tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686887380625531182024-03-16T00:08:08.302-07:00Bookcase to Heaven™ Selhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04013035551527303919noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268688738062553118.post-58580635977981929892014-03-07T06:50:00.006-08:002014-03-07T06:50:59.629-08:00Guest Post by J. Nelle Patrick (Tsarina)<span style="text-align: justify;">Hi guys! Today, I'm really excited to introduce J. Nelle Patrick (a.k.a. Jackson Pierce) onto Bookcase to Heaven™ to talk about Anastasia, one of the side characters in her February 27th YA release, TSARINA (Razorbill), as part of the </span><i style="text-align: justify;">TSARINA Blog Tour</i><span style="text-align: justify;">.</span><br />
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One of my all-time favorite animated movies is Anastasia (1997) and I am absolutely smitten with Dimitri and Anastasia-- definitely my favorite animated couple, hands-down. TSARINA is about Anastasia's brother, Alexei, and all the political intrigue, decadent luxury, fanatic mysticism (think: Rasputin) of the Tsarist era. Just take a look at the cover-- so pretty, isn't it?<br />
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There's a giveaway at the end of the post, so do hop by to try your luck.<br />
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Now, without further ado, let me pass the blog over to Jackson!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Reds are gaining ground, and the loyal Whites struggle to hold Saint Petersburg. But Natalya isn’t afraid. Wrapped in fur and tucked inside her lavish home, she feels safe. Alexei Romanov, heir to the Russian throne and her first love, has told her a secret: Hidden within the Winter Palace lies a Faberge Egg enchanted by the mystic Rasputin. With it, the Romanovs will never fall from power. The Reds will never take the country. And one day, Alexei will ascend the throne and Natalya will be beside him— the tsarina of Russia.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18pt;">But when the Reds raid the Winter Palace, the egg vanishes and the Romanovs are captured. Natalya must find the egg to save Alexei, her way of life, and her royal future. To do so, she’s forced to ally herself with the enemy— a young Red named Leo who wants the egg for his own purposes. But as they brave a war-battered landscape of snow and magic, Natalya realizes that the world isn’t as simple as it seemed back in Saint Petersburg. Nothing– not friends, not politics, and not love– are as clear as Red and White.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">She’s everyone’s favorite Romanov. In fact, she’s usually the only Romanov people know by name. If you’ve been reading the other posts in this blog tour, you already know that the animated Anastasia movie is basically all lies (link to that blog post here, please!). Why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because she’s the one who supposedly escaped and survived the executions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before I go on, I have to tell you something— this blog post is going to get kind of dark. So, to help, I’m going to put some photos of kittens here and there. If things are getting too dark for you, look at the kittens, okay?<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />(<span class="yiv9480303232Hyperlink0" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394202219484_2084"><a href="http://www.bilgilinks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kedi10.jpg">http://www.bilgilinks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kedi10.jpg</a></span>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br clear="none" /></b>Anastasia was the youngest of the Romanov sisters— her brother, Alexei, was the youngest over all. She was a pretty delightful and mischievous kid— one of the family doctors said she “held the record for punishable deeds in the family”. She played outdoors, liked acting, and was especially close to the other younger sister, Maria, who she shared a room with. When she grew older, she would visit the Red Cross hospital and play checkers with wounded soldiers and occasionally write poetry. Simply put, she was pretty cool. I think you would have liked her.<br clear="none" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1448945587"><br clear="none" /></a><span class="yiv9480303232Hyperlink0" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://31.media.tumblr.com/7df128ae9ebc99751eb9458e8745d12f/tumblr_mo8iuf1BW51qbioujo1_500.gif">http://31.media.tumblr.com/7df128ae9ebc99751eb9458e8745d12f/tumblr_mo8iuf1BW51qbioujo1_500.gif</a><span style="color: purple;"> </span></span>(Anastasia and her siblings)</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The entire Romanov family was executed in Ekaterinberg by a group of Reds who’d had them under various forms of house arrest for over a year. The execution was brutal— I won’t go into detail, but know that I cried over it several times while researching TSARINA. Actually, if I think about it too hard, I <i>still</i> cry over it.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />(<span class="yiv9480303232Hyperlink0" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394202219484_2088"><a href="http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16200000/Kitten-pic-cute-kittens-16292210-1024-768.jpg">http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16200000/Kitten-pic-cute-kittens-16292210-1024-768.jpg</a></span>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And then they were out of skeletons. Anastasia and Alexei weren’t there.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />Actually, it could have been <i>Maria</i> and Alexei that were missing— the Russian scientists said that Anastasia was that third found skeleton, and it was Maria who was unaccounted for, while the American scientists working the case said it the third found skeleton was Maria and Anastasia was the missing daughter. Maria and Anastasia were similar in size and, obviously, would have the same mitochondria DNA since they had the same parents, so it was impossible to tell for sure. For the sake of this post, let’s assume Anastasia was the missing daughter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It never was particularly likely, seeing as how the soldiers who were there that night insisted that everyone was killed. I mean, why kill the servants and the dogs (seriously— they killed the family’s dogs) if you’re just going to let a legitimate heir to the throne survive?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br clear="none" />But, the whole matter was put to bed in 2007, when two final skeletons were found in the forest near Ekaterinberg. These skeletons were in really bad shape. While the other skeletons had been burned and buried, these had been cut up, smashed, and appeared to have acid damage. The theory is that the Reds didn’t want anyone to know that the royal family was dead— at least not right away— so they wanted to do a really, really good job of hiding the bodies. Because Anastasia and Alexei were the smallest…<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />(you’re going to need a kitten for this)<br clear="none" />(<span class="yiv9480303232Hyperlink0"><a href="http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16100000/Cute-Kitten-kittens-16122946-1280-800.jpg">http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16100000/Cute-Kitten-kittens-16122946-1280-800.jpg</a></span>)<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />…the Reds used their bodies to test out various disposal techniques— like dissolving them in acid, burning them, throwing them down a well, etc. When that didn’t work, they decided it was easiest to just bury the rest of the family and leave Anastasia and Alexei’s bodies elsewhere. They were hoping that anyone who found the bodies would assume these were just regular-old-graves, since the number of bodies wouldn’t match the number of missing Romanovs.<b><br clear="none" /></b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Yeah, that lady is lying. Or maybe she’s just confused. I don’t know. Over the years, dozens of people have claimed to be Anastasia. Some have even claimed to be Maria, Tatiana, or Olga, and a few men have insisted that they’re Alexei. I would <i>love it</i>if that were true, but it’s not. DNA proves that the entire Romanov family is accounted for, now. Even if we can’t be totally sure whether it was Maria or Anastasia temporarily lost with Alexei, we now have seven bodies to match with seven family members.</span><br />
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</span> Before Anastasia and Alexei’s bodies were found, Russia held a state funeral for the other Romanovs, and interred them in the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg. You can see video from the funeral services here:<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuXXR8n9Sc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuXXR8n9Sc</a><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />When Anastasia and Alexei were found, their bodies were interred alongside the rest of their family. They’re all together now in the St. Catherine chapel of the Cathedral.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />Here is something that I think you should remember though: The most interesting thing about Anastasia isn’t the theory that she might have survived. The most interesting thing about Anastasia is that, really, she <i>wasn</i><i>’t</i> that interesting. She was just like you, or me, or any other teenager. She happened to be royalty, sure, but she also loved her siblings, was a bad speller, ate too much chocolate, and had a purple bedroom with butterflies on the walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, instead of remembering what <i>didn</i><i>’t</i> happen<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1394202219484_2153">—</span> her escape— maybe we can remember the things that <i>did</i> happen, and the Romanov family as they really were: People.</span></div>
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<b>J. Nelle Patrick </b>is the pseduonym for twenty-nine year old Jackson Pearce. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with a slightly cross-eyed cat and a lot of secondhand furniture. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in English and a minor in Philosophy. She auditioned for the circus once, but didn’t make it; other jobs she’s had include obituaries writer, biker bar waitress, and receptionist. She currently coaches a winterguard at a local high school.<br />
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Jackson began writing when she got angry that the school librarian couldn’t tell her of a book that contained a smart girl, horses, baby animals, and magic. Her solution was to write the book herself when she was twelve. Her parents thought it was cute at first, but have grown steadily more concerned for her ever since.<br />
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Jackson is also the author of a series of retold fairytales.</blockquote>
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Selhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04013035551527303919noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268688738062553118.post-80100032032193445802014-02-12T07:22:00.000-08:002014-02-12T07:22:39.492-08:00I'm Back In A Whirlwind<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know that I'm officially the lousiest blogger ever. I realize that the more often I take breaks from blogging, the harder it becomes to get back into the game. (And the higher my To-Be-Read pile grows, and the more emails I start to ignore, and the rustier I find myself at writing reviews, and the longer my break becomes.) It's like a self-perpetuating vicious cycle which I know has lost me quite some momentum in everything book-related except for my favorite pastime of reading (I'm still reading, never fear!), but the inertia of inactivity builds up and the time for me to snap out of it is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, yes. In order to actually get some action done on this blog, I've decided to post do an update post on what you can expect from the blog in the next few months or so. So for those of you who still check back regularly (my page views say "yes"-- that there are some of you sweethearts who do that), read this and don't be disheartened by the lack of posts and please don't give up on this blog (I AM HERE FOR THE LONG RUN). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, here goes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am organizing several blog tours fo<span style="font-family: inherit;">r some of the Young Adult debuts which I am highly anticipating! Most of them are YA Contemporary novels-- there is a good slate this year, and I'm pretty excited. But, the nearest blog tour is starring a YA historical fiction piece, PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG<i> (Anne Blankman, <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">April 22nd 2014 by Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins).</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">I will be opening sign-ups for that soon-ish on this blog and through my mailing list (to those of you who have signed up to be tour hosts, you will be getting an email about this!). Please support me, Anne and the marvelous story of a girl during Nazi Germany and the various secrets, romances and dark plots swirling around in a melting pot of scandals, conspiracies and propaganda. Gosh, the history geek in me is squealing.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Well, if you take a brief look at my current e-reader, the titles are very contemporary-oriented:</span></div>
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<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18599754-say-what-you-will" style="line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Say What You Will</a><span style="line-height: 18px;"> by Cammie McGovern (<i>Hmm… Is it just me, or does the cover and tone just remind you of Eleanor & Park? Which is not a bad thing to be reminded of.</i>)</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18599770-17-first-kisses" target="_blank">17 First Kisses</a> by Rachael Allen</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18599743-how-to-meet-boys" target="_blank">How To Meet Boys</a> by Catherine Clark</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18298225-on-the-fence" target="_blank">On the Fence</a> by Kasie West</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16081202-open-road-summer" target="_blank">Open Road Summer</a> by Emery Lord</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143347-we-were-liars" target="_blank">We Were Liars</a> by E. Lockhart</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17571718-what-nora-knew" target="_blank">What Nora Knew</a> by Linda Yellin</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15673520-sekret?ac=1" target="_blank">Sekret</a> by Lindsay Smith</span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">If I finish reading the novel, I will review it. You can expect at least 4 to 5 reviews to come since these are all brilliant titles! But who knows, my interest in contemporary novels might wane and then you will see me reading Martin's A Game of Thrones (never!) or picking up D</span>ostoevsky's <span style="line-height: 18px;">Crime & Punishment again (I've been trying to find the right mood and setting to read this book for more than a month and I'm still not done with it).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">2. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (I heard it's Jenny Han's favorite book. It was lovely, but not </span><i style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">great</i><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">. On a side note, I think A LOT like Cassandra, it's freaky.)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally. (Fantastic. Makes me want to play football. Sam Henry is the love of my life.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This book compiles photos and life stories of 50 of the sexiest men and women from history and asks the essential question: Would you really want to date them? Some are artists, some are scientists, and many are political or military leaders, but all have had a lasting impact on human life—and a sizable impact on their admirers as well. Each entry describes the period in which the heartthrob lived and includes essential stats, hilarious sidebars, and, of course, a “crushability” ranking: a measurement of how crush-worthy these people really are, based on their relative levels of heroism (or villainy).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #575757; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Get the skinny on 50 of history’s hottest heartthrobs and rekindle your romantic imagination with the new book, </span><span style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple;"><i><a href="http://zestbooks.net/historical-heartthrobs/" target="_blank">Historical Heartthrobs: 50 Timeless Crushes-- From Cleopatra to Camus</a></i></span></span></span><em style="background-attachment: inherit; background-clip: inherit; background-image: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-size: inherit; color: #9c2777; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">. </em><span style="color: #575757; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Delve into the details of the romantic lives (as well as the key contributions to history) of this attractive collection of charismatic men and women from the ages. From the smoldering Pablo Picasso and the electric Nikola Tesla to the chic Coco Chanel, this book and blog tour will inspire you to make a date with history—just in time for Valentine’s Day!</span></blockquote>
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As a History student, I've always had a love-hate relationship with the subject I'm studying. There are moments when the reason why I study History to elude me, such as when I'm typing a lengthy response to one of those Structured Essay or Source-Based Questions. And then, there are moments like this which make me remember why I like History so so much.<br />
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Reading this book was a superb experience in itself-- for the first time, I was looking at historical personalities through the lenses of modern-day idolatry. They were portrayed in glamorous pictures, given a simple breakdown of their love life, areas of influence, their best features and also a heat factor. It was almost like <i>The Bachelor </i>starring famous and infamous men and women in history, the ones who might have ruled a nation, inspired a war or created a long-lasting legacy-- both scandalous and otherwise.<br />
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Selhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04013035551527303919noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268688738062553118.post-46006888174234394072013-12-23T00:31:00.001-08:002013-12-23T03:07:38.092-08:00Giveaway: Dare Yourself In the Spirit of Dash & Lily's Book of Dares<div style="text-align: justify;">So these few days, I've been feeling a bit restless and have been idling around the household doing nothing-- so much that my mother's initial reaction has gone from annoyance to incredulity. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I've been brainstorming a lot about what to do on this blog for Christmas and beyond and I want to do something--</div><h3>fun! </h3><h3>silly! crazy! exciting! cute!</h3><div>Because I'm bored out of my bones and this is what I do when I'm bored out of my bones (yes, I've watched The Hobbit 2, and Catching Fire, and Frozen and God-knows-what). </div><div><br />
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<blockquote style="background-color: lightyellow; border: 2px #666; padding: 12px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">“I’ve left some clues for you.</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">If you want them, turn the page.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”</span><br style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the bestselling authors of </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?</span><br style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have written a love story that will have readers perusing bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.</span></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The giveaway will last from <i>23rd December 2013 (most exciting day before the day before Christmas!) </i>till <i>15th January 2014</i>. The winner will win a copy of Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, but more importantly, every single participant in the giveaway will be emailed a crazy, bookish, silly dare to complete in 2014 by me personally. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Before I go, one more thing: I loved Frozen and it made my holiday magical-- take a listen, I hope this song does the same for you! </span><br />
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In terms of pathos (appealing to my emotions), I almost cried at two points in this book. This isn't just some frothy novel about "a privileged girl having an epiphany away from home". No. It takes a philosophical and nuanced look at what it means when a girl finally comes of age in a transformative day in Paris -- understanding the differences between falling in love and being in love, surrendering herself to the accidents of fate and saying "yes", grabbing freedom at its knees and finally, realizing that the key to feeling always a little less than the whole of herself has never been about not knowing who she is, but knowing that and not wanting to be that person <i>anymore</i>. </div>
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I had thought the "One Day" section a triumphant portrayal of Allyson's growth, however, Allyson only truly blossoms in the second section of the book as she heads back once again to Paris, then across Europe, in search of Willem and a lost part of herself. And the way she collects clues to find her way back to him and misses him closely each time had my heart knotted into tangled strings -- oh, Gayle Forman, you have me in the palm of your hands.<br />
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<li>Clarity <i>Zedd ft. Foxes </i>(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxxstCcJlsc" target="_blank">here</a>) </li>
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<li>How Long Will I Love You <i>Ellie Goulding</i> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an4ySOlsUMY" target="_blank">here</a>)</li>
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And December is one of my favourite months of the year-- and also the month when I get the whimsical urge to write random posts on this blog about the fantastical, the outrageous or just the boring things that happen in my life OR I get weirdly reflective and just write strange things. Plus, I tend to get excited about the books I'm going to buy in my annual end-of-year book spree. So it's my favorite month, no doubt about that.</div>
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After being kind of missing in action since August (during which and subsequently, I have only steadfastly posted once a month), I think ought to talk a bit about what I was doing after my exams ended in October and also, to make this less of a palaver, to talk about my love-hate relationship with this blog (right now we are in our honeymoon period, yay!).<br />
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End of termly exams. I watched PHOTO (Phantom of the Opera) for the second time, read a lot of books, and stayed up late every night to finish the term papers all due at the end of the month (oh, the abject cruelty and caprice of providence).</div>
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Finals happened. Five-day break when I started planning a holiday camp for our school's Student Council. Received back my marks. End of school.</div>
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For those of you who have been reading this blog for a long long time, you might know that I occasionally mention an international academic tournament (this is my second year participating). I went to USA for the competition in November, and the tournament was at Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)... AND THEN WE SPENT 3 MORE DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY.</div>
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In those 3 days in NYC, my life got a thousand times more exciting than usual:</div>
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And if you don't know Orlando Bloom, please face the wall or go hide under a rock, and just to help you along on your path of reformation (because not knowing Orlando Bloom means you don't know Legolas or Will Turner-- and that, my friend, is a sin!), here's a photo my friend took of him:</div>
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In December, I finally went to the holiday camp for Student Council which I had been faithfully planning with my friends since October.<br />
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And then, I went on a cruise named Superstar Virgo. It was huge and there were 10 restaurants, a cinema, a theatre, an arcade, a casino, a bunch of karaoke rooms, jacuzzis, two swimming pools and God knows what. It was a floating luxury resort which stopped at two island-ports and I got tanned, wore a straw hat and took loads of photos.<br />
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More than fifty percent of the time on the cruise was spent on eating since the restaurants were free of charge (it was covered in the ticket for the cruise) and were high-class buffets and <span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">à la carte dining. I even ate escargot (snails).</span></span><br />
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The cruise holiday ended on 12 December. When I finally got back home and began lounging in my room with an unfamiliar sense of idleness, soon realizing with sudden alacrity that for the first time in don't-know-how-many-months I was free with no deadlines, I knew it was time to blog.<br />
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I think the reason why I thought of the term "love-hate relationship" was because there was this odd balance between books and my life. </div>
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Amidst school, homework and tests, books were my means of escapist thinking-- of being somewhere <i>else</i>, some place when the protagonist does things that I perhaps never would do, both now and ever. It's not so much of wishful thinking on my part, but more of a tad bit of imagination and the willfulness to think myself into other's shoes.<br />
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So this December, there's a feeling of coming full circle. Somehow, if I had not travelled, there was an empty void in one unknown part of me that could no longer feel for those books and the characters and places that I had read about. And conversely, simply because I had travelled, getting back into the comfortable rhythm of reading and blogging just feels <i>right</i>.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The thing to do, like I vaguely recall from the film <i>Stuck in Love</i> (which is awesome by the way and has both Lily Collins AND Logan Lerman; and it talks about how when writers fall in love, things are made beautiful and complicat<span style="font-family: inherit;">ed) is to live, to get out there. Because books come from people. And even when imagination allows us to empathize with people whose experiences we had never experienced before</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, to walk the streets of a foreign town and have a beggar perform poetry at the traffic light junction transforms me as a reader. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A books and stationery festival featuring leading publishers and distributors from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. It is a one-stop venue for a comprehensive range of the best and latest publications, together with stationery, electronic peripherals and educational aids<span style="color: #1f497d;">. -- From the official press release.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This will be happening from the <b>13-22 December</b> at Suntec City Convention & Exhibition Centre, Halls 401-405. It's quite Asian-based in nature, so for Singaporean friends, feel free to drop by any time!</span></div>
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The BookFest is in its 7th year and I was actually pretty excited for a book signing by a famous Taiwanese author who wrote and directed <i>You're the Apple of My Eye</i> (which was adorable and heartbreaking).</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It isn't often that Singapore has literary festivals, but it is getting more and more frequent in recent years. And as a literary person, I'm doing my part to spread the love (so Singaporean book-lovers, let's support the local talent!)-- click </span><a href="http://mystorywithyouandher.blogspot.sg/p/special-appearances-by-overseas-and.html" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> to take a look at the multi-national lineup of </span><span style="background-color: white;">activities/talks from local and international authors</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm catching up on all my reading, and I went on an Edelweiss downloading spree. The current books on my Reader are all so good, and I'm trying (and failing) to follow according to the chronological order of their release dates-- but one or two keep waving their hands at me and saying "Read me first!". Gosh. I have no discipline.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a Showcase Sunday post (for next week) done up to show you the current state of my reading plate (it's a pretty messy sight, but lovely all the same because it's BOOKS) and I have more Christmas news for you regarding what I'm going to roll out on this blog.</span></span></div>
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Wren Caswell is average. Ranked in the middle of her class at Sacred Heart, she’s not popular, but not a social misfit. Wren is the quiet, “good” girl who's always done what she's supposed to—only now in her junior year, this passive strategy is backfiring. She wants to change, but doesn’t know how.</div>
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Grayson Barrett was the king of St. Gabe’s. Star of the lacrosse team, top of his class, on a fast track to a brilliant future—until he was expelled for being a “term paper pimp.” Now Gray is in a downward spiral and needs to change, but doesn’t know how. </div>
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One fateful night their paths cross when Wren, working at her family’s Arthurian-themed catering hall, performs the Heimlich on Gray as he chokes on a cocktail weenie, saving his life literally and figuratively. What follows is the complicated, awkward, hilarious, and tender tale of two teens shedding their pasts, figuring out who they are—and falling in love.</div>
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This book promised something pretty amazing (at least to me, the Cinderella-esque premise of the sweet poor girl and bad rich boy romance never gets old), and I write this review with a relatively simple message: it delivered its promise. </div>
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More than all of the above, at the end of this book, I chose to see it as a strange sort of discourse on modern teenage love: There's no one convenient time for falling in love. Sometimes, it just happens. It's quick, redolent of insta-love. Yet, at the same time, it's intense, gorgeous and beautifully alive. </div>
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<li><i style="line-height: 21px;">Let Me Love You</i><span style="line-height: 21px;"> Glee (</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0xg8_VvFFI" style="line-height: 21px;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="line-height: 21px;">)</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 21px;"><i>Say Something</i> A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Budding illusionist Anna Van Housen is on top of the world: after scoring a spot on a prestigious European vaudeville tour, she has moved to London to chase her dream and to join an underground society for people like her with psychic abilities. Along with her handsome beau, Cole Archer, Anna is prepared to take the city by storm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But when Anna arrives in London, she finds the group in turmoil. Sensitives are disappearing and, without a suspect, the group’s members are turning on one another. Could the kidnapper be someone within the society itself—or has the nefarious Dr. Boyle followed them to London?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As Cole and Anna begin to unravel the case and secrets about the society are revealed, they find themselves at odds, their plans for romance in London having vanished. Her life in danger and her relationship fizzling, can Anna find a way to track down the killer before he makes her his next victim—or will she have to pay the ultimate price for her powers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m not sure who to tell you about here because I’m actually two people rolled into one. As a responsible mother of teens, I show one persona to the world. That person is driven, conservative and level headed. But the other part of me just never grew up. She is rebellious, impulsive and curious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The mother part of me knows I should put a cap on how many animals we take in. The teen part of me wants to save them all. We have five cats and two dogs. Who do you think is winning?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even now. The mother part wants to make a meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and a tossed salad. The teen part wants to order a pizza, work on my website and check my Facebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381668733675_10594" style="color: #070707; line-height: 20px;">Luckily, though my two halves don’t always agree, both of us live happily in Portland, Oregon, with a husband and too many animals. And we both love to write and write and write.</span><span style="color: #070707; line-height: 20px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I popped back before my exams to share with you</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> the front cover of Michelle Madow's upcoming novel, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The Secret Diamond Sisters, </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">which will be published by Harlequin TEEN on February 25, 2014.</span></div>
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I've been reading Michelle Madow's books since her self-published debut novel Remembrance and you can find my past reviews of her books in The Chronicle. It's always quite amazing to see another aspiring writer succeed, especially one who you've been supporting from the beginning. I really can't wait to read her book, which has a Gossip Girl-esque cover that bespeaks glamor, secrets and lots of juicy scandals. It's truly gorgeous! So excited to see her name hit the shelves in bookstores :) This will be the first book in a YA trilogy, so keep your eyes peeled for more!</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Savannah. Courtney. Peyton.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The three sisters grew up not knowing their father and not quite catching a break. But it looks like their luck is about to change when they find out the secret identity of their long-lost dad—a billionaire Las Vegas hotel owner who wants them to come live in a gorgeous penthouse hotel suite. Suddenly the Strip's most exclusive clubs are all-access, and with an unlimited credit card each, it should be ea</span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">sier than ever to fit right in. But in a town full of secrets and illusion, fitting in is nothing compared to finding out the truth about their past.</span></i></span></i></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #131313;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One day Rapunzel’s beautiful voice and long golden locks captivate a young prince hunting in the forest nearby. Overcome, he climbs her hair up to her chamber and they fall into each other’s arms. But their afternoon of passion is fleeting, and the prince must return to his kingdom, as he is betrothed to another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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A unique spin on the original tales of Rapunzel and Snow White, <i>Fairest of Them All </i>breathes life into two otherwise old school stories that are so well-known that we can hardly expect to be surprised.</div>
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The front part of the story touches on Rapunzel's initial encounter with the Prince and gives a new facet to this iconic fairytale protagonist-- she has magical powers, making her either a witch or euphemistically speaking, a herb healer. Even though we are warned from the very first page that she is going to end up as one of fairytale's most timeless villains-- Snow White's stepmother, the evil queen-- over the first part of the book, we come to care for her. A lot. </div>
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Rapunzel begins as a innocent young woman and from the moment she meets the young prince who would later become king, the wheels of fate starts to turn, propelling her onto the path leading to her eventual rise and downfall as an antagonist. We can fully understand her motivations as she begins to value the influence of beauty and is slowly changed by the fickleness of love and the corrupting nature of wealth and power.</div>
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However, though several of the main plot-lines in the original Snow White tale do unfold, Rapunzel does not disappoint us faithful readers who are rooting for her, redeeming herself near the end of the book, in a resolution that was wholly unexpected but delightfully satisfying.</div>
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This book was one of the most creative retellings that I've read, taking liberties with the crossover storyline but also staying true to the magic and romance that comes with every fairytale. Wonderfully rendered, this book has a protagonist which has much more finesse and character than the original Rapunzel.</div>
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<br />Selhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04013035551527303919noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268688738062553118.post-38057778644898756042013-07-29T02:40:00.000-07:002013-07-29T02:40:20.764-07:00Review: Eleanor and Park<div style="text-align: center;">
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</b></span> </span><a href="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341952742l/15745753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Eleanor & Park" border="0" height="400" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341952742l/15745753.jpg" width="265" /></span></a><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;"><b>Eleanor and Park</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Rainbow Rowell</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Summary:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Bono met his wife in high school," Park says.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"I’m not kidding," he says.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"You should be," she says, "we’re sixteen."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"What about Romeo and Juliet?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"Shallow, confused, then dead."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">''I love you," Park says.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"I’m not kidding," he says.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">"You should be."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><br />
</b></i> <i><b>Published February 26th 2013.</b></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">I think I fell in love with the cover at first glance. The truth is, you don't often see covers this simple and straightforward on the shelves. But, for <i>Eleanor & Park,</i> this cover encapsulates the essence of the novel perfectly-- just the right clean and sweet tone for a story about the blossoming of young love.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">This is the story of Eleanor -- red-haired, awkward, big-boned and with certain family scandals which keep her in fearful rebellion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">This is also the story of Park -- black-haired, aloof, lithe and the son of a perfect American family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">However, beyond their seemingly stereotypical images, they are <i>different </i>-- not just from each other, but also from the rest of the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Park is a </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">half-Korean and half-American sixteen year old kid-- lover of punk music, taekwondo-practicing and a comics extraordinaire. And he loves with a heart-wrenching kind of impulsiveness and surety. When Park meets Eleanor, the new girl on the bus, their </span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 18.99305534362793px;">foray</span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> into young love is slow and raw, glazed over by the innocence that comes with their era-- the 1980s. </span></span></span></span></div>
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Following an all-out battle with the walking Dead, the Spirit Hunters have fled Philadelphia, leaving Eleanor alone to cope with the devastating aftermath. But there’s more trouble ahead—the evil necromancer Marcus has returned, and his diabolical advances have Eleanor escaping to Paris to seek the help of Joseph, Jie, and the infuriatingly handsome Daniel once again. When she arrives, however, she finds a whole new darkness lurking in this City of Light. As harrowing events unfold, Eleanor is forced to make a deadly decision that will mean life or death for everyone.</div>
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<script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Selhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04013035551527303919noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268688738062553118.post-35691273076819053712013-07-10T07:20:00.000-07:002013-10-02T06:42:51.771-07:00Current State of the Union: What's up with the blog?<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm off on a </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">three-week hiatus </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">for the month of July, dealing with my exams :) I haven't been reviewing much lately, but don't fret, I am currently reading an excellent selection of books (and the reviews will come out at the end of the hiatus; I have so many thoughts </span>burning <span style="font-family: inherit;">in my mind, but I just haven't had the chance to sit down and pen them down into a coherent review). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15745753-eleanor-park" target="_blank">Eleanor and Park</a> (<i>read--review half done</i>)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">II. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13514612-all-our-yesterdays?ac=1" target="_blank">All Our Yesterdays</a> (<i>reading</i>)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">III. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16068905-fangirl" target="_blank">Fangirl</a> (<i>going to read ASAP</i>)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">IV. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17286911-the-social-code?ac=1" target="_blank">The Social Code (The Start-Up, #1)</a> (<i>reading</i>)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">V. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7111552-one-night-that-changes-everything" target="_blank">One Night That Changes Everything</a> (<i>read--review not done yet</i>)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">VI. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6609714-the-lonely-hearts-club" target="_blank">The Lonely Hearts Club</a> (<i>reading</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><strong><em> A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love.</em> </strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Cath is a Simon Snow fan.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . .</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm so pumped up for the INK blog tour! A big thank you to the amazing Amanda Sun for collaborating with me on this tour, where over six days, we will have various book bloggers reviewing the book and doing promotional posts...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In short, everything will be about "Why I love INK" :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Get ready to see how awesome INK is from various perspectives, and if you are still hesitating about this book, be convinced thoroughly by all the INK-love <3</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Without further ado, here's the list of fabulous bloggers who have joined Amanda and I in promoting INK, the book about beautiful boys, Japanese gods and delicious Japanese food!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">June 20 – <a href="http://mystorywithyouandher.blogspot.com/">Bookcase to Heaven</a> (Tour Kick-off)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.”</i></div>
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Every book opens another door to a whole new world, with new sights, sounds and wonder beyond your wildest imagination (sounds cheesy but it's true).<o:p></o:p></div>
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So here are a list of places/countries which you can explore through books, listed in alphabetical order. Whether you live in New York, Singapore or the Federated States of Micronesia, there are some real exotic countries out there for you to travel to through the words of talented authors:</div>
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Afghanistan: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner" target="_blank">The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini </a></div>
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Brazil: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13453104-the-summer-prince" target="_blank">The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson </a></div>
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China: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81131.Bound" target="_blank">Bound by Donna Jo Napoli</a></div>
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Denmark: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47281.Number_the_Stars" target="_blank">Number the Stars by Lois Lowry </a></div>
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Egypt: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6135633-sphinx-s-princess" target="_blank">Sphinx's Princess by Esther M. Friesner</a></div>
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France: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6936382-anna-and-the-french-kiss" target="_blank">Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins</a> </div>
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Greece: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2119375.Cruel_Summer" target="_blank">Cruel Summer by Alyson Noel</a> </div>
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Hawaii: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9566.Still_Life_with_Woodpecker" target="_blank">Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins</a></div>
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Italy: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13586321-my-super-sweet-sixteenth-century" target="_blank">My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris</a></div>
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Japan: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13423346-ink" target="_blank">Ink by Amanda Sun</a></div>
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Korea: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10129062-prophecy" target="_blank">Prophecy by Ellen Oh</a></div>
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Los Angeles: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17254225-vain" target="_blank">Vain by Fisher Amelie</a> </div>
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Malibu: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133823.Blonde_Ambition" target="_blank">Blonde Ambition by Zoey Dean</a></div>
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Nantucket: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13597696-nantucket-blue" target="_blank">Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland</a></div>
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Orleans, New: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6644117-the-iron-king" target="_blank">The Iron King by Julie Kagawa</a></div>
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Pakistan: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15767359-an-infidel-in-paradise" target="_blank">An Infidel in Paradise by S.J. Laidlaw</a></div>
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Quebec: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10680329-a-trick-of-the-light" target="_blank">A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny</a></div>
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Russia: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11164732-the-gathering-storm" target="_blank">The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges</a></div>
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Singapore: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15721281-return-to-a-sexy-island" target="_blank">Return to a Sexy Island by Neil Humphreys</a></div>
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Turkey: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7826116-behemoth" target="_blank">Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) by Scott Westerfield</a></div>
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United Kingdom: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11925514-code-name-verity" target="_blank">Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein</a></div>
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These 24 books would be a good way for you to kick-start your worldly travels. Not all are contemporary and hence, these books will offer you peeks into a country's past and future.<br />
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Leave your footprints all around the world from the comfort of your armchair.<br />
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The world is yours for the reading.<br />
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<i><b>This is a repost from the original guest post I made on Armchair BEA 2013 while serving as the International Liaison. Read the original guest post <a href="http://www.armchairbea.com/2013/06/reading-around-world.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </b></i><br />
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<i>Welcome to my stop on THE RULES FOR DISAPPEARING blog tour organized by Shane @ <a href="http://itchingforbooks.blogspot.sg/" target="_blank">Itching for Books</a>! She has some amazing tours so do check her site out.</i></div>
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<i>Today, I have an interview with Ashley, in which she mentions Etienne St. Clair (awww) and Julia Roberts and gives us some exclusive information about the book.</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #262626;">Expected Publication: </span><span style="color: #5d3211;">May 14th 2013</span><span style="color: #262626;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #262626;">Purchase: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1423168976?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1423168976&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">YOUR BOOK</span></b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Never tell anyone your secrets.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Describe Meg and Ethan in three words each.</b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Meg: Strong, loyal, determined<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ethan: Smart, trustworthy, adorable<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Without giving too much away – probably her time in Florida. Who wouldn’t want to spend every day at the beach?<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t believe you did this to us.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What was your inspiration for this book? And, why write about the Witness Protection Program?</b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to tell the story of a girl who had to hide her true identity and how tough that would be. I’ve always been fascinated by the Witness Protection Program and thought it made a great backdrop for a thriller.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What was one unexpected thing that surprised you in the process of writing this novel?</b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What surprised me the most was how many talented people it takes to get a book out into the world.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?</b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ummm…I guess Julia Roberts because I love her smile and she always seems so happy.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?</b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Titles are so hard! I guess… Laissez le bon temps rouler<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>(For any of you wondering, that means "let the good times roll"!)</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tell me about the worst date in your life.</b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A boy from another high school invited me to his prom. It was on a riverboat and he was the only person I knew. Once the boat left the dock, we were stuck there. It was the longest four hours of my life.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Roaring 20s! I would love to be in a flapper dress listening to jazz music in a dance hall.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Kiss. Kill. Marry. (Your choice.)</b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Kiss: Etienne St. Clair<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Kill: King Leck<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Marry: Etienne St. Clair (Love him!)<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Heels or sneakers? </i>Sneakers<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Thrillers or Romantic Comedies? </i>Both – depends on the mood!<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Big Bad Wolf or Prince Charming?</i> While the Big Bad Wolf might be exciting, Prince Charming wins for the long haul<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Thai food or Chinese food?</i> Yum! I love both but eat more Chinese food since there’s not a Thai restaurant where I live.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Twilight or Harry Potter?</i> Always Harry.<span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ABOUT ASHLEY</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMFEkK-FFP82EF_qOUTRwh_CEKKVFvpv4fSNhUByXbonsTv-wDm5oMOGRZJwUNDbQAOqPpllRu0KLCyNp3woOaK9QEp5ABjDP46nL3pJHqJacGPlbwdPVrdqZjYU7qZSiZXzjNy_X2Cc/s1600/aelston_headshot_sm_final-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMFEkK-FFP82EF_qOUTRwh_CEKKVFvpv4fSNhUByXbonsTv-wDm5oMOGRZJwUNDbQAOqPpllRu0KLCyNp3woOaK9QEp5ABjDP46nL3pJHqJacGPlbwdPVrdqZjYU7qZSiZXzjNy_X2Cc/s1600/aelston_headshot_sm_final-200x300.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #131313;">Ashley Elston lives is North Louisiana with her husband, three sons and two cats. She worked as a wedding and portrait photographer for ten years until she decided to pursue writing full time. Ashley is also a</span><span style="color: #262626; letter-spacing: 1pt;"> licensed Landscape Horticulturist and helps her husband run a commercial lawn and landscaping business. They also custom harvest pecans and have cows. Yes, cows.</span><span style="color: #262626;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>1,135,789. That’s how many subscribers sixteen-year-old West Ryder has on his web vlog series. But he only has eyes for one of them. </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #131313;">Published May 9th 2013.</span></i><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #131313;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">L.M. Augustine is a YA romance author who is obsessed with writing about dorky teenagers, love, and happy endings. He currently lives in New England, where he spends far too much time reading books and screaming at his computer, and he believes that the solution to the world’s problems can be found in chocolate cake. Click To Subscribe is his first novel, but it won’t be his last.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1368369068451_5442" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresses — women who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector. The only person powerful enough to bring about his downfall is a Chantress. And Lucy is the last one in England.</span></span></div>
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Chantress takes everything I like in a book and puts them together in a beautifully rendered tale that flows like a song.<br />
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The book sweeps you up in its story of a historical England that is wrecked by magic and ruled by fear. Enchantments are rife with both black magic and harmless incantations at work. Introduce the chantresses-- a group of women who can make magic through singing-- and the plot becomes a whole lot more interesting.<br />
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The main storyline in this novel is rather easy to follow. There are the classic villain, Lord Scargrave, and his minions, the Shadowgrims-- man-sized ravens who can consume your soul in the fiery fires of hell and rape your mind of your thoughts. There is also the motley bunch of heroes, which in this case includes the members of the Invisible College-- a group of thinkers and scientists who are set on overthrowing Lord Scargrave's rule on the kingdom and destroying his thrall over the young king. Finally, we have our heroine, Lucy, who just so happens to be the last Chantress alive in all of England (which is not true, by the way).<br />
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The mission unfolds with Lucy discovering her powers, the truth behind her birth and being pushed onto a journey to destroy the seemingly invincible antagonist. Along the way, there are some simple complications, such as Nat, an apprentice who begins a love-hate relationship with Lucy. The slow-brewing romance between Nat and Lucy is like a collision between Science and Magic, and it's a wholly enjoyable process watching how opposites attract, reject and fall in love with each other anyway.<br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Amy Butler Greenfield was a grad student in history when she gave into temptation and became a writer. Since then, she has become an award-winning author. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Born in Philadelphia, Amy grew up in the Adirondack Mountains and later studied history at Williams College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Oxford. She now lives with her family in England, where she writes, bakes double-dark-chocolate cake, and plots mischief.</span></div>
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Woots! I have some really awesome news for bloggers who are interested in paranormal romances set in Japan with heavy doses of ancient mythology and moving tattoos. Introducing the blog tour for...</div>
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INK by the fabulous Amanda Sun!</h3>
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This tour will run from <u><b>17th to 25th June</b></u> and tour hosts will be selected on a <b><u>first-come first-served</u></b> basis.</div>
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E-galleys will be provided for all tour hosts, along with a Rafflecopter code for a giveaway that will be held across all blogs.</div>
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INK is a Young Adult paranormal romance set in Japan that is releasing on June 25th.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Summary via <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13423346-ink" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>:</span></b></div>
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A huge thank you to Amanda for making this tour possible and for adding a cherry on the top with some adorable giveaway prizes in store.</div>
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Don't miss out on all the fun!</div>
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I live in Singapore which isn't exactly a country known for its vibrant literary scene. Therefore, for a Young Adult literature enthusiast, Singapore does not provide much avenues for a first-hand access to Young Adult authors (local and/or abroad) or are there many opportunities for forum discussions and conferences about YA.</div>
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But, not too long ago, a very exciting book festival was made known to me-- The Asian Festival of Children's Content. And the best part is that there are some very heavy doses of YA and a huge focus on book bloggers in its six day jam-packed event schedule.</div>
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Since this got me really really excited, and I do know several Singapore-based book bloggers who might be interested in this, here's a brief outline of what exactly I will be looking out for in this festival and how some of the content might make its way onto this blog :)</div>
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Enjoy! (It might be all the more exciting if you are from Singapore!)</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">With a mix of professional conferences, masterclasses and workshops, rights fair and media mart, and public events, AFCC is a unique and popular event right here in Asia that provides an opportunity for writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, distributors, parents, children, teachers, and librarians to meet, learn, develop their craft, and discover business opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will be looking out for Wendy Orr (the New York Times bestselling author of <i>Nim's Island</i>, which was also adapted into a film starring Jodie Foster), fellow blogger Stephanie (who blogs at <a href="http://stephsureads.blogspot.sg/" target="_blank">Steph Su Reads</a>) and Holly Thompson (YA author of <i>Orchards</i> and <i>The Language Inside</i>, published May 2013 by Delacorte) amongst many other speakers in an impressive line-up (you can take a look <a href="http://afcc.com.sg/_2013/speakers" target="_blank">here</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Do drop me a comment below if you are indeed attending (And you might just hear me squeal over the Internet)! As for the US bloggers who are going for BEA, have the amazing time you deserve :) For other international bloggers like me, we will be doing <a href="http://www.armchairbea.com/" target="_blank">Armchair BEA</a> this year, so do join in on all the fun if you are missing out on BEA too!</span></div>
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Author: Chelsea Pitcher</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}</style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #131313;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">First it was SLUT scribbled all over Lizzie Hart’s locker.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #131313;">But one week after Lizzie kills herself, SUICIDE SLUT replaces it—in Lizzie's looping scrawl.</span></b><span style="color: #131313;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #131313;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lizzie’s reputation is destroyed when she's caught in bed with her best friend’s boyfriend on prom night. With the whole school turned against her, and Angie not speaking to her, Lizzie takes her own life. But someone isn’t letting her go quietly. As graffiti and photocopies of Lizzie’s diary plaster the school, Angie begins a relentless investigation into who, exactly, made Lizzie feel she didn’t deserve to keep living. And while she claims she simply wants to punish Lizzie’s tormentors, Angie's own anguish over abandoning her best friend will drive her deep into the dark, twisted side of Verity High—and she might not be able to pull herself back out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #131313;">Debut author Chelsea Pitcher daringly depicts the harsh reality of modern high schools, where one bad decision can ruin a reputation, and one cruel word can ruin a life. Angie’s quest for the truth behind Lizzie’s suicide is addictive and thrilling, and her razor-sharp wit and fierce sleuthing skills makes her impossible not to root for—even when it becomes clear that both avenging Lizzie and avoiding self-destruction might not be possible.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #131313;">Release date</span></b><span style="color: #131313;">: May 7th 2013</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #131313;">Publisher</span></b><span style="color: #131313;">: Simon & Schuster</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #131313;">Purchase</span></b><span style="color: #131313;">: <span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451695160?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1451695160&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2">Amazon</a></span></span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #131313;"><br>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A friendship severed. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A girl scorned.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A secret shattered.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The S-Word alludes to the story of Angie, who is coping with the death of her best friend Lizzie-- the daughter of a preacher who cheated on Angie with her boyfriend, Drake.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Moving, illuminating and brutally honest, this novel grabs the curtain of high school and yanks it back with little hesitation and much unpretentious flair.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The story stumbles and sprints at a fast, engaging pace, told through the eyes of Angie who is one of the most complex high school characters I've ever read about. Every other member of the supporting cast is also each an enigma in their own right. There's Kennedy, the school's golden girl, who has a dark childhood secret; there's Drake, the most sought-after boy in school, who has a hidden personality that will inexplicably rip him and others apart; there's Jesse, the pretty boy who dresses like a girl, but is a true man; and finally, there's Lizzie, who lives through Angie's recollections and her leaked out diary entries that touch, stir and ultimately, heal the inner demons of every person in the school. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The story is filled with the vibrance and messiness that make up high school-- we see both the dark, twisted cruelty of teenagers and the powerful bonds of friendship that thrive beyond the boundaries of life and death. Angie and Lizzie's intricate and complicated history of friendship is filled with betrayal and life-changing revelations which stun us into silence again, again and yet again.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In the end, the S-word is an euphemism for so much more than just "slut", but also "sorry". Angie's regret for her role in Lizzie's death drives her to uncovering the truth behind that night of prom and letting those who had a role to play in Lizzie's suicide to have a taste of their own medicine. But truly, the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">last shaking lesson to take away from the story is not one of revenge, but one of forgiveness and the power of words to both destroy and make whole.</span></span><br>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Source: From the publisher for review purposes in the blog tour</b></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Via Netgalley.</b></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Today, we are welcoming Anne to write a guest post for Bookcase to Heaven™ as part of THE LAST ACADEMY blog tour organised by Shane @ <a href="http://itchingforbooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Itching for Books</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">I suggested </span>“A Day in the life” of one of the characters from The Last Academy. Anne jumped the chance to spend a little time with Lethe’s Drama teacher, Mr. Cooper, better known to the students as Coop. In the book, he’s a mischievous fellow, but here you’ll find he’s got a bit of a dark side. Enjoy!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;"><b>THE LAST ACADEMY</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“You know the reason.” He dismisses my pleas and drains his mug. Clink. Does the man have no lips at all to pad his teeth? <i>I think you are lying,</i> I conclude now, after all these years. <i>I think some inexplicable part of you would be lonely without me.</i> I turn to the window, gritting my own teeth. Outside, in flashing form, students sneak out of their dorms, off to discover all the secrets of youth. Lucky fools. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tomorrow, Spring Break starts. For the first time in untold years, I’ve got big plans. I’ll get in my car and start driving. Death Valley is only six hours away – I can be there by dark. I have no scuba gear, but if you know me, you’ll understand I won’t need it. See, Barnaby dodged my question: Are there others like me? Now I can’t stop hoping. Maybe there are even two like me. Maybe I will find them at Devil’s Hole. Maybe there is a way to escape the null. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the last twelve years, Anne has lived in San Luis Obispo County. This is by far the longest time she has stayed in any one place her whole life. She immensely enjoys living where 1) the sun always shines and 2) she isn’t the weirdest person in town.</span></div>
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The official blog tour for Jennifer McGowan's MAID OF SECRETS begins today! Over the next two weeks, various blogs around the blogosphere will be posting their reviews of the book as well as exclusive interviews with the author, the Elizabethan spies and guest posts about writing, publishing and historical fiction.</div>
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The winner will be announced on the last day of the tour where I will also be posting my review of this book (trust me, it's good). </div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367399519328_2892"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jennifer McGowan writes Young Adult romance full of swash and buckle. Her first novel, MAID OF SECRETS, debuts in Spring, 2013 from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.</span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1367399519328_2890"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Came From:</b> A small town in northern Ohio</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>1 May</b> Tour Kick-off at <a href="http://mystorywithyouandher.blogspot.com/">Bookcase to Heaven™</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2 May </b>Author Interview at <a href="http://framed-in-words.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/maid-of-secrets-blog-tour-author.html">Framed In Words</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>3 May </b>Character Interview with Meg (Maid of Secrets) at <a href="http://hobbitsies.net/2013/05/maid-of-secrets-blog-tour-giveaway/" target="_blank">Hobbitsies</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>7 May </b>Author Interview at <a href="http://themodpodgebookshelf.blogspot.sg/2013/05/blog-tour-maid-of-secrets-interview.html" target="_blank">The Mod Podge Bookshelf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Review + Author Spotlight at <a href="http://iliveforreading.blogspot.sg/2013/05/maid-of-secrets-by-jennifer-mcgowan.html" target="_blank">Confessions of a Readaholic</a> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>8 May </b>Character Interview with Anna (Maid of Intelligence/Politics) at <a href="http://ecstatic-for-books.blogspot.sg/2013/05/maid-of-secrets-blog-tour-review.html" target="_blank">City of Books</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">As one of the internet’s most prestigious video bloggers, West talks about high school relationships under the name “Sam Green.” As far as he knows, no one from school, not even his best friend, Cat, has seen his videos. But the highlight of the whole thing is Harper Knight, who comments every day at exactly 2:02 in the afternoon. He doesn’t know anything about her aside from the occasional deep philosophical messaging on why pizza tastes so delicious, but as stupid as it sounds, he might be falling for her. So when they finally agree to meet in real life, West’s hope for romance seems more and more in reach. But that all changes as soon as he arrives at their meeting spot and sees Cat walking toward him, wearing the same “I <3 Sam Green” T-shirt Harper promised she'd have on.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">To his alarm, West realizes he is falling in love with the best friend who has always been a sister to him.</span></div>
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Robin LaFevers once again astounds with her flair for writing heart-warming romance coupled with her skill for spinning an ambitious web of deceit and scandal. </div>
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A seductive yet redemptive tale of Sybella-- a girl who harbours twisted secrets and dangerous vendettas, this story shines with both the haunting horror of the traditional Bluebeard folktale and the breathless magic of <i>Beauty and the Beast</i>.</div>
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The Bluebeard of the novel is D'Albert, a cruel, unscrupulous father to Sybella and also one of the suitors for the Duchess' hand in marriage. The thought of that in itself is repulsive as D'Albert could as well as be the father of the Duchess of Brittany with both a middle-age paunch and a leer characteristic of a greedy fifty-year-old man. Much of Sybella's emotional turmoil revolves around D'Albert as she first yearns to escape from the confines of his residences and then plots to take her revenge by assassinating him. However, the truth behind Sybella's motivation for revenge is shrouded behind a fog as we know close to nothing about her childhood and the real reason which propelled her to escape into Mortain's convent.<br />
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Yet, Sybella's carefully planned strategy is thwarted by the appearance of a new prisoner in the dungeons of D'Albert's castle-- Beast, our hero of the tale and the strongest knight in the realm. As she is currently undercover as one of the Daughters of Death to aid the rescue of Beast, she struggles between her duty to the convent in carrying out the rescue and her desire to stay and take the life of D'Albert.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">A series of heart-pounding events follow, as Sybella gets thrown off her original track of plans into a whole new adventure. The dark and frightening thoughts that plague Sybella's mind are at times disturbing, but mostly fascinating and illuminating. We are repulsed-- not by her, but by the hands which administered the brutality of her childhood. But, ultimately, we are empowered with the beautiful strength of Sybella, rising from the dust and walking out of the shadows into a future that she never once imagined was hers to be blessed with.</span><br />
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While Grave Mercy was of epic proportions, covering the courtly intrigue, political scandals that plague 15th century Brittany, Dark Triumph was a more intimate experience, a story of a girl's personal journey.<br />
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Addictive and brilliant, Sybella is a true triumph of a character, in every sense of the word. Dark because of the past; triumphant because of the present.</div>
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<b>Source: For review purposes from the publisher</b></div>
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<b>Via Netgalley.</b></div>
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