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Book Review: The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn’t stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an “excitement addict.” Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no…
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Welcome to my new blog.
Hello there friends! If you happen to stumble by here before I announce it, this is my new book blog! It was getting too confusing on my other blog and I just decided to delete it and get rid of it entirely. I am slowly moving my reviews and book related posts over here, and then my other blog will be gone forever…sad but true. Please feel free to friend me! I will be reviewing books, doing author posts, and sharing all things book related here!
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Book Review: Dead Until Dark
Media Type: Print Book Title: Dead Until Dark Author: Charlaine Harris Publisher: Ace Pages: Paperback; 312 Release Date: May 1, 2001 Source: Swapped through Goodreads ——————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance ——————————————- HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a simple read with a paranormal twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn’t date much because of her “disability” to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s the type of guy she’s…
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An affinity for Neil Gaiman.
Ah yes…Neil Gaiman. One of my favorite authors of all time, and a looker if I do say so myself! Look at those eyes…. Also, I am a sucker for his accent. Yes, sadly, I fall into the category of girls smitten with accents. I suppose it comes from not having one that I can genuinely hear myself. But what I love most about Neil, is his writing! He writes novels that make me think, shiver, laugh, cringe, and so much more. Today I am going to share with you my top three favorite novels from him of all time,…
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Book Review: The Unwritten Rule
Everyone knows the unwritten rule: You don’t like your best friend’s boyfriend. Sarah has had a crush on Ryan for years. He’s easy to talk to, supersmart, and totally gets her. Lately it even seems like he’s paying extra attention to her. Everything would be perfect except for two things: Ryan is Brianna’s boyfriend, and Brianna is Sarah’s best friend. Sarah forces herself to avoid Ryan and tries to convince herself not to like him. She feels so guilty for wanting him, and the last thing she wants is to hurt her best friend. But when she’s thrown together with…
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Book Review: Love, Stargirl
This book is the much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling book, Stargirl and centers around “the world’s longest letter” in diary form. It picks up where the previous novel left off after Stargirl left Mica High and describes her bittersweet memories in the town of Mica, Arizona along with the involvements of new people in her life. In Love, Stargirl, we hear the voice of Stargirl as she reflects on time, life, Leo, and – of course – love. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: Reminiscent of the first one, cute and simple! First Thoughts: Once again, I’m instantly smitten…
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Book Review: Wherever Nina Lies
Have you seen Nina? Nina was beautiful, artistic, wild . . . and adored by her younger sister, Ellie. But one day, without any warning, Nina disappeared. Two years later, Ellie can’t stop thinking about her sister. Although everyone else has given up hope that Nina will return, Ellie just knows her sister is out there, somewhere. If only Ellie had a clue where to look. And then she gets one, in the form of a mysterious drawing tucked into the pages of a book. Determined to find her sister, Ellie takes off on a crazy, sexy, cross-country road trip…
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Book Review: Marked
The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird’s world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire–that is, if she makes it through the Change. Not all of those who are chosen do. It’s tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as…
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Book Review: God-Shaped Hole
Media Type: Print Book Title: God-Shaped Hole Author: Tiffanie DeBartolo Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Pages: Paperback; 336 Release Date: May 1, 2002 Source: Borrowed from a friend ———————————————- Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories that will tear their heart out. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone. Everyone said she was a fraud, that she was just making it up. I’d really like to know why…
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Book Review: The Road
A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food–and each other. –From Goodreads Cover Inspection: There are a ton of different covers for this book, the most recent being the movie tie-in cover. I like this one. It looks so bleak and desolate. First Thoughts: The book opens on a man and his son, no…