tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41430576503471814042024-03-25T10:06:01.872-04:00Mountain RhinestonesHi, My name is Andrea and I am a total book nerd. I love the YA genre but will read just about anything fantasy or fiction. I'd like to share the books I read with you and my overall review, also what I'm looking forward to reading. I'd really like to get your opinion on the books and some recommendations on what books you would like me to review.Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143057650347181404.post-35136967409710700602016-07-01T11:05:00.000-04:002016-07-01T12:08:17.131-04:00REVIEW: Wucaii By: Pembroke Sinclair<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b>* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review and all opinions within the review are my own*</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Release date: June 4 2016</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">It has been 500 years since Aelana has been home, and a lot has changed in that time--including her. As a half-dragon, half-human hybrid, she has been traveling the universe destroying worlds. Both anxious and excited to return, she wonders what she will find. Her memories of home are filled with pain and loss, especially for her first and only love. She knows he won't be there, but will his memory? Will her anguish remain? </span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">What waits for Aelana on her home world? Find out in this exciting urban fantasy novel by Pembroke Sinclair.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b>I was super excited when I received a copy for an honest review because I LOVE Dragons and enjoy a good apocalyptic read. I couldn't wait to see how she meshed the two together. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b>Aelana is a half-human, half-dragon hybrid, that travels the universe destroying dying planets so that they may heal from the damage the inhabitants have caused, is heading home after 500 years to bring the apocalypse to her former home. She can't help but wonder what lies in wait for her- have they remembered her after all these years or have they forgotten about her sacrifice, and what changes have occurred since she was last there. Join Aelana on her journey as she travels back to the place she once called home.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b>Aelana is the main character in Wucaii and the story is told from her point of view and through flashbacks from Aelana's past. I really enjoyed getting a look at Aelana's past and what events led up to her being transformed into a half-dragon, half-human hybrid and also loved the way that the flashbacks weren't told in the order in which they happened but in an order that went along with the current situation that caused Aelana to reminisce. She goes through such an array of emotions and Pembroke Sinclair did a wonderful job in having you feel Aelana's emotions as if they were your own. From the first chapter I was instantly invested in the story and what was going to happen. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b>Kalen is police officer in the town that Aelana used to live in, and she runs into him while she is at the museum that was once the old castle in her town. Kalen instantly feels that he has a strong connection with Aelana and she knows who Kalen used to be the moment that she meets him and why there is that feeling of a connection but is afraid to tell him the truth because of past experience. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b>In all good apocalyptic reads there is a villain that always complicates things and Pembroke Sinclair doesn't disappoint with the villain in Wucaii. I won't spoil who the villain is but will say I was utterly surprised as to how the events involving the villain played out. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><b>Wucaii is a well paced, captivating read that you're sure to remember. I highly recommend it to any and all YA readers.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Pembroke Sinclair is a literary jack of all trades, playing her hand at multiple genres. She has written an eclectic mix of fiction ranging from horror to sci-fi and even some westerns. Born in Rock Springs, Wyoming--the home of 56 nationalities--it is no wonder Pembroke ended up so creatively diverse. Her fascination with the notions of good and evil, demons and angels, and how the lines blur have inspired her writing. Pembroke lives in Laramie, Wyoming, with her husband, two spirited boys, a black lab named Ryder, and a rescue kitty named Alia, who happens to be the sweetest, most adorable kitty in the world! She cannot say no to dessert, orange soda, or cinnamon. She loves rats and tatts and rock and roll and wants to be an alien queen when she grows up.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Blog: <a href="http://pembrokesinclair.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://pembrokesinclair.blogspot.com/</a></b></span></div>
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Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143057650347181404.post-57019432172082298752016-04-24T09:03:00.003-04:002016-04-24T09:03:41.177-04:00Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon End of Event Survey<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I think hour 19 was the most daunting. That's when I kept nodding off and doing that weird head jerk thingy. I finally just gave in and fell asleep. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I read Trespassers by Todd Wynn and Tim Wynn during this Read-a-thon and it was a really good and fun read that kept my attention. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>1) training a new team member named Mindy—who is developing a crush on him; </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>2) flying under the radar of his boss to make sure he’s not removed from the case; and </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>3) staying one step ahead of a government agent named Karl Bruner, who is determined to expose the presence of aliens on Earth.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Honestly no. This was my first one so I don't have anything to compare it to, but I enjoyed every single moment of participating and I can't wait until the next one!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Everything, Like I said I've nothing to compare it to but it all seemed to flow almost effortlessly.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I unfortunately didn't have the foresight to get a babysitter, so i was only able to get through 1 and 1/2 books. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Trespassers by Todd Wynn & Tim Wynn</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I really liked both books.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I'm the type of person that likes almost every single book that I read.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>You can definitely count on me to be a part of the Read-a-thon from now on! More than likely I will sign up to be a Reader but who knows I may try to take on the task of being a Cheerleader also. </b></span>Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143057650347181404.post-75348161213642139062016-04-24T01:06:00.002-04:002016-04-24T01:06:46.153-04:00Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon Update #3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Alright, I'm not going to lie, I'm starting to feel it. We're at hour 17 of the readathon and there has been all kinds of fun things to do. I can't wait to see what else is in store for us. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I'm still reading Wucaii and I'm on page 100 of 228. I would have loved to be further by now but I had to take care of a few things with the kids and wasn't able to read like I was hoping to. No biggie though I'm still having a blast. </b></span>Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143057650347181404.post-55979629074177094862016-04-23T21:57:00.000-04:002016-04-23T21:57:04.944-04:00Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon Mad Tea Party Mini Challenge <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>For this mini challenge we had to pick who we'd invite to play the roles of the characters from the Mad Tea Party scene in Alice and Wonderland. So here are my picks:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>The Doormouse: Peeta Mellark from The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>Right now I'm still reading Wucaii by Pembroke Sinclair. I'm on page 64 of 228.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>So far I've finished Trespassers by Todd Wynn and Tim Wynn</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>Well I really want to finish Wucaii then start on Liam's Promise by Karyn Langhorne Folan</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>Unfortunately I've had several interruptions but this is first time participating with the read-a-thon and I really didn't know what to expect. I'll know to plan better with the next one and get a babysitter. I've dealt with those by taking a break while I had to do whatever the situation called for and then getting back into reading again.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>Wow, I don't really know because everything right now is so new. I can say that I'm having an awesome time and look forward for the next one.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>Well guys I'm off to read some more. I'll try to check back in in a little bit. Happy Reading and Good Luck to everyone participating in the Read-a-thon!!!</b></span>Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143057650347181404.post-1941437704605036972016-04-23T13:29:00.001-04:002016-04-23T13:29:43.108-04:00Dewey's 24 hour Readathon Update #2 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>So far today has been a busy fun filled day. I've spent time going down memory lane, sent a fictional postcard while on an epic road-trip while listening to Never Forget You by Zara Larsson and built a reading fort. Right now I'm on page 17 of 228 of Wucaii by Pembroke Sinclair. Keep checking back for more updates on my progress.</b></span><br />
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<br />Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143057650347181404.post-13226595840110784902016-04-23T10:12:00.001-04:002016-04-23T10:12:36.726-04:00Bookish Childhoods Meme Dewey's 24 Hour Readthon<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>Unfortunately I didn't read as much as a kid as I do now but some of the books that really caught my attention during my childhood are:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>I'm so excited to be starting my first ever Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon! I'll be doing all my reading from Mullens WV. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm really excited to get some of the books on my TBR list finally read but I'm most excited about reading an e-arc copy of Wucaii by Pembroke Sinclair that I </span>received<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the other day.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><b>The other books I'll try to get through are Trespassers by Todd Wynn and The Doomsday Kids Books 1-4 Liam's Promise, Nester's Mistake, Amaranth's Return, and Amy's Gift.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think the whole experience of the readathon is what I'm looking forward to because I've never participated in a readathon before. I'm also looking forward to the new books that I might be introduced to, the conversations that I might have, and the new people I'm bound to meet.</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 25.6px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> His stomach was ripped. Perfect. Totally touchable Not the kind of stomach I expected on a seventeen-year-old boy, which is how old I suspected he was, but yeah, I wasn't complaining. I also wasn't talking. And I was staring. </span></span></b><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">So my little one finally decided to go with Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, which I think will be a good to book to go with since he is only in kindergarten and it's a classic children's book.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Ava didn't want to be right. Not about her city. Not about their leader, Chief Morray. But when Joseph gives her a secret journal from the past, the truth is revealed. She escapes with Joseph to the Outside, sending Chief Morray on an obsessive pursuit to retrieve his property. Ava has to decide if she should keep running, or return to the city center to save her people.</b></span><br>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><br></b></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Ava is in the running to be in the next Royal Court and has been the favorite for many years to be the next Queen. The only thing is , that unlike everyone else, she really couldn't care less and doesn't want to be the Queen or even in the Royal Court. Ava can tell she's not like everyone else, she feels and sees things differently. Her entire world and everything she has ever known is turned upside down the minuet that the Outsider, Joseph, breaks into her City and gives her a journal. Upon reading the journal, Ava has countless questions and the only way she can get answers is to leave the only place she has ever known and escape to the Outside with Joseph. Of course that doesn't sit well with Chief Morray and he launches a huge manhunt to find her.</b></span><br>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b> It took me a couple of chapters to get into the story but after that I was hooked. Simone Pond spun a dystopian that was utterly captivating. The futuristic technology within this world was absolutely amazing, there were microchips implanted in the index finger that linked the characters to the ''internet'' and a wide array of information , everything is run off of huge solar panels, the living quarters are synced to the person living there and many, many more things. Simone Pond constructed an amazing world.</b></span><br>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Ava was a fun character to follow. She questioned the ways of her world from the beginning and knew she was different because of it. Her absolute love and devotion for her best friend Delilah was refreshing. </b></span><br>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>From the moment that Joseph is introduced to the reader you get the sense that he's a strong willed individual. Willing to risk his very life he breaks into the walled City to pass on some information that he thinks could save Ava's people. I really liked Joseph's character, he seemed really easy to get along with.</b></span><br>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Chief Morray is the villain in the story. To be honest the dude kinda creeped me out. He develops a creepy stalker type obsession with Ava and knows no boundaries when it comes to getting her back into the City. His creep factor went up tremendously the more you learn about the things that he does to the citizens of the City unbeknownst to them.</b></span><br>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>It's every book lovers dream to have their own personal library, and while we all have that one thing common, we differ in the style and setup of that dream. For me personally I like the whole idea of like a secret room with a secret passage way maybe concealed behind an ordinary bookshelf. My little secret sanctuary would have at least 2 levels and all the decorations would be bookish in some way but I really would like it to be primitive and not the country primitives you see everywhere (although those are cute, just not my vision). I've found some pictures on Pinterest that I like, it's just a few ideas and not exactly how I envision my dream library but close.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I really like this forest style. I would like to have the trees in my little escape, and think it would be really neat if the bookshelves could be made out of logs instead of boards. It's no secret that I love the woods as much as I love reading so it would be awesome if I could merge the two in my own home.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I would love to have a spiral staircase leading to the 2nd level, but instead of the iron work on the side I would love to have the designs made out of dried grape vines, and like the bookshelves I would like the railing to be made out of logs.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>The Lord of the Legion, a vicious tyrant, has overthrown the king in a relentless and murderous quest for seven mythic artifacts--and Augum's mentor, the legendary Anna Atticus Stone, possesses one. While Augum struggles with demons from a painful childhood, a betrayal puts him, his friends, and his mentor through a harrowing ordeal that threatens to destroy them all ... and change the course of history.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Arcane, the debut novel in the fantasy adventure series The Arinthian Line, follows three friends as they navigate an ancient abandoned castle, endure grueling training, challenge old mysteries, and learn that a bond forged in tragedy might just be the only thing to save them from a ruthless enemy.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Augum is a fourteen year old boy who has had it a lot harder in life than most other kids around him. For as long as he can remember he has been an orphan. He's constantly being made fun of and mistreated because of it. Augum loses a lot throughout Arcane but he gains a lot when he befriends Bridget and Leera. Together the three friends are thrust into an epic journey of survival and self discovery. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I can't even describe how cool I thought Arcane was. I enjoyed it so much, I didn't want to put it down. Everything within the scenery, setting and dialect screamed medieval times, and I found that very refreshing. I've always been fascinated with that time period.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Sever Bronny did an amazing job with the character development, story progression and the story line. Within the first chapter I was invested with what happened with Augum. Sever wrote with such clarity that I was instantly transported to the world in which Arcane is centered around. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><br />Augum was a really well developed character and I got attached to him fairly quick. I loved how despite everything that he has to go through he never gives up. Yeah, it may get him down but he still manages to keep persevering and manages to overcome every obstacle thrown at him. I really liked that even though he gets bullied he's determined to stand up for himself and others. Augum, because of being an orphan, has never had any friends until Bridget comes into the picture and I liked watching him learn what goes along with friendship and what it means to have friendships. You get a chance to see a lot of his backstory too, which gave the story that much more depth.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Mrs. Stone is something else. Her character has such depth. She's like 70 or 80 years old and can kick so major behind but she's also like a strict no nonsense grandmother. As the story develops you get a glimpse into her past and how she ended up where she is in life. I really enjoyed how Mrs. Stone took on the responsibility of being a guardian to the kids and being there for them when the needed it. I did find her teaching techniques a little odd but I guess whatever gets the job done. </b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47;">Kate, the school outcast, has always been able to see ghosts, and she constantly fears that someday, her so-called 'gift' will drive her mad like it did her mother, who has now been confined to a mental asylum. With the ever-present ghosts, her institutionalized mother, the unwanted attention from a bully and everything else going on in a teenage girl’s life, all Kate wants is to graduate quickly and without troubles. But that becomes impossible when Ethan, a gorgeous new transfer student, takes an interest in her, claiming that she is the Soul Reaper, and that he is there to train her. Things get even worse when her nemesis, the school bully Sandra, decides that she wants Ethan for herself. </b><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 13th: Frozen Destiny by: Ela Lond</span></b><br />
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Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143057650347181404.post-9024951431138200662015-06-27T14:43:00.003-04:002015-06-27T14:44:53.659-04:00REVIEW: The 13th: Frozen Destiny by: Ela Lond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>This short story takes place not to long after The 13th: Destiny Awaits lets off. Kate, Ethan, Mandy and Tyler are on a summer break from school and decide to take a road trip to a haunted monastery to play ghost busters. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I got kind of confused towards the beginning and thought that I had somehow skipped way ahead but kept on reading just to see where it lead. That was they only time during the read that things kind of didn't make sense. It was almost like the author just started writing a different story with the same characters part way through Frozen Destiny. By the time I reached the end of the story I had everything worked out and was thinking ''oh I get it now''. For this being a short story I felt there was a lot packed into it's 52 pages. After I had my Aha moment and understood everything I thought it was a really good read.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Kate's always been different than other kids, she can see ghosts. Her mother taught her a few tricks to make her sight of ghosts go away, but they no longer work. She used to have friends until the incident with her mom, now she prefers to stay in the background. The only friends she has now is Tyler, a popular school athlete, and Mandy, a transfer student from Japan. Ethan, Mandy's brother, takes an interest in Kate and that draws the attention of her tormentor, Sandy, even more. Sandy becomes even more fixated in torturing Kate, when she can't draw Ethan's attention. With all of that happening in Kate's life she learns that the reason she can see ghosts is because she is the Soul Reaper and has a job to do. Can Kate handle all that pressure or will it all cause her to break? </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Kate is the main character and the story is told through her perspective. I really liked her character. She's a teenager that has the ability to see ghosts yet she hides from them because that is all she has been taught to do her whole life. She's had to deal with her mother being institutionalized and her father always being absent so she has had to grow up really quick. She does come off as kind of whiny at times but honestly I don't blame her. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Tyler has been Kate's best friend and neighbor since like preschool. He's the school's star athlete and most popular guy. He comes off as a pretty good guy and only wants what's best for Kate and to help her however he can. He stands up for her when the other students try to pick on her. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Mandy is a transfer student from Japan and has become friends with Kate. She seems like a really sweet girl. Kate helps to get Mandy and Tyler in a relationship so we really don't get a huge look in to her character. </b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">The Lord of the Flies was the only book I was required to read in high school and I thought it was a really good book. </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by </span><a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/" style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">The Broke and the Bookish</a><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">. This week we're celebrating 5 years of Top Ten Tuesday posts, On June 21, 2010 TTT debuted. So this week we're focusing on the topic of our Top Ten Favorite Top Ten Tuesday Posts Within the last 5 Years. I've not been participating with the TTT meme for that long and here recently I've had to take a small break from participating for reasons that were not in my control so my list is going to be comprised of TTT post from here recently. </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Lacy Dawn is a true daughter of Appalachia, and then some. She lives in a hollow with her worn-out mom, her Iraq War disabled dad, and her mutt Brownie, a dog who's very skilled at laying fiber optic cable. Lacy Dawn's android boyfriend, DotCom, has come to the hollow with a mission. His equipment includes infomercial videos of Earth's earliest proto-humans from millennia ago. DotCom has been sent by the Manager of the Mall on planet Shptiludrp: he must recruit Lacy Dawn to save the Universe in exchange for the designation of Earth as a planet which is eligible for continued existence within a universal economic structure that exploits underdeveloped planets for their mineral content. Lacy Dawn’s magic enables her to save the universe, Earth, and, most importantly, her own family.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b> The clubhouse was a cardboard box in the front yard that her grandmother's new refrigerator had occupied until an hour before. Her father brought it home for her to play in.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b> Faith lay beside her with a hand over the words and split fingers to cheat as they were called off. She lived in the next house up the hollow. Every other Wednesday for the last two months, the supervised child psychologist came to their school, pulled her out of class, and evaluated suspected learning disabilities. Lacy Dawn underlined a word with a fingernail. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I was really excited when Robert Eggleton, the author of "Rarity from the Hollow", emailed me asking for a review of Rarity from the Hollow. For one thing I love books that are centered in my home state and another thing is I love helping out fellow Mountaineers. I became even more excited when I continued reading the email and found out that Mr. Eggleton donates his author proceeds to a child abuse prevention program operated by Children’s Home Society of West Virginia</b></span><b style="color: #741b47;"> in his home state. Further into the review I will place a link to the CHSofWV webpage so you can see for yourself the things the program is doing to help the youth of WV. </b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Lacy Dawn is an extremely smart eleven year old girl who is living an extremely hard life. She has to deal with poverty, abusive and neglectful parents. Her father, who is a Gulf War vet and is suffering from PTSD, constantly beats Lacy Dawn and her mother Jenny. Jenny is under-educated, there in physical form but is mentally absent when it comes to parenting and has lost her teeth as a result of having Lacy Dawn and poverty. Lacy Dawn has been told by DotCom (Bucky), an android, that it is up to her to save the entire universe. With help from her friends and family will Lacy Dawn be able to find a way to save the universe?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Lacy Dawn is our heroin and at the beginning of the story only a mere eleven years old. She is wise beyond her years, because she has had education lessons from DotCom for years, and she uses that knowledge to help friends and family in her own way. For a kid, I think she handled the news of saving the universe very well, but I think in most situations kids do handle things better than we expect them to. I really liked Lacy Dawn's character. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Jenny, Lacy Dawn mother, has been beaten down everyday since her husband and Lacy Dawn's father returned from the Gulf War. She never finished high school so she is studying to take her GED test but she has to hide to study and she has to keep her study book hidden so Dwayne never finds it. Jenny also longs to get her drivers license one day. At times in the beginning I felt like Jenny was more content living in her past than trying to change her current situation. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Dwayne, Lacy Dawn's father, is suffering severely from PTSD and the VA has been unable to help him overcome it. Along with drinking and smoking weed on a daily basis he also beats the crap out of Lacy Dawn and Jenny using a switch. A good bit of this book I hated Dwayne's character and wanted nothing more than to knock the crap out of him. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>DotCom, aka Bucky, plays a huge part throughout the entire story. He starts off as an android sent to Earth over 2000 years ago to enlist Lacy Dawn's help to save the universe. He is completely oblivious to the fact that Lacy Dawn has declared him to be her boyfriend and it almost seems like he really doesn't know what that means. About halfway through the book he hits puberty and finally starts to notice Lacy Dawn. I got really aggravated with the fact that he was constantly telling her that it was her job to save the universe but expected an eleven year old girl to figure out how. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>"Rarity from the Hollow" is purely a work of fiction but there is a deeper message embedded within the pages. Robert Eggleton touches on the sick but all to true issues of child abuse, child molestation, domestic violence, alcoholism, drug use and poverty that are plaguing not only the beautiful state of West Virginia but every corner of the world. </b></span><b style="color: #741b47;">If you take away the sci-fi and fantasy aspect of this story this very well could be some child's life.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">I really enjoyed "Rarity from the Hollow". Robert Eggleton has woven a story packed full of adventure, desperation, pain, heartache, romance, and humor. While this may be a book that might not be everyone's cup of tea I definitely think that everyone should give this book a try. Although, I do feel that this is a book not recommended for children because of the issues and certain events that are described within the book. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Robert Eggleton was born in 1951 to impoverished West Virginian parents. His mother was a victim of domestic violence and his father was alcoholic, traumatized by WWII before PTSD was treatable. He grew up fast by supporting his family with odd jobs until his first real job at age 12 in a pharmacy. In the '70s, the Vietnam War Protests drew him into a counter culture that would have prevented him from attending WV State College, had it not been for the military draft that targeted low-income and minority youth. Instead, he graduated with a degree in Social Work in 1973 and a Masters in 1977. For the next thirty-five years, he has been employed as an advocate for veterans, homeless youth, institutionalized juveniles, the unemployed, and, especially for abused/neglected children. He was the primary author of hundreds of investigative reports published by the WV Supreme Court from 1985 to 1997. He created models of children's social services accepted and distributed by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Child Welfare League of America, the National Association of Social Workers, and private nonprofit agencies. In 2006, Mr. Eggleton turned to fiction, in part, as a means of raising funds to prevent child abuse. His first novel was preceded by three satirical fantasies published in magazines. Lacy Dawn, the protagonist of his adventures, is Mr. Eggleton's real life heroine.</span></b><br />
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<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Adoption, including pregnancy counseling and assistance with legal services; </b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Birth to Three, which assists families care for children who exhibit developmental delays and strengthens the families’ abilities to care for their children at home;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Comprehensive Assessment and Planning for children and families involved with child protective services to ensure the appropriateness of services and safety of the children;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Child Advocacy Centers within which children suspected of having been maltreated can be interviewed in a supportive environment by all involved parties (police, social workers, medical staff, defense, etc.), including video recordings, so as to prevent the children from further trauma by exposure adversarial courtroom proceedings;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Parenting Education for parents involved in divorce proceedings;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">In-Home Child and Family Services to keep families intact when there is no imminent danger to the child but supportive services, such as case management or transportation is needed;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Exceptional Youth Emergency shelters serving youth with disabilities;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Foster Care in private family homes that sometimes adopt the children initially placed there if freed for adoption through legal proceedings;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">One mid-town youth center that focuses on after-school and summer academics, delinquency prevention, and parental development;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Right from the Start which targets high risk birth mothers and high risk infants to ensure that proper medical, economic, and social service needs are met;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">Emergency Shelters (9) for youth in crisis (this was where Robert worked as the Director of Shelter Care – He started 5 of these family-like settings but the network has since expanded);</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">We Can, a program that recruits volunteers to augment services provided by child protective services workers;</b></li>
<li><b style="color: #741b47;">And, a Youth Services program in an under-served part of WV that turns around mostly younger teens who are heading in the wrong direction.</b></li>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Henry has lived a hard life after the death of his father and has had to deal with everyone trying to gain something because of it. He's also developed a sarcastic and </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">defensive</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> attitude because of it. Henry lives in a futuristic version of Huston called The Gulf Market where everyone has been implanted with a NEX in their brains that connects them with all kinds of knowledge and information. All of the information and knowledge is controlled by Planetary Link or Plink and they determine what and how much you are allowed to ''consume'' and also have access to your memories. If </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">unauthorized knowledge is obtained it is a capitol offense punishable sometimes by death. Henry is training to become an IT but in his spare time he is secretly studying piloting and space. His whole world is thrown off it's axis when he is called to fix the NEX of girl found passed out, and as he is sifting through her NEX and memories he stumbles upon images of his father and now he's determined to find out what it is she knows about him. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I really enjoyed reading "We Are Watching", it was such a refreshing and different type of book than what I've been reading lately. Stewart creates a mesmerizing futuristic world that is full of adventure, mystery, misery, heartache and hope. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Henry is a sarcastic pain in the butt sometimes but I don't blame him. I think I would be that way too if every time I turned around someone was trying to make shares (money) off me. He has extremely short fuses especially when it come to the subject of his father. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Mark Watson is Henry's best friend and the only kid his age who doesn't try to use Henry. He is always trying to keep Henry out of trouble and looking out for him. You really don't get to see a huge glimpse into Mark's life but one thing that is evident is the way that he is always there for Henry when he really needs him.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Riya is a strong and brave character who has a few secrets. You get a brief glimpse into what her life is like and her secrets as the story progresses. She helps to get Henry to do things that he normally would not and brings him out of his ''shell''. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I like that the time in which "We Are Watching" is set in the future, because as with fantasy the sky is the limit and anything that you can dream up can work. Stewart goes into a few details and describes some of the cultural ideas but, I would have liked to have learned more about the futuristics of this world. The NEX felt a little familiar in the sense of being almost like our smartphones today and all the apps that come with it. The only difference being the NEX is implanted in the brain. In Henry's world everyone is always connected to their NEX looking at everyone else's profiles and status updates, almost like how our society is obsessed with social media platforms today. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">"We Are Watching" is a mesmerizing futuristic tale that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat and dying to know what happens in the second installment of the Mindshare series. I highly suggest giving "We Are Watching" by M. Stephen Stewart a try especially if you like futuristic worlds and tons of science fiction. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>Thank you <a href="http://dearbookgeeks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Selina O'Loan</a> and <a href="http://thenovelorange.com/" target="_blank">Maggie Seagraves</a> so much for nominating me for the Liebster Award.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>10.) I have a weird and irrational fear of never having enough toilet paper. I freak out if I have less than 50 rolls in the house, which is weird and irrational because I've never had a time when I've been left without any.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>11.) I am a Sunday School teacher and the youth leader at my church. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><b><u>Questions From My Nominator's</u></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><b><u>Selina's Questions</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>1.) What is the first book you remember reading?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>For the life of me I can't remember it's exact title but when I was like 5 years old I had a set of alphabet books where each book focuses on a letter. I remember setting and reading the letter F book like a million times. I'm not sure what ever happened to those books either.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>2.) Which do you prefer; EBook, Hardcover or Softcover?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I prefer a hardcover book but have an assortment of EBooks, hardcovers and paperbacks. I love the feel and smell of a ''real'' book in my hands but sometimes it's just more convenient to have an EBook. I prefer hardcovers over paperbacks because it so easy to bend or damage the cover of a paperback and with hardcovers you just have to remove the dust jacket and put it up somewhere safe. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>3.) Do you read more than one book at a time? If so, how many?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>No, I've tried to read more than one at a time but I really didn't like it. I prefer to focus just on one book.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>4.) Do you prefer a Standalone or a Series?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Series definitely. Almost every single book I've read has been part of a series. I love getting to see all the different things that happen in the characters life through out each installment. I feel like I get a deeper look and sometimes I love the characters so much that I don't want to let them go just yet and with a series I don't have to.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>5.) Who is your favorite author(s)?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>My all time favorites are Jennifer L. Armentrout and Suzanne Collins. Jennifer Armentrout writes amazing stories quicker than anyone else I've ever seen. I'm also a little biased when it comes JLA because she's a West Virginia gal just like me. Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games was the first book that I had a full blown fangirl moment out of. I loved the story and Collins' writing style with the trilogy.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>6.) Do you have a favorite Standalone or Series?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Jennifer L Armentrout's Lux series and Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>7.) Coffee or tea?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>It all just depends. I have to have my coffee first thing in the morning or I can't function. Later in the day I can't drink coffee, don't know why I just can't. So if it's later in the day and I want something hot to drink then I'll drink tea. I like hot and iced tea if it's sweetened but I can't stand my coffee iced. It has to be hot with cream and sweetener. And I prefer hazelnut flavored coffee to plain coffee. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>8.) Is there a Standalone or Series your really wanted to like but could not?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Yes, as much as I tried to I just could not get into the Twilight series. I'm not saying that it was horrible it just wasn't for me. I kept seeing and hearing about how everyone loved the books and the movies but as hard as I tried it just wouldn't happen. I was only able to make it through the books once. I felt that all the pieces were there for a wonderful series but that the author missed the mark. I like the movies a little better though.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>9.) What is your dream career?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I would really love to work in a library. Being surrounded by all those books all day long would be pure heaven. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>10.) What was the last book you read?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>The last book I read was We Are Watching by M. Stephen Stewart and I am currently reading The 13th: Destiny Awaits by Ela Lond.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>11.) Night out or a night in cuddle up with a good book?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I'm going to go with a night in cuddle up with a good book. I've always been like that though. It's not that I was a goody goody but going out all the time never really appealed to me. Every now and then it's good to go out to the movies or whatever but mostly I would rather sit and read at night. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">These questions are from Maggie.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>12.) What is your Zodiac sign? Do you feel that your sign’s characteristics fit your personality? Why or why not?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>My Zodiac sign is Cancer. I Googled my sign's personality traits do fit into my own personality. Here is the link to the page I looked at: <a href="http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/zodiac-signs/cancer.htm" target="_blank">http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/zodiac-signs/cancer.htm</a> I do have the tendency to wear my heart on my sleeve and sometimes I am extremely moody and oversensitive, just ask my husband and kids. I am fiercely loyal with my friends and family. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>13.) What book were you required to read in school that you loved or despised the most?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>You may find this quite odd and looking back I do myself, but the only book that I was required to read when in high school was "Lord of the Flies" by: William Golding. Back 10 years ago I thought the way my English Language classes were normal but now I realize that wasn't the case. Things may be different now at my old high school but I don't know. I really enjoyed reading "Lord of the Flies".</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>14.) Do you have a favorite or lucky number or charm? If so, what is it and why does it bring you luck? What ultimately caused you to choose your unique charm?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>No lucky numbers or charms here.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>15.) Are there any songs that correspond with and remind you of defining moments or experiences in your life? If yes, what songs bring back memories?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>The first song that comes to mind is "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. Thirteen years ago when I was a sophomore in high school I started dating my husband and my parents didn't like him and they kept wanting me to break up with him. After so long they just kind of put up with the fact that we were together and it was like that for 3 years, and the day after my 18th birthday we got married. All is good, now they love him.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>16.) Do you keep a journal? Why or why not?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>No journal anymore, I used to keep one when I was a lot younger. I just don't have the time or want to keep one now.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>17.) Do you have animals? If yes, let us know all about them! If not, why don’t you have pets?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Yes my house is a zoo lol! I have one dog, a 16 year old Lhasa Apso, that we inherited when my mother-in-law passed away; all kinds of fish, two hermit crabs that belong to my boys, 5 cats, a gatder snake, and tadpoles. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>We have neon tetras, GloFish, a Dragon Fish, snails, and bottom feeders. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Garter Snake that we found in our fire pit.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Tiger is the tiger striped one in the bottom right hand corner, Sasha is the striped and white one in the upper corner and Hobo is the gray and white long haired one in the left hand bottom corner. These kittens were found under my son's bedroom window. Tiger looks striped but along her sides she is spotted like a leopard, my husband claims her. Hobo is the laziest of all of them, the only boy and my kids claim him and also Sasha who is totally wild and crazy.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Colt and Wesson, the two kittens that I've had to hand raise because their mother died shortly after they were born. Wesson is the one on top, she has a small white patch on her right hind foot and a small one on her chest. Colt is the runt out of all the kittens and my little sidekick where she has had the most issues in getting her to eat. She looks just like her momma. These are my babies, after their mom died there was no way I could not help but to get severely attached. Their mom, Gunpowder, was a stray cat that I fell in love with and when she became pregnant we brought her into the house so the coyotes wouldn't get her. We had intentions of keeping her and giving the kittens to some friends, but after she died I told my husband there was no way I could part with these two because of me becoming their surrogate and the amount of time that we were bonding. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">I don't have any pictures of my dog Lucky or the hermit crabs.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>18.) If you could emulate any author, whose writing style would you choose to possess?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>I'm not sure that I would want to emulate an authors style per-say, I would want to keep things all my own. But, I do like the way that Jennifer Armentrout is able to write out a whole book in a week or less. And while writing I would love for things to come to me that easily and that quickly. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>19.) What is your honest opinion of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Okay so I know that I'm going to get a whole lot of head shaking with this answer but I've never read any of the books from the Harry Potter series. I know, I know, have I been living under a rock all these years. With all the hype and everything you'd think I would have read them by now but sadly I've just never gotten around to doing it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>20.) What is the very first book or story you remember reading? How old were you and why does the tale resonate with you?</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47;">For the life of me I can't remember it's exact title but when I was like 5 years old I had a set of alphabet books where each book focuses on a letter. I remember setting and reading the letter F book like a million times. I'm not sure what ever happened to those books either.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>21.) List your five favorite blogs!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Okay, that's a loaded question. I have 101 blogs on my blog roll and I'm not sure that I could pick any favorites because all of them are unique. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><b>I'm going to use the same questions I answered as the questions for my nominees. You can choose which 10 or 11 you would like to answer.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47;">1.) What is the first book you remember reading?</b><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>2.) Which do you prefer; EBook, Hardcover or Softcover?</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">3.) Do you read more than one book at a time? If so, how many?</b></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">4.) Do you prefer a Standalone or a Series?</b></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">5.) Who is your favorite author(s)?</b></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">6.) Do you have a favorite Standalone or Series?</b></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">7.) Coffee or tea?</b></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>8.) Is there a Standalone or Series your really wanted to like but could not?</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">9.) What is your dream career?</b></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>10.) What was the last book you read?</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">11.) Night out or a night in cuddle up with a good book?</b></div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">12.) What is your Zodiac sign? Do you feel that your sign’s characteristics fit your personality? Why or why not?</b><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>13.) What book were you required to read in school that you loved or despised the most?</b></span><br />
<b style="color: #741b47;">14.) Do you have a favorite or lucky number or charm? If so, what is it and why does it bring you luck? What ultimately caused you to choose your unique charm?</b><br />
<b style="color: #741b47;">15.) Are there any songs that correspond with and remind you of defining moments or experiences in your life? If yes, what songs bring back memories?</b><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>16.) Do you keep a journal? Why or why not?</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #741b47;">17.) Do you have animals? If yes, let us know all about them! If not, why don’t you have pets?</b></div>
<b style="color: #741b47;">18.) If you could emulate any author, whose writing style would you choose to possess?</b><br />
<b style="color: #741b47;">19.) What is your honest opinion of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series?</b><br />
<b style="color: #741b47;">20.) What is the very first book or story you remember reading? How old were you and why does the tale resonate with you?</b><br />
<b style="color: #741b47;">21.) List your five favorite blogs!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">My Nominees are:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Just click on the name and blog title and it will take you to their blog page.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">A couple of days ago I did a post similar to this one for ABEA 2015. I love when a book is made into a movie but only if it is done correctly. A lot of the time film companies get a hold of it and they mess it up. Directors change things ''in the heat of the moment'', some very bad actors are cast as a main character and advertisement and promo work sucks. Then there are the times when a book to movie adaptation is absolute gold. The perfect actor is cast, the director does a phenomenal job and the advertisement and promo is spot on. Here is a list of books that I would like to see made into a movie or television show.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">1.) Lux Series by Jennifer Armentrout</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">2.) Maximum Ride series By: James Patterson</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>4.) Need series by: Carrie Jones</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>5.) Vampire Academy by: Richelle Mead</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>6.) The Survival Trilogy by: Morgan Rice</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>7.) You'll be Thinking of Me by: Densie Webb</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>8.) We Are Watching by: M. Stephen Stewart</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>9.) Fracture by: Megan Miranda </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>10.) Bloodlines by: Richelle Mead</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Zombies are on the loose in New Orleans and of all the End of the World scenarios, Alexis Winter wasn’t prepared for this one. But, an apocalypse is an apocalypse and she should have this covered. She has been “prepping” for the last three years. The problem is location and timing. She’s stuck downtown and she has to get to her house on the outskirts of the city so she can get her supplies and bug-in (for the “non-preppers” this means hole up and stay safe).</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Luck favors the prepared, and as luck would have it, it comes in the form of the ridiculously hot Blake Miller. Former military man, current mercenary, Blake Miller, the man with the plan, his goal: steal a boat and trek up the Mississippi until they find safety. Alexis thinks this is a great plan and she decides to team up with Blake. The two team up in unexpected ways as they find they can’t keep their hands off of each other even when the world is falling down around them.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Can Alexis and Blake survive the end of the world, and if they do make it through the night, find a place that is safe and secure? Can their newfound attraction lead them down the road to love or heartbreak?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Zombies, sex, romance and carnage…you can’t get any better than this.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>We are Watching by: M. Stephen Stewart</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>The 13th: Destiny Awaits by: Ela Lond</b></span></div>
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Mountain Rhinestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548504699318466516noreply@blogger.com0