tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21422466373726583892023-11-16T04:43:55.728-06:00taysbookcornertaysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-13839261907419072672012-11-10T21:29:00.001-06:002012-11-10T21:33:30.357-06:00A MAJOR Apology If you remember me, I used to run this blog. I stopped in June because I got in a reading funk. I said I would be back in two weeks but that didn't happen. I remained in the reading funk until school started. I have read only 4 books since August 20,2012. I will have reviews up for two. Next month, on December 3, 2012, post will return as usual. Here's the schedule:<br />
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Sunday: IMM<br />
Monday: Review<br />
Wednesday: WoW<br />
Thursday: What's Next<br />
I am sorry for abandoning you guys and occasionally there may be a week or two with no posts but know that's because I'm busy with school projects etc.taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-91068417229690941372012-06-20T00:00:00.000-05:002012-06-20T00:00:04.176-05:00Waiting on Wednesday (14)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12568505-black-city"><span style="color: #990000;">Black City</span></a> by Elizabeth Richards<br />
<b>Expected Publication Date:</b> November 13, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Putnam Son<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war. In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable--they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash's long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they're caught, they'll be executed--but their feelings are too strong. When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.</span></blockquote>
<b>Why I can't wait: </b> I have always been interested in the Berlin Wall and this sounds kinda like a twist to that but it's post-apocalyptic so it has to be even better, right? I love forbidden loves too right now and I have no idea why.<br />
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What are you waiting on this Wednesday?taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-2292061587027237862012-06-18T01:43:00.003-05:002012-06-18T01:43:37.346-05:00Review: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5821978-the-summer-i-turned-pretty"><span style="color: #b45f06;">The Summer I Turned Pretty</span></a> by Jenny Han<br />
<b>Publication Date</b>: April 6, 2010<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Simon & Schuster<br />
<b>Format:</b> Paperback<br />
<b>Source:</b> Purchased<br />
<b>Pages: </b>267<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Some summers are just destined to be pretty. Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer -- they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.</span></blockquote>
I had heard a lot of amazing things about The Summer I Turned Pretty and today, I'm going to add another to that list.<br />
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Every summer Belly and her brother, Steven, go to the beach/summer house that their mom's friend, Susannah, owns. Susannah has two of her own kids, both boys, Conrad, the oldest, and Jeremiah, the youngest. Belly has always had a thing for Conrad and when he says she's changed, she thinks that that will be the summer everything changes between her and Conrad.<br />
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Belly turns sixteen that summer. She was definitely not stupid but I wouldn't say she always knew what was right to say and do. The main reason I really enjoyed about this novel was Belly. She was just so so so relatable to and I honestly felt like I would have made the same mistakes as her.<br />
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The plot was good. It wasn't a one hundred percent pure unique idea that I had never read before. It was unique though with the brothers and how they related and everything.<br />
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The writing style was probably a big part of why I enjoyed it so much. It was so fluent and smooth. It's hard to describe something so great. It felt like a breeze.<br />
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Overall, I would definitely recommend this book. It has that pick me up feel too it that I absolutely adored! I felt like I was reading it for 20 minutes and then I was done but I actually wasn't. This is also a great and easy beach read and I would know because I read it while on vacation, at the beach.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5/5 Stars</b></span></span>taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-79742421487655844452012-06-15T00:00:00.000-05:002012-06-15T00:00:06.699-05:00Review: Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12681097-lies-beneath"><span style="color: #741b47;">Lies Beneath</span></a> by Anne Greenwood Brown</b><br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>June 12, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Random House<br />
<b>Format: </b>ARC<br />
<b>Source:</b> Publisher *in exchange for an honest review*<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake. Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough—especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistable good looks and charm on ususpecting girls. Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily—just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined. And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.</span></blockquote>
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Yes, this is a mermaid book. When I think of mermaids I automatically think of Ariel and love stories. There is love in this book but it's a real kind of love.<br />
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Every year, the mermaids migrate. Calder is in the Bahamas when his sister, Maris, starts annoying him with her phone calls. He doesn't pick up for awhile but he finally does and the news will change his life forever. Calder migrates back to Lake Superior even though he really doesn't want to. The girls have found John Hancock, son of Tom Hancock who is supposedly responsible for their mothers death.<br />
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The sisters, Tallulah, Maris, and Pvati, and of course Calder, come up with a plan to get to John Hancock. This plan is mainly on Calder's shoulders, he will have to seduce the older girl to fall in love with him to he can get into the family. But, plans take a dramatic turn and more than one person may be at risk.<br />
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Calder was the perfect male character. He was caring but still very protective. That is what I always like in a main character. He doesn't want to go along with everything mermaids are supposed to do, he knows it wrong.<br />
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Maris, oh my gosh, don't even get me started. She was the oldest of the family and definitely the meanest.<br />
Pvati was the one that everyone fell in love with because of her looks. She could get anyone and I mean anyone, into the water. Tallulah was the kind, nice sister who just kind of went along with what everyone wanted.<br />
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The plot was very different and I definitely liked that. It had those certain elements that I love and some that I hadn't seen before. The writing style was amazing!! I loved it and I think it was really good for this type of story.<br />
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Overall, Lies Beneath was a very different, but breath-taking read. This was my first mermaid and I am proud to say that I am hooked on mermaid books now. I will gladly pick up anything else that Anne writes.<br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9713071-angel-burn">Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly</a></div>
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13400912-eden-s-root">Eden's Root by Rachel Fisher</a><br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11396770-lightbringer">Lightbringer by K.D. Mcentire</a><br />
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So, which one should I read next?<br />
Tell me in the comments and leave a link to your post!<br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11105153-blind-spot">Blind Spot</a> by Laura Ellen<br />
<b>Expected Publication Date: </b>October 23, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Harcourt<br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.</em><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Seventeen-year-old Tricia Farni’s body floated to the surface of Alaska’s Birch River six months after the night she disappeared. The night Roz Hart had a fight with her. The night Roz can’t remember. Roz, who struggles with macular degeneration, is used to assembling fragments to make sense of the world around her. But this time it’s her memory that needs piecing together—to clear her name . . . to find a murderer. This unflinchingly emotional novel is written in the powerful first-person voice of a legally blind teen who just wants to be like everyone else.</span></blockquote>
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<b>Why I can't wait: </b>Blind Spot sounds like a dystopian/ sci-fi which I have been really getting into lately. I am really into mysteries too which this seems to have a hint of that in it! I can not wait until October!<br />
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<b> What are you waiting on this Wednesday?</b>taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-12242440119507302112012-06-06T22:37:00.000-05:002012-06-12T23:04:51.568-05:00Waiting on Wednesday (12)<div class="separator tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12294652-my-life-next-door">My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick</a></b><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>Release Date:</b> June 14, 2012</span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b>Publisher: </b>Dial Books</span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">“One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.”</em><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?</span></blockquote>
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<b>Why I can't wait: </b>Huntley sounds like the my kind of author. I have hear NOTHING but great things about My Life Next Door. It sounds like a light-hearted romance with some humor probably mixed in.<br />
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What are you waiting on this Wednesday?taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-12337087058850864692012-06-04T11:09:00.001-05:002012-06-04T11:09:56.641-05:00Review: Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday<div class="separator tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10429033-deadly-cool">Deadly Cool</a> by Gemma Halliday<br />
<b>Release Date</b>: October 11, 2011<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> HarperTeen<br />
<b>Format: </b>ebook<br />
<b>Source:</b> Purchased<br />
<b># of Pages:</b> 192<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">As much as I wouldn’t mind watching him squirm, I know that he’s innocent. So I’m brushing off my previously untapped detective skills and getting down to business. But I keep tripping over dead bodies and I’m still no closer to figuring out who did it. And what’s worse: all signs seem to point to me as the killer’s next victim. </span><br />
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I<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">expected Deadly Cool to be a light murder mystery. Was I wrong? Yes, very. Deadly Cool had that action, that mystery and suspense, and a touch of romance with I really loved.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> This review was done as a guest post on Krazy Book Lady's blog, here is the link!</span><br />
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<br />taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-80050587272943996022012-05-30T01:12:00.004-05:002012-05-30T04:03:11.875-05:001st Summer 12 hour Readathon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, this is hosted by the amazing Anna over at Literary Exploration. Click <a href="http://www.literaryexploration.com/2012/05/1st-summer-12-hour-readathon.html">HERE</a> to go to the official post!<br />
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I really need to get a few books done before I go on vacation next week so I can type up some reviews, this is my time to do that. I will be starting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday (today) and ending at 1 a.m. I will take some breaks because I will need to do other things like go to church etc.<br />
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<u>What I plan to read:</u><br />
1. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7168121-fifteen-candles"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Fifteen Candles</span></a> by Veronica Chambers (This should be a quick read and take no more than an hour or two)<br />
2. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10429033-deadly-cool"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Deadly Cool</span></a> by Gemma Halliday (This is an ebook and I have read almost 50 pages of but never finished)<br />
3<span style="color: #0b5394;">. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10470359-the-survivors">The Survivors</a></span> by Amanda Havard (I am part of a blog tour for the sequel on June 17th so I need to read this one)<br />
4. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10922506-point-of-origin"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Point of Origin</span></a> by Amanda Havard (This is the book for the blog tour!)<br />
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So, that's it but if I can or one of these gets really slow or boring, I will trade it out for Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown. I will come back every time I finish a book and mark it out.<br />
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Leave me a link if you are participating!<br />
(scroll down to see my Waiting on Wednesday post)taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-59386466787760063772012-05-30T00:47:00.000-05:002012-05-30T00:47:47.065-05:00Waiting on Wednesday (11)<div class="separator tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Why I cannot wait:</b> Monument 14 does sound a bit depressing but it also sounds like it will have lots and lots and lots of action. It does seem like it could be emotional and kind of scary because you know they say in 2012 the world is gonna end so yea... I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of this.taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-54439379334331220172012-05-27T22:45:00.000-05:002012-05-27T22:45:00.235-05:00Author Interview: Kersten Kelly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11396770-lightbringer">Lightbringer by K.D. McEntire</a> (Finished Copy)</div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13141233-reaper">Reaper by K.D. McEntire</a> (ARC)</div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/facebook/book/show/13436368-undead">Undead by Kirsty McKay</a> (ARC, Ebook)</div>
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I want to give thanks to PYR, NetGalley, and Scholastic for providing me with this awesome books to read and review for you guys.</div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6985751-l-a-candy">L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad</a> (ebook)</div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12157365-unraveling">Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris</a> (hardback)</div>
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That's it for me this week! Wait, I also got a Iphone 4s so recommend me some apps down below!</div>
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Also, check out the giveaway in the post below!</div>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;"> </b></div>taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-4406199140272517622012-05-24T00:00:00.000-05:002012-05-24T00:00:00.819-05:00Author Interview & Giveaway: Lynda Mullaly Hunt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So today, we have the amazing Lynda Hunt here with us! Give her a round of applause.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #073763;">Usually, with music that has no lyrics. I like violin music—evokes emotion, I think. However, I wrote a good chunk of One for the Murphys to the Broadway musical, WICKED, soundtrack. Usually, I cannot write with lyrics playing, but it seemed to propel the story forward. Especially, the scenes with a character named, Toni.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #073763;">I brainstorm/take notes with paper and teal or purple pens. (I always carry a notebook in my back pocket.) Then, I go to the keyboard.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #073763;">Actually, I love the rain. Add thunder and lightning, and I’m even happier. Rainy days are my best writing days, too.</span></span>
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<b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11410430-defiance">Defiance by C.J. Redwine</a></b><br />
<b>Expected Publication:</b> October 2, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Greenwillow<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the Commander assigns Rachel a new Protector, her father’s apprentice, Logan—the same boy Rachel declared her love for two years ago, and the same boy who handed her heart right back to her. Left with nothing but fierce belief in her father’s survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself. But treason against the Commander carries a heavy price, and what awaits her in the Wasteland could destroy her.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">At nineteen, Logan McEntire is many things. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprentice to the city’s top courier, Logan is focused on learning his trade so he can escape the tyranny of Baalboden. But his plan never included being responsible for his mentor’s impulsive daughter. Logan is determined to protect her, but when his escape plan goes wrong and Rachel pays the price, he realizes he has more at stake than disappointing Jared.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">As Rachel and Logan battle their way through the Wasteland, stalked by a monster that can’t be killed and an army of assassins out for blood, they discover romance, heartbreak, and a truth that will incite a war decades in the making.</span></blockquote>
<b>Why I cannot wait: </b>Defiance just sounds like a very different but dark read. A plus is also that cover! I love the pop of color with Rachel's hair and the few green leaves floating around. It does look kinda like a dark read but something I could conquer in a day like it was a light-hearted fun read.<br />
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<b>What are you waiting on this Wednesday?</b><br />
<br />taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-65959641397884355662012-05-21T00:30:00.000-05:002012-05-23T21:55:24.328-05:00Review: Girl Out Loud by Emily Gale<div class="separator tr_bq" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12972674-girl-out-loud">Girl Out Loud</a> by Emily Gale</b><br />
<b>Release Date:</b> June 1, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Scholastic<br />
<b>Format:</b> ARC<br />
<b>Source: </b>Publisher *in exchange for an honest review*<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 288<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">*Silent Scream!*</span></i><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /></i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Kass Kennedy is nobody's idol. She does forget the lyrics. She's not a gleek. The x factor? Not her! Read her lips: She has the right to remain silent.</span></i><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /></i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Just try telling that to her dad.</span></i><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /></i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Because he's totally lost it this time, demanding Kass audition for a TV talent show. Which would be slightly less than death-by-embarrassment if Kass could (duh!) actually sing. And if even the smallest part of her craved the spotlight. Stardom is her dad's dream, not hers. But he's so fragile, she's afraid he just might crack if she doesn't go through with his latest, craziest plan.</span></i><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /></i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Not helping: Her hopelessly MIA mom. The budding criminal mastermind also known as her kid brother. And amateur shrink Izzy and used-to-be-sweet Char, who've gone all frenemies over a boy in brown boots. (Don't ask.)</span></i><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /></i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">It's only rock n' roll? If only! Inside, Kass is screaming, but no one is listening. How loud does a girl have to shout to be heard?</span></i> </blockquote>
Whoa! If you want to start reading a amazing novel, Girl Out Loud is the book for you!<br />
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The characters: Kassidy or Kass as she is usually called, is a fun girl. She is about 15 or 16 but thinks that she's 24. She was very mature and handled a lot of tough situations really good. She was always there if her friends needed her but in this book they get into a few little fights and that kind of breaks up their terrific trio. I felt that sometimes she could be kind of childish and I wanted to slap her and tell her to get her head in the game.<br />
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The plot and writing style: We follow Kass Kennedy. Your average every day girl. Except, her dad is kinda messed up. He wants her to be the star and do everything that he can't and that is really hard on Kass. One day, well everything changes when her dad says that he wants her to audition for the X Factor and that this would be really really good. The writing style was so awesome and fast paced and omg!<br />
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Overall, well I don't think I need to say anymore. I know I say 'Go get this book now!' a lot. Ok maybe more than a lot but this is definitely one to go check out or pre-order or whatever it is that you guys do.<br />
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<b> <span style="font-size: x-large;">5/5</span></b>taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-45875683740387966332012-05-20T18:15:00.001-05:002012-05-20T18:15:21.992-05:00Weekly Round-UpSo, this week I didn't get anything in the mail. But I decided I would do a wrap up of everything that I posted this week.<div>
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<a href="http://taysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/review-anna-french-kiss-by-stephanie.html">Anna & the French Kiss</a> - Stephanie Perkins</div>
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<a href="http://taysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/review-flygirl-by-sherri-e-smith.html">Flygirl</a> - Sherri E. Smith</div>
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<a href="http://taysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/waiting-on-wednesday-8.html">Fingerprints of You</a> - Kristen-Paige Madonia</div>
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<a href="http://taysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/this-or-that-with-naya-nikki.html">This or That with Naya Nikki</a></div>
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And I also changed up the blog style this week. How do you like it?</div>taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-86479749203002162232012-05-19T01:00:00.000-05:002012-05-19T01:00:02.564-05:00This or That with Naya Nikki!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #351c75; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">During the day or through the night?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #351c75; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b> Thanks so much Naya for stopping by!</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #351c75; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> Make sure you check out her upcoming novel, Familiar Ties!</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7768066-flygirl">Flygirl by Sherri. E Smith</a></b><br />
<b>Release Date:</b> September 16, 2012<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Scholastic<br />
<b>Format:</b> Paperback<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 269<br />
<b>Source</b>: borrowed<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Ida Mae Jones dreams of flight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn't stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy's gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her.</span></i><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /></i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates the WASP, the Women's Airforce Service Pilots - and Ida suddenly sees a way to fly as well as do something significant to help her brother stationed in the Pacific. But even the WASP won't accept her as a black woman, forcing Ida Mae to make a difficult choice of "passing," of pretending to be white to be accepted into the program. Hiding one's racial heritage, denying one's family, denying one's self is a heavy burden. And while Ida Mae chases her dream, she must also decide who it is she really wants to be.</span></i></blockquote>
<b>My Review: </b>I am not a huge historical fiction fan. If I do read historical fiction, it's a Dear America book. Which takes like an hour to read. This was definitely very different from a Dear America novel and I'm here to tell you why I liked that.<br />
First, the characters. Ida or "Jonesy" as called by Patsy is an african american woman. She was very strong willed and never wanted to stop flying. She was very opinionated and always stuck to her opinion, which was usually right. Jolene was only there for a short time but I really didn't like her. I think she was just way too jealous for my taste. She was also always rude to Ida Mae. Sometimes I wanted to jump in there and slap her. (Ha). Patsy and Lily were just so sweet and they were just like Ida. Patsy was a little more spunky though.<br />
Next, the plot. We follow Ida Mae Jones. She was born in raised in Louisiana. Her daddy's family has always married whites so that they're children can become lighter and lighter and lighter. Ida Mae's daddy married her dark mom which made his mom very mad. Ida's dad passed away a few years ago in a farming accident. Ever since then she has always wanted to fly and be a pilot. She knew she could since she looked like a white woman and could fly. She goes off to train to become a WASP and there she meets Patsy and Lily. They go on lots of fun adventures together and are just fun.<br />
Overall. Flygirl was a terrific book. I felt that it did get slow in some important parts and that some of the twang was hard to understand. I would still pick it up and give it a shot though. I recommend this for anyone who wants a great, quick read.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Lemon grew up with Stella, a single mom who wasn’t exactly maternal. Stella always had a drink in her hand and a new boyfriend every few months, and when things got out of hand, she would whisk Lemon off to a new town for a fresh beginning. Now, just as they are moving yet again, Lemon discovers that she is pregnant from a reckless encounter—with a guy Stella had been flirting with.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">On the verge of revisiting her mother’s mistakes, Lemon struggles to cope with the idea of herself as a young unmarried mother, as well as the fact that she’s never met her own father. Determined to have at least one big adventure before she has the baby, Lemon sets off on a cross-country road trip, intending not only to meet her father, but to figure out who she wants to be.</span></span></i>
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<br />taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-20365400161135601862012-05-14T01:00:00.000-05:002012-05-23T21:58:21.409-05:00Review: Anna & The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6936382-anna-and-the-french-kiss">Anna and the French Kiss</a> by Stephanie Perkins</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Published: </b>December 2, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Publisher: </b>Speak</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Format: </b>Paperback</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Source: </b>Purchased</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Pages: </b>372</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home. As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near - misses end with the kiss Anna - and readers - have long awaited?</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> First, the characters. Anna is our main protagonist. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and for her senior year, her dad forces her to move to Paris for her senior year. She is the kind of friend I would want to be with, fun, funny, and polite. Now, if it was me, I think I would be so happy you could hear me in Paris screaming "Oh Yea, that's what I'm talking about!" but Anna didn't want to go to Paris. St. Clair is the sidekick and I loved him... okay maybe more than loved.</span></span></div>
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taysbookcornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353439650654113960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142246637372658389.post-23581345676781673912012-05-13T18:09:00.003-05:002012-05-22T21:49:32.815-05:00Bout of Books 4.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #20124d;">This is my first time participating in </span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/">Bout of Books</a>.</span><span style="color: #20124d;"> I just really need to get ahead in my reading in case something comes up. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I usually read 2 or three books a week. On a bad week it will be 1. On a good week it's close to 3.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #351c75;"><strike>Flygirl by Sherri E. Smith</strike></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;"><strike>Nightspell by Leah Cypess</strike></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;">Elemental by Emily White</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d;">Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday</span></li>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">So that's it. I am a part of the Black Satin tour in June so if I receive the copy I will try to work it in but I am not going to stress about it.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">5/14</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Started : Flygirl by Sherri E. Smith</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Number of Pages read: 46</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">5/15</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Kept reading Flygirl</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Number of pages read: 95</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">5/16</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Finished Flygirl by Sherri E. Smith</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"># of pages read: 121</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>5/17</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Started Xor: The Shape of Darkness by Moshe Sipper</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"># of pages read : 12</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>5/18</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Started Nightspell by Leah Cypess</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Started Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"># of pages read: 29</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">5/19</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #20124d;">5/20</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;">Finished Nightspell </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><b># </b>of pages read 310</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">So, no I didn't get to everything but I had a very very busy week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"> </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10174795-glow">Glow</a><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span><span style="color: #20124d;">by Amy Kathleen Ryan (ebook) $2.99</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6931356-the-duff">The Duff</a> by Kody Keplinger (ebook) $2.99</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">(sequel to Cold Kiss)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Expected Publication: </b>September 18, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">This doesn't have a synopsis yet but I cannot wait to read it. I read Cold Kiss before I started this blog and absoslutely adored it. I will reread it before this comes out and post a review. I can't wait to find out what happens to all of the characters which, by the way are amazing.</span></div>
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