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Friday, December 20, 2013

All I Want for Christmas Book Tag

Happy Holidays! Here's a new tag for you! This is called the All I Want for Christmas Tag. I first saw this on YouTube at Abookutopia. 1) What fictional character do you want Santa to leave under your Christmas tree? I'd LOVE for Santa to leave Jace from The City of Bones under my tree. 2) What character do you want to kiss under the mistletoe? See the answer to number one. 3) You write your Christmas list for Santa,...

Coco Chanel

Author: Ann Gaines Publisher: Chelsea House Publications Release Date: 1 January 2004 Rating: Amazon Synopsis: As the world struggled to recover from World War I, it was Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel who decided what the woman of the twentieth century would look like. Her designs, showing the motley influences of soldiers, cabaret singers, and nuns, liberated women from the ruffles and flounces...

The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars: John Green Release date: 2012 Rating: 5 stars The Fault in Our Stars (commonly known as TFIOS) is told from the perspective of the young seventeen-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster. Hazel is different from other seventeen-year-old girls. She doesn't drink, go to clubs, crash parties, and her parents are her two best friends. There is one thing that does make Hazel different, however. Hazel Grace...

The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Release Date: 8/27/2013 Rating: Goodreads Synopsis: In the conclusion to the bestselling Secret Language of Girls trilogy, Marylin and Kate find that boys can be just as complicated as friendship.Marylin knows that, as a middle school cheerleader, she has certain obligations. She has to smile as she walks down the hall, be friends with...

Liebster Award

Hi everyone! We have been nominated for the Liebster Award by My Bookshelf is Never Full! Here's how it works: Once you are nominated, you mention who nominated you and you answer the 10 questions that they posted. Then you nominate 10 more blogs followed by less than 200 people and write 10 questions for your nominees to answer. Don't forget to post a comment on each of your nominees with a link to your post, so they...

Book Sacrifice Tag

Hello lovely blog followers and Internet surfers! Welcome to our monthly Book Tag. I just discovered (literally, like, three minutes ago) the Book Sacrifice Tag. I saw this awesome YouTuber doing a really funny and creative version of this Book Tag, so that is what I'm hoping to do. I've linked the YouTuber, Ariel Bissett , so please go check her video out! So, this tag is called the Book Sacrifice Tag. These are...

Transitions

*I was sent this book for a review by the author* Author: Greg Schroeder Publisher: Smashwords Release Date: September 2013 Rating: Goodreads Synopsis: More poems of calm, quiet, hope, and everyday happiness. Featuring a series on Hurricane Sandy as well as the transitions we all face - summer to fall, child to adult, storm to quiescence. My Thoughts: I thought this poetry collection to be very well...

Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

Author: Trish Doller Publisher: Bloomsbury Release Date: June 19, 2012 Rating: This is an amazing book that I have read three times. Every time, I have loved it just as much as the first time. I can see myself rereading this book again in the future. The characters and the story of this one are just so amazing that I can read it over and over again. POSSIBLE MINOR SPOILERS Travis is an...

The Reckless Engineer by Jac Wright

This review may contain spoilers. This book was sent to me by an author for a review. Author: Jac Wright Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing Release Date: Not set Recommended Age: 16+ Rating: In The Reckless Engineer by Jac Wright, we travel all the way to the Portsmouth seaside as we follow the story of Jack Connor. Jack has it all. Caitlin McAllen, daughter of the wealthy McAllen family, is Jack's...

Autumn Book Tag

The Autumn Book Tag Part of our monthly non-review-yet-still book-related-type-post Book tag originally by: Dani on Books http://tinyurl.com/nr5k355 1) What is your favourite thing about Autumn? I love autumn for many reasons. I love starting school because it's almost as if I have a new perspective and I'm motivated to be a better student...

Author: Mindi Scott Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: October 2nd, 2012 Rating: After reading Freefall and loving it, Live Through This immediately went on my TBR list. As soon as this came out, I went out and bought a copy of the book, and read it, loving it just as much as I loved Freefall. Live Through This is a quick read, and it keeps you engaged in the story the entire time. ...