tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83291444559328541342024-03-12T19:36:18.196-07:00Eternity Through PagesKyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-78401146696796105552016-11-06T20:47:00.000-08:002016-11-06T20:58:10.614-08:00So it's been 8 months...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>HE IS SO CUUUUTE. Hope he warms your hearts as the weather turns chilly! :)</i></div>
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Hi guys!<br />
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So first off, kudos to you if you've stuck it around this long with me being so AWOL. I sincerely apologize, and I <b><i>really</i></b> appreciate it- especially since I honestly just up and disappeared these last few months.<br />
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I think I read this somewhere (or maybe I dreamt it up LOL) that the average blog lasts maybe 6 months? So yay. At least I've long passed that mark haha. But of course, beyond those 6 months, the area where there are no stats (UGH MY STATS CLASS T_T), that's when things get a bit murky.<br />
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But what can I say? Life got in the way these past 8 months.<br />
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And 8 looooong months it has been.<br />
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Mm well.<br />
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On paper 8 months look like a long time, but it also went by in a blink of an eye. I'm already a sophomore in college (it's crazy to think I started this back when I was a sophomore in high school!), with two potential majors swirling around my head. I re-entered the K-pop/K-drama scene (I want to say it was kicking and screaming, but let's be real: I don't think I ever fully left HA): I am now a decipher of the mutterings of K-pop idols. <br />
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And in my free (?????) time, I've just been scrolling through this blog and massively cringing at some of my posts LOL. It's hard to believe that in just a few months, my writing style has changed yet again. Or maybe it's just me who has changed? Who knows. Not me.<br />
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So to conclude this messy, messy post (which I'm sure is riddled with even more grammar mistakes than usual due to my midterm-fried brain. Have mercy on me, English majors!): I started with the intention of saying hello-again-and-I'm-here-to-stay-and-this-blog-will-never-die, but it seems to just end with this:<br />
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I miss reading.<br />
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With love,<br />
Kye<br />
<br />Kyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-73112195413864430082016-02-16T13:36:00.000-08:002016-02-16T13:36:39.445-08:00Darkly, Deeply, Beautifully Release Day Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hi guys! I have the wonderful pleasure of being a part of the release day party for Megan Tayte's new book:<i> Deeply, Darkly, Beautifully! </i>Here is the plot blurb: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">DARKNESS HAS FALLEN, AND SHE ALONE WILL SEE THE
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With her mother’s life hanging in the balance, Scarlett is devastated – and
done with being in the dark. She wants answers, all of them.<br />
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But when was her pursuit of the truth ever straightforward?<br />
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Pulling a single thread impels a great unravelling. And each revelation will
force Scarlett to rethink what she thought she knew about the Ceruleans, the
Fallen, her family – herself.<br />
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All that came before was a mere prelude to this, the last journey. From London
to Twycombe to Hollythwaite to Cerulea, Scarlett will be stalked by the ghosts
of what has been, what may have been and what may come to pass. Until she
reaches the place where it all began, and it all must end.<br />
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But in the final reckoning, none will survive unscathed. And some will not
survive at all.<br />
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In this explosive conclusion to The Ceruleans series, all must be defined by
their actions: sinner, saint… or something more beautiful entirely? <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once upon a
time a little girl told her grandmother that when she grew up she wanted to be
a writer. Or a lollipop lady. Or a fairy princess fireman. ‘Write, Megan,’ her
grandmother advised. So that’s what she did.<br />
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Thirty-odd years later, Megan is a professional writer and published author by
day, and an indie novelist by night. Her fiction – young adult romance with
soul – recently earned her the SPR’s Independent Woman Author of the Year
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Megan grew up in the Royal County, a hop, skip and a (very long) jump from
Windsor Castle, but these days she makes her home in a village of Greater
Manchester. She lives with her husband, a proud Scot who occasionally
kicks back in a kilt; her son, a budding artist with the soul of a
palaeontologist; and her baby daughter, a keen pan-and-spoon drummer who sings
in her sleep. When she's not writing, you'll find her walking someplace green,
reading by the fire, or creating carnage in the kitchen as she pursues her
impossible dream: of baking something edible.<br />
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You can find Megan online at:<br />
<a href="http://megantayte.com/">http://megantayte.com/</a> <br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13478850.Megan_Tayte">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13478850.Megan_Tayte</a>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/megantayte">https://www.facebook.com/megantayte</a>
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Kyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-87234398348412237242015-12-25T18:28:00.003-08:002015-12-25T18:29:21.926-08:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-11281182490352927942015-12-22T20:27:00.000-08:002015-12-22T20:27:08.293-08:00I'm back!! (and I'm accepting book review requests again!) Hi guys!!! :)<br />
I am officially back in the States, DONE WITH FINALS, and OFF HIATUS!!<br />
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I've been madly trying to catch up on my reading and sorting through email (3000+...Oh. my. gosh.). The reading part I've got down pat (and will be sending some reviews your way soonish ;D), but the email situation... yea... I need to get back to it LOL.</div>
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But YAYAYAYAYAY! I'm a free woman!!!</div>
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....at least until the semester starts. D: But that's not until January, so not even gonna go there. xD Just a warning though, once the semester starts, my posting schedule will be super erratic (not that it's not erratic now LOL), so I apologize for that in advance. </div>
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Aaaaaand I'm also back to<b> accepting requests for book reviews!!!!</b> This is what I've missed the most, and so I am super duper excited to re-open it again. ;)</div>
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I hope you all have been well, and I wish you all the warmest and Merriest Christmas that anyone can possibly dream of. <3</div>
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Kyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-56206868723730606982015-08-10T23:59:00.000-07:002015-08-11T00:03:37.391-07:00Dragon's Future <div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Author</b><span style="color: #222222;">: Kandi J Wyatt</span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 29px;">Release Date: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.8999996185303px;"><span style="line-height: 29px;"> August 10th, 2015</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Genre(s):</b> Middle School Fantasy</span></span></span><br />
<b style="color: #222222; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Pages: 140</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Every child of Woolpren dreams of becoming one, but only a few are chosen. Now, ten-year-old twin brother and sister, Ruskya and Duskya, have been selected to join an elite group of riders: dragon riders. Full of awe and excitement, the twins leave their mother, and their home, to train for their new lives.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Fifteen years later, dragons are becoming extinct and riders are rare. One day, Ruskya is at the general store in town when a man announces that he is recruiting new dragon riders. Ruskya goes undercover, and discovers that there is another colony of riders with their own agenda—a quest to find a mysterious plant that could restore the dragon population, or destroy it. When a battle erupts between the two colonies, it’s up to Ruskya and his friends to fight for their dragons’ future, and their lives.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>~Thank you so much to the author and publisher for giving me a copy of this book!:)~</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This book was okay. While I enjoyed the imagination and the world of the dragons, I thought the writing was a bit awkward and forced. My main iffy with the writing was that </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I felt the writing took away from the characters themselves. The point of view changed almost without warning. Not only that, but because the writing was so stilted, it made the characters and their actions seem a bit stilted themselves. </span><br />
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Hi everyone! :)<br />
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Hope you all have been well!<br />
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I'm really sorry I've been MIA this past month!! Adjusting to summer classes as well as preparing for my study abroad next month (!!) has been taking up a lot of my time. I had hoped to be back on schedule (well, posting more regularly I guess lol) by July, but unfortunately, that hasn't been the case. :( I'll do my best in these upcoming months, though, to keep on posting! :) (And maybe some pictures too from my study abroad in the UK? ;D)<br />
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Thanks for bearing with me!<br />
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Wishing you beautiful summer days! :)<br />
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Warmest wishes,<br />
Kye<br />
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Cassie O’Malley has spent her whole life trying to keep her head above water—literally and metaphorically. It’s been two-and-a-half years since her mother dumped Cassie in a mental institution against her will, and now, at eighteen, she enrolls in college, ready to reclaim her life and enter the world on her own terms.</div>
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But as she struggles to find her way forward, the startling truths she uncovers about her own family narrative make it impossible to cut the tethers of a tumultuous past. And when the unhealthy mother-daughter relationship that defined Cassie's childhood and adolescence threatens to pull her under once again, Cassie must decide: whose version of history is the truth? And more important, whose life must she save?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;"><i>On the southernmost tip of Wilde Island--far from the Dragonswood sanctuary and the Pendragon Castle--live the native Euit people. Uma, who is half Euit and half English, and not fully accepted by her tribe, wants to become a healer like her Euit father. But the mad English queen in the north, desperate for another child, kidnaps Uma and her father and demands that he cure her barrenness. After her father dies, Uma must ensure that the queen is with child by the time of the Dragon Moon, or be burned at the stake.</i></span><br />
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<b>In a sentence: I liked the premise, but the writing was a bit awkward. </b><br />
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When I jumped into this book, I didn't know that I'd read books by this author until I looked at the back cover. I remember not liking them, and while I'm not sure why I didn't like them (it's been a few years, and I sort of skim read more than half of both previous books), I know why I didn't like this one: the writing is awkward.<br />
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The style of writing didn't make me feel like I was immersed in a story. It's kind of hard to explain, but you know those moments where you're so into a book, you forget you're reading words, but just seeing the scenes in your head?<br />
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This book didn't make me feel that way.<br />
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I think it's because the writing was... jarring? Unsmooth? Uneven? I'm not sure how to describe the writing, but I think uneven is the closest I can get to it. That's not to say the book had grammar errors or bad wording- if there were, I didn't notice them, and even if there were, most of the time, it doesn't take away from that experience of being immersed in a book. It was the content that was so uneven. The story was inconsistent with the characters, and the character development was lacking. The book would go smoothly for a little while, but then it would jump to a conclusion or jump to a character development. <br />
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And lastly, the world building... Eh. I think this was also a part of the whole not really being lost in the book. I was fascinated by the Euits and the mythological side, but as a whole the book was plain.<br />
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Final thoughts? I wasn't really feeling it for this book...<br />
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Thanks for reading! :)<br />
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<b>Rating: 2 out of 5</b><br />
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<br />Kyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-44433864323700883422015-06-16T16:33:00.000-07:002015-06-16T16:38:23.766-07:00Early Updates for June!! :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hope you all have been doing fabulous. ;)<br />
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So remember how I said I was going to give up on the tagging system? Welllll.... as much as I hate this tedious sorting, I also really hate giving up on anything halfway through (xD), so I finished it!! YAY!! It's much less detailed than when I first started, so there might be stray tags on the older posts, but it's done!! I've been working on this darned thing for who knows how long, and now that I'm done, I'm going to get myself a soda flavored ice tube thingy. :)<br />
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<i>Huh, so I didn't think I'd find a picture of it online (LOOL), but here it is. ^-^ It's surprisingly delicious and refreshing, especially with the hot temperatures here. Woot!</i></div>
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<b>If you want to find something, it's now on the side, right under the rating system.</b> :D I will still be posting the links to individual reviews on the Books Reviewed Tab (above..and yea... I need to update that too...that's next on my list- I promise!), but everything else (like memes, movie reviews, etc) will be on the side. I'll also leave the links I've already posted for previous misc. posts up on the Books Reviewed Tab for now... until I can get the courage to delete them since I'm not sure if I managed to sort every post with tags LOL.<br />
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So, that's the biggest change on this blog as of late. I've noticed a lot of people are switching over to Wordpress these past few months, and though I've considered it as well (so many glitches with Blogspot -.-), I'm sticking with Blogspot for the rest of this year, and we'll see how it goes. :D<br />
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I haven't managed to make that posting schedule yet, but hopefully I'll get around to it soon! Summer classes start next week, and that's a whole nother frenzy right there ahaha. ;)<br />
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But ehhh- I'm sure everything will work out! :)<br />
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How's everyone doing in this summer heat? (At least here on the west coast! D':)<br />
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With love,<br />
Kye :)<br />
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<span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px;"><b>For real though, I totally agree with <a href="http://www.alisoncanread.com/2015/06/feature-and-follow-friday-256.html#more">Alison from Alison Can Read</a>: no more book to movie adaptions (ESPECIALLY FOR YA!!), but if it was to become a TV show, where the author is really involved in the making and the story isn't too far off from the books, then maybe. But all these book to movie adaptations- I'm seriously not feeling it. Off the top of my head, I think the last Hunger Games movie I watched (I think it was Catching Fire ??) was honestly the only YA book to movie adaption that I've loved in the recent years- which is ironic, since I didn't like the Hunger Games series LOL. I'm also really weird and picky when it comes to book to movie adaptions. </b></span></span><b style="color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px;"> If the movie's too true to the book, it seems... lackluster. If they deviate from the book a lot (or little- it depends on the detail(s) they change xD), it makes me angry. I don't think I can ever win with movie adaptations LOL. </b><br />
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both, he doesn’t need persuading. But when his faraway village comes under
attack, Otec will do anything to save the people he loves. Cut off from his
nation, he must trust a foreign woman with a dubious past as they race to save
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<i>Her (not very) Serene Highness Princess Tiana tries her best not to think about the dark lords ravaging her country or how the magic in her bloodline makes her family go mad. The descendant of a legendary hero, she prefers bringing the myths of old to life on the theater stage, not on the battlefield.</i><br />
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So before I start this review, I just want to say I love the dedication. :) It's really cute. xD<br />
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Okay, now onto the book itself. This book was a ride the entire way through - and I think it all had to do with how the book started. From the very first pages, you're just plunged into the world headfirst and without any warning. ( I thought I skipped some pages or something because it was so intense right from the start lol. ) This could be a good or bad thing, and I think it depends on your personal preference. Some people like beginnings starting without "mincing words" (so to speak xD)- but for me personally, I love the background story and then easing into the actiony stuff. I also expected the world and everything to be explained in more detail, but that doesn't really happen either. You get small hints, but otherwise, you're sort of on your own. <br />
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Once you get past that (and do some Googling on phantasmagory xD), you come to really appreciate how intricate this world is (and the incredible imagination of this author OMG). I honestly think, more than the characters, it was this confusing mass of a world that kept me reading until the end. It was convoluting, twisting, and... addicting? LOL. I was so lost in it, and I couldn't pull myself away from wanting to learn more and more about the different parts of it. <br />
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I have mixed feelings about the characters simply because there were SO many of them, and I had trouble keeping them all straight (there was a glossary thing in the back, but even so, my goodness- it was a full house ;) ). Some characters I loved (Tiana!! and Kiar!!), some characters I hated, and some characters that I totally forgot about as soon as I moved onto the next page. But one thing's for sure: the author made me <i>feel </i>something for each character. Even if it was utter hatred (>.>), I felt <i>something </i>for most of the characters, and I think that's pretty cool considering the number of characters there were xD. I think there were only a few characters whom I was completely disinterested in (and those few characters turned out to be minor anyways xD). <br />
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I get the feeling this book was more of a set up for the future books (THAT CLIFFHANGER THOUGH), and I'm looking forward to diving back into this world again! :)<br />
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As an Air Force kid, Chrysoula went to twelve schools in twelve years and spent a lot of time wondering what made people tick. Books, it turned out, helped with that question. These days she lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, which includes many small and demanding creatures who fight over her attention. Her first book, urban fantasy MATCHBOX GIRLS, was published in 2012 by the small press Candlemark & Gleam, followed annually by two more books in the same SENYAZA Series, all of which explore the impact of the supernatural on those who are— or who want to be— ordinary. Her next book, CITADEL OF THE SKY, is the first of a new series about the descendants of a Chosen One and the legacy of power and mental illness they’ve inherited. It’s also about Dark Lords and kicking butt in nice dresses.
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(phew, it's been a while since I've done one of these. ;))</span><br />
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<i><span id="freeText5930133101757370308" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;">Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. She's so desperate to reach the realm that she's willing to indenture herself to Doran Spaulding, the rich and popular quarterback who made her life miserable all through high school, in exchange for passage aboard the spaceliner Zenith.<br /><br />When a twist of fate lands them instead on the Banshee, a vessel of dubious repute, Doran learns he's been framed on Earth for conspiracy. As he pursues a set of mysterious coordinates rumored to hold the key to clearing his name, he and Solara must get past their enmity to work together and evade those out for their arrest. Life on the Banshee may be tumultuous, but as Solara and Doran are forced to question everything they once believed about their world--and each other--the ship becomes home, and the eccentric crew family. But what Solara and Doran discover on the mysterious Planet X has the power to not only alter their lives, but the existence of everyone in the universe...</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;"> </span></i><br />
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as much as I enjoyed writing it. In celebration of release day, I'll be giving
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horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the
eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have
her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old
Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay
alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and
countless other girls. Shazi's wit and will, indeed, get her through to the
dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she’s falling in love
with the very boy who killed her dearest friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their dog Mushu. Her YA fantasy novel, THE WRATH AND THE DAWN, will be published
on May 12th, 2015. In her spare time, she likes to cook, dance salsa, and wreak
havoc on the lives of her characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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well as an active member of the <a href="http://www.sfwa.org/" target="_blank">Science
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inspired scarf (IMAGES BELOW)! US Only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Kyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-71314741178640500742015-04-08T22:23:00.003-07:002015-06-11T01:16:41.285-07:00Waiting on Wednesday Wk 43<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by the fabulous Jill over at<a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="color: #238a2a; text-decoration: none;"> Breaking the Spine</a>!:)</span></div>
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<strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;">A gritty but hopeful love story about two struggling teens—</strong></div>
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<strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;"><strong style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">great for fans of <em>The Spectacular Now</em>, <em>Willow</em>, and <em>Eleanor and Park</em></strong></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;"><i>Tyler has a football scholarship to Stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a reliable army of friends to party with. Then his mom kills herself. And Tyler lets it all go. Now he needs to dodge what his dad is offering (verbal tirades and abuse) and earn what his dad isn’t (money). Tyler finds a job that crashes him into Jordyn, his former childhood friend turned angry-loner goth-girl. She brings Tyler an unexpected reprieve from the never-ending pity party his life has become. How could he not fall for her? But with his dad more brutally unpredictable than ever, Tyler knows he can’t risk bringing Jordyn too deeply into the chaos. So when violence roc</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;"><i>ks his world again, will it be Jordyn who shows him the way to a hopeful future? Or after everything, will Tyler have to find it in himself?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">I had the delightful opportunity to meet this author at this past YA fest, and she was just lovely! ^-^ I thought it was funny how she presented her book to us: "This book is about a boy who has to deal with the aftermath of his mother's suicide and his father's abuse.... Oh, and did I mention, it's a romantic comedy?" XD</span></span></div>
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So what are you waiting on this week? ;D</div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4000015258789px; text-align: start;">Reeling from her mother's death, Georgia has a choice: become lost in her own pain, or enjoy life right now, while she still can. She decides to start really </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4000015258789px; text-align: start;">living </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4000015258789px; text-align: start;">for the first time and makes a list of fifteen ways to be brave - all the things she's wanted to do but never had the courage to try. As she begins doing the things she's always been afraid to do - including pursuing her secret crush, she discovers that life doesn't always go according to plan. Sometimes friendships fall apart and love breaks your heart. But once in a while, the right person shows up just when you need them most - and you learn that you're stronger and braver than you ever imagined.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4000015258789px; text-align: start;">I had the wonderful opportunity to meet this author at the YA festival this past Saturday (that post is a coming ;) ), and she is an absolute sweetheart!! :) I honestly CANNOT WAIT for this book to be published, and I am SO excited!! *squeal!*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 29px;">Release Date: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.8999996185303px;"><span style="line-height: 29px;"> February 7th, 2015</span></span></span><br />
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This book was okay. I
think my biggest iffie was that I went into the book thinking it was going to
be focused on the ceruleans. However,
that didn’t really come into play till the end, and even then it wasn’t a huge
deal (plus the whole affair with the ceruleans in general was a bit abrupt; she
sort of just leapt to conclusions…). If I didn't know any better, I would have
thought this was a contemporary novel on loss, and on that aspect (of loss), I felt
the book could have been stronger there as well. Maybe the paranormal aspect was holding it
back or something, but I felt like the emotions and the grief underlying
everything could have been more explored and emphasized (and that would have
made the book SO much more impactful). There
were maybe one or two strong moments where the main character did deal with
grief and what was going on in her family, but that was pretty much it. There was also a lot of telling rather than
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memorable. Luke and Jude were a bit underdeveloped,
and while Scarlett was fully developed, I didn’t really feel a connection with
her, making this a book a little boring for me. Also, I didn’t think there was
a plot in this book, but rather just a description of Scarlett’s everyday living-- which
is totally fine, but it made me think, again, that this book was more suited to
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But to go away from all the doom and gloom, I did LOVE how I
could hear her accent coming off the pages and the descriptions in the
book. The scenery made me feel like I
was there by the ocean, feeling the spray of the salt water and surfing along
with Scarlett and Luke. That was pretty
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book was mainly set up to set the tone for the rest of the novels, and
hopefully the cerulean aspect gets more explored in the later books. But because the book wasn’t fully this or
that (like either exploring emotions or paranormal- or fully both), and these
aspects/ issues were just lightly touched upon,
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<b>An epic fantasy about dragons, dark secrets, Pendragons, and magic</b><br />
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On the southernmost tip of Wilde Island--far from the Dragonswood sanctuary and the Pendragon Castle--live the native Euit people. Uma, who is half Euit and half English, and not fully accepted by her tribe, wants to become a healer like her Euit father. But the mad English queen in the north, desperate for another child, kidnaps Uma and her father and demands that he cure her barrenness. After her father dies, Uma must ensure that the queen is with child by the time of the Dragon Moon, or be burned at the stake.<br />
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Janet Lee Carey is the award-winning author of nine Young Adult novels including her newest release, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Dragon-Moon-Janet-Carey/dp/0803738102" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">In the Time of Dragon Moon</a>, book three of the Wilde Island Chronicles, ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Winner of the Mark Twain Award and finalist for the Washington State Book Award, her books highlight the courage of children and teens, and explore the challenges of staying true to your values while following your dreams. School Library Journal starred review calls her work, “fantasy at its best-original, beautiful, amazing, and deeply moving.” Statistics have shown that children who read are more compassionate. Janet links each new book with a charitable organization empowering youth to read and reach out. She tours the U.S. and abroad presenting at schools, book festivals and conferences for writers, teachers, and librarians. Janet and her family live near Seattle by a lake where rising morning mist forms into the shape of dragons.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by the fabulous Jill over at<a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="color: #238a2a; text-decoration: none;"> Breaking the Spine</a>!:)</span></div>
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*So summery!*</div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;"><i>Silas Hart has seriously shaken up Westlin Beck's small-town life. Brand new to town, Silas is different than the guys in Green Lake. He's curious, poetic, philosophical, maddening-- and really, really cute. But Silas has a sister-- and she has a secret. And West has a boyfriend. And life in Green Lake is about to change forever.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px; text-align: left;"><b>Releases: September 1st, 2015</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Summary (Goodreads);</span></b><br />
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<i><b>*~Thank you so much to the author and publisher for sending me a copy of this book! :) ~*</b></i><br />
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Ehhhh. Not my cup of tea. I just didn't click with this book, and towards the end, I found myself skimming. It was really boring, and I think it mostly had to do with the writing. It was polished, but perhaps too polished? The writing was very matter of fact and wasn't very expressive; it was pretty straightforward. I also felt like I was being overloaded with details- and usually this isn't a bad thing, but here, I thought it was a bit too much because there was a lot of telling and not enough showing. <br />
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Also, there wasn't a point to this book (which again I thought had to with the writing). I guess these types of books (where it's not driven by a solid plot, but by the lives of the characters) are what I would call "heart-driven," but that word would be a bit of an overstatement. This book was well-meaning, but I thought it lacked heart. <br />
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In general, this book is pretty forgettable- and that statement extends to the characters as well. I hate to end this review without mentioning at least one good thing, but this book was just one of those books I didn't really care for all that much.<br />
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Thanks for reading! :)<br />
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<b>Rating: 1.5 out of 5</b>Kyendwarriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067336349082095409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329144455932854134.post-62468501779855978302015-03-01T22:57:00.001-08:002015-06-11T01:25:23.769-07:0010,000 Pageviews!!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello everyone! :)</div>
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I've reached 10,000 pageviews.</div>
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It seems like just yesterday I was celebrating 400 followers, and now 10,000 pageviews???!? OOOMMGG!!!!!! :D</div>
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I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I couldn't have reached this milestone without you guys, and I am so grateful to each and everyone who reads this blog. :)<br />
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