tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61252841385171744182024-03-19T16:49:40.083+13:00A Terrismen's CoppermindHello and welcomeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-55224864556239868132014-11-29T09:55:00.000+13:002014-11-29T09:55:20.647+13:00Review: Through The Ever Night by Veronica Rossi<br />
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Through The Ever Night<br />
Book two of Under The Never Sky<br />
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So once again I absolutely loved this book. It was a great fast paced fun but dramatic book just like the first one. I had the whole day to my self so it was a one day reader for me which was nice cause iv been slumping a bit this month if i'm honest and I feel like this book god me back into it for the end of the month.<br />
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Aria is awesome in the sequel, she is a great fighter and a much stranger person compared to the last book where she was scared and in a new place. Now she has gotten used to it and has grown into herself. Shes not the only one who changed for the better tho, Perry is also bigger an better than what he was in the first book after becoming The new Blood Lord of the tribe. We also finally get to meet Liv, Perry's sister in this book which was cool. First impressions of her where bloody terrible she seemed like a horrible person but once she explains some reasons behind some things I really liked her.<br />
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I feel like the book had a really good ending to go in to the next one, You can kinda tell what the base of the plot is going to be but that's okay its not really a series of surprises. The ending of book two was really good, it was all hard times call for desperate measure but we are going to get though it, so in a way it was quite positive and optimistic.<br />
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If you loved the first book then you will love this one so if I was you I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up for ages like I did, I will hopefully finish this series off this month and I can tell it will go down as one of my favorite series of the year.<br />
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4.5 out of 5 stars</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-63093831948817425852014-11-25T08:53:00.001+13:002014-11-25T08:53:38.571+13:00Review: Prodigy by Marie Lu<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As book two of the Legend trilogy I think I liked it better than the first. Prodigy explained things tonnes more and fixed allot of questions and misconceptions about the world that they live in that I had. I also liked the characters a bit more we learnt more about them and where they come from, it gave them more depth and reasons behind what they do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Absolutely loved the climax of this book it was just so bad ass and awesome I mean fighter jet, that's all I will say at risk of spoilers but yes I now want to read some more books with dogfights(as in fighter planes not real dogs because that's not okay) because hells it was just so awesome and terrifying to read about. Something else I enjoyed about the climax was it wasn't what I expected it to be, I expected it to be what the whole book is revolved around but instead it was the after math of the event which was awesome and unexpected so brownie points for that Marie Lu. The above made the ending really good but the very last thing to happen in the book is quite sad so prepare your self for that one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you enjoyed Legend you will love prodigy, I wish I had of picked it up sooner but oh well I cant wait to read the third and final book Champion to see how things end. Diffidently pick us this if you have read Legend or are a lover of dystopians.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-22878872189574866372014-11-24T07:56:00.001+13:002014-11-24T07:56:55.749+13:00Review: Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351223157l/15768191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="15768191" border="0" height="320" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351223157l/15768191.jpg" width="212" /></a>Sweet Peril<br />
Book 2 of the Sweet Evil Trilogy<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Anna Whitt, the daughter of a guardian angel and a demon, promised herself she’d never do the work of her father—polluting souls. She’d been naive to make such a vow. She’d been naive about a lot of things. </span><br />
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This is the second book of a series that I have really enjoyed and cant wait to finish. It was a fun and very enjoyable fast paced read. I really like the main character in these books shes gets on with what needs to be done to keep her self and her love ones safe and she doesn't whine about it too much. She also has a lovey steamy romance that goes on, which is to die for.<br />
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This is the only book ever where I will say I like the love triangle that's going on. The main character Anna isnt annoying about it, she knows what boy she wants so doesn't spend half the book debating and playing the 2 boys. Normally I hate love triangles, they drive me metal particularly in YA novels the female sits and debates it for half the bloody novel, but Anna knew what and who she wanted from the get go so there was none of that crap. </div>
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I feel this book had a good mix of the cute but intense romance and all the awesome paranormal action. I really like the demon council that looks after different sins idea in this series. I thought it was a really different concept to most paranormal angel and demon books which there are allot of so new ideas for that type of book mustn't be the easiest thing in the world to think of.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-48568593440888977662014-11-21T07:37:00.001+13:002014-11-21T07:37:06.829+13:00TBR: Comics/Graphic NovelsI have quite a hefty list of comic books and graphic novels that I want to read, and it seems to be ever growing so these are the ones I currently have on my list. I decided to lump them together in one post because they are very similar and it seemed a tad repetitive to do one post for each.<br />
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It started off with a trip to the library with a friend who was a reader and of course my jealousy of her being able to do that got me to pick out a few books and try again, and I have never been so grateful of jealous steak before (probably never will be again its a demon and a half). One of the books I picked up was Acid by Emma Pass, I loved it and I have that book to thank for opening its arms and welcoming me back in to the reading world because god I missed it. I never really relised the extent of my unhappiness of not reading until the moment I was lost in Acid (that sounds strange). I feel like a gap in my life has been filled up now I am reading again and I feel more whole. I don't remember what other books I picked up on that library trip but i'm pretty sure I didn't read them because I moved on to other books and I started reading on my laptop and phone. Now I love real books and how the feel and look and smell but god dam they are awkward and heavy like I love them but hell my back cant handle that. which is one of the reasons I now own a Kobo and don't read all that many "real" books.<br />
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The next part of this story goes to goodreads. Goodreads is how I have been keeping up the habit I get such joy out of adding a book to my yearly challenge and finding all sorts of new and old books I want to read. Also making friends on there has helped me keep up the habit and staying whole and happy, oh and the groups with the readathons and the challenges all that has made reading a whole new experiance because I no longer just sit and read a book but I also talk to people about it join challenges watch booktube. its a great new reading world for me and god I love it and it makes me happy.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-32919835631156966322014-11-18T08:23:00.002+13:002014-11-18T08:23:08.262+13:00Rambles: Unfinished seriesWhy do tonnes of unfinished series suck? because they pressure you. When you think about all those series you have started but haven't finished you feel pressured to read them creating a dislike for them because of said pressure which in turn makes the "I don't want to read you right now!" feeling worse and you get further and further away from reading those last few books.<br />
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Then there is the "I shouldn't be reading this" idea. when you really want to start a new series or standalone even, but you are plagued with the feeling of all those other unfinished series and story's that you have yet to read which then makes you feel bad for picking up a book that doesn't go towards the goal of finishing those series.<br />
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I'm slowly getting though books here and there that go towards my list of unfinished series but the climb is still slow because of the fact im a mood reader and the things above affect me in a big way. I hope by the end of the year to get a few more series done or caught up on so there is a little less pressure going into the new year. One of my resolutions for that is no more than 3 unfinished series at a time compared to my 20 something at the moment.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-85172776103394520382014-11-17T08:05:00.000+13:002014-11-17T08:05:57.360+13:00Mini Review: Up In The Air series by R.K. Lilley <img alt="16134782" height="320" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397321579l/16134782.jpg" width="212" /> <img alt="16136959" height="320" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352489991l/16136959.jpg" width="208" /> <img alt="16139641" height="320" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358701028l/16139641.jpg" width="216" /><br />
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I really liked this series it was entertaining and I enjoyed the plot and characters. It wasn't anything different but it was enjoyable to read. I loved that the main character was an air hostess, it was awesome learning more about that profession and it was cool that she was a painter on the side. One thing that really made me angry was some of the jokes about self harm. There wasn't many of them maybe one or two per book but self harm jokes are something I hate so this really put a damper on the books for me. if I didn't enjoy the story's so much I would of put the books down after I saw the first on. But over all they where interesting an entertaining books that i learnt some things from and would recommend to any romance lovers.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-12586071432227615132014-11-16T07:59:00.000+13:002014-11-16T07:59:01.626+13:00Rambles: Dystopian Genre I truly find it amazing just how much Dystopian there is in the YA genre. When i'm at my public library I swear every second or third book I pick up is a Dystopian. Now I didn't notice this when I used to read a couple of years ago so i'm assuming that the Dystopian phase bloomed while I was a my few years reading hiatus (crys) or maybe I just didn't know enough about books then to know what was Dystopian and what wasn't. I read alot of paranormal stuff back then like ALOT so maybe I just didn't notice all the Dystopian.<br />
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I think one of the first Dystopians I ever read was Uglies by Scott westerfieild and I remember loving it so I moved on to The Matched trilogy by Ally Condie (which is also awesome) I have still yet to finish these series a few years later... I need to re read and finish them at some point. Bottom line is I love Dystopian books, they are just so interesting and I love all the different takes on the world ending that people have done. but I do have to admit I do get sick of every second book I pick up being a Dystopian as these days my reading horizons are way larger than what they used to be. It also buggs me a little bit how often you will one thing in a Dystopian novel them 3 Dsytopians later you will see the same thing, I feel like a lot of the Dystopian author almost copy each other.<br />
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Hugo is the first book to movie adaptation I have seen that I cant decide what was better, the book or the movie? I loved how the movie looked. it was realistic but fantasy at the same time. everything seemed so sparkly and glossy. I don't know why but that's just the feeling I got from the images even though it is set in a dirty train station.<br />
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I really liked the actors that they chose to play the mains I think the suited the book really well and I loved Hugo's eyes you just couldn't help stare into them. I think my favorite character in the movie was the station guard or what ever he is called and yes I know he is an ass but I just loved how they portrayed him with his leg and his dog. I love the scene where him and his dog are in the bath together and I adored how awkward he was with the flower lady.<br />
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I think the movie was a good take on the book, they didn't appear to change much and they didn't miss out any major scenes from the book. I think I learnt more about the history of George's films and film making from the movie. I think this was because I got to see it all rather than paint pictures in my head. I did find my self losing interest around the middle of the movie which sucked a little bit. Overall tho it was a great adaptation and if you enjoyed the book I would recommend this too you.<br />
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Written by Alessandra Torre<br />
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Published: August 14th 2014<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Became a tech billionaire by his twentieth birthday. Has been in a relationship with me for 3 years.</span><br />
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Unique is the one word I would use to describe this book. It had such a different plot to your standard rich boy and unhappy girl romance novel. I really loved this novel it is by far one of the best romances I have read. The plot is really what did it for me it was the fact that you have no idea what is really going on until the 3/4 of the book. Things are hinted at and suggested in a way that makes you think the worst of both the characters but nothing gets explained until that 3/4. This is what makes you keep reading, throughout the whole book I cant kept asked what? and why? it was unputdownable for this reason.<br />
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I also loved the characters, you have the standard handsome billionaire and the unhappy rich female that feels her life isn't complete. Yea I know sounds cheesy but in this book the characters don't seem silly. Along side these characters you have a power hungry auntie who trys to control Brant (the billionaire) and make as much money as she can. You also have a crazy obsessed female that has her nutty heart set on Brant. Overall the characters where a great mix of crazy, money and well more crazy.<br />
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I found going into this book really daunting because at the start it basically say this book will be hard to read and the story wasn't easy. I find sad romances really hard because they make my moods go nuts. so I was pleasantly surprised that is wasn't that hard for me to read so if that's what stopping you reading this you don't need to fear. I would recommend this to any romance lover or any lover of awesome plots. This book easily got into my favorites of 2014.<br />
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*5 stars out of 5*</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-78145377069463130662014-11-11T11:55:00.003+13:002014-11-11T11:55:55.941+13:00Blog Ahead Challenge – 30 Posts in 30 Days!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am joining in on the blog ahead challenge. I only just found out about it so i'm joining a little later than most. I hope to get at least 20 posts done and ready for posting as I haven't been very active recently it will be nice to have a back log of posts to let go when wanted. I hope to get a bunch of reviews done along with some more ramble/conversational topics done, maybe also some memes but i'm still not sure if i really want to participate in meme.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-1107402958142633902014-11-09T17:49:00.001+13:002014-11-09T17:49:20.445+13:00Review: Dying To Know You by Aidan Chambers<br />
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Written by Aidan Chambers<br />
Pages:275<br />
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affections, Firella, demands proof, and poses him a series of questions
regarding his attitude to the many sides of love. But Karl is dyslexic, and
convinced that if Firella finds out, she will think he is stupid, and unworthy
of her, and leave him.</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">So Karl asks a local writer to help him
construct his replies - and an unlikely, but extremely touching, friendship
develops between the two men. They both come to learn a great deal about about
life from a very different perspective, and when an act of violence shatters
their calm, they find their respective appraisal of life shifting in profound
ways.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was a really interesting different contemorary read. I
loved how it was told from the old authors perspective it gave it a different
feel to if it had of just been from the main characters view. AT the start of
the book I thought the narrator was a middle ages female author so I was highly
surprised when he turned out to be a 70 old man. I felt he was a good fit for Karl’s
mentor he was wise and said some really awesome things. I loved some of the
quotes in this novel and wish I had of been writing them down because they
really where wonderful and really made you think. There was something about
Aidans writing that was really quite lovely and I think that helped with the
whole making me think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought the first female love interest, Fiorella was a
real dick. I really didn't like her she made me mad I wish we had of gotten to
know more about the second love interest. I felt she was much more suited to Karl
and a much nicer and more interesting character in general.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The dying to know you title gave me the feel that somebody
was going to die so for the whole novel I was expecting the worst and well it didn't come. I felt the climax was a little miffy it was good but really short and could
have been so much better than it was. I also feel the cover of the book didn't fit
very well. I understand the upside down fish and the blurriness but the gold
fish were right to me, it was a lovey cover in fact I really liked it just not
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall I really enjoyed this book and would love to pick up
another of Aidan's work. I would recommend this to any contemprary reader who
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-16578457304449568742014-11-09T16:31:00.002+13:002014-11-09T16:31:22.701+13:00October Wrap up<div style="text-align: center;">
During the month of October I read a total of 32 books. It seems I was on a fantasy kick the first half then a romance kick the second.</div>
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01 - <img alt="The Automaton's Treasure by Cassandra Rose Clarke" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1367751065m/17883659.jpg" />01/01(3*) 02 - <img alt="The Witch's Betrayal by Cassandra Rose Clarke" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358928296m/17237351.jpg" />01/01(3*) 03 - <img alt="Elantris by Brandon Sanderson" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1316127783m/8800165.jpg" />01/06(4*)<br />
04 - <img alt="Carrie by Stephen King" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1166254258m/10592.jpg" />10/11(5*) 05 - <img alt="Seraphina by Rachel Hartman" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349688741m/16074352.jpg" />06/10(4*) 06 - <img alt="The Mist by Stephen King" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331317781m/813214.jpg" />12/12(4*) <br />
07 - <img alt="The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1343059311m/13578175.jpg" />11/12(4*) 08 - <img alt="The Hope of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328393655m/10852065.jpg" />12/12(4*) 09 - <img alt="Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351213442m/15798661.jpg" />13/13(3*) <br />
10 - <img alt="Reasonable Doubt by Whitney Gracia Williams" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395319856m/20761374.jpg" />17/17(4*) 11 - <img alt="Reasonable Doubt by Whitney Gracia Williams" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397189810m/20980373.jpg" />17/18(4*) 12 - <img alt="Reasonable Doubt by Whitney Gracia Williams" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1407412246m/21857294.jpg" />19/19(4*)<br />
13 - <img alt="Riding the Storm by Sydney Croft" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320507961m/1795542.jpg" />18/19(4*) 14 - <img alt="Spellbound by Sylvia Day" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1368559853m/17887350.jpg" />19/20(3*) 15 - <img alt="Glitches by Marissa Meyer" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1377258720m/13254289.jpg" />20/20(4*)<br />
16 - <img alt="Proxy by Mindee Arnett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1378101502m/17368140.jpg" />20/00(3*) 17 - <img alt="Naked by Raine Miller" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1346136598m/15852756.jpg" />20/20(4*) 18 - <img alt="All In by Raine Miller" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358492101m/16001443.jpg" />21/24(4*)<br />
19 - <img alt="Objection by Sawyer Bennett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386933607m/19440968.jpg" />26/26(4*) 20 - <img alt="The Little Android by Marissa Meyer" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1390850953m/19208103.jpg" />26/26(3*) 21 - <img alt="Eyes Wide Open by Raine Miller" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1385915364m/17348508.jpg" />24/26(4*)<br />
22 - <img alt="The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1369846496m/17790188.jpg" />26/26(3*) 23 - <img alt="Mitigation by Sawyer Bennett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1392038773m/20498859.jpg" />27/27(4*) 24 - <img alt="Violation by Sawyer Bennett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1390760629m/20498856.jpg" />27/27(4*)<br />
25 - <img alt="The Seduction 1 by Roxy Sloane" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1399393384m/21952189.jpg" />26/27(4*) 26 - <img alt="Stipulation by Sawyer Bennett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389474262m/20513473.jpg" />26/26(4*) 27 - <img alt="The Seduction 2 by Roxy Sloane" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1401716568m/22382284.jpg" />27/28(4*) <br />
28 - <img alt="Reparation by Sawyer Bennett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394144076m/21393362.jpg" />27/27(4*) 29 - <img alt="Affirmation by Sawyer Bennett" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394302752m/20498864.jpg" />27/27(4*) 30 - <img alt="The Seduction 3 by Roxy Sloane" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1404168949m/22424693.jpg" />27/28(4*)<br />
31 - <img alt="The Seduction 4 by Roxy Sloane" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1404754442m/22595790.jpg" />29/29(4*) 32 - <img alt="In Flight by R.K. Lilley" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397321579m/16134782.jpg" />30/01(4*)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-80273881283763744702014-10-25T10:09:00.001+13:002014-10-25T10:09:08.876+13:00Review: Spellbound by Sylvia Day<br />
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Spellbound<br />
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Pages:179<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Max Westin. Sex incarnate. She could smell it, feel it with his proximity. Everything about him was a little rough, a little gritty. A primitive creature. Just like she was. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">He held her hand a little too long, his thickly-lashed gaze clearly stating his intentions to have her. To tame her…</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">“Victoria.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Her name, just one word, but spoken with such possession she could almost feel the collar around her neck.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">“It’s in your nature,” he murmured. “The desire to be taken.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br />
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This book could of been so good but sadly it wasn't great. I love the ideas and the charters but the story was a bit naff. It honestly could of been 2 or maybe even 3 books or even just a bigger book because everything felt very rushed though. which was sad because there where some pretty dramatic scenes that could of been explained in depth and really pulled you in where as with only 179 page the author really didn't have the room to do that. and it was the same with the sex, the scenes where good but if the author had of taken just a bit more time with them and made them longer they would of been so much better.<br />
I did love the characters and I liked the ideas of the familiars and how Victoria was a slinky black cat. It was a fun idea and god I really wish there was more. I don't normally like how paranormal erotica books are always in these huge ass series but for this book I wish there was more. I wanna know more about the world and more about that glorious couple and more about the magic. So we have established that I really wish this book was longer with more development. But over all it was enjoyable and would recommend it to paranormal romance readers.<br />
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*3 out of 5 stars*</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-70119464343444719322014-10-21T17:07:00.000+13:002014-10-21T17:07:34.376+13:00Crazy About YA Books Goodreads Readathon #9: TBROkay so from the 20th to the 26th one of the groups I am part of is holding there 9th readathon. This will be the second one I have participated in. I hope to get a good amount of reading done but am currently in my last weeks of school so for once work is going to have to come first. Here's some books I hope to get too.<br />
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And another readathon called Chills and Thrills all about Halloween and its amazing themes. This readathon is hosted by <a href="http://aperfectioncalledbooks.blogspot.co.nz/">A Perfection Called Books</a> it is her first time holding a readathon so i'm really excited to be apart of this lovely Halloween themed one! below is my TBR for this.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-68001079100537806862014-10-19T08:26:00.000+13:002014-10-19T08:26:07.854+13:00Dewey's: First 6 hourswell for the first 6 hours I well, I slept. I didn't wake up to my alarm to wake up early so I could get my read on and I couldn't stay awake until 1 am which is when the readathon started for me. So yea not to impressed with how the first 1/4 fr the readathon has gone for me but hopefully it will look up from here. I look forward to reading my little heart out for the last 3/4.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-1711243455960966632014-10-18T14:36:00.004+13:002014-10-18T14:36:51.404+13:00Dewey's: FoodOkay so with Dewey's 24 hour readathon starting at 1 am tonight for me I have gotten my self some yummy chocolate which has Orange lollies, Orange chew's and fizzy things in it by cadbury and have stocked up on milo and milk for the 24 hour period. I will also be drinking lots of tea to keep me up and happy both berry and your standard tea flavored tea, what ever the hell that is. There are also sour cream and chive chips to snack on, for when I need a top up. Things like dinner and that are will be easy to take care of as I still live at home so dinner will be cooked for me tomorrow night and for breakfast I will just be having my normal chocolate porridge with far too much sugar on top and I most likely won't bother with lunch. So yea there is my food plan for the 24 hours. I wish I had some yummy juice or fizzy as well but cant get any now sadly but I shall live.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-91395643871970794882014-10-17T20:19:00.000+13:002014-10-17T20:19:00.862+13:00Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally get to participate in a Dewey's 24 hour Readathon. Now this happens to fall on the perfect weekend. I am doing nothing and seeing nobody (I mean there is school work to be done but who needs that when there is a readathon). So here is my TBR. The Stand is the only book I will set in stone and will only read another book of I need a break of the big bugger. I can't wait for this too kick off at 1 am for me. I shall have a snooze before it starts.<br />
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It's a hot, lazy day, perfect for a cookout, until you see those strange dark clouds. Suddenly a violent storm sweeps across the lake and ends as abruptly and unexpectedly as it had begun. Then comes the mist...creeping slowly, inexorably into town, where it settles and waits, trapping you in the supermarket with dozens of others, cut off from your families and the world. The mist is alive, seething with unearthly sounds and movements. What unleashed this terror? Was it the Arrowhead Project---the top secret government operation that everyone has noticed but no one quite understands? And what happens when the provisions have run out and you're forced to make your escape, edging blindly through the dim light?<br />
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Never before has a book made me feel sick and put me to a close to puking point. The Mist disturbed me on many levels. There was the mist which is already creepy enough without added speculations and then there was my worst nightmare added in. Huge Spiders, not just huge though Stephen King also had to give them webs that could slice your skin. I liked the variety of all the different characters it seemed quite realistic to the variety you would get if something like that happened in real life. For me that helped it seem more "real" that along with the way different people acted in face of an emergency. I mean the butcher cooked to help handle it and this would be truthful in a real situation. Some people would cry in a corner and others will get down and do things weather important or not.</div>
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The only disappointing part of this book was the ending. It was kinda the make up what happens your self ending which really just didn't float my boat. So I will never truly know what happened to them. This is why it doesn't get the 5 stars I was going to give it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-30671922546163498882014-10-12T10:14:00.001+13:002014-10-12T10:14:04.621+13:00Movie Review: Carrie 2013 Adaptation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I feel this 2013 adaptation of Carrie by Stephen King was
good. It wasn't great but it was good and I really enjoyed it. I really like
how the put a modern twist to it making it more watchable to our generation.
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The changed a few minor detailed like scissors instead a
butchers knife at Carrie's birth, Pink rather than red dress and 7 and 10:30
Pick up and curfew rather than 7:20 and 1. For some reason these things just
bothered me a little. I also wish they hadn't off missed out a lot of the
little things. I would have liked to see the scene when Carrie was three and
Margret went nuts. I also would of liked to see cut ins of the bits of writing
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Okay so this was my first Stephen King book and I think I
fell in love with his books with just this one. I really enjoyed Carrie it was
a very interesting story about a bullied girl and how it all went wrong and got
pushed too far. I feel like it would be a good book for high school bullies to
read because it really shows reaction to continuous bullying, although a bit
extreme. It made me think about all the crap things I had said and done to
people and made me keep wanting to try change that. To me this is a good book
when it makes me think about real life things rather than just the fictional
worlds and story's I engross my self in. I also sympathized with the main
character, Carrie because of the way she was bullied reminded me off a few
years ago in my schooling so I think
this really helped me connect to her and feel what she was feeling. I loved the
articles and books written after the events of the book that were slipped in
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me just the tiniest of bits but was soon forgotten. I also found a bit around
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cry and a whole bunch of other emotions so to me that is a good book. I would
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-26164836240324640022014-10-10T09:32:00.002+13:002014-10-10T09:32:30.310+13:00Month of First'sSo unconsciously I have made the month of October the month of first's. I am currently reading my first dragon book, Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. After I have finished Seraphina I intend on reading my first proper horror, my first Stephen King and my first non middle grade Neil Gaiman. I have decided that dragon books are all they are hyped up to be and that I wish I hadn't of put off reading a dragon book for so long. I am very excited about my first horror and Stephen king, I constantly hear such great things about Stephen king so I look forward to being able to contribute my opinions as well. The book I am going to pick up is Carrie, I decided on Carrie because its shorter than alot of his other books and I loved the cover. As for the non middle grade Neil Gaiman I am going to pick up stardust and the ocean at the end of the lane, I am also really excited to pick these two up. So yea the month of first's! I am happy I have accidentally done this.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211952716212886743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125284138517174418.post-11441006956580409462014-10-09T19:48:00.000+13:002014-10-09T19:48:17.247+13:00Mini Reviews: Shatter Me + Unravel Me<br />
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I really enjoyed this book, It is a fast easy read with a
very interesting writing style. Tahereh Mafi has an interesting creative
writing style that uses lots of metaphors, and I mean lots of them. The writing
was my favorite part of this book. The book its self isn't anything great, the
kinda magical powers concept is cool but the book focuses on romance more than
the awesome dystopian world and the magic like "powers" some people
have. Over all I was a little let down by this book but it was still a fun interesting
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This book was enjoyable, I didn't love it but it was okay. I
found it really hard to read and get into, I had to take a break and read
another book about half way though because it was just such a task to read. The
only thing that kept me reading was the need to know what happens. I'm glad I
did finish it though because the second half was much easier to read than the first
half. I think I might of not been in the right mood when I picked it up and the
pause in the middle helped put me in the mood for it. Over all it diffidently
wasn't as good as the first book in the series but it was readable and I
enjoyed it. I will continue the series but its no longer a priority. I was
really hoping to love this series like everybody else seems to but its only
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