tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21645716341680537002024-03-20T10:44:35.711-07:00I Read Romance Novels Not TragediesOkay, so maybe
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What would you do if you had the opportunity to go back in time and save the love of your life from experiencing pain? You would do it, right? Even if it meant altering time and your relationship? Even if it meant never meeting her? That's the choice our heroine is plagued with. <br />
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<em>Anything</em> is both heartwarming and heart wrenching as we follow our heroine on his journey. Michael Baron really has a way with words. He sucks you in with his beautiful jargon. You could literally feel the pain and heartbreak radiating off the pages. A story of love and letting go, I give <em>Anything</em> five out five stars.Vonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037263959059886128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164571634168053700.post-1124641312849131482012-03-03T20:57:00.001-08:002012-03-03T20:57:57.247-08:00The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Summary:</b> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Can we ever really escape our past? Especially when we have all the time in the world for it to catch up to us?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> Seraphina was just a young girl when her life was taken from her. When a handsome young man called Cyrus offers her eternal life, she takes it. But centuries later, she's tired of living. She makes a plan to commit suicide, but when things don't go as planned, she ends up stuck in someone else's body. As she plots her second suicide attempt, she grows attached to her home's (aka the body she occupies) friends and family, and discovers that she may want to live. Still, she knows that she cannot go on living inside of someone else's body, living someone else's life, even when throwing away that someone else's life means throwing away her only chance at love. But will Cyrus ever let her go? </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">My Thoughts</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">:</span></b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Okay, what the hell kind of ending was that?? If you-know-who took over you-know-who's body then I'm not reading book two. This really sucks and I want to cry....See, this is what happens when you live vicariously through fictional characters: you feel there fictional pain. My night is ruined....grrr! BUT, I can't deny that, up until the last page, I enjoyed reading this. I thought the plot was pretty original and the writing wasn't horrible. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">10. The Thing About the Truth by Lauren Barnholdt</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">15. The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee</span></b></div>
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</div>Vonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037263959059886128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164571634168053700.post-36554717178181920552011-12-22T16:22:00.000-08:002011-12-22T16:28:03.073-08:00The One That I Want by Jennifer Echols<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">When I first noticed this book on Goodreads, I paid no attention to the title or the description. I only had eyes for the author's name: </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/203238.Jennifer_Echols" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" title="Jennifer Echols">Jennifer Echols</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">. Jennifer Echols is a big deal to me when it comes to the YA romance genre. So, when I saw that she authored this novel I just </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">knew</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> it was going to be good. No, let me rephrase that: I just </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">assumed</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> it was going to be good. And we all know what happens when we assume. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Oh but wait! There was one thing I liked about this novel: the main character's journey from overweight to healthy. Although we don't get to actually witness this journey, we do get to see the before and after. Her weight was an important part of the story, and it was a part that I liked and could relate to. That part alone was enough to give this two stars, but not enough to make me like this novel. The bad outweighed the good. Echols needs to step up her game and quit slacking!</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Before I read this series, I was pretty much turned off the whole paranormal romance thing, because there are just too many of them, and the monotony is killing me. It's rare that you're find a normal normal YA romance novel these days. But it's not just that. That's not the reason why I'm turned off of the genre. It's mainly because they're all the same. The same mythical creatures, the same story formulas. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">But, this one was different, which is why I absolutely loved it. So many twists and turns. It just really kept me guessing. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">The only thing I didn't like was it's blatant similarities to the Evernight Series. And don't tell me that you've read both series and didn't notice! Think about it: girl goes to school designed to train and help <b>[insert mythical creature here] </b>control their powers, girl meets boy at the aforementioned school, girl and boy fall in love/like, girl discovers that boy is actually a member of a secret organization devoted to hunting and killing <b>[insert mythical creature here]</b>, boy flees school, girl is forbidden to see boy, boy and girl can't stay away from each other and end up sneaking out to see each other, girl and boy are discovered by <b>[insert name of third (male) member of love triangle here] </b>but he is so in love with girl that he agrees to keep their secret.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">So, as you can see, the Hex Hall series had quite a few similarities. But, hex Hall is also very different from Evernight. The Demon/Witch thing was the biggest difference, and while I'm usually opposed to books that contain demonic characters (lie), it was one of the main reasons I loved this series so much. I seriously cannot wait for book three. Demon Glass left on on sort of a cliffhanger. And, it has me really confused on who Sophie should choose. It's like an Edward vs. Jacob thing, except it's Archer vs. Cal. She loves Archer more, but Cal is better for her. Why? Well, let's see here: he's noble, smart, sexy..... But then again, isn't <i>Archer</i> all of those things, too. Well, Cal has something that Archer doesn't--or, more accurately, Archer <i>is</i> something that Cal is <i>not</i>: he's a member of The Eye. </span><br />
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<div style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring her back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has good reason: a powerful mobster's art collection has been stolen, and he wants it returned. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat’s father isn’t just on the suspect list, he is the list. Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat’s dad needs her help.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">For Kat there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it’s a spectacularly impossible job? She’s got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family’s (very crooked) history—and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way."</span></i></div><div style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
</span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;">I have to say that this book was not at all what I expected....well okay, maybe it was a <i>little bit</i> like I expected. But, it really </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">surprised</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;"> me. Now before I elaborate, let me just say that I was reluctant to read this book. Why? Well it may have had something to do with the fact that I was kind of angry at Ally Carter for abandoning <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/43774-gallagher-girls">Gallagher Girls</a> (not literally) and starting a whole new series. And not to mention that the last book left us on a serious cliffhanger! But, I'm not here to talk about Gallagher Girls, I'm here to talk about Heist Society, so where was I? Oh yes, my reluctance to read it? Another reason I didn't want to read it was because a few of my friends had already read it and had told me that it was seriously lacking in the romance department...and we all know that I don't read anything that does not contain romance willingly. But, I decided to give it a try anyway, since it was Ally Carter (whom I adore).</span></span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">1. I'm an introvert - it's true. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">2. I love Chinese food - Favorite fast food place? Panda Express (although the food there is technically more American than it is Chinese).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">3. I'm super sensitive.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">4. I'm an optimist</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">5. I love reading - shocked? I know.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">6. I write poetry</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">7. I feel like most of the people I talk to just aren't on my level - Not to say that I'm smarter than everyone I talk to because, trust me, I'm not. I just believe that my mind set and way of thinking is a little on the unique side.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">1. <a href="http://www.memyshelfandi.com/">Me, My Shelf, and I</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">2. <a href="http://fayeflamereviews.blogspot.com/">Ramblings of a Teenage Bookworm</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">3.<a href="http://lipglossandliterature.blogspot.com/"> Lip Gloss and Literature</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">4. <a href="http://booksoulmates.blogspot.com/">Book Soulmates</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">5. <a href="http://booksoverboys.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-want-you-to-know-about.html">Books Over Boys</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">6. <a href="http://www.mochalattereads.blogspot.com/">A Cupcake and a Latte</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">7. <a href="http://www.tinasbookreviews.com/">Tina's Book Reviews</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">8. <a href="http://jessicas-bookshelf.blogspot.com/">Jessica's Bookshelf</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">9. <a href="http://readmebookmarkmeloveme.blogspot.com/">Read Me, Bookmark Me, Love Me</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">10.<a href="http://lcsadventuresinlibraryland.blogspot.com/"> LC's Adventures in Libraryland</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">11. <a href="http://100starsorless.blogspot.com/">100 Stars or Less</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">12. <a href="http://bookswarm.blogspot.com/">The Book Swarm</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">13. <a href="http://yabookaddict.blogspot.com/">Teen Book Addict</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">14. <a href="http://redhotbooks.blogspot.com/">Red Hot Books</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">15. <a href="http://underthecoversbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-magic-slays-by-ilona-andrews_29.html?zx=a06af844c1919a0a">Under the Covers</a></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Congratulations to all of you! I am so honored to have received this award and I hope you guys will be just as honored! Lots of love to you all! <3 <3</span></b></div></div>Vonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037263959059886128noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164571634168053700.post-10750027725184164862011-05-28T14:13:00.000-07:002011-05-28T14:14:58.159-07:00My One and Only by Kristan Higgins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">After twelve years, she thought that she would be completely over him. But,as she soon realizes, she's <i>not</i> over him. And, when a chance happening lands them on a Dennis-free road trip together, Harper finds out just how <i>not</i> over him she is.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">I got this book in a Goodreads giveaway the other day, and I was so excited to read it! I must say that I absolutely loved it! The writing was great, the characters were lovable (even Dennis) and the story line was rather entertaining. How many stars? <b>4/5</b></span><br />
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</div>Vonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037263959059886128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164571634168053700.post-91844033268463523192011-04-28T20:14:00.000-07:002011-05-17T21:54:08.910-07:00Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookrain.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/shrinking-violet1.jpg?w=213&h=300" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://bookrain.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/shrinking-violet1.jpg?w=213&h=300" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">One thing that surprised me about this book was the number of [descriptive] sex scenes it contained. When I picked this one up, I was unaware that this was one of Meg Cabot's adult books. It was linked to the Princess Diaries series, after all. So, you can imagine the shock I was in when I read this, not to mention the excitement. This one is definitely for more mature audiences, that's for sure. The love making scenes will make you melt on the inside. I give the sex scenes alone five stars</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">So, for the next few days I will be reviewing my favorite books, one after one. You don't have to read the reviews if you don't want to, but I really do enjoy commentary. How about a comment telling me what your favorite book is? Maybe I'll review....or maybe I already have. Okay, much love to my readers. <3</span></div>Vonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037263959059886128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164571634168053700.post-52059379825425695832011-04-15T13:14:00.000-07:002011-05-17T21:52:53.841-07:00The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;">It's been almost six years since Lucy's husband, Jimmy, died in a car accident. It's been about three years since Lucy and Jimmy's younger brother Ethan's relationship turned from "best friends" to "friends with benefits". It's been only a few hours since Lucy's little sister Corrinne delivered a healthy baby girl. That's when Lucy realizes she's missing something--and that something is not just Jimmy, either. It's a baby. And then she decides that she needs to get back out there, get on that horse again and find a husband. So of course, that means breaking up with Ethan--not that they were ever really "together" in the first place. Ethan is, of course, definitely not someone she should marry. He's someone that she knows she could love, if she'd just let herself. But, she can't do that. He could die and she'd be broken all over again. She needs a man who is bearable to live with, who would make a great father--much like Ethan--, and who is not too lovable. But, to do this, she first has to let go of Jimmy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;">I knew this was going to be a good one from the moment I read the summary. I mean think about it: a book about a widow who has a less than appropriate relationship with her dead husband's brother? Don't tell me that doesn't sound interesting to you. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;">Now, I believe that those of us who aren't stupid will have predicted the ending of this one before the end of the second chapter. This is the first novel that I've read by Kristan Higgins, although I've seen her books on plenty of shelves in plenty of stores before. I think I'll have to give the rest of her books a try. Let's hope they're as good as this one.</span></div>Vonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037263959059886128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164571634168053700.post-52215742283741257002011-04-12T17:25:00.000-07:002011-04-22T22:55:33.656-07:00An Apology to My Readers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.bigoo.ws/content/87/287687/I-m-Sorry-Purple-Flowers.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://media.bigoo.ws/content/87/287687/I-m-Sorry-Purple-Flowers.gif" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Okay, so I feel really bad about not posting for so long. But, my life has been so hectic lately. I haven't been in the right state of mind to comprehend any new books and write any reviews. Another reason I haven't been posting: there's a slight problem with the rest of the books that are left on the Coming Soon list. I don't currently have access to Adobe Digital Editions, which is the program I use to view/read my eGalley's or ARCs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">However, I will be posting reviews soon, just not for the remaining books on the list. I will get around to reading/reviewing them, but not now.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Anyway, I'm really sorry. I just hate breaking promises. Much love to you all. <3</span></div>Vonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037263959059886128noreply@blogger.com0