tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163582686060470682024-03-05T23:08:21.541+09:00Books, Books, Books!The Title Says It All!TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-62389679642045179192017-04-24T19:17:00.001+09:002017-04-24T19:17:52.752+09:00The Great Gatsby Quote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I recently read the classic book, <i>The Great Gatsby</i>.
Although I did not have time to write a proper book review, this quote
really stood out to me and I wanted to share my thoughts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald makes a profound
statement. He says that the differences in intelligence and race are no
greater than those of the sick and healthy. It reminded me of the
corruption of our world's views on these topics, praising those who
enjoy a high IQ and putting down those who belong to certain ancestry
instead of praising people for who God has made them to be. </span><br />
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The more I analyze this quote, the more I come to understand that
this was a exceedingly profound statement for the time the thought
originated from: 1925. At this time, African Americans were free and the
Universal Negro Improvement Association was rapidly growing, however,
along with the growing UNIA, there was also growth in the Ku Klux Klan, a
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">group</span>
dedicated to African American destruction. Additionally, mental illness
had been discovered, but treatments often hurt the patient more than
helped them. Internationally, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">nations were continuing to rep<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">air the relationships broken by the first <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">World War. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ultimately<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, this statement <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">contradicted many of the beliefs and norms of <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Americans of the time. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> To <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">completely</span> understand this quote and the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">author's <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">intentions of it, we must also look to the differences between the sick and the w<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ll. Well people are healthy. They live life like any other healthy person, filling up each momen<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">t with <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a mixture of memories, happy, sad, angr<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">y<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, trying to ignore the possible coincidences that pla<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">gue eve<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ry one o<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">f them. The possibilities<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in</span> their li<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ves are <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">endless, including being lost to the world o<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">f the sick. Any of them c<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ould become sick without warning. T<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">he ironic <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">common factor of the sick, the retarded, and an<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">yone of any race<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, is coincidence. Nobody has much c<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">hoice in the matter<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">; to be healthy or sick, smart or dumb, black or white. Choices come afterwards. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e choice comes when we go <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to the pantry for something to eat, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">when we come home from school or work and need something to do, when we<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">take the medicine prescribed, or <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">study for our next test. We choose to look at <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">either<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the color of a person's skin, or the warmness of their heart.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Choices make us who we are, not our predestined characterist<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ics<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, that simply <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">pla<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">y a role in our lives. Althou<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">gh these <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">attributes</span> may control us, they do not define us. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A common misunderstanding of today's <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">societies is that it <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is exempt from the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">notion this quote <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">contradicts. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although</span> this has taken different forms<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, it has been far from erased from our culture. Middle-Easter<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">n people are feared or looked down upon in America because o<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">f their amiss association with the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">terrorist groups <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">in their ethnic homeland<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Children <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">are te<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ased by other classmates and, at some schools, pun<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ished by teachers for learni<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">n<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">g disabilities<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> or<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">not being able to learn materi<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">als as well becaus<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e of a<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> lack of <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">accessible</span> resources. We also put <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">very particularl<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">y high <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">expectations<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, such a<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">s high grades, quick thinking, a<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd technology<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-based schooling, all of which very good in mo<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">der<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ation, but the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">argument</span> could easily be made that th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ey are not. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Work is being ma<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">de towards reversing <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">this th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ought process. #Black<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Live<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sMatter <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is a<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">awar<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">eness campaign dedicated to eliminating <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">African <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">d<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">iscrimination. Great Britain has recently launched <a href="https://www.headstogether.org.uk/" target="_blank">Heads T<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ogethe<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">r</span></span>,</a> a program dedicated to raising awareness for and breaking <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">down the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">unpleasant</span> la<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">bels</span></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">of</span> mental health<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">giving people access to help. Mala<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">la Yousafzai has <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">begun <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.malala.org/malalas-story" target="_blank">The Mala</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.malala.org/malalas-story" target="_blank">la Fund</a>. This program is dedicated to providing every girl an education worldwide. Change is happening. But it will not <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">suffice</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to sit back and watch things change<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, because it w<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ill not. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” Th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is is true. No matter how <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">po<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">pular a problem or awareness program<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, or a possible solution becomes, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">nothing will change, for better or worse, without the ac<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">tive participation of people. People who <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">do not look at what <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">God <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">has given people, but how those people us<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">what God has given the<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">m.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Bibliography</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quote Background: <a href="http://wallpapersafari.com/w/Z8kTpe" target="_blank">http://wallpapersafari.com/w/Z8kTpe</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Quote: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Info on Racial Tensions: <a href="http://classroom.synonym.com/racial-tension-roaring-twenties-16505.html" target="_blank">http://classroom.synonym.com/racial-tension-roaring-twenties-16505.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Info on Mental Illness:<a href="https://prezi.com/deviw3oyruh9/mental-illness-in-the-1920s-1930s/" target="_blank"> https://prezi.com/deviw3oyruh9/mental-illness-in-the-1920s-1930s/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Einstein Quote: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/change" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/change</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sorry for an<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">y <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ggrammatical</span> errors! </span></span>Izzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01458213754107933487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-83745411063940253092015-05-31T08:30:00.002+09:002015-05-31T08:53:08.572+09:00They Loved to Laugh I did this review as a Language Arts assignment and miss posting on this blog. So I decided I'd share it, haha. :) I'm trying to get a review for <i>I Still Believe </i>by Jeremy Camp up soon. :)<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kathryn Worth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bethlehem Books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Alegreya;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>"So little are you, Martitia. So little and so solemn. If you would only laugh back at us maybe we'd let you alone. Can't you learn to laugh too?" </i></span></span></blockquote>
Martitia is a solemn, grieving teenager who comes to live with the Gardners after her parents die. She now has five "brothers" who make it a priority to bring ruin upon her life with teasing. They urge her she only needs to learn to laugh. Romance is intertwined throughout, an always constant battle of whether she loves Clarkson or Jonathan. The five brothers are closely bonded, and as they go separate ways, Martitia becomes more and more apart of the family. She learns her fair share of things and has good ideas. But best of all, she learns to laugh.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have read many, many Historical Romances from the 1800 period, but none that compare to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They Loved to Laugh</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I found this book unique because of how closely the brothers were bonded and devoted to one another to the point where one would let the other have the girl he loved. Most 1800 romances </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Alegreya; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> read, are about Christian people, I loved the different approach with using the Quaker faith. This book also, simply, teaches how things were done back in the 1800s on a farm and how everyone had a different role to play--as Martitia finds her own role. I thought it was thought-provoking when Ms. Worth would give the details of the job of silk. I never knew how the silkworm did what it did, so I loved learning about it’s life span and what Martitia, Ruth, and Addison had to do to keep them alive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Alegreya; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think any Historical Romance reader would appreciate this book and the plot that surrounds the romance. </span><br />
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<br />TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-43614347028398054722014-11-16T08:25:00.000+09:002014-11-16T08:25:22.702+09:00Counted Worthy<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22752883-counted-worthy" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Counted Worthy" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1414116150m/22752883.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22752883-counted-worthy">Counted Worthy</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7012375.Leah_E_Good">Leah E. Good</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1004389294">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I received Counted Worthy yesterday afternoon, started reading immediately. Kept me up until eleven.<br />
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Today, practically all I've done is read Counted Worthy.<br />
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What did I expect?<br />
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An AMAZING debut by my friend, Leah, that not only was dystopian, but Christian.<br />
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What did I get?<br />
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A do hard things story.<br />
And exactly what Brett Harris said that is printed on the cover, "[A] PHENOMENAL DEBUT."<br />
I knew for sure that it would be awesome, but not as awesome as this.<br />
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It was gripping. And I cried.<br />
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Another thing I would like to say is that the beginning reminded me a LOT of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. <br />
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Read the sample on Amazon, you'll understand.<br />
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And I couldn't believe this was Leah's debut! The writing is incredible!<br />
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I love her writing voice so much. <br />
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The story amazes me. <br />
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Inspires me.<br />
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Heather lives in fear of repeating her past. She steals Bibles from the sorting center. Then one day the police trace a Bible back to her house, her world just starts to crumble.<br />
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This story, it has inspired me to trust in God completely, even when I am scared.<br />
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I recommend this book to absolutely everyone. <br />
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I would thoroughly like to thank Leah for sending me a copy of Counted Worthy. I cannot wait to lend it to my cousin. ;)<br />
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I cannot wait for more of Leah E. Good's books to release, especially Counted Worthy's sequel!
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-51420529551160724402014-06-28T23:34:00.003+09:002014-06-28T23:34:38.309+09:00Top Ten TuesdayI wanna try something new and I wanna try to do this every Tuesday. (Yes, I know today isn't Tuesday, but I wanna do this) BEST OF ALL, IT'S BOOKS. Otherwise I'd be posting this elsewhere. It is hosted by <a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html" target="_blank">The Broke and the Bookish</a>.<br />
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Anyway.<br />
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This week is <b>Ten Book Covers I Like/Dislike.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[I liked this book, the cover made me think that it'd be AWFUL(i still don't like it)]</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[I haven't read this yet, but have watched the movie. Don't like the cover]</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, etc. THIS BOOK. This cover is elleck]</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[I will be reading this sometime soon, I dunno. The cover is ok. But Dickerson's other covers are even better]</td></tr>
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<b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">I do NOT in ANY WAY mean to insult these covers, just making some pointers about what i like and don't like.</b><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Abrielle Lindsay</span>TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-56601079359563256032014-06-28T19:22:00.000+09:002014-06-28T19:25:59.738+09:00The Archived<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10929432-the-archived" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Archived (The Archived, #1)" border="0" height="200" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1338729878m/10929432.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10929432-the-archived">The Archived</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3099544.Victoria_Schwab">Victoria Schwab</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/906177900">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I checked out The Archived from the library after my friend, Kezle, read it. <br />
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Oh. My. Word. I was not disappointed.<br />
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Mac gets the job as a Keeper when her grandfather, Da, dies. She hunts the dead--Histories--that awake in the Narrows. Some are yet to have slipped, but others slip all too soon.<br />
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This is the main idea of the book. There are parts when there are adult Histories,ones that nearly kill Mac. There are parts when teen Histories want to kill Mac--because they've slipped.<br />
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What I thought BEFORE I read it:<br />
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Kezle read it. The cover is interesting. The back cover copy makes it sound amazing. MUST. READ. IT.<br />
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What I thought AFTER I read it:<br />
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OH.MY.GOODNESSGRACIOUS. This is pure awesomeness!! (Ok, the romance was kind of gross (actually it was), but the rest was really great!)<br />
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There was minor language in this book.<br />
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I would plan on being 12/13 years old before reading this book.<br />
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Ok, but seriously?! This book was amazing. ABSOLUTELY. <br />
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I look forward to getting my hands on book number two, <em>The Unbound</em>. *grins*
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<b>What I Marked this Book: </b>2014 reads, ya, a must read, favorites, icky romance (yuck)<br />
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<br />TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-72498193846765072562014-06-12T20:02:00.000+09:002015-05-31T08:03:07.604+09:00Bookish QuizI just took this quiz. I thought it was really cool. =) I was The Eclectic Reader.<br />
Oh, you want to take the quiz, or even look at it.<br />
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Abrielle Lindsay =)TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-35028936581341365882014-06-09T23:07:00.000+09:002014-06-09T23:07:00.772+09:00The Book Thief<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1390053681l/19063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1390053681l/19063.jpg" width="211" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief"><br />The Book Thief</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11466.Markus_Zusak">Markus Zusak</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/819454344">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I have to hand it to Markus Zusak. I have never read anything like <em>The Book Thief</em>. Ever.<br />
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I won <em>The Book Thief</em> in a giveaway held by <a href="http://ashleyg-inserttitlehere.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">[insert title here]</a>. This is how I was given the opportunity to read this piece of art.<br />
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I must say first, that there were a lot of curse words, cuss words, etc. And I got permission from my mom to read it once I found out that there were some. Just wanted to point that out.<br />
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Onto the book:<br />
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<em>The Book Thief</em> takes place in Germany on a place called Himmel street. Himmel means heaven. <br />
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Liesel comes to that street. She comes and lives with a foster family. Her new Mama and her first Papa.<br />
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Papa teaches her to read and write. <br />
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And you know what Liesel does? She starts stealing (her first book was before any of this). <br />
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As it says on the back of my cover, "Zusak doesn't sugar coat anything". I love that, and it's so true. ;)<br />
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Papa, Mama, Rudy, Max, Tommy, Death, and Liesel are the most perfect characters ever.<br />
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Death is the POV character--one more thing to make this book outstanding. <br />
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I have to say why I marked this book as a rule breaker. I just have to. Just about everything I learned NOT to do while writing, was broken in this book. But it was done pretty expertly. =) Death gave us snippets far into the future. It was as if Zusak used three POVs. First person, second person, and third person. <br />
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Oh, and one other thing. I've never, ever, EVER cried over a book. <em>The Book Thief</em> was the first one. And I didn't just cry once. I cried five times in five different places.<br />
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Oops, I forgot one thing about the book. Max is the best character of all. Max's books are the best ones of all. Max is the best. No one in the book, not even Papa, can compare to Max.<br />
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I hope I'm allowed to watch the movie.
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<b>What I marked this book: </b>ya, favorites, nazi, german, 2014 reads, so so so so sad, rule breaker, a must read<br />
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-80088300426143027422014-04-15T14:06:00.000+09:002014-04-15T14:06:30.690+09:00The Long Way Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: The Long Way Home<br />
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Series: The Homelanders<br />
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Stars: 5+++<br />
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Age Level: Young Adult, so 12+<br />
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Violence: Yah, there's some.<br />
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What I Thought:<br />
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Absolutely amazing. Klavan does an absolutely fabulous job--just like in the last book.<br />
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One thing I really like about Klavan's writing is that it drops you right into the inciting incident. It's quite wonderful. ;)<br />
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<i>The Long Way Home </i>is a fantastic sequel to book one. =) I highly recommend it ;) Even if you didn't like book one, push through it. =)<br />
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abrielle lindsayTW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-69778437545873724582014-04-13T14:25:00.002+09:002014-04-13T14:25:46.648+09:00Silent Tears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">First, I would like to thank Leah with all my heart for giving me a copy of this book. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Silent Tears is probably the bast book I ever read. One of the best.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Kay Bratt goes to China with her husband and youngest daughter with two goals. To keep a diary and help the children at an orphanage. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">She does both. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">This book is an amazing insight of a Chinese orphanage. But she assures us that this is only her experience. That some orphanage really are loving, caring, and kind.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Silent Tears is a book that I would recommend to everyone who has the slightest attraction to orphans. This book will break your heart, but be restored when you find out that just a little love can go an unbelievably long way.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span class="spoilerContainer" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">And for those of you who have read the book and don't know that Xiao Gau WAS adopted, I just told you. =) </span></span>TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-69463247852481381332014-04-08T06:25:00.001+09:002014-04-08T06:25:30.258+09:00Monday's Minutes ChallengeThis is something that I do every Monday/my Tuesday. But, why you <i>here</i> have never seen it is because I usually post on my blog Indonesia Around Me. And it's getting a new design right now. =) So I'll do it here. ;)<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">and yes by the way, i have been reading. i've got some really great books that i'm trying to finish in six days.</span><br />
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I am going to use the sentence prompt: <i>"We will never be the same again." </i>196 words.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Look at me! Janesa, do I look like
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We don’t have to be the same,” I
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The stuffed animal jumped out of my
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Wh-why do you need us to be the
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“So that you can enter my world and
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you, Janesa, now you’re a talking kangaroo and I’m still a eight year old
little girl.” I wrapped my hands around my knees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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heart. You heart has to be the same as mine.” Janesa set her two furry hands
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Title: The Eagle of the Ninth<br />
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Stars: 4<br />
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Age Level: 10+<br />
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Violence: Um, not a ton, just kind of details a fight that happened between Romans and tribesmen<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">I admit, I was NOT excited to start reading The Eagle of the Ninth when my mom handed to me to read for school.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">But I read it. I couldn't pay attention to it, my mind can wander, until Cottia was introduced, then I was clinging to the story, all of it. Even when Cottia wasn't there. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Over all it was a great story! I loved Marcus, Esca, Cottia, Cub, and Marcus's uncle--fantastic characters! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Just like my review with </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">The Book of the King</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">, Keep. On. Reading. It gets better</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Enjoy!<br />Abrielle Lindsay</span>TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-12218484938759063642014-03-06T14:40:00.000+09:002014-03-06T14:40:38.586+09:00The Last Thing I Remember<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Title: The Last Thing I Remember<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Stars: 5++++++<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Age Level: YA book. 12+, I think. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Violence: I don't think I need to go into what violence is in here, just let me say, (HI, no, no, just kidding) there's a lot, but no where NEAR as much as there is in <i style="font-weight: bold;">Left Behind >The Kids< </i>series. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">WOW. I am serious this book is just one
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Britt, over at Daughter of the King,
highly recommended the <i>If We Survive </i>by
Andrew Klavan. And after reading the back cover blurb I wanted to snatch it
away and dive in. But I couldn’t. And I had never seen it at my library before.
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">BUT, I have just recently been
exploring the adults area of the library and have found numerous TEEN books to
read. =) Which includes books by Julie Klassen, ANDREW KLAVAN, Elisabeth
Elliot, and so many more. But I saw <i>The
Last Thing I Remember</i>, and thought, “That sounds like a great title,”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So, I picked up the book, and I’m
pretty sure that my jaw *literally* dropped when I saw that it was by Andrew
Klavan. I looked back at the section of books where I had snatched it up from. <i>If We Survive </i>was there too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In a hurry, I shoved <i>The Last Thing I Remember </i>on the shelf
and grabbed <i>If We Survive</i>. I went to
check it out, but it wasn’t the normal librarian, it was someone else who works
there. But I handed her the book anyhow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Then she told me that I couldn’t check
it out because THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PAGES THAT WERE FALLING OUT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">UGH.
So I went back for <i>The Last Thing
I Remember</i>. I was a little annoyed about getting it, since the one I really
wanted lay behind the counter, out of my reach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">BUT, WOW, I SURE WASN’T DISAPPOINTED!!
Andrew Klavan is an EXCELLENT writer and this book is such a great idea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Charlie West wakes up tied to a chair
with bruises and bleeding cuts. He doesn’t know where he is. The last thing he
remembers is jumping it bed with a pretty girl’s number on the back of his
hand. Then soon falling asleep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">He doesn’t remember anything after
that. Lucky him he knows karate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I’m sorry, I would tell you more, but
I’m afraid that I’m going to give away the whole because of how pure genius it
is!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My mom’s not sure if I should be
reading it because it’s “gruesome” but then I remind her that I read the <i>Left Behind >The Kids<</i>. Which is
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<b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Andrew Klavan</span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">, (born 1954), known also by his <span style="color: #0b0080;">pen name</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span>Keith Peterson</span>, is an American writer of <span style="color: #0b0080;">mystery novels</span>, psychological thrillers, and screenplays for "tough-guy" <span style="color: #0b0080;">mystery films</span>. Two of Klavan's books have been adapted into <span style="color: #0b0080;">motion pictures</span>: <i><span style="color: #0b0080;">True Crime</span></i>(1999) and <i><span style="color: #0b0080;">Don't Say A Word</span></i> (2001). He has been nominated for the <span style="color: #0b0080;">Edgar Award</span> four times and has won twice. Playwright and <span style="color: #0b0080;">novelist</span> Laurence Klavan is his brother.</span></div>
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-65740191670952519702014-03-06T14:30:00.001+09:002014-03-06T14:30:32.053+09:00Go Teen Writers: How to Turn Your First Draft into a Published Book (2ND REVIEW!!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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have to do it again. =) I read it for the second time and still absolutely
adore it. Anyone who wouldn’t give it five stars is just crazy. Ok, any <i>writer </i>out there that wouldn’t give it 5
stars is just crazy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I’ve been reading the GTW (Go Teen
Writers) blog since July of 2013. I am amazed at how my writing strengthened
because of just reading that blog and reading this book. I also found several
good writing friends through the blog that are absolutely wonderful! =)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This book goes step by step through the
Macro Edit and the Micro Edit which is totally amazing. Before I started
reading this book, I had <b>no idea </b>what
a Macro or a Micro Edit was. In fact, I hardly knew any of the writing phrases
they used. But after several months of reading Go Teen Writers, this book made
even more sense when I read it for the second time. Just because you read it
once doesn’t mean you’re allowed to shelve it forever! You have to reread it
often!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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fabulous job with explaining everything. I love it! They are such great
authors! =) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is a fantastic book, even better
the second read! I recommend it for ANY WRITER, not just teens!! It doesn’t
matter if you’re teen or not, as long as you are a writer, this book should be
helpful!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1320338903p5/2869923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1320338903p5/2869923.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms and the award-winning author of several young adult books including By Darkness Hid, Replication, The New Recruit, and Captives. She got into writing one day when someone was complaining about teen books and she thought, “I could do that! How hard could it be?” Very, she soon learned. But she worked hard, and four years later, her first book, By Darkness Hid, was published and won several awards.<br /><br />Jill is a Whovian, a Photoshop addict, and a recovering fashion design assistant, who was raised in Alaska. She loves teaching about writing, which she does weekly at <a href="http://www.goteenwriters.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.GoTeenWriters.com</a>. She lives in Oregon with her husband, two children, and a whole lot of deer. Visit her online at<a href="http://www.jillwilliamson.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.jillwilliamson.com</a>, where adventure comes to life.</span></div>
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-28516394986598785092014-03-06T14:23:00.000+09:002014-03-06T14:23:10.506+09:00The Book of the King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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straining my eyes to finish. Chapter three went a little towards the boring
edge for me… So I started to read a bunch of other things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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month (February) we had to read a fantasy book. So I decided to finish what I
had started: <i>The Book of the King</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do, do <b>NOT </b>stop!!! Keep reading to
the end. And then run to the library or Amazon for book 2 (I have to get it
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Christian 10+ year old that hasn’t read this book is SO missing out. GO BUY IT
PEOPLES!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>O</b>f <b>V</b>iew) in this book. I love it. =) It’s kind of second person and kind
of third person. For the first two chapters the author or narrator keeps
saying, “We’ll get to Owen soon, but….” And then it jumps into a third person
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excellent writer also who helped write the later books of Left Behind >The
Kids< which I will always be recommending </i>=) <i>Go get ‘em! *Both series*</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University and native of West Virginia, Chris and his wife, Andrea, now live in Arizona and are the parents of nine children.<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Chris' novels, which include </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Dogwood</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">June Bug</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Almost Heaven</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Not in the Heart</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Borders of the Heart</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, and his latest release, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Every Waking Moment</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, have won three Christy Awards and an ECPA Christian Book Award, but it's his lyrical prose and tales of redemption that keep readers returning for more. <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5351.Chris_Fabry?from_search=true" target="_blank">Continue reading his bio on Goodreads.</a></i></span>TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-42855014390256328562014-03-06T14:09:00.000+09:002014-03-06T14:09:29.861+09:00Papua Pilot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">VERY,
VERY, VERY GOOD BOOK. Excellent. Wonderful. GREAT. WOW. All of these explain <i>Papua Pilot</i>. You’re probably not
surprised that I read and am reviewing this book since it is based in Papua.
(my home) But honestly, I have been putting off finishing this book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But,
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I had “stopped” reading it, it was on my Kindle. Sometime in between October
30th and February 28th, my brother broke my Kindle. =’( So, I’ve kind of taken
over my mom’s Kindle—the first generation, which is oh–so big *winks*—for the
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started reading this, and now I’ve fallen in love with autobiographies. And
then I realized that I’ve adored them for quite a while because I’ve been
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Probably many have not read it, but you are sure to not be disappointed. (You
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-36458138584411054692014-02-28T07:05:00.000+09:002014-02-28T07:08:28.617+09:00Top 10 Most Influential Books<a href="http://www.inklinedwriters.blogspot.com/2014/02/top-10-most-influential-books.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Sarah</a> over at <a href="http://www.inklinedwriters.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Inklined</a> tagged me! =) Thanks Sarah!! =D I'm really excited to do this, you can go on over to Sarah's blog to see what her top 10 most influential books were. =) Now. For mine.<br />
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My mom read this to me when I was five or six. I <i>loved </i>it so much I was very disappointed that there wasn't a squeal. Like, <i>really </i>disappointed. Then my mom said, why don't you write the next book? It</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9</span><span style="font-size: large;">. The Three Musketeers</span></div>
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Ok, I have to admit that when I first read the Children's classic I was in love with this book. Honestly. I loved them. It said that even through bad time, friends should always stick together--I didn't want to pay attention to the 'get back at that person because she killed my love,'. But seriously, I love this book and if you haven't read The Three Musketeers, go to your library <i>now </i>and </div>
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Surely everyone has read <i>Socks</i>. In my perspective, you cannot have a good childhood without reading that wondrous book. Heh heh, just kidding. But if you want to have an excellent childhood, read Socks. I absolutely adored Socks when my mom read it to me for school. As soon as she was done, I took it and read it in the matter of days (it might have been three or four). Socks taught me that when I grow up and get married and get an animal, then have a baby, to <i style="font-weight: bold;">not </i>neglect it. Just try to keep on being as great of a owner as you were before, even if it's hard.<br />
<i><a href="http://thebooksbooksbookblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/socks.html" target="_blank">You can read my review here.</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">7. No Dogs Allowed!</span><br />
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If you know me in person, like know me so very well, you probably know that I love this book and make a habit to read it twice a year (usually). I bought it used in 2011 just thinking about another pet book that I was going to like. WOW. "Like" does not even amount to how much I <i>still </i>adore this book. When in Indonesia, you have dogs--usually. But, unless something really strange happens, those dogs don't last long. I moved to Papua in February of 2012, since April 2012, I have had five dogs, and only <br />
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one still remains. And it's really hard to love these dogs when you know that one day they'll be gone, and that day might be today, or tomorrow. This book always reminds me to love our pets, even if they'll disappear tomorrow. They need the love.<br />
<i><a href="http://thebooksbooksbookblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/no-dogs-allowed.html" target="_blank">You can read my review here.</a></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. The School Story</span><br />
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I don't know what to say about this book, except WOW. Wow. I love this book so much, it to inspired me to write. Plus, when I read it in the third grade, it made writing and publishing sound like pie. Well, guess what, pie isn't easy and neither is publishing. (Unless you have a Zoe on your hands and your mom works in the publishing company (and you write a really good book)) But, ohmygosh, I read this book at least once a year, and even though I've read it nine million time (not that many, but close) I listened to my mom read it to my other siblings, but I wasn't allowed to answer any questions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet</span><br />
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You guys probably think I talk about this book too much, sorry, I can't help it. But The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet totally inspired me in the writing area. She seemed to say that, yah, teens can do things too, people! Even if they have to hide themselves away to write a book. But this book is totally fantastic. Totally. I don't know where I'd be today without reading this book. Ok, I'd probably still be here writing even worse than I do now. But <i>The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet </i>and <i>The Unlikely Debut of Ellie Sweet </i>are both total must reads. (especially if you are a teen writer, go to your library now and demand that they order them. You will not be disappointed.)<br />
<i><a href="http://thebooksbooksbookblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-revised-life-of-ellie-sweet.html" target="_blank">You can read my review here.</a></i><br />
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I have no idea how many people have read this book, and I'm not sure I would quite be able to sit down and read it myself (yet). But my dad has read it to me and my siblings twice, and it is a very good book. It taught to listen to your parent's instructions (and follow them!) and to stay inside the hedge of thorns. Ok, I can't explain it great, if you want to know what I mean, go pick up the book and you'll understand. *winks*<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe </span><br />
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Something a lot of people would personally like to beat me up over is that I have not finished reading the Narnia series. Even though I have a library with all of the books, and my family owns two sets of the series. But, before you cyberly regret yourself, let me say that I have read the first two books and half of The Horse and His Boy--that's where I stopped because I was *all of a sudden* getting moved back to Papua, and I didn't know where to pick back up again. (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">but i <i>will </i>read the WHOLE Narnia series when we are in America =)</span>) But <i>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe </i>is a good one. =) It was kind of like <i>The Three Musketeers </i>when it involves the friendship stuff, but it also said to me that I still needed to have an imagination, even if I was an almost teen. *winks*<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Left Behind >The Kids<</span><br />
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I am a fangirl to these books I could probably talk them to death. So, I'll *try* not to. Left Behind >The Kids< is a series that I adore, but I didn't even make the pick to read them! LOL, my mom gave me the 1st book and said that she wanted me to read it and see how i liked it. I <i style="font-weight: bold;">loved </i>it. So I got book 2, and then I had to stop at book 5 because we were going to Bandung to have my baby brother. *folds arms* I was not able to continue the series until three months later, and then I was flying through the books, they were that good. This series taught me that I should always be ready for Jesus coming. I sure don't want to be left behind!<br />
<i><a href="http://thebooksbooksbookblog.blogspot.com/search/label/left%20behind" target="_blank">You can read some of the reviews here.</a></i><br />
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You might be surprised that this is number one, but, well, it is. You might think it is because it's written by my friend's sister. That's not the reason. The reason is this: <i>Red Sun Blue Earth </i>was written after the tsunami hit Japan in 2011. The main character is at school when it hits, but her mom and sister were at the house, so she doesn't know if they're alive or not. Sayaka is on the search for her mom and sister, but also learns to love and inspire others along the way. She goes through hard times, but still tries to be happy. It's a really good book. <i>Very </i>influential on me. =) (but it is a YA book, so 11 or 12+) <i><a href="http://thebooksbooksbookblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/red-sun-blue-earth.html" target="_blank">You can read my review here.</a></i><br />
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Now. I tag...<br />
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<li>Mary</li>
<li>Bekah</li>
<li>Britt</li>
<li>Ryebrynn</li>
<li>Wild Horse</li>
<li>Journey</li>
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That's all =) But if you are reading this and want to do it, feel most welcome! =) (And BTW, this is our 100th post! =D)</div>
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-19082644853846422372014-02-16T05:00:00.000+09:002014-02-16T05:00:00.318+09:00Blog-irthdayOne year ago Adelaide, Amanda, and I started this blog. :D<br />We haven't been the best bloggers ever, but I'm really trying hard to get as many reviews up as I can. But, i don't read as much or as fast as I did a year ago due to my little obsession with writing. :)<br />
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Anyway, our blog is one year old! :D We hope you enjoy our posts. :) Even if they're pretty seldom. :)<br />
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Abrielle Lindsay for all three :)TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-41490610487427402742014-02-07T06:55:00.000+09:002014-02-07T06:55:23.984+09:00Shadow Spinner<span style="font-family: inherit;">I realize that i never did this review. :P I meant to, honest. It has been on of the greatest books I've read for school. I <i style="font-weight: bold;">loved </i>it!! :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Violence: Um. Eh, the whole point is that one woman is saving the lives of tons of others since the sultan is marrying a woman at night and then killing her in the morning. It's pretty violent. :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">I was very surprised at how good the Shadow Spinner was. I expected a "so-so" kind of book, an ok book--but I was </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">wrong</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Marjan's story is enchanting and I loved to read about her escapes out of the harem to visit the "old blind storyteller". *sigh*</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">I loved Susan Fletcher's voice, description, characters, everything. The story felt real and alive. Fletcher does a perfect job describing certain items, ways that I could never think of. It's amazing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Shadow Spinner was an amazing book that I was very surprised by. I picked up it to read for school, and loved Marjan from the first page.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">With a medieval setting inspired by pictures of the Welsh countryside from where Fletcher traces her roots, the dragon trilogy features Fletcher's imaginative, dragon-centered plots, which have won praise from reviewers and readers alike. Calling 1993's Flight of the Dragon Kyn "a joy to read," Booklist contributor Deborah Abbott added: "Fletcher pens some of the best yarns around."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Born in Pasadena, California, in 1951, Fletcher and her family moved to Ohio when she was seven years old. She had dreamed of being a writer ever since she entered the third grade. "Back then my name was Susan Clemens," she once explained. "One day my teacher told us about a famous author named Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, whose daughter's name was Susan. It was fate, I thought. I decided not to become the daughter of a famous author (which is impossible to arrange), but to become a famous author myself (which is difficult enough)."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">This is a great book! :) And a total must read!! Seriously. I was so surprised at how much I loved this work of art!! :D</span><br />
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-18153691971098909312014-02-05T14:57:00.002+09:002014-02-05T14:57:53.013+09:00How I Started Writing by MonicaI am very pleased to have Monica Cole with me today! :) Welcome Monica!! :D<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi! I’m Monica Cole. I’m a 15 year old homeschool student and blogger from Bellingham, WA. I have been blogging at <a href="http://readingwritinghighschool.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">readingwritinghighschool.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</a> for a year, and I blog about books, writing, homeschooling, and more. I have completed NaNoWriMo (a challenge to write a novel in a month) three times, and plan on doing it many, many more. I edit nonfiction books about tracking and more for money, and I love it. My dreams for the future are to be either a librarian or an editor.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How did I start writing? I think that many writers probably can’t name a particular day when they started writing, or when they decided to be a writer, and I am part of that group. Since I was very little, I have loved books and reading, and I think a love of writing came quite naturally from that. I remember writing stories that were a few paragraphs long in kindergarten and 1st grade, but when I was seven years old, my writing career began for real.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It all started one day when I read the book, The Landry News by Andrew Clements. That very day, I decided to start a newspaper. Now, I’m sure lots of kids decide to start a newspaper for their family at some point when they are young, but for some reason, I went a little bigger with my project. I enlisted my mom for help, and then I sent letters to all my aunts and uncles, grandparents, and some close family friends, asking them to subscribe for $10 a year. Many of them did, and in January 2006 the very first edition of the Classical Academy News was sent out. Each copy was two double sided pages, and included a some short pieces about what I was doing in school at the time, a summary of what our family did for Christmas that year, a book review, a recipe, and a short puzzle on the back page. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was more popular that I had expected, and for the next four years I continued publishing it every month. In the beginning I relied a lot on my mom for help, and her patience with me was truly amazing. :) As time went on, things shifted a little, and I did more and more of the actual work. The newsletter, as it came to be known in our family, was always two double sided pages. Each edition always included a piece or two about what I was studying in school at the time, a recipe, a puzzle, a poll for readers to answer, a book review, and after a while, a feature I called “This Month in History,” which is exactly what it sounds like.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In late 2010, after four years in print, the Classical Academy News was retired. I was now 12, and I was going through a really crazy time in my life. I just didn't have time any more. I didn't do that much writing for about a year, until in September 2011 a friend told me about NaNoWriMo, which is an event that happens every year where you try to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. I went for it that year, and I finished with 50,003 words. The following year, I did it again, ending a day early this time. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In February 2013 I started up my blog. I had had blogs before, but none of them had stuck. This time, though, I was determined that I would stick with it, and I did. I knew from the start that it would be a book blog, and book reviews are still my main type of post. I also post a lot about writing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the past eight years since I first really started writing, I have done a lot of it. I wrote a newsletter, I’ve written hundreds of blog posts, I’ve written three novels, and I’ve written dozens of essays and papers for school. What I’ve realized in that time is that writing isn’t a thing you just do. It’s a thing you work at and refine for years. Now that I’ve written three novels, I can tell you that I don’t really see myself as an author, though I definitely plan on doing NaNoWriMo many more times. I like writing nonfiction and opinion pieces (like blog posts), and I have grown to love language and the written word. I see myself putting all these experiences to good use, maybe as a journalist, or an editor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think that when it comes to writing, the journey is far, far more important than the destination. Whatever your destination: a published book, a job as an editor, a successful blog, a completed novel, don’t lose yourself heading towards it. The journey towards that goal may make you realize that you didn’t even yet know your true destination when you began.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 27.600000381469727px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks for coming over, Monica! I loved your posts! :D</span></div>
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Azar is a character from my friend's, Wild Horse, book. I am very excited to have Wild Horse's brilliant character here today! :) I hope you enjoy!<br />
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Wild Horse is a teen writer, coffee drinker and horse lover. You can usually find her patting her cat, reading a book, blogging or writing. She spends to much time on Pinterest and not enough time in the real world. You can find her over at </span><a href="http://ravensandwriting.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">ravensandwriting.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">, blogging about writing, or at her personal blog, </span><a href="http://opalswirls.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">opalswirls.blogspot.com</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">.</span><wbr style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"></wbr><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am 5'8". My eyes are Hazel, my hair is dirty blonde. My last name is Kepula, I do not have a middle name. I am just Azar Kepula. My Uncle on my fathers side, my Uncle, Aunt and cousin on my Mothers side are my only family. It has been 15 years since I was born. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My best friend is Dobry. I grew up with him, and he came to Manua with me. He works at the stable. I have no idea why he is so loyal to me. We were born on the same day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wear a lose shirt and leggings at home, with my boots. I strap my sword at my waste, and keep a dagger in each boot. Now we are on the move, I wear what Japro picked out. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Something you write in each day? I do not keep one. The King has someone write down what he does each day though. </span></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Mind that I am posting this to get the word out after reading Sarah Faulkner's post at <a href="http://inklinedwriters.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Inklined</a>: <a href="http://inklinedwriters.blogspot.com/2014/01/support-author-2014-pledge.html?showComment=1389682809884#c4723080243770463365" target="_blank">HERE</a>*</span></b></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> (</span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">example taken from Sarah at link above)</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> Say you go to B&N and buy a book for $11.76. An author only gets about 10% of that. About a buck and twenty cents.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> Nick (ok, plain story that I've narrated to my brother--just added a name) buys </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">The New Recruit</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(random book, one that a boy would probably like), reads it, and </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">loves </i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">it. But instead of recommending buying the book to his friend, Jack, he lends it to him (of course there is nothing wrong with this, but continue reading). Jack reads it and loves it too, then asks Nick if he can lend it to his friend Xavier. Think about this, say Nick said, "Sure, and he can pass it along to his friends,". And soon all of Xavier's friends have read it, and Jill Williamson just got that buck and twenty cents.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> Does that seem fair to Jill? She goes through a bunch of work writing the novel, editing, spending time with it to make it perfect--and then Nick lends it to everyone in his town and Jill only gets that buck. One dollar. Do you think that would be enough for B&N to think, "Oh, this is a great new author who we should continue to stock,"? No, they're going to think, "Only one person bought this book, is there any reason that we should continue to stock?"</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> It isn't easy for me to buy </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">books</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> since I live in Indonesia, where I don't speak--or read--great Indonesian. Which means I can't just go up stairs in the local mall and buy any book in the bookstore, since I can't read them. So I buy ebooks off of Amazon for my Kindle.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> If you scroll down through the comments on Jill Williamson's post at Go Teen Writers, you'll see this: If you buy an ebook, the author gets </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">25% </i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">of the money. Which of course the ebooks are cheaper, but I think more people buy them. Back to the example I gave above, if you pre-ordered the ebook, and the author got 25% of the money I paid, he would get $2.49. Mind that it is that much because it is being </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">pre</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">-ordered.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> That's pretty convincing to buy more </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">new </i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">books, right? I thought so when I read </span><a href="http://inklinedwriters.blogspot.com/2014/01/support-author-2014-pledge.html?showComment=1389682809884#c4723080243770463365" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sarah</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> and </span><a href="http://goteenwriters.blogspot.com/2013/02/by-jill-williamson-were-starting.html" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jill's</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">posts this morning. So, since I am returning to America in April for 9/10 months, I am making a goal for myself. :)</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> In 2014, I would like to buy </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">*12* books</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> while we are in America, and </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">*20* ebooks </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">throughout the year.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> What about you? Do you want to make a goal for this year? Do you want to support authors by buying </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">new </i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">books? It may even encourage them to </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">continue </i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">to write. You never know. Tell us. What is the most recent book you bought </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">new</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 18px;">This was <a href="http://ravensandwriting.blogspot.com/2014/01/support-author-2014.html" target="_blank">originally posted</a> at my writing blog, </span><a href="http://ravensandwriting.blogspot.com/" style="line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Ravens and Writing Desks</a></i></b></span></div>
TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-32976763756289513872014-01-13T06:07:00.003+09:002014-01-13T06:07:49.310+09:00The New Recruit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">I was sucked in from the first paragraph. Characters, writing style, plot--everything was perfect.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">Spencer Garmond <b>*SPOILER ALERT*</b> </span><span class="spoilerContainer" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[(if that is what we should really call him...)]</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"> <b>*SPOILER ENDED*</b> signs up to go on with the Bible geeks instead of being sent to military school.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">Soon they're in Russia for the summer mission trip and meet lots of people. But when Spencer meets the blonde that he's been dreaming about for years, freaky things start to happen.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">This is now one of my all time faves. I wish I had Jill's ability to describe and make characters feel real. Her writing style is amazing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">I could go on for many hours more about how fantastic this book was, BUT I can't do that because I have several other things I have to do.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">But one thing, I don't know how I'm gonna live until I can buy book two.</span></div>
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Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms and the award-winning author of several young adult books including By Darkness Hid, Replication, The New Recruit, and Captives. She got into writing one day when someone was complaining about teen books and she thought, “I could do that! How hard could it be?” Very, she soon learned. But she worked hard, and four years later, her first book, By Darkness Hid, was published and won several awards.<br />
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Title: A Dog Called Kitty<br />
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Stars: 4.5<br />
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Age Level: 7+<br />
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Violence: Talks about a kid getting beat up by a dog and now the kid has scars... but that's all I think....<br />
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Oh gosh, this has been on my bookshelf for almost two years now and I love it. Bill Wallace was a favorite of mine long before I received this book, and this book just made me like him better. ;)<br />
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A Dog Called Kitty is about a boy called Ricky who doesn't like dogs. He doesn't just <i>not like </i>them. He <i>hates </i>them. But he's afraid of them too. Sometimes he'll touch the scars where he was attacked by a dog when he was a baby. But the puppy loves Ricky!<br />
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Whenever Mama comes out and calls, "Here kitty, kitty," a pup comes running. But the cats won't share, and the puppy is slowly starving. If Ricky doesn't overcome his fear, the pup might starve to death!<br />
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This is one of my childhood favorites, I still enjoy. Sometime soon, I should pick it up and read it again...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">1. </span></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Favorite childhood book? </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Um. Probably <i>Felicity</i>. I read it nine million times. :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">2. What are you reading right now? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I'm currently reading 10 books (school; devotions; writing; other) But the one that I am enjoying most right now is <i>The New Recruit </i>by Jill Williamson. It's so good. :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">3. What books do you have on request at the library? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I asked my library to order <i>Go Teen Writers: How to Turn Your First Draft into a Published Book </i>By Stephanie Morrill and Jill Williamson.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">4. Bad book habit? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">B</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">orrow <i style="font-weight: bold;">way </i>to many books from the library</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">5. What do you currently have checked out at the library? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>The Apothecary's Daughter </i>and <i>The Girl in the Gatehouse </i>by Julie Klassen... I think that might be all...</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">6. Do you have an e-reader? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Yes. I <i>just </i>bought a Kindle 4th generation and it was so worth it. I LOVE it!!</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">It depends. But recently I've been reading 10 at once. Yikes!</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hmm. I think I might have slowed down a bit--just so I could give up some time to blog <i>about </i>the books. :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /></b><b style="line-height: 18px;">9. Least favorite book you read this year? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I think it has to be... Hmm. This is harder than I thought. Oh. <i>Mara: Daughter of the Nile</i>. I was forced to read it for school, and, honestly, there was <i>too </i>much description. :P </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">10. Favorite book you’ve read this year? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">There were so many good books I've read in the past year, I don't know if I can choose <i>just </i>one. Here is a list of my top five:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">--><i>The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">--><i>The Unlikely Debut of Ellie Sweet</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">--><i>The Apothecary's Daughter</i></span></span></div>
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<strong style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone? </strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Hmm. I don't know. I started reading out of my comfort zone last year by reading Julie Klassen books about historical times. Now I read those kinds of books all of the time!</span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">12. What is your reading comfort zone? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">My favorite genre is Christian YA--But the farthest I'll go is anything appropriate. Basically.</span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">13. Can you read in the car?<em> </em></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Yes, I am <i>able</i>. But I recommed only giving me a book in the car if you are ready for me to barf. :/</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">14. Favorite place to read? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Ahhh. I think it has to be on my bunk--No! Wait, in a </span><span style="line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">hammock</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> is the BEST. :)</span></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">15. What is your policy on book lending? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">I hope that they respect my books and return them in the same state that I lend them in.</span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">16. Do you ever dog-ear books? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Never. *Shiver*</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">No.</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">18. Not even with text books? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">No.</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">19. What is your favorite language to read in? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">English.</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><em> </em><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">20. What makes you love a book? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">A wonderful plot, characters that feel real, and, oh, so much more. *sigh*</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">21. What will inspire you to recommend a book? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">A book that I would love to read over and over again or something that has really helped me. </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">22. Favorite genre? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Christian YA</span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did)? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">D</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">ystopian</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">; there are several books I want to read from this genre. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">24. Favorite biography? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">I think it would have to be <i>Christian Heroes Then and Now: George Muller</i>. I learned so much about him!! Plus, I was <b>shocked </b>by his background!</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">25. Have you ever read a self-help book? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">I don't think so... unless writing books count--then yeah, I've read one or two. ;)</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">26. Favorite cookbook?</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> Some </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Sesame</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> Street cookbook that I got when I turned 8--I've been using it for 4 years and love some of the recipes so much! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?</b><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>Hmm. Maybe it's <i>The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet</i>, she inspired me to think that teens can write too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience. </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I don't think this has every happened to me...</span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">30. How often do you agree with critics about a book? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sometimes. . .</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?<em> </em></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">I don't like it when people give reviews on books that are </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">negative</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> or rude--I don't often give bad reviews. But when I do, I like to explain why I give it a bad review. I have given two books full reviews--one totally creeped me out and the other one jumped into too many minds all in a matter of a paragraph.</span></span><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Indonesian! ;)</span><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">35. Favorite Poet? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">I don't read much poetry, but I like to read the poetry my friend Hannah Harper writes.</span><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?</b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">It varies, often it's two or three books; but it used to be 10 books--every. Single. Time.</span><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">37. How often have you returned books to the library unread? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Not often at all. I've returned only a couple books because I <i>had </i>to, but checked them out again a.s.a.p.!</span><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">38. Favorite fictional character? </b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">This is such a hard question! I absolutely adore Ellie from </span></span><i style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet </i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">(so surprising, yah?), Spencer from <i>The New Recruit</i>, hmm, Emma from <i>The Tutor's Daughter</i>, and oh! So many, many more...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /></span></span><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">39. Favorite fictional villain? </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Hmmmmm. This may be the hardest question yet. I can't think of one right now...</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">41. The longest I’ve gone without reading. </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Hopefully not long! ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">42. Name a book that you could/would not finish. </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I'm not sure if I've stopped reading any because I didn't <i>want </i>to or couldn't/wouldn't. </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Noise, noise, noise. <b>UGH</b>.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I really don't know...</span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">45. Most disappointing film adaptation? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Don't know...</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Hmm. I don't often go to bookstores. :( Because there aren't many in Indonesia with ENGLISH books. :P It's probably good too...</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">47. How often do you skim a book before reading it? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Very often... ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Probably content that's not exactly clean.</span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">49. Do you like to keep your books organized? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">No. I don't organize my books. :) It would take too much time.</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?<em> </em></b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I keep them!</span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">Ones that are based on Disney's movies. </span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">52. Name a book that made you angry. </b><span style="line-height: 18px;">I can't think of one right now. . . but there was one--I think. . .</span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did? </b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Mystery of the Roman Ransom</i>. I had read the first book and it was pretty good. But the cover of this one made me hesitant to pick it up and read. I had to read it for school and found it even better than the first!</span><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;"> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t? </b><em style="line-height: 18px;">Frindle </em><span style="line-height: 18px;">I really wanted to like this book when I picked it up several years ago--but it Nick, well, I don't want to be mean <i>at all</i>, but it's like he always gets his way about things. Plus, I like the word pen. ;)</span><b style="line-height: 18px;"><br /> </b><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?</b><em style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;"> </em><span style="line-height: 18px;">Reading on Sunday mornings when I'm not allowed to write--two hours of time with a book. *sigh*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">If you want to copy these questions and do them, feel free to do so!! :) </span></span><br />
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TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616358268606047068.post-61236766207049444132014-01-08T11:30:00.000+09:002014-01-08T11:31:56.315+09:00The Cat Who Went to Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: The Cat Who Went to Heaven<br />
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Stars: 2<br />
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Age Level: Hmm. This is quite hard. Though the story <i>should </i>be able to be given to a eight year old--I (age 12) was <i style="font-weight: bold;">very </i>confused. I must say that this is a 10+<br />
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Violence: None<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">This is not a book that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was very confusing as the author had the reader jump from the artist's mind to Buddha's mind all in a matter of a paragraph. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">Throughout the entire book, Good Fortune was very likable <b>*spoiler alert*</b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[and I was sorry to see her die]</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"> <b>*spoiler ended*</b></span><br />
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I must say that I am sorry I gave it only two stars and wish that I could give it more. But I was utterly confused throughout this book.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">I do not recommend this book unless you can keep up with the quickening change of mind and your mind does not wander. I found it very easy for mine to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth was best known as the author of Away Goes Sally, The Cat Who Went to Heaven, which won the 1931 Newbery Medal, and the four Incredible Tales, but in fact she wrote more than 90 books for children. She was extremely interested in the world around her, particularly the people of Maine, as well as the houses and the surrounding land. She also loved the history and myths of her favorite places, those near her home and those encountered on her countless travels. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Coatsworth graduated from Vassar College in 1915 and received a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1916. In 1929, she married writer Henry Beston, with whom she had two children. When she was in her thirties, her first books of adult poetry were published. For over fifty years, she continued to write and publish poetry in collections and to weave poems between the chapters of her books of fiction.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Well, I hope that I am the only one to not like this. If you've read it, what did you think? Did you enjoy it? Or was it as confusing?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Abrielle Lindsay</span>TW Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213969076030457918noreply@blogger.com1