tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168638854025140092024-03-06T09:33:48.513+05:00Bring On The InkErfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-11097959153771412532014-11-02T15:01:00.003+05:002014-11-02T15:01:48.399+05:00Three Birds With One Stone!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Happy Sunday, everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In a time long gone (and I mean a <i>seriously </i>long time ago) I was hit in the schnozzle with some very good news - yours truly was nominated for the Liebster Blog Award! Three of them! I'm still reeling from the shock and pure ecstasy of having been considered worthy of this award by my fellow bloggers. The nominations arrived at a time when my blog hadn't even turned one, so you could imagine the last thing on my mind back then was <i>Bring On The Ink</i> receiving such appreciation! It just goes to show how wonderful the book blog community is! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd like to thank Laetitia from <a href="http://myflurriedthoughts.blogspot.com.au/">Flurried Thoughts Called Book Reviews</a> (she's got a really cute blog!) Tiana from <a href="http://etherealbookreviews.blogspot.ca/">Ethereal Book Reviews</a> (I've collaborated with her in a book giveaway; she's amazing!) and Ruby from <a href="http://feedmebooksnow.blogspot.co.uk/">Feed Me Books Now</a> (one of my first acquaintances in the book blogosphere!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here are the rules of the Liebster Award:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your
blog and link back to the blogger who presented this award to
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Answer the 11 questions from the nominator, list
11 random facts about yourself and create 11 questions for your
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 blogs of
200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed and leave
a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen. (No tag
backs)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. Copy and Paste the blog award on your
blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Questions from the nominators:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Laeititia:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. What is your favourite book of all time and why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's agonizingly hard to pick one favourite book, because Tolkien's written a bunch, but I think I can safely settle for The Return Of The King, book three of The Lord Of The Rings. Why? Because as John Green so appropriately says, "Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical
zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be
put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” This book filled me with said evangelical zeal. It's perfect in the way nothing can ever be. Also because Tolkien is - Tolkien. <br />
2. Would you go to your favourite place in the world alone or stay at home with your best friends?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would pack my suitcase and head to my favourite place in the world! I love travelling (and my best friends too, but gosh, I love travelling!)<br />
3. What books can you see getting made into movies?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Under The Never Sky! Burn For Burn! Fangirl! I've even spent some time thinking up a dream cast for each!<br />
4. Who are your top three book boyfriends?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">*squeals* NO. This is hard. I'll try my level best. In no particular order: Adrian from Vampire Academy and Bloodlines, Warner from Shatter Me, and Leo from Heroes Of Olympus!<br />
5. If you were to write a book what would be your main characters' names?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The protagonist would be Etheria. Then there'd be Charis, Lavender, Preid, Shiver, and Narsis.<br />
6. Print or eBook?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Print to the max! Got nothing against eBooks, though!<br />
7. What's your favourite pastime apart from reading and reviewing?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Stargazing - there's something simultaneously quaint, ethereal, and mindblowing about the realms of planets and stardust above us.<br />
8. Samsung Galaxy or Iphone 5?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm an Android chic through and through!<br />
9. What got you into blogging?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Reading and writing are two of my favourite things so the notion of actually writing about what I'm reading was what propelled me into book review blogging!<br />
10. What book character can you relate to?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A book character who's not necessarily the same age as me, or going through an experience I might have had, but one whose thoughts travel along the same wavelength that mine do!<br />
11. Oreos in milk: To dip or not to dip?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I say dunk it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tiana:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. What kind of books do you like to read?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Fiction! I'm especially a huge fan of historical fiction, epic fantasy, and magic realism!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Are you usually organized?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Erm...*glances at the junk languidly sprawled on my floor like it owns the place*... no. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Who's your favourite author?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">J.R.R Tolkien. No one gets close. Never ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. How tall are you? (just to figure out whether I'm short or not :P)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5 feet, 3 inches!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. What are your hobbies?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Primarily reading, writing, blogging, fangirling, watching football, listening to rock, and skywatching! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Do you like stickers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If they're good-looking, then yes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. Are these questions getting boring? (I'm really running out of them!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No, no! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. Which is your favourite Disney character?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hercules! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. Canada or the United States?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In terms of travelling, the U.S. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. If you wrote a book, what would the title be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Ever-So Peachy Life Of A Wannabe Llama (I'm not sure where that even came from...) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">11. Can you think of better questions than these? </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Yeah, I guess. These were great though! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(I've scoured Ruby's blog but can't find her questions; as soon as I do, this post will be updated!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">11 Facts About Myself:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. I love everything equestrian.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. One of my biggest dreams is to attend a war reenactment. Particularly a medieval one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Vintage freak. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. I like Greek, Roman and Norse mythology the best.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. My favourite person in the world is Alex Turner, lead vocalist of The Arctic Monkeys.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. I'm into paleontology. Go ahead, call me weird, but c'mon Land Before Time was epic!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. My dreams are very strange. Truly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. I want to visit New Zealand some day so I could pretend I'm traversing across Middle-earth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. I'm a fangirl by profession.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. The scariest moment in my life was when I was stung on the ankles by a jellyfish while on vacation. I remember bawling my eyes out and thinking I'd be disabled for life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">11. There's a special place in my heart for hand-written letters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Questions For My Nominees:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1. Which book did you read in your childhood that's stayed in your heart through the years?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2. Imagine walking into a drugstore and seeing one of your favourite characters there. What would your first reaction be?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3. Who is the one author you would love to take a selfie with?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4. What's your sense of humour like?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5. Is there any place where you're not comfortable reading? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">6. Three bookish pet peeves?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">7. What came first - the chicken or the egg?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">8. One character you initially liked but later started disliking?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">9. Which world would you rather go to: Neverland or Narnia?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">10. What is your Patronus?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">11. What skill do you want to acquire before the year is over?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My nominees are listed below, in no particular order. I nominate them because their blogs are beautiful and their posts fresh, original, and fun to read. They deserve recognition!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Athina @ <a href="http://between-my-lines.blogspot.com/">Between My Lines</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ilina @ <a href="http://ilinabooks.blogspot.com/">A Book Lover's Ramblings</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Kat @ <a href="http://therealmof-books.blogspot.com/">The Realm Of Books</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mary @ <a href="http://mary-jane-melrose.weebly.com/marys-blog">Young Adult Fantasy Novels</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Izy @ <a href="http://www.afortressofbooks.com/blog-2/">A Fortress Of Books</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sandee @ <a href="http://awhimsicalreader.blogspot.com/">Book Ramblings Of A Whimsical Reader</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Caitlin @ <a href="http://caitlinfrazerking.com/">Caitlin King's Blog</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Louisa @ <a href="http://anoveladventurebegins.blogspot.co.uk/">A Novel Adventure</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Isabelle @ <a href="http://isabelleadrid.blogspot.com/">Isabelle Adrid</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Kimmy and Rinny @ <a href="http://opinionatedcupcakes.blogspot.co.uk/">Opinionated Cupcakes</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nikki @ <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://love-at-first-write.blogspot.com/">Love At First Write</a></span> </span><br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-85502604607386234412014-08-31T11:04:00.002+05:002014-08-31T11:04:54.156+05:00My Inky Folios: The View From The Periphery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Happy Sunday, people! Quite a while since I did an Inky Folios post - hope you enjoy this one, inspired by A Choice Of Three by Alex Turner! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The young</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">man wearing the crimson hat and the sycophantic smile - both lopsided - hands you your ice cream. It's a simple double-scoop of blueberry and chocolate fudge and, from my vantage point two places behind you, appears toothsome enough, yet the woebegone look on your sun-kissed face as you turn away from the van discloses the notion that you're pining for something more than what you're now clutching in your right hand, while with your other hand you absently tuck renegade strands of hair behind your ears. Perhaps your favorite flavor was out of stock? I ruminate on what it might be, as you walk away with shoulders slumped underneath your sweatshirt, and I'm resigning myself to the fact that this is it - the cessation of our fleeting encounter, devoid of salutations; not an acknowledging glance on your part, not a deferential word to spark a conversation between two strangers on mine. If the weather had been more interesting than a big yellow ball of fire glaring down on people's idiotic ways and some scattered clouds slogging along the azure sky as if reluctantly heading off to a day job they abhor (but the promise of wages always wins in the end), perhaps then I might have plucked the courage to engage in eye contact with you and - if your mien doesn't indicate hostility - initiate a chat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My defeatist thoughts on never seeing you again are transient however; you swivel around on the sidewalk to face me - the queue, I rectify myself immediately. Your eyes dart sporadically from the cone in your hand to the tall, tan man standing in front of me. He's taking his sweet time ordering, perusing the list of flavors taped to the sliding window. I think he may be your gentleman caller yet the look you're giving him may just be as arctic as the dessert you're unenthusiastically consuming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the pretence of being greatly interested in the boutique's window behind you (the mannequins were modelling someone's summer collection with vacuous looks on their faces), I sneak another furtive glance at your countenance. Hazelnut, I decide. I'm not certain why, but I think if you are to attempt one of those personality quizzes on the internet, that will be your defining flavor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Your expression is now carefully noncommittal to fool the world, yet it behooves me to think that under the cool facade is a sea of churning emotions, boisterous and inclement. I wonder for the second time what it is that is gnawing your conscience, and I yearn to be the one who rescues you when you slip off the edge. That coveted post is already taken, though, much to to my bitterness, and I turn my eyes to face the broad back of your partner. He's chosen chocolate chip and caramel for himself and is fishing in his trousers' pocket for loose change. But then I remember the look you gave him earlier and I think he's not the rescuer, but the one who trips you and sends you falling into the chasm. Even if I decide on a whim to jump in after you, I won't have an unobstructed view of the sky with which I can display my weather observation skills. Perhaps I'll have to resort to a commentary on geology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Perhaps neither of us will survive the drop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Your partner leaves at last, slurping his ice cream, and I move to take his place, tilting my head slightly sideways so I can watch as he puts his arm around your shoulders and steers you down the sidewalk. A trickle of ice cream is carving a path down your cone and I think it's rather ignorant of him not to warn you before the ice cream soaks into your sleeve and ruins it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For the second time today, you turn away from me and <i>this </i>I know is the true ending. I watch you round the corner and disappear from sight, and the next second you're nowhere, and I feel like I've been woken from a strange dream of undiscovered secrets when the ice cream man prompts me with a 'And what would you like, sir?'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A brief scan later, I notice that the container labelled 'hazelnut' is quite empty. I pay for a blueberry single-scoop and stroll in the opposite direction you've gone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>THE END</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As always, I would absolutely love to hear any sort of feedback so feel free to comment below!<b> </b></span></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-8253241061080324572013-11-04T15:56:00.000+05:002013-11-04T15:58:16.863+05:00Musing Monday - On Spoilers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why do people spoil books? Do they get a perverted sort of satisfaction when they spout out spoilers - major and minor - to destroy the reading experience of fellow bookworms? Don't they realize how sacred reading is to the reader? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A reader's journey is personal. Of course, we share our experiences, and our opinions on books. Of course, we passionately discuss books with others - debating over the newest plot twist, who's going to end up with whom in yet another love triangle, and our absolute favorite: which character(s) is going to die in the end. But spoilers?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spoilers are a different thing altogether.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Revealing major parts of a novel's plot on the net, leaking them out and ruining the book for readers caught unawares, is NOT cool. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You know what? It should be made illegal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To quote my friend, <a href="http://sociallyawkward5ever.deviantart.com/">Penn </a>-fellow reader, fangirl, and completely anti-spoilsport- "if you can't preserve the sanctity of all feels, then you might as well give up on readerdom, because it's not made for you".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">True, buddy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I mean, come on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Allegiant's case is the most recent one. Three deaths were spoiled for me thanks to some random spoilsport at school. THREE. One of which was the last one - the big one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And this was before I could even get my hands on a copy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My initial reaction?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Throughout the course of the next three days, this was me:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those bookworms who have gone through similar suffering, <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Enjoy-a-Spoiled-Plot-Book">here's</a> an Wikihow article that might help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I bawled my socks off for three whole days after the spoilers. They were DEVASTATING, to say the least. Please, please - for the sake of humanity and all that is good on this earth - avoid spoiling books (and movies and television series) for other fans. And if you're acquainted with a spoiltroll, beware.</span></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-87540318541491044832013-11-03T21:04:00.003+05:002014-09-09T21:33:08.468+05:00My Inky Folios: Eva<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello readers! I penned this one down a couple of months back. Not exactly top-notch, but I just felt like posting it. Comments are always welcome. Happy reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Eva</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've seen darkness here</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The silence seeks out my words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I hear you shouting at her</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bittersweet moments like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Glimpses of a past</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Memories that won't last</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You try to take your rage out on her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The future's overcast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And time moves too fast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blessed is he who finds solace in words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The looking glass, she found it cracked</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sun waves goodbye to you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Death is a sweet friend to play with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may run but it always catches you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chained to the earth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lessons she can't learn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vanity is the new mockery </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beggars face the brunt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They're prey in this hunt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your designs, they fail miserably</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I'm watching you cry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your son was never meant to die</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But that's the jigsaw of life isn't it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not everyone was born to fit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've seen darkness here</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The silence seeks out my words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I hear you shouting at her</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bittersweet moments like this.</span></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-85454223214885238482013-05-28T09:52:00.003+05:002013-05-28T09:52:20.245+05:00Graceling (Graceling Realm, 1) - Kristin Cashore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Genre: Young Adult Fantasy </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Rating: 4 out of 5 </i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">In a world where people
born with an extreme skill—called a Grace—are feared and exploited,
Katsa carries the burden of the skill even <i>she</i> despises: the
Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her uncle Randa, King
of the Middluns, and is expected to execute his dirty work, punishing
and torturing anyone who displeases him.<br /><br />When she first meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, Katsa has no hint of how her life is about to change.<br /><br />She never expects to become Po's friend.<br /><br />She
never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace—or about a
terrible secret that lies hidden far away...a secret that could destroy
all seven kingdoms with words alone.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">In Katsa's world, there are two kinds of people: the regular folk, going about their mundane lives in a medieval world, and the Gracelings - people with special skills known as Graces. And while Gracelings are fairly respected in a kingdom like Leinid, being Graced in the Middluns - like Katsa - is bad news. It doesn't matter if you're the niece of the King; what matters is that you have an extraordinary skill no normal human should.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">Some of the Gracelings have rather unremarkable talents. A Graced baker can bake the most scrumptious cakes. A Graced tree-climber can give monkeys a run for their money. A Graced swimmer can tread water not unlike a hammerhead shark. Despite these being unharmful Graces, ordinary people in the Middluns will avoid you like the plague the moment they see you have eyes of two different colours - the tell-tale sign of the Gracelings. They'll devour the excellent coffee crunch cake for sure, but they'll be terrified of the Graced baker. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">Katsa, unfortunately, isn't Graced with baking or singing. Hers is much more monumental, horrific and socially awkward - she can kill people with virtually a touch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">I know. That is not the sort of Grace your friend would take lightly . What if you accidentally sent them to death's doors with an innocent hug?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">Katsa can reduce even the toughest of the King's soldiers to whimpers. The king - her uncle Randa takes full advantage of her Grace, sending her out to other lands to teach those who irk him a painful lesson. Her job ranges from merely breaking the fingers of nobles to pulling their arms out of their sockets. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">Does she enjoy this? Absolutely not.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">Katsa starts a Secret Council which puts her skills to good use. But one such mission brings with it enigmatic questions, and to figure out the answers, Katsa travels with Prince Po - a prince of Leinid - undertaking a journey that would test her trust in him, and the notions she and the rest of the people believed true.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14737478146136518577">The action elements were gripping. Understanding the Graceling Realm through Katsa's eyes was an enjoyable experience. This is one of my favourite historical fiction novels, and if you liked the Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta (you can read my review of the first installment <a href="http://bringontheink.blogspot.com/2012/12/review-finnikin-of-rock-melina-marchetta.html">here</a></span>), I can guarantee you'll love the Graceling Realm series.<span id="freeText14737478146136518577"> </span><i><span id="freeText14737478146136518577"> </span></i></span></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-29962778381539339362013-05-16T23:46:00.002+05:002014-09-09T21:44:11.651+05:00My Inky Folios: Reincarnate<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another poem - but this one has nothing to do with dying queens or tortured women (referring to my previous compositions). I tried to incorporate an aura of awe - the tale spoken of in the poem has grasped the imagination of the village-folk, and they're never tired of retelling it to travelers in the inns. I would love your feedback!</div>
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Reincarnate</h4>
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<i>There is a tale woven</i></div>
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<i>In the inns of old lands</i></div>
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<i>And it speaks of men</i></div>
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<i>The dauntless of their clans</i></div>
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<i>Of times when suns</i></div>
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<i>And moons failed to shine</i></div>
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<i>And beasts that swallowed</i></div>
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<i>Stars that rose high</i></div>
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<i>There were seas, a deep blue</i></div>
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<i>With caverns, crystal clear</i></div>
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<i>And the songs of sirens</i></div>
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<i>Brought sailors to their lair</i></div>
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<i>The story tells of</i></div>
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<i>Wolves that roamed homes</i></div>
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<i>And giants, one-eyed</i></div>
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<i>Turning gladiators to loam</i></div>
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<i>Tombs that lay cracked</i></div>
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<i>Lonesome in the hills</i></div>
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<i>While raiders sold remnants </i></div>
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<i>Of kings and their frills</i></div>
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<i>A peak that touched </i></div>
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<i>The sky in its mirth</i></div>
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<i>And a pit that boiled </i></div>
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<i>With the rage of the earth</i></div>
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<i>By old illusions</i></div>
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<i>The fog was unwelcome</i></div>
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<i>Until the day a queen rose</i></div>
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<i>From the land seen seldom.</i></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-13015366885582928152013-05-15T23:45:00.001+05:002013-05-15T23:45:53.660+05:00Back to Blogging!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh. My. God. I still can't believe I'm done with my first O Levels sitting. The past few months have been hectic and having been forced to leave Bring On The Ink since January in order to focus on my studies, I'm now absolutely thrilled to return to the blogosphere I love. I MISSED YOU GUYS. I missed blogging about the novels I'm reading, the novels I want to read and all those crazy bookish news popping up every now and then. And I know I'm rambling, but I want to make the most of this opportunity by thanking YOU guys, my lovely readers, for keeping this blog alive during my absence. Bring On The Ink gained 20 new followers while I was away with my nose buried in my text books, and I have almost reached 10,000 page views, while I remember distinctly that I had about 6000 pageviews in December. So yeah - I love you guys seriously. :) Cheers! </div>
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I'll resume my reviews, memes, and challenges really soon. I read some amazing books these past couple of months. Altered! Under The Never Sky! Through The Ever Night! And I'm almost done with the epic Graceling. And so many books have been released - it's all I can do to not gobble them all up at once. I even changed the template (hope you guys find it pleasant); credits go to Inventing Inspiration - truly amazing designs.</div>
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And yeah, my blog will turn a year old in August, so I'm planning on doing something for the bloggoversary. I'm definitely going to take part in more giveaways and book tours. And I can promise you one thing - no one's coming between my blog and me for the rest of the year. I hope my lovely readers stick around and enjoy my reviews and ramblings. </div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That wraps things up. It's bye from me for now! :D</span></div>
Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-50182589939979243272013-03-26T15:50:00.001+05:002013-03-26T15:50:15.873+05:00Blogger And Author Blast!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hey
everyone! It's giveaway time! I've been excited about this since a month! It's my first experience with giveaways, so hopefully it'll be a blast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> After all those author promotions, the time has come! We
are now having the big "Blogger and Author Blast" Giveaway! We have
many different prizes that we are going to giveaway today! Remember to
follow the rules and thank the awesome authors and bloggers who helped
make this possible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other <span style="font-size: large;">Bloggers In The Blast:</span></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Amber Bardan- </b><a href="http://amberabarden.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://amberabarden.blogspot.com.au</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Bettina Rose - </b><a href="http://readingwritinglove.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://readingwritinglove.blogspot.com.au</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Emily Pasch - </b><a href="http://sittingwithabook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://sittingwithabook.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ruby Ham -</span><b> </b><a href="http://feedmebooksnow.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://feedmebooksnow.blogspot.co.uk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Melanie Zhang - </b><a href="http://theyabooklover.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://theyabooklover.blogspot.com.au</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b></b><b>Ahmad Taylor - </b><a href="http://ahmaddarkside.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://ahmaddarkside.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Stephanie McFadden - </b><a href="http://asecretbookaffair.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://asecretbookaffair.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Stella Christidis - </b><a href="http://jellybeanarson.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://jellybeanarson.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Violet Patterson - </b><a href="http://emeraldseer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://emeraldseer.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Aroura Hudspeth - </b><a href="http://rorrymonster.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://rorrymonster.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Samantha Black - </b><a href="http://samanthablackdp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://samanthablackdp.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author/Blogger Appreciation </span>(Message from the writers of EBR)<span style="font-size: large;">:</span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thank
you to all the authors who have helped made this possible. Because you
allowed us to add the books to this giveaway, you also allowed us to
make this happen. Without you amazing authors (alliteration LOL), this
wouldn't have been possible. EBR's first "Blast" is completely
dedicated to you (including other bloggers) and we are grateful that you
can join us for our first one. I hope that we can all work together in
the future! I would also like to thank the bloggers who have joined
this. Without you guys, again, this wouldn't have happened. We
wouldn't be able to spread the word of all the new bloggers and authors
out there. I also hope that some day we can work together again.
Whether we host another Blogger Blast or a Blog Tour (if that ever
happens LOL), I want to work with everyone again! We have been through a
lot to get this work done, so lets do our best and expose our blog and
these amazing authors!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prize 1 (US Only):</span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Night Sea Journey by Paula Cappa (ePub)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Knight of the Purple Ribbon: A Novel by Jennifer K. Lafferty (Kindle)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Little Red Riding Corp. by Tiffany Reisz (Hardcover)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Entwined by Heather Dixon (Paperback)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa De La Cruz (Paperback)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Down to You by M Leighton (eBook)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Ryder on the Storm by Violet Patterson (Paperback)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- The Upside of Ordinary by Susan Lubner (Hardcover)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Alice In Zombieland by Gena Showalter (Hardcover)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- The Last Girl by Sangu Madanna (Hardcover)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- King's Warrior by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt (Paperback) </span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- My Wishful Thinking by Shel Delisle (Paperback) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Must've Done Something Good by Cheryl Cory (Paperback or ebook)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- We Have Confidence! by Cheryl Cory (Paperback or ebook) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prize 2 (International):</span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder (Paperback)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- The Trickster by Serafima Bogomolova (eBook)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Angelfall by Susan Ee (Paperback)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- $25 Amazon Gift Card</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Love All by Kelly Hashway (PDF)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Anew by Chelsea Fine (eBook)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Lacrimosa by Christine Fonseca (eBook)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Down to you by M Leightom (eBook)</span></div>
<div class="ecx" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (eBook)</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (eBook)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (eBook)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (eBook)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Daughter of Smoke and Bones by Laini Taylor (eBook)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (eBook)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- Reminding Me of You by Kathy Bosman (eBook) </span></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-16449111534731926572013-02-18T14:48:00.001+05:002013-02-18T14:48:30.760+05:00Sebastian 1 - Jennifer Armentrout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Something Jennifer Armentrout posted on her blog! I love it - she's a great writer!<br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-9113176493525035072013-02-16T22:18:00.001+05:002013-02-16T22:18:28.420+05:00Lost In The Crags<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another poem I stitched together right now! I know this one's pretty dark and depressing, but I just felt like putting it down to writing! Your thoughts on this one are most appreciated!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Plus, guys, you may not be seeing much of me around for a while, because my mock exams are coming up in a month. *grrr* Those are kindly being followed by my Cambridge exams - and it's my first sitting, so I'm pretty darn nervous! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lost In The Crags</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Deep in the grotto</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hidden in shadow</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Alone she lies there, clad in gray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On her brow, a crown</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Her screams make no sound</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And the glass panes, they won't break away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She cries as she falls</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But do they care at all?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You Highness, perhaps it's best this way?</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She watches from afar</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No guide in the stars</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And her dreams, she found their edges frayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not a daisy in sight</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No thrush is in flight</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The men toil hard to keep them at bay.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The sky weeps most</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The devil and his ghost</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They tread the earth, the dry earth, in vain.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The mountains turn away</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They shake in their shame</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And the clouds gather to mourn the slain.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The blameless are shot</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But the devil cares not</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He gores the people as they rise to pray.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Deep in the grotto</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hidden in shadow</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There lies a queen; she has lost her way.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There lies a dead queen; she lost her way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The End</span></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-89062670492571952982013-01-26T21:43:00.002+05:002013-01-26T21:43:39.261+05:00My Inky Folios: Dear Annaliese<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Finally a My Inky Folios post after so long! This one's a poem! I've taken inspiration from the band Porcupine Tree. It's pretty gloomy, I guess. Morbid. Doesn't reflect my mood at the very least, as I sit here munching chips, and reading Days Of Blood And Starlight. :)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear Annaliese</span></b></h4>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever seen her face with a smile?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever glimpsed the truth in those eyes?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do you ever think of what she goes through </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">each day and night?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever wondered why she made that vow?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever imagined the secrets she hasn't spoken out loud?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Did you ever see her drink her way through poison</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">without sound?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever heard the words of her prayer?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As she bows her head with thoughts she will not share?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do you ever wonder while you stand outside her doorway</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">why no one cares?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever wondered if there were something more?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever grasped the truth in her people's lore? </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Did you ever imagine her anguish as those sons of mothers </span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">tore her to the core?</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever looked beyond this emptiness?</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday Finds is a weekly meme hosted by MizB over at <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/">Should Be Reading</a>. It showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This week, I finally got my hands on one of my most hotly-anticipated books: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10859509-altered">Altered</a> by Jennifer Rush! I've been wanting to read it since September! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125"><em>“There are only two
reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said.
“Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”</em><br /><br />It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.<br /><br />Every
year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the
soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this
year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.<br /><br />His
name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at
Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away
from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.<br /><br />But
Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it
all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much
more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven
Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege
around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and
Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but
says very little.<br /><br />For as long as she can remember, Blue has been
warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this
would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the
strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125">Ahhh. What a book. What an epic, epic, book. Wait - let me correct myself. <i>The Raven Boys</i> wasn't exactly a book for me. It was a journey. A mesmerising, spellbinding journey. Hats off to the author for writing such a beautiful tale. Let's all give Ms Stiefvater a standing ovation, shall we?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125"><i>The Raven Boys </i>starts with a prologue that sets the stage in a surreal, dark-faced, atmosphere, and it meets the end of the first installment in a totally gripping manner with a totally gripping statement by one of the characters. A statement that promises an equally - if not more - exciting sequel. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125"></span><span id="freeText283059786243885125">I adore how Maggie Stievater writes. The style, the narration, the humour (I <i>love</i> the sarcasm in Blue's narration), the way Ms Stiefvater brings out a particular mood in the setting - sometimes anger, sometimes fear, horror, suspense - all aspects of the written word are exquisitely executed. Wow. Alliteration. :s</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125">Now back to the exquisite execution. The story is told from the PoV of various characters including Blue and Gansey. Again, the author nails the emotions of the characters and the mood of the scene so brilliantly that the reader feels the same emotions, the same mood, in full swing. It's as if they're<i> in</i> the story; atleast, that's what I felt when I was reading <i>The Raven Boys</i>. I felt Adam's resentment of his less-than-perfect-life. I felt Gansey's determination to find the burial location of Owen Glendower. I felt Blue's shock/horror when she realised that she could see Gansey in the file of dead people in the churchyard on St. Eve's Day. She herself never saw any of the soon-to-be dead folks until then, and this meant that either Gansey was her true love or that she would kill him. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125">Did I hear some of you scoff at the phrase "true love"? I guess you're probably thinking that <i>The Raven Boys</i> unfolds itself into a sappy, sappy love story where Blue and Gansey decide that they can't live without eachother and spend their time wrapped up in eachother's arms?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125"><i>The Raven Boys</i> is far from a love-story. It's more of a thrilling adventure. A supernatural excursion. (What's up with me and ex-words today?) The suspense, without doubt, is really nicely-paced and excellently carried out, so much so that even Professor Dumbledore approves. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText283059786243885125">Maggie Stiefvater has refused to waste any of her characters. Each of them is three-dimensional; they're all layered and well-developed, and many of them have hidden motives. We discover that there's more to Neeve, more to Noah, and more to many of the other characters than meets the eye. So much is revealed in the ascent to the climax, which itself is superb. For those who haven't read The Raven Boys yet, you'll understand what I mean when you read the book. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Personally, I plan to read more books than I did last year - 50 books <i>atleast. </i>I also want to broaden my scope and try diverse subgenres of Young Adult fiction. I want to try fairytale-retellings especially. And since I've read so few contemporary titles that I can probably count on one hand (I haven't read anything by Sarah Dessen, for crying out loud), there's another resolution:<i> read more contemp.</i></span></div>
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-88676259411427298032013-01-02T22:49:00.000+05:002013-01-02T22:51:09.806+05:00Challenge Accepted.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sooo this is the first time I'm taking up book challenges since I started blogging back in August. I'm definitely hyper - but I think it's best if I don't go accepting every yummy-looking challenge I come across! :D Resultantly, I've decided on three:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A book with <b>up or down (or equivalent)</b> in the title</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A book with <span style="font-weight: bold;">something you'd find in your kitchen</span> in the title<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A book with a <b>party or celebration</b> in the title<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A book with <b>fire (or equivalent)</b> in the title<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A book with <b>an emotion</b> in the title<span style="font-style: italic;"></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A book with <b>lost or found (or equivalent)</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> in the title</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Sounds fun, right? Right! I'm totally looking forward to reading books that fit in these categories!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, this one is obvious for most of us readers - it's more of a way of keeping track of how many books we read in a year. My goal is humble - atleast 50 books. I can't guarantee I can read more what with my CIE examinations coming up and everything. :P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's time to take the Young Adult Contemporary genre by the horns! Or should I say, books. I figured I haven't given a lot of time to Sarah Dessen and other YA contemporary authors (actually, here's a mortifying fact - I haven't read Sarah Dessen. At all.). So I came up with this personal challenge to READ, READ, and REVIEW atleast 10 contemporary books before the year ends. </span><br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-19590394813995108892012-12-27T12:57:00.001+05:002013-01-09T21:55:08.012+05:00Review: Matched (Matched, #1) - Ally Condie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen
at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he
is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an
instant before the screen fades to black.</span></span><span class="greyText"><span id="freeText9887477730968810288">The Society tells her
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happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop
thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to
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choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've already read some dystopian books like <i>Divergent, Delirium, Shatter Me, What's Left Of Me,</i> and ofcourse, the <i>Hunger Games</i>, so maybe<i> Matched</i> had a fair amount of competition to equal - or possibly overtake. Sadly for me, it couldn't overtake or equal said dystopian books. I found it to be a very mainstream novel in the dystopian genre, the sort that receives a lukewarm reception, but one that no one would acknowledge in the wake of the Divergent series and such. That's just my honest opinion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's not like I didn't enjoy <i>Matched</i> in the least. I truly adore the style in which Allie Condie writes - the figurative speech does more than just mesmerise you. It engulfs you, makes you feel like you're in Cassia's shoes, makes you feel like you're part of the Society. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And what a Society it is. Think of poisoned honey. Think of something that looks beautiful and exemplary from the outside, but which is barbed and flawed from the inside, behind the veil. That's the real face of the Society Cassia lives in. Everything is preset, decided, for the citizens - from their daily meals to their spouses - by the Officials themselves. No-one is supposed to go against them. And mostly, no-one <i>does</i> think of rebelling, because they've been brainwashed to believe that all the decisions made by the Officials is for their own good, for a perfect life. Cassia is amongst these staunch believers... until the day she first sees the cracks in the presumably pristine glass of the Society. And from that day, Cassia's belief in the system begins to falter, until it all falls apart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>“They are giving us pieces of a real life instead of the whole thing.
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roll over, belly up, comfortable and placated like a dog.." </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now Cassia's faced with a big decision - to stay blind, safe, and belong to the Society with no opinion of her own, or to rise up and rebel against the evil. It's game, set....<i>Matched</i>.</span><br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-79820986252239231682012-12-17T20:18:00.001+05:002012-12-17T20:52:46.316+05:00Musing Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had to wrack my brains for this one, because though I <i>have</i> been sinful of giving up on books because I didn't enjoy them, I mostly never intend on rereading and finishing them off. But then I managed to come up with two books: <i>City Of Lost Souls</i> by Cassandra Clare and <i>The Lost Symbol</i> by Dan Brown. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">About the <i>Mortal Instruments</i> series - I honestly haven't been able to get why it's so famous and liked by millions. Personally, I didn't enjoy the books very much to the point that I couldn't finish <i>City of Lost Souls</i>. However, I'll give it another go one day just so I can get over with the series and <i>try </i>to understand what the fuss is all about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And about <i>The Lost Symbol </i>- frankly, I haven't been able to finish it because of other priorities and things, but I definitely will read it one day. I've read all of Brown's other books and find them really, really, good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So 2012's finally saying goodbye. This year spewed a ton of new YA series, out of which I was able to read only a small percent.</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Blame the workload I receive from school. -.- </span><br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-21394793833163064762012-12-15T23:21:00.000+05:002012-12-15T23:21:12.996+05:00Review: Finnikin Of The Rock - Melina Marchetta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Series: The Lumatere Chronicles (Book 1) </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText16250768147969481395"> </span><span id="freeText16250768147969481395">Finnikin of the Rock
and his guardian, Sir Topher, have not been home to their beloved
Lumatere for ten years. Not since the dark days when the royal family
was murdered and the kingdom put under a terrible curse. But then
Finnikin is summoned to meet Evanjalin, a young woman with an incredible
claim: the heir to the throne of Lumatere, Prince Balthazar, is alive.<br /><br />Evanjalin
is determined to return home and she is the only one who can lead them
to the heir. As they journey together, Finnikin is affected by her
arrogance . . . and her hope. He begins to believe he will see his
childhood friend, Prince Balthazar, again. And that their cursed people
will be able to enter Lumatere and be reunited with those trapped
inside. He even believes he will find his imprisoned father.<br /><br />But Evanjalin is not what she seems. And the truth will test not only Finnikin's faith in her . . . but in himself.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Kingdom of Lumatere is not what it was before the five days of the unspeakable. Before the unspeakable, the King and Queen ruled their people with love, honesty, and dedication. Before the unspeakable, Lumatere flourished in trade. Before the unspeakable, Lumatere was a land of peace. Of happiness. A land of prosperity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Before the unspeakable, Lumatere was not a land ruled by an imposter king, its people persecuted to the point where men would kill their own beloved daughters so that the king's forces would not violate them, where adults feared to bring children into a world fraught with darkness, desolation and despair, where people's houses and farms would be burned, where innocent men, women, and children were murdered without a bit of mercy from the King.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The land is cursed. There are Lumaterans trapped inside</span> the <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">kingdom, suffering through the worst kinds of torture and abuse known to man.</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are Lumaterans shut outside their kingdom - the Exiles - living through the most brutal conditions.Their lives mutilated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <i>As they entered the exile camp the following day, Sir Topher was speechless. But it was the look on his father's face that stayed in Finnikin's mind for days to come. He knew Trevanion had never seen a camp before, had never imagined the way their people lived these past years, so nothing could prepare him for such desolation. His father understood punishment, imprisonment, and retribution. But this? What crime against the gods had these people committed to condemn them to this life?</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But then, amidst all the pain, despair, and torture, there is hope. Hope that one day someone would come topple the imposter king and return Lumatere to its former glory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The turning point of Lumatere's fate arises when Finnikin meets Evanjalin, a girl who claims to walk the dreams of those trapped inside Lumatere. And she insists that Prince Balthazar is alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Finnikin initially doesn't believe her, but in his heart, he is dying to meet his childhood friend Balthazar again, to help him rescue Lumatere from the clutches of darkness, to put an end to the Lumaterans' grief. A romance blossoms between Finnikin and Evanjalin, and he starts trusting her instincts and wild claims even when others were doubtful. And he is all ready to march to Lumatere with his father's former Guard, but then he discovers that Evanjalin is hiding her true identity, her true purpose. She's hiding a royal secret. Like, literally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now that the situation has taken a shocking change, now that Finnikin is aware of reality, he is faced with more than he could ever have come across in his wildest imagination. Marchetta does an amazing job at portaying the despair of the broken kingdom, the bond of friendship, the love between two young Lumaterans fighting for their kingdom, the beautiful relationship between a father and his son, and the hope of broken people, the hope that their beloved land will one day be cured of the curse. </span><br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-54525912961916249342012-12-14T21:19:00.003+05:002012-12-14T21:19:52.803+05:00Booking Through Thursday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm finally back after a long long looong break from blogging. The culprit? Exams. I got over with them (finally) today, and now nothing's gonna separate Bring On The Ink from its creator. Well, not till my CIE examination in May. -.-<br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I recently read Finnikin Of The Rock, and it was everything: engaging, entertaining, interesting, thought-provoking. And definitely the sort of book I would marvelously gush over. <br /><br />When I finished reading Finnikin Of The Rock, I was lost in a wave of emotions. I did sit for a couple of minutes, contemplating all that had happened in the book, thinking back to the climax, and wondering about what the second installment, Froi Of The Exiles, would hold in store for me. I begun reading Froi a day after I was done with Finnikin Of The Rock.<br /><br />If the next book in my to-be-read list would not have been the sequel to the book I was just done with, I'm certain I would have spent some time reflecting on the finished book. And if said book's completely fantastic, then I guess most people would be mentally going over the entire plot in their head. That's what I do.</span></span><br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-39789629437881166142012-12-14T19:11:00.001+05:002012-12-14T21:20:50.321+05:00Review - The Legend of Finndragon's Curse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText16592318516237621349">Three children racing against time, desperately searching for their missing father.<br /><br />A medieval kingdom cursed by an evil wizard.<br /><br />An ancient legend beneath our very feet.<br /><br />The
Legend of Finndragon’s Curse is the first book in a unique, two book
fantasy adventure series and is a fast paced, engaging and thrilling
page turner. The story races along with plenty of twists and turns as it
heads for the prophesized confrontation between the children and the
evil Finndragon himself.<br /><br />Combining wizardry and magic with modern
technology and containing magical animals and terrible demons, The
Legend of Finndragon’s Curse is a rollercoaster of emotions that will
make you laugh out loud and then fight to hold back the tears, as the
children race against time to rescue their father. In doing so they have
to kill Finndragon and put an end to the dreadful curse.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span id="freeText16592318516237621349">The Legend Of Finndragon's Curse was undoubtedly a very enjoyable read. It centers around three kids on the hunt for their missing father. What follows is an epic adventure to a demonic land, an adventure well narrated by the author. The plot is a unique one, and what instantly grabbed my attention was that though the author has weaved a fantastical world filled with wizards and magical creatures, he avoided turning the plot into something unrealistic. The kids are ordinary - no superpowers, no magic whatsoever. And that was what I truly liked about the book. Nowadays you see young adult fantasy books where the main character's graced with extraordinary superpowers or magical abilities. In my opinion, that renders the story unrealistic. But The Legend Of Finndragon's Curse is devoid of such nonrealistic characters - what makes this even better is that the legendary aspects neatly dovetail with the modern aspects; yes, technology goes hand in hand with the magic in this series! The ending was a definite cliff-hanger (I so want to share it with you guys, but it'll spoil things for you!) and I eagerly await the next installment. Moreover, I'm certain that the sequel will grab five-star ratings all around!</span></span><br />
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Erfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17396287936828717967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616863885402514009.post-31026414102889680082012-11-08T21:01:00.000+05:002012-12-12T18:34:10.853+05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://btt2.wordpress.com/">Booking Through Thursday</a> is a weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading</span>.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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Flashlights? Use a self-lit e-reader or tablet? Skip reading altogether
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I live in Karachi, the biggest metropolis of Pakistan. <i>Mostly, </i>we don't have a storm situation around here in fall/winter - more of a<i> </i>cool-morning, scorching-afternoon</span><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">, </span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">cool-night situation, and little or no rain. Leave alone storms. But sometimes in summers, we do have some really mean thunderstorms that play havoc with the trees and billboards and shanty towns</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> - not to forget the power. And those are times when many, many people actually go outdoors to fool around in the rain, because it's sort of a blue moon thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do storms affect my reading? Not really. If I were readin<i>g </i>a novel before the storm, I wouldn't switch books to match the atmosphere. Reading during heavy rain is actually a great experience - atleast for me. I love curling up with a novel when there's a storm - the weather's cool (that's rare where I live), the sound of the rain and the wind is soothing, and the plate of pakoras sitting next to me turns my stomach into a puppy dog begging on its hind legs. For those who aren't aware, pakoras (puh-KO-rahs) are one of the most fantastic deep-fried snacks ever. My advice - try them before you cross the River Styx.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Moving on to the second part of the question, I frankly don't read novels during power outages. I do value my eyesight and subjecting it to reading under a battery-operated lantern or reading an LCD screen is me being a meanie to my eyes. What I mostly do instead is chat with my family, play some football (the British one), listen to some great music. Or eat yummy pakoras with chutney. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. <i>Lengthy books, lengthy series</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yes. I hate those. I hate series that go on for six or seven books, and I tend to stay away from those with ten or eleven in the package. Dragging the plot through so many books diminishes my interest in it, and often spoils the fun of the story itself. Quite frankly, I would point out the <i>Twilight</i> saga as one such series that could have been marginally more enjoyable had a few hundred pages been excluded. <i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Eugh. Kat from the <i>Lux </i>series by Jennifer Armentrout referred to it as "the bane of my existence". I can say the same, because I personally find such puppy love really artificial and irritating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Holds head in hands and sighs* That dreaded love triangle. More often than not, the author puts in love triangles just to boost the drama. I hate love triangles because sometimes I can't decide who to root for. Or mostly, there is too much evidence who the chosen one would be, so why all the fuss establishing a love triangle? Someone wise once said: "<i>Love triangles are wrecktangles.</i>" I agree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This one particularly irks me. It ticks me off when the cover model doesn't fit the description of the character in the book. Seriously, why can' t the cover designer/artist just find out what the character's supposed to look like and then pick out models?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5. <i>Too much describing a character's clothes</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't really care much if the character's wearing a pair of faded Levis, a D and G tee, uggs, and a trench coat. And polka dot socks. So if the articles of clothing don't affect the plot, spare the big description. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sort of linked to the fifth point. When readers years from now will be reading a book loaded with current brand names, would they have the faintest what the author is referring to?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">7.<i> Disappointing sequels</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I really don't like it when I read an amazing book, wait in high anticipation for the next thinking it'll be a bomb, and then get all disappointed when I finally read it. Those sort of sequels suck. -.-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">8. <i>Rushed endings</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Won't you get annoyed if you read a book that has so much detail and depth in the plot, and is a brilliant read throughout, but the ending is just so rushed you feel as if the author just wanted to wrap things up quickly so that he/she could get started on the next project? Unrealistic circumstances occur - anything, really, to put the book to a close.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">9. <i>Whiny heroines</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10. <i>Judgmental readers</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You know the readers who <i>judge</i> what others read? The ones who look down on those who read too much romance, or historical fiction or only young-adult? They annoy me, because I think everyone can read whatever they want. Everyone's got their own tastes. Sure, you can always give your opinion on a particular genre or books of a certain author, but being <i>condescending</i> towards someone because of what they read is unacceptable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Musing Monday is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/">Should Be Reading</a>, where we reflect on, or 'muse' over a bookish topic that's set each week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This week's musing asks a fairly simple question:</span><br />
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<i><br /></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i>What is the most recent book you purchased, or brought home from
the local library? What made you pick it? Have you started reading it,
right away, or will you wait for a bit</i>?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are actually two books I acquired most recently: the first two books in the<i> Matched</i> series by Allie Condie - <i>Matched</i> and <i>Crossed.</i></span><br />
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<a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328369941l/9794437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328369941l/9794437.jpg" width="132" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i> Matched </i>released November 2010, and <i>Crossed </i>followed in November 2011. The third book, <i>Reached </i>is expecting its release a couple of days later this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So - what made me pick these two books? Aside from the obvious element of the cover? Speaking of which, aren't the both of them fantastic? Like, really awesome? I love how the art depicts the girl trapped in the bubble, then how she starts breaking out of said bubble on the sequel's front cover. And the cover art of the third book shows her out of the bubble and walking away. If covers could give the story away, you have a brilliant example right there in the <i>Matched </i>series, folks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Apart from judging the books by their covers, these were titles I'd wanted to read since the summer holidays. I can't say no to dystopia; mix that with sci-fi and I'll be jostling to be first in line to grab a copy. Maybe even physically harm whoever obstructs my path (OK, not really ). Plus, these two earned additional bonus points because they've been talked about quite a lot. Though <i>Matched</i> has mostly received 4-star ratings - not a five out of five. Even I'm not completely certain if I'll find it worth adding to my 'absolutely epic' bookshelf on Goodreads - the story may be a little bit on the cheesy side. Check out the blurb<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7735333-matched">here</a></i></span> </i>and you'll understand why. But still - I can't judge the books before even reading them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'll probably get to read the two of them after my exams in December. These days I'm reading the <i>Iron Knight</i> at a snail's pace because of the workload from school. So the day I get over with exams, I'll finish the<i> Iron Knight </i>and <i>Feed</i>, then move on to the<i> Mark Of Athena</i>, and <i>then</i> maybe start with <i>Matched</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What's the latest book <i>you</i> acquired, and why did you pick that? Share with me your thoughts on this week's Musing Monday! :)</span><br />
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