tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42085263728961100452024-02-19T08:29:22.109+00:00LiberamansAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00428758247988281837noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-21115077933388341402015-10-04T23:39:00.001+01:002015-10-04T23:39:19.456+01:00Review: The Dream Walker<div style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
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<b>Date of Publication: </b> August 16th 2014</div>
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<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy, Young Adult, Contemporary<br /><b>Page Count:</b> 120</div>
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<em>Miranda is having vivid dreams of a world she's never been to. A world full of castles, Forests, Ice Caves, and Dragons. She goes to a bookstore to see about these dreams, and discovers she is a Dream Walker. She has been called to save this mystical, magical world. </em></div>
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<em>On Mystica, the evil wizard Midnight has been released. Midnight is gathering an army, and preparing for war. Miranda needs to find and release the white wizard Lightning from his stone prison to save Mystica. Can she achieve this?</em></div>
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<em>The Dream Walker</em> made me check its goodreads page twice in the time it takes me to read 118 pages. <em>Twice.</em> I had to make sure this is definitely considered a young adult book before writing this review because it surely didn't feel like a young adult read to me...</div>
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Michelle Murray's writing style stroke me as oversimplistic and somewhat childish. There was a consistent storyline with beginning, middle and end, true! But I cannot say I got to know the characters and the world at all. After finishing <em>The Dream Walker</em> I feel like someone just showed me a map of the world and a diagram with the characters' names and relationships. Everything was described too quickly or not at all. The story was so fast-paced it seems like it didn't really happen.</div>
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Besides this I also found the characters to be a bit incoeherent and their behaviour unrealistic on some occasions. Just to give you an idea: if the situations I'm referring to and that are described in the book as non-fantasy situtations, happened in real life and I witnessed them I would be screaming "What the hell are you doing lady/sir???" at the top of my lungs.</div>
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If this was a Middle Grade book my review probably would have been very different in some aspects, but since it's not: here's my opinion of it as a Young Adult.</div>
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I'm sorry to admit I do not recommend <em>The Dream Walker.</em></div>
Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-38602728312483720912015-10-01T23:39:00.003+01:002015-10-01T23:39:42.280+01:00Review: Black Ice<div style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
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<b>Date of Publication: </b> October 27th 2014</div>
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<b>Genre:</b> Young Adult, Contemporary, Drama<br /><b>Page Count:</b> 328</div>
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<em>David Fischer is slipping and h</em><em>e's hoping to meet the perfect girl in order to fix that. Meanwhile David finds his escape in alcohol and drugs.</em></div>
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<em>Then David meets Kris, a mysterious, sexy older woman, and his world is changed. </em><em>But David discovers that the mysteries of Kris' life may be darker than he's ready for. </em></div>
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I think this is officially the book rating I felt more conflicted about so far in my reading life.</div>
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On one hand I felt like some parts of the plot were a bit exaggerated and that there were fascinating characters and intereting situations that could've been explored further and weren't. A quick example: David falls for a mysterious girl, Kris, by the end of the book we discover why Kris is so mysterious but throughout the story the reader doesn't get the chance to feel as wrapped up in her "mysterish" aura as could be.</div>
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On the other hand: Oh My Feels! <em>Black Ice</em> has one of the most perfect endings I've ever read! I won't give you a big and enthusiastic speech about it (even though I would love to) since this is a non-spoiler review but I'll tell you the following: at the start of this book I was stuck with the idea that this story was a good representation of how hard it can be to move on from you first love. I finished it realising not only that but also how important it is that <em>you</em> free yourself. If a person is keeps telling you how he/she wants you but also that they can't be with you right then, if you're stuck in a vicious cycle because you really like them and feel unable to move on, you have to realize that they will never let you go. They like having you there fully commited even thought they're not. <em>You</em> have to let go, <em>you</em> have to free yourself. And <em>Black Ice</em> presents the reader with an amazing prespective on this topic.</div>
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I loved it I loved it I loved it. The only reason I won't give the fifth star really only has to do with a bit of character/situation exploration that lacked in my opinion and could've made this book a perfect read.</div>
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Nevertheless it is still an amazing read and I strongly recommend it!</div>
Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-33842826423625891442015-09-28T09:36:00.000+01:002015-09-28T09:37:06.818+01:00Review: The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen<div style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">
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<b>Date of Publication: </b> May 20th 2015</div>
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<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy, Young Adult, Adventure<br /><b>Page Count:</b> 494</div>
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<i>Reeling from a terrible accident that claimed the lives of his parents, Felix arrives at Portland College.</i><br />
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<i>Here his reality star roommate shows him there is more to higher education than just classes, shared bathrooms and bad dorm food, and Felix gradually dares to believe he can put his past behind him.</i><br />
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<i>But a fateful storm looms on the horizon: In the nearby woods, two hikers become the latest victims in a series of gruesome murders; a disfigured giant embarks on a vicious cross-country rampage, killing teenagers who fail his 'test'; and an ancient society of assassins tasked with eradicating the wielders of a mysterious source of power awakens after a long silence.</i><br />
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<em>The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen</em> strikes me as a mixture of <em>The </em><em>Harry Potter Saga</em>, a Stephen King's thriller and a college contemporary. You can relate to it an awful lot since there are a lot of "today's" references like Ke$ha, Taylor Swift, the Kardashians and The Hunger Games, so you really feel like the story happens in the world you live in. Which is great if you ask me.</div>
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The characters are great, incredibly realistic and smart and strong. They take precautions before jumping into dangerous situations which a lot of characters in other books don't do and always strikes as unrealistic. Felix, Allison and Lucas (my top favourite, to be honest) are great, though! They could go to my college! (I would be besties with Allison, no doubt!!!).</div>
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The plotline is gripping, a page turner really, and I'm praying there are more books coming because I can't leave this saga just yet. It's not the common storyline we are all so used to, it has it's unexpected twists and turns, which made this read so much greater for me.</div>
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If you're looking for a good long time bookis companion then this is it. The almost 500 pages and smallish letter will keep you submerged in a hot chocolate drinking and frantic reading delicious environment.</div>
A perfect Autumn read in my opinion!</div>
Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-80755454114177594322015-08-17T01:54:00.001+01:002015-08-17T01:56:38.417+01:00Review: Caroline Starts Over<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell; font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Date of Publication: </b> February 12th<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> 2014</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>After eighteen years of feigning contentment in an unfulfilling marriage, forty-eight year old Caroline Matthews is finally liberated when her husband dies suddenly. Caroline is determined to reclaim her life and attempts to turn back the clock to a time when she was carefree. Getting back her life isn’t as easy as Caroline had hoped. She’s two decades older, socially out of practice, and has nineteen-year-old twin daughters who don’t know about her past. Caroline orchestrates a reunion with a former lesbian lover, Rachel, whom she had a devastating break up with before marrying her late husband. Both curious, slightly shop-worn and lonely, the women foolishly rekindle their relationship. Old habits and buried feelings resurface as they attempt to navigate through this misguided romance. </i></span></span><br />
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I have such mixed feelings about this book.... Uuuuuuugh....<br />
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It stared off as funny and light read and it continued that way until BOOM! You read the last 5 pages.<br />
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Everything about <i>Caroline Starts Over</i> is very good: the writting style, the characters, the storyline... I just... Can't formulated a coeherent thought... It's like Veronica Roth's Allegiant all over again!!!<br />
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I don't want to spoil you guys so I'll be very vague and mysterious: read this book if you want to be surprised by an incredibly unexpected plot twist. But don't read this book if you're looking for characters to adore after you finish it. <i>Caroline Starts Over</i> will make you trust her and then shatter your trust all over the floor and swipe it under the rugh so you only notice in last second.</div>
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Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-18366211685977190382015-08-17T01:44:00.001+01:002015-08-17T01:45:09.977+01:00Review: Fresh Meat<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell; font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">It’s July 4, 2000, in Comer, Alabama. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Three individuals with ties to torture, murder, and slavery are about to come together in an unexpected way. Old Soj is an African-American woman with family roots to slavery. Supernatural powers emerge for the umpteenth time in her life, and most interestingly, she has a recurring vision of a white thirteen-year-old boy whom she’s never met, telling her to “save the boy.” Warden E.J. Jones is a sadistic, psychopathic man who cruelly reigns over Arm Liom Prison. He and every inmate become mesmerized by a new young arrival known as Punk. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">On July 4, 2000, a powerful evil is awakening that cannot be stopped except by one force. Darkness and light are about to come face-to-face. </span></i></span></div>
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Staring off by addressing what I considered to be the positive aspects of <i>Fresh Meat, </i>the wirting style is good good, very gripping, and the subject dealt with in the book was a great choice and I have to admit: it opened my eyes to some realities I wasn't aware of.</div>
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But then what were initially little problems became big ones during my reading experience with <i>Fresh Meat.</i></div>
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It started as soon as the characters began being introduced: why the anagrams? I found them unnecessary and annoying since they made the names of most characters sound unrealistic.</div>
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Then a lot of scenes were repeated very often. I know they were repeated dreams or someone having the dream and thinking about the dream or the same scene viewed by different characters, <i>but they were always told the same way.</i> This made me want to skip a few pages many times and I would highly suggest shifting or mixing up things every time you repeat something because otherwise the reader will just find it a bit boring.</div>
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<i>Then</i> there is the main character Soj who is a 100% good woman and therefore 100% unrealistic too. I do believe it would have been so great it Soj could have a bit of bad or evil in herself and the book explored how she dealt with it!</div>
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<i>And then</i> there is E.J.'s redemption. He got to be redempted because he could have been a good man if not for the childhood traumatic experience he went through. But then so could have other inmates! Throughout the book we read everyone's story and all inmates had a traumatic childhood/juvenile experience that caused them to be the evil people they came to be. But if the waren can get redemption I think the other (or some of the other) inmates could have gotten it too, and not just be condemned like they were.</div>
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Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-40433926388509767362015-08-17T01:21:00.000+01:002015-08-17T01:21:28.303+01:00Review: Musical Chairs<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell; font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-align: justify;">
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I tried to keep an open mind when starting this book but I had this feeling I would be bored to the bones with all the politics talk and so on... I was dead wrong.<br />
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<i>Musical Chairs</i> brings us excellent characters, they are incredily realistic, flawed in the right way and with good sense and rational thoughts but they are also giving very moving life stories and, some of them, even inspiring personalities. (I had a few favourite characters but in an effort to not spoil your reading I will keep to myself. If you're interested anyway leave a comment down below and I will discuss it with you!)<br />
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Additionaly the storyline is very consistente and interesting, it's a book that keeps you wanting to reach the final page and unveil all the secrets. <i>Musical Chairs</i> explores politics yes, but not in a boring way, it keeps you interested and also gives you some knowledge on the subject in case, like myself, you didn't have. It also explores the marital life - good and bad sides - and how these relationships can evolve - flourishing or dying.<br />
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<i>Musical Chairs</i> was a very different read but very good nonetheless. Reccomend if you would like to try a different reading subject!</div>
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Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-74966815023041710342015-08-17T00:58:00.001+01:002015-08-17T00:59:50.760+01:00ARC Review: Good Intentions<div style="color: #333333; line-height: 20.2859992980957px; text-align: justify;">
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<b>Series:</b> The Road to Salvation</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Release Date:</b> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">July 28th 2015</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reading a book is an individual experience and therefore two people reading the same book will always have different reading experiences (and the derived feelings and opinions regarding the book). This happened very clearly to me and Isabel while reading <i>Good Itentions.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isabel points out her discomfort with the writting style, as we have referred in <a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.pt/2015/01/arc-review-dealing-with-devils-by_4.html" target="_blank">our review of book two, </a><i><a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.pt/2015/01/arc-review-dealing-with-devils-by_4.html" target="_blank">Dealing With Devils</a>,</i> the main character Katie keeps asking questions to herself in her head in a way we didn't consider very natural...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Secondly Isabel was enjoying this series mainly because the main characters weren't the typical type, the female protagonist wasn't a heroine and the male protagonist was a demon capable of loving and worthy of being trusted. <i>Good Intentions</i> disappointed Isabel because in this book Katie choses "the good side" and the demon betrays her showing therefore that he is a typical demon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I personally only disliked two aspects about this book. Firstly it was slow-paced, there wasn't as much action as I would expect for the conclusion of a triology. Second and lastly, there were a lot of "repetitive thoughts" - as in the characters keeps thinking the same thing and the reader keeps being told that she/he is thinking that - which isn't necessarily bad because it's an excellent way for the reader to accompany the character's development and changes of mind more closely, but I would suggest formulating the thoughts differently so as not to sound so repetitive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To wrap up we will leave the messages each of us took from reading <i>Good Intentions</i> and also what made us warm up to this story. Isabel enjoyed the "Be careful with who you trust" message and I loved the "You always have a choive; no matter how far you've gone, you can always change paths" message.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Congratulations Pembroke Sinclair on writing this triology, thank you for giving us the opportunity to review it and good luck with future projects!</span></div>
Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-28944812566927158992015-07-31T19:00:00.000+01:002015-07-31T19:00:05.141+01:00Rebeca's July Wrap Up<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hahaha jokes on me, I read XXX books this book but only XXX are from my 6-book July TBR list...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From said list I read:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Musical Chairs</i> by Sheila Levin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>City of Heavenly Fire</i> by Cassandra Clare</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Fresh Meat </i>by B. Bentley Summer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Maybe Someday</i> by Colleen Hoover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Caroline Starts Over</i> by Randi M. Sherman</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Shadow Kiss</i> by Richelle Mead</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(if you click the book's title you'll be able to read my review on each of them)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the little pricks that unfairly (to my tbr books) called my attention were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Good Intentions </i>by Pembroke Sinclair</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(same thing if you want to read the review)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway I can't complain, it was a good reading month considering I had all my finals happening all over me.. and well, all the other students too.. but I'm the focus here!!! (jk I'm glad we are all on vacations finally :) )</span>Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-6566467720027269172015-07-15T08:30:00.000+01:002015-07-15T08:30:01.421+01:00One Sentence Wednesdays #4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">One Sentence Wednesdays</span></b> is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.pt/" target="_blank">Rebeca of "Liberamans"</a>. Anyone can join, you just have to do the following:<br />
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<li>Pick up the book you're currently reading (or read last)</li>
<li>Think about what it made you feel so far</li>
<li>Describe it in one sentence</li>
<li>Share your sentence, book title and author with the book community :)</li>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Note:</span> Please refer the host of the meme (this blog/this post) in your own post and leave a comment down below with a link to your 1SW so all the participant can have a look and share their thoughts too :)</div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>My Sentence:</b></span></div>
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"It got my eyes all watery and my mind completely captured."</div>
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<i>- </i>about<i> Frostbite</i> by Richelle Mead</div>
Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-51744392480533070242015-07-13T08:30:00.000+01:002015-07-13T08:30:01.741+01:00Musing Mondays #17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thank you so much Jess!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My Musing:</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My finals are almost almost over and I'm hoping to be back on track here on Liberamans starting this week :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thank you so much Jess!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My Musing:</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm sorry guys but I won't be giving as much time and attention to my posts for the enxt two weeks as I used to. I have so many exams to do for college and I really want to do good so Liberamans will come back in full on the 16th of July. Promise!! :)</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Musical Chairs</i> by Sheila Levin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>City of Heavenly Fire</i> by Cassandra Clare</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Fresh Meat </i>by B. Bentley Summer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Maybe Someday</i> by Colleen Hoover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Caroline Starts Over</i> by Randi M. Sherman</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Shadow Kiss</i> by Richelle Mead</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tell me about your TBR in the comment section below! :)</span>Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-22612981882015679012015-06-30T09:00:00.000+01:002015-07-03T08:44:41.680+01:00Teaser Tuesdays #5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #e06666;">TEASER TUESDAYS</span> is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by <a href="http://adailyrhythm.com/" target="_blank">MizB of A Daily Rhythm.</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>My Teaser </b>(spoiler free)<b>:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Christian was kissing her, and wow, was it a kiss. He wasn't messing around. It was the king of kiss that small childrend shouldn't be allowed to see. Hell, it was the kind of kiss <i>no one</i> should be allowed to see- let alone exprience through a psychic link."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-page 100, "<i>Frostbite</i>" by Richelle Mead</span></div>
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<li style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strike><a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.pt/2015/06/review-ninelands-by-k-e-boyer.html" target="_blank"><i>Ninelands</i> by K. E. Boyer</a></strike></span></li>
<li style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strike><a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.pt/2015/06/review-prince-of-conjurers.html" target="_blank"><i>Prince of Conjurers </i>by Laurie L. Bolanos</a></strike></span></li>
<li style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strike><a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.com/2015/06/review-sacrifist.html" target="_blank"><i>The Sacrifist</i> by T. Mason Gilbert</a></strike></span></li>
<li style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Musical Chairs</i> by Sheila Levin</span></li>
<li style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Fresh Meat</i> by B. Bentley Summer</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.9335994720459px;">Regarding the unplanned books I read, here you have a list:</span></span></div>
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<b>The Sacrifist</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Date of Publication: </b> March 3rd<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> 2015</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre:</b> Fantasy, Paranormal, Adventure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Page Count:</b> 380</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Sir Randolph Barrington hires a mountaineer to look for his son, Rand, who has disappeared, leaving nothing but a lot of blood in the snow on Mt. Kangchenjunga, the third tallest mountain in the world. Was it the fabled yeti? Was is it just and avalanche? Or was it something else? Any witnesses aren't talking. </span></span></i><br />
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</span></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Torleif, who guided the expedition in which Rand disappeared, meets with Dane Nielsen and forwards Sir Randolph's terms. Dane has been hiding out at his ranch in Colorado since his own avalanche accident, but money talks. </span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Dane and Torleif organize an expedition to find Rand's remains. Before Dane leaves, he receives a strange call from a woman warning him not to go. </span></span></i><br />
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</span></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Meanwhile, the High Lama of a monastery near Kangchenjunga sends his emissary, the Sacrifist, to the local guide who is heading up the crew used by Dane. The guide agrees to take the Sacrifist along, disguised as a porter for the expedition, but has no idea what the Sacrifist's intentions are. Is he a monk? He doesn't look like one. </span></span></i><br />
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</span></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Besides these competing factions, Sir Randolph has also hired the TV show host of 'Big Game, Big Times' to look for the animal who attacked his son. </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;">Who will find the beast first? And who will die?</span></span></i></div>
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<i>The Sacrifist</i> was a very pleasant surprise.<br />
The cover isn't the most attractive in my opinion and (because sometimes I judge books by their covers, yes) therefore I started it with low expectations. I don't regret it, actually I think it made me like it better than I would if I went to it with high expectations.<br />
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This is a story about strong characters going through life experiences that you have to be strong if you want to survive. It's a tale about survivers and the losses they've had to endure. It has it's funny moment but also terrifying ones. It's a roller coaster of experiences really...<br />
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<i>The Sacrifist</i> alse brought something new to my readings: the environment, this was the first book I read that takes place in one of the eight-thousanders. I learned new terms and gained new knowledges I probably wouldn't have otherwise.<br />
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If you want to know one bit of information I found interesting and that was new to a few of you guys too: <a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.pt/2015/06/teaser-tuesdays-4.html" target="_blank">check out my Teaser Tuesdays post of this week here!</a><br />
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The characters are very unique and you will grow found of them! And once you finish you will want to know what happened to them next, not that there's a big plot twist or anything, you just really care about these characters and are invested in them. Fortunately this is book one in a triology called <i>The 216 Triology</i>! ;)<br />
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To wrap this review up, I do recommend this book if your in the mood for something very new and different!</div>
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Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-75559478999826662252015-06-24T08:00:00.000+01:002015-06-24T08:00:05.721+01:00One Sentence Wednesdays #3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"A good surprise :)"</div>
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<i>- </i>about<i> The Sacrifist</i> by T. Mason Gilbert</div>
Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-8846375215246735722015-06-23T08:00:00.000+01:002015-06-23T08:00:03.915+01:00Teaser Tuesdays #4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The eight-thousanders were the fourteen independent peaks in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges with heights exceeding 8,000 metres. That's around 26,000 feet if you're from the USA, Myanmar or Liberia, the only three countries in the world still refusing to convert to the metric system."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This Monday I'll be musing about...</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />*drums*</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />Covers of future publications I'm really anticipating!<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Starting with <i>Passenger</i> by Alexandra Bracken, author of on of my favourite triologies, <i>The Darkest Minds</i>.<br /><br />Doesn't it look gorgeous?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Release date:</span> 5th of January of 2016<br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20983362-passenger" target="_blank">Here's the link to the goodread's synopsys in case you want to check it out :)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next up we have <i>Carry On</i> by Rainbow Rowell. To those of you who have read Rainbow's <i>Fangirl</i>, this is the story of Simon Snow the story Cath fangirled so much ;)<br /><br /><span style="color: #ea9999;">Release date:</span> 6th of October of 2015</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23734628-carry-on" target="_blank">Here's the link to the goodread's sysnopsys of <i>Carry On</i> in case you want to read it :)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16068905-fangirl" target="_blank">And here's the link to the goodread's sysnopsys of <i>Fangirl</i> for those of you that haven't read and are interested :)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />And that's all for this Monday folks!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Feel free to share your opinions on this covers or other books your anticipating in th comments' section below!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Night Film</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by Marisha Pessl</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Everybody has a Cordova story. Cult horror director Stanislas Cordova hasn't been seen in public since 1977. To his fans he is an engima. To journalist Scott McGrath he is the enemy. To Ashley he was a father.</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="color: #181818;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This story starts with the loss of Ashley's life and might end with McGrath's loss of grip on reality.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If asked to review this book in one sentence I would say "Reminded me what a true 5-star book really is".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Night Film</i> remind me of <i>We Were Liars</i> in the way that you have to go to it without knowing much about the book. The difference between them is just the following: <i>Night Film</i> did <i>not</i> disappoint me, it blew me away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Talk about gripping, talk about scary, talk about page-turner and though-consumer. This book is all of the above. You'll love and hate with the characters in such an intense way, <i>Night Film</i> will forever have a little spot in your mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't want to tell more in order to not ruin your experience in case you want to read it. If you do please let me know ;)</span>Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-55421912015848205562015-06-17T08:10:00.000+01:002015-06-17T08:10:01.066+01:00One Sentence Wednesdays #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"It's finals period in college and I read this in a day, that's how this book is."</div>
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<i>- </i>about<i> Vampire Academy</i> by Richelle Mead</div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">""That is my dress," I admitted. I kept satring at it, wanting it so badly that it ached in my chest. This was the kind of dress that changed the world. The kind of dress that started religions."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-page 243, "Vampire Academy" by Richelle Meads</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thank you so much Jess!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As <a href="http://liber-amans.blogspot.pt/2015/06/review-prince-of-conjurers.html" target="_blank">my last review</a> was about <i>Prince of Conjurers</i> by Laurie L. Bolanos and this was a book that surprised me in a very positive way, I decided to share with you guys a little something. So, as you know, I received a copy of <i>Prince of Conjurers</i> in exchange for an honest review, but this wasn't just a regular copy! This was (and still is, as it's sitting in my shelf and looking very good) an autographed copy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But let's take a good look at it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a mysterious looking cover...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And oh look!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's something on the right downer corner...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Zooms in*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a sticker!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And a beautiful one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Curious to see the inside?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know I would be...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Opens book*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aaaaah, so pretty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it has my name!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And better yet...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's written correctly!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(Everyone writes my name with double c, EVERYONE)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love this so much *sighs*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, if you liked this musing or have one of your one to share, please leave it on the comments' section below! And happy Monday! ;)</span></div>
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<b>Prince of Conjurers</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By Laurie L. Bolanos</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit;">book rate:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">★</span><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 21px;">★</span><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 21px;">★</span><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 21px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 16.25px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 21px;">★ </span>(5/5) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher:</b> Nicobar Press</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Date of Publication: </b>April 2nd<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> 2015</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Genre:</b> Romance, Fantasy, Historical Fiction</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Page Count:</b> 434</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Source:</b> I<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>What if he staged his own death?</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>What if he intended to claim Christine as his own?</i></span></span></div>
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What a great great read!<br /><br /><i>Prince of Conjurers</i> is a sequel to <i>The Phantom of the Opera </i>imagined and written by Laurie L. Bolanos. I've always loved <i>The Phantom</i> very very much, it's one of those classics you keep close to your heart and therefore I went to <i>The Prince of Connjurers</i> with a few reservations... Which was completely unnecessary, as I concluded!</div>
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Laurie creates all sorts of different environments and intrigues that will keep you awake at night thinking about how this story will end. You go through so many worlds and prespectives in <i>Prince of Conjurers</i> that it can literally be said "This book is a journey"! A journey through the things you thought you bellieved and the things you thought you didn't. A journey of reflection but also a journey that will keep you on the edge until you reach the last page.</div>
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If you've been reading my reviews you know that a few things I really appreciate in a book (and need to be able to say "this was a good book") are:</div>
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<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell;"><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">Realistic characters, characters you can connect with and that have a rational way of viewing the events they participate in</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell;"><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">A plot that makes sense, no loose strings and details that just don't connect with the story itself</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell;"><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">An unpredictable storyline, if I'm able to guess the whole story while I'm reading the first 3 chapters then I can already said it'll be a 3-star book at the best</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell;"><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;"><i>Prince of Conjurers</i> did amazingly in all my "requirements" mentioned above. This was the type of book that kept me thinking "This will happen", "Ok, maybe not... Then <i>this </i>will happen", "Ok it didn't either...", "WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?". All in all, it was amazing and gripping and Laurie just became an auto-buy author for me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell;"><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">And as if the all the above wasn't enought, I also got to see Erik (the phantom in <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>, for those who don't know or don't remember) in a different light and to be able to imagine him as more than just the phantom, which was amazing for me!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cantarell;"><span style="font-size: 13.5240001678467px; line-height: 20.2859992980957px;">To sum it all up: 100% recommend. But do read it with an open mind as you'll be signing up for much more than just <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>, you'll be signing up for a full tour to what you are imagining and what I bet you weren't.</span></span></div>
Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208526372896110045.post-1984444448974996192015-06-12T18:34:00.000+01:002015-06-12T18:36:29.765+01:00Review: The Here and Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The Here and Now</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">by Ann Bashares</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>Book Rate: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; line-height: 16.1000003814697px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; line-height: 16.1000003814697px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; line-height: 16.1000003814697px;">★</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16.1000003814697px;">★</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16.1000003814697px;">☆</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brief Introduction (shortened from goodreads):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This is the story of seventeen-year-old Prenna James, who immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except Prenna didn’t come from a different country. She came from a different time—a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins. </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;">Prenna and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set of rules: never reveal where they’re from, never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the plague that will one day ravage the earth. </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;">But everything changes when Prenna falls for Ethan Jarves. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you've just read the synopsis: I know it sounds amazing, and if you haven't: it sounds amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But it isn't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">THE PLOT isn't. Please notice I didn't say it's bad, it is not bad, it's just not mind-blowinging fantastic. It's pretty simple and still very very gripping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The Here and Now" is a page-turner because of its characters and a reading-experience-changer because of its ending. Prenna is this smart teenage girl that lives in oppression but she's also a fighter. Any reader will be able to see her strenght and loyalty to her sense of justice become increasingly evident throughout the book. All the other character are insteresting in their own way but in my opinion Prenna is the most intriguing, and to be honest I think this only hit me when I finished the book because...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Because she considered it was more important to her to lead her community than to be with the boy she had a crush on. And we never see this in most books, we never see the female protagonist walking away from a realtionship because the path they want to pursue is not compatible with having a romantic relationship. Either they always sacrifice their deepest wishes for being with their other half, or they simply don't have a biggest dream than falling in love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And this is why I found Prenna so inspiring and refreshing, because she walked away when she thought she should.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So all in all, 100% recommend, just don't go into it for the storyline.</span>Rebeca Lealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07639906631776611221noreply@blogger.com1