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<b>Author:</b> Jacqueline Kolosov</div>
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<b>Average Rating:</b> 4.19/5.0</div>
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<b>Personal Rating:</b> 4.0/5.0</div>
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<b>Page Count:</b> 300</div>
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<b>Publisher:</b> Luminis Brooks, Inc.</div>
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<b>Release Date: </b>1 April 2015</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Three friends, 33 days, and 500 miles walking the Camino de Santiago add up to one journey they’ll never forget</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Piper Rose, Dani Shapiro, and Alexandra ‘Tessa’ Louise De Mille Morrow share a history that goes back to their preschool years in Chicago when their families were still intact. Now Piper lives in Evanston with her divorced dad, her estranged, unstable mother popping in and out of her life at random moments. Meanwhile, Dani’s been living in Santa Fe with a psychologist mom pregnant with her fiancé’s IVF babies. The blueblood Tessa resides on a prominent street in Boston and dreams of a romantic and well-heeled love story like that of her great-grandmother who went to France during World War II. Now that it’s the summer before college, these radically different friends decide to celebrate their history and their future by walking the legendary pilgrimage along the Way of St. James, from the French Pyrenees to the Spanish city of Santiago. Along the way, each young woman must learn to believe in herself as well as in her friends, as their collective journey unfolds into the experience of a lifetime.</span></span></div>
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I received a review copy through Novel Publicity Blog Tours, but in no way does that have an impact on my opinion.</div>
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Does anyone want to walk the Camino de Santiago with me? Seriously. I have read a few books that have centered around walk a great distance allowing one to have plenty of time to think and reflect about one's self and life. I feel like I would get lonely if I went by myself, and that might be an indication that I'm not ready for a challenge like walking the Camino de Santiago. </div>
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While reading <i>Along the Way</i> I felt several different emotions. Awe for the mere fact that Piper, Dani, and Tessa took it upon themselves and decided to walk 500 miles in 33 days. Sympathy when I learned more about their backstories. I couldn't really empathize with any of them, but it was easy to understand where they were coming from. Peace when they all found their reasons and closures for walking the Camino de Santiago. </div>
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It was fun reading and following along as the three friends walked the 500 miles. I found the parts where we encountered new characters and cusine to be the most interesting, just because it broke up the constant details of the scenery being described and how their feet hurt. </div>
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My biggest pet peeve out of the whole book was how Spanish would be used, but there was no glossary in the back. You're probably like "Meredith, didn't you take Spanish in school?" or "Meredith, why didn't you just google translate it?" Both fair questions. I did take Spanish...well legit Spanish...when I entered high school. The language program at my grade school was a joke. We went through five teachers in one year. I dropped Spanish going into my senior year, because I wanted to take electives I had been looking forward to for a while. Should I have done that looking back now? Probably not. I really didn't feel like taking the time to get my computer or phone out and type it all in to be translated either. I got the gist of what was being said most of the time. My point is I was rusty when I came to the sentences and phrases in Spanish. So...technically...this pet peeve developed due to my lack of being able to stay on top of learning the language. </div>
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Otherwise, I enjoyed reading about the journey these three friends took part in together. I think we all at some point in our lives want to go on this big journey with close friends, whether that be driving across the country or backpacking across Europe! I had a lot of fun reading about the sites, cuisine, and the different people and places you encounter. The atmosphere and hospitality in Europe is so different from our own here in the United States that it's refreshing to read about it in order to escape from our reality. </div>
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I first heard of ARC August while reading Alicia's (<a href="https://akernelofnonsense.wordpress.com/2015/07/25/3rd-annual-arc-august-sign-up/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Kernel of Nonsense</a>) post about her participation in the challenge. The further I read about the 3rd Annual ARC August that is hosted by <a href="http://www.readsleeprepeat.org/2015/07/3rd-annual-arc-august-sign-ups/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read. Sleep. Repeat.</a> the more I wanted to take part in it.</div>
<a name='more'></a>I started out the summer with this (what I thought at the time) strong plan to catch up on all my review books that I couldn't get to due to school work and work. It is now July (as of writing this post) and I have gone only backwards by adding more review books. Each time I receive a book to review I am honored, because it's like the author is entrusting me with their child. I feel like I am letting down the author when I take longer than expected to review their book. So, I am going to take advantage of this challenge, and try to get through as many ARCs as possible during the month of August!<br />
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I was debating to share with you the books that I will definitely be getting to this month, but then I made myself realize that whenever I set books to read in stone I never stick with the ones I choose. Instead, I will be listing about 22 (there's no way I'll get to all of them this month!) books that I will be choosing from as I make my way through August and my review pile. I will link them to Goodreads, so if the cover and title sounds/looks interesting you can skedaddle on over to Goodreads to learn more about them! Let me know if you are or thinking about participating in ARC August!</div>
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1) <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24345995-cleo?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Cleo </i>by Lucy Coats</a></div>
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2) <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25782797-return-to-sleepy-hollow?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Return to Sleepy Hallow by Dax Vartay</a></div>
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<b>Author:</b> Gretchen McNeil </div>
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<b>Personal Rating:</b> 4.0/5.0</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">SHHHH!<br />Don't spread the word!<br />Three-day weekend. Party at White Rock House on Henry Island.<br />You do NOT want to miss it.</strong><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor) and look forward to three glorious days of boys, booze and fun-filled luxury.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: </span><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Vengeance is mine.</em><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Suddenly people are dying, and with a storm raging, the teens are cut off from the outside world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn’t scheduled to return for two days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?</span></span><br />
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I have found a new thriller favorite! I had been waiting for the hype for <i>Ten</i> to weaken before I picked it up myself to read, so when I saw it at the library the other week I knew it was time for me to take the plunge. </div>
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Ten</i> has all the ingredients that make a delicious thriller. There was suspicion, suspense (loads of it!), plenty of face palming (ex. the killer is in the kitchen so you call out hello and proceed into the kitchen. We as the watchers of the movie facepalm), and a twist at the end that sent my heart plummeting and then skyrocketing over and over again. </div>
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The ten characters may not have been complex to be exact, but their connections to the plot were spot on. To be honest, I'm glad we didn't get weighed down by all the fluff of the characters' backgrounds. It would have dragged the pacing down, and taken some of the suspense away. This is going to sound weird, but it was a thrill to watch the characters fall deeper and deeper into their distrust and fear of not knowing who was the killer or if the deaths were just accidents. The emotions surrounding and during the events were so well-written that it felt like you were right there with the characters on the island. </div>
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I highly recommend <i>Ten</i> to all thriller lovers and to those who want to introduce themselves to the genre. If you want an even more thrilling experience then save this book for October or a stormy evening. You will definitely be looking over your shoulder and feeling shivers down your spine.<br />
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<i>Confessions of a Queen B*</i> follows Alexis, the Queen B* of her high school, as she she tries to figure out who is the culprit behind posting videos from the girls' locker room while juggling a health class project that she is partnered with the most popular guy in school. Alexis clearly has a full plate, but she won't let her tough exterior that she has created through bringing to light scandals of the students from her school on her blog. The student body fears her, except for one person. Will he break through and see the softer side of Alexis? </div>
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading <i>Confessions of a Queen B*</i>. To be honest, I flew through it way too fast. Brett and Alexis are paired up for a two week project where they have to be parents to a realistic baby doll. Have any of you had this project? My school offered a health class, but we never had to take care of a fake baby for a period of time. I wish we did though. Over the two weeks, Brett and Alexis learn things about each other. For Alexis, she realizes that stereotypes can be wrong. What you see is not what you get all the time. Just because someone may have a huge house and a high GPA doesn't mean that she/he is truly happy. </div>
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I loved watching the sexual tension play out between Brett and Alexis! There was no insta-love, which made me extremely happy. Alexis was hurt in the past by someone close to her, and she stays true to herself to the very last word in the book. She has that fear of being betrayed again, so it was refreshing to read from a point of view of a character who doesn't miraculously get over a deep hurt from the past. </div>
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Even though I wish the ending could have been a bit different, I understand and respect McHugh for ending the book the way she did. I highly recommend <i>Confessions of a Queen B*</i> to those who are looking for a relaxed read with romance that allows a lesson to be taken away from it. I look forward to reading the future books of the Queen B* series! </div>
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Hands down, Italian. If I could and if it wouldn't make my life span shorter I would only eat Italian food. I am of Italian ancestry, and love anything that is even slightly Italian. </div>
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<b>Author:</b> Stacey Trombley</div>
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A teenage prostitute looking for redemption must face her secrets before they destroy her... When tough teenager Anna ran away to New York, she never knew how bad things would get. After surviving as a prostitute, a terrifying incident leaves her damaged inside and out, and she returns home to the parents she was sure wouldn't want her anymore. Now she has a chance to be normal again. Back in school, she meets a boy who seems too good to be true. Cute, kind, trusting. But what will he do when he finds out the truth about her past? And when a dark figure from New York comes looking for Anna, she realizes she must face her secrets...before they destroy her.</div>
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One thing I enjoy doing while I'm reading a book is trying to find the connections between the title and cover of the book to the actual story line. Why do authors use the titles they do? Why did they choose that particular image for the cover? Every time I find that connection, I always have that ah ha! moment. The connection to the cover/title of <i>Naked</i> to the message of the story was breathtaking and inspiring. </div>
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<i>Naked </i>follows a 16 year old prostitute as she receives a second chance at a normal life. She ran away from home, because she felt too confined and wanted to show the world her true self...not the girl who her parents wanted her to be. She runs away to New York in hopes of finding a job that involves singing and/or acting, but nothing in life comes that easy. Instead, she is beaten and taken advantage of by a stranger. Luis finds her and takes her in. Over the next couple of months Anna falls deeper in love with him as he showers her with adventures, food, and materialistic items. Then one night that changes, and she soon finds herself spiraling down into teenage prostitution. But Luis still loves her, right? He wouldn't do anything to harm her, right? </div>
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<i>Naked </i>is Trombley's debut novel, and she hit the bulls eye right in the middle. She took a difficult topic that, to be honest with you all, I didn't know too much about. Of course, I have heard news reports and read articles for school, but nothing about the emotions and the struggles after they are able to get away from the evil and corruption that every town, city, and state has. For the lucky individuals to be reunited with family who have been looking for them there comes struggles on the family members' sides as well. We saw both sides of the struggles in <i>Naked</i>, which I felt gave the book a more rounded dynamic. We experienced fear, shame, guilt, and anger. I enjoyed watching Anna's mom grow in confidence to be the mother she was always meant to be and to stand up to her husband. Anna's father was a great example on how the way an individual was raised can impact how they raise and interact their family they create, which can be either positive or a negative.</div>
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Are you wondering why I made such a great deal about the cover? The connection between the message and cover/title came towards the end of the book at the perfect time. We all have something we regret. We all have secrets. We all are naked when those secrets, regrets, and mistakes are exposed. Speaking for myself, I don't like being exposed. It makes me feel vulnerable, and I am someone who isn't the most confident of people but when I need to be I can be confident. So, it hurts and deflates me when someone sees the imperfections I have. When those imperfections of anyone are seen, we feel alone. Like everyone is staring at us. Secrets and regrets weigh us down. It is okay to be open with the dark aspects about ourselves. You learn who you can trust during those difficult times, and you create a better notion of who you are as an individual. </div>
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I'm highly impressed by Trombley's debut novel, <i>Naked</i>. It has a powerful message that everyone should read. A raw and hard topic to read about, yet so beautiful to experience along side Anna as she finds her "normal" again. </div>
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Stacey Trombley lives in Ohio with her husband and the sweetest Rottweiler you’ll ever meet. She thinks people are fascinating and any chance she has, she’s off doing or learning something new. She went on her first mission trip to Haiti at age twelve and is still dying to go back. Her “places to travel” list is almost as long as her “books to read” list. She wants to bring something new to the world through her writing, but just giving a little piece of herself is more than enough. Keep a look out for her debut novel NAKED, coming from Entangled Teen in 2015</div>
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I just want to say that this has easily become one of my top reads of 2015. <i>The Choice</i> is beautifully written, and so powerful with its message. My interpretation of the message (every book has a different message for each of its readers) is that time heals everything. Life can be cruel and cold, but with time events can be reflected upon and a sense of peace can be created. Most of the time we think time is working against us, because we never know what tomorrow will bring. Time has lost our appreciation when really it deserves our utmost respect. Has anyone heard of the saying, "Time heals all wounds?" I have no idea who said it, but whoever said it was right. The time might be two days, a few months, or 10 years, but there will come a day when the past can be let go. I read <i>The Choice</i> from start to finish in one seating, and it left me sitting in stunned silence. I was exhausted after I read this book in the best possible way ever! Kennedy takes your emotions on one hell of a ride called reality. </div>
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<i>The Choice</i> is a story about a 17 year old girl, May, who is raped and conceives the rapist's child. She keeps the rape a secret, and tries to process through the emotions she is feeling by herself. Then she struggles with whether or not she should abort her unborn child. Kennedy tackles two tough and emotional topics, and does so tactfully. She shows no favor to either side of each topic, if anything she includes every side. </div>
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I loved the style <i>The Choice</i> was written in. Throughout the book, May in present day reflects on how she is now, and then reflects on what happened when she was raped and the days that followed. This particular formatting allows us to see where she starts with all the emotions and years later how she has grown and healed. </div>
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To be honest with you guys, this review isn't giving any justice to this book. The book drips with raw emotions. You feel May's pains and struggles. You will shed tears and your heart will be jerked in all different directions. When you finally start thinking that everything will be okay something else is thrown into the pot causing everything to go wrong again. <i>The Choice</i> covers difficult and controversial topics, but I encourage you to choose to read this book. Kennedy's writing walks you side by side with May, and makes you wish you could actually be there for her in real life. </div>
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Oh gosh this one is a little hard. I read a lot of books now, but when I was little I flew through all the books for my age. I think the ones that pop up right away are the Little Prairie books, the Main Street series by Ann M. Martin, and a book about a family of Mallard ducks in a park in Boston (I don't know). And if you want me to really think back then I will mention the Winnie-the-Pooh books and Beatrix Potter books. I can't forget Dr. Seuss either! Oh! There was the Nancy Drew series too! I started those pretty young. Oh wait, the question was asking for my first book that I remember...it would be a tie between the Winnie-the-Pooh books and Beatrix Potter books. Well, depending on who you ask. If you ask my mom she would say Beatrix Potter, but if you asked me I would say Winnie-the-Pooh :) </div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Page Count:</b> 176</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Don’t fall asleep. Don’t dream. Don’t get caught.<a name='more'></a></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Amy knew she’d hate Narrowdale, a boring suburban town. How could it possibly compare to L.A., where she lived her entire life? Being a high school freshman in a new place made things even worse. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">And that was before she started having the same nightmare over and over again. Before she woke up every night to a shrill whistle outside her window. Before she met a homeless man who seemed to know way too much.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-align: left;">Some things seem to happen only in Narrowdale, where dark secrets are hiding beneath the surface…</span></span></div>
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Guys. I found a new favorite that I need to add to my collection of paranormal/thriller/scary/looking over my shoulder books. It's probably been a good hour to hour and a half since I have finished the book, and I am still looking over my shoulder and jumping at the littlest sounds. You know how freaked out I am? I went outside to get the mail, and my neighbor was out and she was all like "hey Meredith! Isn't it a gorgeous day?" and I literally squealed (Yeah, no I won't deny it), grabbed the mail, and ran back inside. </div>
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The way the book started I did not think I would like it so much. Amy, the narrator, just moved to Narrowdale and all she did was complain. She complained about the hot temperatures, the broken air conditioner, her brother, the house being small, how every house looked the same, and on and on and on. What really bugged me was how she treated the two people who were trying to be her friends. Sure, they weren't the coolest of people, but that shouldn't matter when they are the nicest people and the only ones that are welcoming at her new school. </div>
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I think I just needed to get used to the author's writing style, which I ended up loving. You definitely come across funny commentary as well as commentary that is dripping in sarcasm. Amy and I bonded over the fact we both have sarcastic humor. We're best buds now. Mmmhmmm. Anyway, the writing style is super unique, and makes this book what it is. Amy has the same nightmare every night, sometimes even multiple times a not. Someone is following her in the dreams, and she only wakes up when she is overtaken by her pursuer. Throughout the book, we are sent back into the past during her dreams as well as dreams she has during the day that are about a young woman being kidnapped. There is no apparent transition to let us know that we are now entering a dream. Amy will be talking, and then all of sudden we are re-living the nightmare or a new twist to the nightmare. Having no transitions adds to the creepiness and urgency of the story.</div>
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Even though the beginning started out a bit tedious, the majority of the book kept me in suspense. I haven't been this scared in a long time, nor had such a feeling of urgency to find out what was going on and why it was happening. I recommend <i>Sleepless</i> to all thriller, paranormal, suspense fans out there who enjoy constantly looking over their shoulder!</div>
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in Chicago when their families were still intact. Now Piper lives in Evanston
with her divorced dad, her estranged, unstable mother popping in and out of her
life at random moments. Meanwhile, Dani’s been living in Santa Fe with a
psychologist mom pregnant with her fiance’s IVF babies. The blueblood Tessa
resides on </span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">prominent</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> street in Boston and
dreams of a romantic and well-heeled love story like that of her
great-grandmother who went to France during World War II. Now that it’s the
summer before college, these radically different friends decide to celebrate
their history and their future by walking the legendary pilgrimage along the
“Way of St. James,” from the French Pyrenees to the Spanish city of Santiago,
not quite expecting their feet to feel like they’ve been put through a meat tenderizer
or that cyclists racing the road will nearly run them over, then claim all the
beds (and the hot showers) at the pilgrimage’s auberges. But there are plenty
of </span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">highpoints</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> too,
like the beauty of the Pyrenees Mountains, the spree at a posh hotel in
Pamplona, and the numerous ways in which each young woman must learn to believe
in herself as well as in her friends. And who could forget or explain the
miracles—or milagros—that have been happening on the Way of St. James for
centuries? And yes, there is the promise of falling in love which, like the
word for pilgrim in Spanish (</span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">peregrino</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> which
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chaos into each young woman’s story, transforming their collective journey, one
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Jacqueline Kolosov walked the Way of St.
James/Camino of Santiago in the summer of 1999 and had her own share of
miracles (including a pony who stepped onto the path) as well as bed bugs and
cyclists. Next to giving birth to her daughter, the pilgrimage is hands down the
most exhilarating event of her life. Jacqueline has published several novels
for teens including THE RED QUEEN'S DAUGHTER and GRACE FROM CHINA. She also
writes short stories, essays and poetry. Her third collection of poems is
MEMORY OF BLUE, and she has a short story collection, LOVE, THE BITTERSWEET
forthcoming. A passionate animal lover, she lives with her family including 3
dogs, 2 guinea pigs and a 1/2 Andalusian mare in West Texas. Jacqueline teaches
creative writing and literature at Texas Tech university. She loves to run,
swim, and practice yoga. And like the friends in Along The Way, she is a
bookworm, a clothes horse, and an avid (amateur) artist.</span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Katya knows all about Stalin’s big plans; she learned of them in school. But those plans mean little to her until the secret police arrest Papa and seize their family farm. With Mama and her younger siblings, Katya is shoved into a crowded train headed for a forced labour camp in Siberia. Torn from everything she has ever known, Katya faces cold and hunger, and the ever-present threat of lost hope. As she clings to a single red stone from the fields of her homeland, she questions life. Where is Papa? Will she ever see him again? And what will become of Katya’s family?<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“You own land and livestock, and you hire outside help. That makes you a kulak,” says Marissa’s father.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Humph,” Papa grunts.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“They call us rich peasants,” says another man.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Rich?” Papa shouts. “True, we have enough to eat. The children have shoes on their feet, but rich?”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I squirm and scratch in my hiding spot, while thinking about Papa’s words. He is right. There is no money for more than one Sunday dress in my closet—the green velvet one with the satin ribbon—and the only reason I own new shoes is because I’m the oldest. Don’t rich people have lots of dresses and no hand-me-downs? I pull at a piece of straw tickling my nose.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“I’m immigrating to North America before it’s too late,” says another man. “I’ve got relatives there.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“You need a passport,” someone else says.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“My papers are ready and I have money for the boat. I’ll send for my family as soon as I’ve arranged us a place. There is cheap land over there. I’ve had it with this Bolshevik nonsense.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>That must be Peter’s father. Peter talks at school about his father’s plan. Sometimes it sounds like he’s bragging, but other times he sounds scared. I think I’d be scared to move away from all my friends.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“I’m not leaving my land,” Papa says. “My father worked hard to make this into a prosperous farm. My brother, Reinhold, he walked away from it all. Sure, he’s doing good in East Prussia. The grass is always greener on the other side.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I don’t remember Uncle Reinhold. He moved away when I was just a baby and Papa never talks about him. I peek out at Papa. In the kerosene light, his face looks hard.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Franz, take my advice. Maybe you should follow your brother.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“No! I’ll not let strangers take over my land.” Papa stands up. His voice grows louder. “I’ll not let Stalin cuckoo his way into my life.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cuckoo? I cover the gasp that escapes my mouth. What does Papa mean? Does he think Stalin acts like a cuckoo? How silly!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Calm down,” someone tells him.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Papa lowers his voice, but it’s still forceful. “This was my father’s farm. I grew up on this land, like the wheat. And I’ve dreamed about building this very windmill since I was a young boy.” As he shakes his head, light and shadow dance on his hard face. Papa waves his arms, like the windmill during the storm. “No one can have it! Not even Stalin!”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“It’s a fine windmill, Franz,” a voice agrees. “You should be proud.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Papa’s voice warms with pride. “It’s a solid piece of workmanship.” He raises his lantern upward, highlighting the notched timbers. Thank you all for helping me with the construction.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There’s a general murmur while an annoying tickle grows in my nose.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Listen, men...neighbours. How bad can things become? Let’s ride out these hard times. We’ll survive. We can cooperate, make deals. I’m a reasonable man.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> I cover my nose, willing the tickle to stop.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>More murmuring. Someone laughs. But it’s not a happy sound.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Whether it’s the dust or just being wet from the rain, the sneeze growing in me will not go away.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Like a dog running after an auto, the sneeze rises in me and will not be stopped. “Haa, haa, haa...choo!” In the silence that follows I stand up, and covered with shame and straw, show my bedraggled self.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The men all laugh and this time, they sound happy.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I bow my messy head, expecting Papa’s tongue lashing. Instead, he lifts my chin and says, “This is why I’m staying—for the children. This is their land, too. It’s their future.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Papa pulls a stray piece of straw from my hair, as the men all shuffle out.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Let’s go home, Katya,” he says to me. “Your mama is worried about you.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I’m relieved he’s not angry.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Did you learn something tonight?”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Yes, Papa. I learned that you and Comrade Stalin will never agree.”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Papa chuckles. “Yes, we can agree on that.”<br />
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<b>Genres:</b> New Adult, Romance, Time - Travel</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ABOUT AN UNTIMELY ROMANCE: Heather Richardson is a seventeen-year-old British girl whose life quickly becomes an emotional roller coaster when she meets Ruben Brown, a twenty-year-old man who works for her father at Freesdon Manor. As much as Heather wants to love Ruben, the cracks in their relationship begin to show as her eighteenth birthday draws nigh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In a surprising turn of events Heather is confronted by Frank, an intriguing man from a past that dates back to the nineteenth century. His untimely presence changes everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">When she’s thrown back in time by an unrelenting force, Heather realizes that her life is not what it appears to be. Her future has already been written, and it seems she cannot escape her fate, a fate determined by a love lost long ago. In her struggle to find herself, Heather must chose her destiny amidst a dangerous love triangle, vengeful lovers, and passions controlled by the hands of time.</span></div>
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“I’ve reserved our own private box for this evening,” Ruben said, pulling back a floor-length curtain.<br />
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“I could get quite used to this,” Heather said, before sitting herself down.<br />
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She felt more than a little privileged as she peered down to the mass of heads below.<br />
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“Back in a sec,” Ruben said, touching her shoulder.<br />
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Heather hardly noticed his absence, engrossed with the comings and goings of people seating themselves in the boxes, lower balconies and stalls. She felt a draft as the curtain opened.<br />
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“Here,” Ruben said, passing her a small pair of binocular-style opera glasses and a cold beverage.<br />
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“Ruben, the suspense is killing me. What are we watching?”<br />
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“Madame Butterfly. Heard it’s really good,” Ruben replied, sitting beside her.<br />
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She could feel the intensity in his eyes; it was as though he could hardly draw them from her.<br />
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“Heather, you look so beautiful.”<br />
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She smiled; her face was aglow. She felt his hand slip into hers as the orchestra began to play. She watched intently as the curtain rose, revealing the first scene. The binoculars hardly left her eyes; she was captivated by the arias and the beautiful dresses of the geisha girls. Her fingers tightened around Ruben’s as her emotions were overwhelmed by the portrayal of this enchanting love story. Though it was spoken in Italian throughout, this did not bother Heather, as her heart felt every emotion acted out before her.<br />
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Tears welled up in her eyes, spilling over like tiny pearls, encompassed by shallow breaths on reaching the tragic finale.<br />
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The orchestra played on during the final curtain call, while the whole auditorium was on their feet with a crescendo of hands meeting and cheers. When the musicians had laid down their instruments for the final time, they walked backstage in single file to the audience’s mounting applause. As the applause died down, Ruben stood gentlemanly like, pulling the chair from beneath her and taking her arm. She was quiet as they walked down the stairs, for she was still very much lost in the love story.<br />
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The summer evening was now cloaked in darkness as they walked out to their awaiting car, its soft top now down for their journey home. Heather wearily laid her head on Ruben’s shoulder, relaxing to the purring sound of the engine. She was not tired in a sleepy way, but more from a feeling of contentment. Lost in her daydreams, she envisioned how her life could be. Maybe one day a perfect fairy tale wedding, holidays abroad and more trips to the theatre. It was just a shame that the wrong person was sat at her side.</div>
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<b>Author:</b> Louise Rozett</div>
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<b>Series:</b> Confessions #3</div>
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<b>Average Rating:</b> 3.96/5.0</div>
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<b>Personal Rating:</b> 3.5/5.0</div>
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<b>Release Date:</b> 25 January 2015</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For Rose Zarelli, freshman year was about controlling her rage. Sophomore year was about finding her voice. With all that behind her, junior year should be a breeze, right? Nope. When a horrific video surfaces, Rose needs the one person she wants to be done with, the person who has broken her heart twice—Jamie Forta. But as the intensity between them heats up, Rose realizes she isn’t the only one who needs help. The thing is, Jamie doesn’t see it that way—and that could cost them both everything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For some strange reason I didn't read the part about how this is the third book in a series, but once I figured that out things made more sense to why certain topics weren't being explained more. For example, Rose, the narrator, kept referring to the parking lot scene that got Jamie kicked out of school. Every time she mentioned it I was lost, but then I thought oh it's probably being escalated up to. Then for some reason I'm looking at the email I was sent and see that it's the third book. Even with that knowledge, I feel like <i>No More Confessions</i> could be a stand alone with the exception that you miss out on the history of Jamie and Rose's relationship. It is easy to make your own assumptions about their past though. </span></div>
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<b>Author:</b> Cherie Priest</div>
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<b>Average Rating:</b> 4.03/5.0</div>
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<b>Personal Rating:</b> 3.5/5.0</div>
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<b>Page Count:</b> 240</div>
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<b>Publisher:</b> Arthur A. Levine Books</div>
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<b>Release Date:</b> 26 May 2015</div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom, driving across the Ballard Bridge on a rainy night. When the car went over the side, Libby passed away, and Princess X died with her.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Once upon a now: May is sixteen and lonely, wandering the streets of Seattle, when she sees a sticker slapped in a corner window.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Princess X?</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">When May looks around, she sees the Princess everywhere: Stickers. Patches. Graffiti. There's an entire underground culture, focused around a webcomic at IAmPrincessX.com. The more May explores the webcomic, the more she sees disturbing similarities between Libby's story and Princess X online. And that means that only one person could have started this phenomenon - her best friend, Libby, who lives.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had been seeing <i>I Am Princess X</i> floating around lately in the blog-o-sphere, so when I saw it at my library I decided to go ahead and pick it up. I don't have any big problems with the book, because the whole concept and story were pretty good. A bit random, but still entertaining. My biggest thing that kept throwing me, especially in the beginning when we meet Libby and May as kids, was how they were in fifth grade but they spoke like high schoolers. As the book went on, I kept thinking that the characters were older or younger at times, because of the way they spoke. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I Am Princess X</i> is written in third person and follows May, Libby's best friend, and Trick, a computer nerd who helps May track down Libby's whereabouts. I highly enjoyed reading from the third person point of view, because I have been reading a lot of books written in the first person. It was a nice change to be outside of the character's head for once. I will admit that third person makes it a bit harder to grow close to the characters, but I felt Priest did a great job portraying the emotions we should be having as the story progresses. Emotions, such as, fear, worry, and being in suspense along with the characters. The book is split into chapters with the majority of them following May as she tries to decipher the clues that she finds in the <i>I Am Prince X</i> web-comic. However, every once in awhile a chapter would follow Trick to see what he was up to with the whole mystery of Needle Man, Libby's captor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Since the novel was written in third person, it is a bit hard for you to truly get to know the characters. May is a determined girl who is searching for her should be dead best friend from three years ago. Libby, maybe or maybe not alive best friend, and her created a comic <i>I Am Princess X</i> when they were in fifth grade. May would do the writing, and Libby would do all the drawing. They continued to create scenarios for Princess X up until the point that Libby died...supposedly. We know that May's parents split soon after Libby's death, and now May goes back and forth between them. That's it though. Same goes for Trick. He is the pure definition of a computer nerd. He has this huge set up that lets him do all kinds of crazy things that you wouldn't be able to do with a normal computer. We know he had a full ride to University of Washington, but that was revoked when he didn't think through his actions too well while dealing with anger. We also know that he is on the short side, and it's something that has always and will always bother him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Release Date:</b> 26 May 2015</span></div>
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I'm finding that <i>Daughter of Deep Silence</i> is one of those books for me that I am at a lost of words, because I am blown away from how amazing this book is. I literally finished the book with my mouth opening and closing like a goldfish. I did my usual routine of writing down my immediate thoughts upon finishing the book. I have now come back several hours later to see what my thoughts are like (they're the same :D ), but now I want to formulate what I'm feeling perfectly to you guys. So here's for trying!</div>
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Our narrator for the whole novel is Francis Mace...I mean, Libby...Francis...Got you confused didn't I? Let's try this again, shall we? Francis is living Libby's life. To all who know her, she is Libby. Libby is outgoing, full of energy, and all eyes are always on her. Francis is the opposite. She is duller, and is second to Libby. Always. Even after the real Libby is dead, Francis is second. I'll refer to the narrator as FL to make things easier. FL for four years learns everything about everyone who was involved with the <i>Persephone </i>cruise ship sinking. For four years she plots out every move she will make to every minute it will take to get the real truth out of the Senator and his son, Grey, who are the other two survivors of the cruise ship. That's one thing that made this book fantastic was how meticulous and calculated FL was in all of her actions, even when she was put on the spot! </div>
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Grey, the Senator's son, and FL had a relationship on the cruise ship before the attack took place. Four years later, and FL's anger and desire for revenge is unbelievably strong. She won't even consider that maybe Grey was forced to lie about what actually took place during the attack of the cruise ship during the interviews after being rescued five days before her and Libby. She lost her family, and he got to keep his. She wants revenge. Shepherd is Libby's, the real Libby, adopted older brother who FL has avoided for four years, but can't since she returns home. He is cold and suspicious of her. Is she the real Libby? Be careful FL, your tightly twined ball of a plan may become unraveled. The relationship between Grey, Shepherd, and FL was a bit weird (worked perfectly for the book), because both guys technically were in love with FL. Grey thought Francis was dead, so he was now in love with Libby, but really he was still falling in love with Francis. Shepherd was still in love with Libby, which is who Francis was pretending to be. So, as you can see I thought there was going to be this uncomfortable love triangle contraption happening, but due to certain events we totally detoured from that first assumption. </div>
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Now let's talk about THAT ENDING. The ending is the main reason why I was left gaping like a fish. I'm so curious/anxious to what happens to everyone. The letter FL writes to Grey. You seriously cannot leave a book anymore open-ended than that. I wish I could explain so much more about it, but it wouldn't be as powerful/shocking/heart-wrenching since a) you haven't read the whole story and b) I would blow the ending. Once you guys read this book (if you decide to) let me know so we can freak out about the ending together!!!!!</div>
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<i>Daughter of Deep Silence</i> kept me in suspense from page one to the last word on the last page. I loved being in the head of FL, because I felt I was right there with her planning out our next move to bring revenge...errr I mean justice...oh who am I kidding!...revenge to those who rightly deserved to be punished. The whole story was devious, calculated, and full of twists. Besides revenge, you have a character who is struggling with finding herself after being someone for four years that she isn't. Would you guys switch lives with a dead girl if that meant you would have a father figure, a house, money? As a result, she doesn't know who she can trust. </div>
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If I learned one thing from <i>Daughter of Deep Silence </i>it would be this: Revenge is sweet, but there are times when it's better to turn the other cheek and move on. You only have so much time on this earth, so use your time by doing stuff you love not by concerning yourself by upping the person who did you wrong. </div>
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I'm going to be quite honest with all of you and admit that I couldn't commit to a tattoo. Even if I could I would probably get something cliche like an infinity sign (no offense to anyone who may have one. I find them to be quite beautiful in their simplicity and meaning). I have several friends who want to get tattoos, and the meanings behind them are all so powerful, but for me I wouldn't remember/cherish/motivate myself by getting a tattoo. I do want to get a Lokai bracelet that has water from the highest elevation and water from the lowest elevation in one bead on each end. They are supposed to symbolize your journey from your lowest points to highest points in your life. I won't get a tattoo, but I do want my cartilage pierced. Now you're sitting there probably going, "Meredith, what's the big deal about that?" If you only knew my parents. *sigh* I love them, but they don't see the need of having another hole in my ear. So, you can only imagine how a tattoo would go over with them. </div>
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Happy Thursday! Today we have <i>The Stories We Don't Tell</i> by Melissa Thayer visiting A Book Lover's Corner. You can access my review my clicking <a href="http://booklover9296.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-stories-we-dont-tell-review.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. We will also have two giveaways at the end of this post for one e-copy of <i>The Stories We Don't Tell</i> and one signed copy of <i>The Stories We Don't Tell</i>. Thank you to Melissa Thayer, Booktroping Publishing, and Xpresso Reads for allowing me the opportunity to help promote <i>The Stories We Don't Tell</i>. Enjoy!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">"Growing up had stolen the truth of us." </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">A life worth living is a life worth sharing. Growing up in a small town in Montana not worth a name, that kind of life is not one Nick can manage, let alone comprehend. When fate gives him an existence he can barely recognize, he searches for meaning in the future he wishes existed, and attempts to escape a past that cannot be told, save for in the pages of a faded memory. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Melissa Thayer's lyrical and poignant debut novel, part confession and part wistful longing, is an incisive look at love and loss, and what remains of a soul that is dashed against the rocky shorelines of hope.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sin City native Melissa Thayer writes fiction that touches upon the timeless truths of the human condition in poignant and thought-provoking ways. She enjoys writing about people and connecting readers with her characters.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">She currently lives in Washington with her husband, daughter, and three cats.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">THE STORIES WE DON’T TELL is her debut novel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Author:</b> Art Spiegelman </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Release Date:</b> 1 November 1991</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have heard quite a bit about <i>Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History</i> throughout the years I have been following booktube channels and book blogs. I finally got around to picking it up from the library to see why this is considered to such a great telling of the experiences that many had to endure during what we know as the Holocaust. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After reading the comic-like designed book, I can agree with the majority that <i>Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History</i> is a piece of work that needs to be read by everyone. It successfully portrays the struggles and fears the Jews had to face every single day. They never knew if the day they woke up would be their last day of their life at home or if the day would be the day they would be sent to Auschwitz to be murdered. They had the constant fear of being separated from loved ones with no chance of ever seeing them again on this earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I highly recommend<i> Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History</i> to everyone of all ages. The book works for readers of all types, because it isn't the typical chapter book. So, if you are someone who is intimidated by long chapter books, but you want to read an individual account of what happened pick this up! The pictures and comments between father and son as the father tells his story makes the story entertaining and eye opening. You see how the Holocaust had lasting effects on the survivors, and how their family (current and future) were impacted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Love—good and bad—forces three teens’ worlds to tilt in a riveting novel from <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Three teens, three stories—all interconnected through their parents’ family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own dilemmas, the lives of the teens begin to tilt….</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Mikayla, almost eighteen, is over-the-top in love with Dylan, who loves her back jealously. But what happens to that love when Mikayla gets pregnant the summer before their senior year—and decides to keep the baby?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Shane turns sixteen that same summer and falls hard in love with his first boyfriend, Alex, who happens to be HIV positive. Shane has lived for four years with his little sister’s impending death. Can he accept Alex’s love, knowing that his life, too, will be shortened?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Harley is fourteen—a good girl searching for new experiences, especially love from an older boy. She never expects to hurdle toward self-destructive extremes in order to define who she is and who she wants to be.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Love, in all its forms, has crucial consequences in this standalone novel.</span></span></div>
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I have been hearing about and seeing <i>Tilt </i>and Ellen Hopkins for the longest time, and I finally came across her books when I was at the library recently. I picked up <i>Tilt </i>and <i>Tricks </i>to start off with. Have any of you read Ellen Hopkins? Which books of hers do you recommend? I have always been intrigued to read her books, because she writes in verse/prose. However, I will admit that it did take me a bit to get used to her writing style, but once I did I flew through the story.</div>
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Keeping all the characters straight was also a bit tricky for me. You have the three main narrators: Mikayla, Shane, and Harley. They were easy to keep track of, but then all the minor characters were thrown in, such as all the parents, siblings, family members, and friends. Everyone was connected to each other, so then you had to remember if they were distant cousins or if their parents were close friends. </div>
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Mikayla's story centered around her belief that she had found the love that everyone searches for in their life. She thought her life was perfect: great grades, awesome boyfriend, cushioned lifestyle. That belief all changes when she finds herself to be pregnant, and Dylan wants nothing to do with being a family of three. We stand on the sidelines as we watch the internal war of keeping her child or aborting the baby in order to keep Dylan in her life. As Mikayla moves further into her pregnancy the decision becomes harder and harder. Her story shows how pregnancy can happen to <b><span style="color: #e06666;">anyone</span></b>, whether you are in perfect shape, have great grades, and a nice inheritance or poor as heck and average in every other department. </div>
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Shane falls in love with Alex, who informs him that he is HIV positive. Instead of leaving him, he embarks on a relationship with Alex, who becomes someone he could never imagine being without. Shane's home life isn't in the best shape. He has a four year old sister who has Type I spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which means she can't eat, move, or talk. Her death is always on the horizon. His mom devotes all of her time to taking care of Shelby. Shane's father is absent most of the time, but when he isn't he's passed out drunk or making homophobic remarks. Shane falls into depression, which leads to alcohol abuse and self-medicating in order to dull the pain of not being fully intimate with the boy he loves and not having the proper attention he wants from both of his parents. His story focuses on how dealing with issues your own way can lead to a frightening outcome.</div>
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Harley's story focuses on the constant pressure that girls feel to please boys. The pressure to look hot and sexy, so boys will pay attention to them and "love" them. She falls in with a boy named Lucas, who has a goal to take her virginity. He doesn't care about her like she thinks he does, but she still does everything he tells her to do. She slowly realizes this isn't want true love is, but finds that she is in too deep when she finds how easily Lucas can persuade her by whispering sweet nothings in her ear. Her story reiterates the message that you do not need to change anything about yourself (clothes, body size, personality traits) for <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>anyone</b></span>, especially for those who claim to love you. </div>
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<i>Tilt </i>was a raw read. There were times I was shaking with anger and other times where I wanted to break down with the characters. Hopkins does not sugar coat anything, but instead brings awareness to reality. </div>
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<li><a href="http://kissinbluekaren.com/the-year-my-mother-came-back-by-alice-eve-cohen/" target="_blank"><strong>The Year My Mother Came Back</strong> by Alice Eve Cohen</a> <span class="item-title">~<a href="http://kissinbluekaren.com/" target="_blank">KissinBlueKaren</a></span></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.feedyourfictionaddiction.com/2015/05/burn-by-allie-juliette-mousseau-giveaway-reviewish-type-thing.html" target="_blank"><strong>Burn</strong> by Allie Juliette Mousseau</a> ~<a href="http://feedyourfictionaddiction.com/" target="_blank">Nicole @Feed Your Fiction Addiction</a></li>
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<b>Average Rating:</b> 3.85/5.0</div>
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<b>Personal Rating:</b> 4.0/5.0</div>
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<b>Page Count:</b> 368</div>
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<b>Release Date:</b> 1 January 2011</div>
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The second installment of The Flappers series did not disappoint. I left the library practically skipping on the day it arrived at my library. I was excited to travel back to the 1920s, and see what Vera, Clara, Lorraine, Marcus, Gloria, and Jerome were all up to now. </div>
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There was a LOT more involvement of the mob in the second book, which as I mentioned in my review for <a href="http://booklover9296.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-flappers-vixen-review.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vixen</a> I wanted to see more of. In the comforts of my home, I always say how fascinating it would be to experience the mob. Then I really think about it, and realize that I could never handle it in real life. While reading <i>Ingenue</i>, I felt the fear that the mobsters instilled. I felt the disgust and desperation. I loved reading every second of it. </div>
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One of the main focuses of the book was to follow all the couples that formed in <i>Vixen</i>, and see how they were doing. SPOILER: We have Clara and Marcus, Jerome and Gloria, and Vera (Jerome's younger sister) falls for one of the band members from Jerome's old band. Lorraine flitted around. She was heavily involved with the mob, so she was focusing on doing her job correctly. Clara and Marcus' big problem was being back in New York, the place of Clara's downfall before meeting Marcus. Jerome and Gloria's big problem was how he was African American and she was white. Biracial relationships were unheard of in the 1920s, more so than today. Vera and her special beau team up together to protect the ones they care about and right the wrongs that had taken place. </div>
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<i>Ingenue </i>is told from alternating perspectives of Vera, Gloria, Lorraine, and Clara. You feel like you are right in the middle of the action, especially when things heat up between the main characters and the mobsters. You will find yourself on the edge of your seats, flipping through pages as fast as you can to find out what happens and who ends up with who. And yes, I have already requested the third and final book (sad face) of The Flappers series. I recommend <i>Ingenue </i>to all who believe they are flappers at heart, and who love a good story of betrayal, love, and loyalty. </div>
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