love reading others blogs and finding a new book that sounds awesome from their reviews. It gets me to read books of different genres that I might have not read before. I'm someone who mainly reads YA, but it was mostly paranormal or a bunch of series. I use to only get the books at my library never reading a review on it before. Now most of the time I read a review about it before I even think about buying it, maybe even before I read the preview. I know that I may feel differently than how the reviewer felt, but it's still helpful to know if a book is worth reading or not.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. I can be nerd that I want to be. I use to always have my nose in a book, and still would if I wasn't extremely busy all the time now. Even now, I find a way to at least read a few chapters of a book even if I don't really have the time. I use to think that no one was as obsessed as me, but I found through blogging that there are a lot of people who are like me and that makes me happy. I use to go on and on about books I loved with none of my friends really appreciating how awesome a book is because they just didn't have the passion I did for the book. Now I read others reviews and they have that same passion as me.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I read this book a while back, but like a lot of books I've read over the past months, I haven't had the time to post a review for them. There's no time like now to finally get a review in is there. So for this one it's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Vanished</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> by Kate brian the 12th book in the Private series. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Like the other books in this series, it keeps you on your toes till the end, and definitely after that. You may think you know what's going to happen or who committed the most recent crime, but then there's a twist that throws your earlier assumptions out the window. You want to keep reading even after it's over because you know something else has to be thrown into the mix to make it even more of a mystery. One of my few problems is that whenever I read these books there's always a cliffhanger at the end and then I have to wait months to get the next book and I sometimes forget what all happened in the last one. That's true for any book in a series, but with these it always seems like there's a cliffhanger, and they're not that long so when you get to the end you immediately want to have that next book in your hand. I do think that some parts of the book tend to be a little slow, but it's not enough to keep you from continuing to read it and possibly get done with it in a day or less. I know I usually finish them pretty quickly even though I wish I didn't so I didn't have to wait even longer for the next one. Yet what happens in the end of this one throws me for even more of a loop, I can't believe and it kind of disappoints me. Maybe it's just me but I didn't like the course this series has now taken. I plan on getting the 13th book in the series, but I haven't had time to go to a book store and get it or the other multitude of books on my forever growing "to be read" list that never seems to get any shorter. I am still trying to keep from purchasing books offline even though I get them used and for cheaper. This is all due to the fact that I'm trying to prove I don't have an addiction. Anyways if you like mysteries and you like the Pretty Little Liars series then I suggest you read this series. I think it is one that you will enjoy, especially if you like the suspense. Yet it's not a book that's a must read, which is one of the reasons why I haven't gotten the next one. </span></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 7px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkLaYSMR3tw6BvYcbAY9En2GYuSqf0nHKLrVHfUJKhtzhVYmwWdDmnzPKetRBK03xCxuyqvuGSBRVeGfrk-gzZ-FlmLiTx0lNWMBHMFrh7pt1GZNRMWO68EGz85aakzbWww4N7gs2AWX6/s1600/fallen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkLaYSMR3tw6BvYcbAY9En2GYuSqf0nHKLrVHfUJKhtzhVYmwWdDmnzPKetRBK03xCxuyqvuGSBRVeGfrk-gzZ-FlmLiTx0lNWMBHMFrh7pt1GZNRMWO68EGz85aakzbWww4N7gs2AWX6/s1600/fallen.jpg" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price's attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He's the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 7px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce--and goes out of his way to make that very clear--she can't let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I actually read this a while back, but didn't have the chance to review it. I've been extremely busy but that's no excuse for me not trying to get a review done about this book. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyways on to the book:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Luce is in trouble. A boy dies and her boarding school blames her. This is the reason why she is sent to Sword and Cross. Everyone there has their own reasons for being sent there, but once Luce sees Daniel, he's the only one she really wants to know about. I felt that Daniel was a total jerk to Luce every time he saw her. Except sometimes he'd forget that he was suppose to be mean to her and be the guy he really wished he could be around her. He has his reasons for being this way, it may just save Luce's life. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Of all the characters, I did like the Daniel the best even with the way he acted.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's always intriguing to read a book about a forbidden love. You know it's not suppose to work out, yet you keep hoping that it does anyways. It's true for this book as well. You want Luce to fall for Daniel even though Cam seems like someone any girl would love to have. He's the bad boy and that's saying something when it's based at a school where everyone there could possibly be considered a criminal. He entices you and makes you want to be around him. The parts that included Cam or Daniel were the parts I couldn't wait to get to read. Yet this book couldn't of been as good as it is without the other friends that Luce makes at Swords & Cross. Those being Penn and Arriane. Arriane befriends Luce on the first day, but my suspicions had me thinking she was bad news. She seemed to just want to get in trouble but she also seemed to be there for Luce. Penn is her own sort of person. She's always wearing multiple layers of clothing, even with the heat of being in Savannah, GA. She also knows her way around the school since she's been there her whole life, not because she got in trouble but because her dad use to be the ground's keeper. Just her knowing everything there is to know about Swords & Cross comes in handy for Luce. It doesn't hurt that Penn is one awesome friend.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even with all this, Daniel is still the main person Luce can't get enough of, neither could I. This story keeps you engrossed in it not allowing you put it down. What about fallen angels could ever be boring?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sorry it took me a while to post this. It has nothing to do with me not liking it as you can tell from my review. So go read a book about a forbidden love. You'd wished you'd had one of your own.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alisha</span></span></b></div></div>ALNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10294208848462755090noreply@blogger.com0