tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14531651464946960922024-03-19T00:06:43.769-04:00CoreyreadsWrite, Read, Live!Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-20106676606204524852011-03-13T09:05:00.000-04:002011-03-13T09:05:38.045-04:00In My Mailbox (9)<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren</a>.It gives us a chance to show what we got during the week.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma</span>!<br />
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With palpable drama and delicious craft, Nova Ren Suma bursts onto the YA scene with the story that everyone will be talking about.</span></i></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-68373298010459877302011-03-07T16:28:00.001-05:002011-03-07T17:36:46.944-05:00Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuxL6WVOv8VJm5wXMv4kGtFIDWn3ppcIbPCKQo-piQWWwcpGhoYN_01LX8PrEgFqonzD6FoOleFT3vh7l-fEOcCsUMtrhuLfzhOkNU4lY4lxMW9XfkqfciC9xSI-iUF5cGHcTJeVbjPQ/s1600/7285498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuxL6WVOv8VJm5wXMv4kGtFIDWn3ppcIbPCKQo-piQWWwcpGhoYN_01LX8PrEgFqonzD6FoOleFT3vh7l-fEOcCsUMtrhuLfzhOkNU4lY4lxMW9XfkqfciC9xSI-iUF5cGHcTJeVbjPQ/s400/7285498.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Name - </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Angelfire</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Publisher - </b>Harper Collins / Katherine Tegan Books </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Rating - <span style="color: #134f5c;">4.5/5</span></b></span><br />
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When seventeen-year-old Ellie starts seeing reapers - monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell - she finds herself on the front lines of a supernatural war between archangels and the Fallen and faced with the possible destruction of her soul. <br />
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A mysterious boy named Will reveals she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior, the only one capable of wielding swords of angelfire to fight the reapers, and he is an immortal sworn to protect her in battle. Now that Ellie's powers have been awakened, a powerful reaper called Bastian has come forward to challenge her. He has employed a fierce assassin to eliminate her - an assassin who has already killed her once. <br />
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While balancing her dwindling social life and reaper-hunting duties, she and Will discover Bastian is searching for a dormant creature believed to be a true soul reaper. Bastian plans to use this weapon to ignite the End of Days and to destroy Ellie's soul, ending her rebirth cycle forever. Now, she must face an army of Bastian's most frightening reapers, prevent the soul reaper from consuming her soul, and uncover the secrets of her past lives - including truths that may be too frightening to remember.</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText2317053075526713796" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It's about a girl named Ellie and a guy named Will. Ellie is one of the best heroines I've ever read about, she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior and every time she dies, she just gets born again. I just loved her, she was kinda amazing. Now, onto Will, I loved Will also. I think I loved every single character in 'Angelfire'. They were all so amazing!</span></span><br />
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<span id="freeText2317053075526713796" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I will most definitely be picking up anything else Moulton writes, and so should all of you 'cause it's truly amazing awesomeness. Mostly.</span></span>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-51178813654481628712011-01-24T09:51:00.001-05:002011-01-25T16:40:42.389-05:00Beastly by Alex Flinn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANH9voQHFiz_tZYxsCY-z7h9gtKbay3tyie-pxUKJs6yL9ByGcCkOEXuloi3T8O7W_lyLPlMWxGqQ77wo9JUSTBLIRvU7CViTLC8j6LIG5LIcwXHW1DYvFrIoqsGeXtDAiORhyphenhyphene0em3U/s1600/Beastly-Book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgANH9voQHFiz_tZYxsCY-z7h9gtKbay3tyie-pxUKJs6yL9ByGcCkOEXuloi3T8O7W_lyLPlMWxGqQ77wo9JUSTBLIRvU7CViTLC8j6LIG5LIcwXHW1DYvFrIoqsGeXtDAiORhyphenhyphene0em3U/s400/Beastly-Book.jpg" width="276" /></b></a></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Name - </b>Beastly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Author - </b>Alex Flinn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Publisher - </b>HarperTeen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b>Release - </b>October 1st 2007</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">Summary from Goodreads - </span></span></b></span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="reviewText" id="freeText17418333704732195391">I am a beast. <br />
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Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright. I am a monster. You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll,stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell. <br />
Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="reviewText" id="freeText17418333704732195391"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The main character Kyle Kingsbury is popular, beautiful, and rich, but he is also vain, egotistic, and obnoxious. As the story progresses you get to see a major change in Kyles character, which is something that makes a book great for me. Lindy, the Belle of the story, is smart, poor, and nice. The polar opposite of Kyle.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="reviewText" id="freeText17418333704732195391"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I am now yearning to read more by Flinn. Her writing just captures you. The only thing in the book that was a little off for me was the time line. I know it would be difficult to fit two years into a 304 page book, but I didn't like it. I think everyone should at least give this book a try because who doesn't like a good love story?<br />
</span></span></span>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-6221719706266312242011-01-15T22:55:00.000-05:002011-01-15T22:55:52.639-05:00In My Mailbox (8)<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren</a></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I have mixed feelings for <u>Unthinkable</u>. The writing was amazing, but the plot was disappointing. To me, <u>Unthinkable</u> was just another cheesy horror book.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Let's start with the things I liked. <u>Unthinkable</u> is a very fast very light read, you won't be able put it down until you finish it. I know I couldn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Now for the things I didn't care for. The plot was not very original. I would compare it to a cheesy horror movie from the 90's. The characters were lacking and I didn't like the way that Duke introduced a new character in the book </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I do not regret reading this book, but if Duke releases a new book I'm not sure if I would pick it up judging on the originality of <u>Unthinkable</u>. I think if the book sounds good to you give it a try, but if you don't care for this type of book, you won't miss out on anything big by not reading it.<u></u><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In <u>Hush Money</u> there are two main characters, Joss and Dylan. Joss is the kind of girl who would go out of her way to avoid trouble, but will stand up for herself if needs be. Joss is also very stubborn, which I can easily relate to. Dylan hangs around with the worst possible people. I find him to be quite relatable. The characters and their personalities were very well developed.</span></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTjEXoH4nH1T4N8CY7I5Ehc-v5vjKXgc727ONojptoPLeBBuC4cCq2NONmmNmp3NB5h7Rz0QmhFLkEM0ZyBI4ZoO90KZUGAup7cVPDeDQcdJ9aUF8XgTzPmynzeNVc7s59TCb-emWbdY/s1600/wbofficial1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTjEXoH4nH1T4N8CY7I5Ehc-v5vjKXgc727ONojptoPLeBBuC4cCq2NONmmNmp3NB5h7Rz0QmhFLkEM0ZyBI4ZoO90KZUGAup7cVPDeDQcdJ9aUF8XgTzPmynzeNVc7s59TCb-emWbdY/s320/wbofficial1.png" width="220" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was watching the movie The Time Machine in which a scientist builds a time machine in order to save his fiance’s life after she dies tragically. He gives up after watching her die again, recognizing that he can’t change her fate. I wondered what it would do to someone who wouldn’t stop trying to save the person he loves.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I love quirky, but strong heroines who have these enormous supernatural destinies, like Sailor Moon and Buffy, and I wanted to create my own. Ellie is Angelfire is a lot like Sailor Moon in that she is a bit of a reluctant heroine at first, but she really steps up to the plate when she needs to.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Since I learned how to write, I’ve been scribbling stories everywhere I could. I was one of those bad kids who wrote their own stories and drew their own pictures on the insides of library books. My mom used to yell at me so much for that… When I discovered the Goosebumps books in the third grade, I decided that I wanted to be RL Stine when I grew up and write scary stories my entire life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yes! I love music and when I’m writing, I’ve got music playing. I love movie scores, especially those scored by Clint Mansell and Hans Zimmer. I also find a lot of inspiration from my favorite bands like 30 Seconds to</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Mars, Red, and Lacuna Coil.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Nothing is more valuable than a beta reader to supply a keen, fresh set of eyes to a manuscript. When someone tells you that your work is good, figure out how to make it great.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Courtney's website - <a href="http://www.courtneyallisonmoulton.com/index.html">www.courtneyallisonmoulton.com</a></span></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-4558400581002915012010-12-12T09:57:00.000-05:002010-12-12T09:57:36.069-05:00Create a Cover: Random Magic by Sasha Soren<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">La Femme Readers is hosting a Create a Cover contest. All you need to do is create a different cover for Sasha Soren's Random Magic. You can enter <a href="http://lafemmereaders.blogspot.com/2010/12/contest-re-imagining-cover-of-random.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thanks to - </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Kieran Scott</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alex from <a href="http://www.electrifyingreviews.com/">Electrifying Reviews</a> </span></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-6941160409421194262010-12-11T20:21:00.000-05:002010-12-11T20:21:45.080-05:00Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TAsGXse_pwBEFQyMiLsedNOBmRnRdV6kYaVwBI4DUcyLYPzVX6iGasNEKBAcIfE1y7Lt4ZOue4rDDHwo1PUH97JsysGeMD33pJ_e_kT_I88aMPHSEh0UGqT8XdRx9AQ5uaRENrrpfPc/s1600/9780316606080_388X586.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TAsGXse_pwBEFQyMiLsedNOBmRnRdV6kYaVwBI4DUcyLYPzVX6iGasNEKBAcIfE1y7Lt4ZOue4rDDHwo1PUH97JsysGeMD33pJ_e_kT_I88aMPHSEh0UGqT8XdRx9AQ5uaRENrrpfPc/s400/9780316606080_388X586.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Name - </b>Tunnels of Blood</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Author - </b>Darren Shan</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Publisher - </b>Little, Brown</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Release - </b>April 23rd 2003</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Rating - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">4/5</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Summary - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Darren, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses are discovered--corpses drained of blood-- Darren and Evra are compelled to hunt down whatever foul creature is committing such horrendous acts. Meanwhile, beneath the streets, evil stalks Darren and Evra, and all clues point to Mr. Crepsley. Can they escape, or are they doomed to perish in the tunnels of blood?</span></i></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Review - </b>Darren Shan has created yet another gory tale, but this time he added in a dash of romance to Darren Shan has created yet another gory tale, but this time he added in a dash of romance. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Darren Shan keeps his story's fresh and fast paced. A wonderful read.</span></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-67383381048903626372010-12-06T20:40:00.002-05:002010-12-07T06:51:12.012-05:00Cover Creation (1)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Hello everybody, Cover Creation is a meme hosted by Jessica over at <a href="http://chapterchick.blogspot.com/">The Chapter Chicks</a>. I love remaking book covers. I don't use any special software, all I use is <a href="http://www.picnik.com/app">http://www.picnik.com/</a>. Today i'm remaking the cover of <u>Bad Girls Don't Die</u> by Katie Alender. Tell me what you think!</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9DSe8K75RzdNlZYx6QtdKh15maoTkO_9iJ3SGPHJP9fyuwRtIhLgrIPGG4p4vAhEntL9_CoFd9oKMbTvEPacul1XVtCUoff4ZXl7Ts9loNf3kIJKDr9Yx8yaIB7auuIdQaRFjdVcXy0/s1600/Dakota_Fanning_Photo_Retouch_by_IrePausini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9DSe8K75RzdNlZYx6QtdKh15maoTkO_9iJ3SGPHJP9fyuwRtIhLgrIPGG4p4vAhEntL9_CoFd9oKMbTvEPacul1XVtCUoff4ZXl7Ts9loNf3kIJKDr9Yx8yaIB7auuIdQaRFjdVcXy0/s400/Dakota_Fanning_Photo_Retouch_by_IrePausini.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Here's my cover. Creepy right? It kinda scares me. </span></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-60501637714586281702010-11-30T22:12:00.000-05:002010-11-30T22:12:36.305-05:00Create a Cover Contest: The Saphire Talisman by Brenda Pandos<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Hi! La Femme Readers is hosting a cool contest where you create a new cover for The Saphire Talisman by Brenda Pandos. You can win awesome prizes and it's fun re-making covers.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">You can see the other entry's and enter <a href="http://lafemmereaders.blogspot.com/2010/11/sapphire-talisman-by-brenda-pandos-re.html">here</a>.</span></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-18681406672245428812010-11-25T13:12:00.001-05:002010-11-25T13:13:45.186-05:00Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKga3RvOs9brv4pQcoGsrPplD5OTn4fCfpo9-a2qHwrlcITWJ2bW85d6qB3-05Xbou3HxQEvStNPxOjpPJxT8u1O6NnwST-dcrFRxW2AcrgoBgDXGh4i2lk2kQ7FBn3SzFNaRggOgR76o/s1600/Dash-and-Lilys-Book-of-Dares-716123.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKga3RvOs9brv4pQcoGsrPplD5OTn4fCfpo9-a2qHwrlcITWJ2bW85d6qB3-05Xbou3HxQEvStNPxOjpPJxT8u1O6NnwST-dcrFRxW2AcrgoBgDXGh4i2lk2kQ7FBn3SzFNaRggOgR76o/s400/Dash-and-Lilys-Book-of-Dares-716123.jpeg" width="272" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Name - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dash-Lilys-Book-Dares-Rachel/dp/0375866590?ie=UTF8&tag=coreyreads-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dash & Lily's Book of Dares</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coreyreads-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0375866590" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Author - </b>Rachel Cohn, David Levithan</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Publisher - </b>Knopf</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Release - </b>October, 26th 2010</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Rating - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">5/5</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">If you want them, turn the page.<br />
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”<br />
</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?<br />
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Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have written a love story that will have readers perusing bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.</span> </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Author - </b>Becca Fitzpatrick</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Publisher - </b>Simon & Schuster </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Release - </b>October, 9th 2010</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Rating - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">4/5</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Summary - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Nora should have known her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described as anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away, and Nora can't figure out if it's for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home. </span></i></span></b></span><br />
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The farther Nora delves into the mystery of her father's death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim blood line has something to do with it as well as why she seems to be in danger more than the average girl. Since Patch isn't answering her questions and seems to be standing in her way, she has to start finding the answers on her own. Relying too heavily on the fact that she has a guardian angel puts Nora at risk again and again. But can she really count on Patch, or is he hiding secrets darker than she can even imagine?</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Information from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">www.goodreads.com</a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While reading Crescendo, I actually felt anger, sadness, and even sympathy. When a book can make you feel all of those emotions and more, everyone should read it. The only problem I had with this book was the writing. Sometimes there were scenes in the book that really didn't need to be there, and some aspects of the book were almost exactly the same as the first in the series.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All in all a good book. I think if you liked Hush, Hush then you should pick it up. If you didn't like Hush, Hush then you should still pick it up. </span>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-28651563507685885852010-11-21T09:47:00.000-05:002010-11-21T09:47:27.918-05:00Debut Author Challenge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Kristi over at <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren</a> is hosting the 2011 Debut Author Challenge. I have never participated in a book challenge before, so I am very excited for this. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So Shelly by Ty Roth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Unearthly by Cynthia Hand</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Falling Under by Gwen Hayes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Across the Universe by Beth Revis</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-13964334009979829022010-11-13T11:23:00.000-05:002010-11-13T11:23:32.331-05:00Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJoyDGLUi83foTJJvO7kusbCD-vWk4TRpXbh9HJq5rFAH2IsxYAFOVUVPpwnsCkDCHN4KT0AU8Q_dGoGvYC1ABo3NaDVSY_GpNNWUaR-th-FN-06n22fTOxKc3OesDXb02OAcCD1ao6A/s1600/Beautiful+Darkness+Kami+Garcia.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJoyDGLUi83foTJJvO7kusbCD-vWk4TRpXbh9HJq5rFAH2IsxYAFOVUVPpwnsCkDCHN4KT0AU8Q_dGoGvYC1ABo3NaDVSY_GpNNWUaR-th-FN-06n22fTOxKc3OesDXb02OAcCD1ao6A/s320/Beautiful+Darkness+Kami+Garcia.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Name - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Darkness-Kami-Garcia/dp/0316077054?ie=UTF8&tag=coreyreads-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Beautiful Darkness</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coreyreads-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0316077054" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Author - </b>Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Release - </b>October 12th, 2010 </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Rating - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">5/5</span></b></span><br />
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Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.</i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">Information from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">Goodreads.Com</a></span></div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Review - </b>Amazing, this book was simply amazing. Kami and Margie's writing styles blend together to make this irresistible southern gothic come to life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Beautiful Darkness was my most anticipated book of 2010 and it definitely deserved that anticipation. From the very beginning of Beautiful Darkness I was hooked. The town of Gatlin and all of the characters flourished in this astounding sequel. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lets talk some more about the characters. Liv was probably my favorite character in this book. I love people with accents so obviously she would be my favorite. Liv was definitely a good addition to the book. She is the typical know it all everyone loves. She is like the Hermione Granger of Beautiful Darkness! I also love Lucille. Yes one of my favorite characters is a cat, but this cat is seriously awesome! I don't really know why I love Lucille so much, but she kind of makes the story better for me. I always laugh when Lucille just shows up next to Ethan.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This book was excellent. I recommend everyone to read this book even if you didn't like the first in the series. </span></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-25683996284339999512010-11-06T20:21:00.001-04:002010-11-07T15:12:00.485-05:00New Banner<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As you may have noticed, my blog has a new banner. I never really liked the other one so I am going to try this one out. I love this one? What do you think of it?</span>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-89406895684418675022010-11-06T14:18:00.000-04:002010-11-06T14:18:17.831-04:00In My Mailbox (4)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren</a>. It gives bloggers a chance to show of all the stuff we get each week.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>2. How long did it take you to write </b></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288986678_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Claire de Lune</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>? </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">All told, from the first word of the first draft to the moment it hit the shelves was about two and a half years. The different drafts took varying amounts of time, from seven-ish months for the first draft, five for the major revision, two for the minor revision and then weeks for things like copyedits, etc.</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">3. Where did the idea for Claire de Lune come from?</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Claire was born the way almost all of my ideas are - by what-ifing. When I thought of the idea, I’d just read a bunch of YA novels with a human girl who fell for a supernatural guy. I thought “what if the *girl* were supernatural? And what if she were dating a human guy?” It was a teensy little poppy-seed-sized idea, but after a lot more what-ifing, it got more and more interesting until I knew that I *had* to write it!</span></span></b></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536460627485395954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsFbUp67Yx7cPW4UCTrC6wqMzaYCtAuvHtmEZo4XS0IMicZ1kpgz8vrovA9h6Vga9unDkGyFIF5K8pf4TNr9TxtKnXIpVJXNNG_qhTG1CZcrYuA17aye6SVUA-rCkQ-pv5kr2sY0fr2A/s320/nocturne-200x300.jpg" style="float: left; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; width: 200px;" /><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>4. What character can you most relate to from Claire de Lune?</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I’m going to take Claire out of the equation here, because it’s just too easy an answer. So, aside from Claire, I probably find it easiest to relate to Victoria, just because she’s the most like me. She’s a good girl, sort of quiet, part of the group but not the head of it - at least, not right now. But she has an inner strength that I admire and aspire to have. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>5. Was it easier writing Claire de Lune or Nocturne?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">They each had their challenges. CLAIRE was hard because I was building the world from scratch, but then again, I had zero external deadlines when I was drafting that book, which meant I got to take as much time as I wanted/needed creating Claire’s universe. With NOCTURNE, I already had a solid mythology for my wolves and a developed cast of characters, but my deadline was pretty tight and my youngest child was VERY TINY when I drafted it. It was quite challenging in its own way!</span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> 6. Who is your favorite character to write?</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Again, *other* than Claire, who’s too easy an answer, I’d have to say Emily. Her voice is very, very clear in my head. In fact, I find it very difficult to *make* Emily say anything. She knows what she thinks and is very stubborn! Plus she’s fun - she’s larger than life in many ways, and her flamboyance is very refreshing to write.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">7. How do you choose names for your characters?</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have a couple of favorite ways to pick names. I love baby name websites - I can go and browse through thousands of names, sorting them in multiple ways, including by meaning. What a name means is important to me, though it can be overridden if it’s fitting in every other way. For last names especially, I like old cemeteries. I like to look at the names on the headstones and pick from those. I figure, people put up headstones so they’ll be remembered - and what better way to “remember” them than to use the name in a book?</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>8. What is your favorite YA book?</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My favorite book changes daily. Seriously. I can tell you that *today*, my favorite YA novel is Libba Bray’s GOING BOVINE, but tomorrow it’ll be John Green’s PAPER TOWNS and the day after, it’ll be Holly Black’s WHITE CAT. I love so many of them, and it all depends on my mood what my favorite right *now.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">9. Do you participate in NaNoWriMo?</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Not exactly. When I’m drafting (which is often,) I have daily word minimums to reach. I sort of do NaNoEveryMo, really, as I hate to be between projects. If I’m not revising, I’m drafting. Otherwise, I don’t have anywhere to put my crazy and it spills over into my real life. Everyone’s happier when I keep that stuff on the page!</span></span></b></div>Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01080259352416982350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453165146494696092.post-3429112191859763622010-10-30T17:44:00.001-04:002010-10-30T17:44:54.349-04:00In My Mailbox (3)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren</a>. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bright-Young-Things-Anna-Godbersen/dp/006196266X?ie=UTF8&tag=coreyreads-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Bright Young Things</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coreyreads-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=006196266X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Anna Godbersen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I actually haven't read her other books, but if I like this one I will probably check them out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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