tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10335911288810973152024-03-18T21:48:17.697-05:00BibliognomeA book blog because I like, no love books and I want to let everyone know.Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-74660675628821419462021-07-14T11:21:00.000-05:002021-07-14T11:21:17.115-05:00Review - The Final Girl Support Group<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55829194-the-final-girl-support-group?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ek51TNd7M1&rank=1"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">The Final Girl Support Group</span></i></a> by Grady Hendrix</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aMJZj0Wl-AgLWnYyrMoETeciUQhRINZkl3pAxmMZCoydai1j2SjqdMgDlmMYYuth3MJ5bOmthIOqWbtjFwAy8_euf4v7TmdFL_VsscRMtZO_rWQlJMfBU35wwuqKpx3qjMHywCxGwqM/s2048/Final+Girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aMJZj0Wl-AgLWnYyrMoETeciUQhRINZkl3pAxmMZCoydai1j2SjqdMgDlmMYYuth3MJ5bOmthIOqWbtjFwAy8_euf4v7TmdFL_VsscRMtZO_rWQlJMfBU35wwuqKpx3qjMHywCxGwqM/w265-h400/Final+Girls.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><p><b>My Favorite Quote:<span style="color: #351c75;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Dying isn't the important thing. It's nothing more than the punctuation mark on the end of your life. It's everything that came before that matters. Punctuation marks, most people skip right over them. They don't even have a sound."<br /><br /></span></b></p><b style="color: #351c75;">5 out of 5 gnomes</b><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Do you like horror movies, if so this book is definitely for you. I love how it combined all these horror movies/tropes and gives you final girls to root for.<br /><br />I sped through this book because I didn't want to put it down.<br /><br />It felt like the best kind of horror movie and was full of surprises and moments that'll make you raise your eyebrows and go "Whoa."<br /><br />I adore how complicated the main character is and how she never gives up.<br /><br />Overall I really enjoyed the author's style and the build up in the book. The atmosphere is intense and will have you wondering who to trust.<br /><br />Then that ending was the cherry on the sundae of it all and tied everything together so very well.</span></p>Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-66479837310726393882019-06-04T00:00:00.000-05:002019-06-04T00:00:00.762-05:00Review - I Wish You All the Best<div class="MsoNormal">
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gnomes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I
have a secret method.” “And that is?” He leans in closer and whispers, “I’m
making it all up.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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think this is the first book I've read with a nonbinary character. The main
character Ben goes through so much but it's a relatable journey at the same time.
You'll find yourself worrying/rooting for them throughout the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love how they grew as a person and the relationship between them and Nathan is
so well done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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story shows how fractured and broken a family can become. It also shows how
vital a found family can be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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check out this book ASAP.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">On
the Come Up</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">by Angie Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Thomas has written another fantastic book. The story works extremely well as an
audiobook, especially the rap parts. The whole story and characters feel very
timely. You’ll definitely feel yourself drawn in and wanting to know what
happens next.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the narrator really excels here too at bringing all these characters to life. I
mostly listened while driving and it really makes the commute fly by. I even
found myself talking back to it at parts saying things like oh no or don’t do
it and of course laughing at some very funny parts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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character and all her family and friends are really well done. The side
characters along with the main all fell fully fleshed out. Her aspirations to
become a star and take care of her family seem like they might just happen at
the end of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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takes a look at how going viral can be good but also plenty of bad. Shines
while reading/listening to Bri’s journey and her figuring out who she is and
who she wants to be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really make sure to check out <i>On the Come
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<b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Noir+Mystery+Monsters=terrific
third book</span></span></b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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noir/horror/mystery with a lot of humor thrown in. The world drags you in and
the intriguing characters make you want to keep reading and learning more.</span><br />
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The mystery is really well done. The main character Nick has some hard
decisions to make in this book and I can't wait to see what happens next.<br />
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In other words, if you haven't read this series you should because it's extremely
absorbing and fun.</span></div>
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pretty normal until things started to get a little bit fictional. I know sounds
like a tagline for a bad romantic comedy or action movie, but believe me this
is no normal library.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just out of college and needed a job ASAP. The problem is though they tell you
that all these librarians are gearing up to retire, they never do. I had been
on more than a couple of interviews and still nothing. One day while perusing
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teeming with a plethora of potential? Do you get along with all sorts of people
and personalities? Are you patient as well as good at teaching computer skill?
If these all pertain to you then apply today to the Thaddeus Molehill Learning
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much failure I thought, hey why not try this out. After I sent my application
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received a very fancy letter (it was actually closed with a wax seal.) After
asking myself what this was all about because who heard of wax seals being used
on anything anymore? I would soon come to learn that the Thaddeus Molehill
Library was a myriad of very old school along with the new technology. When I
got to the library I was greeted at the front desk by a rather short man with a
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out that the guy’s name is Neil and he’s a Special Projects Library Assistant.
He tells me to wait right there and the committee will be ready to meet with me
shortly. Then five minutes later this chanting starts and a door down the hall
just pops open. As I walk towards the door I think to myself, “What exactly did
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When I
walked in the room, there was a large table with five rather unique souls
sitting around it. The first was a man in a full suit of armor, the second was
a woman who seemed to be actually glowing a bit, the third was a very short man
with a tremendously full beard, the fourth was a lady who seemed to be covered
in a variety of flowers, and last but not least was a large man who I swear
seemed to be made out of stone.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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second I thought maybe I’d eaten a bad sandwich or something but then the stone
guy stood up and introduced himself as the Director of the Library, Gregory
Goyle. I am apparently very good at keeping a poker face or I went into a kind
of trance because I started answering all their questions without batting an
eye.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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figured out that to clock in I have to actually punch the time clock…
Apparently this place loves being literal. I walked in the door and saw a gold
clock actually go running by and then the Director yells, “Don’t let Kronos get
away, you have to punch him!” I caught it and lightly punched it only to hear
an automated voice say, “Now Clocked In.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that going to my desk seemed perfectly normal, then the first patron of the day
walked in… Everything seemed normal when he went to the study table. A couple
of minutes later though I heard a tea kettle whistle and noticed that a whole
formal tea had appeared on the table and my coworkers were nowhere to be seen.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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how I was introduced to Mr. Haber, a problem patron that many on staff don't
like to deal with. I on the other hand thought he was very charming if not a
bit odd. He started quizzing me on types of tea and then I helped him find a
nice website where he could order all the tea his heart desired. After he left
I turned around and saw everybody staring at me, then one of my fellow
assistants said, "Wow, the new hire has skills."</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Today a
girl came to pick up her red hoodie from our lost and found. Then things got a
little weird. I turned around to pick it up and the box was gone then when I
turned again I saw just the sleeve sticking out so I pulled and then I heard a
growling sound. After dropping it, out from under the desk bounds what looks
like a small wolf holding the hoodie. After screaming the girl just looked at
me and said, “Don’t worry about Wolfy he just wants to play.” </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
things I didn’t know before joining this very special library are vast but
today was something special. I learned that there are more clown types than I
thought possible and probably gathered up a plethora of nightmare fuel while I
was at it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I was put
in charge of this program because I'm new and everyone else doesn't deal so well
with these patrons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The goal is to train
Clowns, not clowns mind you but Clowns with a capital C. Believe me, there are
no humans under these Clown’s makeup. The most positive outcome of the day was
convincing many of them not to sharpen their teeth.</span></div>
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Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-39798079944212344782018-09-18T00:00:00.000-05:002018-09-18T14:10:47.255-05:00Review - To All the Boys I've Loved Before<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15749186-to-all-the-boys-i-ve-loved-before?ac=1&from_search=true"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">To All the
Boys I’ve Loved Before</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Jenny Han<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>5 out of 5 gnomes</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">This
is one of those books that I’ve of course heard about and even bought on kindle
but never got around to reading. Then I watched the movie version on Netflix
and it was so freaking good/adorable. Both the movie and the book may lead to
excessive smiling and actually laughing out loud-itis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
family, concept, and the whole plot is just so well done. You think that you
know where the plot is going but there are a heck of a lot of surprises in
there too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
adore how close the family is. The sisterly relationship felt really authentic.
You know the whole love them more than anything but still can get exceedingly
mad at them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Josh is a lot skeevier than movie Josh, at least in my opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
movie and the book are just about equal in awesomeness and now I can’t wait to
read the rest of the series and hopefully see more movies in the future.</span></div>
Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-76151012867347196602018-08-28T11:17:00.000-05:002018-08-28T11:17:24.341-05:00Review - Like Never and Always<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36331391-like-never-and-always"><span style="color: #00b050;">Like Never and Always</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Ann Aguirre</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">4 gnomes out of 5 gnomes</span></b></span></div>
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the kind of book that slowly creeps up on you and before you know it, you can't
put it down. Part tragedy part maybe ghost part mystery part let's say complicated
romance equals a book that will have you rushing to see what happens.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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car wreck Liv wakes up in the wrong body so you'll definitely wonder what's
going on right away.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plenty of surprises and suspense as Liv tries to navigate her new world. Her
best friend Morgan had some very scary secrets and now she has to deal with the
fallout.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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voice and complicated relationships including friendships are really well done. Go in expecting a bucketful of emotions and surprises and you won't be disappointed.</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-814ab642-7fff-61d2-fcf7-0adb5ba01ff7"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Received from the author for review and it looks like it’ll be a really interesting book.</span></span>Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-44968842690374665062018-08-02T00:00:00.000-05:002018-08-02T00:00:03.928-05:00Review/My Favorite Quotes/Lines - Kill the Farm Boy<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34431692-kill-the-farm-boy?from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">Kill the Farm Boy (The Tales of Pell)</span></a></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;">5 out of 5 gnomes</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
chock full of punny goodness and funny wordplay. I for one was snort laughing
my way through a good portion of this book. Plus now I'm contemplating how
awesome bread/cracker based magic powers would be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Before
you know it you'll both be laughing at yet actually caring about all these
characters. Toby especially really grew on me. All these characters have some great shining moments in the stories and a lot of funny ones too. Then there's Gustave, I never thought I would be so invested in the antics of a goat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
chosen one of this story is very entertaining and they meet a heck of a motley
crew along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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story is full of surprises and multiple points of view. You'll find yourself
questing for knowledge right along with this party trying to figure out what
could happen next.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
funny punny book will have you looking at fantasy and all its usual tropes in a
new way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I AM THE
ALL-POWERFUL DARK LORD, AND I WILL HAVE CRACKERS!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Hope it ain’t
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buttfruit. I tell you, sire, it’s unnatural, eggs is.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The healing potion,
a cheap brand called NyeQuell, tasted of licorice and unconsciousness, but Fia
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“…none of them had
ever beheld the magical elven Morningwood before, home to the proudest stands
of timber anywhere.”</span></div>
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it’s dry. What’s the point of Morningwood if it can’t even make a muffin
moist?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gentle slopes of the Honeymelon Hills,” Argabella confessed. “All these towers
and trees…Well, they do insist upon themselves, don’t they?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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everyone’s night?” he asked, supposing that if he was going to be
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boasted of the height and sturdiness of their towers, witches prided themselves
on exhibiting only the perkiest cones.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the most dangerous creatures in the world: a person of small talent and large
purse who was thoroughly certain that he deserved more.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it “deh-mez-nee,” but Fia knew that those who learned from books frequently
mispronounced words that weren’t spoken often. She herself had thought
picturesque was pronounced “picture-squee” until she was sixteen.”</span></div>
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“I’ll try to keep it down. Marmosets are tragically lactose-intolerant, and I
missed the mouthfeel of a nice Styffy.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You can’t just go around eating everything that sparkles!”</span></div>
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way of people: they just needed to matter.” </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36606133-heroine-s-journey"><span style="color: #00b050;">Heroine’s Journey</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Sarah Kuhn<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Evie,
Aveda, Bea and associates make for a truly awesome team.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I really adore this series and the way all
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There's
a little bit of a time jump in this one (I don't remember how old Bea was in
the last book and Scott and Aveda are already married (something I hope we see
a short story of or something someday.))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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character is definitely a lot messier than Evie or Aveda but that's also what I
love about her. She makes bad decisions sure but if you really think about it
though who wouldn't make some of these choices. She has quite the heroine's
journey as the title suggests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">All
the relationships are done really well. The familial ones are great especially
that sister bond where one second you hate their guts but you would still do
anything for them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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romantic relationship was a lot of fun too and very steamy. Especially a
certain shower scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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porcelain unicorn scene as depicted on the cover and Pancake the one eyed dog
are more awesome additions to this story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
story is full of surprises and great super heroics. Plus the end of the story
hints at an interesting future too. I was thrilled to learn this wasn't the last book in the series and that there will more to look forward to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Do not insult the
wereporcupine shifters, you condescending, misogynist, genre-snob garbage can.”
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“…nothing says
pizzazz like a shit-ton of glitter.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Other times, I felt
like I was surrounded by a bunch of dysfunctional weirdos who couldn’t figure
out their own lives but had no problem telling me how to live mine."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“But let the record
show I firmly believe that the most obvious route is not always the correct
route.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I feel like we’re
having a moderately tense silence here. Are we having a moderately tense
silence? This is a social cue I should be picking up on, yes?” Without waiting
for a response, she rose from the table and flipped her ponytail over her
shoulder. “I’ll leave you two alone,” she said. “Social cue understood.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Nate’s the weak
link!” I called out after her as she headed for the door. “Total not-so-secret
softie.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I don’t know exactly
what I’m doing. I don’t know exactly what I’ll be. But I do know this. I choose
joy. I choose love. I choose hope. And I can be anything I want.”</span></div>
Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-65131346228047458702018-07-05T00:00:00.000-05:002018-07-05T00:00:07.874-05:00Review and My Favorite Quotes/Lines - A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32969999-a-semi-definitive-list-of-worst-nightmares?ac=1&from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares</span></a> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Krystal Sutherland<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and Wonderful Book.</span></span></div>
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this book was fantastic, it's one of those books I really didn't want to end. The whole tone of the book is just so well done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Esther
and Jonah have some crazy chemistry even though they don't really have the best
first meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I adore the whole facing your fears aspect of it all and how fear has had so a drastic effect on everybody in her family. Plus the way she gets over some of these fears is pretty entertaining.</span></div>
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the more fantastical parts of the story too. Like questioning whether the curse is real or
not and whether her grandfather really knows Death.</span></div>
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there's the ending which gives you a real WTF moment of maybe everything was
true. Story really makes you think about cherishing what you have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The boy was sobbing
quietly, so Esther did what you’re supposed to do when a complete stranger is
showing too much emotion in your presence—she ignored him completely.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Esther generally
avoided talking to people if it wasn’t completely necessary; she sometimes
avoided people even when it was completely necessary.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“You sneaky son of a
bitch,” she muttered when she opened it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Why is it I always
end up wet when you’re around?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“If something was
once true but now wasn’t, was it ever true?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“What other beautiful
things had fear been hiding from her? What else had the curse long kept her
from discovering?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Depression was a
real sneaky asshole.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Little did humans
understand that Death, too, was surprised by death sometimes.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“…then I take them to
my favorite place, and then I whip out my secret weapon.” “I sincerely hope the
secret weapon is not your genitals.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“All along she
thought he thought he was saving her, but she could see it now; they had both, </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">each of them, been saving little bits of each other.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Esther was always
surprised by how easy Jonah was able to open locked things; she had a feeling
he had the same knack with locked people.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“This—apparently—is
my sense of fashion.” “Good Lord.”</span></div>
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family too. Along with plenty of emotions and a metric tonnage of drama.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elle have some concrete chemistry but of course plenty of problems to deal with
too. Their personalities and how their relationship develops will really draw
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Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-9029635553383436332018-06-13T00:00:00.000-05:002018-06-13T13:16:13.010-05:00Review and My Favorite Quotes/Lines - Vicious<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">5 out of
5 gnomes</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Truth be
told I tried to read this book when it first came out but couldn't get into it.
After seeing there was going to be a sequel, I thought hey, why not try it
again.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am very
happy I went back to it. This book is intense yet surprising at the same time.
There are so many shades of gray with these characters but that’s what makes it
so very intriguing. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
structure takes some getting used to as it jumps back and forth in the time
line. Once you do though you see that each chapter leads seamlessly into the
next.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Like a certain song from the musical Hamilton a lot in the story could be described best by the line,
"who lives, who dies, who tells your story." Perspective is key, one
character especially believes he's a hero but what he’s doing and why is
eminently more fanatical/terrorist-like than good. All the points of view
though help fill in the many pieces of why these characters feel/act this way. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Speaking
of great points of view, I really adore Sydney and Mitch. Both of their
personalities mixed with Victor’s make for a very interesting combo of
characters.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Superhero
aka ExtraOrdinary powers plus a lot of near death and actual death takes the
reader on a hell of a ride. This tale of revenge will have you reading fast to see how everything ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“That may be.” His
fingers curled around the shovel. “But half the fun is trying.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“ExtraOrdinary. The
word that started—ruined, changed—everything.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Victor didn’t know
what to say, so he said the most useless word in the world. “Sorry.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The body doesn’t
survive on thoughts.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Victor Vale was not
a fucking sidekick.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Victor surprised
himself by telling her the truth.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Because you don’t
think I’m a bad person,” he said. “And I don’t want to prove you wrong.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Never put off till
tomorrow what you can do today.” “I get the feeling that’s not what Thomas
Jefferson meant,” muttered Mitch.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Plenty of humans
were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human. The
difference between Victor and Eli, he suspected, wasn’t their opinion on EOs.
It was their reaction to them.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“And whoever Victor
Vale was, whatever he was, and whatever he was up to, the only thing Mitch knew
was that he did not want to be in his way.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“When no one
understands, that’s usually a good sign that you’re wrong.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“But you’ll have to
indulge me. I’ve waited so long to try.”</span></div>
Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-51514253961425944882018-06-06T00:00:00.000-05:002018-06-06T00:00:04.882-05:00Review - The Dangerous Art of Blending In<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32797600-the-dangerous-art-of-blending-in?from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">The Dangerous Art of Blending In</span></a> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">by Angelo Surmelis</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">5 out of 5 gnomes</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">An Important/Intense Story</span></b><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
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I could not put this book down. This story will tear at your heart but leave
you with a lot of hope at the ending.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Evan has a lot to go through in this book. The abuse he suffers is terrifying
and will have you worrying about the character.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Seeing this trauma just makes you imagine how often this happens in the real
world too.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Evan figuring out who he can trust is vital to the story. The relationships,
even the bad ones are all done extremely well.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Best Part: Now that, that was quite a coming out scene.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Seeing Evan be true to himself and the end of the book makes you imagine a very
bright future.</span>Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-26714288039166797392018-05-31T00:00:00.000-05:002018-05-31T13:07:42.971-05:00Review and My Favorite Quotes/Lines - The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>5 out of 5 gnomes</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oh, this
series makes me laugh, cry and pretty much every feeling in between.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It feels
both dark yet light at the same time. I know there has been death in this
series and Riordan's books before but this book really hurts. I think it hurts
so much because it will make you feel like just maybe none of the characters
are safe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet the
humor and heart is still there too. I continue to feel that this series will
forever alter the characters from previous series and this series too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It feels
like there's no way this ends well/happily for them but I'm continually
surprised in each book. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">You'll
find yourself just caring so much about these characters and not just the main characters, all of the characters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The characters and their quest will draw you right into the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once
again I adore this series and can't wait to see what happens next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Pretty sure?” Meg
asked. “Like last time, when we walked into a bathroom and surprised a Cyclops
on the toilet?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“May the gods defend
me from heroes with duct tape. And heroes always seem to have duct tape.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“TRY THE FRAGGLE
ROCK!” I yelled. “Fragaria,” Meg corrected. “WHATEVER!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Don’t think about
it, I told myself. Dreams aren’t necessarily true. No, I answered myself. Only
the bad ones. Like those.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">"That could be my life motto, I
thought: He takes a lot of damage."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"The longer I was
mortal, the more affected I was by even the smallest loss. I hated being
mortal."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I tried not to weep
or wet my pants. I succeeded at one of those. I’ll let you decide which.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">"With the goddess of
plants, insignificant-looking things could be very significant."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The night is young,”
she said. “We could all stab him together.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"I’d <span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;">never had a scar
before. I wished I could see it as a badge of honor. Instead, I feared that
now, whenever I looked down</span>, I would remember the worst night of my life."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"I wondered, not for
the first time, why we Greek deities had never created a god of family therapy.
We certainly could have used one. Or perhaps we had one before I was born, and
she quit. Or Kronos swallowed her whole."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"I found myself
crying. It was ridiculous. Gods don’t cry."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">"I blinked. “Is that
an order?” “It’s a promise.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had ended on a suspended fourth chord. We still had much to do."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28269171-puddin?from_search=true"><span style="color: #38761d;">Puddin’</span></a> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Julie Murphy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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349 aka where I actually wrote a note on my kindle yelling at a character:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “YOU ARE BEING
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
love a lot of the quotes/lines from this book but not how the story fits
together a lot of the time. I mean I do love the characters but the story just
felt off at times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
initial conflict is good but Millie herself is way way too forgiving about the
incident that brings her and Callie together.
I don't know, it just kind of felt like especially at the end that there
should have been more. I would have like to see more of both Millie and
Callie's projects/plans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The bright spot in the whole story was the reinforcing of friendships and some new friendships. There's also one very cute relationship that starts up that could have been delved into/given even more space in the story that I really loved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The whole third act could have been longer or maybe
moved to the middle so everything had room to breathe/go more in depth. The
dual point of view is done well. I just cared a lot more about one character
than the other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My Favorite Quotes/Lines:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Maybe it’s different
for everybody, but people like my grandparents? Their opinion of the world is
shaped by the person who delivers their news. That’s real responsibility, and I
don’t take that lightly.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Like my mama says,
if it smells like bullshit, it probably is.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"I try not to cringe.
Dog-earing a book feels like a violation of some sacred unspoken rule."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"He chuckles. “Prepare
for the life you want, mija, not the one you have, right?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Do something
respectable,” she says. “Earn respect. Simple.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Well, I hear these
things are very moisturizing,” I say. “And better to look like a serial killer
than actually be one, right?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Y’all need to get on
the damn internet or something.<span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;"> Amanda is asexual. Aren’t you, Amanda?” </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“But I don’t do it to
become some after-picture version of myself. I do it ’cause it makes me feel
good. You know that, right?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"If somehow each
person in the world is only allotted a certain amount of good luck in life, I’m
scared I’ve spent all of mine tonight."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I don’t say things
to make people feel good. I say them because they’re true.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Sometimes being fat
and finding clothing is like trying to ice-skate in the desert.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No,” I say, my voice
dead serious. “Not everyone wants to change the world.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I look at the five
of them. <span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;">These girls were never the friends I asked for, but they’re definitely
the friends I needed</span>.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“And why is everyone
always trying to take money away from libraries? Aren’t books sort of the
reason we’re even in school at all?”</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31180248-leah-on-the-offbeat?from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">Leah on the Offbeat</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Becky Albertalli<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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gnomes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
book made me fall in love with Becky Albertalli's writing all over again. After
reading all the books in the Simon universe it's great seeing how everything
and everyone fits together.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm
really happy that Leah got her own book and was happily surprised to see how
everything ended up. Seeing Leah's point of view is great and explains a lot of what she was feeling in the first book.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Really
adore the humor and love in this book. It's full of all the feelings pretty
much. It gives you a look at characters that you know already and adds more
depth to them all.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the relationships and characters are so well done that you'll just fall right
into the story and want these characters to all be happy.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My Favorite Quotes/Lines: </span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif;">and trust me this book is filled with a tonnage of great quotes.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I’m
basically your resident fat Slytherin Rory Gilmore.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">"And I</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">
have no idea if she’s kidding</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">"So, now
I’m wondering how hard you can side-eye someone before your eyes stick that
way. Permanent side-eye. It’ll look great with my resting bitch face."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Am I the
worst person?” “Well, no,” says Simon. “That would be Voldemort.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Oh my
God, of course!” She hugs me, and it’s like hugging a flower. It’s like that
with skinny people. I’m always terrified I’ll crush them."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Maybe
that makes me a creepy little vampire, but I can’t help it."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">"And I’m
the worst kind of Slytherin. I’m the kind who’s so stupidly in love with a
Gryffindor, she can’t even function. I’m the Draco from some shitty Drarry fic
that the author abandoned after four chapters."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“We love
cussing. </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">But we say the fucking g. I don’t want to hear that apostrophe, Mom.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Wait,
let me try again.” I clear my throat. “I guess, exclamation point.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Well,”
she says, “it appears that Garrett made our prom dinner reservations at the
</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">American Girl Bistro.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I think
you can </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">rent dolls,” Bram points out. “For the meal.” “I’m renting a doll,”
says Simon. “Guys, I’m so fucking sorry.”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Garrett covers his face."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“You keep
running away.” “</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">You keep finding me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“That’s
right,”</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Abby says. “We went above and beyond for you, Simon.” “So, you’re
welcome,” I add. “I’m shook,”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Simon says, and Bram pats him on the arm.”</span></div>
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characters old and new, especially Apollo. I don't have a clue how the series will end but it's leading to some very intriguing developments so far.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39851888-the-reaper-rescues-the-genie?ac=1&from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">The Reaper Rescues the Genie</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Kristen Painter</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">5 out of 5
gnomes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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LOVE LUCY </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
<i>Nocturne Falls </i>series is always a lot
of fun to read. This book though might just be my new favorite. It just has the
superb combination of two lead characters that you really want to root for and a
story that builds to a great conclusion. I mean who doesn’t want to know what
happens when a reaper with uncontrollable powers finds someone that might just
be the perfect match for him...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lucien
and Imari are a terrific pair. Reading both of their points of view is great
and makes you want things to work out for them all the more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
also adore Lucien and Hattie’s relationship and am</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">very happy with how things ended.The danger
definitely feels real and the ending felt realistic (well realistic in a world
where lots of paranormal stuff is real) and will let them both grow as
characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He wasn’t. He never would be. But even a reaper could dream.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Books were a great comfort to him. They helped him escape
the pit of his life.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I, uh, might have also told her you were a stand-up guy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“His eyes narrowed. “My cars aren’t precious. Life is
precious. Things can be replaced. Very little else matters.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Life and death, black and white, wrong and right. There
were no shades of gray in his life. Just in his vision.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The grim reaper, the genie, and the ghost. What a trio they
were.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Lucien blinked to make sure this wasn’t another mirage. It
wasn’t. He let out a soft curse."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I am Lucien Dupree, reaper of men’s souls, War Angel, Rider
of the Pale Horse, and death’s own chosen emissary. Who are you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Yes. That was never going to change. I’m a man of my word.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Massage is very soothing.” Sure it was. That’s why her lady
parts were making wishes of their own."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Be careful what you wish for.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span>Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-16801880508726103542018-04-18T00:00:00.000-05:002018-04-18T00:00:28.002-05:00Review - Royals<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35997816-royals?from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">Royals</span></a> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Rachel
Hawkins<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*Received
from </span><a href="http://www.firsttoread.com/LoggedIn.aspx"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">First to Read</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> for a Review (Used the
points I’ve earned on the site to guarantee myself a copy of this one. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Why
should you read Royals?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“A
little moment of understanding that feels weirdly nice, given that it comes
from a guy who I’m not entirely convinced isn’t a tea cozy cursed by a witch to
live as a real-life boy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
adore this book. The characters, settings, and relationships are a ton of fun.
Royally awesome intrigue equals a read you won't want to let go of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Daisy's
sister is marrying into royalty and that leads to a plethora of problems.
Paparazzi plus lots of royal drama leads to some trouble of course. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Daisy
and her family are eminently entertaining then when you throw in some Scottish
royalty things really take off. Her Dad especially is great and has quite a
viewpoint.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
read is full of fluffy goodness and quotable quotes. Like a smile in book form
(as corny as that sounds.) You think you know where the story is going but then
theree are plenty of surprises too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Read
this book ASAP if you want to laugh and love a book at the same time. This is a
book that will definitely make you snort laugh in public.</span></div>
Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-60876161893789113692018-04-11T00:00:00.000-05:002018-04-11T00:00:21.451-05:00Review and My Favorite Quotes/Lines - Hot and Badgered<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wow, I
have never read this author before but after seeing a review online, I thought
why now check it out. This book was exactly what I needed, actually laugh out
loud funny and characters that are great to root for. I should have known I'd
adore this book when books have weird or punny titles, I usually like them more
often than not. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a good book about shifters and this is definitely a great book about shifters.
The world is set up really well and I like how all the different groups are
explained and the many different habits they all have. Then there are the very
interesting hybrids that are seen including the main character Charlie and her
sister Stevie. Imaging all the different hybrids and what they could be capable
of really makes you think.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plays a giant role in this book. The sisters and the triplets that they meet
along with the other shifter families are crazy entertaining.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
story had me hooked from the beginning when you first see the sisters as
children (talk about intense but it does really help set up the rest of the
book.)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Female
grizzlies were the most feared among the shifters. Not only were they psychotically
protective of those they considered family—blood or otherwise—they were, like
the males, easily startled.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No,
sweetie. It was just a honey badger thing to say. Nothing to worry about. I say
honey badger things all the time but never do them.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“A
Charlie warning was serious stuff, and you ignored it at your own peril.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Stevie!
Stevie!” </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">When her sister didn’t respond, Charlie released her and threw up her
hands. “I’ve killed her. Of course I’ve killed her. I knew one day I’d kill you
all</span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Oh,
trust me,” Charlie admitted. “We are such freaks.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“A
dripping </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">honeycomb was in her hand and hundreds of angry bees were hanging from
her face like some bizarre tribal mask</span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You
</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">stray-dog this, Berg. You stray-dog this</span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">!”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I mean,
if they’re </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">going to use us as an object lesson . . . maybe it’s time we make a
lesson of them</span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Max
had </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">poor Stevie in a chokehold and was telling her, “Sleep. Just go to sleep.
Shhhhhh</span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I
didn’t thank you yet,” she reminded him. “And keep that attitude going, I may
never.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“That’s
because you’re you.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Sweetie,
you don’t do coquettish well, so stop that.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“And
when </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">he cuts your heart out, I will dine on it with a good Scottish ale, you
worthless son of a bitch!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Well,
most shifter guys aren’t making the move.” “Why not?” “We like our faces attached
to us rather than on the floor . . . in front of us.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Charlie,
if you are feeling moody and need to bake, there are, um, requests here.”
“Requests?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The
MacKilligan sisters didn’t know how not to make an impression.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Bitch,
get off my coffee table,” Britta said as she passed through the living room.</span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Max
grinned. “But I’m</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> a happy psychotic!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Well,
she </span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">hated you before,” Stevie explained. “Now her hate is just enhanced.”</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Not to
be rude but if either of you find a man . . . you need to hold that man.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Such
poor decision making.”</span></div>
Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-67764531502059157272018-04-04T00:00:00.000-05:002018-04-04T00:00:02.378-05:00Review and My Favorite Quotes/Lines - Letters to the Lost<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30038855-letters-to-the-lost?ac=1&from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">Letters to the Lost</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Brigid Kemmerer</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5 out
of 5 gnomes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So many
feelings. I came to this series a little bit backwards I read the 2nd book 1st
and fell in love with the characters. Then I figured out this book was first
and knew I wanted to read it ASAP.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kemmerer
is pretty much a genius at writing books that stick with you and are hard to
put down. I once again stayed up much later than I meant to just to finish this
book.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The friendships
and family dynamics are just so well done.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Declan
and Juliet will most definitely make you Feel for them and root for them all at
the same time.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
letter writing and twists make for a heck of a great read.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Also ironic, because
Rev is about as aggressive as an old golden retriever.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“This is one of the
things I love best about Rev. He’ll never force anything on anyone. I nod.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">“No hesitation. This
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“One day isn’t your
whole life, Murph.” He waits until I look at him. “A day is just a day.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Every moment is
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In other words, life
has a solid right hook, but it’s not going to take me down.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I am the master of
my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You wore your seat
belt.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“If fate were a
person, I’d punch her in the face.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“RF: I’m here. DM:
Can I come over? RF: Always.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“And right there, <span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;">in
the middle of his own crisis, Rev knows exactly what I need to hear. This is
why he’s the perfect friend. And why I can’t wrap my head around him thinking
he could ever hurt anyone</span>.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Just because someone
isn’t risking their life doesn’t mean their life’s work is . . . pointless.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We were wrong,” she
says. “You make your own path.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“For a tenth of a
second, I think <span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">about running him over. Okay, maybe a full second.</span></span>"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“One who has
unreliable friends may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer
than a brother.’”</span></div>
Becky B. @ Bibliognomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10474922887094895024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033591128881097315.post-91424519816456270912018-03-28T00:00:00.000-05:002018-03-28T00:00:13.831-05:00Review/My Favorite Quotes/Lines - More Than We Can Tell<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34236194-more-than-we-can-tell?from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">More Than We Can Tell</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by Brigid Kemmerer<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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after Reading = Love for all these characters especially Rev and Declan, happy
at where things ended up.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is
the kind of book that will have you racing to finish it and staying up way past
bedtime. I loved so much about this book. Rev's story will break your heart but
watching him grow over the course of the story will have you cheering. The
characters and all the relationships are so well done. Lots of heavy subjects
but the kind of story that will have you really rooting for these characters to
have happy futures.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
family dynamics here especially felt realistic and messy just like real life.
Rev's parents who were his foster and then adoptive parents were wonderful and
had such a strong relationship with Rev and his friends.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rev and
Emma have their share of problems but there is definitely chemistry between
them almost immediately. I like their meeting and the whole wondering if it's
all fate aspect.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Declan's friendship is probably the best relationship that I've read about in
quite a while. I adore how they are so understanding and always there for each
other.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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if you love reading about characters that will make you care very much about
them check out this book ASAP.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Oh, good. I’ve made
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I think you can cry
over a dumb troll if I can lose my mind over a stupid sweatshirt.” I drag a
hand through my hair. I feel wrung out.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Because he’s not my
father. He’s my dad.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We all push
sometimes, just to make sure someone is on the other side, pushing back.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It reminds me of
Dad’s comment about how we have to ask questions to hear the quiet people.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“So we’re both just a
little broken.” </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36555414-the-wolf-lord?ac=1&from_search=true"><span style="color: #00b050;">The Wolf Lord</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Ann Aguirre<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #351c75;">5 out of 5 gnomes</span></b></div>
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After Reading - If I might borrow from a certain Tim McGraw song, </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">♫</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">"...I
like it, I love it, I want some more of it." </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">♫</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">
I love this series more and more with each book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
really adore the Ars Numina world and all the different groups that are within
it. There are so many intriguing personalities. Mixing the Eldrich with the
Animari can get really intense. Having Thalia a princess who wants to be Queen
marry Raff the pack leader of the Wolves makes for one heck of a great story.
The world building of this series is so well done and you will definitely find
yourself wanting to know what's going to happen next ASAP.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Digging
deeper into these characters after seeing them in the other books was
refreshing. They are not what I expected but even better. Thalia and Raff are
an unexpected yet perfect pair. They complement each other so well even though
they seem like polar opposites at first. Though there is plenty of friction and
problems along the way. Politics + a political marriage+plenty of intrigue
leads to a story that is steamy and full of awesomeness.</span></div>
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series continues to shine and this book especially really moves the world
forward.</span></div>
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- Now this would be the couple that I'm very interesting in seeing if they have
children because I'm betting that kid would be something entirely great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“She’s
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<i>I already knew this wouldn’t be easy.
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“If
I’m good at anything, it’s reading people’s hearts. And I’m betting my life
that she keeps her promises,” he said.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<i><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;">Dammit all, she caught me being sincere</span></i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m
not in the habit of saying shit I don’t mean.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Mockery
has unkindness at its heart while teasing springs from affection.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“One
may be conquered, but two can defend, back to back, joined in common cause.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I
guess that’s my job now. No escape from the big, bad wolf.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Do
you ever think about running away from it all?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Never,”
she said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Me
either. Hardly ever. Only like six or eight times a day.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;">You
pretend that you aren’t clever, Raff Pineda, but I find that you know what
people need exceptionally we</span><span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">ll</span></span>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Yes,
princess. Tell me <span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;">a filthy bedtime story</span>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“But…I’m
starting to suspect that marriage to me might be hazardous to your health.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Such
candor was a rare sort of courage, an example he should follow.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #6aa84f;">Sure,
he’d lived through no ability of his own, but picking the right mate, that was
a fucking skill, too</span>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Responsibility
looks good on you, wolf lord.”</span></div>
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