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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Title:</b> The Mosaic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Author:</b> Nina Berkhout</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher:</b> Groundwood Books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Release date:</b> September 1st 2017</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a name='more'></a>I received this books from some very lovely people over at Groundwood Books, in exchange for an honest review.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Truth be told, I was very indecisive about <i>The Mosaic </i>throughout the entire book. Let's start with what made me go "YES! This is ME!" shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you have favorite tropes when it comes to YA? Because I do and one of them is when the small town MC dreams of packing a bag and leaving their home for a while, sometimes forever, to see the world and everything it has to offer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I grew up on the countryside, I come from a small town and just like Twyla, the character at the center of this book, I too wanted to leave town at the end of high school. And I did. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a reader, being able to relate to this longing Twyla had for the </span>unknown<span style="font-family: inherit;"> made me feel that much closer to her.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But to be frank, it's the only one of her characteristics I found to be enjoyable and believable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Twyla is an </span>idealist<span style="font-family: inherit;"> at heart. At times in the book it doesn't exactly seem that way, but she hopes and believes she'll have a beautiful future with her boyfriend, taking </span>photographs<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of his cooking and making a life for themselves in a new city. Later on, she envisioned another life completely, never thinking that the people involved in that plan might not so simply go along with it because it is, in the end, only a fantasy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While I can appreciate dreaming big, and getting lost in daydreams, <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">I found Twyla to be a bit too innocent.</span></b> Having been in her </span>position<span style="font-family: inherit;"> as a senior not so long ago, I wanted to gently take her hand, look her in the eyes and tell her "sweetie, it's not gonna happen like that". </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;">The story in itself was a beautiful one.</span></b> One filled with emotions, filled with character growth, and over all well crafted. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Unfortunately, it wasn't quite my cup of tea</span></b> and I found myself bored at times. Nothing to do with the writing, just a matter of personal taste.</div>
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Although this book was a bit of a challenge to finish for me, <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>I tilt my hat to the author for a beautiful ending; one that wasn't perfect for the characters, but was perfect for the story.</b></span> If a book, after I turn its last page, can leave me with a little smile on my lips and some rays of sunshine in my heart, I say job well done.</div>
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<i>The Mosaic</i> is a nice contemporary read, but one that sadly missed its mark with me. Despite my reading experience, I would still recommend it because while it wasn't for me, I can recognize a great book when I read one.</div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-54536462294120998292017-06-02T11:33:00.000-07:002017-06-02T11:35:02.024-07:00Minimalism as a booklover<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Here's some news: I've been really into minimalism lately. Although I'm far from being an expert, I've found that getting rid of old clothes and trying to keep only the essentials in every aspect of my life makes me feel at peace, calm, and simply happy. </div>
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A big step I wasn't ready to take yet was tackling my bookshelves. </div>
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To give you an idea, until a week ago, I owned over 500 books, which amounts to a wall of books or, to put it simply, a hell of a lot of books! I absolutely loved going back to my room and seeing all of them lined up on shelves. The time I felt the most at home was when I was with my books. </div>
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<i>There once was a little who loved words. She liked reading them, she liked writing them, and she wanted them all around her. He dream house had a room dedicated to words, a personal library that would contain all the books in the world. She swore to herself that one day that dream would come true. The end.</i></div>
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I'm that little girl. You're that little girl. Most of us book lovers are that little girl! </div>
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<b>Until suddenly, I wasn't that little girl anymore. </b></div>
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Which is when I came to the conclusion that some of my precious books had to go. I decided that I would, to the best of my abilities, be a minimalist book lover.</div>
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How do I plan on doing that? Good question,<b> here is my answer!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">1 Clean your bookshelves</span></b></div>
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Put the duster down, I'm not talking about that kind of cleaning. I'm talking about putting books in boxes and donating them to your local library, used bookstore, or selling them. </div>
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Getting rid of books, the horror! I used to be terrified of taking books off my shelves, until I started asking a small, but very important question: does this book have value to me?</div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">1.1 Deciding if a book as value to you</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Is it one of your all time favorite stories?</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">If it hasn't been read, do you plan on reading it soon?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Did the book have an impact on your life?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Does the book have a special meaning to you?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Do you plan on re-reading it?</li>
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Those are the questions I asked myself while cleaning my shelves, and they were a huge wake up call. Half of my books didn't fulfill any of the conditions, so half of my books I gave away.</div>
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Truth is, I rarely come out of a bookstore with a single book. </div>
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Truth is, by the time I get to my new books, I'm not always interested in reading them anymore.</div>
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Truth is, I make impulsive purchase that end up sitting on my shelves for ages.</div>
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Truth is, that has to change.<br />
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To stop wasting money on books you won't even read, I recommend having no more than five books in your TBR at a time.<br />
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For now, I'm focusing on reading the books on my to-be-read list before buying any new one. And thanks to step one, that list is way smaller than it was before.</div>
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Libraries are a great way to read as many books as you want without being stuck with them at the end. The sad reality is that not every book you read will be a personal favorite, and having books you didn't even enjoy on your shelves is unnecessary to me.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">4 Think before buying book merch</span></b></div>
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Maybe book merch is the best thing in the world to you, and that's fine! But make sure that what you buy is useful.</div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;">4.1 How to know if the book merch I want to buy is useful?</span></div>
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Will it serve a purpose? </div>
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Candles are a source of light, soap a way to clean yourself, bookmarks a way to save your page... you get it!</div>
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Will it make me happy in the long run?</div>
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Because yes, happiness is a good reason for buying merch. Simply, make sure it isn't an impulsive purchase that, while it might make you happy now, will be forgotten in a closet or a drawer in a month or two. </div>
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I won't lie to you, book merch is beautiful. It's cool. It can be useful. But if you aren't a merch person, and by that I mean if you're not the type to wear a book related t-shirt, to light scented candles, to decorate your home with funko pop, then the merch you buy won't be useful to you.</div>
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Having book merch is perfectly fine, I personally have an Alice in Wonderland tapestry on my wall! But when I realized that I liked minimalism, I realized that I didn't need all those fancy bookmarks, or that Harry Potter wand I made, or that camp half-blood bracelet I never wear.<br />
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Minimalism is a way to live that I recently realized I enjoy quite a lot. Minimalism is also a process. For me, part of that process is doing my best to be a minimalist book lover. </div>
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My method isn't the only one. My method isn't the perfect one. But if ever you decide to give minimalism a chance, I hope this unofficial guide will be of some help to you.</div>
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Take care lovelies!</div>
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Hello there!<br />
Why yes, another months has past and I'm back yet again with another WIFSY post. But be excited cupcakes! I'm slowly getting out of my blogging slump and I have some new posts coming your way!<br />
For now, let's dive right into this month's WIFSY, shall we?<br />
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<b>Title: </b>All the ways the world can end<br />
<b>Author: </b>Abby Sher<br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Farrar, Straus and Giroux<br />
<b>Release date: </b>July 11th 2017<br />
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For the past year, Candace has had these hellish nightmares about the countless ways the world could end. Nuclear war, famine, natural disasters, aliens... Name it, she's dreamt it.<br />
Every night is a different scenario, but the beginning is always the same: her waking up to a bright, bubblegum pink sky.<br />
One day, Candace is living the beginning of her nightmare as usual. Except this time it's not a dream, it's reality.<br />
Candace knows how everything starts and everything ends, but what if she could change the ending? After all, she's seen hundreds of different ways everything could go wrong, maybe she can prevent it. Now, if only she knew which of the many endings she'd seen was happening ...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lenny (short for Eleanor) feels like the world is about to end. Her best friend is moving to New York City to attend Julliard and her dad has terminal cancer. To cope with her stress Lenny is making a list of all the ways the world can end—designer pathogens, blood moon prophecies, alien invasion—and stockpiling supplies in a bunker in the backyard. Then she starts to develop feelings for her dad's very nice young doctor—and she thinks he may have feelings for her too. Spoiler alert: he doesn't. But a more age-appropriate love interest might. In a time of complete uncertainty, one thing's for sure: Lenny's about to see how everything is ending and beginning. All at the same time.</span></span><br />
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Well, I got the possible alien invasion part right!<br />
Ok, more seriously, while the book is about a very real, very touching subject, I went in a complete different direction. I did have a load of fun coming up with a synopsis this month because the covers were all very enticing, especially this one, with an even more intriguing title, but I must tip my hat to the real synopsis that grabbed my attention the same way the cover and title did!<br />
I must say, teenagers falling for older people, let it be teachers or in this case, doctors, always made me cringe. Surprisingly though, this book makes it work for me.<br />
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How are you this fine evening? Or is it morning where you are? Regardless, I hope everything is going well! This month's covers were all pretty good looking, but I managed to pick only one. Here they are!</div>
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Shirley was a bad ass. With her motorcycle, her black hair, her leather jacket, it was unquestionable. People at school knew it, people in the neighborhood knew it, and she knew it too. Didn't mean she liked it though. </div>
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People were afraid of her. They thought she was part of Girls Rule, the biker gang widely known across the country, but that was completely ridiculous! After all, she was only seventeen. </div>
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But when Shirley's boyfriend Steve went missing, when rumors of male prostitution started going around and people started pointing fingers in her directions, Shirley decided she should become who everybody thought she already was. If she wanted a chance to get Steve back, it was the only way.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Virginia Campbell’s life hit fast-forward at fifteen, when her mom “sold” her into the services of a local lawyer: a man for whom the law is merely a suggestion. When Hazard sets his sights on dismantling the Wardens, he sends in Virginia, who has every intention of selling out the club—and Tourmaline. </span></div>
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It was pretty easy to figure out the motorcycle part. But the rest? I was WAY off! I had this idea of male prostitution (instead of female prostitution for a change!) with a biker gang made entirely of girls. I thought I was getting somewhere. But Sarah Nicole Lemon is so ahead of the game here because her story sounds BAD ASS! Talk about some girl power! I already know the friendship between Tourmaline an Virginia is going to be lovely, and from the reviews I've read, there are some pretty interesting male characters! (no, I'm not giggling, you are!)</div>
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How are you doing on this fine Saturday? I know, I know, once again I'm late for WIFSY and I have no valid excuse beside the fact that I waited to the last minute to write this post. Hopefully, you'll find in your heart to forgive me and we can move on to the post. Yeah? Alright!<br />
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<b>Title</b>: The inexplicable logic of my life<br />
<b>Author</b>: Benjamin Alire Saenz<br />
<b>Publisher</b>: Clarion Books<br />
<b>Release date</b>: March 7th 2017<br />
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When I was younger, my parents really wanted me to go to this elite school for gifted youngsters. Kind of like the X-Men yes, but without the powers and way less cool. So, as any ambitious parents would do, they made me take the entry test. I, as any kid who didn't want any special treatment, decided to fake my results. Problem is, faking my score didn't make me appear a little slow, it made me look like a total genius.</div>
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Ever since that day, every time I tried to sabotage something for myself, I got the complete opposite.</div>
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Todd, the guy who I tried to avoid freshman year? He fell in love with me.</div>
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That job at the local summer camp I never applied for? They hired me anyway.</div>
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That time I stepped over the ledge of the bridge, looking down at the water, ready to jump? I ended up saving someone else's life instead.</div>
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I can't seem to do anything wrong and right now, I could use something bad. The logic behind swimming seems to have escaped my mind because right now, it feels like I'm drowning.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican-American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it’s senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal’s not who he thought he was, who is he?</span></div>
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Hum... We don't have much to work with here. From what I gather, my synopsis is nothing like the real one, but what's new, am I right?</div>
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The original one, although short, is real interesting! For my part, I've never read or heard of a book with gay parents, which I find refreshing! Brownie points for diversity mister Saenz! Also, while we don't have much information about the story, I'm always a sucker for story where the main character is in his or her last year of high school and they realize "who have I been these past few years? That's not me!", which seems to be the case here.</div>
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This book is definitely the kind I would read. And there you go, my to-read list just got longer...!</div>
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Well hello there!<br />
It's been so long since the last time we spoke! I love what you did with your hair! And is that a new shirt? Lovely!<br />
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My apologies for the lateness of this WIFSY post (again), but I'm here now so let's not waste any more time and jump right into it!<br />
The choices this month were all really interesting and I had a hard time picking one, but I finally decided to go with Beautiful Broken Girls.<br />
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<b>Title</b>: Beautiful Broken Girls<br />
<b>Author</b>: Kim Savage<br />
<b>Publishe<span style="font-family: inherit;">r</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">:<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Release date</b>:</span> February 21st 2017<br />
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Ever since her best friend found herself a boyfriend, Laura had felt left out. Until she started seeing Her.<br />
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Spending time with Her and talking to Her was nice, but Laura knew there was something wrong with herself when she realized she was the only one seeing Her.<br />
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It eased her loneliness and it wasn't harming anyone so... Laura decided not to say anything. The problem was, She was becoming more and more persistent, trying to convince Laura that her best friend wasn't good enough for her anymore, that she should get rid of her. Permanently.<br />
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With a heart broken by her best friend and a voice inside her broken mind, it was becoming hard for Laura to keep it all together...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mira and Francesca Cillo—beautiful, overprotected, odd—seemed untouchable. But Ben touched seven parts of Mira: her palm, hair, chest, cheek, lips, throat, and heart. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After the sisters drown themselves in the quarry lake, a post-mortem letter from Mira sends Ben on a quest to find notes in the seven places where they touched. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Note by note, Ben discovers the mystical secret at the heart of Mira and Francesca's world, and that some things are better left untouched.</span></span><br />
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My synopsis kinda sucks. It's not the worst, but I've written better. Plus, I cheated a little because it's inspired by a short story I wrote for school two years ago.<br />
The real one though. I have to take a moment to digest what I just read!<br />
I'm getting some Virgin Suicide vibes, mixed with a little Thirteen Reasons Why and I'm liking it. I'm liking it a lot!<br />
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I'm slacking, I know. And I want to get back to blogging so badly! Problem is, I don't want to share with you guys some quick, shitty post simply for the sake of sharing something. I want to write good reviews, I want to write interesting discussion posts, and right now, I'm having trouble figuring out how to do that amidst everything else.<br />
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But today, although a day late I admit, is the second Thursday of the month, which means it's time for WIFSY!<br />
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Here were the choices this month, and I have to say I had a hard time picking a cover because they all look so interesting!<br />
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Humans like to think they are "oh so important"! That they are the most intelligent people in the universe, that they are the only ones in the universe for that matter. They think they were the first to land on the moon and because they were so caught up in their little accomplishment, they didn't even stop and think for one second that maybe, just maybe they weren't alone.<br />
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It's rather funny actually. Because we were there. My sisters and I. And we saw everything.<br />
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Neil Armstrong? He wasn't the first man to set foot on the moon: there was this classified expedition conducted by Australia a couple of years before that no one ever knew about.<br />
Also, he tripped getting out of the space shuttle.<br />
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Living on the moon has it perks, but it's getting quite lonely. That's why we're planning to come visit Earth. Soon. We just have to make sure we're not followed before we leave.<br />
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We want to make a good first impression, you know?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Everyone in Phoebe Ferris’s life tells a different version of the truth. Her mother, Meg, ex–rock star and professional question evader, shares only the end of the story—the post-fame calm that Phoebe’s always known. Her sister, Luna, indie-rock darling of Brooklyn, preaches a stormy truth of her own making, selectively ignoring the facts she doesn’t like. And her father, Kieran, the cofounder of Meg’s beloved band, hasn’t said anything at all since he stopped calling three years ago.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">But Phoebe, a budding poet in search of an identity to call her own, is tired of half-truths and vague explanations. When she visits Luna in New York, she’s determined to find out how she fits in to this family of storytellers, and to maybe even continue her own tale—the one with the musician boy she’s been secretly writing for months. Told in alternating chapters, Phoebe’s first adventure flows as the story of Meg and Kieran’s romance ebbs, leaving behind only a time-worn, precious pearl of truth about her family’s past—and leaving Phoebe to take a leap into her own unknown future.</span></span><br />
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This part is usually for comparing my made-up synopsis to the real one, but let's get that out of the way quickly: I was way off as usual.<br />
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Now, for the part where I flip out over this wonderful sounding book!<br />
Not sure I understand what it's about exactly, but for some weird reason, I feel connected to the story and I really want to read it. Secrets, romance that sounds cute instead of sickening and cheesy, family, identity... I want to be in this story, I want to get to know the characters... I feel like it has my name written on it that's all.<br />
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<b>Title</b>: The Edge of Everything</div>
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<b>Author</b>: Jeff Giles</div>
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<b>Publisher</b>: Bloomsbury USA</div>
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<b>Release date</b>: January 31st 2017</div>
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Saying that Cade's life was shit would have been an understatement.</div>
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Not that he wanted attention, or even worse pity, from anyone. It was just the truth.</div>
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His long time boyfriend? He had just died in a freak accident caused by a bomb. Because yes, there was a lot of accident like that lately due to the war. </div>
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War that happened to be between humans and NH, AKA "non-humans"</div>
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To make matters worse, Cade had been enrolled against his will for a suicide mission, leading him and his crew to the end of the world. Not metaphorically, literally. As in the ground just stopped, the sky turned to nothing and you were left standing on a ledge you never thought even existed. </div>
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What's the point of it all, really? What's the point when it's one bad news after another, one more death on your conscience, one less thing to help you hold on to your will to live?</div>
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When you find yourself at the edge of everything, you start to think that maybe, taking that one step over wouldn't be so bad after all...<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">It's been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who's still reeling from her father's shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors' mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night in Montana, she and her brother are brutally attacked in a cabin in the woods--only to be rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter they call X.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">X is no ordinary bounty hunter. He is from a hell called the Lowlands, sent to claim the soul of Zoe's evil attacker and others like him. Forbidden to reveal himself to anyone other than his victims, X casts aside the Lowlands' rules for Zoe. As X and Zoe learn more about their different worlds, they begin to question the past, their fate, and their future. But escaping the Lowlands and the ties that bind X might mean the ultimate sacrifice for both of them.</span></span><br />
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I think I was <i>kind of</i> close?<br />
I mean, both my made-up character and the real MC have gone through some painful times: death of a parent, death of a lover... And there's another "world" people don't know about in the real story as well as in my made-up one.<br />
The story itself? Totally off. But I'm pleasantly surprised to have guessed some small elements!<br />
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Now about that real synopsis. Personally, I'm getting a <a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2015/07/black-ice-by-becca-fitzpatrick-review.html" target="_blank">Black Ice</a> vibe, which for me translates to "AVOID AT ALL COST!". But I've been reading some reviews on Goodreads and people seem to be loving The Edge of Everything... Maybe I'll give it a chance? I feel bad, ruling out a book because of one bad experience. Like people ruling out vampires because of Twilight (although I really liked Twilight but that's a story for another day...)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today, I have the lovely Aprilynne Pike on the blog with me to answer some questions about her upcoming book GLITTER! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Title</b>: Glitter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Author</b>: Aprilynne Pike</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Release date</b>: October 25th</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Outside the palace of Versailles, it’s modern day. Inside, the people dress, eat, and act like it’s the eighteenth century—with the added bonus of technology to make court life lavish, privileged, and frivolous. The palace has every indulgence, but for one pretty young thing, it’s about to become a very beautiful prison.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">When Danica witnesses an act of murder by the young king, her mother makes a cruel power play . . . blackmailing the king into making Dani his queen. When she turns eighteen, Dani will marry the most ruthless and dangerous man of the court. She has six months to escape her terrifying destiny. Six months to raise enough money to disappear into the real world beyond the palace gates.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Her ticket out? Glitter. A drug so powerful that a tiny pinch mixed into a pot of rouge or lip gloss can make the wearer hopelessly addicted. Addicted to a drug Dani can sell for more money than she ever dreamed.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">But in Versailles, secrets are impossible to keep. And the most dangerous secret—falling for a drug dealer outside the palace walls—is one risk she has to take.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sadly, if it had to be the one or the other, with no blending, it would have to be modern. I am a spoiled rotten brat and I love my modern amenities.</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">What would you have done if your parents had arranged a marriage without your consent?</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ha! When I was in high school I thought the idea of an arranged marriage was really romantic! Having been married for fifteen years, I definitely would have a hard time marrying someone I didn’t choose for myself. Especially if I really, really despised them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neil Gaiman: “The most important part of childhood is just trying to remember it.” I heard him say that in a speech one time and instantly wrote it down. I think it’s important for any author writing for children of any age.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I absolutely adore Neil Gaiman and if I may add to your answer, another one of his quote I like is this one: "If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away."</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some authors write their story in six months, some take five years. How long did it take you to write Glitter? Was it a sudden inspiration? Or years of thinking it over and over?</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It took me about two years. GLITTER was a super tumultuous book. I started it, left my agent, used it to get a new agent, wrote about four chapters of the book, had a rather explosive break up with that agent, wrote about a fourth of the book, got another agent, and it went out on two rounds of submissions while I wrote half of the book. After it sold I finished the book and I turned it in to my new editor just over two years after I’d first started it.</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is the genre you like to write the genre you like to read?</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes and no. I really, really love YA, but there I times when I just need to read about grown-up problems. I have recently been reading a bunch of Lisa Unger books which I feel is a nice happy medium because almost every book I’ve read has a teen main character. (Usually out of like ten characters! Her books are epic!) I really like that blending of all ages. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would probably add in a few more technical details as I’ve had to back-load them into the sequel a bit. But I’m also not one to look back much. Once my book is in, it’s in, and I avoid thinking about things that I can’t change. That way lies madness!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn’t! They sent me the cover and we all just adored it, and there was no arguing or fussing with it at all. If it had not felt right, I suspect my editor would have listened, but there was simply no need.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Names hold a lot of power. How did you decide which one to give to your characters?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have always loved the name Danica, to the point that I wanted to name a child that … but my husband really doesn’t like it. So I named my character that! For Justin, I wanted a very normal, conventional name for a very non-normal, non-conventional character. And Saber? He burst out fully formed and already named. He was so easy to write. No work at all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That stories can be fun, and thought provoking, and exciting even without a role model. (Did I mention that my MC is an anti-heroine?)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">A big thank you to Aprilynne Pike for taking the time to answer my questions! GLITTER will be out October 25th so make sure to mark your calendars; you do NOT want to miss this one! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, don't forget to enter the giveaway to have a chance to win a copy of GLITTER!</span><br />
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<b>Title: </b>I'll Meet You There:<br />
<b>Author:</b> Heather Demetrios<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Henry Holt and Co.<br />
<b>Release date:</b> February 3rd 2015<br />
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Alright, let's skip the small talk. Long time no see, it's good to be back. Now, on to this beautiful book!<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I've said this before, but I'm going to say it again: I'm not the type of reader who pays attention to the technical details. Writing style? What's that? All I care about are the feels! <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">But there's one thing I couldn't help but admire in I'll Meet You There and that was the character development.</span></b><br />
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You know, this stood out to me because it's rarely done as well as it was in I'll Meet You There.</div>
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I'm not spoiling anything when I say that there's some romance in the book. If you truly thought there wasn't, well I'm sorry you couldn't figure it out by the synopsis!<br />
Why am I bringing this up? Because I realized that most of the time, character development in contemporaries ends up being all about the love interest. The MC will "grow", but it seems that the only purpose of this is to allow a romantic relationship to form.<br />
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I'll Meet You There was a wonderful surprise that made me realize all of this because in this book, <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">the characters grow <i>on their own</i>.</span></b> We are witnesses to their personal and unique journey, not their journey to end up together.<br />
Am I making any sense? Whatever, it does in my head.<br />
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I really appreciated the universe too.<br />
It's been a month since I closed this book and thinking back on it now,<span style="color: #ea9999;"><b> I felt at home in it.</b></span> The town, the motel, everything! Again, not something I often think about, but there it is.<br />
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Following on this point, <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>the characters were very... "homey" too.</b></span> I felt like I knew them personally, like we'd been friends since forever and like I was, somehow, a part of the book because of it.<br />
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Despite all its wonderful qualities, <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>this book had one thing that really bugged me and that was the dialogue. </b></span><br />
Actually, let me take that back. The dialogues, for the most part, was fine. But a few times, I was reading and I actually cringed at some of the things the characters were saying because of how unnatural or unbelievable they were!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Conclusion: perfection was close, but not quite achieved. </span></b>Nonetheless, a beautiful story that deserves to be read and shared and talked about!<br />
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September is here, which means it's time for another WIFSY, but also Fall and another giveaway! Here are the covers for this month, and the one I picked.<br />
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<b>Title:</b> The hundred lies of Lizzie Lovett</div>
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I stand up, my hands behind my back to hide how much they're shaking.</div>
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-Hi, my name is Hannah... I'm sorry, Lizzie, and I'm a compulsive liar.</div>
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I'm so used to coming up with fake names that it has become second nature.</div>
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-Hi Lizzie, answers the twelve person in the room with me.</div>
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The man in charge of this session offers me a warm smile.</div>
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I look around, unsure of where to start, and suddenly, the words are pourring out.</div>
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-You know, I used to lie for fun, just to see how far I could go with the stories I made-up. But then, it got kind of addictive. Everywhere I went, I could be someone else, have a different story. I could make up a life for myself, you know? One that was ten times better than the one I had... But then people starting catching on, I would get mixed up in my stories and slowly, all of my friends left me... No one even talked to me... And then this thing happened, and I tried telling my family, but even they couldn't, wouldn't believe me...</div>
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I shake my head, my voice now a whisper.</div>
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-I lied so much that people didn't know which version of me to believe... I don't know which one to believe...</div>
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-Thank you Lizzie.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px;">A teenage misfit named Hawthorn Creely inserts herself in the investigation of missing person Lizzie Lovett, who disappeared mysteriously while camping with her boyfriend. Hawthorn doesn't mean to interfere, but she has a pretty crazy theory about what happened to Lizzie. In order to prove it, she decides to immerse herself in Lizzie's life. That includes taking her job... and her boyfriend. It's a huge risk — but it's just what Hawthorn needs to find her own place in the world.</span></div>
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Well, this is pretty much the usual: my synopsis is completely off and the real one is amazing.</div>
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I thought this was going to be a story about a girl getting caught up in her lies, but it's actually a story about about a girl living a lie to solve a disappearance. How amazing is that? Definitely adding this one to my TBR!</div>
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<i>Here it is, the last of August.</i><br />
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I wrote 30 posts (this being the 31st) in a row during the past month. Let's take a look at what happened, shall we?<br />
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I wrote some pretty awesome reviews, thank you very much!<br />
For me, writing reviews is a surprise; I never know if I'll have inspiration right away, if halfway through I'll be like "yeah, I got this!", or if I'll finish writing it, thinking "I've done better". Here are the ones that made me very proud this past month!<br />
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<li><b><a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/the-awesome-what-perfect-title.html" target="_blank">The Awesome</a><a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/the-awesome-what-perfect-title.html" target="_blank">, what a perfect title!</a></b> This book was such an amazing discovery, thanks to the wonderful lady who helped me at Chapters, and I like how I was able to put my thoughts into words!</li>
<li><a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/i-found-hidden-oracle-amazing.html" target="_blank"><b>I FOUND the HIDDEN Oracle amazing!</b></a> It had been a while since I had read that book and I ended up writing a list of things that make this book so good and looking back it now, it's a pretty good list!</li>
<li><a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/books-like-this-exist-to-let-you-know.html" target="_blank"><b>Books like this exist to let you know you're not alone. </b></a>Watching Traffic has to be my favorite book of the year so far. I was scared of writing this review because I was scared of not doing the story and characters justice. In the end, I'm very proud f what I wrote; it's actually one of my best review in my opinion.</li>
<li><a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/welcome-on-my-list-of-favorite-authors.html" target="_blank"><b>Welcome on my list of favorite authors, Jeff!</b></a> The Greatest Zombie Movie ever was a great book. My review of it? Not so much; I couldn't get my thought in order and I got kind of frustrated! With this one, I feel like I finally made Jeff Strand's writing justice!</li>
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<li>I shared some quotes I find really inspirational <a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/true-words-of-wisdom.html" target="_blank">over here</a>!</li>
<li>It was my birthday and I shared 18 things that made me proud of myself this past year. Not related to books I know, but it was nice to reflect on the past year and write down why I'm happy with myself! If you want to read it and learn a bit more about me, <a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/18-years-alive-lot-more-to-go.html" target="_blank">click here</a>!</li>
<li>I shared what's going on behind the screen in <a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/true-words-of-wisdom.html" target="_blank">this post here</a>.</li>
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In that last post, I talked about everything that's happening in my life right now and because of that "everything", I will definitely not be posting as often as I did during August. In fact, chances are I'll go back to one post per week, maybe more, maybe less; I'll just go with the flow. School is starting next week and the last thing I want is for blogging to become another source of stress!</div>
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Hi cupcakes!<br />
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The last Top Ten Tuesday of August is here! And to celebrate school that's starting again, the topic for this week is a freebie concerning "back to school".<br />
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Because this was a serious matter for me, I'm sharing with you today ten books (out of many more) that I brought with me to uni that I'm most excited to read!<br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: large;"><b>Eggs an Spoon</b></span></div>
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This one, not gonna lie, I bought mostly because of the cover and title. The story sounds good too, but that title! And that cover! They're just so original!</div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><b>Red Rising</b></span></div>
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Where I worked in Ottawa, we had that book (in French) for a long time. I remembered it being very popular in English, but when I read the synopsis in French, I wasn't all jazzed about it. Then a week before leaving for uni, guess what book I find for 5$? The synopsis was a lot better in English and let's just say I'm really pumped to read Red Rising!</div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: large;"><b>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</b></span></div>
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I'll be frank, I wasn't planning on buying/reading this book for a while, but a friend gave it to me as a birthday gift and now that I have a copy, I'm really excited to get to it!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">The Glittering Court</span></b></div>
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I love Richelle Mead and I've been wanting to read this book since I got it the week it came out. Which was a long time ago...</div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: large;"><b>Noggin</b></span></div>
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Such a cool idea! It might be my next read...!</div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">I'll meet you there</span></b></div>
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I wanted to read this book this summer, but unfortunately I never got to it. Looks amazing though, I can't wait to pick it up!</div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: large;"><b>Clockwork angel</b></span></div>
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You know, I want to give this one a second chance and I really hope I enjoy it more than I did the first time I tried reading it.</div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><b>Since you've been gone</b></span></div>
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I read Beautiful Broken Things this summer and I was disappointed by how the story turned out. <i>This </i>book, like Beautiful Broken Things, dwells into the subject of female friendship and I have high hopes for it!</div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: large;"><b>Magnus Chase</b></span></div>
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How many time will this book be on my TTT lists? I don't know, maybe until I finally read it? What I do know is that it's on my shelf in my dorm room and I'm really pumped to get to it. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">The Night Circus</span></b></div>
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I got this book at a used bookstore: it was just standing there, acting all nochalent. I picked it up and put it back down on my shelf at home. Then I picked it up again and put it back down on my shelf in my dorm room. And now, I want to pick it up again and put it down once I'm done reading it.</div>
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<i>Sophie</i>Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-19659772138971463522016-08-30T00:07:00.001-07:002018-03-27T20:08:34.853-07:00Well this is different...<br />
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You know, I had planned a review for today, but the truth is, I haven't finished a book in a long time and I just moved in my dorm, four hours from home and a review is the last thing on my mind. So instead, I'm gonna write a "traditional" blog post and tell you all about what's going on with me.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>The biggest thing happening right now is that I just moved away from home to go to university. You know, it's one thing when someone asks what and where you'll be studying and you answer "I'll be going there <i>next year</i>". It's another thing when <i>next years</i> is now. It's another thing when you find yourself alone in a new city, with people you don't know. It's another thing when you're waving goodbye to your family, crying because they're going back to the home you've always known while you're staying in your <i>new </i>home.<br />
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You know, books and tv shows and movie, they make it seem like a piece of cake. I remember that scene in Gilmore Girls when Rory calls her mom and she comes back to her dorm to spend the night with her. I can't call my mom to ask her that, she's too far away. Besides, so far so good, I'm not homesick yet. But bottom line is, real life isn't like Gilmore Girls. In real life, I arrived early, meaning I'm left almost alone on my floor, with three other girls out of the twenty we'll be in a few days. In real life, opening your door doesn't equal instant friends.<br />
In real life, not all universities offer a meal plan. This means that not only are you going from living with your family to living without them, but you're also learning how to cook, how to do everything for yourself. Which is the greatest thing you'll do, besides having kids (probably), but it's not a piece of cake. Going grocery shopping alone for real and for the first time is an adventure.<br />
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There are a LOT of firsts that will happen this years. A LOT is going to change.<br />
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I'm not the first one to live this experience and I certainly won't be the last, but it doesn't change the fact that this, what I'm living right now, is a big step into a new life that's starting.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;">I know I'll be fine. I kind of don't have a choice. But before being fine, I still have to wrap my head around the fact that is my life. This is my home. </span></b><span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>This is me, growing up.</b></span> And while it's so very exciting, it's scary as hell.<br />
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But, as a friend told me before I left: <i>As long as you don't die, consider it a success!</i><br />
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Love,<br />
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<i>Sophie</i>Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-88863307027282462112016-08-28T18:27:00.001-07:002016-08-28T20:29:40.300-07:00I think my third eye needs glasses...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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August is almost over, when did that happen?!?!</div>
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On another note, I am officially moved in my dorm! It still doesn't seem real, but it's my home for the next eight months...!<br />
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Back to the point of this post, here's what you can expect this week:<br />
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Yup, only three posts this week because August is ending and school is starting and once I finish my challenge, I'll slow down the pace a little to adjust to my new life as a uni student.</div>
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<b>Book</b>: <a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/books-like-this-exist-to-let-you-know.html" target="_blank">Watching Traffic</a>, by Jane Ozkowski. This book really hit close to home and especially now that I'm living away from home, it's comforting to have it with me!</div>
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<b>Scent</b>: basil. Yes, basil again, my mother made me pesto before going back home and it smells GOOD!</div>
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<b>Question</b>: When are you starting school?</div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-19202729867039300412016-08-27T06:01:00.002-07:002016-08-27T06:01:58.183-07:0018 years alive, a lot more to go! <br />
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Hello cupcakes!<br />
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Today's my birthday, which means I've been on this planet for 18 years. I thought long and hard (5 minutes) about what kind of post I wanted to share. While some bloggers (<a href="http://www.twirlingpages.com/2016/06/10/eighteen-birthday-giveaway/" target="_blank">Alexandra, from Twirling Pages</a>) have made some awesome posts with lessons they learned and all of that, I don't have the time nor the wisdom to come up with 18 lessons/advice. Instead, I'm bringing it all back to me today and I'm sharing 18 things that made me proud of myself this past year.<br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">~Finishing high school~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: large;">~Graduating at the top of my class~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">~Sticking with my commitments~</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: large;">~M</span><span style="font-size: large;">oving to university</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;">~K</span><span style="font-size: large;">eeping true to me</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: large;">~R</span><span style="font-size: large;">unning a 10k</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;">~A</span><span style="font-size: large;">ctually learning guitare</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: large;">~P</span><span style="font-size: large;">romoting and being proud of being French</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;">~W</span><span style="font-size: large;">riting the speech for my graduation</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: large;">~S</span><span style="font-size: large;">teping up when no one would</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;">~B</span><span style="font-size: large;">ecoming more acceptant, less judgmental</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: large;">~L</span><span style="font-size: large;">etting go of things that kept me down</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;">~G</span><span style="font-size: large;">etting my driver's liscence</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: large;">~C</span><span style="font-size: large;">ompleting NaNoWriMo for a third time</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: large;">~L</span><span style="font-size: large;">earning to cook</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: large;">~H</span><span style="font-size: large;">aving somewhat of a plan for the future</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-size: large;">~S</span><span style="font-size: large;">ticking with Sailing Throuh Books</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: large;">~B</span><span style="font-size: large;">eing the young woman I am today</span><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></span></div>
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Even if today is not your birthday, I hope you're proud of yourself too because you have every reason to be.</div>
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Take care lovelies!</div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-61954396097310284452016-08-26T19:03:00.000-07:002016-08-26T19:04:29.319-07:00Diversity needs to be more diverse <br />
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If you're into books, chances are you've heard people talk about the WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS movement, or at least how there should be more diversity in books, especially YA.<br />
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In the last year, we've been seeing more and more diversity, which is great! But <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">it's always the same type of diversity</span></b>, and I want to address that today.<br />
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When it comes to diversity regarding mental illness, the same illnesses are always portrayed: depression and OCD. How many times have you seen a character suffering from post-traumatic disorder? Or Schizophrenia? Or multiple personality disorder? Not enough times, that's for sure!<br />
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Where I'm getting at here is that, while diversity is more and more present everyday in YA literature, it's always the same type of diversity. <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>We need more diverse diversity.</b></span><br />
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This being said, I want you to share with me books with different diversity. Let's get the word out, shall we?<br />
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On this note, I will end this a bit abruptly. I'm currently in the process of moving to uni (meaning I'm at a hotel, waiting for my family to get here with the rest of my stuff) and frankly, while I'm determined to finish my challenge, I'm writing my posts at the last minute lately. #sorrynotsorry<br />
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Take care guys!<br />
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<i>Sophie</i>Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-68940635789144025972016-08-25T08:50:00.000-07:002016-08-25T08:50:12.176-07:00True words of wisdom<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi cupcakes!<br />My intention with this post was to make some cool graphics with quotes I find inspiring, but I've been getting ready to move and frankly, making graphics was the last thing on my mind. Instead, you'll have to enjoy the wonderful quotes I picked out for you by simply... reading them!</span></div>
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With packing and getting ready to move, I haven't been doing much reading and thus, I went back to see if there was a book I could review. Turns out I read Last Year's Mistake a few months back and never talked about it, so... Let's talk about it!<br />
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Moving on from the season thing, <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">I thought the characters were very well developed. </span></b>Compared to a book I just read, I appreciated the characters in Last Year's Mistake. David? Loved him. Candy? Loved her! </div>
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If you've been reading my reviews for a while, you probably know that the way a book makes me feel is what's important to me and I don't talk about the writing style of an author or anything like that unless it's good enough for me to realize it. In Last Year's Mistake, what surprised me was the dialogue. </div>
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When reading a book, it's nice to read good conversations between characters. Nothing too fancy that would seem unnatural, but not too boring either. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">In this book, the dialogues were gold!</span></b> It made me feel things, it made me laugh once or twice... It kept me reading, that's what it did!</div>
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While I might not focus my attention on the technical stuff, I do acknowledge the little things. Character's are often involved in something: sport, art, etc. Last Year's Mistake was interesting because it portrayed characters playing baseball. Soccer I've seen. Basketball and football too, countless time. But baseball? It was a nice change that made me appreciate the book a little more.</div>
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Last Year's Mistake is a fun and enjoyable read and I say: read it so you can make up your own opinion regarding the story. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">I loved it while some hate it. Give it a try and see for yourself!</span></b></div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-80176704906732600822016-08-23T06:56:00.001-07:002016-08-23T06:56:44.635-07:00These 10 books are starting to look dusty... - Top Ten Tuesday<br />
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This week's Top Ten Tuesday is all about the books that have been on our shelves since before we started blogging.<br />
For my part, that was a little more than a year ago and as I was going through my TBR pile, I was pleased to realized that none of my books had been there for more than a year! So I'm tweaking this week's topic a bit and I'm simply going to share with you ten books that I've owned for quite some time now.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson 3), by Patricia Briggs</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: large;"><b>Bone crossed (Mercy Thompson 4), by Patricia Briggs</b></span></div>
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This was fun! These are ten books that have been on my shelf for a LONG time and looking at them while writing this post made me excited about reading some of them again!<br />
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<b>Title</b>: Beautiful Broken Things<br />
<b>Author</b>: Sara Barnard<br />
<b>Publisher</b>: Macmillan Children's Books<br />
<b>Release date</b>: February 25th 2016<br />
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I didn't dislike this book, I was simply expecting more from it.<br />
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I was so excited to read a story that focused on friendships instead of romantic relationships but unfortunately, I was let down. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Beautiful Broken Things had a lot of potential, but I disliked every characters.</span></b> Every single one of them.</div>
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The main character, Caddy, wasn't well developed. As a secondary character, or if the story had been told in third person point of view, maybe her arc would've made more sense, but it wasn't the case. The story starts and the reader is introduced to a girl who doesn't like parties and prefers to keep her best friend to herself. By the end of the story, that girl has transformed into someone who's been going to parties since she was thirteen, who sneaks out her window at night and goes on an impromptu adventure to another city.<br />
Transformation and development in characters can be great; in fact, static MCs can get quite boring or annoying. <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>In Beautiful Broken Things I didn't feel like Caddy was evolving, more like halfway through the book, she suddenly and magically became another person.</b></span><br />
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I'm a proud advocate that you shouldn't sugarcoat things with your best friends. As such, it's your duty to tell your friend that something she or he is doing is ridiculous. This being said, <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>being honest and straight forward can be achieved without being a total bitch about it. </b></span>Clearly, Rosie didn't get the memo.<br />
I couldn't believe how mean and insensitive she was at time! With her best friend! I know teenagers can be mean, but come one, there's a limit to how awful you can be to a friend!<br />
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Finally, there's is fun, charming, confident Suzanne. Except that's pretty much an act to cover up how "damaged" (quoting the book here) she is after being abused by her father.<br />
I guess I didn't exactly have a problem with Suzanne. I can imagine that after being abused, you would try your best to get passed it. Fake it till you make it, isn't that what they say?<br />
With her, <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>I was frustrated because she refused to help herself.</b></span> Now, before people start freaking out,<b><span style="color: #ea9999;"> I know</span></b>. I know it's never as easy as it seems. I've never been there, I can't pass judgment. Where I have been is in the role of a friend trying to help another friend out without success. Here's the deal, if you have a problem, I'll try to help you as best as I can. I'll make as many suggestions as I can think of. If I run out of ideas and you're still not doing anything to help yourself, then I'm wasting my time and energy.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, Beautiful Broken Things wasn't horrible, far from it! There was some pretty great scenes and some kick ass quotes! But <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>this book is very character and relationship driven.</b> </span>Unfortunately, I wasn't all that jazzed by the characters and had trouble investing myself in their relationships.<br />
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-91195614593988542852016-08-21T20:30:00.000-07:002016-08-21T20:30:18.454-07:00Man, one of my tarot cards is missing!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Is this post late again? Yes it is. Am I sorry? Not really, it's just how things are. Shall we get to the good stuff? Yes we shall!<br />
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<li>Your eyes will have the unique experience of reading two of my reviews</li>
<li>I will share with you my thoughts on a topic that will be quite interesting (although I haven't decided which one yet)</li>
<li>You will be witness to my shame as I share with you some books that have been on my TBR for more than a year now.</li>
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<b>Book</b>: Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett. I met a fellow Discworld fan and she made me want to get back into the series!</div>
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<b>Scent</b>: Apple and cinnamon. I am, in fact, drinking an apple-cinnamon herbal tea and it smells GOOD!</div>
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<b>Question</b>: If you could be a colour, which one would you be and why?</div>
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<i>Sophie</i></div>
Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-11178822152984639702016-08-20T19:56:00.001-07:002016-08-20T19:57:10.410-07:00I like clichés, which means I'm not a cliché.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Every reader seem to agree on the fact that they don't like seeing clichés in books</span></b>. We're talking love triangle, the ordinary, boring MC who turns out to be special, the good girl falling for the bad boy...<br />
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Even when the outcome is obvious, I enjoy following the MC as he/she tries to make the right choice. To us outsiders, it might seem overly dramatic at times, but I bet every single one of you have experienced having to make a choice that, while being very obvious to your friend and/or family, was really hard for you, if only just that one time when you were young(er). </div>
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Then there's the MC that turns out to be a unique little flower. As much as it can be annoying at times, it's still fun to read for me because A: I wonder what makes that character so special (Powers? Heritage? Destiny?) and B: because as cheesy as it sounds, <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>it's always a reminder that "normal" people, like me, can achieve greatness.</b></span></div>
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It is getting very late guys, so I'll end this here and tell you good night, sleep tight and dream about nice things.</div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-1219582598807824182016-08-19T14:18:00.001-07:002016-08-19T14:18:20.417-07:00Books like this exist to let you know you're not alone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;">I'll be honest here, what makes <i>Watching Traffic </i>so great isn't the plot</span></b>: the summer of a girl after high school? Nothing extraordinary here, so don't expect me to go on and on about it. Yet, despite that fact, <b style="color: #ea9999;">it's probably the best story I've read this year. </b></div>
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Besides her writing, what really separates Jane Ozkowski from everyone else is how she's able to communicate a message in such a way that it goes straight to your soul. This summer is <i>my </i>summer after high school and <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>that feeling of being in limbo? I get it. I feel it.</b></span> And Jane Ozkowski manages to write it in words. Although I might actually be going out of town, contrary to Emily, I still have this feeling of excitement and anxiety mixed together as I'm standing at the edge of my life, at the beginning of a new chapter. I still have no clue as to what I'm doing or what next year will bring. I am in limbo. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">That's what made me love this book so much, to be able to relate to a character so much, to know that even in literature, where everything is often sunshine and butterflies, someone understands how I feel.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;">A bit silly I know, but it was moment like this that made this book so real, so exactly right.</span></b></div>
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Maybe it was simply a case of reading the perfect book at the perfect time for me, but I sincerely encourage every high school senior to read <i>Watching Traffic</i>, preferably during the summer after graduation. You are not alone. It's okay to be a little lost. Everything will find its way. You will find your way.</div>
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Sophiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887717583461210798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481923570897372978.post-35221433940193190292016-08-18T01:00:00.000-07:002016-08-31T18:20:21.394-07:00Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus book tag - Happy Birthday Percy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello fellow demigods!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In case you didn,t know (shame on you if it's the case), todays is Percy Jackson's birthday and in honour of this special date, I decided to do the Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus Book Tag, created a couple of years ago, by <a href="https://thewritinghufflepuff.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/percy-jackson-and-the-heroes-of-olympus-book-tag/" target="_blank">Michelle over at The Writing Hufflepuff.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Michelle created the tag in anticipation of the release of Blood of Olympus, the last books in the HoO series. Since the book has been out for quite some time now, I will be skipping some questions, just to let you guys know.</span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your fatal flaw when it comes to books</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I always read the last sentence, sometimes the entire last pages, before even starting a book. Most of the time, it doesn't make sens untill I actually get to the end, which is why do it in the first place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Graveyard book, by Neil Gaiman. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone has heard of Coraline, probably saw the movie too, and a lot of people are now reading American Gods because of the TV show that's in the making. Compared to them, The Graveyard book is so underrated and it's a shame because having read every single one of Neil Gaiman's novels, I think it's his best one</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bad girls don't die, by Katie Alender</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not a lot of YA book have actually given me chills. This one? I had to put it down at night!</span></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">To the Zeus Cave!</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Your favourite spot to read</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I don't have a favorite spot, I read everywhere.</span></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A book you’d fall into Tartarus for to get your hands on</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The second book in The trials of Apollo series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The sassiest book you’ve read</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Awesome, by Eva Darrows. This book guys, THIS BOOK! It was the best! You can read my review <a href="http://sailingthroughbooks.blogspot.ca/2016/08/the-awesome-what-perfect-title.html" target="_blank">over here!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Now some love for the series themselves</b></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Favourite minor character?</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Reyna all the way. I love that girl!</span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Favourite book in the entire series?</span></span></span></strong><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The Mark of Athena.</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Favourite and least favourite God? (be careful, you don’t want to bit by lightning, or get turned into a dolphin or…)</span></span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br />Every god had his or her moment through the Percy Jackson / Heroes of Olympus series, but thinking back now, I really like Hades. Yeah, he was the bad guy in </span><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">The lightning thief</i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">, but he was always the black sheep of the family, which makes me like him a little bit more. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">Least favorite is Hera. #sorrynotsorry</span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your Godly parent?</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Athena, Aphrodite, or Demeter.</span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">How important are the books to you and why?</span></span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br />I started reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympians seriee in French when I was in seventh grade. I quickly finished it and when </span><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">The Lost Heroe</i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"> came out, it was one of the first books I read in English. I had a real hard time with English when I was younger and these books helped me get better. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br />Aside from that, it's not with Harry, Ron and Hermione that I grew up, but with Percy, Annabeth and Grover. The Percy Jackson universe is the fictional universe in which I spent the most time, it's home for me. These books are also the only books I actually re-read.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br />How important are they, you ask? They simply are. So much.</span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">A message to Uncle Rick?</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Thank you for years of awesomeness. Thank you for creating such a wonderful universe, for creating such diverse characters and for creating stories that will be with me untill I'm old and walking with a cane. Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tag at least five demigods</span></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Anyone who wants to celebrate Percy Jackson!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Have a nice birthday Percy! And to you cupcakes, have a lovely day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Sophie</i></span></div>
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