tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21693046681388406542024-03-13T13:21:03.683-04:00Bumbles and FairytalesWhere The Bumble Girl reads a lot of books!!!Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.comBlogger967125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-81549122789504085942018-11-26T01:00:00.001-05:002018-11-26T01:00:01.835-05:00Guest Post: Cindy R. Wilson, author of PAPER GIRL (YA) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am so happy to be able to have Cindy R. Wilson, the author of PAPER GIRL due to release next month, here on my blog today! She is sharing how she got started as a writer - very sweet story... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b class=""><u class=""><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41949459-paper-girl" target="_blank">PAPER GIRL</a></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>by Cindy R. Wilson</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Release date: December 4th, 2018</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Published by: Entangled Teen</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre: Young Adult Contemporary</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>SUMMARY</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I haven't left my house in over a year. My doctor says it's social anxiety, but I know the only things that are safe are made of paper. My room is paper. My world is paper. Everything outside is fire. All it would take is one spark for me to burst into flames. So I stay inside. Where nothing can touch me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then my mom hires a tutor. Jackson. This boy I had a crush on before the world became too terrifying to live in. Jackson's life is the complete opposite of mine, and I can tell he's got secrets of his own. But he makes me feel things. Makes me want to try again. Makes me want to be brave. I can almost taste the outside world. But so many things could go wrong, and all it takes is one spark for everything I love to disappear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>GUEST POST by Cindy R. Wilson</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK ON A DARE."</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I get asked a lot about the first book I wrote. When did I write it? Why did I write it? And so on. I often tell people I wrote my first book on a dare. I was a kid when I decided I really, really liked storytelling. My younger brother and sister used to ask me to tell them stories all the time and I would. I'd come up with stories on the spot, often telling my siblings one "chapter" a night until the story was done. To this day, my brother and sister still remember some of those stories I used to tell them. The day before my thirteenth birthday, I was bored. I wanted my older sister to hang out with me but she didn't want to. And after bothering her repeatedly, she said, "Why don't you just write a book?" You know, basically the most time-consuming thing she could think of to get me out of her hair. But I thought that sounded like a great idea, so I did it. I started writing a book. And I stuck with it until I'd hand-written nearly 300 pages. I finished that book when I was fifteen. Then I figured if I could do it once, I could do it again. So I did. Two more books before I turned twenty, and two more reasons why I knew I wanted to be a writer. There's nothing better than bringing new characters to life and falling in love with them. Nothing more enjoyable than escaping to a new world you've created. And nothing more rewarding than finishing those last words on a book and letting the world see what you've done. So technically, I wrote a book on a dare, but really it was just a perfectly timed push for me to follow my dreams. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Cindy R. Wilson</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cindy R. Wilson is a YA speculative and contemporary author whose own struggles with anxiety disorder inspired her to write a story with a real-life topic readers can relate to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and loves using Colorado towns and cities as settings for her stories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She's the mother of three girls who provide plenty of fodder for her YA novels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When she's not writing, you can find her hiking some of Colorado's tallest peaks, reading, or listening to playlists she's created for her next story idea.</span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-40184896547991012692018-10-01T12:30:00.000-04:002018-10-01T18:58:04.836-04:00My SEPTEMBER Book Haul and Wrap Up, and my OCTOBER TBR 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Is it just me, or does September feel like the longest and shortest month out of the whole year? It really feels like it takes forever to get through, but once the month ends, it feels like it went by so quickly, lol! It must be because it's "back-to-school" month for us and we're all just getting used to our new schedules and routines... it's been tough! Three kids in three different schools, I am now a full-time chauffeur and it's been hard - my anxiety is just not getting along... other than that, everyone is adjusting and doing well! Which is all I can ask for :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">How was your September??? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>*<u>My SEPTEMBER</u><u> Book </u><u>Haul</u>*</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37508619-archenemies" target="_blank">ARCHENEMIES (Renegades #2)</a> </b>by Marissa Meyer (YA/ARC) from Macmillan<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34966859-dragon-pearl" target="_blank">DRAGON PEARL</a> </b>by Yoon Ha Lee (MG/ARC) from Disney Books </span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37486213-two-dark-reigns" target="_blank">TWO DARK REIGNS (Three Dark Crowns #3)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Kendare Blake (YA/HB) from Book Sparks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40856215-the-thorn-queen" target="_blank">THE THORN QUEEN</a></b> by Elise Holland (MG/PB) from Book Sparks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37946447-miss-d-and-me" target="_blank">MISS D & ME: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis</a></b> by Kathryn Sermak and Danelle Morton (A/PB) from Hachette Books </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38398193-giraffe-problems" target="_blank">GIRAFFE PROBLEMS</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 400;"> by Jory John (C/HB) from Random House </span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36538780-love-you-more" target="_blank">LOVE YOU MORE</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 400;"> by Gary Urda (C/HB) from Little Bee Books </span></b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34220595-the-adventurers-guild" target="_blank">THE ADVENTURERS GUILD</a></b> by Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos (MG/HB) from Disney-Hyperion</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39088966-twilight-of-the-elves" target="_blank">TWILIGHT OF THE ELVES (The Adventurers Guild #2)</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos (MG/ARC) from Disney-Hyperion</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37587394-the-nebula-secret" target="_blank">THE NEBULA SECRET (Explorer Academy #1)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Trudi Trueit (MG/HB) from </span><br />
- <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36431261-unwritten" target="_blank">UNWRITTEN</a> </b>by Tara Gilboy (MG/eARC) from North Star Editions/Jolly Fish Press via NetGalley<br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">*<u>BOOKS I PURCHASED</u>: </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16669333-alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland" target="_blank">ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND/THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS</a></b> by Lewis Carrol (Classics/HB) - Barnes and Noble Edition</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">but this was all I was able to focus on and I'm still happy with it :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- MOO </b>by Sharon Creech (MG/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE CHRISTMAS SISTERS </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Sarah Morgan (A/ARC) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- GIRAFFE PROBLEMS </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Jory John (C/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- BLACK WINGS BEATING </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Alex London (YA/ARC)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- EBENEZER HAS A WORD FOR EVERYTHING</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Chelsea Rowe (C/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- LITTLE WHALE </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Jo Weaver (C/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- I LOST MY TOOTH! </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Mo Willems (MG/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
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I have SO many good books, it's hard to choose and keep up with my TBR lately, lol!<br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE SISTER'S OF THE WINTER WOOD </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Rena Rossner (A/ARC)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">- KEEPER OF THE BEES </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Meg Kassel (YA/HB)</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE THORN QUEEN </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Elise Holland (MG/PB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- THE SOMEWHAT TRUE ADVENTURES OF SAMMY SHINE</b> by Henry Cole (MG/PB)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>And then, I hope I have enough time to read these too</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE BOOKSHOP GIRL</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Sylvia Bishop (MG/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- GRIM LOVELIES</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Megan Shepherd (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">- MISS D & ME </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Kathryn Sermak (A/PB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">- BLANCA & ROJA </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA/ARC)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">- HOCUS POCUS AND THE ALL-NEW SEQUEL</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by A.W. Jantha (YA/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- SHADOW OF THE FOX </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Julie Kagawa (YA/ARC)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE NEBULA SECRET (Explorer Academy #1)</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Trudi Trueit (MG/HB) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- RENEGADES </b>by Marissa Meyer (YA/HB) - reread</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- ARCHENEMIES (Renegades #2) </b>by Marissa Meyer (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- EARTHRISE: Apollo 8 and the Photo That Changed the World</b> by James Gladstone (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- LOVE YOU MORE</b> by Gary Urda (C/HB) </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Please let me know in the comments what you're reading... </i></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>and leave your blog or book haul links too - I'd love to visit and see what you all have been up to!</i></b></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-36401646821925987842018-09-15T12:30:00.000-04:002018-09-15T22:29:48.484-04:00My AUGUST Book Haul and Wrap Up, and my SEPTEMBER TBR 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hello</span><span style="font-size: large;">,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">friends!!!</span> </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">School has finally started for us and our schedule is BUSY!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But, it's a schedule and I can finally fit in a bit of "me time" and I am SO extra happy about it, lol! It's not easy to have to "adult" all the time - no one can ever prepare you for all of the responsibilities you will one day be in charge of. Thank goodness for books!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Now, let's talk about BOOKS!!!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>I am participating in <a href="http://www.tyngasreviews.com/search/label/Stacking%20The%20Shelves" target="_blank">Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews</a> :)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<u>REVIEW BOOKS</u>:</span></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37638219-keeper-of-the-bees">KEEPER OF THE BESS</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Meg Kassel (YA/HB) from Entangled Teen</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32718970-see-all-the-stars">SEE ALL THE STARS</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 400;">by Kit Frick (YA/HB) from Simon and Schuster </span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39088508-fierce-fairytales" target="_blank">FIERCE FAIRY TALES: Poems & Stories to Stir Your Soul</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 400;"> by Nikita Gill (A/PB) from Hachette Books </span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">From Disney-Hyperion Books:</b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37953804-hip-hop-in-the-house">HIP AND HOP IN THE HOUSE!: A Free-Flowing Tortoise and the Hare Collection</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Jef Czekaj (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38506712-1-grumpy-bruce" target="_blank">1 GRUMPY BRUCE</a></b> by Ryan T. Higgins (C/Board Book) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37955005-santa-bruce" target="_blank">SANTA BRUCE</a> </b>by Ryan T. Higgins (C/HB) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From Book Sparks: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29422091-these-rebel-waves">THESE REBEL WAVES (Stream Raiders #1)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Sarah Raash (YA/HB) from Book Sparks</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36502054-sea-witch" target="_blank">SEA WITCH</a></b> by Sarah Henning (YA/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39897647-the-leaving-year" target="_blank">THE LEAVING YEAR</a></b> by Pam McGaffin (YA/PB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40695935-school-tales" target="_blank">SCHOOL TALES</a></b> by Sharon Myrick (A/PB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From Peachtree Publishers:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38371982-am-i-yours">AM I YOURS?</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Alex Latimer (C/HB) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38371225-the-somewhat-true-adventures-of-sammy-shine">THE SOMEWHAT TRUE ADVENTURES OF SAMMY SHINE</a> </b>by Henry Cole (MG/PB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38371983-the-bookshop-girl">THE BOOKSHOP GIRL</a> </b>by Sylvia Bishop (MG/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36764286-ebenezer-has-a-word-for-everything">EBENEZER HAS A WORD FOR EVERYTHING</a></b> by Chelsea H. Rowe (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38371994-hansel-gretel">HANSEL & GRETEL</a></b> by Bethan Woollvin (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38371985-little-whale">LITTLE WHALE</a> </b>by Jo Weaver (C/HB)<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>BOOKS I RECEIVED AS GIFTS or in GIVEAWAYS - Thank you!!!</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37004954-shadow-of-the-fox">SHADOW OF THE FOX</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Julie Kagawa (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21825776-endless-water-starless-sky">ENDLESS WATER, STARLESS SKY (Bright Smoke, Cold Fire #2)</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Rosamund Hodge (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37934247-a-girl-of-white-winter" target="_blank">A GIRL OF WHITE WINTER (Dark Glass #3)</a> </b>by Barb Hendee (YA/PB) - from Kensington via TLC Book Tours IG giveaway </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>BOOKS I PURCHASED</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37168303-spinning-silver">SPINNING SILVER</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Naomi Novik (A/signed HB) - Goldsboro Edition </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29749098-catwoman" target="_blank">CATWOMAN: SOULSTEALER (DC Icons #3)</a></b> by Leigh Bardugo (YA/signed HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28093999-temeraire">TEMERAIRE</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Naomi Novik (A/PB) - UK Edition </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>KINDLE EBOOKS I PURCHASED</u>:</b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40857315-nobody-said-it-d-be-easy">NOBODY SAID IT'D BE EASY</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Patty Blount (A/eBook) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8163827-rosemary-and-rue">ROSEMARY AND RUE (October Daye Series #1)</a></b> by Seanan McGuire (A/eBook) </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Patty Blount (YA/eARC) - 4 stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- THE KISS QUOTIENT </b>by Helen Hoang (A/HB) - 4 stars </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- GRACE AND FURY</b> by Tracy Banghart (YA/ARC) - 3 stars </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- BROKEN THINGS </b>by Lauren Oliver (YA/ARC) - 4 stars</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- NOBODY REAL</b> by Steven Camden (YA/ARC) - 5 stars</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE GIRL WITH MORE THAN ONE HEART </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Laura Geringer Bass (MG/HB) - 4 stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">AM I YOURS?</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Alex Latimer (C/HB) - 5 stars</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- STAY SWEET </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Siobhan Vivian (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- 3 stars </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- FIERCE FAIRYTALES </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Nikita Gill (A/PB) - 5 stars </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE SISTER'S OF THE WINTER WOOD </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Rena Rossner (A/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">- KEEPER OF THE BEES </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Meg Kassel (YA/HB) </span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE CHRISTMAS SISTERS</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Sarah Morgan (A/ARC) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>And then, I hope I have enough time to read these too</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- BLACK WINGS BEATING</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 400;"> by Alex London (YA/ARC) </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">- BLANCA & ROJA<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- SHADOW OF THE FOX</b> by Julie Kagawa (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- LOVE YOU MORE</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Gary Urda (C/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE SOMEWHAT TRUE ADVENTURES OF SAMMY SHINE </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Henry Cole (MG/PB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- HIP & HOP IN THE HOUSE!</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Jef Czekaj (MG/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- GIRAFFE PROBLEMS</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Jory John (C/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- EBENEZER HAS A WORD FOR EVERYTHING</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Chelsea Rowe (C/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- THE BOOKSHOP GIRL</b> by Sylvia Bishop (MG/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- I LOST MY TOOTH!</b> by Mo Willems (MG/HB) </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>and leave your blog or book haul links too - I'd love to visit and see what you all have been up to!</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>by Meg Kassel</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Keeper of the Bees is the second book in the companion series to BLACK BIRD OF THE GALLOWS. However, as per the publisher, you do not need to read BLACK BIRD OF THE GALLOWS before KEEPER OF THE BEES in order to enjoy them both.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>"Beauty and the Beast like you've never imagined!"</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- New York Times bestselling author Pintip Dunn</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>KEEPER OF THE BEES is a tale of two teens who are both beautiful and beastly, and whose pasts are entangled in surprising and heartbreaking ways.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dresden is cursed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His chest houses a hive of bees that he can't stop from stinging people with psychosis-inducing venom. His face is a shifting montage of all the people who have died because of those stings. And he has been this way for centuries - since he was eighteen and magic flowed through his homeland, corrupting its people. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He follows harbingers of death, so at least his curse only affects those about to die anyway. But when he arrives in a Midwest town marked for death, he encounters Essie, a seventeen-year-old girl who suffers from debilitating delusions and hallucinations. His bees want to sting her on sight. But Essie doesn't see a monster when she looks at Dresden.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Essie is fascinated and delighted by his changing features. Risking his own life, he holds back his bees and spares her. What starts out as a simple act of mercy ends up unraveling Dresden's solitary life and Essie's tormented one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Their impossible romance might even be powerful enough to unravel a centuries-old curse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> I am paralyzed. Motionless, breathless in my first embrace in a millennium. To be touched... my eyes close as I tremble from head to toe. The pain is glorious, excruciating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> "I don't know." Speech takes an unbearable effort. I'm overwhelmed in every single possible way - destroyed on a level she can't begin to comprehend. My arms hover, uncertain how to return her embrace and unsure if I should. Unable to push her away. I feel as though I will shatter if I move, but my arms slowly close around her. One of my hands falls on her hair, where the elastic has loosened. The thin band slips from her hair and falls into my hand. My fingers close around it. </span></div>
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<b><i><u>READ the first book to the companion series NOW</u>!!!</i></b></div>
</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33509076-black-bird-of-the-gallows" target="_blank">BLACK BIRD OF THE GALLOWS</a></u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>by Meg Kassel</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Release date: September 5th, 2017</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Published by: Entangled Teen</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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Angie Dovage can tell there's more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can't imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece - and he's not human.</div>
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That the secrets her town holds could kill them all.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Meg Kassel</b></u></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnjnP2PH3twPCq4lnALwFRdCALpxFCfN0p-GcvgWPUCaUaJIZmmmqV_-5wvy1EhYN0cX_3IsKEbAUQ7tBIpM9_gsl2ADGgBpuwTYtzagUTNvECuvaefF1dazhegUDPLRaHXg0XonS3KA/s1600/MegKassel-Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnjnP2PH3twPCq4lnALwFRdCALpxFCfN0p-GcvgWPUCaUaJIZmmmqV_-5wvy1EhYN0cX_3IsKEbAUQ7tBIpM9_gsl2ADGgBpuwTYtzagUTNvECuvaefF1dazhegUDPLRaHXg0XonS3KA/s1600/MegKassel-Headshot.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Meg Kassel is an author of fantasy and speculative books for young adults. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">A graduate of Parson's School of Design, she’s been creating stories, whether with visuals or words, since childhood. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Meg is a New Jersey native who lives in a log house in the Maine woods with her husband and daughter. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>A Wicked Novella, #3.5</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>by Jennifer L. Armentrout</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Release date: August 14th, 2018</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Published by: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre: New Adult/Adult - Paranormal Romance/Fantasy</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From #1 <i>New York Times</i> and <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a new story in her WICKED series!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She's everything he wants...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cold. Heartless. Deadly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whispers of his name alone bring fear to fae and mortals alike. The Prince.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is nothing in the mortal world more dangerous than him. Haunted by a past he couldn't control, all Caden desires is revenge against those who'd wronged him, trapping him in a never-ending nightmare. And there is one person he knows can help him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Raised within the Order, Brighton Jussier knows just how dangerous the Prince is, reformed or not. She'd seen firsthand what atrocities he could be capable of. The last thing she wants to do is help him, but he leaves her little choice. Forced to work alongside him, she begins to see the man under the bitter ice. Yearning for him feels like the definition of insanity, but there's no denying the heat in his touch and the wicked promise is his stare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But there's someone out there who wants to return the Prince to his former self. A walking, breathing nightmare that is hell-bent on destroying the world and everyone close to him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The last thing either of them needs is a distraction, but with the attraction growing between them each now, the one thing he wants more than anything may be the one thing that will be his undoing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><i>That’s what I was mulling over as I watched Ivy Morgan brush thick, red curls over her shoulder, laughing at something her boyfriend Ren Owens had said to her.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><i>At least I wasn’t envious of that—their love. Okay, well, that wasn’t entirely true. Pretty sure anyone who was as single as me would be envious of all that warm and fuzzy that was passed back and forth with each long look or casual brush of skin. The two could barely tear their gazes away from one another to eat the dinner we’d grabbed at the cute little diner inside the shopping center on Prytania Street.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><i>I honest to God couldn’t be happier for them. They’d been through so much—way more than two people should ever have to go through to be together, and here they were, stronger and more in love than ever, and they deserved that happiness.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><i>If you needed to know what streets Royal intersected with, you called… me. Or if you needed coffee or fresh beignets but were currently busy, you know, saving the world, you’d call me.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"># 1 <i>New York Times, USA Today </i>and international bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories… which explains her dismal grades in math. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack" rel="nofollow"></a><b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I really hope that you are all doing well and have been reading a lot of GOOD books!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have to admit, my anxiety has been really bad lately and it is exhausting. I think I've been trying too hard, which then overwhelms me, and then I end up not accomplishing much of anything. I have a ton of ideas written down in a notebook, blog posts that are half-finished just sitting (over 40 of them!!!), pictures that sit on my phone and never get posted on Instagram... It's been an endless cycle. However! The motivation to get over the slump is strong and I hope to get back into the swing of things regularly... even with our school schedule starting next month! I feel it may be a good thing to have a busy schedule again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Now, let's talk about BOOKS!!!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>I am participating in <a href="http://www.tyngasreviews.com/search/label/Stacking%20The%20Shelves" target="_blank">Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews</a> :)</b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">*<u>My JULY</u><u> Book </u><u>Haul</u>*</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<u>REVIEW BOOKS</u>:</span></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35861538-spell-and-spindle">SPELL AND SPINDLE</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Michelle Schusterman (MG/HB) - from the author. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37854049-the-sisters-of-the-winter-wood">THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD</a></b> by Rena Rossner (A/ARC) - from Redhook Books/Hachette. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38506712-1-grumpy-bruce">1 GRUMPY BRUCE</a></b> by Ryan T. Higgins (C/Board Book) - from Disney Hyperion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38325080-i-lost-my-tooth">I LOST MY TOOTH! (Unlimited Squirrels)</a></b> by Mo Willems (C/HB) - from Disney Hyperion. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36532172-someone-i-used-to-know">SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW</a></b> by Patty Blount (YA/eARC) - from Barclay Publicity. </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36301023-my-plain-jane">MY PLAIN JANE (The Lady Janies #2)</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton (YA/HB) - from Book Sparks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40747386-the-circus-thief">THE CIRCUS THIEF</a></b> by Alane Adams (C/ARC) - from Book Sparks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36127457-lovely-dark-and-deep">LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP</a></b> by Justina Chen (YA/ARC) - from Book Sparks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27839311-nobody-real">NOBODY REAL</a></b> by Steven Camden (YA/ARC) - from Harper 360/Harper Collins. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37539037-the-christmas-sisters">THE CHRISTMAS SISTERS</a></b> by Sarah Morgan (A/ARC) - from HQN Books via Aro Publicity. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40381357-the-adventures-of-phatty-and-payaso">THE ADVENTURES OF PHATTY AND PAYASO: Central Park</a></b> by Marie Unanue (MG) - from JKS Communications. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37168303-spinning-silver">SPINNING SILVER</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Naomi Novik (A/ARC) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32333296-stay-sweet">STAY SWEET</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Siobhan Vivian (YA/signed HB) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>BOOKS I PURCHASED</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34853886-the-inexplicable-logic-of-my-life">THE INEXPLICABLE LOGIC OF MY LIFE</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA/Audiobook) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36040400-an-ember-in-the-ashes">EMBER IN THE ASHES</a></b> by Sabaa Tahir (YA/PB and Audiobook)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18584855-heartless">HEARTLESS</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Marissa Meyer (YA/HB)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16126208-grimm-tales">GRIMM TALES: For Young and Old</a> </b>by Philip Pullman (A/PB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21470843-the-yellow-fairy-book">THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK (Coloured Fairy Books #4)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Andrew Lang (Classic/HB) - Hesperus Press Edition </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37168303-spinning-silver">SPINNING SILVER</a> </b>by Naomi Novik (A/HB) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- NEVER FOLLOW A DINOSAUR</b> by Alex Latimer (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- DID YOU EAT THE PARAKEET? </b>by Mark Iacolina (C/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <u><a href="https://bumblesandfairytales.blogspot.com/2018/07/review-god-bless-america-story-of.html">GOD BLESS AMERICA: The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin</a></u> </b>by Adah Nuchi (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE UNEXPECTED EVERYTHING</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Morgan Matson (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <u><a href="https://bumblesandfairytales.blogspot.com/2018/07/review-drawn-together-by-minh-le-and.html">DRAWN TOGETHER</a></u></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Minh Le (C/ARC) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- SPELL & SPINDLE </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Michelle Schusterman (MG/HB) </span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE INEXPLICABLE LOGIC OF MY LIFE </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Benjamin Alire Saenz (YA/Audiobook) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- LEAVING AMARILLO (Neon Dreams #1) </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Caisey Quinn (NA/eBook) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- DON'T BLINK</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (C/ARC)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>- GRACE AND FURY</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Tracy Banghart (YA/ARC) </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">- THE GIRL WITH MORE THAN ONE HEART</b> by Laura Geringer Bass (MG/HB)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE SEAS</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Samantha Hunt (A/HB) </span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE KISS QUOTIENT</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Helen Hoang (A/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW </b>by Patty Blount (YA/eARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>And then, I hope I have enough time to read these too</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- BROKEN THINGS</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Lauren Oliver (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- BLANCA & ROJA </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA/ARC)</span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE BOY, THE BOAT, AND THE BEAST </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Samantha M. Clark (MG/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- A BLADE SO BLACK</b> by L.L. McKinney (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- THE STORM RUNNER </b>by J.C. and Jennifer Cervantes (MG/ARC)<b> </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- KEEPER OF THE BEES </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Meg Kassel (YA/eARC) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Rena Rossner (A/ARC) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-<b> SPINNING SILVER</b> by Naomi Novik (A/HB)</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*A finished-hardcover copies of SPILL ZONE and THE BROKEN VOW (Spill Zone #2) were sent to me for free by the publisher, Macmillan, for an honest review. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All thoughts here are my very own. Any problems, concerns, questions, etc. please contact me via email - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">thebumblegirl@rocketmail.com - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Written by Scott Westerfeld</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Illustrated by Alex Puvilland</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Release date: July 10th, 2018</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Genre: Young Adult Dystopian/Sci-Fi Mystery </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Three years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. Strange manifestations and lethal dangers now await anyone who enters the Spill Zone. Addison got close enough to the Spill Zone to touch it, literally. She survived the encounter but came back changed.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It turns out she's not alone. North Korea has its own Spill Zone, and a young man named Don Jae is the only one who made it out alive. Alive, but changed. Now Addison, Don Jae, and, curiously, a rag doll named Vespertine, share an unholy bond and uncanny powers.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From Scott Westerfeld, the inspired imagination behind the <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers UGLIES and LEVIATHAN, comes THE BROKEN VOW, the second volume of our highly anticipated new graphic novel series. </span></div>
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<i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*A finished-hardcover copies of SPILL ZONE and THE BROKEN VOW (Spill Zone #2) were sent to me for free by the publisher, Macmillan, for an honest review. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All thoughts here are my very own.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another page-turner! So much action and the story continues to flow effortlessly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">THE BROKEN VOW picks up right where book one left off... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Addison has sold off the last of her pictures from the zone and now has enough money to "retire" and take care of her sister, Lexi. But. It seems that Addison may have spent too much time in the zone and she is feeling a bit off... and she not only learns that her Lexi's crazed doll has a huge role in why the Spill happened; there is also another survivor from a different Spill that happened in North Korea who comes looking for Addison for help. Together, they try to understand and figure out why the Spill happened and how to either control the Zone or end it all... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And guys - the creepy doll, named Vespertine, is still creepy as all heck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But she's also sassy and kind of grows on you. Trust me - you'll be rooting for her halfway through the storyline! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Again, the illustrations are so vividly bright and yet still so eerie! The colors make the "monsters" look animated enough to jump off the page. And the style is just right - realistic enough to make the story creepier than it is already, but hard to look away. You really don't want to miss a single detail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My one and an only TINY little bit of gripe with this book - I want more! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although we do get some answers and things seem to end on a well enough note, there is still potential for more and I still have a few questions...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Release date: May 2nd, 2017</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Was it an angelic visitation? A nanotech accident? A porthole opening from another world?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Whatever it was, no one's allowed in the Spill Zone these days except government scientists and hazmat teams. But a few intrepid explorers know how to sneak through the patrols and steer clear of the dangers inside the Zone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Addison Merrick is one such explorer, dedicated to finding out what happened that night and to unraveling the events that took her parents and left her little sister mute and disconnected from the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Scott Westerfeld</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Scott Westerfeld is a New York Times bestselling author of YA. He was born in Texas and now lives in Sydney and New York City. In 2001, Westerfeld married fellow author Justine Larbalestier.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">He is best known for the Uglies and Leviathan series, and his next book, Afterworlds, comes out September 23, 2014.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">His book Evolution's Darling was a New York Times Notable Book and won a Special Citation for the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award. So Yesterday won a Victorian Premier's Award and both Leviathan and Midnighters 1: The Secret Hour won Aurealis Awards. Peeps and Uglies were both named as Best Books for Young Adults 2006 by th</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e American Library Association.</span></span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-61581927811218381022018-07-10T00:30:00.000-04:002018-08-12T17:47:37.632-04:00Review: STERLING, BEST DOG EVER by Aidan Cassie (C) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>*A finished hardcover copy of STERLING, BEST DOG EVER by Aidan Cassie was sent to me by the publisher, Macmillan, for free for an honest review. All thoughts here are my very own. Any problems, questions, etc. please contact me via email - </i></span></span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">thebumblegirl@rocketmail.com. Thank you! </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35791919-sterling-best-dog-ever">STERLING, BEST DOG EVER</a></u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Written and Illustrated by Aidan Cassie</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Release date: July 10th, 2018</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Published by: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (Macmillan) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Genre: Children's Picture Book</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sterling the dog has always wanted a home. But no home has ever wanted him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So when Sterling sees a sign on the side of the Butlery Cutlery Company advertising free "shipping to homes around the world," he is determined to become the most terrific FORK ever! For what home doesn't need flatware?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sterling is delivered on time and undamaged to the Gilbert family's front door.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He is not, however, what they ordered...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But he may be exactly what they need.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a humorous, heart-tugging picture book about finding a family who wants you just as you are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>MY REVIEW</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A timeless story about a pup trying to find a forever home, learning to be himself, and accepting himself and, once he can do that, also accepting the fact that everyone else will love him too!</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sterling trying to please his new owners in any way possible was funny and sad. His quirky antics in trying to be the best fork possible, and then trying to be anything else that the family could possibly need really made us smile and laugh out loud. However, the realization that maybe Sterling should just be himself brought on an endearing conversation on how sometimes we try to be something that we are not just to make someone happy when we should always be the best "me" that we could possibly be. When Sterling finally realizes that, happy smiles all around! We knew he could do it! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This illustrated book has become one of our favorites! The details and relatable pictures are really well made and engaging. </span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A wonderful book for all children to learn that people-pleasing is not the way to do things; a reminder to always be ourselves, the very best version of ourselves and no matter what!</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Aidan Cassie was small, she drew dogs all the time and taped her pictures up everywhere. Then one wondrous day, her family got a dachshund. But the strange little pup didn't seem to know what she was.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She sat on the kitchen table.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She slept with the pillows.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And when Aidan clipped a leash to her collar, the dog just rolled on her back.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Like Sterling, Aidan's hound was confused, but Aidan loved her just the same.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aidan grew up to become an author, animator, and illustrator. She earned her media arts degree at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Edinburgh College of Art. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She lives on a small island in Canada's Salish Sea.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is her first picture book. </span><br />
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-59898609658338921712018-07-05T08:00:00.000-04:002018-07-17T19:42:49.644-04:00Review: DRAWN TOGETHER by Minh Le and Illustrated by Dan Santat (C) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Sometimes you don't need words to find common ground."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens - with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With spare, direct text by Minh Le and luminous illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, this stirring picture book about reaching across barriers will be cherished for years to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*An ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of DRAWN TOGETHER was sent to me by the publisher, Disney-Hyperion, for free for an honest review. </span>All thoughts here are my very own. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There have been so many sweet and heartwarming picture books lately. But, DRAWN TOGETHER, is definitely the most endearing and inspiring story that we have read! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">DRAWN TOGETHER is about a little boy who often goes to visit his grandfather, but doesn't enjoy doing so because they don't speak the same language. It is awkward and uncomfortable to watch them try and fail to communicate, heartbreaking too. Until they find out that they have something in common! When</span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> the grandfather realizes that they may have something in common that can bring them together the boy starts to narrate their story from this point on. The slow build up to this point and how the story starts to unfold is so beautiful to witness.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The best thing about this book is that it truly lets the reader feel what the main characters are going through with each other. How uneasy they felt, and how upset they are with themselves for not being able to communicate easily with one another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As a person who has witnessed this first hand, it is truly frustrating and heartbreaking to see someone you love not be able to speak easily with someone that they could connect with and love unconditionally. (I'm speaking about my husband and his Italian grandmother, he never learned how to speak Italian, and she never learned English). Watching them struggle to communicate but still see the love that they have for one another is bittersweet. The stories that they could have shared would have been wonderful to witness... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have also experienced what a blessing it is to be able to communicate with loved ones in another language. I am forever thankful and grateful that my parents decided to teach me English and Spanish from the moment I was born. I was able to speak with my grandparents and relatives from the moment I was able to speak. Being able to form loving relationships with family and being able to embrace my family's culture is something that I will always cherish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The illustrations! Dan Santat one of our most favorite illustrators and authors and he has really outdone himself with DRAWN TOGETHER... not only are the illustrations of the story stunning, bold, and engaging, there is also a story within the story! When the main characters "takeover" with there own illustrations and show us not only their style of art but how they are feeling, what they are going through with each other - it is so endearing and eye-opening. There is so much to discuss, see and learn from. It is by far one of our favorite stories to go to; because every time we re-read the story and take another look, there is always something new that catches our eye or we learn more about the characters and what they've been through separately and with each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Minh Le is a writer but - like his grandfather - a man of few words. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A first-generation Vietnamese-American, he is a national early childhood policy expert, author of LET ME FINISH!, and has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington Post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Outside of spending time with his beautiful wife and sons in their home near Washington, DC, Minh's favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Award-winning THE ADVENTURES OF BEEKLE: THE UNIMAGINARY FRIENDS, as well as THE COOKIE FIASCO, ARE WE THERE YETI?, and others. He is also the creator of Disney's animated hit THE REPLACEMENTS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and two dogs. </span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-90893100601177909142018-07-04T01:00:00.000-04:002018-07-04T01:00:00.215-04:00Review: GOD BLESS AMERICA, The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin Written by Adah Nuchi and Illustrated by Rob Polivka (C)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>*A finished hardcover copy of GOD BLESS AMERICA: The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin was sent to me for free by the publisher, Disney-Hyperion, for an honest review. All thoughts here are my very own. Any problems, concerns, questions, etc. please contact me via email - thebumblegirl@rocketmail.com - Thank you!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">An inspiring portrait of an immigrant and the gift he gave his new home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Persecuted as Jews, Izzy Baline and his family emigrated from Russia to New York, where he fell in love with his new country. He heard music everywhere and was full to bursting with his own. Izzy's <i>thump-two-three, ting-a-ling, whee</i> tunes soon brought him acclaim as the sought-after songwriter Irving Berlin. He ignited the imaginations of fellow countrymen and women with his Broadway and Hollywood numbers, crafting tunes that have become classics we still sing today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But when darker times came and the nation went to war, it was time for Irving to compose a new kind of song:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A<i> boom-rah-rah</i> song.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A song for America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And so "God Bless America" was born, the heart-swelling standard that Americans have returned to again and again after its 1918 composition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the tale of how a former refugee gave America one of its most celebrated patriotic songs. With stirring, rhythmic text by Adah Nuchi and delightful, energetic art by Rob Polivka, readers will be ready to hum along to this exuberant picture book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1938, Irving Berlin's song, GOD BLESS AMERICA, debuted on the radio. And so many people liked it so much, "they wanted to replace the national anthem with it." However, some people boycotted it because Berlin was an immigrant... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The author narrates Berlin's journey from when he was a small child fleeing from Russia with his family, to coming to America and moving to New York's Lower East Side, to how Berlin, even as a small child, knew the importance of having to work hard to help the family... we get to see Berlin fall in love with America and music and how he was able to combine the two by joining the Army to help and do what he did best - create music! Music that most people, even now, sing and hum every day... I had no idea he had done so much for Broadway and the Army - this memoir was so insightful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Surprisingly, this book spoke to me on so many levels! In the times that we are facing now, I feel that many of us need a book like this for ourselves and our children. A reminder of America's history; a time to reflect and really see where most of us came from and are going... This wonderfully written picture book is a great way to help us teach our children about the "good old days" and what that saying really means and how dreams were possible! And with the right mindset, how everyone's dreams are still possible!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The illustrations are so heartwarming and endearing capturing the time period and pieces of Berlin's life perfectly. The old retro look piqued my little one's curiosity and question after question started to pour out of him - he wanted to know what was happening then and why. Finding out that everything takes place in New York, where we reside in and having it look so different and noticing how things change was so surprising for him... I also truly appreciated that the author added a note summarizing Berlin's biography and a timeline of events in the back of the book. It truly helped to answer his questions quickly and easily</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; other facts were discussed in animated detail, a few things were also elaborated due to a 4 1/2-year-old's imagination - which made this book memorable for the both of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I highly recommend this book to all! It's come to us at the most perfect time. Those who are looking to introduce their little ones to America's history and how diverse and wonderful it was and still is will love everything about this book!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Adah Nuchi is the daughter of immigrants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She has worked at the National Book Foundation, served as a children's book editor in New York, and currently works as a literary agent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rob Polivka is a children's book illustrator and cartoonist living in Texas with his wife and three children. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"<u>Waiting On Wednesday</u>" is a weekly meme that used to be hosted by <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jill at Breaking the Spine</a>. I've missed posting these on a weekly basis and have decided to start doing them again. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Once every thousand years...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every millennium, one age ends and another age dawns...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers holds the power to call the great Kami Dragon from the sea and ask for any one wish. The time is near... and the missing pieces of the scroll will be sought throughout the land of Iwagoto. The holder of the first piece is a humble, unknown peasant girl with a dangerous secret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Demons have burned the temple Yumeko was raised in to the ground, killing everyone within, including the master who trained her to both use and hide her kitsune shapeshifting powers. Yumeko escapes with the temple's greatest treasure - one part of the ancient scroll. Fate thrusts her into the path of a mysterious samurai, Kage Tatsumi of the Shadow Clan. Yumeko knows he seeks what she has... and is under orders to kill anything and anyone who stands between him and the scroll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A wish will be granted and a new age will dawn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am SO happy that we are all getting another book/series from Julie Kagawa!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although I have not been able to finish her TALON series yet (sorry! I plan to!), I have been a fan since the first book of the IRON FEY was released!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are SO many good things that this summary has to offer! Some things that caught my eye are...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... ask for any one wish."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... unknown peasant girl with a dangerous secret."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "Demons..."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... hide her kitsune shapeshifting powers."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>What else are you dying to get your hands on soon???</i></b></span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-54127253635853032612018-07-03T00:30:00.001-04:002018-07-04T23:42:35.074-04:00Review: DID YOU EAT THE PARAKEET? by Mark Iacolina (C) <div style="text-align: center;">
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<i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*An Advanced Reader Copy of DID YOU EAT THE PARAKEET? by Mark Iacolina was sent to me for free by the publisher, Macmillan, for an honest review. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All thoughts here are my very own. Any problems, concerns, questions, etc. please contact me via email - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">thebumblegirl@rocketmail.com - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>by Mark Iacolina</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A little girl can't find her parakeet - her kitty must have eaten it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where else would it have gone?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was just here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She shouts, she accuses, and she laments her loss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But her cat might be trying to tell her something...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>With rhyming text and adorable art, DID YOU EAT THE PARAKEET? by Mark Iacolina, is a sweet and silly picture book that will have children laughing through the final page.</i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*An Advanced Reader Copy of DID YOU EAT THE PARAKEET? by Mark Iacolina was sent to me for free by the publisher, Macmillan, for an honest review. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All thoughts here are my very own. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Such a playful storybook! Told in an upbeat, quick, rhyming style - this book is sure to get the giggle-fest started on the first page... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Right from the start, the little girl is looking for her pet parakeet and accuses the cat - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of course, the cat would never do such a thing! However, the girl is convinced that the cat had something to do with the parakeet's disappearance. And the story just flows with her search and how the cat defends himself and helps her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First of all, the little parakeet is quite the little clown - with it imitating the little girl's mannerisms with exaggeration while still having the ability to hide in plain site for quite a while... this parakeet is our new hero and we wish our parrot had its wit and charm!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Next, the poor cat getting accused of doing such an unthinkable thing! The patience and understand that it had for its poor little girl until it couldn't take it any longer and helped her realize the error of her ways... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And lastly, look for the adorable little mouse hiding throughout the story but curiously peeking in just enough to keep up to date with the investigation - this was not missed and was just too cute! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The illustration style is one that I hope to accomplish in my own work someday! With simple stick figure colorful drawings, the illustrator is able to portray so much of the story with facial expressions and mannerisms that it made it really fun, engaging and simple for my little one to keep up with and engage in more than just pointing to things and asking questions, but in helping tell the story too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Quite a fun book to get even the shyest one to open up and have a good laugh!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Mark Iacolina</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mark Iacolina in New Jersey with his two children and a very furry cat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is his first picture book. </span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-39261366510781586382018-07-02T00:30:00.001-04:002018-07-04T23:21:26.354-04:00Review: WINK POPPY MIDNIGHT by April Genevieve Tucholke (YA) <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every story needs a hero.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every story needs a villain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every story needs a secret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair, and freckles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wink. Poppy. Midnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Two girls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Three voices that burst onto the page in short, sharp, bewitching chapters, and spiral swiftly and inexorably toward something terrible or tricky or tremendous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What really happened?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Someone knows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Someone is lying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This book has my brain all jumbled up! It was whimsical, addicting and... everything that you would want in a book that will leave you feeling overwhelmed and confused in such a good way... I'm advising you now, when you pick up this book, be prepared to be sucked in until the end. This is not a book that you could/should read in spurts or while reading other books. This book will demand your undivided attention and you should not go against it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wink, Poppy and Midnight are our three main characters and the story is told from all of their point-of-views... there is a love triangle here, BUT, it is not like anything you have probably read before. Their story is so complicated and full of unexpected twists and turns, revelations and more. No one who is who you think they are and then they are and then they're not again. Their story is full of manipulation, and puzzling thoughts... they're not here to make friends with you, to get you to connect with them and sympathize; they're here to tell a story, their story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wink is the new girl next door who believes in fairytales and feels that life should be lived like one, and feels that Midnight is the hero to her story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Poppy is purposely the villain. She admittedly has a black heart and enjoys playing with peoples emotions and their lives. And will do anything to claim what is hers and put people in their rightful place. Midnight is hers and she will play along, or until she grows bored.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And, Midnight. Midnight is our lost boy who is in love with two girls who may be exactly who he thinks they are and also knows that he doesn't. He's torn between the two, but he also has his own story to tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">THE WRITING! Oh, my goodness - the writing is AMAZING! It is flawless and lyrical; some passages are so captivating and realistic. For me, while reading, I felt like I was there seeing everything first hand, smelling the strawberries and barn, feeling the sheets and the grass between my toes, seeing the dust and cobwebs. It is quite eerie the way the magic of Tucholke's writing had on me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I highly recommend this book to those who want a quick read to fall into for a while and get lost in, to then take some time to find a way to climb out of. For those who love honest complex characters, mysteries and a mind-boggling experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April Genevieve Tucholke is the author of BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, BETWEEN THE SPARK AND THE BURN, and WINK POPPY MIDNIGHT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She also curated the horror anthology SLASHER GIRLS & MONSTER BOYS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She has received five starred reviews and her novels have been chosen for the Junior Library Guild, Kids' Indie Next picks, and YALSA Teens Top Ten.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When she's not writing, April likes walking in the woods with her two cheerful dogs, exploring abandoned houses, and drinking expensive coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She has lived in many places around the world and currently resides in Oregon with her husband.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5288442.April_Genevieve_Tucholke" target="_blank">GOODREADS</a></u> / <u><a href="http://www.apriltucholke.com/" target="_blank">WEBSITE</a></u> / <u><a href="https://twitter.com/apriltucholke" target="_blank">TWITTER</a></u> / <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/apriltucholke/" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a></u> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">SO happy to have made it through the month! June is always the busiest month of the year for us - busier than the holiday season with all the birthdays, lol! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">My kiddos finished school this month - all done with Pre-K, 6th grade, and 8th grade!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">I'm trying not to think too much about the fall when school starts again... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">I'll have a kid in high school (hold me please! I'm really not ready for this!), a middle schooler and a kindergartener (hand me the tissues, please!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">In the meantime, we have a lot of fun stay-at-home vacay plans, plus - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">swimming lessons, band lessons, foreign language and writing practice...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">reading, movies, trips to local fun places!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">I just need to catch up on a bit of sleep first, lol! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">SO happy to be able to sleep in for the next week :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35791919-sterling-best-dog-ever" target="_blank">STERLING, BEST <strike>FORK</strike> DOG EVER</a> </b>by Aidan Cassie (C/HB) from the author via Macmillan </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36952594-a-blade-so-black" target="_blank">A BLADE SO BLACK</a> </b>by L.L. McKinney (YA/ARC) from Macmillan</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36949994-black-wings-beating" target="_blank">BLACK WINGS BEATING (Skybound #1)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Alex London (YA/ARC) from Macmillan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23532871-spill-zone" target="_blank">SPILL ZONE</a></b> Written by Scott Westerfeld, Illustrated by Alex Puvilland (YA/HB) from First Second (Macmillan) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35529635-wilder">WILDER</a></b> by Andrew Simonet (YA/ARC) from Macmillan </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36276327-the-broken-vow" target="_blank">THE BROKEN VOW (Spill Zone #2)</a></b> Written by Scott Westerfeld, Illustrated by Alex Puvilland (YA/HB) First Second (Macmillan) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36546966-willa-of-the-wood" target="_blank">WILLA IN THE WOOD (Willa #1)</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Robert Beatty (MG/ARC) from Disney Hyperion </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204669-ship-it" target="_blank">SHIP IT</a></b> by Britta Lundin (YA/HB) from Disney/Freeform </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36105772-neanderthal-opens-the-door-to-the-universe" target="_blank">NEANDERTHAL OPENS THE DOOR TO THE UNIVERSE</a></b> by Preston Norton (YA/HB) from Disney Hyperion </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36244389-hocus-pocus-the-all-new-sequel">HOCUS POCUS AND THE ALL-NEW SEQUEL</a></b> by A.W. Jantha (YA/HB) from Disney/Freeform </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36341961-god-bless-america" target="_blank">GOD BLESS AMERICA: The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin</a></b> Written by Adah Nuchi and Illustrated by Rob Polivka (C/HB) from Disney Hyperion </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37570566-grim-lovelies" target="_blank">GRIM LOVELIES</a></b> by Megan Shepherd (YA/ARC) from HMH Books </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36625663-go-to-sleep-little-creep">GO TO SLEEP, LITTLE CREEP</a></b> Written by David Quinn and Illustrated by Ashley Spires (C/HB) from Crown Publishing </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34041356-side-by-side" target="_blank">SIDE BY SIDE (Bonnie #2)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Jenni L. Walsh (YA/HB) from Forge </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35888297-the-girl-with-more-than-one-heart" target="_blank">THE GIRL WITH MORE THAN ONE HEART</a></b> by Laura Geringer Bass (MG/HB) from Masters Media Publicity </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36800180-the-ultimate-book-of-sharks" target="_blank">THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF SHARKS</a></b> by Brian Skerry (C/HB) from Media Masters Publicity </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- BUT NOT FOREVER</b> by Jan Von Schleh (YA/PB) from Book Sparks/Sparks Press </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40235635-bonfire" target="_blank">BONFIRE</a> </b>by Krysten Ritter (A/PB) from Crown Publishing Group </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373314-the-boy-the-boat-and-the-beast">THE BOY, THE BOAT, AND THE BEAST</a></b> by Samantha M. Clark (MG/HB) from Simon and Schuster </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36794529-rad-girls-can">RAD GIRLS CAN: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women</a></b> by Kate Schatz (YA/HB) from Ten Speed Press (Penguin Random House) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>BOOKS I RECEIVED FROM GIVEAWAYS/AS GIFTS/THROUGH A TRADE</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36301023-my-plain-jane">MY PLAIN JANE (The Lady Janies #2)</a></b> by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows (YA/ARC) - from a giveaway hosted by @CurtisBrownLTD</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34323570-furyborn" target="_blank">FURYBORN (Empirium #1)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Claire Legrand (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from #booksfortrade</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36952596-blanca-roja" target="_blank">BLANCA & ROJA</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA/ARC)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from #booksfortrade</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37859646-broken-things">BROKEN THINGS</a></b> by Lauren Oliver (YA/ARC) - gift</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29924360-little-do-we-know" target="_blank">LITTLE DO WE KNOW</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Tamara Ireland Stone (YA/signed HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from #booksfortrade</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33958230-forest-of-a-thousand-lanterns" target="_blank">FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS (Rise of the Empress #1)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Julie C. Dao (YA/ARC)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from #booksfortrade</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28448239-bright-smoke-cold-fire">BRIGHT SMOKE, COLD FIRE</a></b> by Rosamund Hodge (YA/ARC) - gift</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17290244-splintered" target="_blank">SPLINTERED</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by A. G. Howard (YA/PB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from #booksfortrade</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- </b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25105196-untamed" target="_blank">UNTAMED (Splintered #1.5 and #3.5)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by A. G. Howard (YA/PB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from #booksfortrade</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18459855-another-day" target="_blank">ANOTHER DAY (Every Day #2)</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by David Levithan (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from #booksfortrade</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12813630-the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown" target="_blank">THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN</a></b> by Holly Black (YA/PB) - gift</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18300260-emma" target="_blank">EMMA</a></b> by Jane Austen (Classic/Vintage Classics Edition) - trade </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>BOOKS I PURCHASED</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36329818-legendary" target="_blank">LEGENDARY (Caraval #2)</a></b> by Stephanie Garber (YA/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32333338-save-the-date" target="_blank">SAVE THE DATE</a></b> by Morgan Matson (YA/signed HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34050917-the-girl-in-the-tower" target="_blank">THE GIRL IN THE TOWER (Winternight Trilogy #2)</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Katherine Arden (YA/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25674390-the-darkest-part-of-the-forest" target="_blank">THE DARKEST PART OF THE FOREST</a></b> by Holly Black (YA/PB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23866536-simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda">SIMON VS THE HOME SAPIENS AGENDA (Creekwood #1)</a></b> by Becky Albertalli (YA/Audible Audiobook) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37520279-an-ember-in-the-ashes">AN EMBER IN THE ASHES</a></b> by Sabaa Tahir (YA/Audible Audiobook) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32193433-the-little-mermaid-and-other-fairy-tales" target="_blank">THE LITTLE MERMAID AND OTHER FAIRY-TALES</a> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Hans Christian Andersen (Barns and Noble Classic Editions) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22676094-pride-and-prejudice" target="_blank">PRIDE AND PREJUDICE</a> </b>by Jane Austen (Knickerbocker Classics Edition) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24397152-sense-and-sensibility" target="_blank">SENSE AND SENSIBILITY</a> </b>by Jane Austen (Knickerbocker Classics Edition)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20898092-jane-eyre" target="_blank">JANE EYRE</a></b> by Charlotte Bronte (Knickerbocker Classics Edition) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36389267-a-thousand-perfect-notes" target="_blank">A THOUSAND PERFECT NOTES</a> </b>by C. G. Drews (YA/eBook) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38714398-getting-down">GETTING DOWN (Shacking Up #1.5)</a></b> by Helena Hunting (A/eBook) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span> <b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>My JUNE BOOK OF THE MONTH picks</u>:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36199084-the-kiss-quotient" target="_blank">THE KISS QUOTIENT</a> </b>by Helen Hoang (A/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34273236-little-fires-everywhere" target="_blank">LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE</a> </b>by Celeste Ng (A/HB) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- STERLING, BEST <strike>FORK</strike> DOG EVER </b>by Aidan Cassie (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- SPILL ZONE</b> by Scott Westerfeld (YA/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE BROKEN VOW (Spill Zone #2) </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Scott Westerfeld (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF SHARKS</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Brian Skerry (C/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- PETRA </b>by Marianna Coppo (C/HB)<b> </b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- UPROOTED</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Naomi Novik (YA/HB) - reread </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- SIMON VS THE HOME SAPIENS AGENDA (Creekwood #1)</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Becky Albertelli (YA/Audiobook)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- GRACE AND FURY </b>by Tracy Banghart (YA/ARC) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- WILDER</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Andrew Simonet (YA/ARC) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>And then, I hope I have enough time to read all of these</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- SWEET BLACK WAVES by Kristina Perez (YA/ARC) </b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- SPINNING SILVER </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Naomi Novik (A/HB pre-order)</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- </b><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">WILLA OF THE WOOD </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Robert Beatty (MG/ARC)</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>- SHIP IT</b> </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Britta Lundin (YA/HB) <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- SAVE THE DATE </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Morgan Matson (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE Trilogy</b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> by Jenny Han (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></b> <b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">For the <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eECv82qmO0k">Tome Topple Readathon</a></i> </b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- MY LADY JANE </b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (YA/HB)</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 400;">by Mackenzie Lee (YA/HB)</span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE UNEXPECTED EVERYTHING </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Morgan Matson (YA/HB)</span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>and leave your blog or book haul links too - I'd love to visit and see what you all have been up to!</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>by Patty Blount</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Release date: August 7th, 2018</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Published by: Sourcebooks Fire</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Genre: Young Adult Contemporary</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Format: Paperback, eBook</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Trigger Warning: Rape</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's been two years since the night that changed Ashley's life. Two years since she was raped by her brother's teammate. And a year since she sat in a court and watched as he was given a slap on the wrist sentence. But the years have done nothing to stop the pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's been two years of hell for Derek. His family is totally messed up and he and his sister are barely speaking. He knows he handled it all wrong. Now at college, he has to come to terms with what happened, and the rape culture that he was inadvertently a part of that destroyed his sister's life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When it all comes to a head at Thanksgiving, Derek and Ashley have to decide if their relationship is able to be saved. And if their family can ever be whole again. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pre-Order:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Someone-Used-Know-Patty-Blount/dp/1492632813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527119143&sr=8-1&keywords=someone+i+used+to+know+by+patty+blount">AMAZON</a></span> / <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/someone-i-used-to-know-patty-blount/1127210357?ean=9781492632818">BARNES AND NOBLE</a></span> / <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/someone-i-used-to-know-1">KOBO</a></span> / </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/someone-i-used-to-know/id1377688273?mt=11">iTUNES</a></span></span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Copyright© 2018 Someone I Used To Know<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Patty Blount<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long Island, New York</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">My sister hates me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ashley’s hated me for a couple of years now and it’s okay. I <i>wanted </i>her to hate me and did whatever I could to make it happen. Of course, that was before I knew what <i>hate </i>really meant. Now that I get it, I can’t change it, can’t undo all the shit I did, can’t fix what went wrong. So I <i>suffer.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">See<i>, hate </i>is a meaningless word. Everybody tosses the word around like it’s confetti, diluting it, rendering it about as effective as a Band-aid over an amputated limb to describe how they feel about every little thing that annoys them. They hate this song, that food, that person, or this movie. They hate homework, hate their teachers, hate their parents. They hate this team and that game. They <i>hate </i>every damn thing but nobody has even the smallest clue what <i>hate </i>really means unless they’re the object of it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The <i>focus </i>of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hating somebody is more than you stop caring about them, and it’s more than not wanting to see that person ever again. It’s this need—an urge you can barely control—to make that person suffer. True hate goes all the way down to your bone marrow. Sometimes, it’s glacier cold and infinitely patient; other times, it’s surface-of-the-sun hot and bullet fast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ashley hates me in that glacier cold, slow-moving kind of hate. It leaves me permanently frost-bitten and has this really annoying habit of shadowing me around even when she can’t. Like right now—I’m surrounded by flyers. One was slipped under my dorm room door, another was stuck on the exit door of my building, the third was stuffed into my hand when I ordered some breakfast and this one is folded into one of those little tent cards and placed on top of every single table in the dining hall. I’ve been on campus at Rocky Hill University—several states and hundreds of miles away from my sister—for a few weeks, relieved to be away, to be anonymous, to be on my own. Mom and Dad wanted to come with me, set up my dorm room, have the big sloppy farewell like they did when Justin left for college four years before, but I wanted no part of that. I just wanted to be gone. Free. When Dad got the last of my crap into the car and asked if I’d said my goodbyes to everybody, I’d said yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">But I hadn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’d tried to say goodbye to Ashley. She held up a hand and said. “Just go.” It had cut deeply, but I knew I deserved it, so I did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’d climbed into the passenger seat. Mom came to the front door and waved as Dad pulled out of the driveway. Ashley stood behind her, freezing me with that same cold, dead stare she’d been saving just for me since the trial. I kicked back, happy to be rid of her for the next four years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">And what happens?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Everywhere I look…reminders of her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The flyers announce <i>You Can Stop Campus Sex Assault! </i>Blue paper, white text, announcing we’re gonna <i>Take Back The Night.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">There’s a huge rally being planned for Homecoming week—<i>Rock Stock </i>here. Because we’re the <i>Rockets</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Of course, it would be homecoming week, because, like I said, I must suffer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">There will be guest speakers and live music and a candlelight vigil for all the survivors of sexual assault. I flip it over to read my favorite part: <i>Are you a guy against rape? Join GAR today!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">GAR. </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I wonder if people say it with a rolling R, like a pirate. <i>Garrrrrrrr</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oh, and the coach informed us the entire football team would don special uniforms for that game, showing our support. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I crumble up the collection of flyers into a single giant ball and shove my breakfast aside, my stomach churning up acid. I was already planning on being hurt, injured, or maybe both that day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Hey, Derek.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I glance up into the smiling face of Brittany Meyers, my girlfriend. We actually met in high school but didn’t hook up until we both arrived here. “Hey, Britt.” I sit up a little straighter, shove thoughts of my sister the hell out of my brain. Brittany’s hot in that girl-next-door way. Her long blond hair’s tied up in a loose knot with strands hanging loose. She’s wearing a tank top, shorts and flip-flops and her toes are painted an electric green and my mouth goes suddenly sand-paper dry. Happens every time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Quickly, I take a sip of orange juice. A big one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“What’s this?” She indicates my balled up collection of flyers and I shrug. Understanding dawns a second later. “Oh. The rally.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Yeah. That.” I rub the side of my face, scratch at the scar near my temple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“You’re gonna go, right?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hell, no. I shake my head. “No way. I’m the last person who should be there.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">She slides into the chair opposite mine, covers my hand with hers and my whole body heats up. “Derek, you’re the <i>best </i>person to be at that rally. You get it. A lot of guys claim they get it and have no clue. But you do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I look into her big blue eyes for a minute and finally decide she believes her own bullshit. And then I decide she’s right. I <i>do </i>have a clue. In fact, I have the whole mystery solved. And because I do, there’s no way in hell I’m going anywhere near that rally because I don’t need the entire university knowing I’m Derek Lawrence, the guy whose sister is the <i>Bellford High School Rape Victim.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">That’s what the media called her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ashley was barely fourteen when it happened. A minor. So her identity was protected. But she took her story public, posting a detailed account to her do-it-yourself website. And she included my role in it. Now, everybody from feminist bloggers to Matt Lauer knows our names.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">So, yeah. I don’t want my whole school saying, “Oh! You’re <i>that </i>Derek Lawrence.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yep. The Derek Lawrence that played a stupid game that got his sister raped and then told a court of law that to go easy on her rapist. The same Derek Lawrence who drove away and left her standing alone in an empty parking lot, putting the whole friggin’ ordeal into motion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Patty Blount grew up quiet and somewhat invisible in Queens, NY, but found her voice writing smart and strong characters willing to fight for what's right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today, she's the award-winning author of edgy, realistic, gut-wrenching contemporary and young adult romance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Still a bit introverted, she gets lost often, eats way too much chocolate, and tends to develop mad, passionate crushes on fictional characters... and actors like Gilles Marini... and Sam Heughan. Okay, so Patty's not nearly as cool as her characters, but she is a solid supporter of women's rights and loves delivering school presentations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Patty is best known for her internet issues novels, including SOME BOYS, a 2015 CLMP Firecracker winner and RWA Rita Finalist, and SEND, a 2012 Junior Library Guild Fall Pick. Her upcoming release, SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW, has already been selected as a 2018 Junior Library Guild Fall Pick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Visit her website at <a href="http://pattyblount.com/">pattyblount.com</a>, where you can sign up for her newsletter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She blogs at <a href="http://yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">YA Outside the Lines</a> and is also active on Twitter and Facebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When she's not writing, Patty loves to watch bad sci-fi movies, live tweeting the hilarity, and scour Pinterest for ideas on awesome bookcases.</span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-24472709813637391252018-06-27T20:30:00.000-04:002018-06-27T23:57:53.273-04:00Waiting On Wednesday: THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD by Rena Rossner (A)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"<u>Waiting On Wednesday</u>" is a weekly meme that used to be hosted by <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jill at Breaking the Spine</a>. I've missed posting these on a weekly basis and have decided to start doing them again. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Raised in a small village surrounded by vast forests, Liba and Laya have lived a peaceful sheltered life - even if they've heard of troubling times for Jews elsewhere. When their parents travel to visit their dying grandfather, the sisters are left behind in their home in the woods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But before they leave, Liba discovers the secret that their Tati can transform into a bear, and their Mami into a swan. Perhaps, Liba realizes, the old fairy tales are true. She must guard this secret carefully, even from her beloved sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Soon a troupe of mysterious men appear in town and Laya falls under their spell - despite their mother's warning to be wary of strangers. And these are not the only dangers lurking in the woods...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sisters will need each other if they are to become the women they need to be - and save their people from the dark forces that draw closer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is so rare for me to find a fairytale-ish/magical realism adult lit story... but the summary also reads as if this could be a Young Adult crossover...? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to say that this is a retelling, but I cannot seem to remember which one(s). If you have any idea if it is, please do let me know!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- "... the sisters are left behind in their home in the woods."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- "... Liba discovers the secret that their Tati can transform into a bear, and their Mami into a swan."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- "... a troupe of mysterious men appear in town and Laya falls under their spell..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And, isn't the cover stunning?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A simple "It's nice to know you" holds so much power in this tender picture book by acclaimed author-illustrator Greg Pizzoli.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finding value in others as a matter of course, the narrator accepts and appreciate difference as the foundation of a life-long friendship. THIS STORY IS FOR YOU celebrates moments of kindness throughout, from the small to the grand in a heartwarming tale of human connection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The warm, comforting text shares the tone of a Ruth Krauss classic and is balanced by Greg's energetic color palette and signature visual humor. This book is sure to be a special read for parents, children, and their friends for years to come. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">THIS STORY IS FOR YOU is such a kind, soothing and heart-warming book! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A book about friendship and never forgetting those you love...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The narrator gently "speaks" to the child telling them how they're unique by pointing out all the things that make everyone different from each other. How we all see and interpret people and things differently. And no matter where they go, they will know how to recognize them and remember who they are, because they are unique and special to them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's the perfect book to read to the children in our world today. A reminder that no matter what you look like, where you came from and where you are going - you are loved and someone special. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's also a great book to give to a child who will be moving away, especially to a different place where they may feel a little out of place at first and may get homesick. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The illustrations are vibrant, yet simple. They fit the story and mood very well. Lots to look over and engage in conversation pertaining to the story!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This sweet book just oozes love, reassurance, and comfort! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Greg Pizzoli is the author, illustrator, and printmaker from Philadelphia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He is the author of GOODNIGHT OWL, a Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor book, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">TEMPLETON GETS HIS WISH, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">NUMBER ONE SAM</span>,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and THE WATERMELON SEED, which received the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. </span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-67790287158995771202018-06-20T15:30:00.000-04:002018-06-28T17:16:13.503-04:00Waiting On Wednesday: SEA WITCH by Sarah Henning (YA) <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"<u>Waiting On Wednesday</u>" is a weekly meme that used to be hosted by <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jill at Breaking the Spine</a>. I've missed posting these on a weekly basis and have decided to start doing them again. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36502054-sea-witch" target="_blank">SEA WITCH</a></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>by Sarah Henning</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Everyone knows what happens in the end.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>A mermaid, a prince, a true love's kiss.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>But before that young siren's tale, there were three friends.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>One feared, one royal, and one already dead.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ever since her best friend, Anna, drowned, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. A freak. A curse. A witch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A girl with an uncanny resemblance to Anna appears offshore and, thought the girl denies it, Evie is convinced that her best friend actually survived. That her own magic wasn't so powerless after all. And, as the two girls catch the eyes - and hearts - of two charming princes, Evie believes that she might finally have a chance at her own happily ever after.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But her new friend has secrets of her own. She can't stay in Havenestad, or on two legs, unless Evie finds a way to help her. Now Evie will do anything to save her friend's humanity, along with her prince's heart - harnessing the power of her magic, her ocean, and her love until she discovers, too late, the truth of her bargain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The rise of Hans Christian Andersen's iconic villainess is a heart-wrenching story of friendship, betrayal, and a girl pushed beyond her limits - to become a monster.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>MY THOUGHTS</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's a sort of retelling of the Little Mermaid; more like a prequel - Ursula's story before she became an evil witch!!! You all must know by now that I will pretty much read anything fairytale and/or retelling of a fairytale, especially if it's about a villain!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Catchy key phrases from the summary are...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "She can't stay... on two legs..."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... save her friend's humanity, along with her prince's heart..."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "...harnessing the power of her magic, her ocean, and her love..."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Can't. Wait!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>What are you excited about reading soon??? </i></b></span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-91501271807702698402018-06-13T18:05:00.000-04:002018-06-13T18:05:02.451-04:00Waiting On Wednesday: SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik (A) <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"<u>Waiting On Wednesday</u>" is a weekly meme that used to be hosted by <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jill at Breaking the Spine</a>. I've missed posting these on a weekly basis and have decided to start doing them again. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Waiting On Wednesday is where I/we get to "spotlight" the books that we are most looking forward to reading soon! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37168303-spinning-silver" target="_blank">SPINNING SILVER</a></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>by Naomi Novik</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Expected release date: July 10th, 2018</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Published by: Del Rey (Penguin Random House)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Genre: Adult Fairytale Retelling/Fantasy</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>SUMMARY</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders... but her father isn't a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has loaned out most of his wife's dowry and left the family on the edge of poverty - until Miryem steps in. Hardening her heart against her fellow villagers' pleas, she sets out to collect what is owed - and finds herself more than up to the task. When her grandfather loans her a pouch of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But having the reputation of being able to change silver to gold can be more trouble than it's worth - especially when her father becomes tangled with the cold creatures that haunt the wood, and whose king has learned of her reputation and wants to exploit it for reasons Miryem cannot understand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>MY THOUGHTS</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is a RUMPELSTILTSKIN RETELLING!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I repeat - it is a RUMPELSTILTSKIN RETELLING!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of my all-time favorites!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And UPROOTED was SOOO amazing, that I decided to go ahead and order the Goldsboro limited number signed edition of SPINNING SILVER the moment the pre-order was available! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Some eye-catching phrases from the summary are...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "When her grandfather loans her pouch full of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... tangled with the cold creatures that haunt the wood..." </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I cannot wait to read this book!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>What are you currently waiting for???</i></b></span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-4991077326319483372018-06-11T00:30:00.002-04:002018-06-28T00:55:46.202-04:00Review: THE BACKUP BUNNY by Abigail Rayner and Illustrated by Greg Stones (C) <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*A finished hardcover copy of THE BACKUP BUNNY was sent to me for free by the publisher NorthSouth Books via its publicist company, Nicole Banholzer LLC, for an honest review. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All thoughts here are my very own. Any problems, concerns, questions, etc. please contact me via email - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">thebumblegirl@rocketmail.com - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35297101-the-backup-bunny" target="_blank">THE BACKUP BUNNY</a></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Written by Abigail Rayner</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Release date: March 6th, 2018</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everybody needs a backup plan, especially when you lose your favorite toy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Max loses his favorite toy - Bunny - his clever mom brings out the "backup bunny" - Fluffy - to save the day. Fluffy is thrilled to have the chance to play with Max but is soon rejected by the observant child who notices that his ears are too new and perky.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*A finished hardcover copy of THE BACKUP BUNNY was sent to me for free by the publisher NorthSouth Books via its publicist company, Nicole Banholzer LLC, for an honest review. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All thoughts here are my very own. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">THE BACKUP BUNNY is about an adorable stuffed "backup bunny" named Fluffy that secretly lives inside Max's Mom's sock drawer just in case something is to happen to Max's current bunny (named Bunny). Fluffy has been dreaming for the day when Max's favorite stuffed toy goes missing and he can be the one to play and comfort Max... and when that time finally comes, Fluffy is ready! However, Max isn't too happy having a replacement. And now Fluffy has to prove that he's just as good as Bunny ever was, if not more - he's waited long enough and he deserves a chance! But when Max is still upset over losing Bunny, Fluffy only wants what is best for Max and helps him out in the best way... you'll have to read the book to find out how!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We enjoyed Fluffy and Max's story so much! It was completely relatable and reminded us to take special care of our favorite treasures...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What I'm rambling on about is - I feel that there is a time and place for young children to learn lessons about "love and loss". And as a seasoned mother who has been through this a few times now (my older sons are now 12 and 14 1/2), having to explain this lesson at this tender young age is too hard and devastating! When your little one loses their "stuffy" it is heartbreaking and there is hardly a way to get them to understand that "it was meant to be", or that it is "time to grow up", or that it was "time to let him go" and that "he's gone home", etc. It is a life-changing moment where your child's confidence will be shaken up, his belief, his imagination, etc. are all being questioned and falling apart. They're still too little to be put through such turmoil. Just like they need their parents/loved ones there for them, they are depending on this inanimate object to also be there for them when they need comfort, love, and trust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">When Max has what looks to be a tantrum, Max's mom tries her best to make him feel better, gives him Fluffy (the new replacement) and tries to comfort him. I 100% do not feel that she is rewarding tantrum behavior (I've seen a few reviews mention this), I feel that she is doing what needs to be done to comfort her heartbroken child. He has lost something extremely important to him, losing something that may have been by his side since birth is crushing. How else would he react to all of a sudden not having it by his side? How would you feel, even as an adult, losing your "comfort thing"? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the perfect book to give to new parents, as a heads-up for what they may encounter through the toddler years. A helpful hint to prepare themselves in case of a Bunny/Fluffy situation... the book will also help bring the subject up with your/the child in case anything were to happen to their "lovey". It will help them be more responsible in caring for their things. However, if they still lose it, I'm sure that the outcome will still be the same, but the book can help ease the pain when introducing the new "dolly" to the family... and if you find the original, be prepared to probably be naming and playing with both from now on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Greg Stones was born in Glocester, Rhode Island where a man is a man, a woman is a woman, and babies are sent into the forest at the age of six months to be raised and educated by squirrels. he eventually broke free and went to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. While at school, he majored in Studio Art, learned to paint photo-realistically, and was the cartoonist for the school paper. Two years after graduating, he began combining his pretty landscapes with his cartooning skills - adding penguins, zombies, and now bunnies to his work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Today, I am very excited to be able to share with you the new incredible cover to the second book in the BLACK BIRDS OF THE GALLOWS series, KEEPER OF THE BEES... </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>it is definitely one of my favorites - it has a BEE on it!!! And I am REALLY looking forward to reading this when it is released!.. a big thank you to <u><a href="http://yaboundbooktours.blogspot.com/">YA Bound Book Tours</a></u> for letting me be a part of the reveal :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">KEEPER OF THE BEES is a tale of two teens who are both beautiful and beastly, and whose pastas are entangled in surprising and heartbreaking ways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dresden is cursed. His chest houses a hive of bees that he can't stop from stinging people with psychosis-inducing venom. His face is a shifting montage of all the people who have died because of those stings. And he has been this way for centuries - since he was eighteen and magic flowed through his homeland, corrupting its people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He follows harbingers of death, so at least his curse only affects those about to die anyway. But when he arrives in a Midwest town marked for death, he encounters Essie, a seventeen-year-old girl who suffers from debilitating delusions and hallucinations. His bees want to sting her on sight. But Essie doesn't see a monster when she looks at Dresden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Essie is fascinated and delighted by his changing features. Risking his own life, he holds back his bees and spares her. What starts out as a simple act of mercy ends up unraveling Dresden's solitary life and Essie's tormented one. Their impossible romance might even be powerful enough to unravel a centuries-old curse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meg Kassel is an author of fantasy and speculative books for young adults. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A graduate of Parson's School of Design, she's been creating stories, whether with visuals or words, since childhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meg is a New Jersey native who lives in a log house in the Maine woods with her husband and daughter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As a fan of '80s cartoons, Netflix series, and ancient mythology, she has always been fascinated and inspired by the fantastic, the creepy, and the futuristic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She is the 2016 RWA Golden Heart winner in YA and a double 2018 RITA finalist for her debut novel, BLACK BIRD OF THE GALLOWS. </span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-71682950342456887212018-06-06T12:30:00.000-04:002018-06-19T18:54:09.986-04:00Waiting On Wednesday: BROKEN THINGS by Lauren Oliver <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"<u>Waiting On Wednesday</u>" is a weekly meme that used to be hosted by <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jill at Breaking the Spine</a>. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Waiting On Wednesday is where I/we get to "spotlight" the books that we are most looking forward to reading soon! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37859646-broken-things" target="_blank">BROKEN THINGS</a></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It's been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That driven by their obsessions with a novel called THE WAY INTO LOVELORN, the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, even deadly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The only thing is: they didn't do it.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the anniversary of Summer's death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery and pulls Mia and Brynn back together once again. But as the lines begin to blur between past and present and fiction and reality, the girls must confront what really happened in the woods all those years ago - no matter how monstrous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><b>MY THOUGHTS</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you've been following me for a while, you know how much of a fan I am of Lauren Oliver's books and writing... I'll add a pic of my Lauren Oliver shelf down below for you to see the proof ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I see that on Goodreads BROKEN THINGS has been labeled as a Young Adult book. However, I was under the impression that this was an Adult rating because, first, this takes place five years after their friend was killed, making me feel that these girls may be in the New Adult genre?... and, since it is being released directly under Harper Collins and not from one of their Young Adult imprints...??? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Key phrases that has me super excited to read this as soon as it is released (unless, by some miracle, I can get/borrow an ARC copy, please!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... the three girls imagined themselves into a magical world..."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "The only thing is: they didn't do it."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... no matter how monstrous."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What do you think??? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>What are you anxious to get your hands on soon???</b></i></span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-90309546279681644832018-06-03T00:30:00.000-04:002018-06-05T16:51:39.572-04:00My MAY Book Haul, Wrap-Up, and JUNE TBRish (2018)<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hello</span><span style="font-size: large;">,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">friends!!!</span> </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's that time of the year again - BookExpo and BookCon happened!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Did you go??? Did you follow the amazing happenings online???</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had planned on going to NYC for BookExpo, but life happens and I couldn't make it in. I was a little upset over it, but, hubs made me feel better about it by taking me out on a long overdue date night - bookstore and dinner! I was able to pick up a few classics and had the best diner burger ever! (I'll be sharing this haul in my June wrap-up post...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I also treated myself to pre-ordering a few of the books that I would have loved to have been able to get as ARCs at BookExpo - Broken Things by Lauren Oliver, Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore and Spinning Circle by Naomi Novik... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I saw a few books from people that went that I had to add to the top of my wishlist too - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tahereh Mafi's newest book, also The Priory of the Orange Tree sounds amazing even if the ARC is at over 800 pages, lol! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you went, and have posted a wrap-up, please let me know! I would love to see!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you are like me and didn't get to go, what is on your wishlist??? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Now, let's talk about my BOOKS for this month!!!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32605766-grace-and-fury" target="_blank">GRACE AND FURY</a> </b>by Tracy Banghart (YA/ARC) from Little, Brown </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36276433-the-seas" target="_blank">THE SEAS</a> </b>by Samantha Hunt (A/HB) from Tin House Books </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204271-i-ll-have-what-she-s-having" target="_blank">I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy</a></b> by Erin Carlson (A/PB) from Hachette Books </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31394862-the-adventures-of-a-girl-called-bicycle" target="_blank">THE ADVENTURE'S OF A GIRL CALLED BICYCLE</a> </b>by Christina Uss (MG/ARC) from Holiday House </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35747110-going-places" target="_blank">GOING PLACES</a></b> by Kathryn Berla (MG/PB) from Disney Books </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39410768-dark-tales" target="_blank">DARK TALES: THE SNOW QUEEN, A Graphic Novel</a> </b>by Hans Christian Andersen, Illustrated<b> </b>by Emilie Majarian (YA/PB) from Media Masters Publicity<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39666225-dark-tales" target="_blank">DARK TALES: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, A Modern Retelling</a> </b>by Jeanne-Marie Leprince, Illustrated by Pete Katz (YA/PB) from Media Masters Publicity </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36342309-women-athletes-who-rule-a-sports-illustrated-kids-book" target="_blank">WOMEN ATHLETES WHO RULE! (A Sports Illustrated Kids Book): The 101 Stars Every Fan Needs to Know</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by The Editors of Sports Illustrated (C/HB) from Liberty Street via Nicole Banholzer, LLC. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30623067-be-prepared" target="_blank">BE PREPARED</a></b> by Vera Brosgol (MG/Graphic Novel PB) from First Second/Macmillan </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35187261-masterpiece-robot" target="_blank">MASTERPIECE ROBOT: AND THE FEROCIOUS VALERIE KNICK-KNACK</a></b> by Frank Tra and Illustrated by Rebecca Evans (C/HB) from Tilbury House Publishers via Nicole Banholzer PR, LLC</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36796293-carousel-beach" target="_blank">CAROUSEL BEACH</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Orly Konig (A/PB) from Forge Books via Book Sparks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38256775-who-are-you-trudy-herman" target="_blank">WHO ARE YOU, TRUDY HERMAN?</a></b> by B. E. Beck (YA/ARC) from Book Sparks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35804632-when-the-beat-drops" target="_blank">WHEN THE BEAT DROPS</a> </b>by Anna Hecker (YA/ARC) from Book Sparks </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38101530-above-the-star" target="_blank">ABOVE THE STAR</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Alexis Marie Chute (YA/ARC) from Book Sparks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>BOOKS I RECEIVED FROM GIVEAWAYS</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34848682-the-woman-in-the-window" target="_blank">THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by A. J. Finn (A/HB) from William Morrow/Harper Collins </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36588739-anne-s-numbers" target="_blank">ANNE'S NUMBERS</a></b> by Kelly Hill (C/HB) from Tundra Books </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>*<u>BOOKS I PURCHASED</u>: </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31076583-a-court-of-frost-and-starlight" target="_blank">A COURT OF FROST AND STARLIGHT </a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31076583-a-court-of-frost-and-starlight" target="_blank">(A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.5)</a></b> by Sarah J. Maas (YA/HB pre-order) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36099691-all-the-ever-afters" target="_blank">ALL THE EVER AFTERS: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother</a></b> by Danielle Teller (A/HB pre-order) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939120-the-weight-of-feathers" target="_blank">THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA/PB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939390-windwitch" target="_blank">WINDWITCH (The Witchlands #2)</a></b> by Susan Dennard (YA/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26795352-my-lady-jane" target="_blank">MY LADY JANE (The Lady Janies #1)</a> </b>by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows (YA/HB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35247769-always-and-forever-lara-jean" target="_blank">ALWAYS AND FOREVER, LARA JEAN (To All the Boys I've Loved Before #3)</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Jenny Han (YA/HB) </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17259690-the-foxhole-court" target="_blank">THE FOXHOLE COURT (All For the Game #1)</a></b> by Nora Sakayic (YA/eBook)</span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571023-leaving-amarillo" target="_blank">LEAVING AMARILLO (Neon Dreams #1)</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Caisey Quinn (NG/eBook) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>My MAY BOOK OF THE MONTH pick</u>:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36249638-how-to-walk-away" target="_blank">HOW TO WALK AWAY</a> </b>by Katherine Center (A/HB)<b> </b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- ALL SUMMER LONG </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Hope Larson (YA/PB Graphic Novel) - 5 stars </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: bold;">- A COURT OF FROST AND STARLIGHT </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.5) by Sarah J. Maas (YA/HB) - 5 stars </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- WINK POPPY MIDNIGHT </b>by April Genevieve Tucholke (YA/ARC) - 4 stars </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE WICKED DEEP </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Shea Ernshaw (YA/HB) - 4 stars </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- DARK TALES: THE SNOW QUEEN</b> illustrated by Emilie Majarian (YA/PB) - 4 stars </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- DARK TALES: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> illustrated by Pete Katz (YA/PB) - 5 stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- THE GAME CAN'T LOVE YOU BACK</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Karole Cuzzo (YA/ARC) - 3 stars </span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- <a href="http://bumblesandfairytales.blogspot.com/2018/05/review-super-saurus-and-egg-by-deborah.html" target="_blank">SUPER SAURUS AND THE EGG</a></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Deborah Underwood (C/ARC) - 5 stars </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- MASTERPIECE ROBOT: AND THE FEROCIOUS VALERIE KNICK-KNACK</b> by Frank Tra and Illustrated by Rebecca Evans (C/HB) - 4 stars</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING</b> by Erin Carlson (A/PB) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA/HB) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>- THIEF OF HAPPY ENDINGS </b>by Kristen Chandler (YA/eARC) </span><br />
<b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">- GRACE AND FURY</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Tracy Banghart (YA/ARC) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And I don't have a set TBR this month yet... I'm still thinking about it and will probably post a picture of it on my Instagram :) </b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>and leave your blog or book haul links too - I'd love to visit and see what you all have been up to!</i></b></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-83898784304858976212018-05-30T00:30:00.000-04:002018-05-30T00:30:12.489-04:00Waiting On Wednesday: BLANCA & ROJA by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA) <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"<u>Waiting On Wednesday</u>" is a weekly meme that used to be hosted by <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jill at Breaking the Spine</a>. I've missed posting these on a weekly basis and have decided to start doing them again. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36952596-blanca-roja" target="_blank">BLANCA & ROJA</a></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Anna-Marie McLemore</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Expected release date: October 9th, 2018</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Published by: Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The biggest lie of all is the story you think you already know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But when two local boys become drawn into the game, the swans' spell intertwines with the strange and unpredictable magic lacing the woods, and all four of their fates depend on facing truths that could either save or destroy them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Blanca & Roja is the captivating story of sisters, friendship, love, hatred, and the price we pay to protect our hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>MY THOUGHTS</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First of all, it's another Anna-Marie McLemore book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Do I really need to convince you as to why I need this book ASAP?!?!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It's a SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED and SWAN LAKE retelling!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You all know how I feel about fairy tales, retellings, and magical realism!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Key phrases that are making me all jumpy and SO excited to read this:</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- "... generations-old spell..."</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... magic lacing the woods..."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>- "... the price we pay to protect our hearts."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Just rip my heart out now and give me this book!!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>What are you currently waiting for???</i></b></span></div>
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Bumbles and Fairy-Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01689440931764637548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169304668138840654.post-47627022409859377782018-05-25T08:30:00.000-04:002018-07-05T13:54:10.142-04:00Review: A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas (NA) <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's a novella! Just a tiny glimpse at what all the characters are doing after the war - how they are coping and taking care of everyday little things making them really relatable and likable. I really appreciated this! It showed me that they don't all have to be so intense and broody all the time. It's okay to slow-down, be mellow and just live. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">For me, Feyre and Rhys' story is complete! But I do love seeing them together and how they're coping with the aftermath of everything that they had gone through in such a short period of time. Seeing them heal and have hope for the future warmed my heart... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Seeing the others in the group tease each other and get back to their old ways was endearing. They're all getting used to the peace that they currently have and are starting to let their guard down and enjoy the moment. Yes, there are still pressing matters to attend to, but for the winter holiday, they are relaxing and taking the time to appreciate each other's company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And on that note - I truly am super excited to see what is going to happen next as I feel it's time to let the other characters shine and tell their stories now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u>ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Sarah J. Maas</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sarah J. Maas is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the THRONE OF GLASS series, as well as the A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sarah lives in Bucks County, PA, and over the years, she has developed an unhealthy appreciation for Disney movies and bad pop music. She adores fairy tales and ballet, drinks too much tea, and watches an ungodly amount of TV. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When she's not busy writing, she can be found exploring the historic and beautiful Pennsylvania countryside with her husband and canine companion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3433047.Sarah_J_Maas" target="_blank">GOODREADS</a></u> / <u><a href="http://sarahjmaas.com/" target="_blank">WEBSITE</a></u> / <u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/throneofglass/" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a></u> / <u><a href="https://twitter.com/SJMaas" target="_blank">TWITTER</a></u> / <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/therealsjmaas/" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a></u></b> </span></div>
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