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Sophie has always felt out of step—an outsider, even amongst friends in her high
school with all the hype about celebrity culture. Her life in L.A. seems to have
been already written for her, but when her junior year starts, it all takes a
drastic turn. When she crosses paths with the school's heartthrob, Nate Werner,
they fall for each other in a way neither can understand. What they don’t know
is that by giving in to their desires, they are unlocking an ancient Egyptian
prophecy that threatens to return Earth to the dark ages.<br /><br />To undo the
curse, Nate and Sophie embark on an adventure that takes them across the
country. But their quest is not only to save the world as they know it. It is
also a fight for their very survival. Behind the scenes, there are those that
are counting on them to fail.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Year of the Great Seventh was definitely interesting. I
don’t know what I expected going in but what I got surprised me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was gripped by the lure of possible paranormalcy, but also
thrown off by some of the character actions and redundancy. What kept me
reading most was the fact that the mythology element hadn’t yet come into
complete play…like the story wasn’t all the way there and I was waiting for
that to happen. It didn’t, until the end when things began to unravel and I wish
there had been more throughout the book. It took a little while for me to feel
like we had reached a solid ‘middle of the book’ but by then we were almost to
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The characters seemed, originally, to have potential to be
strong and full and have the ability to form emotional ties to me but it felt
like to me that something was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">off</i>
about them. Sometimes they said odd things or random events happened that I just
wasn’t sure where they came from. That really took away some vital story
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, that being said I did enjoy the book and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">something</i> kept me reading. The ending
was really a cliff hanger and I plan to read the next book. I hope the
mythology is more prominent in that one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Unlike most authors, I didn’t start writing books when I was five years old. In fact, I’d never been too interested in reading or writing. Hanging out with friends in the small Spanish town where I grew up always seemed more appealing than anything a book could offer. It took about twenty-seven years and a global financial meltdown for me to discover the magic world of writing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">At the time, I was living in New York City, and one morning I discovered I was no longer expected at my sixty-hour-a-week investment banking job. Most of my friends had very demanding jobs, so I spent my days wandering around on my own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Like other unemployed people, I started living through the nights and sleeping through the days. New York is known as the city that never sleeps for a good reason! One night, tired of surfing the web and watching TV, I opened a Word document and started typing a short story, which I saved in my computer with little interest. That was the day Nate and Sophie were born. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Days later, since the financial industry seemed to be going into a downward spiral, I decided to spend three months traveling through Southeast Asia and New Zealand. I thought, naïve me, that by the time I returned, the financial crisis would have come to an end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">When I came back to New York, I went right back into it, and that’s how <i>The Year of the Great Seventh</i> was created. Unfortunately, halfway through the novel, I received a letter from the immigration department informing me that, with no job, I was no longer welcome in the United States. Without much of a choice, my boyfriend and I decided to pack our lives, along with my half-drafted manuscript, and begin another exciting adventure in London, where we now live. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When Veronica and her friend, Kirk, decide to investigate why, they stumble upon a more sinister plot than they ever could have imagined. One of Veronica's high school teachers is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter has never returned as a ghost, and he's haunted by the possibility that she's waiting to reappear within a fresh body. Veronica seems like the perfect host. And even if he's wrong, what's the harm in creating one more ghost? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">From critically acclaimed Generation Dead author Daniel Waters, comes a delectably creepy and suspenseful thriller. Break My Heart 1,000 Times will leave readers with the chills. Or is that a ghost reading over the page?</span><br />
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What I liked:<br />
The writing was absolutely gorgeous! I think the only book that has better writing is Shatter Me. The similes and metaphors were just amazing, it was just perfection. Also, the point of view shifted which I liked because it always kept you interested as you had to figure out who was telling the story at the beginning of each chapter. I also love the cover, it is gorgeous, the tally marks are quiet interesting. And for the extra extra book obsessed people out there: The book smells amazing, especially amazing with a bit of sweetness added to the usual amazing smell of new book!<br />
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It was incredible slow, nothing really happened until the last quarter of the book! The author has great writing skill but he seems to drag everything on. I also didn't really like the main character, she was not even close to realistic. It talked about how all the boys loved her, yet she was super well behaved and she is also the smartest girl and school, and she is super brave, I could keep going, in most books I have read the main character has a weakness and I just couldn't find one! At one point I actually found myself not caring that her and her boyfriend were about to die! I just felt rushed to finish it like one of the <i>other </i>people feel about every book!!!!<br />
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Sorry to dissapoint because I also thought it would be much better :((((<br />
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Marihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762714227661025353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-5659612295070501812013-02-23T10:33:00.000-08:002013-02-23T10:33:42.231-08:00Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327887993l/9520360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)" border="0" height="200" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327887993l/9520360.jpg" width="131" /></a>Hello there people of the blog-a-verse, it is Mari here (OMG she is still alive?) Yes I am! Anyways here we go:<br />
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<u>What I Didn't Like:</u><br />
I feel really mean saying this but I didn't really love*semi-spoiler-alert?* Frank and Hazel's relationship *end of semi-spoiler* It was too cheesy.. Kind of perfect like they never really had a problem until {<span style="color: white;">he found out about sammy, even then there wasn't really a big big problem plus i never want my favorite book relationships to have problems but, still maybe a small bump along the rooad to keep it exciting2!</span>} But overall there wasn't anything that killed/ nausated/ gave me a heartattack / hurt me.<br />
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EVERYTHING! I absolutely LOVE <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">{</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"> THE WHOLE jUNO/ hERA TRADING pERCY AND jASON, genius, BUjust amazing it was beautiful and I dont know HOW rrioran came up with THAT!}}}}}</span>}</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I also love the whole Nico Hazel thing, it was cool to see the sides of Hades, Riches/wealth and death. Also seeing how the Romans live! I loved the doors of death being opened because it just made everything THAT much harder! In general I am totally in love with this series and I don't want to be mean but I like this series just a BIT more than the first 5 books! Is that too mean? Hope not! 'Till next time Mari signing out!</span><br />
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Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.<br /><br />He was wrong.<br /><br />Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.<br /><br />Where breaking the rules equals death.<br /><br />But when Benson stumbles upon the school's real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape--his only real hope for survival--may be impossible.<br />
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I finished this book about a week ago and for a reason I wasn't 100% sure of I felt like I NEEDED the next installment. I expected this book to be different...I really did but I was surprisingly happy with what it turned out to actually be. This book is LOADED with <strong>completely</strong> shocking twists and turns. It holds somethings I guarantee you could not have predicted. (if you read this book and predicted the secret...please tell me...because you are amazing.)<br />
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FOUR STARS!! It got this because this book wasn't exceptionally memorable but I know it kept me flying by the seat of my pants the whole read. It was a can't-put-down and I can't say I hated it at all. This book is totally a worthy read.</div>
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<strong>What I didn't like:</strong> There's nothing I can think of that was terribly upsetting to me... I don't know if I completely enjoyed the plot twist. It made the protagonist's love interest dwindle from the story if those who have read this know what I mean... (I don't really count that as a spoiler..) the only thing I really didn't love is that I could forget this story... I haven't seen this kind of thing done before but it feels a bit forgettable. (and it was not what I expected...and I'm not sure it was better than what I expected...but it was <strong>not</strong> worse. Just average)</div>
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<strong>What I did like:</strong> I loved the concept. Some of the theories and big questions were provoking and really made you think..."what would I do in this situation?" I've heard people call it 'Lord of the Flies boarding school' and I agree it is, I completely agree. When I was reading it I kept thinking "this feels Hunger Games-y...but not quite" that's when I read about it being compared to Lord of The Flies and I was like "That's it! It's a modern Lord of the Flies." And I love anything like that. Anything that puts humanity out there to be tested.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-53355655560363972192013-02-04T16:25:00.000-08:002013-02-04T16:26:32.802-08:00ChangesHello everyone! So lovely of you to stop by! <br />
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Well...some of you may have noticed (probably not) that I haven't posted in almost two weeks (yikes!) well that is because I've been very sick (I'm all better now thank you) and this blog has become quite the handful to upkeep. And I honestly want it to be more fun and carefree... so I'm going to change it up a bit, be more fun and light hearted. I always see these amazing blogs and they are so professional and I just LOVE them! But I can't do it... so I'm tossing professional out the window and just being my little old self, whom is utterly nerdy/crazy/fangirl-y <br />
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and I always find myself apologizing for not posting, promising things and not following through, etc. and it's becoming tiring.... I bet no one even reads this blog anyway... (HELLO??,,,,,if you're out there.......?)<br />
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-KaitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-23520043287829701872013-01-18T16:10:00.000-08:002013-01-18T16:10:01.305-08:00GREAT giveaways!Lately I've been seeing some awesome giveaways! You should definitely check out this one at The Social Potatoes Reviews! You can find it <a href="http://thesocialpotatoreviews.blogspot.com/2013/01/awesome-january-giveaway.html?showComment=1358554034266#c6537225907233867019">here</a>.<br />
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~KaitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-59634770227292661032013-01-17T16:42:00.000-08:002013-01-17T16:48:03.563-08:00Born at Midnight by C. C. Hunter<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344318200l/8705784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Born at Midnight (Shadow Falls, #1)" border="0" id="coverImage" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344318200l/8705784.jpg" /></a><span id="freeText17603918349248390323">Born at Midnight by C. C. Hunter</span><br />
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<em>Don’t miss this spectacular new series that will steal your heart and haunt your dreams, Welcome to Shadow Falls camp, nestled deep in the woods of a town called Fallen…</em><br /><br />One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever. Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear that her fellow campers aren’t just “troubled.” Here at Shadow Falls, vampires, werewolves, shapshifters, witches and fairies train side by side—learning to harness their powers, control their magic and live in the normal world.<br /><br />Kylie’s never felt normal, but surely she doesn’t belong here with a bunch of paranormal freaks either. Or does she? They insist Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought here for a reason. As if life wasn’t complicated enough, enter Derek and Lucas. Derek’s a half-fae who’s determined to be her boyfriend, and Lucas is a smokin’ hot werewolf with whom Kylie shares a secret past. Both Derek and Lucas couldn’t be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart. <br /><br />Even though Kylie feels deeply uncertain about everything, one thing is becoming painfully clear—Shadow Falls is exactly where she belongs…<br />
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FOUR STARS! Only because this was not m favorite book in the series. When I re-read it and I catch all the little jokes that you wouldn't understand having not read the other books, I realize how the book really deserves a five....but for a first time my first impression was a four. a very HIGH four. <br />
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The first chapter for me started out like a bad contemporary novel. It tried to "fit in" using teenage slang. It was all drama, first scene: parents are fighting. It was very cliche. <br />
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<strong>Things I didn't like:</strong> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strike>the attempt at the text language that Kylie used was slightly annoying and made me cringe internally.</strike> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*</span> see "Things I liked"<br />
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I didn't like how Kylie was constantly in denial about her being a paranormal, I mean it took her too long to come around and face the facts. But I suppose if I were in her place I would have steadily declined all that crazy evidence myself.<br />
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Miss Hunter did not capitalize the "w" in Were. (short for "Werewolf") so every time I read the book I was confusing "Were" for "were" and I couldn't tell which was which, and that sometimes made for awkward scenarios and sentences. (that's just a small pet peeve I had that I really needed to get out there.)<br />
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I loved the feel of the book, the way it was built, the customs of a paranormal camp and it felt very real, like if I were to go to a paranormal camp sometime in the near future I would certainly be able to compose myself and hold my own.<br />
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Overall I am intensely in love with this book and I recommend it to any paranormal lovers. All your creatures are here. From Fae to werewolf, to vampire to witch, and all the way back to shapeshifter.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-14526171040271789722013-01-17T15:20:00.003-08:002013-01-17T15:20:55.352-08:00Booking Through Thursday: Winter Reading<em>It’s the depth of winter here where I live right now … what books do you like to read when it’s snowy and white? What books do you read to evoke a real feeling of winter (good or bad)?</em> <br />
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It is very snowy where Mari and I are as well! I personally love to snuggle up with a gripping book and read the hours away. But I do not have a specific preference to season, I read the next book on my list or the book that I keep seeing and just CANNOT wait to get my hands on.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-61336544264411339032013-01-03T18:33:00.004-08:002013-01-03T18:33:50.582-08:00Booking Through Thursday: 2013 New Year's Reading ResolutionsBooking Through Thursday! (and I almost wrote Tidbit Thursday ^.^)<br />
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Well I do <em>not</em> have a goal. Because last time I set a goal I JUST missed it! JUST missed it! Ugh! So close! So I prefer to just read. And let it take me wherever it does. Because reading is happiness. And reading is what I do. I don't need a goal on it. Though if I were to set any goals, it would be on my writing. But that's a completely different story. <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px;">Let's start off with the easy. So far I've read 36 books this year. :/ I'm not too proud of that. There should have been more.... BUT...the year is not over!!! (<b>NOTE</b>: my goal was 50)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px;">Ok. The Hard.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><b>1. Best Writing</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><b>2. Best Fandom</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><b>3. Best Inspiration</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><b>4. Most Addictive</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><b>5. Best Overall</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">1. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare / Divergent by Veronica Roth</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">3. Divergent by Veronica Roth</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">4. Born at Midnight y C. C. Hunter</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">5. HA! As if I could choose one! And you thought I would!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">How was everyone else's book stats this 2012? What are you 2013 goals?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-46055479522934614992012-12-26T15:29:00.001-08:002012-12-26T15:29:49.093-08:00Book Haulhey guys! Sorry to have skipped out on you but I had several family get togethers and couldn't find the time to get a post together. This was the haul I managed to receive:<br />
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1. Variant by Robinson Wells<br />
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2. Shiver, Linger, and Forever by Maggie Stiefvator (trilogy)<br />
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3. Reached by Ally Condie<br />
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4. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick<br />
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Plus ton of gift cards to my local bookstore where I can pick a few more books out.<br />
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What did you guys get? Leave a comment with your book-y haul!<br />
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-KaitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-6753850504612542402012-12-18T20:41:00.000-08:002012-12-18T20:41:00.198-08:00Teaser Tuesday: Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter<a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320918098l/12866426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Taken at Dusk (Shadow Falls, #3)" border="0" id="coverImage" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320918098l/12866426.jpg" /></a>Taken at Dusk by C.C. Hunter<br />
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<span><em>Step into Shadow Falls, a camp for teens with supernatural powers. Here friendship thrives, love takes you by surprise, and our hearts possess the greatest magic of all.</em><br /><br /> <br /><br />Kylie Galen wants the truth so badly she can taste it. The truth about who her real family is, the truth about which boy she’s meant to be with—and the truth about what her emerging powers mean. But she’s about to discover that some secrets can change your life forever…and not always for the better.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Just when she and Lucas are finally getting close, she learns that his pack has forbidden them from being together. Was it a mistake to pick him over Derek? And it’s not just romance troubling Kylie. An amnesia-stricken ghost is haunting her, delivering the frightful warning, <em>someone lives and someone dies. </em>As Kylie races to unravel the mystery and protect those she loves, she finally unlocks the truth about her supernatural identity, which is far different—and more astonishing—than she ever imagined.</span><br />
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<span>She looked at Holiday "What would anyone gain by pretending to be my grandparents?"</span><br />
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<a href="http://s.gr-assets.com/assets/award/2012/grca_badge_winner-f9454940ba1e5388d3d719979c7f3f51.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Grca_badge_winner" border="0" src="http://s.gr-assets.com/assets/award/2012/grca_badge_winner-f9454940ba1e5388d3d719979c7f3f51.png" /></a><a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1339382726l/12127750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)" border="0" id="coverImage" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1339382726l/12127750.jpg" /></a><span id="freeText3690192668155860151">Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan</span><br />
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Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the <em>Argo II</em>, she can’t blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon masthead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appear friendly. Annabeth hopes that the sight of their praetor Jason on deck will reassure the Romans that the visitors from Camp Half-Blood are coming in peace.<br />
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And that's only one of her worries. In her pocket Annabeth carries a gift from her mother that came with an unnerving demand: <em>Follow the Mark of Athena. Avenge me.</em> Annabeth already feels weighed down by the prophecy that will send seven demigods on a quest to find—and close—the Doors of Death. What more does Athena want from her?<br />
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Annabeth's biggest fear, though, is that Percy might have changed. What if he's now attached to Roman ways? Does he still need his old friends? As the daughter of the goddess of war and wisdom, Annabeth knows she was born to be a leader, but never again does she want to be without Seaweed Brain by her side.<br />
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Narrated by four different demigods, <em>The Mark of Athena</em> is an unforgettable journey across land and sea to Rome, where important discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and unspeakable horrors await. Climb aboard the <em>Argo II</em>, if you dare....<br />
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You might notice the fact that this is a Goodreads Choice winner for 2012. And for good reason my friends, good reason.<br />
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Let's just cut to the chase:<br />
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This book manages to steal a stunning 5 stars from me!<br />
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Yes this book totally lives up to the standards (if not jump way way way way way beyond!) the expectations of Rick Riordan. And it is quite frankly (heh.. <em>Frank</em>ly. Get it? No? Well I guess you might not...) a —okay this is bugging me because I have the PERFECT word to say about this but it is on the TIP OF MY TONGUE!!.... Nope. I got nothing..— *skips word* for both the Demigods to be reunited with their friends. <br />
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Rick Riordan delivers a perfectly balanced collection of humor and action. You get to live through the narration from Leo Valdez, Annabeth Chase, and Percy Jackson.<br />
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<strong>What I didn't like: </strong>I don't recall anything being bad. It was all amazing. Maybe the fact that there was just too much going on for Percy and Annabeth to just ENJOY THEIR TIME TOGETHER. And again the ever annoying Gea attempts to end our beloved characters lives, but hey! That's supposed to happen. So good news. There is nothing bad here. (just much emotional trauma on our weak reader hearts) BUT THE END MY DEAR FRIENDS. THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Annabeth is one strong chick!) <br />
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<strong>What I did like:</strong> Well that would be everything! I love the way Rick Riordan brought old references from the original Percy Jackson series into it because everyone knows Percy Jackson is where its at. We can't ever leave it behind! I would say every bit I liked here...but that would be spoiler-y. Too spoiler-y.... So I will say one more thing: All that I could every have imagined was fulfilled in this book. Everyone was together again...and the quest went on! (but what quest doesn't have complications my fellow Demigods? Answer me that.)<br />
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Overall this book was just another dose of adventure with my favorite characters. There were multiple fangirl moments in here. 100% Percy Jackson fan amazing. I can't wait for House of Hades.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-34681063081870990512012-12-15T19:03:00.000-08:002012-12-15T19:03:11.101-08:00NanowrimoHi, it is Mariana ( I am very sorry that I am not using conjunctions but.... in Nanowrimo I stopped use of conjunctions to raise my word count (is that cheating?( Is it grammatically correct to use a parentheses inside of parentheses?))) So anyways I am back!!! I know Nanowrimo has been over for 14 days but I have been very busy lately! I will try to be more watchful on the blog!!<br />
Mari (I am too lazy to find my siggy right now!)Marihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04762714227661025353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-16941051525834119412012-12-15T19:02:00.001-08:002012-12-15T19:02:30.369-08:00Booking Through Thursday: Moving OnOops! Just notice this didn't post! (Blogger has been doing this to me lately....)<br />
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If it is a series and I can get my hands on the next book: all contemplating goes out the door. Get me the next book I say! Why wait?<br />
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If it is the latest release or the last book in the series or a stand alone I will wait a few days (sometimes in tears or cliff hanger agony) before I enter the next world. Sometimes I really don't want to leave this one behind so I will be torn for a couple days...waiting for the feeling to subside.<br />
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-KaitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-474887814459521342012-12-11T20:12:00.000-08:002012-12-11T20:12:05.257-08:00Teaser Tuesday: Born at MidnghtToday's teaser is from Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter:<br />
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<em>Handle it? I just saw a boy turn himself into a unicorn. can it get any worse?</em><br />
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Have a good one!<br />
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~KaitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-6056584964443446262012-12-10T17:26:00.000-08:002012-12-10T17:26:34.328-08:00Reviews: My thoughts on some...Good day lovely readers,<br />
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I am writing a spur of the moment post on "reviews" right now...because of the late I've come across some not too nice ones that I feel I personally need to address how it effects me...and most likely others as well as the author.<br />
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In attempt not to call out on the reviewer/book I will change a few details here.<br />
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<strong>At some point someone told ___<em>insert author here</em>___ they could write. That person should apologize to me, in person, and to all other poor souls who were suckered into buying this mess of a book. </strong><br />
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Now I find that extremely inappropriate to have written for several reasons. <em>Yes</em> you can ABSOLUTELY state your negative opinion on the book and how you did not care for it. But being this harsh does many things to many people. <br />
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1. It doesn't say very nice things about you...if you're going to write a review you want to be as delicate with the harsh as possible...because it's an opinion and people have different ones. so maybe there was someone who truly loved this book you just bashed. Not cool.<br />
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2. The author has feelings too. And there is a chance that they did not read this review you published... but if they did...would you be able to say those things to their face? You can't hide behind the Internet.<br />
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3. This is very insulting to <em>me</em> as an author to-be...and I hurt for the author of this book. To say that someones writing doesn't live up to your standards...ok...that's alright, but to go and say that the very person who encouraged this authors dreams should apologize to you for making you suffer through their writing? I'm not ok with that. As an aspiring author that truly pains me... most likely this person does not know the trials of writing a book...and the controversy over the topic too. <br />
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Overall I'd just like to say: be careful what you say in your reviews. Because a lot of the time...you alter peoples decision to read or not to read a book...and you want to be as unbiased as possible so people can make their own decisions.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-79525621224817008222012-12-09T16:59:00.000-08:002012-12-09T16:59:03.024-08:00The Hunger Games Discussion Saturday: Was it necessary?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfQzkwaR2A6_SQRZqklbqtwFY0S8XrWSSEbNpie4VWn_MojKO0-Clt9kNTSZuEx9Ci2sBgneMoT3BfcVN_-2tWQO6J4U4ZcyaJldY9BH2zTN7C5iQ85uAtWgr7ApI1vC4AmrMUsByIBuT/s1600/the+hunger+games+discussion+saturdays.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_z9bzsm="4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfQzkwaR2A6_SQRZqklbqtwFY0S8XrWSSEbNpie4VWn_MojKO0-Clt9kNTSZuEx9Ci2sBgneMoT3BfcVN_-2tWQO6J4U4ZcyaJldY9BH2zTN7C5iQ85uAtWgr7ApI1vC4AmrMUsByIBuT/s1600/the+hunger+games+discussion+saturdays.png" /></a><br />
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For those of you who don't know, The Hunger
Games Discussion Saturdays is a weekly meme (hosted by us....it was our first
meme EVER) and we basically just discuss The Hunger Games...we will continue to
do so until we EXHAUST the topic...that may take a very long time. We have at
LEAST until 2015 (Mockingjay part 2 movie release)<br />
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<span style="color: red;">The question this week is SUPER SPOILER-Y if you have not read Mockingjay...STAY CLEAR. This is a spoiler zone...all of it is... top to bottom. Sorry, but I feel this is a REALLY necessary topic of discussion at the moment.</span><br />
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Here is the question: <br />
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{ <span style="color: white;">Was Finnick and Prim's death really necessary?</span> }<br />
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<strong>**Highlight between the brackets to view the <span style="color: red;">SPOILER-Y </span><span style="color: black;">discussion**</span></strong><br />
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{ <span style="color: white;">Yes. It shows you how serious this book is...it's not a joke. and when everyone around you starts dying its not so funny anymore. Katniss described how everyone must have felt and how all their family members were dead because of the games. Suzanne didn't just want to "tell" you, she wanted to show you. She made it so you could experience it too, leaving it for the last book so you knew Katniss SOO well and then killed them. So you felt it too...you weren't just watching others who you didn't know through the story being hurt, it effected you too, it effects everyone in The Hunger Games. It's a very serious thing and was very necessary. It's war guys. It takes everything. (Katiss was pretty dang lucky to at least finish it off with Peeta...at least he barely survived...she would have had nothing.)</span> }<br />
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Since we are a user friendly blog and want all of our readers to be able to read the comments please add " **SPOILER ALERT** " to your post if it applies. Thanks for your consideration!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-28696207777080639572012-12-06T19:15:00.001-08:002012-12-06T19:15:20.878-08:00Booking Through Thursday: Keeping TrackIt's<a href="http://btt2.wordpress.com/"> Booking Through Thursday</a>! Yay!<br />
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<em>Do you keep a list of the books you’ve read? How? In a journal? Through one of the online services? If so, WHY? To keep good records for future reference? To make sure you don’t accidentally reread? If not, why not? Too eager to move on to the next book? Too lazy? Never thought to bother?</em><br />
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I do keep a list! in fact I use this AMAZING program I am sure many of you guys are familiar with called <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">Goodreads</a> !<br />
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Why? Well I find that Goodreads is a helpful program for so many reasons:<br />
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1. I can keep a log of how many pages I read a day and write little comments about what I think of the book at that point (which helps for reviews and just looking back)<br />
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2. I can keep a list of books I've read ~ I love this because I want to make sure I don't forget and it's nice to know how many books I've read since 2010 (when I joined Goodreads)<br />
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3. I can keep a list of books I want to read. ~ as the Goodreads 'motto' goes: "meet your next favorite book" well I can attest that I have found some wonderful books on Goodreads and read their synopsis and viewed their star rating and reviews and decided if I would like to read it or not. It's quite helpful in choosing new to-read books and keeping track of them<br />
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4. *see details of number 3*<br />
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5. I can chat with people about different books<br />
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6. I can participate in giveaways, groups, and polls.<br />
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7. I can visit author pages and find the other books that the author has written if I really like their work.<br />
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8. I can take trivia quizzes, look up quotes, and give/receive recommendations.<br />
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overall it's a fabulous program and it is worth my time and helps me organize my reading world in a very ordered way.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-45493385267715480012012-12-05T16:32:00.000-08:002012-12-05T16:32:06.256-08:00RantA pet peeve of mine is when I read a dystopian book and I fall in love with the world and the dystopian society that are in....but by the end of the first book they "run away" to the "wild" or something like that where the entire book is changed and the character had hardened somehow.... New characters who think that the protagonist is a......well not very intelligent.......that is too involved with the city ways or something like that. Most likely the male protagonist/love interest got separated from the female and she is mopey and "determined" to save him...and everyone else in this new environment aka "book 2" doesn't understand the dire need to find so and so. Blah blah blah. It just kind of ruins the series.....that's why the first dystopian books are always the best. (except for THG...they are all equally epic) and I am also excluding Uglies from this as well.<br />
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Sorry for the rant. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-11469310585177497792012-12-05T16:30:00.000-08:002012-12-05T16:30:06.830-08:00Waiting on Wednesday(I just noticed that for some reason this did not post <em>last </em>week. So enjoy!) Here are a couple of books I am super excited to read!! Look at the gorgeous covers!<br />
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<img alt="" border="1" height="374" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/197370000/197370227.JPG" width="250" /> <img alt="" border="1" height="395" src="http://rachelvincent.com/SSV2L.jpg" width="250" /> <img alt="" border="1" height="365" src="http://www.josephineangelini.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/9780062012036_0_Cover.jpeg" width="250" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748309982572008419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272347018460287084.post-40730288463876798272012-12-05T16:28:00.001-08:002012-12-05T16:28:41.081-08:00Waiting on Wednesday: Holiday TwistsAs far as I know...there isn't any books I'm just <em>waiting</em> on at the moment (for release) that I haven't already covered.<br />
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I know for Christmas I asked my friends and family for books books books! Only books! (if you celebrate Christmas) and there are quite a few that I am extremely excited to read.<br />
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<img alt="" class="rg_hi uh_hi" data-height="276" data-width="183" height="276" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ8oPwiXH58R3EsWJF---EInBA80K6thMcm9bfwdyvLHb2mjAhJmg" style="height: 276px; width: 183px;" width="183" /> I have yet to read the first one. (it's next! it's next!) but I want to complete the series and have them all at my reading disposal. (I don't even know if this is the second book..but oh well.)<br />
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<img alt="" class="rg_hi uh_hi" data-height="275" data-width="183" height="275" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXYufiSfgIsrOmR1oeEsLbXDcrWqPWt0mIn47bz_NJtYSFxoC6" style="height: 275px; width: 183px;" width="183" /> I just LOVED the first book and I am excited to be BLOWN away by this one. Bring it on baby!<br />
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and while browsing through Google pictures of Unwholly I dare stumble upon:<br />
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<img alt="" class="rg_hi uh_hi" data-height="275" data-width="183" height="275" id="rg_hi" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNvfAHdElbFH219lCxsByE8I6jDiqbMACmuaw8YGgARnIVYD9a" style="height: 275px; width: 183px;" width="183" /> Unstrung! Oh my goodness! I'm not sure how legit this is. I will look it up on my favorite book source: Goodreads! (*cough cough* infomercial *cough* ;) ) <br />
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Ok so my quick Goodreads search told me this is book 1.5 (ooh! I love novellas!) And it is available as an eBook!.....since......July.<br />
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ANYWAY.<br />
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I am excited for so many more that I just can't list them all! But I promise that I will post about all of the ones I end up purchasing and what not.<br />
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Just for a heads up, You've got a IMM coming your way soon. I received my Violet Midnight book in the mail and I'm just waiting on one more package, then I will post in a large accumulative thing instead of strands of odds and ends.<br />
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Have a good one, yeah?<br />
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