tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73424825634971577552024-03-14T09:03:17.554+01:00Sakuchu ReviewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979239897308226015noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342482563497157755.post-12938376494140061022014-06-29T11:32:00.000+02:002014-06-29T11:32:19.723+02:00"The Raven Boys" by Maggie Stiefvater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: The Raven Boys</div>
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Author: Maggie Stiefvater</div>
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Format: eBook, 319 pages<br />
Published September 18th 2012 by Scholastic</div>
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My rating: 5 stars<br />
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Blue lives
in a family of seer, but even though she can amplify their powers, she can't do
or see anything herself. To make it even worse: ALL her family members have
been foreshadowing the death of Blue's one true love...<br />
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Every year Blue joins her mother on a church graveyard as the soon-to-be dead
walk by. Blue never sees them, until one day a ghost appears she can talk to.
"Gansey". <br />
At first she is confused, but when Blue and Gansey meet, she is dragged into a
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<b><span lang="EN-US">The Raven Boys</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> started slow, so I had to drag myself through
the first pages, but after about half the book, it got really good. I have to
admit I didn't really like Shiver, so I was pleasantly surprised. This story is
so mysterious, you simply want to know how it turns out.<br />
Add some creepy and sad scenes into the mix and you are hooked. At least I
couldn't stop reading anymore. Even though there are a lot of characters and
only a small amount of pages, it feels like everyone is introduced very well. Every character has it's own personality and
background story, what makes reading about them such a great experience.<br />
Sadly we only get hints at romance, even though Blue's true love should be a
big topic. Who is he? And how will he die? Luckily there are still a few books
to come, so we'll probably won't stay in the dark for too long!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979239897308226015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342482563497157755.post-76010214536145620582014-06-29T11:26:00.001+02:002014-06-29T11:35:45.945+02:00Sick and Busy :(Sorry, I didn't blog regurlarly lately! At first I was sick, then I was kind of disappointed in the last installment of the Selection series (I finished The One right after I got my hands on it, but couldn't bring myself to write a review yet.. This series used to be my favourite for a long time now, but I have to admit I didn't like the end at all.) and then life got busy. :(<br />
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Now I'll try to make up and stop neglecting my blog! @Blog Sorry for not taking care of you properly!!<br />
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Well.. at least I didn't stop reading, so watch out for some reviews to come these next days :)<br />
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<b>Reviews to Come</b><br />
"The Raven Boys" by Maggie Stiefvater<br />
"Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes<br />
"UnEnchanted" by Chanda Hahn<br />
"Reborn" (Shadow Falls: After Dark) by C.C. Hunter<br />
"Hex Hall" by Rachel Hawkins<br />
"Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979239897308226015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342482563497157755.post-49961514618779247092014-05-02T11:08:00.002+02:002014-05-02T11:08:20.767+02:00Book Blogger Hop<div align="center">
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Actually it depends on my mood. Sometimes I'm cataloging it immeadiately according to the date it needs to be done and sometimes I simply leave it lying around/in my email for a looooong time and suddenly I remember I had to do a review for that date. LOL So a lot of times I have to read a book in 1-2 days, luckily I'm a fast reader. :) </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979239897308226015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342482563497157755.post-88451803532036887622014-05-01T22:16:00.003+02:002014-05-01T22:16:46.017+02:00The Selection Series Re-ReadSince <b>The One</b>, the last installment in Kiera Cass' Selection Series, will be released on May 6th, I decided to do a re-read on all the novels and side stories :)<br />
<b>The Selection</b> is one of my favourite stories right now and I definitely can't wait to finally read the last book!! How will everything end? I actually expect something unexpected, but who knows? It's so exciting. :)<br />
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For now I'll start my special Selection Time with an old review of the latest book: <b>The Selection Stories</b>.<br />
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Title: The Selection Stories: The Prince&The Guard</div>
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Before America Singer was chosen to compete in the Selection... She was in love with a Six named Aspen Leger... And there was another girl an Prince Maxon's life.</div>
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The Selection Stories is a great read for everyone, who enjoyed The Selection and The Elite and is now totally looking forward for "The One"! :D<br /><br /><u>The Prince(Extended Version)</u><br />I already read that story a while ago, so almost nothing new here. I also have to admit I think Maxon's POV is kind of boring. The events described here are almost all the same as the ones happening in "The Selection" from America's POV. So nothing interesting here.<br />Actually I'd like to see some events happening in "The Elite" from Maxon's POV! That probably would be intresting. :)<br /><br /><u>The Guard</u><br />I have to admit I don't like Aspen that much. He seems like some kind of inconsequent guy, who at one time doesn't want to be with America and suddenly thinks he wants her back. Kind of stupid.(Sorry to all the Aspen fans out there!)<br />But I actually liked this side story. It starts during the stuff that happened to Marlee in "The Elite", so it's definitely not boring! I also loved how we get to know a lot of the stuff, that usually happens behind the scenes like what the king is planning etc.<br /><br /><u>The One</u> </div>
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Alright, nothing big happened, it's only a few chapters, so I actually can't say anything about The One yet. I finally want to read the whole thing!! :( Apparantly America will be finally trying properly to win the Selection and become people's favourite. Yay! :) In fact I'm afraid of the end though. What if it will be totally sad, because America loves Maxon, but realises that she isn't cut out to be a princess? Would be sooo horrible. :( Still can't wait to finally read it!! </div>
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<u>Bonus Material</u><br />I loved all the extra material in here!! (It was a great surprise)<br />There is an interview, the main character's family trees with their stories (Totally loveable!) and a Playlist for both "The Selection" and "The Elite", I'll definitely be using that one, while rereading the series! :) There is also some other small stuff giving background infos about the world of Illea. <br /><br />To me the best part of this was actually the bonus material lol. But I still love this book, so yeah, I'm definitely giving 5 stars! :) </div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Author: Adrienne Woods</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Series: The Dragonian Series</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: GMTA Publishing Mythos Press</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Release
Date: Nov 20 2013</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dragons. Right. Teenage girls don't believe in fairy tales, and sixteen-year-old Elena Watkins was no different.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Until the night a fairy tale killed her father.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now
Elena is in a new world, and a new school. The cutest guy around may be
an evil dragon, a prince wants Elena's heart, and a long dead sorcerer
may be waking up to kill her. Oh and the only way Elena's going to
graduate is on the back of a dragon of her own.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Teenage girls don't believe in fairy tales. Now it's time for Elena to believe in...herself.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For
the love of blueberries, Elena Watkins was destined for greatness, even
though she didn’t know it. Forced to travel from home to home every
three months Elena’s life was a never ending blur of new towns and new
faces, that is, until the night her father was killed by a creature she
thought only existed in fairy tales – a dragon. With her father’s death
leaving her orphaned, Elena is whisked away to her true birthplace,
Paegeia.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Arriving
at Dragonia Academy, the premier school for young Dragonians, she
begins to feel a sense of belonging in this strange world; a school she
was never meant to attend because her father was a dragon. Elena is soon
swept up in the rigor of her new life and the new set of
skills she now needs to survive: Latin, Art of War, and Enchantments.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Entranced
by her new reality Elena learns about the dragons and humans who
inhabit her new home. There are two classes of dragons that soar through
Paegeia distinguished by their instinctual pretense for either good or
darkness. The distinction between these two very different species is
vital to Elena’s success in her new world because she has been marked as
a Dragonian, a human preordained to ride and tame a dragon of her very
own.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With
the help of her new friends, Elena is able to navigate the complexities
of her new home. Her new roommates
Becky and Sammy are even more amazing then she could have ever imaged
and to top it all off, Sammy was a dragon. Sammy’s is also the devoted
sister of Blake, the most attractive boy at school and the Rubicon; the
only dragon of his kind with the abilities of all the dragon species
with a pretense for evil. Elena soon finds the love she always wanted
with Lucian, the Prince of Tith, who actively pursues Elena throughout
her time at Dragonia Academy, winning her heart with his absolute
adoration and unshaken dedication.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unbeknownst
to Elena danger is lurking behind the enchanted vines concealing the
once thriving capital of Paegeia – Etan. Goran, the darkest sorcerer to
ever practice his evil arts in the realm, has lain dormant for over a
century behind the crumbling city. The first
step in his menacing plan is to destroy the only weapon that can kill
him – the King of Lion Sword.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When
the sword is stolen Elena doesn’t think twice about seeking it; knowing
deep down that it is her destiny to save her new home. She travels to
the Sacred Cavern, and discovers the nefarious actions of an unknown man
lead to the swords destruction as she follows the trail revealed in the
prophetic waters of the cavern.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Elena and her friends engage the mysterious man revealing their existence to Goran and fighting for their very lives.</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KGhJYSKpdCU/U15Y1MYrzxI/AAAAAAAAAGA/7-H4Y80Rm1E/s1600/Erika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KGhJYSKpdCU/U15Y1MYrzxI/AAAAAAAAAGA/7-H4Y80Rm1E/s1600/Erika.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I
was born and raised in South Africa, where I still live with my
husband, and two beautiful little girls. I always knew that I was going
to be a writer but it only started to happen about four years ago, now I
can’t stop writing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">In
my free time, If I get any because Moms don’t really have free time, I
love to spend with friends, if it’s a girls night out, or just a
movie, I’m a very chilled person.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">My
writing career is starting with Firebolt, book one with the Dragonian
Series, there will be four books in total and two to three books that
is about the stories taking place inside The Dragonian Series.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I
do write in different Genres, I have a woman’s fiction called the
Pregnancy Diaries, but it would be published under another name. And
then I have a paranormal series, called the Watercress series. There are
about ten novels in that one.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">So, plenty of novels to come out, so little time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I hope you are going to embrace the Dragonian Series as much as I loved writing them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Adrienne Woods</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Name: Blake Leaf<br />Age: 19<br />True Form: Rubicon Dragon<br />Abilities: Breathing Fire, Acid, Chlorine gas,<br />Snow and Lightning<br />Healing<br />Can see future<br />Power of Persuasion<br />Telekinesis.<br />Telepathy<br />Teleporting (last one unknown, even for Blake.)<br />His Dragonian: Doesn’t exist<br />His family: Dad is the famous Night Villain that King Albert claimed (meaning tamed)<br />Mom is a
Swallow Annex, her ability is to heal<br />Sister, Samantha Leaf is a Fire-tail (breathes a red fire)<br />Foretelling: He’s linked to plenty but the two most important ones are<br />1: He will free the people of Etan with his Dragonian (who doesn’t exist)<br />2. His Dragonian will be from the Blood line of King Albert and Queen Catherine<br />They were murdered before they had children.<br />Interesting Facts: They call Blake’s Fire the pink kiss, because of the colour of its flame<br />and ones it touches you, you can’t treat the wounds and your body incinerate slowly<br />it’s a very painful death.<br />The only time that Blake (his human form) is fully control of the Rubicon is when<br />he’s drunk. It numbs the Rubicon’s evil and dark side that is slowly taking over. So<br />in short, Blake is drunk on a regular basis, and he does quite messed up things when<br />he’s drunk.<br />Blake is the only one of his kind. Two Rubicon’s will try
to kill one another and destroy the world<br />in the process.<br />The
previous Rubicon died by King Williams sword, also known as the
formidable sword ‘The king of Lion’ A thousand years later, King
William’s Bloodline is the only line destined to claim the Rubicon.<br />The Rubicon is the biggest of all the dragons. He goes through a growth spurt seven times a year.<br />If he’s true Rider existed he would’ve been just as powerful, meaning he would’ve had all his<br />abilities.<br />When Blake turns evil, Goran, the most evil sorcerer, will be the only one able to handle him.<br />Together they will not only destroy Paegeia but will have control over the entire Earth.</span><br />
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much effort, I finally got Blake in front of me to conduct an
interview. He refused to speak to Tanya, the lady that does their
interviews so now I have to do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: So Blake, tell us a bit about yourself?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">He gave me the raised eyebrow and looked at
me from underneath his eye lashes. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: Seriously?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: Just humour me?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: Adrienne, this is really stupid and a waste of my time. Why do you want me to do this?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: I told you, people are extremely interested in you and want to know more about you. They found you intriguing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: What! Why?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: What’s not to be intrigued? You are mysterious?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">He gave me another look with a slightly raised upper lip. He is getting annoyed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake:
Mysterious? (he closed his eyes, pinch the bridge of his nose and shake
his head slightly.) Fine. I’m evil, or busy changing as the dark in me
takes over. Nothing mysterious about that. Uhm…there is no gray areas
with me. What you see is what you get. I have no Dragonian, thanks to
the Greatest King that evil lived. He couldn’t….</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: Blake!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: What! I have to sensor what I’m saying too.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: It’s an interview, so yes, please.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">He
sighed. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: I really don’t see how this is helping your story.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: Believe me it does, and it’s not just mine, it’s yours too.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: Fine, next question.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: When were you born?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I looked at my piece of paper not to see his facial expression on this one.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: 1<sup>st</sup> of April.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: You were born on April fools day. I didn’t know that.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake just stares at me as if I am crazy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: I’m not even going to comment on that.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: Blake can you please be a bit enthusiastic about this?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake:
Adrienne, you forced me to be here. Now I have to be enthusiastic about
it too. I told you I don’t like doing beep beep like this.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Adrienne: Your language, Blake.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: Whatever! </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">He got up.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Blake: This is a waste of my time, I’m out of here.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I’m shocked. My jaw almost touched the floor as I watch him leave. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Note
from Adrienne: I’m so sorry about
Blake’s attitude toward this interview but at least I try. I guess if
you want to read more about him, which I doubt you wouldn’t, buy your
copy of Firebolt. I promise you, he’s not all grumpy once you know him.
He used to be very sweet when he was younger but the dark in him is busy
taking over. I guess he’s just got a lot to deal with.</span></div>
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girl
singing her heart out about a miracle boomed inside my ear. A miracle
would get me what I needed: a chance at a semi-normal life.</span></div>
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The bedroom door hitting the wall expelled the thought from my mind.
With his hand tangled up in his copper hair and with huge brown eyes,
Dad's figure filled the entire doorway. “Pack your bags.” He had that
set to his jaw, the one that meant there was no way out of this. He
bolted out of the room just as suddenly as he had appeared.</span></div>
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My teeth ground hard against each other, and the sharp pain behind my
eyes, I guessed from the lack of sleep, grew stronger. Every fibre of my
being wanted to explode.</span></div>
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For the last two weeks, I'd been pacing up and down through the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> For the love of blue berries, no sixteen-year old should live this way! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I climbed off my bed, and the first
step I took left my toe tangled in the wide leg of my jeans. I tried
to regain my balance as the closet inched closer, but with wildly
flailing arms, I came crashing down. The thud reverberated across the
wooden floor, and it sounded as if I'd broken something.</span></div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Dad darted back into my room. "Are you okay?" He lifted me back onto my feet as if I weighed nothing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Tears lurked in the corners of my eyes, threatening to burst, as I stared up at him.</span></div>
</div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
"Don't give me that
look, Elena. Please, we need to hurry.” He pulled my suitcase from the
top shelf and chucked it haphazardly onto my bed. “We need to go. Now.”</span></div>
</div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> "Dad…"</span></div>
</div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
He started to grab my clothes from the shelf and tossed them messily
inside my small suitcase. Then he paused, sighed, and looked up with
soft eyes. He stroked the side of my cheek with his hand gently. “This
wasn't the right place, bear. Please, you’ve got to trust me.”</span></div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> His hand reached back to pull everything off my shelf, while my hands curled up into balls of fury. My heart pounded
fast as those two words bounced inside my skull. “Trust you, Dad?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
"Elena, we don't have much time,” he yelled. “Pack your bags! You can
ask questions later." He left, and the hollow “doof” sound from his
footsteps stomped loudly as he made his way into the hall.</span></div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
Ask questions? Yeah right! I’ll only get answers that don’t reveal why
we are on the run for the gazillionth time.' “Trust me” and “I'll tell
you when the time is right” were the only two answers Dad gave. 'Guess
time with him will never be right.’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It was
no use arguing with him anyway. The last time, he threw me over his shoulder and carried me out without any of my things.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
So I grabbed the stuff I needed: my mp3 player, a photo of Mom that Dad
didn't know I had, and my journal from underneath my bed. I tossed them
into my backpack. It wasn't much, but it was the stuff that made my
miserable life felt less pathetic. I zipped up my suitcase and took a
deep breath. Looking around my bedroom for the last time, I said goodbye
to my sixtieth-something room.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
Dad almost ran me over in the hall with his army bag slung over his
shoulder. He grumbled, which I assumed was an apology, took my suitcase,
and ran down the stairs. He always
rented these huge old houses, pre-furnished and near the countryside,
and we always left after three months.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
The pickup's horn honked as I shut the front door. I closed my eyes and
took another deep breath. Just two more years, then I'll be eighteen
and free from this freak show. Huge raindrops fell hard onto the ground.
The smell of wet dirt filled the air. It was my favorite smell.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
The water that pooled on the ground covered all the gaps in the
driveway, forcing me to hopscotch around all of them. My shoe got caught
in one of the gaps and I smacked down hard in a huge puddle. By the
time I reached the truck, my jeans and shoes were soaking
wet. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
Warm heat from the vents inside the truck hit me full blast as I jumped
in; a million goose pimples erupted across my skin. As soon as I shut
the rusty door, Dad floored the gas pedal. Tires screeched and the truck
spun away as if the Devil chased us. My lower lip quivered softly as
he swerved onto the road. The streetlights flew by in a blur as I
plugged in my earpieces. The same stupid song about a miracle boomed
from my mp3, drowning the sound of the engine and the hard dribbles on
the roof, a percussion that became the perpetual soundtrack to my
misery.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
A feeling of utter loneliness consumed my heart as I stared out the
window. Homes with
white picket fences and the convenient store whizzed by in a flash. A
tear rolled down my cheek as I said goodbye, and my breath on the glass
created a foggy condensation. Reaching out my index finger, I drew a
small heart. These were the reasons why Mom had left. She couldn't
handle his paranoia, but why she’d left her daughter to deal with it was
a mystery. Dad constantly reminded me of the latter, and that was the
only time he ever spoke of her. If he ever discovered I had that
picture, he would kill me. That was how much he hated her for leaving
us.</span></div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
The lights of a vehicle in the upcoming lane shone directly into my
face. I shut my eyes, waiting for it to disappear. As a little girl, I
used to watch Dad as we drove away from yet another house. He would
glare into his rearview mirror every five seconds, every
muscle in his face clenched, and his knuckles white on the steering
wheel. I hadn’t been able to force myself to peek out the window then,
as it used to scare the living crap out of me to consider the possible
reasons he was fleeing from, or who might be following us. Now, I didn't
look at him or care much for what he was going through. He created this
problem. With me becoming the luggage. It was a ritual I endured every
three months, and nothing over the past sixteen years had ever changed
that.</span></div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The “Interstate 40” sign flew by in a whirl, and the pickup slowly moved onto the turnoff lane.</span></div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
My eyes started to burn as I stared at the rain running down my window.
Each rivet
resembled another town, another place I would never again call home.
Exhaustion consumed me and my eyelids felt heavy. I laid my head against
the window and struggled to stay awake.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
Suddenly, a dark and huge figure flew past me. Dad swerved to the left,
which made me crushed into the side of the passenger’s door. My entire
body pumped with adrenaline. I jumped straight in my seat and wrenched
the seatbelt over my shoulder to buckle myself in. I tore out my
earpieces as I tried to process what had just happened.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “What was that?” I looked at Dad.</span></div>
</div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He stared straight ahead with huge eyes.
Beads of sweat rolled from his hairline down to the side of his temple.
He looked terrified, something that conflicted with his personality. I'd
never seen Dad look that scared in my entire life.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Dad!”</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
“Did you see where it went?” he asked, attempting to inject calm into
his voice, but I could hear the fear lacing each syllable.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “See where what went? Dad what was that!”</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “You wouldn't believe me if I told you.”</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
“For once in your life, just tell me!” I screamed. Sixteen years of
frustration exploded from my lungs. I couldn't take the unknown anymore.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Fine.” He mumbled something else that I didn't catch. "Do you remember the stories I used to tell you?"</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Stories? What stories?”</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “The ones about Paegeia,
Elena.” He looked in his rearview mirror again with huge, unblinking eyes.</span></div>
</div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Vaguely, but I didn't tell him that. "What does that have to do with this?"</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “They're real.”</span></div>
</div>
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<div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I froze and I stared at him.</span></div>
</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “All of it, it’s real. The dragons, the magic, the wall, everything is real.”</span></div>
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Tuesday the 29th April: </div>
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Spotlight and Review
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bookishlove.wordpress.com/">http://bookishlove.wordpress.com/</a> - with Monique </div>
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Wednesday the 30th April: </div>
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Spotlight and
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Thursday the 1st May: </div>
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Spotlight and Review
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fireandicebookreviews.blogspot.com/">http://fireandIcebookreviews.blogspot.com</a> - with Jackie </div>
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Friday the 2nd May: </div>
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Spotlight and excerpt<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://followtheyellowbookrd.blogspot.com/"> http://followtheyellowbookrd.blogspot.com/</a> with Emily </div>
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Monday the 5th May: </div>
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Spotlight and Review
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Tuesday the 6th May: </div>
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Spotlight and Excerpt
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Wednesday the 7th May: </div>
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spotlight with review
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Friday the 9th May: </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979239897308226015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342482563497157755.post-41479980530717881412014-04-27T14:09:00.000+02:002014-04-27T14:09:08.154+02:00"Ascended" by Debra Ann Miller (Review)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: Ascended</div>
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Author: Debra Ann Miller</div>
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Format: Ebook (Review Copy)</div>
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Published
January 7th 2013
by Debra Ann Miller
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My rating: 4 stars</div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview691294535"><strong>I received this book in exchange for an honest review.</strong><br /><br />After
nothing went as it was planned, Carter and Vie are back to living in
different worlds and Vivian still promised her soul to Lucifer..</span></span></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview691294535"><br /><br />I
simply love Mrs. Miller's writing style. You start to read and you are
sucked right into the story! I never can stop reading :) The way
everything is described makes the characters really loveable and it
never fails to convince me, that a character's feelings and thoughts are
realistic and genuine.<br /><br />Carter and Vie are both so cute with their beliefs, I just could never stop to wish for their happy end. :)<br />Also
we finally get to know all the dark parts about Vie's past and her
relations to Carter, Vivian and all the others. However I have to admit I
got a little bit bored halfway, since most of the plot was really
obvious and sometimes stuff is explained more than one time due to the
multiple perspectives Ascended was told from. I always enjoy multiple
POV and it's definitely a great addition to a story, but here it was a
little bit "overused" to describe the same actions from different
people.<br /><br />Overall I loved reading Ascended though and can't wait to read the next book in this series :)</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979239897308226015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342482563497157755.post-63188054636388662162014-04-15T16:25:00.001+02:002014-04-15T16:36:01.283+02:00"The Ring and The Crown" by Melissa de la Cruz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: The Ring and The Crown</div>
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Author: Melissa de la Cruz</div>
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Format: Hardcover, 384 pages</div>
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Published April 1st 2014 by
Disney-Hyperion
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My rating: 5 stars</div>
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Two girls.</div>
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One beautiful and strong.</div>
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One plain and powerless.</div>
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Only one shall be queen...</div>
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And the other shall serve her.</div>
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But as I awake from sleep, I still do
not know-</div>
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Which one of them is my daughter?</div>
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And which one is the traitor?</div>
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First thing is: That book is sooo
pretty!!! I'm really happy I got the Hardcover version this time. The
book comes with one of those paper wrapper covers a lot of hardcover
books have and I have to admit, even though the cover pic is
beautiful, I hate those. They simply get in the way while reading.
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Here comes the great thing though: When
you remove the paper cover, you get a black book with the title
written in red letters on it, that totally looks stunning! Well..
It's probably quite plain, but it's simply not something you expect
under a colorful cover, so it makes a great surprise.</div>
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I also loved the overall use of fonts
and decorations at the start of each chapter, that help make even the
written text look beautiful. :)</div>
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Now to the story: Marie, a young
princess, is supposed to marry the kronpinz of prussia, Leopold, in
order to form an ally. But, as it's the case most of the times, she
loves someone else. In desperate need to escape her fate, Marie asks
her old friend, a young sorceress, to take her place. As the marriage
draws near and some unexpected events occur, Marie has to ask
herself: Is her own happiness really worth sacrificing her own kingdom?</div>
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I loved how the story slowly unfolded
and a lot more people were involved, than just Marie and Leopold. At
first it's a little bit confusing, since the perspective changes a
lot, but in my opinion that makes the story so much more interesting.
Slowly we get to collect the pieces, until everything becomes a whole
and great story with a lot of loveable(and sometimes not so loveable)
characters.</div>
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In my opinion „The Ring and the
Crown“ is a story about finding your own place in life. As we see a
lot of young people searching for their purpose in life and how the
gradually grow stronger.</div>
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Overall I have to say I loved
everything about this book. The story was solved clearly and since
I'm not sure, if there is supposed to be a second one, I'd actually
be satisfied with this as a stand alone. The writing was light and
never made me tired, so I had no problems reading fast and enjoying
everything. :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14979239897308226015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342482563497157755.post-35202661578643861922014-04-12T16:18:00.000+02:002014-04-12T16:19:50.634+02:00Welcome! :)Welcome to my little Blog! :)<br />
<br />
Today I'll officially start blogging! (Took me a little bit time, too...)<br />
<br />
I'm glad to announce my participation in a book tour of one of my favourite books right now: "Firebolt" by Adrienne Woods. It's such a great book, I stayed up almost all night to finish it! And usually I get sleepy pretty fast.. Yeah, I think you get the point. It's great! :)<br />
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If you are interested now, check out the other Tour stops as well:<br />
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Tuesday the 22<sup>nd</sup> April: Spotlight and Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://www.goddessreads.blogspot.com/">http://www.goddessreads.blogspot.com</a> - with Shayna</div>
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Monday the 28<sup>th</sup> April: Spotlight and Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://sakuchureviews.blogspot.de/">http://sakuchureviews.blogspot.de/</a> - with Jasmin (Me)</div>
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Tuesday the 29<sup>th</sup> April: Spotlight and Review<br />
<a href="http://bookishlove.wordpress.com/">http://bookishlove.wordpress.com/</a>- with Monique</div>
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Wednesday the 30<sup>th</sup> April: Spotlight and<br />
<span style="font-family: Merriweather, serif;"><a href="http://teresadavisblog.com/">http://teresadavisblog.com</a> </span> - with Terese</div>
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Thursday the 1<sup>st</sup> May: Spotlight and Review<br />
<a href="http://fireandicebookreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://fireandIcebookreviews.blogspot.com</a> - with Jackie</div>
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Friday the 2<sup>nd</sup> May: Spotlight and excerpt<br />
<a href="http://followtheyfollowbookrd.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://followtheyfollowbookrd.blogspot.com</a> with Emily</div>
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Monday the 5<sup>th</sup> May: Spotlight and Review<br />
<a href="http://deysesays.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://deysesays.wordpress.com</a> with Deyse</div>
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Tuesday the 6<sup>th</sup> May: Spotlight and Excerpt<br />
<a href="http://melissagroeling.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://melissagroeling.blogspot.com</a> – with Melissa</div>
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Wednesday the 7<sup>th</sup> May: Spotlight and excerpt<br />
<a href="http://confessionsofafantasyfreak.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://confessionsofafantasyfreak.blogspot.com</a> with Erika</div>
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Thursday the 8<sup>th</sup> May: spotlight with review<br />
<a href="http://prettylittlepages.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://prettylittlepages.blogspot.com</a> with Kristen</div>
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Friday the 9<sup>th</sup> May: Spotlight and<br />
<a href="http://whatsbeyondforks/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://whatsbeyondforks</a> with</div>
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