tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82753834418069076862024-03-13T19:21:21.697+08:00Fiction SparkBook Reviews,New Releases and other exciting things aside from booksFiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-29002391381174697542011-12-25T14:22:00.000+08:002011-12-25T14:22:34.288+08:00Rapture: Cover Unveil<br />
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been these days since school just finished and I’ve got a lot of cake orders I
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cover is awesome but it’s not what I expect it to be. I’ve been expecting that
Luce’s face will be revealed this time. The background looks like the ruins in
Machu Picchu. Anyway I have a big expectation that it will be an unforgettable finale. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-54013353808838998262011-12-25T14:11:00.001+08:002011-12-25T14:11:41.076+08:00Passion by Lauren Kate Book Review<br />
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Date:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> June 14, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Interest:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Series (Fallen book 3)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And she has. Over and over again. Throughout
time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be painfully torn apart:
Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone. But perhaps it doesn’t need to be that
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Luce is certain that something—or someone—in
a past life can help her in her present one. So she begins the most important
journey of this lifetime . . . going back eternities to witness firsthand her
romances with Daniel . . . and finally unlock the key to making their love
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are desperate to catch Luce, but none are as frantic as Daniel. He chases Luce
through their shared pasts, terrified of what might happen if she rewrites
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Because their romance for the ages could go
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third novel in the unforgettably epic FALLEN series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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start reading this book, I’ve been afraid that it won’t reach my expectations
about it and I’ve been afraid of not enjoying it like the previous ones since I’ve
seen the low ratings of the other readers at Goodreads. But then in my
perspective, the book is as awesome as the previous 2 novels in the series.
Another great thing about this book is the time traveling which shows the total
history of Luce and Daniel and I really love the impact and how Kate introduce
each century of their lives. I think this book deserve more than 3 stars since
it provides a great information that supports the rest of the book and it
completes the puzzle and answers the questions that’s been bothering me since
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Luce, that finally she had grown up and learned to be matured enough to handle
the situation. What can I say about Daniel, he’s so sweet, gorgeous and still
the angel I have loved from Fallen. But since the appearances of the other
angels are just fleeting, I have missed them especially Arriane since she’s one
of my favourite among the clan of the good angles. Well for Bill, I’ve been so sceptical
about him since he step into the spotlight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Writing:</b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Characters:</b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Ending:</b> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Uniqueness:</b> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Cover: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Overall:</b> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Synopsis:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> An impossible romance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To save the life of the boy she loves,
Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of
her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might
never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s
memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among
the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who
has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a
twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he
managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger
them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again.
When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Firelight. I never thought that it would be a melancholic, heart wrenching,
suspense and action pack plot. I never expected the contents of the story
except that it would be hard for Jacinda. And maybe Vanish is the darkest and
saddest book in the Firelight trilogy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In this book I’ve seen a better
side of Cassian and I could say that he’s not bad like I’ve known him from the
first book. And new sets of characters have been introduce that possesses a strong
type of personalities just like Miram and Corbin who are very annoying
especially Corbin that wrenches my flesh whenever he threatens Jacinda. And
Jacinda whom I really admired in Firelight, but then I got a little disappointed
with her because she shows weakness, stubbornness and she refuse to fight back
and I want the old Jacinda back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">What else I can say, Jordan
writes exceptionally. But in comparison with Firelight, I prefer Firelight
since its glowing with happy vibes. The climax part just brought back the life
in the story and the essence in the plot since it’s filled with action,
suspense and a taste of drama which enclosed in a cliff hanger ending that made
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<b>Plot:</b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Writing: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Characters:</b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Uniqueness:</b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Ending: </b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Cover:</b> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Overall:</b> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br /></div>Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-53886930760004240992011-12-25T12:15:00.001+08:002011-12-25T12:15:47.027+08:00Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Book Review<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Publication
Date:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> November 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> 338<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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264 days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's
touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares.
The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old
girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't
fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Reestablishment said their way was the
only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people
are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has
changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a
poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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taking read. I hate to say this but the first few parts of the novel became
hard for me to digest and get myself so engrossed to until the romance part
kicks in. The love story is very cute and interesting and for me it’s the life
of the novel since it’s a dystopian book and the plot is in the middle of
chaos. For a debut author, the writing is quite fresh and exceptional,
especially since Mafi wrote it from the perspective of the main character. It’s
incredible to share the adventure with Juliette in untangling what she really
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characters are incredibly good even the villain played well and surpassed my
standard of hateful antagonist. And Adam is gorgeous. I could just imagine how
gentle and caring he is and he’s making a name in my favourite list of
characters. Even the minor characters are awesome well played.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ending took me by surprise; I just didn’t expect it to end like that. Anyway it
will be more convenient to read the rest of the series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Plot:</b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Characters:</b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Ending:</b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Uniqueness:</b> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Cover: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<br />Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-59489225447752657232011-12-25T11:29:00.000+08:002011-12-25T11:29:54.453+08:00The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegen Book Review<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Publisher:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Egmont USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Publication
Date:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> September 27, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Interest:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Series (The Mephisto Covenant book 1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Synopsis:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Sasha is desperate to find out who murdered
her father. When getting the answer means pledging her soul to Eryx, she
unlocks a secret that puts her in grave danger—she is an Anabo, a daughter of
Eve, and Eryx’s biggest threat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A son of Hell, immortal, and bound to Earth
forever, Jax looks for redemption in the Mephisto Covenant—God’s promise he
will find peace in the love of an Anabo. After a thousand years, he’s finally
found the girl he’s been searching for: Sasha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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her mortal life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beginning of the book it already got me hooked. A lot of thing had happened that
got me so intrigue. The plot is very rich and carefully crafted. Plus the set
of characters are awesome and they played their part perfectly. It’s fast pace
at some point and yet at some it just goes on with its normal pace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sweet and I found how awesome and helpful she is. I could even picture how
innocent and her face. I can’t help but pity her for all the bullying they’re
doing with her. And also her total being intrigues me especially the prophecy
and destiny that awaits her. Well for Ajax since he’s a creature of hell, I don’t
feel the essence of him doing a typical dark creature thing; instead I find him
sweet and a total gentleman. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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concept about heaven and hell and salvation for people who did their best to
earn it, plus the concept of a prophecy coming true. Although I just don’t like
the ending because it came into a total rush. But then it’s a pretty good start
for a series and I have a good feeling that the story will progress and it will
surpass my expectations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-19550597945795868682011-12-07T17:45:00.001+08:002011-12-07T17:50:05.404+08:00Crazy For Book Trailer: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare I'm very much excited that I've got my copy of Clockwork Prince today. And when I'm looking for a book trailer that I will post for this week book trailer, I stumble upon the book trailer of Clockwork Prince. It's cute but I still prefer the book trailer of Clockwork Angel. Anyway I'm way excited to read this book. Don't worry I'll keep you posted about my thoughts of it.<br />
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In My Mailbox is a weekly Meme
hosted Kristi of The Story Siren. The
objective of this meme is to encourage readers to share the books they
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It’s just few for this week but I
guess these books are great ones. But it will stay in my shelf for a while due
to my pouring list of my reading pile and dwindling reading time. I just wish I
could have plenty more time to read and enjoy more books. I can’t say anymore
right now, I still have smudges of chocolates in my arms; I just finished
frosting and garnishing a cake and I need to clean up. I just had a break to do
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this weekend since I’ve got a little break from all the stressing stuff I’m
currently busy about. I’ve great to know that another series created by L.J.
Smith has been brought to the screen. I’ve been an avid fan of Vampire Diaries,
the book and the TV series. Even though the TV series is way different from the
plot in the book, I’m enjoying watching it as much as I’ve enjoyed reading the
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Circle series but I’m planning to read it pretty soon so I can’t any comments
regarding alteration from the original plot in the book. But I could say that
as the story progresses it’s getting better like the Vampire Diaries TV series.
The characters are totally eccentric. They are also good looking and I could
say that I love Adam here… Whew, he’s way gorgeous for me. At first it’s not super interesting to me and
I find it even lame at some point but it’s getting better and better as a new
highlight has been shown. It’s just really sad that I have to wait more than a
month to finally catch up in the rest of the episodes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-66265807649728779102011-11-30T21:53:00.001+08:002011-11-30T21:57:55.742+08:00Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> 308<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Interest:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> Series (Vampire Queen book 1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Challenge:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> None<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Synopsis:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";"> "Throughout all my histories, I
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<span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">Those were some of Rhode's last words
to me. The last time he would pronounce his love. The last time I would see his
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<span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">It was the first time in 592 years I
could take a breath. Lay in the sun. Taste. Rhode sacrificed himself so I,
Lenah Beaudonte, could be human again. So I could stop the blood lust. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Constantia","serif";">I never expected to fall in love with
someone else that wasn't Rhode.But Justin was...daring. Exciting. More
beautiful than I could dream.I never expected to be sixteen again...then again,
I never expected my past to come back and haunt me...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one ultimate vampire themed book. It’s one of the best Young Adult books I’ve
read so far. It gives an extraordinary twist to the mythological nature of
vampire. I love the plot, it’s quite amazing and every scene is unpredictable. The
writing is exceptional, and every detail was finely described. I love how the
flashback parts get coordinated with the present scenes and it doesn’t jumble
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of Lenah and Rhode are very interesting even though it was emphasized in the
flashbacks. It’s sad and yet it’s really romantic that Rhode sacrificed himself
just so Lenah could attain her human body once again. Rhode is a very noble and
a man of his words. I’m just disappointed that I only saw glimpses of him in
this book. Lenah is one of the best female protagonists that I’ve known and come
to love. She’s smart, brave and she could easily fit in with her environment
even though the time she remembers has long been gone. The other characters are
also exceptional with different sort of personalities that I can’t help not to
notice. I’m just a little sceptical with Justin and Lenah’s relationship due to
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part made my heart jump and I never foresee the events that’s about to happen.
I’m just a little disappointed to meet the ending in a very fast rate although it’s
an ending that made me crave for the sequel and I hope I could see more of
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<b>Writing:</b> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Characters: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Ending: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Uniqueness: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Interest:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Series (Witch book 2)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Challenge:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> None<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Synopsis:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> The adventures of Tam and Gabriel continue
with more time travel, Talents, spy work, and of course, the evil Knights. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Since the gripping conclusion of Once A Witch,
Tamsin Greene has been haunted by her grandmother's prophecy that she will soon
be forced to make a crucial decision—one so terrible that it could harm her
family forever. When she discovers that her enemy, Alistair Knight, went back
in time to Victorian-era New York in order to destroy her family, Tamsin is
forced to follow him into the past. Stranded all alone in the nineteenth
century, Tamsin soon finds herself disguised as a lady's maid in the terrifying
mansion of the evil Knight family, avoiding the watchful eye of the vicious
matron, La Spider, and fending off the advances of Liam Knight. As time runs
out, both families square off in a thrilling display of magic. And to her
horror, Tamsin finally understands the nature of her fateful choice.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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me more than the first instalment does. And I can say that this book is way
better and more exciting to read due its unexpected twist and turns than the
first book. It’s a page turner and its 288 pages are still not enough for me
and I’m still aiming for more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more about the next scenes to come and it made me so excited to keep on turning
on the pages. It’s hard to guess at times what could happen furthermore and sometimes
it leaves me into an intersection of questions of where could the story take
me. And I also love the time travelling part, especially when Tamsin travelled back
in the Victorian era. It compromises trilling, suspense and action scenes that
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I got to know her more and see that she’d come to be matured enough to realize
the answers to all the questions that have been bugging her. I’ve been able to
dig more to know the side of the antagonists and I’m happy to finally be
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<b>Uniqueness:</b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Cover:</b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IrDGVjhEqSI/TJxVkDk2zoI/AAAAAAAAAC8/s1blL2RXciI/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IrDGVjhEqSI/TJxVkDk2zoI/AAAAAAAAAC8/s1blL2RXciI/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Overall: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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In My Mailbox is a weekly Meme
hosted Kristi of <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren</a>. The
objective of this meme is to encourage readers to share the books they
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I’m quite tired right now to tell
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copy of Shatter Me, and I’m excited to read it. I’ve read the synopsis and I
find it interesting, so before the end of the year probably I’m done reading it
even though my reading pace lately is quite slow due to a lot of activities
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<b>Publisher:</b> Greenwillow Books<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Publication Date:</b> February 22, 2011<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 432<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Interest:</b> Series (Touch Mortal book 1)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Challenge:</b> 2011 Debut Author Challenge<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Synopsis:</b> Eden didn’t expect Az. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Not
his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick up line. Not
the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now
trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch,
Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All
because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She
may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most.
But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else’s game. Her heart is her own. <o:p></o:p></div>
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what I expected it to be. When I posted this book as one of the copy that I
have acquired, I got an abundant positive comments about this book, so I’ve
been excited to read and find out about their positive comments about it and it
registered to me that this book is one magical treat, but then I’m disappointed.
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talks about the dark side of angels, and a new kind of creatures that’s totally
intriguing. They are the Siders, which are dead people but not so dead at all.
It’s quite fast pace and some scenes are hard for me to take in. And there are
parts that I also find irrelevant to the flow of the plot. It’s a long read,
sometimes it piques my interest, sometimes I just want to put it down for a
while. And another thing that really surprises me and makes me gawk is that
there are tons of cuss, and even angels cuss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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characters are in the middle rank for me. Sometimes I find them pleasing and
yet sometimes they are just there to irritate me. But in the end I realize that
they are just a set of unique and intriguing characters and I had this pull
toward them that I wanted to know them more and read more to learn more about
them. I like Eden, she’s tough, strong, a good and determined leader. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the romance is quite short and a little bit dark, I still want to find out more
about Az and Eden so probably I would be reading more of the series soon, ‘coz
we never know, there might be some light to shed on the story soon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really surpass my taste I post a movie trailer of a movie adaptation from one
of my favourite book which is Hunger Games. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I just saw the trailer a while ago, and as
excited I could be for the movie Breaking Dawn I couldn’t fight to scream and
giggle for my excitement for this movie and I will definitely watch this movie
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<b>Publisher:</b> HarperTeen<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Publication Date:</b> May 31, 2011<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Pages:</b> 487<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Interest:</b> Series (Starcrossed book 1)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Challenge:</b> 2011 Debut Author Challenge<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Synopsis:</b> How do you defy destiny?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Helen
Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she
is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's
getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking
parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's
haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when
Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're
destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating
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Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are
more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the
forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together—and trying to tear them
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addicting and many more! Wow, its just wow. At first glimpse I never thought
that the story will progress in a way I never expected it would be. Aside from
the fact that the plot is incredibly amazing, I also love the romance in it. I
love stories that deal with forbidden love and this one has a different take on
the subject that no one could level it up. It’s hard to write a short and brief
review describing the whole aspect of the story without spilling any spoilers,
so I did my best to deliver this review spoil free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The meeting between Lucas and
Helen is not the typical love at first sight scene or anything cheesy, well in
fact it’s very much unexpected. And when they finally fall in love and the
Fates had played their part, it caught my breath away. They have a perfect
chemistry and they’re right for each other that I can’t help not to drool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In every step of the story there’s
an unimaginable twist to it that caught me off guard. Honestly, I never foresee
what would happen next, it’s like a bomb that just blows off in my face. I love
how Josephine turned the Demigod, Greek mythology stuff into a fantastic read
with lots of action to it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Every journey that Helen went
through to find out more about her inner self it’s like I’m also her, finding a
piece of me that’s missing. And in the end we both finally found how incredibly
powerful she is. Even though there’s too much at stake she never give up on
fighting those odds and finding more about herself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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though I’m a little disappointed because I didn’t get the whole piece of action
I’ve been expecting to come. But I’m certain that there is more action to come in
the rest of the series and I’d love to read each one of those. It’s a great
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<b>Cover: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Publication Date:</b> April 19, 2011<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Interest:</b> Series (Goddess Test book 1)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Synopsis:</b> It's always been just Kate and her mom—and her
mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's
going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear
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she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing. He claims to be Hades, god of
the Underworld—and if she accepts his bargain, he'll keep her mother alive
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Kate
is sure he's crazy—until she sees him bring a girl back from the dead. Now
saving her mother seems crazily possible. If she succeeds, she'll become
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contemporary Greek mythology that’s very addicting. I love the story and I love
how Aimee could be able to mix in the Greek mythology stuff and I could say its
epic. The writing is fantastic, it’s easy to grasp and get addictive to it.
Although some thoughts in the story could easily be figured out there are still
unexpected twists that surprised me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that gradually I’ve come to love. It’s an honest and undemanding one. Well
since Henry is Hades, I was surprised to find him very kind and understanding.
I was used to the idea that Hades is so cruel and cunning among the Greek Gods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with her undying determination to fight for her will for the people she love
and care about. And I really agree that she deserve the prize for what she’s
fighting for. And also the other characters are great, even though they played
a minor role, still their role is an element to complete this story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stunningly beautiful, but even though it leaves me with some queries, I’d still
love to read the rest of the series to answer some questions tugging inside of
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<b>Plot: </b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ambchc477qg/TJuyFj_s1eI/AAAAAAAAACc/pEijJbEBzXM/s1600/5+teddy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Writing:</b> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Ending:</b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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<b>Overall:</b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eAI3BHr0DgQ/TS6CgOlVzuI/AAAAAAAAAJw/KIDtfhEjO_A/s1600/new+4+tedz.jpg" /></a></div>
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I've been gone for quite a while and I can't put all the books I've got for the past few months instead I'll just post here the books I've got recently. So here they are:<br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10757833-beautiful-chaos">Beautiful Chaos</a> by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl</div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10841336-darker-still">Darker Still</a> by Leanna Renee Hieber</div>
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My reading pile keep on filling in and really sometimes its hard for me to decide on what to read next. I'm excited to take a glimpse in the world of the Matched series and I'm really thankful to have Crossed now, but I guess I need to take more time before I could read it since I haven't read the first book yet. I heard it's an awesome read. Right now I'm weighing on my option on reading Beautiful Creatures next since I'm excited to know more about Lena and Ethan.</div>
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<br /></div>Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-87820212208581648962011-11-05T13:49:00.001+08:002011-11-06T22:30:16.684+08:00Crazy for Book Trailer: Crossed by Ally Condie This book trailer gives me the goosebumps. It's incredible, I hope it will surpass my expectation.<br />
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Series (Lost Voices book 1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happens to the girls nobody sees—the ones who are ignored, mistreated, hidden
away? The girls nobody hears when they cry for help?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Fourteen-year-old
Luce is one of those lost girls. After her father vanishes in a storm at sea,
she is stuck in a grim, gray Alaskan fishing village with her alcoholic uncle.
When her uncle crosses an unspeakable line, Luce reaches the depths of despair.
Abandoned on the cliffs near her home, she expects to die when she tumbles to
the icy, churning waves below. Instead, she undergoes an astonishing
transformation and becomes a mermaid. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her in—all of them, like her, lost girls who
surrendered their humanity in the darkest moments of their lives. The mermaids
are beautiful, free, and ageless, and Luce is thrilled with her new life until
she discovers the catch: they feel an uncontrollable desire to drown seafarers,
using their enchanted voices to lure ships into the rocks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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talent at singing captures the attention of the tribe’s queen, the fierce and
elegant Catarina, and Luce soon finds herself pressured to join in committing
mass murder. Luce’s struggle to retain her inner humanity puts her at odds with
her friends; even worse, Catarina seems to regard Luce as a potential rival.
But the appearance of a devious new mermaid brings a real threat to Catarina’s
leadership and endangers the very existence of the tribe. Can Luce find the
courage to challenge the newcomer, even at the risk of becoming rejected and
alone once again? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a captivating and wildly original tale about finding a voice, the healing
power of friendship, and the strength it takes to forgive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Voices speaks of a very dark and vicious tale about mermaids. In my journey
through the world of fiction, Lost Voices is my first book to read about
mermaids. Mermaids’ tales is one of my favourite during my childhood years and
I don’t know why it took me this long to read a mermaid themed book. Maybe I
was just preoccupied in the last few years with so much vampire themed books.
But unlike the little mermaid that speaks of joy, love and full of
cheerfulness, Lost Voices threads on the opposite side. It’s full of sad and
dark emotions. And most of the mermaids here are quite hostile creatures when
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protagonist of the story. A pathetic 14 year old girl who never made any
friends and she was also being abused by her uncle during her human life. And reading
those scenes makes my heart wrench and broke into million pieces. The emotions
were so strong in a way that it surge in me and feels like I could feel Luce’s
emotions too. On the other hand, I also come to hate her and I can’t help but
disagree with her choices for not fighting back
for those who step on her and being so hostile with her in behalf of the
positive things she have done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is perfect and exceptional. Porter delivered the full emotions in the plot to
her readers and she described every detail and corner in the story perfectly.
The characters seem so real that you could be able to hate them for their
nature with their personality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who loves a dark mermaid book you might want to check it out and I’m sure you
could be satisfied with the story it could deliver. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Publisher:</b>
Delacorte Books<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Publication
Date:</b> January 11, 2011<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Pages:</b>
304<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Interest:</b>
Series (First book in the Timeless series)</div>
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<b>Challenge:</b>
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<b>Synopsis:</b>When
tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and
move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy,
aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion
filled with a century’s worth of family secrets, Michele discovers a diary that
hurtles her back in time to the year 1910. There, in the midst of the glamorous
Gilded Age, Michele meets the young man with striking blue eyes who has haunted
her dreams all her life – a man she always wished was real, but never imagined
could actually exist. And she finds herself falling for him, into an
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Michele
is soon leading a double life, struggling to balance her contemporary high
school world with her escapes into the past. But when she stumbles upon a
terrible discovery, she is propelled on a race through history to save the boy
she loves – a quest that will determine the fate of both of their lives.<o:p></o:p></div>
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first scene of the story piqued my curiosity and I was compelled throughout the
book and I can’t stop flipping the pages. I love it’s concept of history and
time travelling. And for me, its way cool to travel back in time. And the best
part of it which made my heart melt is that Michele fell in love with a guy
from a century ago. Upon reading those parts, it reminded me of my favourite classic
movie “Somewhere in Time” by Christopher Reeve. I read it through to find out
if their impossible love affair could find a way to be so real.</span></div>
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of the scenes was finely crafted and very much creative that leads to a
wonderful plot. Each part of the time where Michele travelled to was clearly
described that gave me a clear view of the surroundings and the character’s
personality. And through that, it’s like I have travelled back in time myself. Even
the fashion styles of the characters were clearly elaborated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the story ended, how it surprised me but I found something is missing and I couldn’t
fathom it. There is a part in the plot that I was so eager to uncover. But
whatever it is I couldn’t wait for the sequel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-25963977665179553222011-11-05T11:28:00.001+08:002011-11-05T11:28:54.009+08:00I’m Finally Back!!!!<br />
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quite a long while since I’ve been gone from the blogosphere since I’ve been
engaged in different activities. Aside from indulging from reading books, I’ve
been hooked in baking and I just started making it as a small business. And
recently I decided to go back to the University and pursue my degree in
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recently I’ve made a few experiments in baking that I would like to share with
you dear readers. Here are some Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip cookies and
Blueberry Muffins that you can enjoy while indulging with your current book.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-75923150608479188712011-04-24T22:59:00.000+08:002011-04-24T22:59:46.529+08:00Book Crave<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I add a new content to my blog and this topic is about the books that’s yet to come out that I’m keeping an eye on that somehow catch my attention and books that are sequels to the book series that I’ve come to love. So here’s the first batch and I knew some of you have already read them through ARCs and maybe some of you are also keeping an eye on these books.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297803240l/9395215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297803240l/9395215.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297199431l/8709527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297199431l/8709527.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9395215-everlasting">Everlasting</a> by Alyson Noel - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's worth craving for because its the final installment of the Immortals series</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8709527-bloodlines">Bloodlines</a> by Richelle Mead <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the Vampire Academy series and Richelle Mead an awesome author and this is the first book in her spin-off series.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nRbrLS1jL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nRbrLS1jL.jpg" width="131" /></a><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1285013996l/8715032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1285013996l/8715032.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9462812-die-for-me">Die For Me</a> by Amy Plum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This sounds interesting and the cover is pretty</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8715032-blood-magic">Blood Magic</a> by Tessa Gratton</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It's creepy and the synopsis sounds interesting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1294334258l/9369720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1294334258l/9369720.jpg" width="131" /></a> <a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302538224l/7263429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302538224l/7263429.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9369720-passion">Passion</a> by Lauren Kate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm excited for this book to come out because it's the third book in Fallen series.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7263429-wolfsbane">Wolfsbane</a> by Andrea Cremer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a sequel to Nightshade and I heard a lot of positive thing about Nightshade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fxoRaORJL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fxoRaORJL.jpg" width="135" /></a> <a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298043302l/8581936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298043302l/8581936.jpg" width="135" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10857695-illusions">Illusions</a> by Aprilynne Pike</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is due to come out next week and it's the third book in the Wings series.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8581936">Supernaturally</a> by Kiersten White</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the cover and its the second book in the Paranormalcy series.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1292645544l/9376345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1292645544l/9376345.jpg" width="132" /></a> <a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298940410l/9436632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298940410l/9436632.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9376345-bite-club">Bite Club</a> by Rachel Caine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its the tenth book in the Morganville Vampires series and the adventure continues.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9436632-vanish">Vanish</a> by Sophie Jordan</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sequel to Firelight and I love the gorgeous cover.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302523739l/10428444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302523739l/10428444.jpg" width="131" /></a> <a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303256461l/9666812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303256461l/9666812.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10428444-lost-in-time">Lost in Time</a> by Melissa De La Cruz</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wow its the book six of Blue Bloods. The cover is way sexy.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9666812-hades">Hades</a> by Alexandra Adornetto</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The sequel to Halo written by a young talented author.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9256414-hereafter">Hereafter</a> by Tara Hudson</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Wow I love the cover.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9816077-the-wood-queen">The Wood Queen</a> by Karen Mahoney</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Sequel to the current book I'm reading and the cover is pretty.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">So for now those are just few of the books that I'm looking forward to read. </span></span></div>Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-57156705004900315312011-04-24T22:13:00.000+08:002011-04-24T22:13:36.009+08:00In My Mailbox (10)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NDntG1rjvu0/TQUmjdf0HkI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Ii8P0bYlSus/s1600/radiance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NDntG1rjvu0/TQUmjdf0HkI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Ii8P0bYlSus/s1600/radiance.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">In My Mailbox is a weekly Meme hosted Kristi of <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration: none;">The Story Siren</a>. The objective of this meme is to encourage readers to share the books they received, bought or borrowed from the library or from a friend. You can also include the books your going to review and next books to read.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ch8UKPr1L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ch8UKPr1L.jpg" width="143" /></a> <a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297902337l/8535273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297902337l/8535273.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6963749">Clarity</a> by Kim Harrington</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8535273">The Dark and Hollow Places</a> by Carrie Ryan</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got my hardcover copy of Beautiful Americans from Book Sale for a cheap price and it still looks new even though it already has little dents on the cover. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about you, what have you got in your Mailbox this week?</div>Fiction Sparkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759666974057359328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275383441806907686.post-19591957895182716302011-04-24T20:16:00.000+08:002011-04-24T20:16:15.115+08:00City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare<div style="background: #CCC0D9; border: double windowtext 4.5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Publisher:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Margaret K. McElderry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Publication Date:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> April 5, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> 424<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Interest:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Series (The Mortal Instruments Book 4)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Synopsis:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> City of Fallen Angels takes place two months after the events of City of Glass. In it, a mysterious someone’s killing the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle and displaying their bodies around New York City in a manner designed to provoke hostility between Downworlders and Shadowhunters, leaving tensions running high in the city and disrupting Clary’s plan to lead as normal a life as she can — training to be a Shadowhunter, and pursuing her relationship with Jace. As Jace and Clary delve into the issue of the murdered Shadowhunters, they discover a mystery that has deeply personal consequences for them — consequences that may strengthen their relationship, or rip it apart forever. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; tab-stops: 87.75pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, internecine warfare among vampires is tearing the Downworld community apart, and only Simon — the Daylighter who everyone wants on their side — can decide the outcome; too bad he wants nothing to do with Downworld politics. Love, blood, betrayal and revenge: the stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: #CCC0D9; border: none; mso-background-themecolor: accent4; mso-background-themetint: 102; mso-border-bottom-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-color-alt: windowtext; mso-border-left-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-right-alt: thick-thin-small-gap; mso-border-top-alt: thin-thick-small-gap; mso-border-width-alt: 4.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Once again Cassandra whisks me to the wonderful world of the Shadowhunters where most of the supernatural creatures exist. It was creatively written and I had fun reading it the whole time. But in the first half I thought I’m missing the action scenes that I used to love in this series, but my expectations wasn’t gone to waste and it was granted in the climax part. City of Fallen Angels is filled with mystery, thrill and action that have always been in the Mortal Instruments books. And I was so surprised to find out more romance in this book. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When I finished the City of Glass, I thought that’s the happy ending for Clary and Jace but I was wrong, until I’ve read City of Fallen Angels and find out there’s more. In this book, not only Jace and Clary has been given the shot for their romance but also I get to know Simons and Isabelle’s side of love too. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A new awesome character was introduced, Jordan Kyle, whom I’ll keep and eye for the upcoming sequels because he’s cool and gorgeous. And I’m happy that Simon is playing a very valuable role in the plot this time and I get to see a lot of his cool sides, but it doesn’t mean that I’m turning to Simon’s team. I’ll always be team Jace. And finally Simon gets to be in the cover. I love all the Mortal Instruments book covers. It’s eerily fantastic and its worth to keep in my shelf. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The climax part is superb and it’s nothing that I expected from the earlier parts and it’s a signature that Cassandra has, to surprise her readers. It was filled with thrilling actions that gives me Goosebumps. Plus, the ending was nerve wracking that it made me to stare into space thinking what could happen in the next book. So right now, its one of the books I’ll be waiting.</span><br />
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