tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74321562156243835692024-03-13T18:01:01.217-04:00Collegiate BookwormCollegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-13635339051632189192011-05-31T20:40:00.000-04:002011-05-31T20:40:04.203-04:00Top 10 Tuesday<div style="text-align: center;">Decided to hop on a new meme- Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by the Broke and Bookish!</div><img alt="Top10" border="0" height="153" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KLx03EFWag0/TeVqzinYlfI/AAAAAAAAAQc/DqJ3bybL9Zs/NewImage.png?imgmax=800" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" title="NewImage.png" width="200" /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This Week's list is: Top 10 Books That Should Be In Your Beach Bag</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a perfect list to kick off summer!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are my 10 beach reads (in no particular order):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/03/summer-i-turned-pretty-by-jenny-han.html"></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10221931-we-ll-always-have-summer" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6584188-it-s-not-summer-without-you" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5821978-the-summer-i-turned-pretty" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1277331932l/5821978.jpg" width="141" /></a><img alt="It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1257803831l/6584188.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="132" /><img alt="We'll Always Have Summer" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303099236l/10221931.jpg" width="131" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/03/summer-i-turned-pretty-by-jenny-han.html">The Summer I Turned Pretty</a>, <a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-not-summer-without-you-by-jenny-han.html">It's Not Summer Without You</a>, and <a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2011/05/well-always-have-summer-by-jenny-han.html">We'll Always Have Summer</a> by Jenny Han</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously, if you only read this series this summer, you'll be able to say that you read three amazing books. Belly is comepletely loveable, and with We'll Always Have Summer being the last book, you won't have to wait three summers like I did to find out who she chooses!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7664334-amy-roger-s-epic-detour" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Amy & Roger's Epic Detour" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1301768888l/7664334.jpg" width="135" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7664334-amy-roger-s-epic-detour" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"></a><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/08/amy-rogers-epic-detour-by-morgan-matson.html">Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">What's summer without a road trip? Amy & Roger's Epic Detour is the perfect mix of self discovery and adventure!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8157067-the-carrie-diaries" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="The Carrie Diaries" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HrSx5cJQL.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8157067-the-carrie-diaries" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"></a><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/06/carrie-diaries-by-candace-bushnell.html">The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay bookworms, watch out because this book comes weighing in at 400 pages. I'll warn you now that this book starts of a little slow, but isn't summer about taking it easy? A great book if you plan on lazing on the beach all day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6609714-the-lonely-hearts-club" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="The Lonely Hearts Club" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259653113l/6609714.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="133" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6609714-the-lonely-hearts-club" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"></a><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/07/lonely-hearts-club-by-elizabeth-eulberg.html">The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eulberg's debut novel is absolutely amazing. A fantastic book for you and your friends to read together! Summer book club, anyone?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6980443-confessions-of-a-shopaholic" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic Series #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255575885l/6980443.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="127" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6980443-confessions-of-a-shopaholic" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"></a><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2009/06/confessions-of-shopaholic-by-sophie.html">The entire Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Honestly, Becky Bloomwood is hands down one of the funniest characters I've ever read. Pack all 6 Shopaholic books in your beach bag and you'll be laughing until sunset!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7148738-beautiful-creatures" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1263311090l/7148738.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="132" /></a><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/06/beautiful-creatures-by-kami-garcia-and.html"> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/06/beautiful-creatures-by-kami-garcia-and.html">Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A fantastic book if you're looking for more of a fantasy read. Lena and Ethan are fantastic, and I'm warning you, you won't be able to put this one down.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7074259-fixing-delilah" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Fixing Delilah" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1284431674l/7074259.jpg" width="131" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7074259-fixing-delilah">Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A bit more of a deeper read, Ockler's Fixing Delilah is definitely one of self discovery. A great book all around, especially if you're gearing up for a fresh start in the fall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22205.This_Lullaby"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7432156215624383569&postID=1363533905163218919"><img alt="This Lullaby" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PNnK1kh-L.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8467059-this-lullaby">This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was my first Sarah Dessen, and I think it'll always have a place in my heart. Dessen's books are always kind of heavy in pages, so this one is perfect for a lazy summer day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7531734-she-s-so-dead-to-us" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="She's So Dead to Us" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NGKUpaaZL.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7531734-she-s-so-dead-to-us" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/06/shes-so-dead-to-us-by-kieran-scott.html">She's So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Besides the amazing cover, this book has a lot going for it. Betrayl, love, and social status, it's worth picking up. Plus, with the second book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9703097-he-s-so-not-worth-it">He's So Not Worth It</a>, coming out June 7th, you could have a new series on your hands for the summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2991507-the-market" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="The Market" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255608610l/2991507.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2991507-the-market" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"></a><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2009/07/market-by-jm-steele.html">The Market by J.M Steele</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The storyline is fantastically original and the main character, Kate, is refreshingly realistic. Great read!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So if you're looking for a beach read, these books definitely have the CB stamp of approval.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There's only one problem- I've already read these books! What should I put in <em><u>my</u></em> beach bag bookworms??</div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-21078009696734672042011-05-30T15:56:00.001-04:002011-05-31T20:35:24.091-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (11)<div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">What Are You Reading is hosted by </span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-37/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sheila at Book Journey</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">. All book links go to Goodreads :)</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong><img alt="[MondayMeme.jpg]" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBfUlxAezSbKUQ9h-O3FNwntf6t-HevkrH6iKBRJPzsGBwZRFsseZhk0HP9a0gQ3PQDvTfzF9VHRLf5yVzxsYpH3jaRLMIG2nZ6K36oWK5LsH1EXHge9BYB9GyfyHI0wdcExZCkAmmGQ/s200/MondayMeme.jpg" style="border: initial none initial;" width="156" /></strong></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This Week's Reads:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm in the mix of quite a few books this week. They're all pretty different, so luckily I can keep them all straight :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9703097-he-s-so-not-worth-it" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="He's So Not Worth It" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1294113548l/9703097.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9703097-he-s-so-not-worth-it">He's So Not Worth It by Kieran Scot</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release: June 7th 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, it's a little bit harder to get into than it's predecessor, <a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/06/shes-so-dead-to-us-by-kieran-scott.html">She's So Dead to Us.</a> I've been reading this since last week...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10615419-summer-and-the-city" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Book" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298844890l/10615419.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10615419-summer-and-the-city">Summer and the City by Candace Bushnell</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release: April 26th 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really enjoyed <a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/06/carrie-diaries-by-candace-bushnell.html">The Carrie Diaries</a>, and this one is off to a much quicker start. And, hello, the cover is <strong>GORGEOUS</strong>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7735333-matched" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Matched (Matched, #1)" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41bey4X2bmL.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7735333-matched">Matched by Ally Condie</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release: November 30th 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was a lot of talk about this book, and with the sequel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9794437-crossed">Crossed</a> coming out this fall, I decided to give it a try. Is it okay that I'm not in love yet?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Last Week's Reads:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8492856-what-happened-to-goodbye" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="What Happened to Goodbye" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512jY76dOVL.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8492856-what-happened-to-goodbye">What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release: May 10th 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a huge Sarah Dessen fan, so I really enjoyed this one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8349244-forbidden" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Forbidden" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1284749033l/8349244.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8349244-forbidden">Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">US release: June 28th 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">Definitely not my typical read, but still really enjoyable!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Next Week's Reads:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8527904-stay" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Stay" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1301850508l/8527904.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8527904">Stay by Deb Caletti</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release: April 26th 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">My first Deb Caletti book. I've heard good things about this.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9470371-love-story" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Love Story" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1305684651l/9470371.jpg" width="142" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9470371">Love Story by Jennifer Echols</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Release: July 19th 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm excited for this one! I love when the setting is in college!</div><strong><strong> </strong></strong><br />
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<strong><strong><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><em>So those are my reads- past, present, and future. So what about you? It's Monday, what are you reading?</em></div></div></div></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></strong></strong></strong></div></div></strong></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></div></div></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></div></div></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></div></div></div></strong></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></div></div></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></div></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></strong></div></div></strong></div></div></strong></strong>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-2016347735128032942011-05-21T17:32:00.000-04:002011-05-21T17:32:27.623-04:00We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10221931-we-ll-always-have-summer" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="We'll Always Have Summer" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303099236l/10221931.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Summary:</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she's almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. Conrad has not gotten over the mistake he made when he let Belly go even as Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it's now or never--tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face a truth she has possibly always known: she will have to break one of their hearts.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Review:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can I just tell you that I've had this book on my shelves for weeks? Yep, I pre-ordered it and had told myself it would be my reward after finals on May 3rd. Finals came and went and I still hadn't even cracked it open (which is one of my favorite things about reading a new hardback, by the way). Why? Because I knew once I started reading it, I wouldn't be able to stop, and once I finished... it would be the end. I can't tell you how much I loved this series and now that it's over... bittersweet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It had been a while since I'd finished <em><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-not-summer-without-you-by-jenny-han.html">It's Not Summer Without You</a>, </em>but it was fairly easy to jump back into the storyline. Things have moved forward and Belly's now finishing her freshman year in college, an aspect I really appreciated since not too many young adult books have a college setting (which I personally find odd given how it's the perfect setting to put the parents out of the picture, something that occurs pretty frequently in YA. I digress, however. ) Things moved at a pretty quick pace- I think I learned more about Jeremiah's character in a few chapters than I had in an entire book. It was kind of enlightening, actually. It helped me (firmly) picked a side in the whole Conrad/Jeremiah battle. It also showed me a lot about who Belly was as well. In previous books, we were really only exposed to Belly's personality through her interactions with everyone at Cousins. Seeing her in college, as Isabel, was eye-opening.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't really go too far into this review without risking spoiling anything. I can, however, say that if you enjoyed the first two books, this one won't dissapoint. I literally did not put this book down. Jenny Han really pulled out all the stops, and I'm glad she did. I've honestly never felt closer to these characters, and having to say goodbye to them is kind of heartbreaking.</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><strong>My Ratings:</strong></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><strong>Plot: A</strong></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;">I've enjoyed this series from the beginning, and this last book answered all the burning questions.</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><strong>Characters: A</strong></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;">Fantastic. The characters have developed beautifully since <em><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/03/summer-i-turned-pretty-by-jenny-han.html">The Summer I Turned Pretty</a>. </em>They're definitely not without their flaws, giving this wonderfully realistic quality.</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><strong>Cover: A</strong></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;">True to the Summer series, it fits perfectly.</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><strong>Length: A-</strong></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;">Honestly, the ending felt a little bit more rushed than I would have preferred, but other than that things moved at just the right pace.</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;">A fun novel about an American girl in Paris (SATC, season 6, anyone??) I give Anna and the French Kiss:</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="40" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="40" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="40" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="40" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" style="border: 0px initial initial;" width="40" /></a></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;">Four Stars!</div></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;">Anna and the French Kiss is available now:</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Well-Always-Have-Summer-Jenny/dp/1416995587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306013311&sr=8-1"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhu4M1dVBgVK0yPpvPgdilP7MIw_Y158p97zXVDKdfpTJYm7xf86oQqQwBVf9nJ-NDKMIUyR1i-0SHUPg_Wbn4CE7KypRrxIrG2BjP0GW_FffPlypLufGmi8JDgabIb1HULEQaTOR/s1600/amazonbuy.gif" style="border: 0px initial initial; cursor: move;" /></a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Well-Always-Have-Summer/Jenny-Han/e/9781416995586"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZbRcJ6ToVGxZ3DZU0riJLJj7mAUuMLUZ_glSfipyUSvSA70TuR3JPL4a5McfSl8KuNRNosyoD2m06unNad_KVLV2JtjTy38XGjHwGN3PFY0UTz9N6xhscKXbpl2PIl4YlVdoUPE7/s1600/bnbuy.gif" style="border: 0px initial initial; cursor: move;" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8680278-we-ll-always-have-summer"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYCn7rtvAddOg1KA8CdnygCHlQ4EUWmDLU6vB1ZkSmXHLpkvxOsb75kC6kp38P15lWNxHFYxP7lWZTf2alPnFZL8npndwSMXa8cY0dI75v8-A1SKKVpEo5kBr6G59n1g1xF6_-jgY/s1600/goodbuy.gif" style="border: 0px initial initial; cursor: move;" /></a></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-35226038060202867822011-05-14T12:24:00.000-04:002011-05-14T12:24:57.369-04:00Anna & The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Anna and the french kiss" border="0" height="475" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_kceL0DIyvtg/Tc6sRmnc9_I/AAAAAAAAAP0/ETpXDx3ZVHQ/anna%20and%20the%20french%20kiss.jpg?imgmax=800" title="anna and the french kiss.jpg" width="315" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Synopsis:</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anna was looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">beautiful,</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Étienne has it all … including a serious girlfriend.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? Stephanie Perkins keeps the romantic tension crackling and the attraction high in a debut guaranteed to make toes tingle and hearts melt.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Review:</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know this book has been out for a bit, but I’ll be honest. I really didn’t think it was going to be my cup of tea. Exactly why that was I can’t put my finger on. I know the cover seemed a bit cheesy to me at first, and not being able to see a bit more of the boy on the cover was a bit irksome to me. Regardless of whatever kept me away from this novel before, I’m glad I was able to overcome it and pick up this great read.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First off, I was pleasantly surprised at how developed the characters were- having such a unique setting in Paris could have given Perkins the write-off for having the characters be flat. However, Perkins went beyond static characters who were simply infatuated with Paris and being away from home- these characters had real backgrounds, real issues. I truly appreciated how Perkins took the time to give depth to even the smaller characters in the novel, such as Rashmi, who was suffering from being forgotten by her best friend, and having to deal with a rocky relationship.Perkins could have easily put Rashmi in the background, but her not doing so not only created a better novel, but also showed that Anna’s time in Paris was about more than a boy and the possibilities of falling in love. It made the book go beyond just being a romance.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Considering the main characters, I fell into a love/dislike (yes dislike, not hate) relationship with Anna. I loved how careful she was in developing her relationships, and how she had an independent streak, which was emphasized with her wanting to become a film critic. However there were times where she would be a little erratic in her attitudes about things- she would become a bit more emotional about things than I think she truly had warrant to. It also made her a bit childish at times, which contrasted with the sophisticated air that the book had.These things didn’t make me hate Anna’s character, but it did turn me off from her a bit.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall, however, this book was a great read. The storyline was progressive in a way that kept me interested and the characters felt fun and fresh without seeming over the top. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Ratings:</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plot: B+</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unique and fun, but not too complicated</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Characters: A</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even the smaller characters were dynamic and interesting</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cover: B-</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s just a bit too corny for me. The matching shirts, the Eiffel Tower in the background, are just too much. I would have loved to have had Anna and the boy holding hands while walking down the streets of Paris at night, or something along those lines.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Length: A</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It moved a little quickly at times, but slowed down at all the right places.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A fun novel about an American girl in Paris (SATC, season 6, anyone??) I give Anna and the French Kiss:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Four Stars!</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anna and the French Kiss is available now:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anna-French-Kiss-Stephanie-Perkins/dp/0525423273/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266347429&sr=8-2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhu4M1dVBgVK0yPpvPgdilP7MIw_Y158p97zXVDKdfpTJYm7xf86oQqQwBVf9nJ-NDKMIUyR1i-0SHUPg_Wbn4CE7KypRrxIrG2BjP0GW_FffPlypLufGmi8JDgabIb1HULEQaTOR/s1600/amazonbuy.gif" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Anna-and-the-French-Kiss/Stephanie-Perkins/e/9780525423270/?itm=2&USRI=anna+french+kiss"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZbRcJ6ToVGxZ3DZU0riJLJj7mAUuMLUZ_glSfipyUSvSA70TuR3JPL4a5McfSl8KuNRNosyoD2m06unNad_KVLV2JtjTy38XGjHwGN3PFY0UTz9N6xhscKXbpl2PIl4YlVdoUPE7/s1600/bnbuy.gif" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6936382-anna-and-the-boy-masterpiece"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYCn7rtvAddOg1KA8CdnygCHlQ4EUWmDLU6vB1ZkSmXHLpkvxOsb75kC6kp38P15lWNxHFYxP7lWZTf2alPnFZL8npndwSMXa8cY0dI75v8-A1SKKVpEo5kBr6G59n1g1xF6_-jgY/s1600/goodbuy.gif" style="cursor: move;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-91113880936728502532011-05-13T18:06:00.001-04:002011-05-13T18:06:57.783-04:00Book Blogger Hop (12)<p style="text-align: center;">Hello bookworms! Happy Friday!Of course you know what that means- Book Blogger Hop!!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 1px solid #b7a971;" src="http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt34/crazybookblog/cfbmemebutton-2.png" alt="Book Blogger Hop" width="175" height="200" />As always, Book Blogger Hop is hosted ever so graciously by <a href="http://www.crazy-for-books.com/">Crazy for Books</a>!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This week's question is <strong>"Are you going to Book Expo America (BEA) and/or the Book Blogger Convention (BBC) this year?"</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Unfortunately, no. I'm starting an internship at a local magazine, so I don't really have a lot of vacation time, and the time that I do have will most likely be spent later in the summer. I </span>really really really </strong>wish I could go though!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Also, I'd like to throw a question out there for you bookies: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>It's been asked a lot, but what books did you love <em>in spite</em> of their cover?</strong></p>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-20719210473469224372011-05-11T17:05:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:41:24.404-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (26)<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Waiting on Wednesday is so graciously hosted by Jill at </span></span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Breaking the Spine</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This week's pick is...</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><img alt="WOW26" border="0" height="320" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_kceL0DIyvtg/Tcr6K8_0Z-I/AAAAAAAAAPo/kiW5oYbEQkk/WOW26.jpg?imgmax=800" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="WOW26.jpg" width="211" /><br />
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">All You Get is Me</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">by Yvonne Prinz</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Release Date: September 29th, 2011</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Summary:</span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In this companion novel to <em>Anna and the French Kiss</em>, two teens discover that true love may be closer than they think.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px;">For budding costume designer Lola Nolan, the more outrageous the outfit—more sparkly, more fun, more wild—the better. But even though Lola's style is outrageous, she's a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins move back into the house next door.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 16px;">When the family returns and Cricket—a gifted inventor and engineer—steps out from his twin sister's shadow and back into Lola's life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Thoughts:</span></span></strong></div></div></div></span></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Since I just finished reading <em>Anna and the French Kiss</em> (review coming soon :) ), I've become a fan of Stephanie Perkins. Plus, I appreciate that Lola doesn't appear to be the cookie-cutter girl next door- she seems funky and fun. On that same note- Cricket doesn't appear to be the cookie-cutter guy next door either- how many guys do you know named Cricket? Plus he's an engineer- so yay for the nerdy (in the best way) boy being the love interest! I definitely can't wait for this one!</span></div><em><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So that's what I'm waiting for this week! It's Wednesday, what are you 'waiting' for?</span></span></em></span></span></strong></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-89863785196650495422011-05-06T12:22:00.002-04:002011-05-06T12:22:06.912-04:00I'm Back :) & Book Blogger Hop<div style="text-align: center;">Hello my fellow bookworms!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know it's been eons since I've posted, and during that time I've come to the unfortunate realization that I can only keep up CB during the summer. I simply don't have the time during the academic year :/</div>But, cheer up, it is officially summer for me and I have TONS of books on my to read list, a few blog revamps, and (fingers-crossed) giveaways! So stick with me bookworms, and we'll have a fantastic summer guaranteed :)<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img alt="Book Blogger Hop" height="200" src="http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt34/crazybookblog/cfbmemebutton-2.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(183, 169, 113); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(183, 169, 113); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(183, 169, 113); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(183, 169, 113); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px;" width="175" /></span></div><br />
And as for a blogger I'd love to meet, I think I'd choose<a href="http://laurenscrammedbookshelf.blogspot.com/"> Lauren from Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf.</a> We read and enjoy a lot of the same books, and I'm sure I could make her bookshelves a little less crammed :)Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-1788426027315627432010-10-06T11:32:00.000-04:002010-10-06T11:32:31.695-04:00Rich & Mad by William Nicholson<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img height="320" id="prodImage" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51td4snYRBL._SS500_.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Maddy Fisher has decided to fall in love. And not just any sort of love: can't-eat can't-sleep crazy in love. Rich Ross is after the same thing. He's set his sights high, and he's going to make it happen. The problem is, in life's messy whirlwind of friends and lies and sex and porn, the real thing can be hard to fine. But there's always a first time for everything. . . </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Review:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Perhaps I made too many assumptions before I picked up this book. It was a bit of a let-down for me. To start things off, my first (and in my opinion, worst) assumption was that the characters in the novel were indeed rich and mad. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wrong</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. Rich and Mad are short for Richard and Madeline, and that's it. For some reason I assumed that it was more than just shorthand- I was expecting a frenzy of emotions. I think this just set me off in completely the wrong direction- I was waiting for something that was never going to happen.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Adding to that, I'm not the biggest fan of third-person narration. I feel as though it puts a barrier between me and the characters. This is not to say that every book that is done in third person is an automatic let-down, I just think it personally takes a lot of emotional descriptions for me to feel like I can connect with the character. That said, Rich & Mad didn't have that for me. The characters seemed a little flat for the most part. That, added to what I feel was awkward dialogue at moments, made me feel as though I was on the outside looking in for the most part.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Overall, this book was a bit of a roller coaster, but not in a manner that was particularly appealing to me. There was this tremendously slow build up and a lightning fast drop to the bottom at the end. I'm not opposed to this method, but with me not connecting with the characters in the first place, it felt as though some things came out of nowhere.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Needless to say, this book was not one of my favorites. Again, I think it all had to do with expectations, and unfortunately mine were completely left field from where the book was actually going. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My Ratings:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Plot: C</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Had a lot of small things going on, but nothing particular that draws you in</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Characters: C</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately flat for me. I didn't connect with them well enough to grasp their emotions</span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Cover:B</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think the cover is nice, but it only encouraged my assumptions that things were much more dramatic</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Length: D</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This book was a bit too long for me. Perhaps this may be because I wasn't into the characters</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-11020931853919076762010-09-29T11:48:00.000-04:002010-09-29T11:48:29.299-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (25)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Waiting on Wednesday is so graciously hosted by Jill at </span></span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Breaking the Spine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week's pick is...</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img height="320" src="http://www.harpercollinscatalogs.com/CH/vlarge/9780061715808_0_Cover.jpg" width="211" /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All You Get is Me</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">by Yvonne Prinz</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Release Date: December 21st, 2010</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summary:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What happens when a city girl is transplanted onto a ramshackle organic farm in the middle of nowhere? </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Everything</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.<br />
Sixteen-year-old Roar has been yanked from her city life and suddenly she’s a farm girl, albeit a reluctant one, selling figs at the farmers' market and developing her photographs in a rickety shed. And then she witnesses a crime that will throw the whole community into an uproar. Caught among the lure of a troublemaking friend, her love for a brooding boy, and her complicated feelings about her father’s human rights crusade, Roar is going to have to tackle it all. And with a camera around her neck, she’s capturing it all, too.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Thoughts:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I love reading stories where the main character is out of their element. I feel like it gives me the opportunity to get to know the character much better because in most cases there is a stark contrast between them and those in the character's new setting. All in all, this sounds like it should be a good read. I'm really interested to see who Roar is (is that her real name?? Nickname?)- she seems creative and I'd love to see how she contrasts with those in her farm world, as well as how she transitions from the city life to selling figs. Also, who is this brooding boy? Interesting... As the summary says, there's a lot to tackle, and Im interested to see how Prinz takes it all on.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So that's what I'm waiting for this week! It's Wednesday, what are you 'waiting' for?</span></span></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-15611955948883121092010-09-15T16:41:00.000-04:002010-09-15T16:41:38.750-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (24)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Waiting on Wednesday is so graciously hosted by Jill at </span></span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Breaking the Spine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week's pick is...</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7077319-starstruck" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Starstruck" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1282830229l/7077319.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7077319-starstruck"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Starstruck</span></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">by Cyn Balog</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Relase Date: 2011</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When Gwendolyn “Dough” Reilly’s boyfriend and best friend Wish moves away in seventh grade, the only consolation she can find is in her family bakery’s donuts. Now, it’s sophomore year, and Wish is coming back. But in only three years, they’ve both changed—drastically. She’s seriously overweight, and suddenly Wish is the most popular guy in school, and girls everywhere want him. Dough has doubts that appearances don’t matter and that Wish can love her as she is, so she launches into a plan designed to keep them together. That is, until she discovers that Wish’s gorgeous looks and charm might not be all they appear to be.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Thoughts:</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'll be honest, the nickname "Dough" is a little off-putting to me, but I'm holding off judgements until I actually read the book. I always love to read about reconnections- it gives us the opportunity to see who they were before we step into their story. That said, I'm really looking forward to establishing a connection with them. Plus, what </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">is</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> it the story on Wish? Does his name have something to do with it? Questions, questions... all of which will hopefully be answered in 2011!</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So that's what I'm waiting for this week! It's Wednesday, what are you 'waiting' for?</span></span></i></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-77934695476981710762010-09-14T14:07:00.000-04:002010-09-14T14:07:41.758-04:00Forget You by Jennifer Echols<div class="p1"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7129588-forget-you" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Forget You" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1279660098l/7129588.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">WHY CAN’T YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU FORGET . . . AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER? There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four- year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon. But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s one thing she can’t remember at all—the entire night before. Did she go parking with Brandon, like she planned? And if so, why does it seem like Brandon is avoiding her? And why is Doug—of all people— suddenly acting as if something significant happened between the two of </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">them</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">? Zoey dimly remembers Doug pulling her from the wreck, but he keeps referring to what happened that night as if it was more, and it terrifies Zoey to admit how much is a blank to her. Controlled, meticulous Zoey is quickly losing her grip on the all-important details of her life—a life that seems strangely empty of Brandon, and strangely full of Doug. </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Review:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For some reason, I hadn't initially been attracted to this novel. Now, if you ask me why, my best guess was that I was under a spell of temporary insanity. Thanks to the Endless Summer double book I picked up this summer, I opened my eyes to Jennifer Echols, and, in turn, Forget You.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What I loved about this novel was its rawness. Now, I do say this is with comparison to Endless Summer, which were on the lighter side. Regardless, Forget You tackles a lot of issues- sex, independence, neglectful parents, and of course love. Luckily Echols does a wonderful job of handling these issues, despite its short length.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While Zoey isn't someone I automatically connected with, Echols makes it easy to feel for her. Zoey isn't in the easiest spot in her life right now- issues with her mother and father definitely play a huge role in her actions. That said, while I wouldn't wish her situation with them on anyone, I do commend Echols for having Zooey's parents play a large role in the novel. Though neither were physically around, they have a strong impact. I found this refreshing. A lot of novels I've read recently have the parents be basically non-existant. Either they're on this ridiculously long vacation, or are mysteriously never home, and therefore play a minimal if any role in the story. This is definitely not the case in Forget You.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Moving from Zoey's relationship with her parents, I also found Zoey's relationship with Doug to be, in a word, electrifying. I could feel their energy when they were together. Even when they couldn't stand each other... </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">energy</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Needles to say, I loved this. While neither admits it, I could sense they each had a protective nature of the other, even at their angriest. Their relationship drove this book, and kept me at bay the entire way through. Plus, side note and very small spoiler, Doug is actually half asian, so thanks to Echols for adding some diversity. It is always appreciated.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While Zoey's actions are at times a little frustrating, they are understood. In one night that she barely remembers, her world that is already upside down get shaken up even more. I think for me, it was easy to keep the frustration with her actions low when I reminded myself of her situation. That said, Forget You was a fantastic read. It was refreshing to see Echols take on deeper situations, and I'll definitely be on the lookout for more of her novels.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ratings:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Plot: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Incredibly easy to get into, minimal predictability</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Characters:A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The characters really jumped off the page for me, beautifully dynamic</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cover Art:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">LOVE IT! The connection of Zoey and Doug on the cover is just a sample of their connection that awaits inside the pages.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Length: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A complete novel, though the ending felt a little rushed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A novel you won't want to forget, Forget You deserves:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; 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border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Four Stars!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Forget You is available now:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forget-You-Jennifer-Echols/dp/1439178232/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284487580&sr=1-1-catcorr" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhu4M1dVBgVK0yPpvPgdilP7MIw_Y158p97zXVDKdfpTJYm7xf86oQqQwBVf9nJ-NDKMIUyR1i-0SHUPg_Wbn4CE7KypRrxIrG2BjP0GW_FffPlypLufGmi8JDgabIb1HULEQaTOR/s1600/amazonbuy.gif" /></a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Forget-You/Jennifer-Echols/e/9781439178232/?itm=1&USRI=forget+you+jennifer" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZbRcJ6ToVGxZ3DZU0riJLJj7mAUuMLUZ_glSfipyUSvSA70TuR3JPL4a5McfSl8KuNRNosyoD2m06unNad_KVLV2JtjTy38XGjHwGN3PFY0UTz9N6xhscKXbpl2PIl4YlVdoUPE7/s1600/bnbuy.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7129588-forget-you" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYCn7rtvAddOg1KA8CdnygCHlQ4EUWmDLU6vB1ZkSmXHLpkvxOsb75kC6kp38P15lWNxHFYxP7lWZTf2alPnFZL8npndwSMXa8cY0dI75v8-A1SKKVpEo5kBr6G59n1g1xF6_-jgY/s1600/goodbuy.gif" /></a></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-90667725402094039152010-09-02T13:41:00.002-04:002010-09-05T00:18:51.890-04:00Confessions of The Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="image-link" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_kceL0DIyvtg/TH_hCy94sFI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Dr-b-mDZ238/s800/1-full.jpg"><img class="linked-to-original" height="154" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_kceL0DIyvtg/TH_hC2pivtI/AAAAAAAAAKU/YKWndrSJUro/s800/1-thumb.jpg" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" width="100" /></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Sullivan sisters have a big problem. On Christmas Day their rich and imperious grandmother gathers the family and announces that she will soon die . . .and has cut the entire family out of her will. Since she is the source of almost all their income, this means they will soon be penniless.Someone in the family has offended her deeply. If that person comes forward with a confession of her (or his) crime, submitted in writing to her lawyer by New Year's Day, she will reinstate the family in her will. Or at least consider it.And so the confessions begin....</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Someone in the family has offended her deeply. If that person comes forward with a confession of her (or his) crime, submitted in writing to her lawyer by New Year's Day, she will reinstate the family in her will. Or at least consider it.</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And so the confessions begin....</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Review: </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of the things that drew me to </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Confessions</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> was its unique storyline. The premise sounded really promising and I also loved that the story would be told from all three sisters' respective viewpoints. After finishing the novel, I'm delighted to say that I was not disappointed. </span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The story starts off with a prologue that's very cold and distant. This and </span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the epilogue being the only two times the novel is in third person. While at first I was a little put off by this, I can see that Standiford possibly did this to let us see the Sullivan family from the outside. You're able to feel the air of superiority that the family gives off. Once you delve into the story, luckily, things warm up quite a bit. Though the synopsis has the mysterious feel- as does the novel at moments- the Sullivan family is quite quirky and eccentric, which was a pleasant surprise. Each sister is wonderfully unique: Norrie, who has always been counted on to do the right things; Jane, who's always been counted on to do the wrong things; and Sassy who has a beautiful heart. What I enjoyed even more so was the fact that each sister held a characteristic of the woman they despised the most- Almighty. This really helped to humanize her for me. Standiford also did and excellent job of giving each sister their moment to shine, be it through their own narration of through their sister's. That said, their stories tied together beautifully. The missing pieces that one sister couldn't fulfill, another did. This led to a wonderfully tied together story altogether. </span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Ratings:</span></span></strong><br />
<strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Plot: B</span></span></strong></strong></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><strong></strong></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Unique, and every easy to get into</span></span><br />
<strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Characters:A</span></span></strong></strong></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><strong></strong></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fantastically well developed and easy to understand </span></span><br />
<strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cover Art: A</span></span></strong></strong></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><strong></strong></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">LOVE it. Simple, but goes wonderfully with the novel</span></span><br />
<strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Length: A-</span></span></strong></strong></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><strong></strong></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Felt like there were a few fillers, but overall a complete story with a nice length. </span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A wonderful look into a family of equal parts secrets and quirkiness, I give Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters:</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Four Stars!</span></span><br />
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</div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-88056413386973996742010-09-01T08:40:00.014-04:002010-09-01T08:40:00.445-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (23)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Waiting on Wednesday is so graciously hosted by Jill at </span></span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Breaking the Spine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week's pick is...</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7075298-cloaked" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Cloaked" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1277828877l/7075298.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7075298-cloaked"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cloaked</span></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">by Alex Flinn</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Release date: February 8th, 2011</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Johnny works after school in a shoe repair shop in a swanky hotel in Miami. He loves shoes and is talented; he even aspires to be the next Manolo Blahnik. But the real reason that he is working so hard is because his dad left when he was a baby and he needs to help his mom pay the bills. At least he has his friend, Meg, who works at the hotel coffee shop, to keep him company.<br />
When beautiful Princess Victoriana comes to stay at the hotel, Johnny is thrilled when Victoriana invites him to her suite. There she tells him that her brother has been turned into a frog, and that she needs his help finding him in the Florida Keys. Johnny thinks she is crazy and does not believe her,<br />
until she gives him a magical cloak that immediately transports him to another location. Armed with the cloak and a magical earpiece that can help him talk to other transformed humans Johnny sets out to save the Prince ...</span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Thoughts:</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First off, loving the cover. It's so simple yet detailed at the same time. Cover love aside, I'm really interested to see what type of character Johnny is. He seems like a passionate and caring guy, but I'm very much so interested in delving into his thoughts as he works day after day in the repair shop. Plus, is there more to his friendship with Meg? Or could he be interested in the princess? I haven't even began to think about what might of happened with her brother that made him turn into a frog. Overall, there seems like there's a lot going on in this novel, and I'm excited to see how it all turns out!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So that's what I'm waiting for this week! It's Wednesday, what are you 'waiting' for?</span></span></i></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-86132394231455448262010-08-29T10:53:00.000-04:002010-08-29T10:53:32.270-04:00Wildthorn by Jane Eagland<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7740048-wildthorn" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Wildthorn" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1281654537l/7740048.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">They strip her naked, of everything—undo her whalebone corset, hook by hook. Locked away in Wildthorn Hall—a madhouse—they take her identity. She is now called Lucy Childs. She has no one; she has nothing. But, she is still seventeen—still Louisa Cosgrove, isn't she? Who has done this unthinkable deed? Louisa must free herself, in more ways than one, and muster up the courage to be her true self, all the while solving her own twisted mystery and falling into an unconventional love . . . Originally published in the UK, this well-paced, provocative romance pushes on boundaries—both literal and figurative—and, do beware: it will bind you, too.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My Review:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When you peruse through my </span></span><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/p/reviews-index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Review Index</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> (which, I'm sure you do on a daily basis ;-) ), then you'd probably realize I'm not the biggest historical fiction fan. I'm more of a here and now kind of girl. However, something drew me to Wildthorn, and whatever that was, I'm thankful for it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wildthorn starts you off in the same confused state that Louisa, our protaganist, is in. She had no idea that she was being sent to an institution, let alone why there would be any reason for her to go there. Her story unfolds as she works to find the truth and, more importantly, a way out.While I had worried that I wouldn't be able to connect to Louisa in the beginning, Eagland lets Louisa's thoughts run passionately and full, so I'm able to feel her every emotion, wheter it was her thoughts of the institution or the thoughts she wracked her brain with as she tried to figure out what brought her to that wretched place.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The unfolding of the story leads to several twists and turns none of which I can really reveal without giving hints as to why Louisa's there or if she found her way out. However, I will say that this book was really an eye-opener on so many levels. One being that even when a novel isn't based in my time period, some things hold constant. The emotions that Louisa felt were easily understandable, which in turn made it so easy to get into the novel. Second, this novel opened my eyes completely to mental asylums of the past. Some of the women in the asylum simply didn't belong there, but their cries fell on deaf ears, which was heart-wrenching. This in turn showed me how far along women have had to come. They were misunderstood, treated like second-class citizens, who were to be seen and not heard. This sentiment was truly tough for Louisa, who wanted to be so much more than a doll sitting on the shelf. This book in essence, is a search for independence, physically and emotionally≥</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My Ratings:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Plot: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Truly unique and something completely out of the box for me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Characters: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Some characters could have been expanded more (particularly Louisa's mom), but this being truly Louisa's story, it's excusable. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Cover: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The tightness/restraint of the corset (I'm assuming it's a corset) really conveys the emotion of the book- of not being able let go, to be who you really are.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Length: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There were some moments that seemed like fillers, but overall it ended appropriately. </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A truly eye-opening novel, I give <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7740048-wildthorn">Wildthorn</a></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Waiting on Wednesday is so graciously hosted by Jill at </span></span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Breaking the Spine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This week's pick is...</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/8369681-prom-and-prejudice" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Prom and Prejudice" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1281991654l/8369681.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8369681-prom-and-prejudice"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Prom and Prejudice</span></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">by Elizabeth Eulberg</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Release date: Janurary 1st, 2011</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">After winter break, the girls at very prestigious, very wealthy, girls-only Longbourn Academy are suddenly obsessed with the prom, which they share with the nearby, equally elitist, all-boys Pemberly school. Lizzie Bennett, who attends Longbourn on scholarship, isn't exactly interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be - especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance, but less than impressed by Will Darcy, Charles's friend, who's as snobby and pretentious as his friend is nice. He doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. It doesn't help that Charles doesn't seem to be asking Jane to be his prom date, or that Lizzie meets George Wickham, who tells her that Will Darcy sabotaged his scholarship at Pemberly. Clearly Will Darcy is a pompous jerk who looks down on the middle class--so imagine Lizzie's surprise when he asks her to the prom!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Will Lizzie's prejudice and Will's pride keep them apart? Or are they a prom couple in the making? From Elizabeth Eulberg comes a very funny, completely stylish prom-season delight of Jane Austen proportions.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In honor of this upcoming read gaining a cover (which I'm loving, by the way), I'm highlighting Elizabeth Eulberg's sophomore effort Prom and Prejudice. As you already know, I absolutely loved </span></span><a href="http://collegiatebookworm.blogspot.com/2010/07/lonely-hearts-club-by-elizabeth-eulberg.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Lonely Hearts Club</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. Based on that alone, I knew this was going to be a must read for me. But my love of LHC isn't the only thing that has me craving this book. I'm really interested to see how Eulberg puts a modern twist on such a classic novel- how she puts her spin on the characters, how she makes it her own. On top of that, who wouldn't love to read about a modern day Mr. Darcy? With such fantastic writing in LHC, I have no doubt that this will be another hit for Elizabeth Eulberg!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So that's what I'm waiting for this week! It's Wednesday, what are you 'waiting' for?</span></span></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-23313366249870308932010-08-24T09:59:00.001-04:002010-08-23T22:51:58.747-04:00Kiss It by Erin Downing<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7193668-kiss-it" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Kiss It" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1282155728l/7193668.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A girl's gotta do who a girl's gotta do.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chastity Bryan has never been shy about going after what she wants. And when sexy, mysterious, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">so</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-not-from-this-town Sebastian walks into Chaz's life, she knows in an instant that what she wants next is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">him</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Chaz has no intention of playing for keeps—but she most definitely has intentions. Who needs true love when you've got true lust?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sebastian has no idea what he's in for—but maybe neither does Chaz?</span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Review:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'll admit it. When I first decided to read this book, I thought it was one of the cute and cuddly variety. I mean, can you blame me? Sure the title's got some attitude, but then there's the cute bunnies and the fun color of the cover. Not to mention the synopsis I read sounded innocent enough.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The first page changed everything I thought knew about this book.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Let me say right now that the main character, Chastity (preferably known as Chaz) has spunk. She's definitely what you'd consider outspoken, which sometimes doesn't fit well with her conservative family, not to mention her conservative town. She's also very... shall we say eager? When I read that Chaz wanted Sebastian (love the name, btw. The name automatically made me think he was a mystery) , I thought of them cuddling and kissing. Um, negative. Chaz wants Sebastian, and not in the Disney way. While her blunt, promiscuous attitude turned me off at some moments, I somewhat appreciated that. It made the situations more realistic. The awkward moment and times where I thought she probably shouldn't have said certain things made it all the more real. No one has a picture perfect conversation every time, so I appreciated that Downing realized and respected that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What I appreciated most from this book was the fantastic investment in of what was going on outside of Chaz and Sebastian's relationship together. Some stories have a way of totally investing in the two main characters' relationship, and letting the side stories be minimal with no real need to remember them. Both Chaz and Sebastian have histories, and even more so, strong presents to deal with.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Overall, this was a pleasant, and definitely suprising, read. This book definitely reminded me that the phrase 'You can't judge a book by its cover' isn't a common phrase for no reason.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Ratings:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Plot: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Unique, but there were some lulls for me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Characters: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fantastically deep. Great chemistry between them all.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cover Art: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I was never too in love with the cover to begin with, but its cuteness is a nice contrast to the plot.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Length: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ends realistically. No, not all questions are answered, but with the tone of the book, it's understandable.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A great read that was nothing like I expected, I give Kiss It:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Four Stars!</span></span></b></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-90353321039147011472010-08-16T14:55:00.000-04:002010-08-16T14:55:57.603-04:00Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7664334-amy-roger-s-epic-detour" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Amy & Roger's Epic Detour" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1280158146l/7664334.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn't seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she's coming to terms with her father's death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Review:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I love road trips. Every year my best friends and I take a vacation and getting to the beach is half the fun. So the title of the book already pulled on my heartstrings. As soon as I delved into the book, I wasn't dissapointed. In fact I finished it in one sitting, something I rarely do. That said, I'll try my hardest not to gush in this review!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Amy and Roger were a dynamic duo. Finishing the book, it amazes me that they were practically strangers, but it was perfect that they were so. It gave both of them a practically clean slate, but also let us discover their past at the same time they did. Each state featured a character that helped us discover who Amy and Roger really were, even the playlists for the trip brought us closer to the essence of their characters, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and I loved that. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. It was so incredibly easy to connect with them. All in all, they are by far two of my favorite characters that I've read this summer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another feature in the book that I enjoyed was Amy's travel log. As they passed through each state, Amy featured the state's motto. It was a great way to foreshadow what was to come for the pair in the state. The travel log also made things feel more... real. The doodles and photos showed us the things that we weren't technically privy to. It almost made me feel like I was in the backseat!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Overall, this was a really fantastic read. It has a summer vibe in the sense that they're on a road trip and there are tons of funny moments, but this book is so much more that a quick summer read. The twists and turns, not to mention the deepness of the characters, makes this novel an unforgettable read. I couldn't recommend it more. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>My ratings:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Plot:A </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Truly original. I was hooked from the first few pages.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Characters: A</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Smart and easy to connect with.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Cover:A</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Love, love, love. Simple, but it captures the book well.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Length:A</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">No sagging moments, and ends complete. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A fantastic read that'll have you wanting to grab your iPod, keys, and go, I give Amy & Roger's Epic Detour:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><br />
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</div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-90855611793159668772010-08-16T10:38:00.001-04:002010-08-16T10:39:33.154-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (10)<div style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the lack of posting this past week! I've had a lot of reading to do! However, lats of reading leads to lots of reviewing!</div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What Are You Reading is hosted by </span></span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-37/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sheila at Book Journey</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. All book links go to Goodreads :)</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="[MondayMeme.jpg]" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBfUlxAezSbKUQ9h-O3FNwntf6t-HevkrH6iKBRJPzsGBwZRFsseZhk0HP9a0gQ3PQDvTfzF9VHRLf5yVzxsYpH3jaRLMIG2nZ6K36oWK5LsH1EXHge9BYB9GyfyHI0wdcExZCkAmmGQ/s200/MondayMeme.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="156" /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This Week's Reads:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/8001810-the-sweetness-of-salt" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="The Sweetness of Salt" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1280128419l/8001810.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="129" /></a></span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8001810-the-sweetness-of-salt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Sweetness of Salt by Cecilia Galante</span></a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Release: November 9th, 2010</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I haven't read any of Galante's work, but so far so good!</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/199688.Charmed_Thirds" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Charmed Thirds (Jessica Darling, #3)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172623726l/199688.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="132" /></a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199688.Charmed_Thirds">Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Didn't get to this one last week, but hopefully this week.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7129588-forget-you" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Forget You" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1279660098l/7129588.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7129588-forget-you">Forget You by Jennifer Echols</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Yay for my second Echols novel! I've read a lot of good reviews for this!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/2875036.Privilege" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Privilege (Privilege, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267337415l/2875036.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="133" /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2875036.Privilege">Privilege by Kate Brian</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">It'll be a toss up if I can make it to this one, but hopefully so!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Last week's reads:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I finished everything on my list but one!!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/6762468-another-pan" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Another Pan (Another, #2)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1280177653l/6762468.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="139" /></a></span></span></span></b></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6762468-another-pan">Another Pan by Daniel and Dina Nayeri</a></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Loved it! I wasn't sure before, but it turned out to be a good read!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></b></div><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></b><br />
<b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7991900-confessions-of-the-sullivan-sisters" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Confessions Of The Sullivan Sisters" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1271971333l/7991900.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="130" /></a></span></b></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7991900-confessions-of-the-sullivan-sisters#">Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford</a></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Also fantastic! Great characters!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/6654313-linger" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Linger" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275751066l/6654313.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></b></div></div></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6654313-linger">Linger by Maggie Stiefvater</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">So glad I finally got to reading this- review up soon!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Next week's reads:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7204637-aces-up" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Aces Up" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1278295855l/7204637.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7204637-aces-up">Aces Up by Lauren Barnholdt</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>This will probably be the only thing I get to read next week! With moving in to my apartment and starting classes, I probably won't get to read too much...</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>So those are my reads- past, present, and future. So what about you? It's Monday, what are you reading?</i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></b></b></span></b></div></div></span></span></b></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></div></div></b></span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b></div></div></div></b></span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b></b></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b><br />
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</span></div></div></div></div></span></span></b></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></div></div></b></span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b></div></div></div></b></span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b></span></span></div></div></span></span></b></span></span></b></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-72130305658719413502010-08-13T12:26:00.000-04:002010-08-13T12:26:03.415-04:00Book Blogger Hop (10)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hello, fellow bookworms! It' Friday, so you know what that means...</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.crazy-for-books.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Book Blogger Hop" height="150" src="http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt34/crazybookblog/cfbmemebutton-2.png" width="150" /></span></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've joined in on the Book Blogger Hop ( hosted every so graciously by </span></span><a href="http://www.crazy-for-books.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Crazy for Books</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">) again! It's such an awesome way to meet new bloggers! If you're here because of the Hop, be sure to say hi!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week's question: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>How many books do you have on your 'to be read' shelf?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>That's kind of a difficult question for me, haha. I think I'll take this question both physically and virtually. Physically, I have only 9 books that need to be read. I'm a big friend of the library, so I'm always one to find a book at the library before I make a purchase. I'm a college student so hauling books back to campus every year is troublesome. </b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Virtually, however, is a whole other story, if you check out my </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2488389"><b>Goodreads</b></a><b> (feel free to 'friend' me by the way), my to read list grows each week. Right now, though I'm at 74. I've done a pretty good job of getting this list down this summer, but with so many good books coming out, I'm sure it will escalate soon!</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>How about you? Do you have a mountain of books to tackle? Or do you try to keep things short and sweet?</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>As always, thanks for 'hopping' by! Have a great weekend and happy reading!</i></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-89073633641686682312010-08-11T09:58:00.001-04:002010-08-11T09:58:00.116-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (21)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Waiting on Wednesday is so graciously hosted by Jill at </span></span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Breaking the Spine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week's pick is...</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7775824-mostly-good-girls" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Mostly Good Girls" height="320" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pVfzBbfKL.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="211" /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7775824-mostly-good-girls">Mostly Good Girls</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">by Leila Sales</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Release: October 5, 2010</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The higher you aim, the farther you fall….<br />
It’s Violet’s junior year at the Westfield School. She thought she’d be focusing on getting straight As, editing the lit mag, and making Scott Walsh fall in love with her. Instead, she’s just trying to hold it together in the face of cutthroat academics, Scott Walsh’s new girlfriend, and the sense that things are going irreversibly wrong with her best friend, Katie.<br />
When Katie starts making choices that Violet can’t even begin to fathom, Violet has no idea how to set things right between them. Westfield girls are trained for success—but how can Violet keep her junior year from being one huge epic fail?</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Thoughts:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another debut author, woot!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First off, love the cover. I think it really backs the title well- good girl clothes, but the crossed legs and funky shoes helps to symbolize the 'mostly'. Since I also consider myself a "good girl" like Violet, I think I'll be able to relate to her. I'm also interested in what's going on with her best friend, Katie. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I think this could make a great read, and I'm always interested in finding new authors!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So that's what I'm waiting for this week! It's Wednesday, what are you 'waiting' for?</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-66759206962801108622010-08-10T09:48:00.001-04:002010-08-10T09:48:00.288-04:00One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7111552-one-night-that-changes-everything" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="One Night That Changes Everything" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1276284623l/7111552.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Eliza is in a full-blown panic. Her notebook has been stolen—the one that lists everything she wants but is afraid to go after. And the absolute worst person in the world has it: her ex-boyfriend, Cooper.<br />
Like it’s not enough Cooper was lying to Eliza for their entire relationship, now he and his friends are blackmailing her. They’re giving her just one night to complete the most humiliating tasks on her list or they’ll post her secrets online—including the ones that aren’t just about her.<br />
Eliza’s sure of only one thing: she isn’t going down without a fight. Cooper may have what’s left of her dignity, but she’s not the only one with something to hide … </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Review:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I hadn't read any Lauren Barnholdt before, so I was excited to jump into One Night. The premise sounded really fun, and reminded me a little bit of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist in the sense that if all occurred in one night. Those things alone got me in a positive mindset for the book, and after reading it, I was not disappointed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was really easy to get into One Night That Changes Everything with Eliza as the main character (side note- I love that she has a classic name. They're not common in YA books, so it was really refreshing). Eliza is easy to relate to, and hilarious to boot. Despite all the drama around her, her moments of sarcasm and frustration had me laughing. Eliza's definitely not perfect and has made a few bad decisions, her humor and growing confidence throughout the novel had me pulling for her the entire way.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I surprisingly enjoyed Cooper as well. A lot of reviewers felt the same, but I just couldn't see myself liking him after all he'd done to Eliza. As the book continued though, I was easily falling under his charm. He was definitely not the monster I had made him out to be, which was a pleasant surprise.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Overall, One Night was a great read. Barnholdt did a great job of blending the pleasant and not so pleasant things from Eliza's notebook together so that I was laughing for her at one moment, and cringing for her the next. While there is of course emphasis on Eliza and Cooper's relationship, Eliza's journey in learning more about herself was definitely in the forefront of this novel. I truly loved seeing Eliza grow and realize that the world won't end if she takes some chances.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Ratings:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Plot: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Original and fun. Super easy to get into.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Characters:A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Not how I thought they would be, and in a good way. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cover: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Definitely captures the fun, but it could have been a bit more dramatic. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Length: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All done in one night- the timing was superb. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> A fun novel full of dares, secrets, and fun, I give One Night That Changes Everything</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; 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border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Five Stars!</div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-88963022628687634872010-08-09T09:27:00.000-04:002010-08-09T09:27:00.082-04:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (9)<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What Are You Reading is hosted by </span></span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-37/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sheila at Book Journey</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. All book links go to Goodreads :)</span></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="[MondayMeme.jpg]" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBfUlxAezSbKUQ9h-O3FNwntf6t-HevkrH6iKBRJPzsGBwZRFsseZhk0HP9a0gQ3PQDvTfzF9VHRLf5yVzxsYpH3jaRLMIG2nZ6K36oWK5LsH1EXHge9BYB9GyfyHI0wdcExZCkAmmGQ/s200/MondayMeme.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;" width="156" /></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This Week's Reads:</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Kind of ambitious, but hopefully I can make it!</i></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7991900-confessions-of-the-sullivan-sisters" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Confessions Of The Sullivan Sisters" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1271971333l/7991900.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="130" /></a></span></b></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7991900-confessions-of-the-sullivan-sisters#">Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford</a></b></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Got this one on Friday, but I'm just now getting into it! So far, so good!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/6762468-another-pan" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Another Pan (Another, #2)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1280177653l/6762468.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="139" /></a></span></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6762468-another-pan">Another Pan by Daniel and Dina Nayeri</a></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's a take on Peter Pan. It was never one of my favorite kid movies, but I'm interested to see how this plays out!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/6654313-linger" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Linger" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275751066l/6654313.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6654313-linger">Linger by Maggie Stiefvater</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This one came on Friday as well! Can't wait to get into it!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/199688.Charmed_Thirds" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Charmed Thirds (Jessica Darling, #3)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172623726l/199688.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="132" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199688.Charmed_Thirds">Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Requested this from the library as soon as I finished Second Helpings, and it's finally here!</span></span></span></b></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></div></div></b></span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span>Last Week's Reads:</span></span></b></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></div></div></b></span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></b><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7111552-one-night-that-changes-everything" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="One Night That Changes Everything" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1276284623l/7111552.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></b></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7111552-one-night-that-changes-everything">One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt</a></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I've read a lot of great reviews, and after reading it myself, I can tell you the reviews are on the money! </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/5819551-the-treasure-map-of-boys" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #3)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256927574l/5819551.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="150" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5819551-the-treasure-map-of-boys"><b>The Treasure Map of Boys by e. Lockhart</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Another series I didn't finish. Took me a second to remember all the characters, but after I did, I fell in love with Ruby all over again!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><img alt="Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles, #2)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275943637l/7842288.jpg" width="133" /></span></b></span></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7842288-beautiful-darkness">Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl </a></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Just finished this, and... wow. Let me just say finishing it was bittersweet. Sweet that I got an advance copy, and it was just as wonderful as I hoped. Bitter that I have to wait eons for the next one :(</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Next Week's Reads:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/2875036.Privilege" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Privilege (Privilege, #1)" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267337415l/2875036.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="133" /></a></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2875036.Privilege">Privilege by Kate Brian</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Other than that, it's in the air. I'll probably be doing some last minute shopping before I go back to Emory, so it might be a light week. </i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><b></b></b></span></b></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>So those are my reads- past, present, and future. So what about you? It's Monday, what are you reading?</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br />
</i></span></div></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></b></b></span></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></div></span></span></b></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div></div></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></span></span></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></span></span></b></div></div></b></span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></span></span></b></span></span></b></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-56668614484004326862010-08-06T11:36:00.000-04:002010-08-06T11:36:50.437-04:00Book Blogger Hop (9)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hello, fellow bookworms! It' Friday, so you know what that means...</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.crazy-for-books.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Book Blogger Hop" height="150" src="http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt34/crazybookblog/cfbmemebutton-2.png" width="150" /></span></span></a></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've joined in on the Book Blogger Hop ( hosted every so graciously by </span></span><a href="http://www.crazy-for-books.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Crazy for Books</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">) again! It's such an awesome way to meet new bloggers! If you're here because of the Hop, be sure to say hi!</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week's question: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do you listen to music when you read? If so, what are your favorite reading tunes?</span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It really depends. I usually read with the TV in the background, but if I know I'm going to be reading for a while (over 3 hours), then I go to Pandora on my iPod and listen to that. It's a mix, but I usually go to the Alicia Keys or John Mayer station while reading :)</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What about you? Do you rock out while reading?</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Happy Hopping! Have a great weekend!!</span></span></span></b></span></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-62015733483056064062010-08-05T18:08:00.002-04:002010-08-05T18:08:34.160-04:00Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/3874811-something-maybe" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Something, Maybe" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223481282l/3874811.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="132" /></span></span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Synopsis:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Everyone thinks their parents are embarrassing, but Hannah knows she’s got them all beat. Her dad made a fortune showcasing photos of pretty girls and his party lifestyle all over the Internet, and her mom was once one of her dad’s girlfriends and is now the star of her own website. After getting the wrong kind of attention for way too long, Hannah has mastered the art of staying under the radar . . . and that’s just how she likes it.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Of course, that doesn’t help her get noticed by her crush. Hannah’s sure that gorgeous, sensitive Josh is her soul mate. But trying to get him to notice her; wondering why she suddenly can’t stop thinking about another guy, Finn; and dealing with her parents make Hannah feel like she’s going crazy. Yet she’s determined to make things work out the way she wants – only what she wants may not be what she needs. . . .</span></span></div></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Review:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm a growing fan of Elizabeth Scott novels. I haven't read everything from her (for shame, I know), but everything I have read, I've enjoyed. Something, Maybe is no exception.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While reading this, I couldn't help but admire Hannah's strength. While she may not have the best self confidence, but she handles herself well. With her mother not being the most stable, and her father never around until he needs her, Hannah has had to play the adult. While I hated that she had to play that role, she did play it well. However, you're able to tell that it's left her a little guarded.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What I appreciated about Something, Maybe was that there wasn't a major issue in the novel. It was simply a snapshot of Hannah's life. No major deadline, no huge if, then scenario. There's enough going on in Hannah's life that it carries the novel through. This was really refreshing. Sometimes it's nice just to take a peek into someone else's life without having a major situation going on. The relationships between Hannah and her parents as well as Hannah and Finn are so dynamic, they kept me completely invested in the novel.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will say that there were moments where I wish things were stretched out a little more, moments where I felt I was missing a bit of dialogue, moments I can't talk about without spoiling things. However, this doesn't stop it from being quite an enjoyable read. I finished Something, Maybe in one sleepless night and enjoyed it tremendously.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My Ratings:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Plot: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Very simple, but also very easy to get into.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Characters: A</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Incredibly dynamic for such a short read. Easily understood.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cover: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Simple, but exemplifies Hannah's embarrassment over her parents. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Length: B</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ended well, but could have been longer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A fantastic snapshot of Hannah's World, Something Maybe deserves...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; 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border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="40" none";="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-CMUDcnbKCNhgbUbB4t_HSA6IY5RuCCDo8NCE9rgoWZGEM4t49PbGAmjHa_BeVUIkuVpiMWZu7mTe0QaUr0umi79ZR37_p07xZg4P48E4Wwh57s_xMTTPGlU-Nwn6SkswOjQvBIK/s1600/staryel.jpg" width="40" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Four Stars!</span></span></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432156215624383569.post-63565915679647297422010-08-04T11:19:00.001-04:002010-08-04T11:19:35.573-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (20)<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Waiting on Wednesday is so graciously hosted by Jill at </span></span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Breaking the Spine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week's pick is...</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/book/show/7958702-not-that-kind-of-girl" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Not That Kind Of Girl" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1276030498l/7958702.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></span></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7958702-not-that-kind-of-girl"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Not That Kind of Girl</span></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">by Siobhan Vivian</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Release: September 1st, 2010</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Natalie Sterling wants to be in control. She wants her friends to be loyal. She wants her classmates to elect her student council president. She wants to find the right guy, not the usual jerk her school has to offer. She wants a good reputation, because she believes that will lead to good things.</span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="color: black; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But life is messy, and it's very hard to be in control of it. Not when there are freshman girls running around in a pack, trying to get senior guys to sleep with them. Not when your friends have secrets they're no longer comfortable sharing. Not when the boy you once dismissed ends up being the boy you want to sleep with yourself - but only in secret, with nobody ever finding out.</span></span></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Slut or saint? Winner or loser? Natalie is getting tired of these forced choices - and is now going to find a way to live life in the sometimes messy, sometimes wonderful in-between.</span></span></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I haven't read any of Siobahn's work, but I'm really interested in this one. I can be a bit controlling myself, so I think I might be able to relate to Natalie :)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm also really interested in the dynamics of this high school- how important are labels to them? Is Natalie really in the limelight as much as she thinks or is it all in her head? And just who is this mystery guy?</span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Haven't seen a lot of reviews for this yet, but it sounds like a fab read!</span></span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div>Collegiate Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09127081249871994656noreply@blogger.com0