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Saturdays
Increasingly Saturdays seem to be a difficult day for me to post :). I suppose that’s a good thing because it means I have lots of fun things to do! I’ll try to schedule my posts from now on ahead of time, but if I miss a Saturday don’t you fret! I’ll be back on Sunday! Check back tomorrow for a review of No and Me by Delphine De Vigan!
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The Friday 56 (2): A Measure of Disorder
Closest Book: A Measure of Disorder by Alan Tucker Page 56, Sentence 5: Deena had regained consciousness earlier in the day. She managed to sit up and eat some stew with the rest of the group, then after Ms. Pap had gone, they filled her in on the events of the past couple of days. Rules: * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have…
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A big helloooooo!
Wait, wait. Hold still! Let me take a picture of all of you! I am still in shock, and mostly in awe, that there are over 100 of you following my blog! A Fanatic’s Book Blog will be officially five weeks old as of this coming Sunday. Crazy right? HI and welcome to the madness that is my book ramblings! It never ceases to make me feel special that people want to read what I have to say. In all the time I’ve been blogging (and it’s been a WHILE) I’ve always been so touched when people started to follow…
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Book Review: A Season of Eden
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: A Season of Eden Author: J.M. Warwick Publisher: Grove Creek Publishing Pages: Paperback; 244 Release Date: October 20, 2008 Source: Around the World Book Tours ——————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Language; Adult Situations HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love drama and are okay with taboo romances in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon He’s my teacher. I shouldn’t be alone with him. But I can’t help that he’s irresistible. I let the door silently close at my back. He stared at me, and a taut…
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Book Review: Catching Fire
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Much like the first cover, it’s striking and simple. I love…
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Waiting On Wednesday (4)
“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we share upcoming releases that we just cannot wait for! Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus His love captivated her… his secrets might kill her. Since her sister’s mysterious death, Persephone “Phe” Archer has been plagued by a series of disturbing dreams. Determined to find out what happened to her sister, Phe enrolls at Devenish Prep in Shadow Hills, Massachusetts—the subject of her sister’s final diary entry. After stepping on campus, Phe immediately realizes that there’s something different about this place—an unexplained epidemic that decimated the town in the 1700s,…
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Book Review: Billie Girl
Abandoned as an infant because of her incessant crying, and left hanging from a tree in a makeshift sling, Billie Girl is rescued by a passing couple, then turned over to a homeless boy who sells her for $5 to the two women who raise her-women who are actually brothers. Billie Girl’s life, a gender-bending puzzle filled with dark humor and lessons on killing out of love, is a series of pivotal encounters with strangers who struggle along with what they are given: her two “mothers,” a bigamist husband, a long-lost daughter named after a car, a platonic second husband…
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Teaser Tuesdays (4)
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My Teaser: I didn’t care what he thought of me…
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A Catch Up Post!
So yesterday was the Pride Parade which is why I didn’t post! In Long Beach this is a BIG day, complete with a parade and an all day festival! I went out, snagged a spot and took a whole ton of pictures. Then we barbecued and wandered downtown for the big event! I had a little too much fun and slept through until work this morning. Thus why this post is going up now. 🙂 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Let’s play catch up! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ GIVEAWAY WINNER! Congratulations to Kirthi from Pages, the lucky winner of The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott! An email is on…
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Book Review: Shiver
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human … until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It’s her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human–or risk losing himself,…