tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80297709791716873842024-02-20T00:24:07.352-06:00Beyond the Book ReviewsWith Library LuvSabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12049742028423517110noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029770979171687384.post-29902978131599977062020-09-07T12:08:00.001-05:002020-09-07T12:08:21.891-05:00Raybearer Platform Tour Announcement <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAffQru-6X1jZtmFtEXfT6Es-3q78A4pmyDp7XBwIVevnHMoyUj8kWIJHby-Tc2Fpg1gayj7JhT-5AjlwGUSaqXpBw40pXTU7ObRMBlTle6dLW-lAhy6KvD_lMYdJUOHeWfFu9QBk8no/s3419/Raybearer+Platform+Tour.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="3419" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAffQru-6X1jZtmFtEXfT6Es-3q78A4pmyDp7XBwIVevnHMoyUj8kWIJHby-Tc2Fpg1gayj7JhT-5AjlwGUSaqXpBw40pXTU7ObRMBlTle6dLW-lAhy6KvD_lMYdJUOHeWfFu9QBk8no/w625-h76/Raybearer+Platform+Tour.png" width="625" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Hey everyone! If any of you follow me on twitter then you may have an inkling on what this is about. <i>Raybearer </i>by Jordan Ifueko is a phenomenal book that deserves nothing but absolute love. From the storytelling to the characters, she has created a world anyone can easily get submersed into. <i>Raybearer </i>did have some publisher ran blog and instagram tours before it’s release, but I wanted to give it even more love. So I rounded up some people who were equally as interested, and BOOM the Raybearer Platform Tour was formed. </p><p>Over the next <b>TWO WEEKS</b> (Sept 7th-Sept 17th) there will be a post every day, either on a blog or on an instagram account. These posts will consist of reviews, spotlights, and anything you can imagine. Today, I am kicking off the platform tour with a mini review! Tomorrow Lili, is doing an instagram post over at <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/utopia.state.of.mind/">@utopia.state.of.mind</a></b> !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbGfuNQYg8woLJXPPrJghZ3EY4NjlvR6mMbtUT7yXsdNKFAgy2zdt4OMKt9jdMokIYDuZV6OIXxmk-kqI-F9zpcrEzuDwyz9O2er8ft3MLl3WDTojVmSpikw1AOJZa91xtNk9-Ba2yHs/s2017/Tour+Schedule.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="2017" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbGfuNQYg8woLJXPPrJghZ3EY4NjlvR6mMbtUT7yXsdNKFAgy2zdt4OMKt9jdMokIYDuZV6OIXxmk-kqI-F9zpcrEzuDwyz9O2er8ft3MLl3WDTojVmSpikw1AOJZa91xtNk9-Ba2yHs/w400-h123/Tour+Schedule.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhErjgNLppaV6oykiTxxP_zCrk46nDMV7SXngvX14dby8i2f69iWm_EnlWbGNPyX4E5wW9xIfDhxy_lH9bxSuV8a8_wSJzCjjZVTJmU3TwykZWue4Cyt1HZKMDA3ora75rdzDQiTjNpKs/s2048/03F02B6D-0619-4E04-A6F7-B44BE58BC7CD.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhErjgNLppaV6oykiTxxP_zCrk46nDMV7SXngvX14dby8i2f69iWm_EnlWbGNPyX4E5wW9xIfDhxy_lH9bxSuV8a8_wSJzCjjZVTJmU3TwykZWue4Cyt1HZKMDA3ora75rdzDQiTjNpKs/w625-h351/03F02B6D-0619-4E04-A6F7-B44BE58BC7CD.png" width="625" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWQvBgGm5zWrqQSwA85Y-j_OSG16UW06pCfHAwb1VSzBbjVYJYrTUKH-IMHfJ2bfxVGunuVpWYJ-8BNk7YMKNROS1VJFYc5fCLmBRgcKpgeYhffw-DMJ7eiSCxOfNebLvY8KNR0mb7Ws/s2516/About+the+Book.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="2516" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWQvBgGm5zWrqQSwA85Y-j_OSG16UW06pCfHAwb1VSzBbjVYJYrTUKH-IMHfJ2bfxVGunuVpWYJ-8BNk7YMKNROS1VJFYc5fCLmBRgcKpgeYhffw-DMJ7eiSCxOfNebLvY8KNR0mb7Ws/w500-h113/About+the+Book.png" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7d7K-MqQeWcnHmWVu4qBiWBc3P7eUFTAdc9Mp9kyPymurh4GSqgkRJXE6qox2CtPiNzR-g4GF7heGjotgXCpiXhow7UhtnUHtxUsjYdBpDDYwUZ5Dnqe3ofAhfkldAwmHCG7B3dqlik/s1510/Raybearer.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7d7K-MqQeWcnHmWVu4qBiWBc3P7eUFTAdc9Mp9kyPymurh4GSqgkRJXE6qox2CtPiNzR-g4GF7heGjotgXCpiXhow7UhtnUHtxUsjYdBpDDYwUZ5Dnqe3ofAhfkldAwmHCG7B3dqlik/s320/Raybearer.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
<div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Title: </b>Raybearer <img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Author: </b>Jordan Ifueko</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Publication Date: </b>August <b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Publisher: </b>Amulet </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Pages: </b>368</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Description: </b><i>Nothing is more important than loyalty.
But what if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy?</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the Crown Prince’s Council of 11. If she’s picked, she’ll be joine</i><i>d with the other Council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than b</i><i>lood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai, who</i><i>has</i><i>always wanted to belong somewhere. But The Lady has other ideas, including a magical wish that Tarisai is compelled to obey: Kill the</i><i>Crown Prince once she gains his trust. Tarisai won’t stand by and become someone’s pawn—but is she strong enough to choose a different path for herself</i></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPYx6UtfmLnqVyD6aEGFplLBzOGU_PTxOtRTSi5JmQ5JHrKGaWqFABe6dJTcd5mWdRPK9mD7hkh-ZNylf2Fb_Su4eCClMCSLPkz06vyF4yHixo9_Te8UH1NF7iZ2slHn2GvkAOs8OYXk/s1164/Review+Font.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="1164" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPYx6UtfmLnqVyD6aEGFplLBzOGU_PTxOtRTSi5JmQ5JHrKGaWqFABe6dJTcd5mWdRPK9mD7hkh-ZNylf2Fb_Su4eCClMCSLPkz06vyF4yHixo9_Te8UH1NF7iZ2slHn2GvkAOs8OYXk/w256-h125/Review+Font.png" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I finished <i>Raybearer</i> almost two weeks ago, and I still haven’t been able to pick up another book. Every time I think I’m ready I find myself rereading passages from it. Between the storyline and characters, Jordan Ifueko has created a beautiful masterpiece that will draw any reader in. The story was refreshing in a way YA fantasy had been depleating me recently. It quickly became my top read of the year.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Every character resonates with your soul in a way that I cannot put into words. To start, Tarisai is such a beautiful character, whom has stolen my heart and likely will never give it back. Her resilience throughout the novel is brilliant, and the strength of her character is unmatched. Dayo, where do I even begin, he is almost impossible not to love him. From first exposure to his character, you become instantly attached and want nothing bad to come his way. As the story progresses, every single member of the Prince’s Council slowly finds a way into your heart and you are left with nothing but love for each of them. The platonic relationships in the story as well are just so well done and beautiful. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The world itself is a masterpiece that fills your mind with imagery you’d never thought you would see. I love the amount of areas we as readers get to see, and how many you wish you personally could go back to. As a reader, we spend a lot of time in the Children’s Palace, and imagining the youth running around but also attending lessons was a lot of fun. Overall the world will leave you completely enthralled and you will not know what to do when you have to leave it. </p><p style="text-align: left;">All in all, I highly recommend Raybearer for its fantastic world-building, and character growth. It’s a book that will leave you will all the feelings, and anticipating the next one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRyyDX9iCabeLEILa-DvAcEc06ZMYuN_Q81ZXXIwW5lMV2jMt3lxN8Sv4szxAko-4HrH_yTKRyZFc_zTOeY9WGRxDaimc8LEF8lwGpf9H_BVzPy_rcf5MaYWfR1V9wQ5Az1KQUdqUqqE/s1104/Rating.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="1104" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRyyDX9iCabeLEILa-DvAcEc06ZMYuN_Q81ZXXIwW5lMV2jMt3lxN8Sv4szxAko-4HrH_yTKRyZFc_zTOeY9WGRxDaimc8LEF8lwGpf9H_BVzPy_rcf5MaYWfR1V9wQ5Az1KQUdqUqqE/w256-h133/Rating.png" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbFxC48Xh0w9dNsmPD_X2xSv8dAe-zBjdSXTRnwROZOSdevvFv6WfGyZ4qr2a7KHwQMFyjhYIQZSur5sSLlyscBe3Z1qRwDZzD0ZikrBf459fd4O3EEhGsoA1YZERJwXpHrufTkRdGt4/s1811/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="1811" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbFxC48Xh0w9dNsmPD_X2xSv8dAe-zBjdSXTRnwROZOSdevvFv6WfGyZ4qr2a7KHwQMFyjhYIQZSur5sSLlyscBe3Z1qRwDZzD0ZikrBf459fd4O3EEhGsoA1YZERJwXpHrufTkRdGt4/w400-h104/5stars.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember to check out the rest of the tour dates! I'll be reposting them all on my twitter page.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMHLg9_JsnHKoVlLivHprXrh98rXHEVyvFvRH-j5x66NFrRxSJmucjKvEpJ3U80SkJ0yjmflFQJ0hshrkCT3N1iIlYTvJhK_JQejrDQ_ausTsAZbs7FieT8Usaqmccaehb1xWPFtQMsM/s2010/XoXo+Sabrina+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="2010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMHLg9_JsnHKoVlLivHprXrh98rXHEVyvFvRH-j5x66NFrRxSJmucjKvEpJ3U80SkJ0yjmflFQJ0hshrkCT3N1iIlYTvJhK_JQejrDQ_ausTsAZbs7FieT8Usaqmccaehb1xWPFtQMsM/s320/XoXo+Sabrina+.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12049742028423517110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029770979171687384.post-50701306364403483702020-07-02T09:30:00.000-05:002020-07-02T09:30:11.898-05:00July Author of the Month <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik66ZbfmCQIbt4AEr5oxpRF7nsyTrF_gtjuZ6M3Iv62WWXFze8VZWZUqSfL__sN6sJMArmlQXjytjy5dRtsxOmfTjeuXLmg8yAi2OPGHm0BmbViLcg9wNShc5HXGGciC2s250RZE79fzM/s799/Author+of+the+Month+Temp.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="799" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik66ZbfmCQIbt4AEr5oxpRF7nsyTrF_gtjuZ6M3Iv62WWXFze8VZWZUqSfL__sN6sJMArmlQXjytjy5dRtsxOmfTjeuXLmg8yAi2OPGHm0BmbViLcg9wNShc5HXGGciC2s250RZE79fzM/w625-h208/Author+of+the+Month+Temp.png" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#333333" face=""><span>Hello readers! I am opening up my blog again to bookish content. I am still continuously posting and sharing stories about the Black Live Matter movement over on my Twitter. I am no just intermixing some of my own bookish content. </span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#333333" face=""><span><br /></span></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font color="#333333" face=""><span>I am starting the month off with an Author of the Month post for Tanaz Bhathena, a YA Canadian author who's release her third book. </span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; text-align: center;">So yes my July "Author of the Month" is <b>Tanaz Bhathena</b>, author of <i>A Girl Like That, The Beauty of the Moment </i>and the book that helped me chose her for this feature, <i>Hunted By the Sky</i>. Her new release, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52727805-forged-in-fire-and-stars?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=UdbkduuFez&rank=5" style="color: #660033; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">H</a>unted By the Sky</i>, hit the shelves on June 23rd, 2020.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqSN4t-ntkGnYOuZzHDK5oMgIYmXP8gljLNIE9aso2yf_FCwfAFv_bXpfzIURENDXWj6ozcwHdMeAdTis0BkPNo79XHVCYFRCkDLNHDnag3coB71ACTjgETn3H6knqKIWnpnsqykij2k/s2703/About+the+Author.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="2703" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqSN4t-ntkGnYOuZzHDK5oMgIYmXP8gljLNIE9aso2yf_FCwfAFv_bXpfzIURENDXWj6ozcwHdMeAdTis0BkPNo79XHVCYFRCkDLNHDnag3coB71ACTjgETn3H6knqKIWnpnsqykij2k/s320/About+the+Author.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8Pu2Jo-FdhsEOcNZSOwXjHPThRikKVKMY0pAMdeCYFHvGqz0FWyoitgxRaEKP3ArdbOAQcakdwgzapdwKOLWOzire0SjUwLzB-lrXHHPF7DBnSm8ganPqq2QzES_b0oBftwGqE7iADQ/s554/TANAZ.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8Pu2Jo-FdhsEOcNZSOwXjHPThRikKVKMY0pAMdeCYFHvGqz0FWyoitgxRaEKP3ArdbOAQcakdwgzapdwKOLWOzire0SjUwLzB-lrXHHPF7DBnSm8ganPqq2QzES_b0oBftwGqE7iADQ/s320/TANAZ.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
<div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;">Tanaz Bhathena writes books for young adults. Her sophomore novel, The Beauty of the Moment, won the Nautilus Gold Award for Young Adult Fiction and has also been nominated for the Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award. Her acclaimed debut, A Girl Like That, was named a Best Book of the Year by numerous outlets including The Globe and Mail, Seventeen, and The Times of India. Her latest book, Hunted by the Sky, is the first of a YA fantasy duology set in a world inspired by medieval India. Her short stories have appeared in various publications including The Hindu, Blackbird, Witness, and Room. </div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"> Born in India and raised in Saudi Arabia and Canada, Tanaz lives in Mississauga, Ontario, with her family. </div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bhathenatanaz/" style="color: #660033; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://elisekova.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/instagram-logo.png" style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15066301.Tanaz_Bhathena" style="color: #660033; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://elisekova.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/goodreads-logo.png" style="background-image: none; border: none; box-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" /></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px;"> </span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPu-XZyle7PVSJMBSJOww9zPQ9RFcYIaq5qqVIyKV6q46UpwijQM2LTrUA2oZ6Nz5sEl3u773q-gxiYRrTJ29DbBIQtkSuo8HLGFWp6z-_T8Ln2_Ogo57hmPQpDhiUl3KrGFNYHuM2j0/s1177/Interview.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="1177" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPu-XZyle7PVSJMBSJOww9zPQ9RFcYIaq5qqVIyKV6q46UpwijQM2LTrUA2oZ6Nz5sEl3u773q-gxiYRrTJ29DbBIQtkSuo8HLGFWp6z-_T8Ln2_Ogo57hmPQpDhiUl3KrGFNYHuM2j0/w164-h79/Interview.png" width="164" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-22e51e31-7fff-e21f-1114-d63a0e69644a" style="text-align: start;"><font face="times"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina: </b>Hello Tanaz, and welcome to my blog. I just want to start off by saying thank you so much for joining me, and being my June Author of the Month.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz:</b> Thanks so much for inviting me, Sabrina!</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina:</b> While touring for </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beauty of the Moment, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">did you have a favourite event or one that stuck out for you?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz: </b>I think one of my favourite and most memorable events was the Room of Your Own Book Club in Toronto. Teen girls read the book and asked me questions. One reader said that Susan’s interactions with her mom allowed her to understand her own mother better—which I thought was amazing!</span></p><b><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></b><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina: </b>Between fantasy and contemporary, which genre is easier to write? OR does it depend on the type of story you are telling?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz:</b> It really depends on the story I have to tell. I really enjoy both genres and the challenges they bring. I usually need to feel challenged on some level to get interested in writing a book.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina: </b></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Girl Like That </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beauty of the Moment</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are both contemporary stories, did you find one easier to write than the other? Or did the both prove to have their challenges?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz:</b> I found it harder to write </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Beauty of the Moment</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> after finishing </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Girl Like That</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I’d spent the past twelve years writing gritty short stories and later a whole novel exploring dark issues, so writing a happy contemporary romance was tricky!</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina:</b> If you could have lunch with any 2 fictional characters, who would they be?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz:</b> Hermione Granger and Peeta Mellark! We’d talk about books and baking cheese buns.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina:</b> What is the last book you read and loved, and why?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz:</b></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Downstairs Girl</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Stacey Lee. It’s a historical novel set in Atlanta and the protagonist is a Chinese American girl who poses as an anonymous advice columnist named “Miss Sweetie.” The writing and research is impeccable and I love the novel’s wit and humor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800027272727273; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina: </b></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hunted by the Sky</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> releasing on June 23rd is going to be your latest release, can you describe it in five words or less?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz:</b> Magic + romance + fierce women warriors.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina: </b>Did you have a favourite chapter while writing </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hunted by the Sky</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz: </b>Chapter 1. It begins with…a bang. :)</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Sabrina:</b> Thank you so much for joining me today on my blog, and for being my Author of the Month for June. I look forward to reading Hunted by the Sky when it releases!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Tanaz:</b> Thanks, Sabrina! I hope you enjoy the book! :)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHU4kmqx6PwKvV6CK4tfC-R5AgbjVYAwrNmJUihV3jxT-GRUXKU3Der_gZF64BVBy-UgVgeC4DA59OiZkFWevFnSLQm42gvySI5s1T3Jdpzy5PlMXBYshtG4Q4fcGKuRMl01J_qwPVp3s/s2516/About+the+Book.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="2516" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHU4kmqx6PwKvV6CK4tfC-R5AgbjVYAwrNmJUihV3jxT-GRUXKU3Der_gZF64BVBy-UgVgeC4DA59OiZkFWevFnSLQm42gvySI5s1T3Jdpzy5PlMXBYshtG4Q4fcGKuRMl01J_qwPVp3s/w320-h73/About+the+Book.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKv_zjArUsjQPs4ae3hvgSfQbCPJzUMejiREUCJS9gYP_VciJLjwsdMLxY42Z0dcmNUI39AWlPYvFbJ-3WEC8xWxRjXZqO43kQLs9n4et36wKu8CtCgJDY5FQXUll3RaFgbRUoHXgHwU/s977/Hunted+by+the+sky.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="637" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKv_zjArUsjQPs4ae3hvgSfQbCPJzUMejiREUCJS9gYP_VciJLjwsdMLxY42Z0dcmNUI39AWlPYvFbJ-3WEC8xWxRjXZqO43kQLs9n4et36wKu8CtCgJDY5FQXUll3RaFgbRUoHXgHwU/s320/Hunted+by+the+sky.gif" /></a><br /><br />
<div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Title: </b>Hunted by the Sky</div></b></div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"><b>Author: </b>Tanaz Bhathena<b> </b></div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"><b>Publication Date: </b>June 23rd, 2020<b> </b></div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"><b>Publisher: </b>Farrar, Straus, Giroux<b> </b></div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"><b>Pa</b><b>ges: </b>384<b> </b></div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"><b>Format: </b>Hardcover</div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46223341-hunted-by-the-sky?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=WG4lIFUmuj&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><b>Description: </b>Gul has spent her life running. She has a star-shaped birthmark on her arm, and in the kingdom of Ambar,girls with such birthmarks have been disappearing for years. Gul's mark is what caused her parents' murder at the hand of King Lohar's ruthless soldiers and forced her into hiding to protect her own life. So when a group of rebel women called the Sisters of the Golden Lotus rescue her, take her in, and train her in warrior magic, Gul wants only one thing: revenge.</div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;">Cavas lives in the tenements, and he's just about ready to sign his life over to the king's army. His father is terminally ill, and Cavas will do anything to save him. But sparks fly when he meets a mysterious girl--Gul--in the capital's bazaar, and as the chemistry between them undeniably grows, he becomes entangled in a mission of vengeance--and discovers a magic he never expected to find.</div><div style="background-color: #ffd9f9; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; padding: 8px; text-align: left;">Dangerous circumstances have brought Gul and Cavas together at the king's domain in Ambar Fort . . . a world with secrets deadlier than their own. Exploring identity, class struggles, and high-stakes romance, Hunted by the Sky is a gripping adventure set in a world inspired by medieval India.</div></div></font></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-qz3hELEUNJlBRtsJ8CpzgY_IsW4744XN0cv-Prjt8FH6d8jlA8kTSHrZsnwlI0jAAFLRjM3rBrVC8jYLn65pZ031otIVr_UYtkFe_9ZNQ87VtXBp8IFZOQul0y_0Cbht9CAHaVCR6A/s2010/XoXo+Sabrina+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="2010" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-qz3hELEUNJlBRtsJ8CpzgY_IsW4744XN0cv-Prjt8FH6d8jlA8kTSHrZsnwlI0jAAFLRjM3rBrVC8jYLn65pZ031otIVr_UYtkFe_9ZNQ87VtXBp8IFZOQul0y_0Cbht9CAHaVCR6A/w256-h79/XoXo+Sabrina+.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12049742028423517110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029770979171687384.post-65536107600499705952020-06-03T00:12:00.000-05:002020-06-09T12:27:24.935-05:00Black Lives Matter Movement <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In light of the protests and the injustices being done to Black people, I will be stepping away from this blog for a little bit. I plan on devoting my social media time to amplifying Black voices, and spreading awareness of the events that need attention.<br />
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I plan on taking the time to listen to the voices that need be heard, and sharing the stories that need to be spread. I am also taking the time to educate myself more, and read a lot of resources that are out there and available.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title: </b><i>Love from A to Z</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Author: </b>S.K. Ali</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publication Date: </b>June 9th, 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publisher: </b>Simon & Schuster</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pages: </b>368</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Format: </b>Paperback</span><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40148146-love-from-a-to-z?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=2HIaePGH5U&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description: </b><i>A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.
An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are.
But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. She’s angry.
When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.
Fueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer” version of herself in a place where no one knows her.
Then her path crosses with Adam’s.
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now I know what you may be thinking right now, hasn't this book already released? Well yes, yes it has. However, that was the hardcover, this is the paperback release. This book was such a delight that I could not include it. I love it the first time I read it, and I can't wait till I reread it. I will defiantly be purchasing one of these gorgeous new paperbacks when it releases! I highly recommend checking this book out, along with S.K. Ali's other books. </span><br />
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Hey all! I am such a terrible fan who loved this series so much, that I only ever reviewed the first book.... I think <i>Legendary </i>is part of the reason because it just stole my heart away. So much so that I never came down from a book high. It's fine though, because I am doing an overall series review now!</div>
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<b>Title:</b> <i>Caraval, Legendary, Finale </i><br />
<b>Author: </b>Stephanie Garber<br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>2017, 2018, 2019<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Flatiron<br />
<b>Format: </b>Available in hardcover & softcover<br />
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But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.</i><br />
<i>Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But she nevertheless becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic with the other players in the game. And whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, a dangerous domino effect of consequences is set off, and her sister disappears forever.</i><br />
<i>Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.</i></div>
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I don't think there are enough words in the english dictoinary to desribe what the Caraval series meant to me. <b>Stephanie Garber </b>crafts a world full of magic that readers never know what is real and what is an illusion. That idea itself is one of the highlights of the series for me as a reader. I fell in love with <i>Caraval</i> and the idea of not knowing if things are real, becuase it allowed readers to transport into Scarlett's mind. As the series contiuned, I began to understand the world and magic more, and it amazed me more than I could have ever imagined.<br />
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The characters not only showed indivual development in each book, but showed a huge character ark by the time the story wrapped up. I felt that each character also stayed consistent and true to themselves with all their decision making. I applaud Stephanie Garber for that, as it is something I do not see often enough in the books I pick up. If I had to choose a favourite character, I don't know if I ever really could. Finale is told in the sisters alternating perspectives, and there was never a time where I found one half of the perspective lagging. Which is another thing I often find with alternating perspectives. Overall each main and secondary character stole my heart away and will never be forgotten.<br />
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As for the story itself, it also progressed in ways I could never even fathom on my own. Each book wrapped up it's own concerns, but still contributed to the overarching mysteries. I felt satisfied at the ending of each book, but still had a need to continue because that is just what this story does to you. The overall plot-line is easy to follow and very comprehendible. By the time you hit the ending of the final book, you feel complete with the story itself.<br />
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All in all I highly recommend checking this series out, the magic, mayhem, and madness will surely sweep you off your feet. The storyline and characters are really well-done and thought out. Plus the readability of these books are so good.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title: </b><i>The Black Flamingo</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Author: </b>Dean Atta</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publication Date: </b>May 26th, 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publisher: </b>HarperCollins</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pages: </b>416 pages</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he’s navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican—but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough.
As he gets older, Michael’s coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs—and the Black Flamingo is born.
Told with raw honesty, insight, and lyricism, this debut explores the layers of identity that make us who we are—and allow us to shine.
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<b>Title: </b><i>FireBlood</i><br />
<b>Author: </b>Elly Blake<br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>September 12th, 2017<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Little Brown Books<br />
<b>Pages: </b>416<br />
<b>Format: </b>ARC<br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33784283-fireblood?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Odl5239WHa&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><b>Description: </b><i>Against all odds, Ruby has defeated the villainous Frost King and melted his powerful throne. But the bloodthirsty Minax that was trapped inside is now haunting her kingdom and everyone she loves. The answers to its demise may lie to the south in Sudesia, the land of the Firebloods, and a country that holds the secrets to Ruby's powers and past.... </i><br />
<i>Despite warnings from her beloved Arcus, Ruby accompanies a roguish Fireblood named Kai to Sudesia, where she must master her control of fire in a series of trials to gain the trust of the suspicious Fireblood queen. Only then can she hope to access the knowledge that could defeat the rampaging Minax--which grows closer every moment. But as sparks fly in her moments alone with Kai, how can Ruby decide whom to trust? The fate of both kingdoms is now in her hands.</i></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">FireBlood wasn’t exactly what I was expecting it to be. I had read FrostBlood, and felt a numbness towards it because of the sense that everything had been done before. I grew worried going into this book, however, I was still intrigued to find out what happened and how the plot progressed. FireBlood surprised me in a good way, I did enjoy it much more than book one and I even felt like there was less déjà vu taking place with some of the plotlines. Overall It was a better read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">My issue with book one was that it was a good introduction to the fantasy genre, but not meant for someone who had already picked their way through many fantasy reads. The plot felt familiar and the choices did too. I was surprised to find that FireBlood wasn’t exactly like the first book in this way. Though it had some of the classic clichés, I felt like some of the plot was new to me. I ended up connecting to the story and reading this book in one sitting. I liked the choices made in this book and the consequences as well. Not everything Ruby did was predictable, and I enjoyed that. Though some of Arcus choices were seen coming, I still did enjoy his part in this novel. The ending was satisfying and will leave readers wanting more, without feeling like a cliffhanger. Overall the plot felt a lot newer in this book than the first one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">I found that I enjoyed these characters a lot more in this sequel. I think Ruby really developed as a character in this book. She was faced with troublesome choices as well as some interesting plot twists. I also loved how she developed as a FireBlood in this book as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still didn’t connect with Ruby as much as I would’ve liked, however, the supporting cast in this book made me enjoy the read a lot more. I love Kai, as one of the main male characters in this book, he had a different humor than our frost boy does. He was interesting to find out all his motives and keep the readers guessing. I also really loved Prince Eiko, because to me he felt like one of the better dignitaries in this novel. Overall the characters to me felt a lot stronger, and it really showed in the writing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title: </b><i>Parachutes</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Author: </b>Kelly Yang</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publication Date: </b>May 26th, 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publisher: </b>HarperCollins</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pages: </b>496 pages</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Format: </b>Hardcovers</span><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52696571-parachutes?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=6kd1qZA3oC&rank=3" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description: </b><i>They’re called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she’d be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai and enroll her at a high school in California.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Suddenly she finds herself living in a stranger’s house, with no one to tell her what to do for the first time in her life. She soon embraces her newfound freedom, especially when the hottest and most eligible parachute, Jay, asks her out.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Dani De La Cruz, Claire’s new host sister, couldn’t be less thrilled that her mom rented out a room to Claire. An academic and debate team star, Dani is determined to earn her way into Yale, even if it means competing with privileged kids who are buying their way to the top. But Dani’s game plan veers unexpectedly off course when her debate coach starts working with her privately.
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<span style="background-color: white;">Lately I have been flying through books centred around rich teens learning, and growing as they discover themselves. This books sounds wonderful, and I will be looking forward to the moment when I get it in my hands. </span><br />
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<b>Title</b>: To Kill A Kingdom<br />
<b>Author</b>: Alexandra Christo<br />
<b>Publication Date</b>: 2018<br />
<b>Publisher</b>: Feiwel and Friends<br />
<b>Pages</b>: 342<br />
<b>Format</b>: Hardcopy<br />
<b>Description</b>: <i>Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the heart of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most- a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian's heart to the Sea Queen or remain human forever.</i><br />
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Hello readers! This is my first review as a blogger and I'm so happy I have an amazing book to do it with!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So I just want to start by saying that this book completely BLEW ME AWAY. I was in love from the first page and on the edge of my seat every page after. I actually had to stand up as the book concluded because it was too much for me to read sitting down. Every chapter is spun so carefully and knitted together with clues I had no idea <i>were </i>clues until the very end. This was a book where every detail is important, where dialogue is more than just a response or an expression but a riddle in which you had to recognize it as something more before deciphering what it could truly mean.<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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The book is written in first person point of view of the two main characters, one being the Princess of the sea and the other being the Prince of the land. I have never been a fan of multiple first person POVs, but Alexandra did a fantastic job. One of the issues I have with first person is that often, too much information is explained about how more than one character feels, what they plan and their actions, but in <i style="font-size: 13.5pt;">To Kill A Kingdom, </i>I found it was actually quite opposite. In this book, I actually forgot a few times that it was written in first person since both characters were secretive and only hinted at things they were feeling or thinking, never delving into too much detail, which aids the suspense in the story.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p></o:p> I also found the use of multiple languages to be very effective. I find it very difficult to introduce and explain new languages to readers since translation format can get confusing and it’s also just plain hard to make up a new language. But in <i>To Kill A Kingdom, </i>I found that it wasn’t obsessed about. There were many languages in the world set inside the book, but the author only focused on two of them, one being <i>psáriin</i>- the razor-sharp language of the Siren, and <span style="background: white;">Midasan</span>- the delicate language of the Midas kingdom. Translations were not used very often, instead, we figured out what the Sirens were saying by context, and an explanation from one character to another.<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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Another problem I often find in books with more than one language is that characters just magically seem to know every language and every word spoken, or that they just happen to learn a language very quickly as they spend time with characters. However, in <i>To Kill A Kingdom, </i>Lira- our Siren princess- learned the basics of language all over the fictitious world to better hunt her human prey. However, when she is forced to speak <span style="background: white;">Midasan</span>- the language of Elian, our prince- we see that she is obviously not fluent and is occasionally left behind in conversation because of a lack of vocabulary.<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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One of my favourite parts of reading this book, was the constant banter between the Prince’s crewmates, the prince and princess. Elian and Lira’s conversations were clever and always held double meaning while usually hilarious and insulting. The strange relationship between Elian and Lira starts off being as a form of hate, insulting each other at every chance they get. But as their relationship grows, readers can see their insults become more meant to tease and less to hurt.<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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Something that really frustrates me in dialogue are clichés. If you feel the same way, then I would definitely recommend this book. The dialogue alone made this book one of my favourites, with carefully planned conversations that seem to flow with the natural characteristics of the characters in this book.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Moving onto the base of the book, we have two types of creatures. Our humans and our Sirens. I love the idea of Sirens, but I have found by reading other books with Sirens that it can be a tricky thing to write about. And Alexendra Christo does it flawlessly. In this book, Sirens do not eat humans, (which always seemed to be kind of cliché to me) instead they steal human hearts from their chest to give them power. Every year, a siren is allowed to take a single heart on their birthday so that they get stronger with each passing year. After a Queen gathers a certain amount of hearts, or reaches a specific age, she passes the title of queen onto her next daughter. For Lira, the next in line for the Siren throne, she only takes princes’ hearts giving her the nickname among humans as ‘the princes’ bane’. When the book takes place, Lira still has another three years before taking the throne from her cruel mother- the Sea Queen.<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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I found this plot very refreshing in the sense that two strong-willed characters with two completely different plans for each other’s species find a way to understand the another without sacrificing what they believe in. And they do it without clichés!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The ending of this book was a story on its own. Every single time I thought it was going to end with my remaining favourite characters intact, the battle would begin again.<o:p></o:p> I have a horrible habit of counting the remaining pages to try and predict what fate is possible with the amount remaining, and this book was particularly torturous for me because, with barely any pages left, the plot seemed to continuously rise. Yet the ending was still perfect for our two main characters- and guess what…. It had no clichés!<o:p></o:p><br />
Overall, this was one of my favourite books I have read in a while. If you love strong-willed characters, never ending suspense and intricately woven plots then I would highly recommend this book.</div>
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Serenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15420427761811083561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029770979171687384.post-3215189389278716462020-05-06T09:30:00.001-05:002020-05-06T09:30:01.657-05:00WoW [30]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Publication Date: </b>May 12th, 2020</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45304055-the-fascinators?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=dbv8UZfyK5&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description: </b><i>Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, Sam needs his friends James and Delia—and their time together in their school's magic club—to see him through to graduation.
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With so many fault lines threatening to derail his hopes for the year, Sam is forced to face the fact that the very love of magic that brought his group together is now tearing them apart—and there are some problems that no amount of magic can fix. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Magic and love? SIGN ME UP. I have been looking forward to this book for a while, counting down till it's release, and I am so excited to finally read it when it gets released. </span><br />
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</span>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12049742028423517110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029770979171687384.post-84294263924792098722020-05-05T13:26:00.002-05:002020-05-05T13:26:32.698-05:00Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Awards - 2021 List announcement <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As some of you may know, I am on the committee for the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Awards, and have been for the last couple of years. It's a committee dedicated to selecting the best books written by Canadian authors, and compiling lists for kids and teachers. This is done through a yearly process, and involves a lot of reading on our part.</div>
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Given the current situation of my province, I'd like to take the opportunity to spread the word about the List Launch as today marks the official release. </div>
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The List launch is an important event to us, it's where we get to celebrate the announcement of the new list for the following year. It's not only important to us, but important and exciting for all the youthful readers participating in the award. So, without further ado, here are the following 2021 List nominations:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">it's 1977, and 10-year-old Tina couldn't be happier about her life. Not because she just moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, but because she's finally old enough to make her dream come true: she can play on a real hockey team. But when she tries to join the league, she learns that girls aren't allowed to play on the boys' team—and there's no team for girls. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">With a dad who disappeared years ago and a mother who's a bit too busy to parent, Emmy is shipped off to Wellsworth, a prestigious boarding school in England, where she's sure she won't fit in.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">But then she finds a box of mysterious medallions in the attic of her home—medallions that belonged to her father. Her father who may have gone to Wellsworth.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">When she arrives at school, she finds the strange symbols from the medallions etched into walls and books, which leads Emmy and her new friends, Jack and Lola, to Wellsworth's secret society: The Order of Black Hollow Lane. Emmy can't help but think that the society had something to do with her dad's disappearance, and that there may be more than just dark secrets in the halls of Wellsworth...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sam, Otter, Atim, and Chickadee are four inseparable cousins growing up on the Windy Lake First Nation. Nicknamed the Mighty Muskrats for their habit of laughing, fighting, and exploring together, the cousins find that each new adventure adds to their reputation. When a visiting archeologist goes missing, the cousins decide to solve the mystery of his disappearance. In the midst of community conflict, family concerns, and environmental protests, the four get busy following every lead. From their base of operations in a fort made out of an old school bus, the Mighty Muskrats won’t let anything stop them from solving their case!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">High on the slopes of mighty Mount Olympus, among the sun-splashed meadows and sparkling waters, glide the winged horses of the ancient gods. Here up high is normally no place for a lost, parentless girl like Pippa. But once every hundred years, the gods and goddesses descend to the mortal realm to choose jockeys for their winged horse race—and Pippa is one of the lucky children chosen to ride.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive father—a powerful but accident-prone Magician—turned her into a human girl to save her life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">McKenna Barney is trying to hide her worsening eyesight and has been isolating herself for the last year. But at the request of her little sister, she signs up for a commemorative mail run race in the Canadian wilderness—a race she doesn’t know if she can even see to run.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Winning would mean getting her disease—and her sister’s—national media coverage, but it would also pit McKenna and her team of eight sled dogs against racers from across the globe for three days of shifting lake ice, sudden owl attacks, snow squalls, and bitterly cold nights.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs too much. Her father sells banana fritters at the train station, but too much of his earnings go toward his drinking habit. Too often Nia is left alone to take over the food cart as well as care for her brother and their home in the Jakarta slums. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">But Nia is determined to find a way to earn her school fees. After she survives a minibus accident unharmed and the locals say she is blessed with 'good luck magic,' Nia exploits the notion for all its worth by charging double for her fried bananas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mya Parsons runs her school's social justice club with her best friend, Cleo. Her lifelong desire is to work for the United Nations and change the world, and then bask in all the ensuing adulation. Her more immediate desire is to get a phone, preferably one like Cleo's, with a leopard-print case to match. When her distracted dad and her long-distance mom (temporarily in Myanmar taking care of Mya's grandmother) both say no, no way, and possibly never, Mya launches a campaign to prove herself reliable and deserving. She advertises her babysitting services, takes on more responsibility around the house, and attempts to supervise her sister's skateboarding lessons. Her efforts leave her ego bruised and the kitchen slightly scorched. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Pickles vs. Zombies</i> by Angela Misri </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">The comfortable life of Pickles, the calico housecat, is turned upside down when humans succumb to a zombie apocalypse. She doesn’t know where her “pet” – human child Connor – has gone, only that there are zombies everywhere. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Determined to find Connor, Pickles sets off with her cat friends and a streetwise raccoon, exploring a world she has only seen through a window. Fending off human zombies, street cats from the wrong side of the track, and a fearsome gang of chipmunks, Pickles and her crew search for remnants of human society.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Camp Average</i> by Craig Battle</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">A group of 11-year-olds arrives to spend six weeks playing sports at Camp Avalon—which they affectionately call Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that’s the way they like it. But this summer, new camp director Winston—who </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">hates</i><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"> losing—has some hyper-competitive ideas about how to improve their performance, whether they want to or not! </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Led by main character Mack and his friend Andre, the boys of Cabin 10 decide to reclaim their summer and revolt by losing spectacularly at every game they play, and especially at the big baseball tournament coming up with three nearby camps. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Songs from the Deep</i> by Kelly Powell</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">Moira Alexander has always been fascinated by the deadly sirens who lurk along the shores of her island town. Even though their haunting songs can lure anyone to a swift and watery grave, she gets as close to them as she can, playing her violin on the edge of the enchanted sea. When a young boy is found dead on the beach, the islanders assume that he's one of the sirens’ victims. Moira isn’t so sure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The Big Dig</i> by Lisa Harrington</b></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Just as fourteen-year-old Lucy is starting to figure out life after her mom's death, her dad ships her off to Cape John, her mom's hometown, for the summer. Worse, she has to live with her nutty great-aunt Josie, who doesn't cook edible food or suffer fools. Soon Lucy meets Colin, freshly moved from the West Coast, who's digging an enormous hole in his new yard. He spends every day digging deeper in protest of his family's unilateral decision to move to this tiny oceanside community. As Colin digs in the ground, Lucy digs through her family's history, and eventually both of them uncover a shocking truth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>The Starlight Claim</i> by Tim Wynne-Jones </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families’ camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He’d been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend — his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that’s half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could. What he doesn’t expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and the camp occupied by strangers: three men he’s horrified to realize have escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who gets to leave the camp alive.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">Shelly and her grandmother catch ghosts. In their hair. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">Just like all the women in their family, they can see souls who haven’t transitioned yet; it’s their job to help the ghosts along their journey. When Shelly’s mom dies suddenly, Shelly’s relationship to ghosts—and death—changes. Instead of helping spirits move on, Shelly starts hoarding them. But no matter how many ghost cats, dogs, or people she hides in her room, Shelly can’t ignore the one ghost that’s missing. Why hasn’t her mom’s ghost come home yet? </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Fifteen-year-old Delilah “Dizzy” Doucette lives with her dad and brother above their vintage record store, The Vinyl Trap. She’s learning how to spin records from her brother’s best friend, and she’s getting pretty good. But behind her bohemian life, Dizzy and her family have a secret: her mom is the megafamous singer Georgia Waters. When this secret is revealed to the world, Dizzy’s life spins out of control. She must decide what is most important to her — the family she has or the family she wants</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Brown; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster</i> by Cary Fagan </b></div>
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Jack Pedersen is finding life complicated ever since he came out to his mom. Even though she’s been doing her best to understand, it’s obvious to Jack that his mom still wants to cry every time she says the word <i>gay</i>. </div>
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Complications go into overdrive when a new student named Benjamin arrives at his high school, and Jack starts experiencing feelings he’s never allowed himself before. When a near tragedy turns life upside down, Jack realizes that it’s time to stop hiding and to stand up—for Pride, for Benjamin, and for himself. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><i>I had a sister, once…</i></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire—until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><i>I promised her the throne would not come between us.</i></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old. After a shocking betrayal from her controlling sister, Veronyka strikes out alone to find the Riders—even if that means disguising herself as a boy to join their ranks.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><i>But it is a fact of life that one must kill or be killed. Rule or be ruled.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">Silva and her family visit her grandfather, only to find his health has taken a bad turn. As they struggle with this news, Silva seeks escape in books – at the local library. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">But she gets more than she bargained for when a magpie guides her to a secret, magical room containing books that she can not only read, but that she can live. Silva finds herself in the worlds of the characters … who all turn out to be real people. People she knows. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">There’s a catch, though: she soon discovers that the magpie has lured her to these books for selfish and dark reasons. Going back to the books could mean losing her soul.</span></span><br />
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Hello readers! I know it's been sometime since I posted, but I thought why not start off with a bang? I use to actively run a feature called "Author of the Month" where I would interview authors and they'd be my featured author for a specific month. I've done some revamping and now the authors correlate to their recent releases. There will be an INTL giveaway at the end of this post curtsey of the author herself.</div>
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My May "Author of the Month" is <b>Andrea Robertson</b>, bestselling author of the Nightshade series. Her new release, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52727805-forged-in-fire-and-stars?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=UdbkduuFez&rank=5" target="_blank">Forged in Fire and Stars</a></i>, is hitting the shelves on May 5th.</div>
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Andrea Robertson began writing novels after a horse broke her foot. Twelve books later, she believes that horse must have been an agent of fate.<br />
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Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Robertson resided in the academic world where she was a professor of early modern history. She now lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs.<br />
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<b>Title: </b>Forged in Fire and Stars<br />
<b>Author: </b>Andrea Robertson<b> </b><br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>May 5th, 2020<b> </b><br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Philomel<br />
<b>Pages: </b>384<b> </b><br />
<b>Format: </b>Hardcover<b> </b><br />
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<b>Description: </b><i>Ara has always known the legend of the Loresmith: the blacksmith who served alongside the kings and queens of Saetlund, forging legendary weapons to arm warriors and protect the kingdom. She's been told it's her fate to inherit the title and become the next Loresmith. But since the monarchy's downfall in a vicious conquest years before, Ara has never truly believed she would be able to take up her duty. But when the lost Princess Nimhea and Prince Eamon steal Ara from her quiet life with a mission to retake the throne and return Ara to her place as the Loresmith--Ara's whole world turns upside down. Suddenly, Ara must leave her small mountain village and embark on a dangerous adventure where she will uncover new truths about her family's legacy, and even face the gods themselves. With a mysterious thief as an unexpected companion, and dark forces following their every move, Ara must use all her skills to forge the right path forward--for herself, her kingdom, and her heart.</i></div>
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Hello all! I am super excited to say that I am concluding this awesome <b><i>There Will Come a Darkness Tour</i></b> hosted by Raincoast Books. If you haven't had a chance to check out some of the posts down on this tour, I highly recommend doing so!</div>
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<b>Title: </b>There Will Come a Darkness<br />
<b>Author: </b>Katy Rose Pool<br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>September 3rd, 2019<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Raincoast Publishing<br />
<b>Description: </b>The Age of Darkness approaches. Five lives stand in its way. Who will stop it . . . or unleash it?<br />
For generations, the Seven Prophets guided humanity. Using their visions of the future, they ended wars and united nations—until the day, one hundred years ago, when the Prophets disappeared.<br />
All they left behind was one final, secret prophecy, foretelling an Age of Darkness and the birth of a new Prophet who could be the world’s salvation . . . or the cause of its destruction. With chaos on the horizon, five souls are set on a collision course:<br />
A prince exiled from his kingdom.<br />
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A once-faithful leader torn between his duty and his heart.<br />
A reckless gambler with the power to find anything or anyone.<br />
And a dying girl on the verge of giving up.<br />
One of them—or all of them—could break the world. Will they be savior or destroyer? Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Children of Blood and Bone, and An Ember in the Ashes.</div>
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There Will Come a Darkness is a unique book that reminded me of a Nevernight, but a more PG version. It is told in 5 POVS that alternate one after the other, which gives off a Six of Crows feel. So to sum this book up shortly, I'd say it is a cross between a Nevernight and Six of Crows. </div>
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The characters were really interesting, and I found myself intrigued by all of them in their own way. Each of them ended up distinguishing themselves, however at the beginning I found myself having to be reminded which character was who. I think one of my favourite characters to read is Anton, he has a great sense of humour that goes along perfectly with the situation he is in. The setting, though interesting, took a lot of time to get used to. Every time a new place is mentioned, I had to refer back a couple chapters to figure out where everything was. I also had to remind myself where the character were positionally in the story and within the context too what was going on. </div>
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All in all, the story keeps you very intrigued and I almost never lost interest. The adjustment period to the setting a characters doesn't take very long either. So overall I would highly recommend this book. It is a well put together fantasy, that has a very interesting storyline, and some very lovable characters.<br />
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Today is my four-year anniversary. Life's been a little hectic so I haven't been posting, like at all. However, I am making strides to fixing that. Blogging has not been a part of my life as of late, since a lot has happened. I did end up missing my three-year anniversary, so as a result, I am going to be highlighting things from the past two years. 2017-2018 was an exciting year for me, I accomplished a lot of strides towards my end goal of publishing.<br />
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The idea of having a book blog was a long time coming. I had constantly thought about making it sooner, but I had no idea where to begin or what I even wanted on my blog content-wise. So four years ago today marks a huge accomplishment for myself. It also marks something else in my life that was very important. My blog helped me realize that I wanted to eventually work in the publishing industry. To my past self, that seemed like a huge task and something that was not going to come easy. However, with recent developments in my life, the dream of mine is slowly but surely coming. So I owe a lot to this blog, it has helped me figure out my life path, as well as meet new and amazing people to whom I call my friends today. Four years have breezed by, I can't wait to see what the next four may look like. </div>
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This post is going to include some of my highlights from the past two blogging years, some thank yous to some very special bookish people, and some fun giveaways.</div>
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The last couple of blogging years was a bit hectic, but all in a good way. Back in December of 2017, I applied for an editorial internship with Entangled Publishing house, and I received it. It is also something that I am still currently doing and loving. In January 2018, I applied for a position at my local beautiful independent bookstore, and got it! That has probably been one of my top favorite things about these past two years. It's been an amazing experience to be able to work hand in hand with books and the publishing industry.</div>
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Another huge highlight of mine that happened in May/June of 2018 was that I got to attend BEA and BookCon in New York for the first time ever. This experience was amazing and one I will likely never forget it.</div>
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Another exciting thing about my BEA experience was finally meeting some of the authors whom I have been a fan of for quite some time. I got to interview and meet Stephanie Garber, who is the author of the Caraval series. She was so lovely to interview and have a chat with. We even ended up fangirling over the Splintered series together. My co-workers and I interviewed two more authors as well, who were equally amazing and such lovely people, Lauren Oliver and Courtney Summers. As well while we were in New York we got to have dinner with Julie Eshbaugh as she is a super awesome person. Dinner was phenomenal and such a sweetie. </div>
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This past year has been a lot about me figuring myself out, as well as the people in my life. I haven't been reading as much, but rather spending a lot more time doing the things I love to do. I have also focused a lot more on school than in my past years. I am still working at the lovely independent bookstore, as well as continued on with my editorial internship with Entangled Publishing.</div>
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The one major change to this blog is that I invited on a co-blogger, who I talk about in my introduction post to her <b><a href="http://beyondthebookreviews.blogspot.com/2019/01/co-blogger-announcment.html#more" target="_blank">here </a> </b>. Serena has been a lovely addition to the blog, and I hope I can continue to work with her. </div>
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This past year I also got the opportunity of becoming closer to the people I met at BEA/Bookcon in 2018. These people have been there to let me vent, fan girl, and virtual cry when I needed to. You people know who you are 💗. It amazes me at how close we have grown, and it makes me hopeful to try and go to BEA/Bookcon 2020 so that I get to see you all again. </div>
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I will always have to thank the amazing people I have met within my city who fan girl and converse about books with me. These lovely ladies have been so amazing and I have loved every chance I get to interact with them, and I love all the new additions we have added in the past two years. These ladies are Stephanie from <a href="http://ohanareads.blogspot.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">OhanaReads</a>, Kristie from <a href="http://lostineverafter.blogspot.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lost in Ever After,</a> Lauren, and Ola from <a href="http://theautumnbookshelf.blogspot.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Autumn Bookshelf</a>, Joy from J<a href="http://joyousreads.net/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">oyousreads</a>, Sara from <a href="http://jstanotherstory.blogspot.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Just Another Story </a>and Aneta from <a href="http://angelic-reviews.blogspot.ca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Angelic Book Reviews</a> Erin from <a href="https://www.bluestockingbookworm.com/" target="_blank">BlueStocking Bookworm</a>, and Samantha from <a href="https://spinesinaline.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Spines in a Line</a>. Thank you for letting me in and becoming such wonderful friends of mine to whom I really enjoy talking with. The only thing we collectively need to work on is getting together more frequently. </div>
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I must, no I NEED to thank Booknut from 21st Century Once Upon a Times, she is one of the biggest supports I could possibly have. I started talking to her before even having a blog, as we bonded over our love for the Splintered series. Shortly after she then answered every single one of my blogging questions, whenever I would throw them her way. She has also just been such an amazing friend, and a person I constantly love sharing my great news too. Booknut, you have been such an amazing friend these past years, and I can't wait to hopefully meet you one day. I always look forward to sending you your birthday gifts and Christmas gifts, and receiving yours because they are always spot on. I know that we haven't been in constant communication as we once were, but she still holds a special place in my heart.</div>
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Another thanks are needed for my dear friend, a friend who shares the same date as this blog, almost. This thanks goes out to Alexis (Blogger over at Mad For Books, Luv) You have been the best Travel Buddy ever (only you will understand the name). You understand my craziness and embrace it. You're always there to talk too, and you are truly a great person. You're a cherished friend, and I await the day we can meet IRL. I can't believe tomorrow marks the day we started talking four years ago!! I know we don't talk as often, but I know that when we do catch up it brings me so much joy.</div>
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My final thanks goes out to my amazing co-blogger and newest bookish friend, Serena. You have been a pleasure getting to know you, and I look forward to every opportunity we get to chat about books and catch up. Also, thank you for being a contributor to this blog, I couldn't do it without you. </div>
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<b>Title: </b>The Beauty of the Moment<br />
<b>Author: </b>Tanaz Bhathena<br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>Feburary 26th, 2019<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Farrar, Straus and Giroux<br />
<b>Pages: </b>354 pages<br />
<b>Format: </b><i>Hardcover recieved from Penguin Teen Canada</i><br />
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<b>Description: </b><i>Susan is the new girl—she’s sharp and driven, and strives to meet her parents’ expectations of excellence. Malcolm is the bad boy—he started raising hell at age fifteen, after his mom died of cancer, and has had a reputation ever since.</i><br />
<i>Susan’s parents are on the verge of divorce. Malcolm’s dad is a known adulterer.</i><br />
<i>Susan hasn’t told anyone, but she wants to be an artist. Malcolm doesn’t know what he wants—until he meets her.</i><br />
<i>Love is messy and families are messier, but in spite of their burdens, Susan and Malcolm fall for each other. The ways they drift apart and come back together are testaments to family, culture, and being true to who you are.</i></div>
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<i>The Beauty of the Moment </i>is a really good book. The storyline is brilliant, with an easy to follow plot line. The characters are also equally amazing, with really great development as the storyline. </div>
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The romance in this stroy is also just enough, with not feeling overwhelming or groan worthy. I found myself squealing often and at almost every scene. I think what I enjoyed the most is the idea that this book contained everything in regards to budding romances. It included the heartbreak, but also the love involved.</div>
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Overall I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has read Tanaz Bhathena's other story. I would also highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a sweeping, coming-of-age romcom that will surely entice you. </div>
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Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12049742028423517110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029770979171687384.post-56165348567302492172019-02-01T07:00:00.000-06:002019-02-01T07:00:14.812-06:00Reading Challenge for the New Year <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My amazing bookish friends Taylor from <a href="https://stayonthepage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Stay on the Page</a> and Cody started a very fun year-long reading challenge for some AMAZING authors. They spent the time creating a fun blog to go along with the challenge where you can see the updates and giveaways. The blog is <a href="https://readbeckminavidera.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Beckminavidera</a> and trust me there is a reason for this unique name:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow, it's been forever since my last review... BUT that is okay because I am super happy to be reviewing <i>What if it's Us </i>by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> <b>Title: </b>What if it's Us<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Author: </b>Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date: </b>October 9th, 2018</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publisher: </b>Harper Teen<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages: </b>448 pages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Format: </b>ARC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Description:</b> <i>Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it.</i></span><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36341204-what-if-it-s-us?from_search=true" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></span></a><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But what if they can’t quite nail a first date . . . or a second first date . . . or a third?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work . . . and Ben doesn’t try hard enough? </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play? </span></i><br />
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Have you noticed a lot of our most anticipated YA books get released on Tuesdays? Well if you haven't, now you have. A lot, and I mean a lot of books get released on Tuesdays. Now you readers will have the intel on what books get released today, or at least my eagerly anticipated released books.</div>
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So welcome to my <b>"Release Day" September 18th edition</b>...<br />
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<i>Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable.</i><br />
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<i>Cottonwood Hollow, Kansas, is a strange place. For the past century, every girl has been born with a special talent, like the ability to Fix any object, Heal any wound, or Find what is missing. </i><br />
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<i>As Rome struggles to keep her friendships close, she discovers the truth about life in Cottonwood Hollow—that friends are stronger than curses, that trust is worth the risk, and sometimes, what you’ve been looking for has been under your feet the whole time. </i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif; font-size: 14.489999771118164px; text-align: center;">Hello readers! I know it's been quite some time, but today I am excited to announce that I was apart of the Mirage Blog Tour hosted by the lovely people over at Raincoast books. Today on my stop I will be sharing with you my review and a brief excerpt. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<b>Title: </b>Mirage<br />
<b>Author: </b>Somaiya Daud<br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>August 28th, 2018<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Flatiron<br />
<b>Pages: </b>320 pages<br />
<b>Format: </b>Advanced Readers Copy<br />
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But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place.<br />
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As Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty—and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection...because one wrong move could lead to her death.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , "freeserif" , serif; font-size: 14.49px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: left;">Kirkus wrote </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Crimson Text", "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">"Though the machinations of politics and identity create a slowly burning narrative, readers will appreciate the rich world and prose built by a much-needed diverse voice.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Crimson Text", "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">" </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Crimson Text, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">and I'd have to say that I completely agree with this statement. The world building of this book was phenomenal, and though I sometimes found myself lost among the politics, it didn't make the story any less interesting. The characters also had great character building and story lines.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Crimson Text, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">This book is action pack filled with raging internal conflicts due to the way the world is ran. However, that did not lead away from the romance that was within this book. The book's romance wasn't a focal point, nor did it draw away from the main plot. However, it was there and it was done in a way that supported the story. The romance also allowed for the story to have a little lightheartedness to it. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>He is the only one of his family without the daan. They say this makes him ideal; no traditional markings on his face to identify him should he die. No way to trace him back to his family. He is young, not yet fifteen, too young for the daan ceremony. This is what she says to him when she comes to choose him.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>That he is young and that he is skilled and that he is steady. This, she says, is all that matters.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>He does not feel young. He feels hungry, the sort of hungry that gnaws at him day and night, until it is so much his companion he does not know how to live without it. He feels hard, because he knows how to take a beating, how to fall just so when a guard hits him with a baton. He feels angry, so angry, the sort of anger that does not need fuel.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />He is invisible in a sea of invisible faces.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The crowd is silent, but then the crowds at these events are always silent. They are solemn. Too solemn. The nobles sit on velvet cushions behind gold rope, but those who stand, who look up at the podium waiting for her to appear, they are the poor. The hungry. The weak. They are here because they must be here.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The makhzen titter among themselves like jeweled birds, gowns glittering in the sunlight, scabbards flashing as men shift in the uncomfortable summer air. It is a wonder any of them are Andalaan; they all look Vathek now. They have accepted Vathek rule. They would not dress so, not if they truly were Andalaan in their hearts.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>He thinks of his younger sister as he moves through the crowd. Dead for two summers now, her stomach bloated from hunger. His father, long gone, too weak to support them, to stay.</i></span></div>
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After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend’s true name.</div>
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The only chance of uncovering Legend’s identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more—and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets…including her sister's. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice. But now the game is asking for more. If Tella can’t fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend’s name, she’ll lose everything she cares about—maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed forever.</div>
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Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12049742028423517110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8029770979171687384.post-60377664861782619362018-05-15T10:28:00.001-05:002018-05-15T10:28:58.560-05:00Blog Tour~Furyborn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello readers! I know it's been quite some time, but today I am excited to announce that I was apart of the Furyborn Blog Tour hosted by the lovely people over at Raincoast books. Today on my stop I will be sharing with you guys my review and a brief Q & A with the author herself, Claire Legrand. Enjoy!</div>
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<b>Title: </b>Furyborn {Empirium #1}<b> </b><br />
<b>Author: </b>Claire Legrand<b> </b><br />
<b>Publication Date:</b> May 22nd, 2018<b> </b><br />
<b>Publisher: </b>SourceFire Books<br />
<b>Pages: </b>512 pages<br />
<b>Format: </b>ARC received from Raincoast books<br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34323570-furyborn" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><b>Description:</b> When assassins ambush her best friend, the crown prince, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing her ability to perform all seven kinds of elemental magic. The only people who should possess this extraordinary power are a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light and salvation and a queen of blood and destruction. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven trials to test her magic. If she fails, she will be executed...unless the trials kill her first.<br />
A thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a mere fairy tale to bounty hunter Eliana Ferracora. When the Undying Empire conquered her kingdom, she embraced violence to keep her family alive. Now, she believes herself untouchable--until her mother vanishes without a trace, along with countless other women in their city. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain on a dangerous mission and discovers that the evil at the heart of the empire is more terrible than she ever imagined.<br />
As Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the fate of their world--and of each other.</div>
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I believe Furyborn is going to be one of those books that people are either going to love or they are going to hate. They aren't going to hate it for the story or the characters, but more for not being able to connect with the authors writing style. It's told in a unique way that generally speaking, I didn't have a problem with. However, I have been exposed to the author's middle-grade work, which though the content is different, style same. So I could understand why someone may not be able to connect with it right away or at all.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A middle grade protagonist usually leads a pretty small life, the majority of their experiences confined to close friends and immediate family. They’re trying to figure out how to deal with their problems within that intimate, contained sphere. Young adult protagonists, however, are trying to figure out how they fit into the larger world around them. Their world is expanding beyond their friends and family. I keep these differences in mind as I plan my books, and develop the characters’ voices accordingly.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b>Title: </b>The Cruel Prince<b> {</b><i>The Folk of the Air #1</i>}<br />
<b>Author: </b>Holly Black<b> </b><br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>January 2nd,2018<b> </b><br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Little, Brown<b> </b><br />
<b>Pages: </b>384 pages<br />
<b>Format: </b><i>ARC received from publishing house</i><b> </b><br />
<b>Description: </b><i>Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. </i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. </i><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26032825-the-cruel-prince?from_search=true" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><i><br /></i> <i>Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. </i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences. </i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.</i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #323232;">Disclaimer</span></i></b><i><span style="color: #323232;">: I have received a free copy of this book from the
publishing house and chose to review it. This in no way impacts my opinion of
the novel.</span></i><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">When it
comes to fae YA novels, these tend to be an auto-buy for me. However, not
everyone can capture the true fae characteristics that make them cunning and
devious. Holly Black has held true to the fae identity and crafted a dark
enchanting fae novel that will leave you wanting more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The thing
I enjoyed most about Cruel Prince was the story. The fae felt real and
terrifying. This book awakens the sense that a mortal would not want to stumble
across the fae courts. This novel invoked all the elements that captivate
mortals but brought them into a new light. Anytime soon if they had any
senses. The storyline was paced at a good speed, I felt like I got a lot of
this book without scenes feeling rushed. It had enough action and trickery to
keep any reader on their twos. A lot of elements kept me guessing, things would
happen that would come out of nowhere, but then make complete sense after. This
story felt new, and concepts added were intriguing. This book is meant to be
the first in a trilogy and thought the ending leaves you wanting more, it wraps
up this segment of the tale nicely. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The
characters were as well crafted as the storyline. Each one leaving the reader
with more and more surprises. In this particular read, I don't think I could
pick a favorite character. Each held a place in the story in order for
everything to go accordingly. Th fae’s in this novel were cunning, cruel, and
did not particularly like mortals. However, each faerie became increasingly
appealing as the story went on. The ones meant to play the villain were
magnificent and every stake felt real. The ones playing the hero got a little
sidetracked, but that’s what made this story so good. Readers will love getting
a glimpse into the six royal heirs, as they showcase their courts and talents. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I loved
the main character because she was not perfect. She was flawed and had about a
million different things to consider whenever she had to make a move. She was
mortal which meant that she had to think carefully about everything around her,
as faeries for out to get her. Jude had an interesting self-discovery path as
the story went on. It wasn’t a focus, but Jude from the start of the book
morphed into something different by the end. Some may like her change, others
may not. Readers will be curious as to what sacrifices her character will have
to make in book two.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">One of my
major concerns in the text is that there was an unnecessary suicide. It did not
further the plot in any way, as the character was already heading down the path
before this event. This was my only concern with the book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this book was brilliant from start to finish with captivating elements that
will leave readers wanting more. I would highly recommend this book to fae
enthusiasts and anyone would enjoy a dark read from time to time. To all Holly
Black fans out there, the queen of faeries has created another enchanting read
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Have you noticed a lot of our most anticipated YA books get released on Tuesdays? Well if you haven't, now you have. A lot, and I mean a lot of books get released on tuesdays. Now you readers will have the intel on what books get released today, or at least my eagerly anticipated released books.</div>
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<b>Author: </b>Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff<b> </b></div>
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<b>Publisher: </b>Knopf Book for Young Readers<b> </b></div>
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<b>Description:</b><i>Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion? </i><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24909347-obsidio" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/badge/goodreads-badge-add-plus-71eae69ca0307d077df66a58ec068898.png" /></a><i><br /></i> <i>Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys—an old flame from Asha's past—reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. </i><br />
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<b>Title: </b>Twelve Steps to Normal<b> </b><br />
<b>Author: </b>Farrah Penn<br />
<b>Publication Date: </b>March 13th<b> </b><br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Little, Brown<b> </b><br />
<b>Pages: </b>384<br />
<b>Description: </b><i>James Patterson presents this emotionally resonant novel that shows that while some broken things can't be put back exactly the way they were, they can be repaired and made even stronger.</i><br />
<i>Kira's Twelve Steps To A Normal Life </i><br />
<i>1. Accept Grams is gone. </i><br />
<i>2. Learn to forgive Dad. </i><br />
<i>3. Steal back ex-boyfriend from best friend... </i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">These are just some of the books I am looking forward to today! What are you looking forward too?</span></b></div>
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