tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23122087350505527332024-02-19T01:28:01.429-08:00Moonlit Readsa love for everything YAJaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761716744349312332noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312208735050552733.post-40437166264468165762019-01-02T06:00:00.000-08:002019-01-02T06:00:02.769-08:00{Monthly Releases} January's New Shiners!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Goooooood morning 2019!! Gah! Its day two of the new year and I don't know about you but the inspiration that comes from a new year is contagious and euphoric!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Speaking of euphoric! Want to see just some of the new beauties starting off this new year?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">*Spoiler Alert!!!*.....They're pretty great!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">~JANUARY RELEASES~</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30097276-a-curse-so-dark-and-lonely" target="_blank"><i>A Curse So Dark and Lovely </i>by Brigid Kemmerer</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38330596-the-storm-crow" target="_blank"><i>The Storm Crow</i> by Kalyn Josephson</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35553692-circle-of-shadows" target="_blank"><i>Circle of Shadows</i> by Evelyn Skye</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40046030-echo-north" target="_blank"><i>Echo North</i> by Joanna Ruth Meyer</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35105833-the-girl-king" target="_blank"><i>The Girl King</i> by Mimi Yu</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37534266-dream-keeper" target="_blank"><i>Dream Keeper</i> by Amber R Duell</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39109661-the-similars" target="_blank"><i>The Similars</i> by Rebecca Hanover</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36307634-king-of-scars" target="_blank"><i>King of Scars </i>by Leigh Bardugo</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39863498-the-gilded-wolves" target="_blank"><i>The Gilded Wolves</i> by Roshani Chokshi</a></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Gah. Look at These!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">I mean really look at these!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">All of these are brand new series starting within this year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">You know what that means?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Another series of endless torture waiting for the next book after falling </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">madly in love with each author, character, and story. *sighs*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">~JANUARY 2019 Series Installments~</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/159680-the-folk-of-the-air" target="_blank"><i>Wicked King</i> by Holly Black</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/152608-unearthed" target="_blank"><i>Undying</i> by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/216901-reign-of-the-fallen" target="_blank"><i>Song of the Dead </i>by Sarah Glenn Marsh</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/210214-everless" target="_blank"><i>Evermore</i> by Sara Holland</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/176421-truly-devious" target="_blank"><i>Vanishing Stair</i> by Maureen Johnson</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/204599-berserker" target="_blank"><i>Ransacker</i> by Emmy Laybourne</a></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Honestly...I haven't read any of these series...yet!</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39964740-the-binding" target="_blank"><i>The Binding</i> by Bridget Collins</a></div>
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When you think of Halloween what do you think of?</div>
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I've provided ghosts, witches, and suspense so far</div>
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Don't you also think of vampires and...werewolves?</div>
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This book has a little of werewolves and a little of suspense.</div>
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It blew me away with how great the twists and turns took on life.</div>
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This book is not what I was expecting.</div>
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Read below for all my thoughts!</div>
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Stick around for a chance to win a copy for yourself!!</div>
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Author: Stephanie Kuehn<br />
Release Date: June 11, 2013<br />
by, St. Martin's Griffen<br />
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<i style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When you’ve been kept caged in the dark, it’s impossible to see the forest for the trees. It’s impossible to see anything, really. Not without bars . . . </i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself. </span><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">He’s part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts all his classmates out, no matter the cost.</span><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">He’s part Drew, the angry young boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who spent a fateful, long-ago summer with his brother and teenage cousins, only to endure a secret so monstrous it led three children to do the unthinkable. </span><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Over the course of one night, while stuck at a party deep in the New England woods, Andrew battles both the pain of his past and the isolation of his present. </span><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Before the sun rises, he’ll either surrender his sanity to the wild darkness inside his mind or make peace with the most elemental of truths—that choosing to live can mean so much more than not dying.</span><br />
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Wow. Just...wow. This book was all sorts of different. I went through a whirlwind of emotions, thoughts and debates with this book. That being said, I'm going to break up this review into parts: beginning thoughts, middle, and my conclusion of the end.<br />
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The Beginning: My first impression was that of Kuehn's writing. It is absolutely gorgeous and alluring. She automatically sets us up with a tone of mystery--the main character being aloof and a bit of that loner "freak" type, quiet and dangerous--and gloom. This pulled me in right away, being curious as to who he was and what kind of secrets he was hiding. The chapter titles were a subject of intrigue as well--every other switching between "Matter" and "antimatter". After seeing it was a prominent title for each chapter, I got curious and asked myself what the significance of it and then almost immediately after was given an answer. It's at the end of chapter 7 that it essentially is answered and it captivated me. I would go as far as saying it may very well just be one of my favorite book quotes in the history of ever. I might just get it tattooed too...*<b>Spoiler</b>: This didn't end up being a book I would call a favorite of all time but for this poetic notion alone, I fell more interested and will hold on to this beautiful writing piece as a favorite. Curious? Let me help you out.<br />
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The Middle: So it turns out, each chapter alternates between Drew/Win’s past and present. Both of these POVS also alternate through each part of Andrew Winston Winters. The past is Drew and the present is Win. Until the middle, I had felt Drew was written a little too immaturely. He was supposed to be 10 I believe and sometimes I just felt like by the way he talked and acted, he seemed more like 5. It was also not until the middle where I got the most confused and thrown off. In the beginning I felt as thought the book was going to be more mental health related...like maybe he was bipolar. Then....Win started bringing up werewolves. What? Yeah, I was a bit confused but then I eased into it. I started to like it. His friend Lex and new girl outcast Jordan were introduced more and I really, really enjoyed them. Because Win was such an outcast of self decision we honestly don’t see them too much until one night at a party...</div>
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The End: Once this party goes down, this is when shiz gets real. No joke. Ugh. This end. This ending 3rd of the book is what really hooked me. Past and present start clicking together and gah. Heartbreak. So much heartbreak. So many feels. As the boom progresses, Lex and Jordan really gain a voice and these three and thrown together whether Win likes it or not. They all need each other, three people bonded together because of the pain and past of their own. A friendship that ends up real and tough.</div>
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This book is wonderfully told, again Kuehn has such beautiful writing that keeps you peeled to the pages. At the end, the very last sentence reads, “And that makes all the difference,” which isn’t very far off from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” which it’s own last line reads, “And that has made all the difference.” After reading that line I knew it sounded familiar and looked it up. A short psychology evaluation of the poem described gave something like, “Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually...” This books journey is parallel to just that. I love the poetic reference from this last sentence alone. It’s s perfect ending. </div>
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<i>Charm and Strange</i> holds its readers with constant curiosity, a continuous mystery front to finish. An initial whirlwind of emotions and conclusion settled down into a heartbreaking and humble end. Lovely. This is another book in which I'm curious how the hype isn't bigger than what I feel it should be--granted its another that is about 4 years old. Still, I haven't seen too many reviews on it via Goodreads, especially from bloggers I've been following since my start. *shrugs* Bottom line: I highly recommend this book to all. Next time you need something new, run out and grab this one!<br />
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Hey guys! Its already past the half-way point of the 13 days leading up till Halloween!</div>
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It's time to pull out the big guns.</div>
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How about we pull out this awesome interview with Teri Bailey Black?</div>
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Release Date: August 7, 2018</div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;"><i>The Interview</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3252"><span id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3253" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The book world had a fad of dystopias for a while and now there seems to be lots more contemporary and fantasy, absent of "horror" and suspense novels. What made you want to write about a murder mystery?</span></span></b></span>I’ve always loved reading mysteries—I have two shelves dedicated to them—but I’m also a big fantasy reader, so my first two practice novels were actually YA fantasy. As I was contemplating which story idea to write next, there were already so many amazing fantasy and dystopian books on the market, I made a conscious choice to write something else.<br /><br />At first, I thought GIRL AT THE GRAVE would be straight historical fiction—the story of a girl who has to overcome the shame of a mother who was hanged for murder. Then, a few chapters into it, I realized—hey, this is a murder mystery! My brain caught fire thinking up who would get killed and why and by whom. I tossed in a few family secrets and some romance. (Must have romance.) At the time, I wasn’t aware of any mysteries in the YA market, but recently it’s been a big trend—which makes me happy because I love reading them.</div>
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<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3267" style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3268" style="font-size: 12pt;">I love reading mysteries myself. I even love the tv shows and movies dedicated to them documentaries especially! Is there a mentality you had to keep throughout your writing process to keep the book's eerie feel?</span></b></span>Atmosphere is actually the fun, easy part of writing for me. I love art and design, and usually have a vivid image in my mind that I enjoy turning into words. A decrepit mansion. A creepy graveyard. The dramatic tension also comes rather easily—too easily in fact; I usually have to go back and tone it down. I’m happy to say that my real life is filled with more cookie baking and lunch with friends than dramatic atmosphere, but for some reason my imagination tends to go to a dark and stormy place.</div>
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<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3276" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">My major in school is currently Fine Arts. I'm a lover of the arts and design myself. I love your use of that as a comparison with writing. Sometimes you forget not only is the author a creator of words but a home designer, decorator and more! You have to be good at them and love your skill in it! How did you draw the line between a suspenseful, gothic novel and utter horror?</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">That was a natural line I didn’t think about. I love atmosphere and tension, but I’m not drawn to stories that are overly dark or horrifying. Occasionally everyone raves about a dark book or TV show, so I give it a try, but it usually ends up creeping me out and I stop partway. I want a protagonist who’s a good person stuck in a bad situation, willing to go to a dark place for a noble reason (hello Frodo). But if the protagonist is overly dark and troubled and creepy, I’m usually out.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3285" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Haha I love it! I can completely understand the natural draw to stay away from horror. Personally, I've always found myself creeped out a lot more from the horror books so perhaps this is why I have yet to read many. Lol. The book doesn't take place in today's time, instead you chose to tie in a historical time line. What interested you in taking on an older time?</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">I knew before I wrote a single word that the story would be historical, but that still left me with lots of options in time and place. The mother was hanged quickly—just three days after the murder—so that ruled out anything in the last hundred years, when the investigation and court case would probably have taken longer. So I zeroed in on the early 1800’s. I decided on a New England setting because it had the atmosphere I wanted, with creepy old graves and a stifling social structure (unlike my own California which was still very wild west at that time). I first wrote the book in the 1820’s, then switched it to 1849 in revisions when I incorporated the start of the women’s rights movement (which was super exciting for me – so grateful for those early women who forged the way).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3294" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">I love all the thought and research that went into the time era. I love history as well and always appreciate the attention to the details, work, sweat and tears going into the research to pull it off. Many props and appreciation. What is the key to keep a reader guessing within a murder mystery?</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">It’s a super tricky, fun puzzle. A mystery needs plenty of false clues that lead the reader to suspect the wrong person (multiple times), plus enough real clues so it all makes sense at the end. It needs a few shocking reveals along the way, twisting the story in surprising directions (that’s the fun part). And, for me, even more important than the mystery, the characters have to be fully developed, with personal conflicts that force them to stretch and grow as the mystery unfolds. Oh—and the romance element needs careful handling as well, of course, with plenty of tension . . . and then hope . . . and then more tension—all with a killer on the loose. So, yeah, plotting a mystery isn’t quick and easy, but it’s a fun challenge. I’m currently replotting my next book for the THIRD time!!! I just changed the murder victim.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span id="m_-4058692565912286028yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539735713562_3303" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">This reminds me of the board game, Clue I used to play growing up. It was one of my favorites. This sounds so fun! Fun, but again super impressed with your attention to research and utmost attention to detail. It really shows.Oooo yay!! Another mystery novel from you! So excited to find that out!! Creepy gothic mansions, creepy graveyards, hangings, murder...Did you have to do research to create your setting/what inspired the visuals?</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">I’m super happy when I hit a place in my writing where I have to stop and jump into a research rabbit hole. I love it. Sometimes I look at images. (What was written on tombstones in the 1700’s? What did people wear in 1849?) Sometimes it’s reading articles on a fascinating topic—like the women’s rights movement in the mid-1800’s. For my current WIP, I’ve been researching astrophysics, which has me feeling all sorts of smart right now.</span></div>
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<span id="freeTextContainerauthor16172003">Teri Bailey Black grew up near the beach in southern California in a large, quirky family with no television or junk food, but an abundance of books and art supplies. She’s happiest when she’s creating things, whether it’s with words, fabric, or digging in the garden. She makes an amazing chocolate cherry cake—frequently. She and her husband have four children and live in Orange County, California.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">How great was this interview!?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Thank you again to the amazing Teri Bailey Black for participating.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">This book has perfect Halloween read written all over it!</span></div>
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Halloween is creeping closer and closer you guys!</div>
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1. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11408650-the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank"><i>The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</i><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>by Michelle Hodkin</a></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">This book. This book is everything. I think I've already mentioned it twice this month...its that good. It's that creepy. I remember being so confused as to what was going on and just having these chills constantly throughout the entirety of the book. Mara is creepy guys. Shes great. But she's creepy. Noah Shaw might have been another reason as to why I had chills the entire book, and its not cause he was creepy if you know what I'm saying ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">This book takes possession to an entirely new different level guys. I have already mentioned this book this month too. I took out a quote on an accurate representation of what this book is capable of <b>here</b> if you are interested. This book is good. And that cover? Gah!</span></div>
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3. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10215349-the-immortal-rules" target="_blank"><i>The Immortal Rules</i> by Julie Kagawa</a></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">So this book, look at that cover...is it not creepy? It did get a makeover so the newer covers don't reflect the same way. This book deals with vampires and I mean its Julie Kagawa so you <b>know</b> its good. She has such an effortless writing style that is so cinematic. This cinematic quality of her writing is what gives it its creepy tone. These aren't the vampires of Twilight be very aware of that. These are the type that will haunt you in your dreams and it is so dang good!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">So, this one isn't necessarily <i>creepy </i>but the title? The synopsis? It's all about nightmares you guys and the hunt to discover a murder before it happens. This mystery and pace of the book keep you hooked. I never continued on with the series but I think this another I'm going to have to touch back on. Its great. If you haven't yet...do so!</span></div>
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5. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12788061-dance-of-shadows" target="_blank"><i>Dance of Shadows</i> by Yelena Black</a></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">I remember this book being 1. Creepy af and 2. one of my favorite reads. This book took me by surprise in so many ways. I was not expecting it to have the amount of creepy factor it had. I did not see that ending coming. I did not see the paranormal element it had going for it. These surprises won my heart. I still can't put into words how much I enjoyed this book. If you haven't read this yet. DO! Like now. It's only 6.15 on Kindle right now...just so you know *shrugs casually*. I seriously can't believe Yelena Black has yet to write anything else. I'd pick up her next book ASAP if she came out with one. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">I'd still have to agree with 6 years ago me, the synopsis gives way too much away. I think this was my first re-telling of Frankenstein and I loved it. "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">It chilled me more than I thought it would. I knew it was going to be semi-creepy because of the whole Frankenstein thing but I didn't think it would have this creepy fog hovering over it the entire book. It was like having those gloomy thunderstorm clouds with the lightening cackling every now and then. It gave me goosebumps I will admit. It also had my heart squeezing and flipping."</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">--from my review 6 years ago. If that doesn't tell you...I don't know what will.</span></span></div>
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But!! Throwbacks can be healthy! Sometimes its good to look back!</div>
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Have you guys read any of these?</div>
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See any that you want to read now?</div>
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What are some of <b>your</b> creepiest reads?</div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">And its Day 6! So far....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">I've shown you some of the most ghostly reads</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"> and the most witchy reads from the last year till now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">To get you hooked and excited to start?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">(keep in mind I'm still behind catching up on all the books from 2012</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“So . . . this means we’re buried in the same cemetery?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">He nodded, and then the tiniest smile crept over his features. When he spoke again, his tone had lost some of its bitter edge. “More proof that we’re fated to be together, don’t you think?” </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“If that were the case, Eli, I’d have a whole graveyard full of choices, wouldn’t I?”</span></div>
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"Blood. Terrified, I stared at my crimson fingers.<br />
'<i>Surrender to me.'</i><br />
'Never!" I yelled.<br />
The thing's laughter rang over the pounding pulse in my ears. I realized in horror that I hadn't told my mom good-bye. I was going to die, and I hadn't even said good-bye....Just like Dad.<br />
'<i>I will have you. You are mine. Surrender'</i><br />
A sharp pain shot up my abdomen. I watched as drops of blood seeped through my shirt. <i>Run!</i> I yanked off the high-heeled shoes. I could hear it laughing as I bounded down the patio stairs two at a time into the parking lot. <i>Run!</i> I had to get away. Another slash across my stomach.<br />
'Never!' I screamed as I ran between the cars toward the Ferris wheel. A horrible ripping sensation filled my body--like Velcro ripping out my insides. Alden was right. These weren't just voices. Somehow this voice was making me bleed. It had entered my body. And now I was housing its soul."</div>
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"Then I heard a scream.<br />
<span style="color: #990000;">When I whipped around, the dog cowerede so low she hugged the ground. Her owner held the heavy chain. He must have jerked it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">The sick bastard smiled at me.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">I swelled with loathing, brimmed with it. I'd never hated anyone as much as I hated him in that moment; my fingers itched with the violence they wanted to do but couldn't. So I turned and ran, to give my trembling limbs some relief from the fury that boiled up from a dark place I didn't know existed. My feet pounded the pavement, wishing they could trample the smile on that piece of filfth's face. and as the thought spiked through my brain, I saw it. The redneck's skull caved in, leaving a gaping, pulpy hole in the side of his head. A thick cloud of flies clogging his mouth. Blood staining the sandy dirt by the lumber pile in a wide, darkening pool around his body.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“It's called Sunday school, but we are required to attend twice weekly: on Sunday before regular service and again on Wednesday evenings. There are two separate classes: one for children under ten, held in the classroom down the hall, to teach them basic prayers and the tenets of the Brotherhood's beliefs, and one for girls aged eleven to seventeen, to teach us about how wicked we are.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“I heard the man and woman cry a warning as I frantically racked my brain for some sort of throat-repairing spell, which I was clearly about to need. Of course the only words that I actually managed to yell at the werewolf as he ran at me were, 'BAD DOG!'</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Then, out of the corner of my eye, I caught a flash of blue light on my left. Suddenly, the werewolf seemed to smack into an invisible wall just inches in front of me....</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"You know," someone said off to my left, "I usually find a blocking spell to be a lot more effective than yelling 'Bad dog,' but maybe that's just me.” </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">What'd you think?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Yeah, they're kind of old...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Read any of these before?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Don't forget to check out the ongoing "Trick or Treat" Tour!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">And here, the third 6...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Just for kicks, I don't practice in demonic exercises. Promise.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">This 6?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">This 6 is devoted to all those witchy ladies out there ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Here are some magic filled books out there for you guys to pick up this season!</span></div>
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Series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/231364-conspiracy-of-magic" target="_blank">Conspiracy of Magic #1</a><br />
Author: Megan Crewe<br />
Release Date: May 30, 2018<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Thrown into the testing with little preparation, Rocío and Finn find themselves becoming unlikely allies—and possibly more. But the Exam holds secrets more horrifying than either could have imagined. What are the examiners really testing them for? And as the trials become increasingly vicious, how much are they willing to sacrifice to win?</span>{<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39894702-ruthless-magic?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</div>
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Series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/170332-blood-rose-rebellion" target="_blank">The Blood Rose Rebellion</a></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">In Hungary, Anna discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. Not the people around her, from her aloof cousin Noémi to the fierce and handsome Romani Gábor. Not the society she’s known all her life, for discontent with the Luminate is sweeping the land. And not her lack of magic. Isolated from the only world she cares about, Anna still can’t seem to stop herself from breaking spells.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Labyrinth Lost</span></div>
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Series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/174755-brooklyn-brujas" target="_blank">Brooklyn Brujas #1</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Wicked Deep</span></div>
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Author: Shea Ernshaw</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Black Witch</span></div>
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Series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/195062-the-black-witch-chronicles" target="_blank">The Black Witch Chronicles #1</a></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch, Carnissa Gardner, who drove back the enemy forces and saved the Gardnerian people during the Realm War. But while she is the absolute spitting image of her famous grandmother, Elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all else.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">As evil looms on the horizon and the pressure to live up to her heritage builds, everything Elloren thought she knew will be challenged and torn away. Her best hope of survival may be among the most unlikely band of misfits…if only she can find the courage to trust those she’s been taught to hate and fear. </span>{<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25740412-the-black-witch?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">I absolutely <b>love</b> a good magical read.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Every single one of these are on my TBR.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Did you end up adding any to your TBR?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Pumpkin carving contest is going on! Get your entries in here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Day 1/Day 2/Day 3/Day 4/Day 5</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Annnnd its Day 4 on the 13 Days of Halloween Holiday Special!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Six Horrifying Reads for the season.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Okay, not all horror...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">This is a mix of creepy, horror, and intense reads</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">absent of the paranormal which in my opinion is always a bit more terrifying</span></div>
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Author: Kara Thomas</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">First there was the car accident—two girls gone after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Monica’s sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they lost.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. But for Monica, it’s not that easy. She just wants to forget. Only, Monica’s world is starting to unravel. There are the letters in her stepdad’s desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. . . . Whatever happened five years ago isn’t over. Some people in town know more than they’re saying. And somehow Monica is at the center of it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Girl at the Grave</span></div>
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<span id="freeText15627345455802989144" style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Valentine has spent years trying to outrun her mother's legacy. But small towns have long memories, and when a new string of murders occurs, all signs point to the daughter of a murderer.<br /><br />Only one person believes Valentine is innocent—Rowan Blackshaw, the son of the man her mother killed all those years ago. Valentine vows to find the real killer, but when she finally uncovers the horrifying truth, she must choose to face her own dark secrets, even if it means losing Rowan in the end.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294216-girl-at-the-grave?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Echo Room</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Rett wakes on the floor of a cold, dark room. He doesn’t know how he got there, only that he’s locked in. He’s not alone—a girl named Bryn is trapped in the room with him. When she finds a mysterious bloodstain and decides she doesn’t trust Rett, he tries to escape on his own—</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Rett wakes on the floor of the same cold, dark room. He doesn’t trust Bryn, but he’ll have to work with her if he ever hopes to escape. They try to break out of the room—</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Rett and Bryn hide in a cold, dark room. Safe from what’s outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nightingale</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">At seventeen, June Hardie is everything a young woman in 1951 shouldn’t be—independent, rebellious, a dreamer. June longs to travel, to attend college and to write the dark science fiction stories that consume her waking hours. But her parents only care about making June a better young woman. Her mother grooms her to be a perfect little homemaker while her father pushes her to marry his business partner’s domineering son. When June resists, her whole world is shattered—suburbia isn’t the only prison for </span><em style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">different</em><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> women…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">June’s parents commit her to Burrow Place Asylum, aka the Institution. With its sickening conditions, terrifying staff and brutal “medical treatments,” the Institution preys on June’s darkest secrets and deepest fears. And she’s not alone. The Institution terrorizes June’s fragile roommate, Eleanor, and the other women locked away within its crumbling walls. Those who dare speak up disappear…or worse. Trapped between a gruesome reality and increasingly sinister hallucinations, June isn’t sure where her nightmares end and real life begins. But she does know one thing: in order to survive, she must destroy the Institution before it finally claims them all. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36982587-nightingale?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pitch Dark</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Tuck has been in stasis on the </span><i style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">USS John Muir</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">, a ship that houses Earth’s most valued artifacts—its natural resources. Parks and mountains are preserved in space. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Laura belongs to a shipraiding family, who are funded by a group used to getting what they want. And they want what’s on the </span><i style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Muir</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Tuck and Laura didn’t bargain on working together, or battling mutant aliens who use sound to kill. But their plan is the only hope for their crews, their families, and themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">In space, nobody can hear you scream . . . but on the </span><i style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">John Muir</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">, the screams are the last thing you'll hear. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27414411-pitch-dark?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">What's a Halloween without a ghost or two?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">Nearly Headless Nick, Casper, or the poltergeist...take your pick!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The Halloween Days are here and I couldn't deny ghosts and their ever presence during the holiday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Here are 6 very ghostly books to binge out on this Halloween!</span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;">(I'm starting with what I feel is more PG to more terrifying)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Invisible Ghosts</span><br />
Author: Robyn Schneider<br />
Release Date: June 5, 2018<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying, Netflix-addicted brother, who is forever stuck at fifteen. But Rose is growing up, and when an old friend moves back to Laguna Canyon and appears in her drama class, things get complicated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Jamie Aldridge is charming, confident, and a painful reminder of the life Rose has been missing out on since her brother's death. She watches as Jamie easily rejoins their former friends--a group of magnificently silly theater nerds--while avoiding her so intensely that it must be deliberate.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Yet when the two of them unexpectedly cross paths, Rose learns that Jamie has a secret of his own, one that changes everything. Rose finds herself drawn back into her old life--and to Jamie. But she quickly starts to suspect that he isn't telling her the whole truth.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">All Rose knows is that it's becoming harder to choose between the boy who makes her feel alive and the brother she isn't ready to lose {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35230429-invisible-ghosts?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: start;">You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless orphan Jane Eyre embarks on a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester. Despite their significant age gap (!) and his uneven temper (!!), they fall in love—and, Reader, she marries him. (!!!)</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Or does she?</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Brontë, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heights. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36301023-my-plain-jane" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">City of Ghosts</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">Cassidy Blake's parents are The Inspectres, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;">When The Inspectres head to ultra-haunted Edinburgh, Scotland, for their new TV show, Cass—and Jacob—come along. In Scotland, Cass is surrounded by ghosts, not all of them friendly. Then she meets Lara, a girl who can also see the dead. But Lara tells Cassidy that as an In-betweener, their job is to send ghosts permanently beyond the Veil. Cass isn't sure about her new mission, but she does know the sinister Red Raven haunting the city doesn't belong in her world. Cassidy's powers will draw her into an epic fight that stretches through the worlds of the living and the dead, in order to save herself. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35403058-city-of-ghosts?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Maine-bred, independent Rilla Brae is no stranger to the deep. She knows the rhythms of hard work and harder seas. But when she experiences the sudden death of her father, the veil between the living and the dead blurs and she begins to be haunted by a girl on a nearby, uninhabited island. The girl floats a song over the waves, and it is as beautiful as it is terrifying. Familiar and distant.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Then Rilla meets Sam, a University of Southern Maine archeology student tasked with excavating the very island where the ghostly girl has appeared. Sam sifts the earth looking for the cultural remains of an island people who were forcibly evicted by the state nearly a hundred years ago. Sam tells Rilla the island has a history no locals talk about—if they know about it at all—due to the shame the events brought to the working waterfront community. All Rilla knows for sure is that the island has always been there—an eerie presence anchored in the stormy sea. Now Sam’s work and the ghostly girl’s song lure Rilla to the island’s shores.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">It's not just that her parents have split up, or that life hasn't been the same since she quit dancing. Or even that her mother has checked herself into the hospital. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">She's losing time. Doing things she would never do. And objects around her seem to break whenever she comes close. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Something is after her. But a first attempt at an exorcism calls down the full force of the thing's rage. It demands Marianne give back what she stole. And Marianne must uncover the truth that lies beneath it all before the nightmare can take what it think it's owed, leaving Marianne trapped in the darkness of the other side. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32941909-the-dark-beneath-the-ice" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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Author: Alice J. Black<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">The dead speak to Peyton. All her adult life, she’s used alcohol to drown out their spectral voices, but enough is enough! Peyton decides to turn her life around and stop drinking with the help of her best friend, Olivia. But without alcohol...the voices are back and they're louder and more demanding than ever. But what do they want from her? Enlisting the help of local psychic, Sylvia, Peyton discovers that her weird ability…is actually a gift.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Just as she begins to settle in with the idea of accepting her ability, Peyton is thrust into a world of demons. The horror is paralyzing, and it soon becomes clear that it's not just the voices of the dead that are going to haunt her. Peyton realizes that there is only one way to deal with her fears: facing them head on. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38191094-the-darkness-within?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>/<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BZ51P87/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3" target="_blank">Amazon</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">We are in the last 13 days of October, all leading up to Halloween.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">In honor of this lovely time of year, I am conducting 13 Days of Halloween!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">It's Day 2 on the blog--</span><span style="color: #e06666;">Excited?</span></div>
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<li>You must find a way to get a picture of your pumpkin to me. I have left a rafflecopter below for you to leave a link to it. The rafflecopter is not necessary. You may tag me on instagram or twitter just make sure I see it! (Those entries made outside of rafflecopter I will enter myself after seeing it</li>
<li><b>AFTER</b> your pumpkin entry, you get one bonus entry via the rafflecopter but it is promotional alone. If I see you have entered without a pumpkin, it will be erased.</li>
<li>The contest will run till <b>midnight, October 31st</b>. </li>
<li>The winner will be announced on <b>September 1st</b> via the judges blogs, and promoted on my other social media handles so everyone can see the awesomeness that the winner created!</li>
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Day 2 of Moonlit Reads' "13 Days of Halloween"</div>
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Today is the start of the "Trick or Treat Blog Tour".</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;">Oct 23- <a href="https://t.co/P2gIAgK2Ka" target="_blank">The Bibliophilogist (artist feature-Morgana0anagrom)</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;">Oct 24- <a href="https://aimeealways.com/trick-or-treat-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Aimee, Always (Listy)</a></span></div>
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Oct 30- Browsing for Books (excerptThe Blood Rose RebellionxRosalyn Eves)</div>
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Author: Tessa Gratton<br />
Release Date: September 18, 2018<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Tessa Gratton is the author of the Blood Journals Series and Gods of New Asgard Series, co-author of YA writing books </span><i style="color: black;">The Curiosities</i><span style="color: black;"> and </span><i style="color: black;">The Anatomy of Curiosity</i><span style="color: black;">, as well as dozens of short stories available in anthologies and on<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://merryfates.com&source=gmail&ust=1539400212628000&usg=AFQjCNFkIw2vrz9fPsR0kUzUGpdr5AQMzg" href="http://merryfates.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">merryfates.com</a>. Though she’s lived all over the world, she’s finally returned to the prairie roots in Kansas with her wife. Her current projects include “Tremontaine” at Serial Box Publishing, 2018 YA fantasy </span><i style="color: black;">Strange Grace</i><span style="color: black;"> from McElderry, and her adult fantasy debut, </span><i style="color: black;">The Queens of Innis Lear,</i><span style="color: black;"> coming in 2018 from Tor. She is the associate director of Madcap Retreats. Visit her at </span><span style="color: blue;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://tessagratton.com&source=gmail&ust=1539400212628000&usg=AFQjCNF2LRm2PVqpn8RqKw-OYuFG7VcUjg" href="http://tessagratton.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">tessagratton.com</a></span></span></div>
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October is about a lot of binging.</div>
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You can binge out on the food, the drinks, the sweets.</div>
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You can binge on all its festive movies and activities.</div>
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You can binge a lot of things that make you feel warm, cozy and festive!</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Soups</span>! Ah, this is the time for soups. Tortilla soup, tomato soup, vegetable soup, so on and on! Soups are a <b>must</b> for me this time of year. They warm you up and keep you/heal you from sickness. What more could you ask for?</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Pot Pie</span>! Mmmmm some vegetable pot pie!? Again, warm and delicious I have to have it. </div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Biscuits</span>! Ugh, yum. Put a warm, flaky biscuit on the side of any meal and I'm sold. Breakfast, lunch, dinner...it doesn't matter. I have no preference.</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Mac-n-Cheese</span>! Okay, so this one isn't necessarily a "fall food" but it goes with every season and I'm obsessed. Plus! There are so many different ways to make it...why not?</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Salted Caramel Coffees/Fraps</span>! I'm not one of those gals completely sold on the pumpkin spice lattes. I'm not generally a fan of coffee to be honest but this one? Yeah, I got to have at least one...or two.</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Hot Chocolate</span>! Okay, so...if I'm being completely honest...I'm not a huge fan of hot drinks in general. It's mainly cause I don't know how to drink them. I end up burning my tongue and then not being able to enjoy my drink or anything after for that matter and so...I'm not sold. That being said, a hot chocolate is customary during the season and I enjoy them...just not too hot. </div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail</span>! Okay, so this one is for the people 21 and over. I thought about not adding it at all but it is sooo good and I love it! I just recently turned 21 this year and my boyfriend wanted to make me a drink (he's a bartender and my birthday is in the winter). He decided on this and its now our favorite fall/winter drink. Look it up. You won't be disappointed. </div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Pumpkin Pie Blizzards</span>! (From DQ) Like I said before, I'm not huge on the pumpkin spice trend during the fall but these are way too good for my own good. I happen to work in retail at my local mall and guess whats right across from me? DQ. I have this terrible habit of buying one too many during the season...</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Caramel Apples</span>! I have to have at least one. I prefer the ones from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory but any caramel apple with peanuts will pass.</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Pecan Pie</span>! Yeah, that's right. Im a pecan pie type of gal. Don't get me wrong, I love pumpkin pie too, I just happen to have a soft spot for pecan. *shrugs*</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake</span>! This...I actually haven't had LOL but I was scrolling through Pinterest and found <b><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/54254370491069555/" target="_blank">this</a></b> recipe and need to try it. It looks bomb!</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie Cookies</span>! Now, these. These I have tried. I found them on Pinterest last year and oh god. They're just too good. Like, no. You don't understand. They are <b>too</b> good. <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/95349717088129144/" target="_blank">Try them out!</a></div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Pumpkin Sugar Cookies</span>! You know! The sugar cookies by Pillsbury (I think) that come in a package with a cute pumpkin on the top, just ready to be popped into the oven and devoured? Yeah! Those ones!</div>
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All of the above are the movies that are a <b>must</b> binge for me. I watch these movies every year without fail. These are movies from my childhood that I just grew up with and love. Some are Disney and cheesy as all hell but I love them. I also start my Harry Potter Marathon right about now. The first three movies have an appropriate enough feel to their production to fit within October so I usually try to start there and run them as many times I can till Christmas basically. </div>
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These are the movies I'm going to admit to having never seen. I know, I know. Some of you are going to view these as ultimate crimes but what can I say? Now that I've been shamed and judged as well as admitting it, these are the movies I vow to watch before the end of October.</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">River Walking.</span> Here locally, there is a river that is perfect for a little morning/afternoon stroll to enjoy the changing wildlife, crips leaves crunching under your feet, and the beautiful scenery of the leaves changing color. Its quite beautiful.</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Balloon Fiesta</span>. Yeah! Ever heard of it? Spoiler, I reside in New Mexico and every year we host one of the largest hot air balloon gatherings in <b>the world!</b> Its quite spectacular. If you haven't seen it or heard of it look it up! Or...maybe I'll make a post about it? I was born and raised here in NM and I make it a point to go every year. I'd highly recommend you make a trip down for it one day if you ever can. There's not a whole lot that goes down over here but this makes the year. </div>
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Amazing right? Imagine standing beneath all these giant hot air balloons floating above you.</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Haunted House/Haunted Maze</span>. Yeah, I enjoy the creepy and quite frankly, they are rarely that scary. The scariest one I've ever been to was the Slaughter House here locally. They at one point dragged me from a room, tied me to a table and used me as a prop...pretty freaky. I was stuck for like 10-15 minutes.</div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Pumpkin Carving</span>. I do this every year as tradition to my grandfather who passed away when I was younger. My grandma holds the activity at her house every year and we do a contest for best pumpkin. </div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Baking</span>. This is a must. So many recipes are out there on Pinterest and they tend to turn out delicious. Its a good way to let go of some midterm stress too <b>and</b> have goodies to take to class!</div>
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-Movie Binging. Yeah, another must and as you can see I'm pretty busy with it. Again, another great way to unwind and destress. </div>
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-<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Reading Under Blankets w/ Fireplace</span>. Could it be any better!? Enough said. The ultimate fall aesthetic and activity. No questions.</div>
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This is something I think I'm going to start doing every month.</div>
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I'm still in school but I'm thinking when I graduate I also want to make it a monthly challenge.</div>
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Every month choose a book/series I would like to re-read.</div>
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I feel I get to carried away with all the new that I forget to go back and treasure</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</span></div>
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Series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/68109-mara-dyer" target="_blank">Mara Dyer #1</a></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.</span><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">It can.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. </span><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">There is.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. </span></span><br />
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The last time I read this book was the first time I read this book.<br />
I read it (according to Goodreads) May 28, 2012. I believe the second book was coming out at the time I read it and knew I was going to love it so decided to catch up on the series.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">“Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">― <span class="authorOrTitle" style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Michelle Hodkin, </span><span id="quote_book_link_8591107"><i>The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</i></span></span></div>
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<b>The first time I read it- </b><br />
"<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">This book had everything! Suspense, thrill, romance, a gorgeous boy that I just so happen to have fallen in love with and who just so happens to be in my top 5 favorite fictional boys, all equaling the perfect horror/mystery/paranormal book!"-from my review in 2012</span><br />
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I remember being completely falling in love with Noah Shaw. I remember being really creeped out by it. I started reaching back into its memory and knew I had to re-read it this month.<br />
I remember the chemistry between Mara and Noah was on fire. I remember being completely thrown off guard by the ending. I remember I wanted to keep this series <i>forever</i>.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“I was warned about you, you know."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">And with that half-smile that wrecked me, Noah said, "But you're here anyway.” </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">― </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Michelle Hodkin, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_8591107" style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer</i></span></span></div>
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Before I launched my blog again, I took stroll through my local Barnes and Noble, interested to see what was new, and basically all the books I had missed out on over the years. And then it happened, I came across <i>The Becoming of Noah Shaw </i>and my heart broke. The Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkin is one of my most treasured series ever. Noah Shaw is one of those boys that completely melted my heart and set it on fire simultaneously. It took so many twists and turns and in general just gave me so many feels. Seeing a new series come out with Noah as the main character, I knew I had to have it but I also knew it had been years since I read the series that started it all.<br />
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Then came October and I was trying to prep all these spooky themed posts. (<b>spoiler alert!) </b>I was trying to rack my brain for some of the most creepiest books I had read to date and this popped up almost instantly and that nagging feeling of I really should re-read the series came clawing back. Then I struck gold! I figured this would be an awesome monthly series and new it was the perfect start!<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">“Fix me," I commanded him. "This thing, what I've done - there's something wrong with me, Noah. Fix it."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Noah's expression broke my heart as he brushed my hair from my face, and skimmed the line of my neck. "I can't"</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"Why not?" I asked, my voice threatening to crack.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"Because," he said, "You're not broken.” </span></span></div>
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So, I thought it would be a great idea to insert some quotes for nostalgia and inspiration to me and to you guys. This pretty much damn well killed me. I took a little break from a midterm paper to write this (the brain needs a break sometimes you know!) and it took everything in me to not quit right then and there and start reading. These quotes are everything and there are so many great ones on Goodreads (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/13460686-the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer" target="_blank">here is the link if you want to torture yourself too</a>). This solidified it. I'm putting all my other books on hold and starting this book ASAP. </div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Check on my goodreads stats and give me a budge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Would you be interested in joining in on this monthly with me?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Let me know your thoughts on my book of choice and</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to read this book sooo bad!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have to admit I've never read anything by Colleen Houck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sick</span><br />
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Author: Tom Leveen<br />
Release Date: October 1, 2013<br />
by, Harry N Abrams<br />
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I...really liked this book. Yes, I found it surprising and I really shouldn't have doubted it. Though, I'd have to admit it wasn't until around the 80th page it really hooked me and I feel that's why I ended up being surprised I liked it. At the beginning I found while the banter was realistic for high school kids, there were just a few things I found off. At first, the main character, Brian, came off a little girlish in his dialogue. I had to back track and see if it was a girl or guy author and to my surprise it <i>was </i>a male author. I also knew that this was a zombie book so I knew gore should be soon. I had no problem with the lead up to all the action. In fact, I found it was really well foreshadowed without being <i>too</i> cliche. Obviously I knew what was coming because of the synopsis stating it was "Breakfast Club meets Walking Dead" (both of which I love and peaked my interest) but I wasn't rolling my eyes at its leading up to the zombie surprise.<br />
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Anyways, sorry. Got a little off track. I knew it was a zombie book so I figured there'd be a lot of gore and death and yeah, of course there was. My problem in the beginning with it being a zombie book was that there wasn't a realistic reaction from Brian once shiz started going down. I mean come on, when you start seeing "melting" humans with jaundice eyes, running after kids and ripping throats out...would you not be initially shitting yourself? If you started seeing your friends/classmates die left and right would you <i>not</i> be feeling scared and sad? Even hella confused and just well, scared? Yeah, you would think. But initially I did not feel this from Brian. In fact, I felt a bit of nothing from him. Sure, it was mentioned he was worried about his friends, his sister and his ex girlfriend but...it was more descriptive than it was emotional. Then he became very sarcastic about it and I was like "okay, well this I can deal with. A sarcastic/parody take on the zombies where its not necessarily meant to be taken serious is cool with me! I can dig it. It would lighten the mood on a very scary topic and make it fun and enjoyable!" I also wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe this <i>is</i> a normal reaction: delusional and then denial but, it didn't quite give me that feel. Though again this was literally only the first 50-80ish pages.<br />
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I have only read two other zombie books in the past and neither of them were the gory zombie lore most commonly known to man. So, I can't say I've every been a huge fan of zombie books but I also can't say that I ever hated them either. I <i>can</i> say that I really enjoyed Leveen's take on the zombie topic. Again, haven't read a lot of zombie books so I'm not knowledged on what is right/wrong or what is correct lore or not but I found Leveen took a stance that for those who haven't read a lot of zombie books, they would understand. I was completely convinced that this seemed completely possible. It was scientific and therefore realistic to me which just allowed me to dig into the book in more force. See, I've also seen The Walking Dead TV show and to me, the zombie lore is not as realistic but still enjoyable--people die and because of a disease they come back to life. Yet, you see in <i>Sick</i> there is a sickness that causes the body to start morphing/decay. Yeah, same thing as always but no! So, the flesh eating is kept to a minimum its basically a means to an end. See, Leveen got scientific (to my knowledge, didn't necessarily research it) and explained that bone marrow is used to fight off diseases...therefore! These "zombies" were really just after the bones--in so much pain and diluted to basic instincts in order to help heal themselves that they were essentially trying to cure themselves. Loved it. Made sense to be and I ran with it!<br />
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Now, the characters, I pretty much immediately loved. Brian, gosh sometimes its so nice getting a guy's POV as it seems they are so freaking rare! (Leave a comment below on books with male POVs if you have them. Would love to explore more!) Yes, at first he was off to me but I became more comfortable with him over time and really just enjoyed the character--sarcasm and all--for what he was made to be and transformed into. He's a normal guy with a will to live and take care of those he loves. The characters that were later introduced I enjoyed as well. Trying to survive a zombie apocalypse will do many things to a person and I feel Leveen captured the transformations of different personalities extremely well. Also, have to give props to him consistently (without being annoying) commenting on each characters appearance. I feel too often a characters appearance will be touched on in the beginning and then waaayyy later be commented on and I will be lost, have to go back and find the original description and then feel like an idiot. It's small but important in my eyes and thank you, Leveen for this.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b><i>Sick</i> was full of enough obstacles and detail description to keep the reader interested. Yeah, theres lots of gore</b></span>. It was well described and often enough for an appropriate zombie book. The sounds, smells, blood and aftermath were all included. I enjoyed this new strain of zombies, again much more realistic than the common "undead" which I feel makes Leveen's book stand out amongst the others. Honestly, Leveen kills it. This book is a standalone. Yeah! There is no sequel. There is no series! Again, <i>rare!</i> Unless its a contemporary novel, chances are its a series. Trust me, I love my series as much as the next guy and honestly I understand why non contemporaries are sequels more often than not. It's hard to contain so much in one little book without the ending being hated on for feeling "incomplete". I will say, Leveen does an excellent job on ending this book with enough heartbreak deaths and hope to make a reader content. I don't know why this book doesn't get more hype. I don't understand why Leveen isn't acknowledged more than he is. Did you know he isn't even an official Goodreads author? After completing this book I clicked on his author name on Goodreads and found this out and was shocked! (I also found out he has a love for stand-alones which explains this book.) I highly suggest you check this one out. <b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>Sick</i> has everything you want in a zombie book--heartlessness, gore, and a fast paced rhythm that has you turning each page, stressing out a little with the characters themselves. </span></b>Well done!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Praise for <i>DEATH BY THE RIVER</i></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">"... a thrilling psychological work ... Catching the current vogue of teen psycho and revenge tales like Bates Motel and 13 Reasons Why ... a horrifically brilliant book ... Beau Devereaux could have easily been a clichéd psycho, but the plot constructed around him and his development during the novel really shone as a masterpiece of character creation ... much in the style of Dexter or Hannibal." ―</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">K.C. Finn</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">, Multi-Award-Winning Author </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">"Rare is the story that simmers and rises to a boil so naturally and constantly that the reader manages to be repeatedly shocked ... a full-speed rollercoaster that doesn't slow down until the final page. Employing an evocative setting, powerfully defined characters, and taking along hard look at the darker side of human desire, this novel will catch your breath and hold it until the very end. RECOMMENDED" ―</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Michael Radon</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">, US Review</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">"While the authors have written a chilling story here, there's more to Death by the River than thrills. It's actually a fascinating study into the effects of good and bad parenting on children. Do it badly and parents, children and society as a whole pay the consequences. This book is not just an exciting read; it's a sobering one." ―</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Viga Boland</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">, Retired high school English teacher and Author of </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><i>No Tears for my Father: Viga's true story of incest </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Alexandrea Weis</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">, RN-CS, CRRN, ONC, PhD, is a multi award-winning author of over twenty-five novels, a screenwriter, ICU Nurse, and historian who was born and raised in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Having grown up in the motion picture industry as the daughter of a director, she learned to tell stories from a different perspective and began writing at the age of eight. Infusing the rich tapestry of her hometown into her novels, she believes that creating vivid characters makes a story moving and memorable. A permitted/certified wildlife rehabber with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, Weis rescues orphaned and injured animals. She lives with her husband and pets in New Orleans. Weis writes paranormal, suspense, thrillers, horror, crime fiction, and romance.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Lucas Astor</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">, Lucas Astor is from New York, has resided in Central America and the Middle East, and traveled through Europe. He lives a very private, virtually reclusive lifestyle, preferring to spend time with a close-knit group of friends than be in the spotlight. He is an author and poet with a penchant for telling stories that delve into the dark side of the human psyche. He likes to explore the evil that exists, not just in the world, but right next door behind a smiling face.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">Weis and Astor’s first collaboration was the multi-award-winning Magnus Blackwell Series.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Check out the origin over <a href="http://www.jeanbooknerd.com/2018/09/trailer-blast-death-by-river-by.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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Jaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761716744349312332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312208735050552733.post-4663079062337928512018-10-02T06:00:00.000-07:002018-10-02T06:00:06.300-07:00My Relaunch Giveaway Winners and Thanks!<div style="text-align: left;">
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I won't normally do this but because this giveaway was the celebration of my relaunch I felt like an announcement was necessary.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">First</span></b>, I want to thank each and every one of you! Without you guys I am just talking to the void of the internet and you know, I may very well be doing that right now. Maybe that's okay.</div>
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I want to <span style="color: #b4a7d6;">thank you for coming to my blog</span>. I hope you like it and I hope you stay. I'd love to talk to more people than just myself. So, say hi once in awhile! </div>
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I hope to have some very exciting and interesting posts coming soon. Keep in mind I'm still in school so bear with me here and there when its not all exciting and fun!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Third</span></b>, I wish I could give every single one of you a book. It's always so exciting picking winners but also I feel hurt doing it too...knowing not every one of you is going to get a prize. You guys helped promote my blog and encourage me to keep going. <span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Thank you</span>!</div>
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<b>Fourth,</b> Even though I couldn't give you all a prize I hope you all stick around. I have some very exciting things coming this month and I hope you all enjoy what's coming! I also have more giveaways in store so check back! More prizes for more people!!</div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Thank you, thank you, thank youuuuu soooo much</span>!!! Ugh, words can't even begin to explain how happy I am to be back, how loved I feel by your warm embraces, and how excited I am for what's to come!</div>
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All my best</div>
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All my love</div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Jaiden</span></div>
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See you around!</div>
Jaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761716744349312332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312208735050552733.post-32617499928484290262018-10-01T06:00:00.000-07:002018-10-01T06:00:08.172-07:00{Monthly Releases} October's New Beauties<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's October.</div>
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The most beautiful month of the year!</div>
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A month that brings beauty</div>
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A month that brings all the greatest of things.</div>
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So, here are the most beautiful covers of this beautiful month</div>
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(in my opinion and in no particular order)</div>
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Author: Megan Shepherd</div>
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Release Date: October 2</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Seventeen-year-old Anouk envies the human world, where people known as Pretties lavish themselves in fast cars, high fashion, and have the freedom to fall in love. But Anouk can never have those things, because she is not really human. Enchanted from animal to human girl and forbidden to venture beyond her familiar Parisian prison, Anouk is a Beastie: destined for a life surrounded by dust bunnies and cinders serving Mada Vittora, the evil witch who spelled her into existence. That is, until one day she finds her mistress murdered in a pool of blood—and Anouk is accused of the crime.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Now, the world she always dreamed of is rife with danger. Pursued through Paris by the underground magical society known as the Haute, Anouk and her fellow Beasties only have three days to find the real killer before the spell keeping them human fades away. If they fail, they will lose the only lives they’ve ever known…but if they succeed, they could be more powerful than anyone ever bargained for.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">From New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd, Grim Lovelies is an epic and glittering YA fantasy. Prepare to be spellbound by the world of Grim Lovelies, where secrets have been long buried, friends can become enemies, and everything—especially humanity—comes at a price. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37570566-grim-lovelies" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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by, Destiny Soria</div>
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Release Date: October 9</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">In the city of Eldra, people are ruled by ancient prophecies. For centuries, the high council has stayed in power by virtue of the prophecies of the elder seers. After the last infallible prophecy came to pass, growing unrest led to murders and an eventual rebellion that raged for more than a decade. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">In the present day, Cassa, the orphaned daughter of rebels, is determined to fight back against the high council, which governs Eldra from behind the walls of the citadel. Her only allies are no-nonsense Alys, easygoing Evander, and perpetually underestimated Newt, and Cassa struggles to come to terms with the legacy of rebellion her dead parents have left her — and the fear that she may be inadequate to shoulder the burden. But by the time Cassa and her friends uncover the mystery of the final infallible prophecy, it may be too late to save the city — or themselves. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36430924-beneath-the-citadel" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Boneless Mercies</span><br />
Author: April Genevieve Tucholke<br />
Release Date: October 2<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">A dark and gorgeously drawn standalone YA fantasy about a band of mercenary girls in search of female glory. Won in a major six-house auction!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies—girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and mercifully. But Frey is weary of the death trade and, having been raised on the heroic sagas of her people, dreams of a bigger life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">When she hears of an unstoppable monster ravaging a nearby town, Frey decides this is the Mercies' one chance out. The fame and fortune of bringing down such a beast would ensure a new future for all the Mercies. In fact, her actions may change the story arc of women everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Full of fierce girls, bloodlust, tenuous alliances, and unapologetic quests for glory, this elegantly spun tale challenges the power of storytelling—and who gets to be the storyteller. Perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater, V.E. Schwab, and Heidi Heilig. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36949995-the-boneless-mercies" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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Yes. This premise? Yes. A standalone? Yes.<br />
I love series just as much as the next but standalones I have a special place for.<br />
Definitely need to read this one!<br />
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Release Date: October 2</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: when the prince-who-will-be-king comes of age, he must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, however, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by the dragon, or what horrors she has faced in its lair. She knows only this handsome prince, the story he tells of her rescue, and her destiny to sit on the throne beside him. Ama comes with Emory back to the kingdom of Harding, hailed as the new princess, welcomed to the court.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">However, as soon as her first night falls, she begins to realize that not all is as it seems, that there is more to the legends of the dragons and the damsels than anyone knows–and that the greatest threats to her life may not be behind her, but here, in front of her. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36260155-damsel" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PRETTIES ON OCTOBER 2!!!??<br />
LOOK AT IT!!<br />
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Author: Amy Rose Capetta</div>
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Release Date: October 30</div>
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<span id="freeText1407921712509815768" style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">For Teodora DiSangro, a mafia don’s daughter, family is fate.<br /><br />All her life, Teodora has hidden the fact that she secretly turns her family’s enemies into music boxes, mirrors, and other decorative objects. After all, everyone in Vinalia knows that stregas—wielders of magic—are figures out of fairytales. Nobody believes they’re real.<br /><br />Then the Capo, the land’s new ruler, sends poisoned letters to the heads of the Five Families that have long controlled Vinalia. Four lie dead and Teo’s beloved father is gravely ill. To save him, Teo must travel to the capital as a DiSangro son—not merely disguised as a boy, but transformed into one.<br /><br />Enter Cielo, a strega who can switch back and forth between male and female as effortlessly as turning a page in a book. Teo and Cielo journey together to the capital, and Teo struggles to master her powers and to keep her growing feelings for Cielo locked in her heart. As she falls in love with witty, irascible Cielo, Teo realizes how much of life she’s missed by hiding her true nature. But she can’t forget her mission, and the closer they get to the palace, the more sinister secrets they uncover about what’s really going on in their beloved country—and the more determined Teo becomes to save her family at any cost.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"> {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34198648-the-brilliant-death" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shadow of the Fox</span></div>
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Author: Julie Kagawa</div>
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Release Date: October 2</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only by her penchant for mischief. Until the day her home is burned to the ground, her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee for her life with the temple’s greatest treasure—one part of the ancient scroll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">There are many who would claim the dragon’s wish for their own. Kage Tatsumi, a mysterious samurai of the Shadow Clan, is one such hunter, under orders to retrieve the scroll…at any cost. Fate brings Kage and Yumeko together. With a promise to lead him to the scroll, an uneasy alliance is formed, offering Yumeko her best hope for survival. But he seeks what she has hidden away, and her deception could ultimately tear them both apart.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">With an army of demons at her heels and the unlikeliest of allies at her side, Yumeko’s secrets are more than a matter of life or death. They are the key to the fate of the world itself.</span></div>
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Okay, so maybe I saved my favorite for last. I mean...<br />
1. look at this cover<br />
2. That premise<br />
3. It's Julie-freaking-Kagawa!!<br />
If you know me, you know my obsession with her and all her books<br />
I own every single one<br />
And I will own this one.<br />
This one's got my top vote for October!<br />
All the heart eyes, all the hype!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/117844.YA_Releases_of_October_2018" target="_blank">Octobers full Goodreads October 2018 releases</a></div>
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There you have it!</div>
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Do you have a favorite? </div>
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Let me know below!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The end of September all ready? It would seem so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what went on?</span></div>
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I relaunched my blog!<br />
Yupp! I finally did it! Didn't see it? <a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/im-baaaaaackkkk.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Here</span></a>!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>~This Months Releases: ~</u></span><br />
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Want to see what released this month?<br />
<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/monthly-releases-septembers-stunners.html" target="_blank">September's Stunners</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>~Reviews:~</u></span><br />
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<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/review-court-of-thorns-and-roses-series.html" target="_blank">A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J Maas (series)</a><br />
<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/review-otherbound-by-corinne-duyvis.html" target="_blank">Otherbound</a> by Corinne Duyvis<br />
<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/review-goodbye-rebel-blue-by-shelley.html" target="_blank">Goodbye, Rebel Blue</a> by Shelley Corriell<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Giveaways:</span><br />
<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/giveaway-celebration-of-relaunch.html" target="_blank">Relaunch Giveaway (TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! ENTER NOW!)</a><br />
<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/book-blitzcover-reveal-garden-of-thorns.html" target="_blank">Garden of Thorns and Roses Blitz</a> (Finished)<br />
<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/nerd-blast-iron-flower-by-laurie-forest.html" target="_blank">The Iron Flower Blitz (ongoing)</a><br />
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<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/book-blitzcover-reveal-garden-of-thorns.html" target="_blank">A Garden of Thorns and Roses by Amber Mitchell Blitz</a><br />
<a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/2018/09/nerd-blast-iron-flower-by-laurie-forest.html" target="_blank">The Iron Flower Blitz</a><br />
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And that's it! Tomorrow is a new month--the month of October to be exact!<br />
I have SOOO many awesome things coming this month and I'm <b>excited</b>!<br />
Come back tomorrow for the beginning of all October festivities! :D<br />
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Series: none<br />
Author: Shelley Coriell<br />
Release Date: 2013<br />
by, Harry N Abrams<br />
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I'm one of those gals who prefer more excitement in my books. You know, the horror, mystery, ass kicking sort of excitement. It doesn't have to be a specific genre--vamps, fae, nephilium, dystopia...all and more. That being said, sometimes something soft and sweet can be a nice filler book. One that I can enjoy, smile and gush over helps clean the pallet when their has been a little too much ass kicking back to back.<br />
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Rebel Blue is one of those cute "clean your pallet" type of books I couldn't help but love. With its soft love interest, rebel attitude, and journey of adventure and living life more full, Coriell gave a great coming of age book. While this book has its reference to Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, I didn't find it as heavy (this was read before the Netflix series came out). Again, I found this to be a very refreshing read. I felt like I kept letting go of breaths for Rebel, like she was holding her breath just as tight as she was holding who she thought she <i>needed</i> to be. As the story progresses I found it nice to read from Rebel's POV as she started shedding layers and breathing easier.<br />
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Then there's the list. The bucket list that runs this book. The bucket list is definitely where I can understand the comparison to Ash's book. A chance encounter between Rebel (Rebecca) and a more popular girl at school after a day in detention leads Rebel on a chase of life after the girl dies and leaves behind her bucket list. The list becomes Rebel's main priority and through it her character blossoms leaving the reader happy and warm inside by the end. Her character development was lovely. Even better, I was enjoyed in how Coriell decided to slowly release each girl's bucket list they were forced to write in detention--Rebel's by chapter names.<br />
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This book didn't having my dying at the fact that it was over nor did it have me adding it to my most coveted book shelf but it did leave me content. I would recommend this book to any one who is looking for a quick, fun read between book releases or just looking for something old that's new to read. Give it a shot!<br />
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Series: none<br />
Author: Corinne Duyvis<br />
Release Date: June 17, 2014<br />
by, Amulet Books<br />
Pages: 387<br />
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This one might be a little quicker. I applaud Duyvis for her idea. It is unique and ingenious. The story has two POVs, two main characters--Nolan and Amara. I have never read a book that has taken on POV change in this way. You see, Nolan lives on Earth and Amara in an entirely different world. The problem is with Nolan. Poor Nolan has a ton of troubles. Every time he closes his eyes, he is transported to those of Amara's. This is the most interesting part of the book and what really captures you from the beginning.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Jaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761716744349312332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312208735050552733.post-32799270706252973242018-09-17T09:21:00.000-07:002018-09-17T09:21:10.323-07:00{Nerd Blast} The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm here today with the amazing, and gorgeous <i>The Iron Flower </i>Nerd Blast!</div>
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Many excited things throughout this post and I'm so excited to share it with you!</div>
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Without further ado...</div>
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Series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/195062-the-black-witch-chronicles" target="_blank">The Black Witch Chronicles #2</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">~Praise for <i>The Black Witch Chronicles</i>~</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Elloren learns to question authority and Gardnerian history, while developing real empathy for different races and species. Forest uses a richly imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice.” —</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Booklist</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, starred review</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Exquisite character work, an elaborate mythology, and a spectacularly rendered universe make this a noteworthy debut, which argues passionately against fascism and xenophobia.” —</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, starred review</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“This briskly paced, tightly plotted novel enacts the transformative power of education, creating engaging characters set in a rich alternative universe with a complicated history that can help us better understand our own.” —</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, starred review</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">~The Giveaway~</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">5 Winners wil receive a copy of <i>The Iron Flower</i> by Laurie Forest!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">*Giveaway ends October 8, 2018!</span></span></div>
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So what do you guys think?</div>
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Have you read the first book yet?</div>
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Yes? what'd you think?</div>
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No? What makes you want to!?</div>
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Let me know below! :)</div>
Jaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761716744349312332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312208735050552733.post-5729080352142228412018-09-13T08:53:00.000-07:002018-09-14T13:31:16.729-07:00{Upcoming} Giveaways To Come!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Do you remember me telling you there are ARCs I received and never got to?...</div>
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That I was going to try and catch up, read, review?</div>
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Yeah, well that means a few things</div>
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1. I'm crap for letting it happen in the first place (sorry, again, life got me!)</div>
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2. I'm really trying to make up for my mistake</div>
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3. I have a bunch of ARCs to be read and reviewed.</div>
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4. I also have a few of those ARCs that were sent to me <i>along</i> with a finished copy.</div>
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5. I have two copies of some books and...</div>
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For every ARC that I also received a second, <i>finished</i> copy of...</div>
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I'm giving away that copy to one of <u><b><span style="font-size: large;">you</span></b></u>!</div>
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Yeah, thats right. Be excited!</div>
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So what do you have to look out for?</div>
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All you have to do is wait for one of these reviews to be posted.</div>
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The review will come before but!</div>
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Normally, my review's titles will look something like: {Review} TITLE</div>
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NOW, these giveaway/review posts will be labeled: {Review/Giveaway}</div>
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Yupp, that simple to look out for. </div>
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Now, all that being said, they will start with a review and there is no promise that I personally will like the book and will not have a completely positive review attached. The reviews will still remain open and honest but 1. who doesn't want a free book? and 2. what book doesn't deserve a second chance? Please also note that for these giveaways...</div>
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1. You need to review my giveaway policy <b><a href="https://moonlitreadss.blogspot.com/p/giveaways.html" target="_blank">here</a> (</b>at the bottom under *Winner info*)</div>
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before you enter to understand the conditions.</div>
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2. These unfortunately will be open for US (unless otherwise stated)</div>
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only as they are physical books in my possession and will cost me shipping.</div>
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I know, I'm sorry my international followers...I do promise I will have something for you guys soon.</div>
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*wink, wink* So keep your eyes open for future giveaways in the future! (No promises BUT I also might, <i>might. </i>Throw in an international book directory copy if its something I end up loving beyond belief and need everyone to know and read about it) Again, no promise for that but a promise to international giveaways SOON! :)</div>
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So, yay! Keep your eyes peeled for these opportunities! I'm excited for you and myself.</div>
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Hey guys! Today I'm here with a little book blitz hosted by YA Bound Book Tours!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Garden of Thorns </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Series: (Garden of Thorns #1)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15236246.Amber_Mitchell">Amber Mitchell</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Genre: YA Fantasy Romance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: March 6th 2017</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">After seven grueling years of captivity in the Garden—a burlesque troupe of slave girls—sixteen-year-old Rose finds an opportunity to escape during a performance for the emperor. But the hostage she randomly chose from the crowd to aid her isn’t one of the emperor’s men—not anymore. He’s the former heir to the throne, who is now leading a rebellion against it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: none; color: #181818;" /></span> <span style="background-color: none; color: #181818; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rayce is a wanted man and dangerously charismatic, the worst person for Rose to get involved with, no matter what his smile promises. But he assumes Rose’s attempt to take him hostage is part of a plot to crush the rebellion, so he takes her as his hostage. Now Rose must prove where her loyalties lie, and she offers Rayce a deal—if he helps her rescue the other girls, she’ll tell him all the Garden’s secrets.</span><br />
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I'm <b>always</b> down for fantasy, its one of my favorite genres.<br />
Entangled Teen tends to have some epic books.<br />
Rebellions?<br />
Secrets?<br />
Rose seems like she has some guts to try and hold a hostage<br />
Rayce already seems swoon worthy...hello!<br />
Mixed hostage signals? lol<br />
This cover? Gorgeous.<br />
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I saw this blitz and new I had to be apart of it.<br />
I added it on my tbr immediately!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Remember how I said I added it to my TBR?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Yeah, well I bought it too!</span><br />
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Rose will not rest until the Gardener is dead. But there are bigger battles to fight, and Rayce—leader of the rebellion and the only man Rose has ever loved—believes their best chance at winning the war is to join forces with her sworn enemy.</div>
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Saving innocent people is more important than her quest for revenge. But their new ally can’t be trusted—and he knows her darkest secret. One betrayal could leave the war and Rayce’s life hanging in the balance, and Rose will need to make the ultimate sacrifice to save them all.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">About the Author</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Amber Mitchell graduated from the University of South Florida with a BA in Creative Writing. She likes crazy hair styles, reading, D&D, k-dramas, good puns and great food.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">When she isn’t putting words on paper, she is using cardstock to craft 3D artwork or exploring new places with her husband Brian. They live a small town in Florida with their four cats where she is still waiting for a madman in a blue box to show up on her doorstep.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Garden of Thorns is her debut novel from Entangled Teen.</span></span></div>
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Hear we stand, the start of fall!</div>
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Yay! It's slowly becoming my favorite time of year.</div>
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To start it off, here are some books I found worthy to welcome this time.</div>
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These are just some of the beauties being born to this world in September.</div>
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This is something I'm gonna start doing every month, on the first of the month.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Give the Dark My Love</span><br />
Author: Beth Revis<br />
Release Date: September 25<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">When seventeen-year-old Nedra Brysstain leaves her home in the rural, northern territories of Lunar Island to attend the prestigious Yugen Academy, she has only one goal in mind: learn the trade of medicinal alchemy. A scholarship student matriculating with the children of Lunar Island's wealthiest and most powerful families, Nedra doesn't quite fit in with the other kids at Yugen, who all look down on her. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">All, except for Greggori "Grey" Astor. Grey is immediately taken by the brilliant and stubborn Nedra, who he notices is especially invested in her studies. And that's for a good reason: a deadly plague has been sweeping through the North, and it's making its way toward the cities. With her family's life--and the lives of all of Lunar Island's citizens--on the line, Nedra is determined to find a cure for the plague. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Grey and Nedra continue to grow closer, but as the sickness spreads and the body count rises, Nedra becomes desperate to find a cure. Soon, she finds herself diving into alchemy's most dangerous corners--and when she turns to the most forbidden practice of all, necromancy, even Grey might not be able to pull her from the darkness. </span>{<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37789836-give-the-dark-my-love" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</div>
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Release Date: September 11</div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">With a cover and premise like that, how can you not??</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Bound by duty, secrets, and the love they share for one another, Mairwen, a spirited witch; Rhun, the expected saint; and Arthur, a restless outcast, will each have a role to play as the devil demands a body to fill the bargain. But the devil these friends find is not the one they expect, and the lies they uncover will turn their town—and their hearts—inside out.</span>{<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32824058-strange-grace" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">I feel like I have not read a ton of witch books. I don't own a lot.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">I don't see them hyped up that much either...</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">But, this cover!? *heart eyes everywhere*</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">This premise!? A run against the clock?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Love, lies, sacrifice?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">I'm there.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack’s warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire—and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos. </span>{<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36546857-the-lantern-s-ember" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Colleen Houck is another one of those authors that their books jut got away from me. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">In fact, I actually own some of her books and just have never read them!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Now, this one...this one I'm loving. Again, Uhm...COVER!? <3</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Second, I am allll for darker story lines and the first line of this premise had me hooked!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">I'm in love with the idea of this book!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">I also think that her being who she is, this world will be amazingly written!</span></b><br />
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Of course, these aren't the only lovely books coming out this month.<br />
They are just the ones that caught my eyes the most!</div>
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Here are where you can find a few more: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/117093.YA_Releases_of_September_2018" target="_blank">2018 YA September Releases</a></div>
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Read the rest of the list?</div>
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Add some to your TBR?</div>
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Think I missed some beauties?</div>
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Jaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16761716744349312332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312208735050552733.post-73212730912320173452018-09-06T07:39:00.000-07:002018-09-06T07:39:01.571-07:00{Review} A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Court of Thorns and Roses (1-3)</span><br />
Series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/104014-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses" target="_blank">A Court of Thorns and Roses</a><br />
Author: Sarah J. Maas<br />
Release Date: 2015-2018<br />
by, Bloomsbury USA Childrens<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever. {<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16096824-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>}</span></div>
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Man, oh man. I fell for this series hard.<br />
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Ever since Julie Kagawa's <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/47329-the-iron-fey" id="id_ab1c_2a7d_5960_4da5" target="_blank"><i>Iron Fae Series</i></a>, I have had a certain soft spot for fae oriented books. They're just magical! Especially when done right. I will admit, it is also because of Kagawa's series that I'm kind of picky when it comes to fae books. Those that tell the tale of small beautiful little pixies that are light and fluffy and just cute as a button...I can't do. Now, those that tell the tale a little closer to Shakespear's <i>A Midnight Summer's Night Dream, </i>where the fae are not so nice but mighty, powerful creatures who are to be feared and will take your first born child...that's more my cup of tea.<br />
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Now, there are some things that Maas strays away from like: faeries can lie, iron does <i>not</i> effect them, and there are lot more courts. Like, a LOT more. Normally its Unseelie and Seelie courts (winter and summer with the occasional spring and autumn courts too). In this world there are also what Maas calls Solar Courts (day, night, and dawn) which really I had no problem with it was just, new. I loved it! Sometimes fae books can be too repetitive and changing it up, getting a little creative with it, that never <i>ever</i> hurts. Honestly, this book is really what threw me back into a series of reading none stop and even kind of encouraged me to start up blogging and writing again!<br />
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I had started to read Maas' Assassins series when they came out and I'm pretty sure I own all of them I just stopped around book 2. I can't necessarily say it was because they bored me I think it was just around the time where everything became too much for me. That being sad, Maas created a series in which I NEVER wanted to put them down. I devoured these books. Her characters are superb....well, some of them. Her ability to tell a tale about an old world and create it anew was remarkable! Her attention to detail without going on in a way that leaves us all snoozing was appreciated and well acknowledged by me. Annnnnd....<br />
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She gave me another boy to constantly swoon over. Well, she kind of gave me three.<br />
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I know there was some controversy over these books in the fact of the second book.<br />
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Tamlin. The change of character from him was kind of whiplash. I liked him I admit but I never <i>loved</i> him. Rhys on the other hand I can say intrigued me from Feyre and his briefest of meetings in the first book. Back to Tamlin, he turns possessive and essentially abusive. Again, I didn't love him but seeing it turn that way so fast was shocking. I kind of felt bad as I knew he had just really loved her but it does address that line between love and obsession and that love should never be an obsession. I just really didn't see it coming.<br />
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Lucien. Lucien really hurt me. Like, yeah he wasn't the greatest but he also was fae. Coe on people, they aren't the sweet and innocent fairies we all have been trained to think about and I think thats really what you have to keep in the back of your mind throughout this series. Fae are conniving creatures. They are not innocent. They are ruthless and they are powerful. They are a different race so they're way of feeling love and expressing it isn't going to be the way we think of naturally. Anyways, back to Lucien. Yeah, he wasn't the best but I feel like he trully was a friend of Feyre's and when he essentially turned evil or well made out to be worse, I was hurt. I liked him and hated that he was ever pictured differently.<br />
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It's kind of hard to write a review over a series but I read way to fast through these to individually review them.<br />
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In summary:<br />
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<b>Book 1</b>: Read it. It is a little slow and harder at points to get through but about 3/4 of the way in and you won't be wanting to put it down. Everything that's been building up comes together and its fantastic. Its terrible in the best of ways and you will want the second one at your bed side so you can immediately keep going.<br />
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<b>Book 2</b>: Oh. My. Gosh. I died. This book...it killed me. Every time I had to put it down because I had to go to work or had some adulting responsibility I cried a bit in side. It had me wanting to read at all the red lights (don't read and drive kids) I didn't! But I wanted to because every second away killed me. This book is forever one of my favorite books. I will carry it with me through old age. There were times I had to re-read pages, lines, paragraphs over and over because they just filled me with so much emotion. After finishing it I went back and re-read those all over again. You need this. You need this bad.<br />
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The character development in it was probably my favorite thing here. Mor, Cassian, Azriel, Amren, even Feyre. I loved Feyre but in the beginning I sort of hated her. She gave off way too much of a Bella Swan vibe that I was definitely not digging. I kept wanting to slap her and pick her up and tell her she could do this. And then she snapped and I was loving her all over again. She's kick ass, independent and everything you want in a heroine. She goes on a journey you can affiliate with (maybe not directly for all but in some aspects) and respect.<br />
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<b>Book 3</b>: My god. My...god. Ah, it has been a long while since I've read something so wonderful. Maas is a wonderful story teller. Her character development is astounding. With creating an entirely new world, or in this case putting a spin on an old world tale (the fae) comes a lot of characters. It is not one like contemporary novels where you can get away with a main character, a love interest, some family and some friends. To make a world believable, one needs many characters that thicken the plot and draw you in deeper. That being said, some books like this end up either 1. creating too many characters or 2. creating many characters that bleed into each other, unidentifiable and have you stopping, asking yourself "who is this again" and having to backtrack to clear things up. This is not a problem for Maas. She is exceptional in this art. Every character is unique and they aren't 2 dimensional. She creates realistic characters. As realistic as you can get for being fae...you're never going to get human characters if they are ethereal beings.<br />
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This one was so long. But highly worth it. Sometimes you get a long "final book" and it has just dragged on or you get a long final book and it could have been two books. This I feel was perfect. Two books had been leading up to the end and it wasn't rushed, or prolonged. It was fantastically seen through.<br />
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I could go on forever about this series. I loved it. It is now sitting on my most coveted book shelf--my "need in order to breath" book shelves. The characters I think are really what had me in love so much with this series. I think I hated every single character at some point in time and then found love for every single one as well. She had me all over the place but in the best way possible. In short, its an excellent series. I want it for the rest of my life.<br />
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I have only one negative/warning if you want to read this series. It's not for kids. Honestly I'm not sure I would recommend it for anyone younger than 18. At points I felt I was reading erotica. It was sexy and exciting but it could be a bit much for younger peeps.<br />
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That is all I have to say about it in a "negative" tone. Other than that. Go. Go run to the store right now and get this series if you haven't quite yet.<br />
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