tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66951349783503506452024-03-14T03:20:21.321-06:00Bookish Confessions An occasional book blogger, an all time reader❤Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14103645009455156335noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695134978350350645.post-5978160289912378222018-08-26T16:36:00.001-06:002023-01-11T19:21:01.514-07:00Update!<div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted anything here, so I just wanted to give a quick update on what I've been reading lately! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've been reading manga recently, specifically <i>Haikyuu </i>and <i>My Hero Academia</i>. I also discovered some Chinese manga and novels that took me by surprise. The ones I am really enjoying so far are <i>Here U Are, The Kings Avatar, The Emperor's Strategy, </i>and <i>Waiting for You Online</i>. I haven't been reading much YA lately though, but I'm super excited for <i>Ignite the Stars</i> and <i>Girls of Paper and Fire</i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Aside from reading, I've also started watching more anime. I'm currently keeping up with BNHA along with The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (a Chinese anime). I'm hoping to start Bungo Stray Dogs and Cells at Work sometime because I've heard a lot about them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I can already tell this semester will be an extremely busy one, but I'm hoping to at least post a couple times this year. LOL. (If not, I'll still be on Goodreads and Twitter!)</span><br />
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Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14103645009455156335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695134978350350645.post-40591788028735700782017-10-18T00:00:00.000-06:002017-10-18T00:00:30.813-06:00Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: 27 Hours by Tristina Wright<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Author: </b>Tristina Wright<b> </b><b></b></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Series: </b>Nightshade Saga</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>YA, Sci-Fi</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>October 3, 2017</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Rumor Mora fears two things: hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and failure. Jude Welton has two dreams: for humans to stop killing monsters, and for his strange abilities to vanish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But in no reality should a boy raised to love monsters fall for a boy raised to kill them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">During one twenty-seven-hour night, if they can’t stop the war between the colonies and the monsters from becoming a war of extinction, the things they wish for will never come true, and the things they fear will be all that’s left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">27 Hours is a sweeping, thrilling story featuring a stellar cast of queer teenagers battling to save their homes and possibly every human on Sahara as the clock ticks down to zero. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What if you had to relive the same five days over and over?</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And what if at the end of it, your boyfriend is killed…</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And you have to watch. Every time.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You don’t know why you’re stuck in this nightmare.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But you do know that these are the rules you now live by:</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Wake Up.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Run.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Die.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Repeat.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Now, the only way to escape this loop is to attempt something crazy. Something dangerous. Something completely unexpected. This time…you’re not going to run.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Combining heart-pounding romance and a thrilling mystery, Never Apart is a stunning story you won’t soon forget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here's a collection of mini reviews I was supposed to write forever ago but just got around to recently (why am I like this). In the case for most of these, I read them a year or two ago so the details are a bit fuzzy, but I did make sure to comment on things that really stuck out to me in particular.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hello everyone! As some of you might know, I'm a huge fan of kpop. So to celebrate the new album Love Yourself: Her by BTS, one of my favorite kpop groups, I've decided to do a BTS book tag! I've never done a book tag before, so this is especially exciting for me since it combines two of my favorite things! I'm actually surprised that there have been a couple different BTS book tags created, but the one I've chosen is from <a href="http://aminoapps.com/page/books/7302969/bts-book-tag">Rosek's blog on Amino</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To be honest, I have a hard time picking my favorite anything, so most of these are just based off of books I've read recently!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Series: </b>The Loom Saga #3</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>YA, Fantasy</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>December 5, 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A new rebellion rises from the still-smoldering remnants of the five guilds of Loom to stand against Dragon tyranny. Meanwhile, on Nova, those same Dragons fight amongst themselves, as age-old power struggles shift the political landscape in fateful and unexpected ways. Unlikely leaders vie for the opportunity to shape a new world order from the perfect clockwork designs of one temperamental engineer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is the final installment of USA Today bestselling author Elise Kova’s Loom Saga, THE REBELS OF GOLD will reveal the fate of Loom’s brilliantly contrasting world and its beloved inhabitants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>September 7, 2017</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Ben Emerson has lived by his minister father’s rules most of his life. Born into an ultra-conservative church community, he’s finally brave enough to break free and move to San Francisco. Distancing himself certainly helps create a new mindset, but living as an openly gay man takes some getting used to. When he reaches out to Xavier, a childhood friend who lives in the city, Ben isn’t sure how he’ll respond given their thorny history. Ben hopes the familiar connection will help him right some wrongs as well as provide the solace he’s been craving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Xavier Ramos is who he is, and he doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks. Whether it’s eyeliner, nail polish, tattoos or his love of hooking up, he uses his body as a form of self-expression but doesn’t let anyone get too close. When Ben reenters his life, Xavier helps him experience the city and feel comfortable in his own skin. Seeing the world through Ben’s eyes, he begins to wonder if he’s also not living as freely as he thought. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When Xavier challenges Ben’s beliefs about sex, it becomes explosive—for both of them. Xavier breaks apart Ben’s sheltered world and shows him what it’s like to live out loud. The more time they spend together, the more Xavier begins to long for Ben in a different way—one that both surprises and scares him. But real life doesn’t fade into the background, so when Ben’s past comes knocking, old habits are hard to break. Testing the foundation of their deepening connection will take a trust that will either bind them…or tear them apart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>August 8, 2017</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Xander Fairchild can’t stand people in general and frat boys in particular, so when he’s forced to spend his summer working on his senior project with Skylar Stone, a silver-tongued Delta Sig with a trust fund who wants to make Xander over into a shiny new image, Xander is determined to resist. He came to idyllic, Japanese culture-soaked Benten College to hide and make manga, not to be transformed into a corporate clone in the eleventh hour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Skylar’s life has been laid out for him since before he was born, but all it takes is one look at Xander’s artwork, and the veneer around him begins to crack. Xander himself does plenty of damage too. There’s something about the antisocial artist’s refusal to yield that forces Skylar to acknowledge how much his own orchestrated future is killing him slowly…as is the truth about his gray-spectrum sexuality, which he hasn’t dared to speak aloud, even to himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Through a summer of art and friendship, Xander and Skylar learn more about each other, themselves, and their feelings for one another. But as their senior year begins, they must decide if they will part ways and return to the dull futures they had planned, or if they will take a risk and leap into a brightly colored future—together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: center;">Author: </b><span style="text-align: center;">Heather Fawcett</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>YA, Fantasy</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>September 5, 2017</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">K</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">amzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the Emperor’s royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only someone would give her a chance.<br>But everything changes when the mysterious and eccentric River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives in her village and demands to hire Kamzin—not her older sister Lusha, as everyone had expected—for his next expedition. This is Kamzin’s chance to prove herself—even though River’s mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor means climbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain in the Aryas. Then Lusha sets off on her own mission to Raksha with a rival explorer who is determined to best River, and Kamzin must decide what’s most important to her: protecting her sister from the countless perils of the climb or beating her to the summit.<br>The challenges of climbing Raksha are unlike anything Kamzin expected—or prepared for—with avalanches, ice chasms, ghosts, and even worse at every turn. And as dark secrets are revealed, Kamzin must unravel the truth of their mission and of her companions—while surviving the deadliest climb she has ever faced.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Author: </b>Samantha Young</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>June 27, 2017</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>I know how to watch my back. I’m the only one that ever has.</i><br>India Maxwell hasn’t just moved across the country—she’s plummeted to the bottom rung of the social ladder. It’s taken years to cover the mess of her home life with a veneer of popularity. Now she’s living in one of Boston’s wealthiest neighborhoods with her mom’s fiancé and his daughter, Eloise. Thanks to her soon-to-be stepsister’s clique of friends, including Eloise’s gorgeous, arrogant boyfriend Finn, India feels like the one thing she hoped never to be seen as again: trash.<br><br>But India’s not alone in struggling to control the secrets of her past. Eloise and Finn, the school’s golden couple, aren’t all they seem to be. In fact, everyone’s life is infinitely more complex than it first appears. And as India grows closer to Finn and befriends Eloise, threatening the facades that hold them together, what’s left are truths that are brutal, beautiful, and big enough to change them forever… </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Lochlanach has traded the great beast for something far more terrible, a Lashed enemy veiled in beauty, deception, and a vengeance passed down through generations: Rozaria Rocato. And she’s offering the hunter Paxton Seabolt power and acceptance he could never receive in his homeland. Pax must decide how far he’s willing to go under her tutelage, knowing she is the opponent of Princess Aerity Lochson.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">In a land where traditionalists dread change, the Lochlan throne must contend with mysterious foes and traitors, while attempting to keep revolt at bay. As dire circumstances strike the royal family, matters of the castle are left in Aerity’s hands. It's time to put aside her fears and grasp the reign, taking actions that have the potential to save or destroy her people.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">One hunt has ended, but the pursuit for love and justice continue. In this sequel to The Great Hunt from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins, political intrigue and romance intensify in another thrilling fantasy. Princess Aerity embraces a quest for identity and passion before making the ultimate sacrifice for her kingdom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When Brian “Brin” Schubert’s condo floods, he takes his co-worker up on the offer to stay on his crappy futon for a while. The last thing he expects is for his friend’s roommate to be the one guy he despises the most. The same guy who stomped on his heart senior year of high school. And by the looks of the girl on his arm, the same man who’s still deep inside the closet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Nicholas Dell never predicted that eleven years later, one of his greatest regrets would show up on his doorstep down on his luck. Nick has made some terrible mistakes—story of his life—and he’s been paying for them ever since. And if the guilt and shame aren’t enough, his first crush had to turn into one of the sexiest men he’s ever laid eyes on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Nick and Brin have weeks to steer clear of each other. Weeks to avoid strangling each other. But when stubbornness leads to skyrocketing sexual tension, hate-sex doesn’t seem like such an awful way to work through their frustration. Except hate is a powerful emotion, especially when it’s turned inward. And in Nick’s case he’s been drowning in a sea of self-loathing for so long, he can’t see his way out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As Brin reconnects with Nick, his perception of what really happened in their past begins to change. He’s finally ready to forgive him and take a second chance on the one guy who stirs him like no other. But Nick’s demons are complicated, heart-wrenching…demanding. So devastating, he might never allow himself true happiness—even with the one man who’s always owned his heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Author: </b>JL Berg</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those were the words I lived by growing up, the words that protected me in an </span><span style="font-size: large;">unsafe home. But words are only letters and eventually even they couldn’t keep his </span><span style="font-size: large;">hands off me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hoping to leave behind the shattered life of my past, I find myself in a boring, small </span><span style="font-size: large;">town, with an aunt I’ve never met and at a school I loathe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But soon I learn, not everything in this world is as black and white as I’ve </span><span style="font-size: large;">determined. Sometimes those we are so quick to judge often need a second, third or </span><span style="font-size: large;">even fourth time to make a first impression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And often, there are friendships and even love waiting just around the corner, if we </span><span style="font-size: large;">are brave enough to take the first step.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">January 9, 2017</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Summary:</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“My guardian angel is a drunk.”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Evelyn Casey's life is at a standstill. She's in her mid-twenties, struggling with the dating scene in San Francisco. Nothing seems to be working out, and she’s starting to think that she’ll live out her days in her crummy apartment with her overbearing roommate, Brooklyn. It's absurd, but sometimes Evey longs for a guardian angel to show up and save the day.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And then he does. Seriously. His name is Lucian and he's a guardian angel, been on the job for two thousand years. His sudden presence in her life is both good—he's brilliant, witty, and warm—and bad—he's brilliant, witty, warm, and hot as -- --. But as perfect as Lucian seems, he’s got problems of his own. He’s taken up drinking and he’s brazenly inserted himself into Evey’s life, going against the greatest cosmic law ever created.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: center;">Author: </b><span style="text-align: center;">Wendy Higgins</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Series: </b>Eurona Duology</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>YA, Fantasy, Romance</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>March 7, 2017</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lochlanach has traded the great beast for something far more terrible, a Lashed enemy veiled in beauty, deception, and a vengeance passed down through generations: Rozaria Rocato. And she’s offering the hunter Paxton Seabolt power and acceptance he could never receive in his homeland. Pax must decide how far he’s willing to go under her tutelage, knowing she is the opponent of Princess Aerity Lochson.<br>In a land where traditionalists dread change, the Lochlan throne must contend with mysterious foes and traitors, while attempting to keep revolt at bay. As dire circumstances strike the royal family, matters of the castle are left in Aerity’s hands. It's time to put aside her fears and grasp the reign, taking actions that have the potential to save or destroy her people.<br>One hunt has ended, but the pursuit for love and justice continue. In this sequel to The Great Hunt from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins, political intrigue and romance intensify in another thrilling fantasy. Princess Aerity embraces a quest for identity and passion before making the ultimate sacrifice for her kingdom. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Author: </b>Annette Marie</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Series: </b>Red Winter Trilogy #1</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>YA, Fantasy/Mythology, Romance</span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>October 21, 2016</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Rating: </b>4 stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Emi is the <i>kamigakari</i>. In a few short months, her life as a mortal will end and her new existence as the human host of a goddess will begin. Carefully hidden from those who would destroy her, she has prepared her mind, body, and soul to unite with the goddess—and not once has she doubted her chosen fate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On the day they meet, everything Emi believes comes undone, swept away like snow upon the winter wind. For the first time, she wants to change her fate—but how can she erase a destiny already wrought in stone? Against the power of the gods, Shiro is her only hope … and hope is all she has left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm excited to reveal the beautiful cover for the upcoming novel by Renee Carlino, LUCIAN DIVINE releasing on JANUARY 9, 2017. Get ready for this story!</span></span></h2>
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Evelyn Casey's life is at a standstill. She's in her mid-twenties, struggling with the dating scene in San Francisco. Nothing seems to be working out, and she’s starting to think that she’ll live out her days in her crummy apartment with her overbearing roommate, Brooklyn. It's absurd, but sometimes Evey longs for a guardian angel to show up and save the day.</div>
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And then he does. Seriously. His name is Lucian and he's a guardian angel, been on the job for two thousand years. His sudden presence in her life is both good—he's brilliant, witty, and warm—and bad—he's brilliant, witty, warm, and hot as -- -- . But as perfect as Lucian seems, he’s got problems of his own. He’s taken up drinking and he’s brazenly inserted himself into Evey’s life, going against the greatest cosmic law ever created.</div>
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For Evey, the rules are simple: You are not allowed to hook up with your guardian angel. But sometimes fulfilling your destiny requires a leap of faith, a confrontation with God.</div>
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Yes, God as in God.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hi, guys! Today I get to share with you the cover of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Unrest </i>by Wendy Higgins</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">! This is the second book of the <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28821675-unknown">Unknown</a> </i>series, and it will be out February 16, 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Being on the run in the desert means food and sanctuary are hard to come by, but Amber Tate and her crew are not about to give up. Not after having so many of the things they love brutally ripped from them by an unknown enemy who sent their world into the apocalypse.<br>Survival takes precedence, but once safe shelter is found, their guards fall and the emotions they’ve been holding in are finally released. Anger, insecurities...lust. In their tight quarters, Amber, Rylen, Tater, and Remy can't escape it. The past must be faced, and passions run even stronger in the darkest of times.<br>In the midst of unrest, their worlds are rocked again when they discover the truth about the war that’s ruined their lives. They thought finding out the enemy's identity would give them the edge; instead it’s revealed terrifying dangers they never thought possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess I should
finally pop back in and say that I’m still alive… I’m so sorry for the super
long hiatus @.@ I honestly wasn’t planning to go on hiatus, but senior year
pretty much killed me so I barely had any time to read and blog. But honestly,
the more time I spent away from the blog, the less I wanted to post. It became
one less thing to worry about. Don’t get me wrong, I love reading and talking
about all things book related, but I admit that blogging is more of a hobby to do in my free time<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">. I
admire and praise all the book bloggers who post daily and consistently, but I
know I’ll never be one of them. I don’t
have a permanently set schedule but rather post freely when I feel like it.
That’s probably why my blog is such a mess but when I try to cram too much
blogging into a certain timeframe it starts to feel like a chore rather than
something fun.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Honestly, I was a
terrible blogger to begin with. Book blogs were a completely foreign concept to
me at first. I didn’t even know an entire community of book bloggers existed
until I received a comment on my Goodreads status from a blogger informing me
of a giveaway happening on her blog for that particular book. My curiosity led
me to click on it and from there I fell head first into the world of blogs. I
found so many different book blogs that summer and ultimately became
fascinated. I always loved books, so I found myself thinking “I could totally
create my own blog and review books too!”. I had no clue about anything remotely blogging related (much less even writing reviews, scheduling posts, blog designs, etc). After naively flailing about for some
time, I slowly got the gist of it but blogging never became a serious part of
my life. Yes, I love talking about books, but I found myself shying away from
other (bigger) bloggers, mostly because I’m a socially awkward potato. LOL. I
guess because I never built any strong connections between other bloggers and
readers, I didn’t feel as obligated to post regularly. Once school began,
everything went downhill from there because by the time I finished my
assignments and studying, I felt too tired to even blog. And then during summer I fell into the hole of K-drama but that's a whole other story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I suppose the point of
this entire long ramble is that reading is my passion, but not blogging. I'm not trying to make up excuses for my inconsistency (because I know I'm a mess), but I felt that I should at least let everyone know that I'm still alive. I
can’t promise to post regularly (especially with college starting), but I don’t think I’ll permanently close my
blog anytime soon either because I still love the book community. Of course I’ll continue to support authors but
blogging just falls lower on my list of priorities. Again, I apologize for my
extremely long (and unmentioned) absence. I hope this letter clears up things a
bit. Thank you for hearing me out<3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ariel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS- I have a post going up tomorrow, and I'm currently working on some long
overdue reviews at the moment so hopefully those will be up soon! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, I’m thinking about changing my review
format which might help me post faster :)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: center;">Author: </b><span style="text-align: center;">Rick Riordan</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Title: </b>The Sword of Magnus</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Series: </b>Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>YA/MG, Adventure, Fantasy, Mythology</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>October 6, 2015</span><br>
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Summary From Goodreads: </span></b><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.<br>One day, he’s tracked down by a man he’s never met—a man his mother claimed was dangerous. The man tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god.<br>The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years.<br>When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision.<br>Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die...</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: center;">Author: </b><span style="text-align: center;">Mindy McGinnis</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Title: </b>A Madness So Discreet</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Release Date: </b>October 6, 2015</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Mindy McGinnis, the acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, combines murder, madness, and mystery in a beautifully twisted gothic historical thriller perfect for fans of novels such as Asylumand The Diviners as well as television's True Detective and American Horror Story.<br>When Grace Mae is sent to the insane asylum because of the bulge in her belly, she already knows about madness and family secrets. It is in the darkness that she may find a new lease on life when a visiting doctor interested in criminal psychology recognizes Grace's brilliant mind hiding beneath the fear and anger. Although the doctor insists that for Grace's safety she must continue to play insane while assisting him at crime scenes, she finds hope in a different, ethical asylum. But the gruesome nights when Grace and the doctor investigate a killer targeting young women bring Grace's shaky sanity, and the demons of her own past, dangerously close to the surface.</span><br>
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