tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21649601466939949732024-03-06T05:30:00.703+05:00ChickLitGirlA blog about books and my life.
Which I know sounds so boring, but TRUST ME, stick around a bit, and maybe you'll find something that will make you smile, or some book that will make your fingers itch to hold and devour it- your toes curl in anticipation to read it!
But you know.
You could also think its shit.
HAFFF FUNNNNNNNN
:*ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12103819574985316460noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-40477082937480364992016-07-06T20:42:00.000+05:002016-07-06T20:42:03.356+05:00when you're Absolutely Booked<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi Guys,<br />
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It's been a while.<br />
A LOT has happened- and one of those things is SO excitingly bookish that I just can't even.<br />
Okay, so two of those things.<br />
First of all- I started interning/working at an indie bookstore here, in Pakistan. The Last Word it's called. From there, I had another business idea- to start my very own book subscription box.<br />
The Cursed Child comes out end of July- and there was the perfect first box!<br />
<b>Absolutely Booked</b> is a bi monthly YA bookish box. It's similar to owlcrate / illumicrate etc but it's here, in Pakistan!<br />
To get on the mailing list, email us at absolutelybookpk@gmail.com.<br />
I'm still in the process of getting a website up, but in the mean time, check out our social media pages: @absolutelybooked and fb.com/absolutelybooked.<br />
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I'm SO excited to dive back fully into the YA world. I've read several ARCs so far, looking for the perfect book for the next box, due in September, <i>and</i> I've been in touch with some great vendors too.<br />
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Much love,<br />
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xx<br />
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Chick Lit Girl</div>
ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-88399664771835486022014-09-20T00:45:00.001+05:002014-09-20T00:45:29.501+05:00[HELP!!!] So it's been a while...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hey Guys.<br />
So. It's been a while.<br />
I've been exceptionally busy, because guess what- life finally happened.<br />
Ish.<br />
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Before I forget though- PLEASE GO HERE:<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="_553k" href="http://www.redbulldoodleart.com/entries/6847" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">http://www.redbulldoodleart.com/entries/6847</a> AND 'LIKE' MY BLUE GALAXY LION.<br />
It's for a good cause. <i>Promise.</i><br />
It helps me move a step closer to winning a trip to Africa! And to design for RedBull! It's kind of a big deal.<br />
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So more about life and how it happened.<br />
I don't remember if I mentioned this, but I am now in my second year of Art School. Art School is fine. It's supposed to be Pakistan's best, and yeah it's good stuff. But what really grinds my corn (hehe Outlander ftw) is my small, home-run business: Prisms and Paintbrushes.<br />
Go ahead, search it up on Instagram #prismsandpaintbrushes or give me a like/shout-out on Facebook www.fb.com/prismsandpaintbrushes. It's all about illustration and design. Something I absolutely love doing. It's where I turn my doodles into art and it's where I make people and myself- happy.<br />
So between work and uni, I'm pretty swamped. No time to review books, sadly. And I think I've outgrown reviewing them, honestly. (gasp!!!)<br />
I'm still gonna keep the blog, it's my baby, but I think we're gonna have to take a back-seat on reviewing for now.<br />
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I'm reading and watching the Outlander series these days.<br />
Jamie. Sigh.<br />
SWOON. Sigh.<br />
God.<br />
And I really love Claire as well. Even though I do not agree with some of her shit, she's still my home girl.<br />
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Here's a look at some of my stuff, for those of you too lazy too click around:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini ATM card sized Notepads</td></tr>
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I've loads more!<br />
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Remember to like the lion- PUHLEEZ.<br />
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xx<br />
<br />
CLG</div>
ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-85344147630479516782013-07-30T01:38:00.001+05:002013-07-30T01:38:33.886+05:00Cory is Dead, and Pizza is Good.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I haven't been here in like..... ages. God.<div>
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So I'm sitting in bed right now, stealing the neighbor's wifi because my uncle took ours. (long story).</div>
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My butt hurts because I've been sitting in this position for an hour now. If I move, the wifi disconnects and my Glee episode stops streaming.</div>
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So fml.</div>
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Which reminds me...</div>
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Cory died. Cory. Died.</div>
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He is DEAD.</div>
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I cried. I really did. And my way of mourning is to re watch everything. He was so freaking adorable. Sigh. I can't even begin to understand what Lea must be feeling. It's so fucking tragic and sad. He really made me happy you know? Glee made me happy. Hopefully still will. Cory was a big part of it. I can never forget one of the most romantic lines in television history: STAY AWAY FROM MY FUTURE WIFE!</div>
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Oh Cory. You're freakin dead.</div>
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I've thankfully started reading again, these hols. I read one of the BEST series ever. The Ashes trilogy, by Ilsa J Bick. SO GOOD you guys! Very creepy and gross with a good dose romance. Loved them.</div>
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Summer is going well, bordering on mediocre, leaning towards goodish.</div>
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The humongous pies from NYP certainly help things a lot.</div>
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CLG</div>
ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-74783077976041740172013-03-24T00:54:00.000+05:002013-03-24T00:54:22.235+05:00Wallbanger and Froyo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15858248-wallbanger" target="_blank">Wallbanger</a> was really good. It was also the LAST BOOK I'V READ IN A WHILE.<br />
*shoots self*<br />
This is ridiculous. I'm a freakin' book blogger, for crying out loud. But its a sad, sad truth. I've been so busy lately. Art school is crazy, and it keeps me busy EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. From 7am to 6pm.<br />
So more about <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15858248-wallbanger" target="_blank">Wallbanger</a>.<br />
In the beginning it seemed dull and boring. The dialogues also felt outdated, like some really old person was tryna write about teens, and failing. But a few chapters later? The witty banter- oh my GOD. It was so delicious and refreshing.<br />
That was the highlight of the book, the sparks between the two main characters.<br />
There were other things too, like the fact that there were underlying themes of feminism, and all that food description. Yum.<br />
I'd give <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15858248-wallbanger" target="_blank">Wallbanger</a> a solid 3/5, and 4/5 for the witty shizz.<br />
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I don't think I've mentioned this here yet but... I'm doing a tiny thing via facebook.<br />
I have my own teeny tiny business, called <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PrismsAndPaintbrushes" target="_blank">Prisms and Paintbrushes</a> where I sell my art. So far, I've got an album of whimsical greeting cards, so do check it out.<br />
Or like.......... don't.<br />
Whatevezzzz.<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">CHECKITOUTPLZ.</span><br />
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Anyway so today I was reeeaallly in the mood for some froyo, but I looked and smelled like a sad hobo.<br />
I didn't really want to go out like that in public ya know, I mean, pfft, I own a business now, shizz. But I also did not want to change.<br />
So this is what I did.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNfJgFklZcE" target="_blank">This</a> song was playing in the car, thanks to <a href="http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2013/01/and-im-back.html" target="_blank">my S3</a>, and come on, how can you NOT want to bust a few moves while listening to the second half?<br />
I totally busted said moves- and then had to stop because my mom threatened to pull over and kick me out.<br />
Probbbbbably had something to do with the people staring from passing cars.<br />
But seriously. So unfair.<br />
US BURQA GURLZ JUZZ WANNA HAF FUN!!!1 :C<br />
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On the way home, we had some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OguSuFENucg" target="_blank">vintage shizz</a> playing, and I was singing along because that's something I do *shrug*, and my mom shook her head, saying something about how I would drive my husband up the wall.<br />
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Hehehe.<br />
Mom.<br />
You have no idea.<br />
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xx<br />
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CLG</div>
ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-34300241470133392062013-01-18T21:00:00.002+05:002013-01-19T17:47:55.266+05:00Molten Lava Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I was checking my followers and omg, I've 170+ now, which is cool as
fuuuuuck and made me all 'Omg people still luff meee<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16px;">❤</span>!!'. So I clicked
around, stalked a bit, and came across<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://pleasefollowmyblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/property-of-zoha-jabbar.html" target="_blank">this poem</a> on one of the blogs. My poem below is
inspired by its first two lines, so thanks for that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14521619963393689578" target="_blank">Zoha</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was going to call this one Molten Lava Cake, because its all
fierce feelings and shizz, but its love so its all yummy and
chocolaty too. However, then I decided- actually, on second thought, f it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Ima call it Molten Lava Cake, as deep as that is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Until anyone else can come with a slightly pretentious yet
obviously cooler name in the comments? Please and thank you guys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Molten Lava Cake</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Your life beat strong beneath my lips</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">As I stretched out my fingertips </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Trying to hold on to you, to time</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">To keep myself in this moment so very alive</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Your moans kindled a fire within</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">as breaths got heavy and hands wandered </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">never still but then time slipped </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">from the tips of hands </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;"> too shaky to be fully in command </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">And rolled off crashing to its end</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Pulled apart by claws and told to bend</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Our nightmare took shape, dark and black</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: purple;">But you stood strong and I with you</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">As hands held hands and vowed never to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Bend or break or ever let go</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">They held on as the gales ripped through</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">And held on as the floods threatened too </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">As the plagues plagued </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;"> as the minds cried</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">They held on with almost shaky sighs</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">The end was near, predictions bleak</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;"> But in the end? </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">Never giving up, not ever without a fight.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've started reading<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15858248-wallbanger" target="_blank">Wallbanger by Alice Clayton</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>so hopefully that'll be good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-36141209340244122702013-01-12T06:21:00.002+05:002013-01-12T06:24:11.494+05:00And, I'm back.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been really neglecting this space here, and even though I'm the worst book blogger ever, it STILL feels like not fun and a sort of pressure to write really good book reviews. So yes, there will be reviews, but there will be other, maybe, hopefully probably, lots of other blog posts in here in which I just rant/rave/vent and that is all I shall do.<br />
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Here is a poem I wrote, inspired by a friend and her relationship/s.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I still loved you in January.<br />They told me its okay to cry<br />I still loved you in February<br />They held me close and sighed<br />My heart held on in March<br />But the love refused to leave<br />And in April there were dreams<br />Dreams that I slowly weaved<br />You would remember me<br />As i remembered you<br />But May came around<br />And my dreams, slowly fell through<br />I still loved you in June<br />But breathing, it was easier now<br />I missed you in July<br />And in August too<br />But they were always there- and life again begin to bloom<br />In September there were chinks in the armour<br />But October bought change<br />It brought me all the hope I'd thought lost,<br />Brought in all the hope again<br />I did not miss you in November<br />I did not love you in December<br />And in January,<br />I love him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I'd love for somebody to critically analyze it in the comments below. Or maybe a guess at the meaning behind the extremely deep title?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Its five am and I've been watching College Humor and Ellen for a couple of hours now and now my face hurts. </span></div>
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For getting into art school, my Dad bought me an S3. </div>
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OFFICIALLY AN ANDROID GAL NOW BITCHEZZZZ</div>
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APPLE CAN SUCK MY DICKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!111</div>
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A dick, that is, not the S3.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Its way too big.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">That's what she said</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">.</span></div>
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ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-78453005601065547522012-11-19T23:57:00.000+05:002012-11-19T23:57:04.692+05:00(Flash Reviews): Shaking My Head (1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In which I briefly talk about books that were basically, <i><b>meh.</b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Best Night Of Your (Pathetic) Life </span></div>
<b> by <span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 18px;"><span itemprop="name" style="color: #666600; line-height: 19px;"><a class="authorName" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/168413.Tara_Altebrando" itemprop="url" style="color: #666600;">Tara Altebrando</a></span></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">With only a week until graduation, there's one last thing Mary and her friends must do together: participate in the Oyster Point High Official Unofficial Senior Week Scavenger Hunt. And Mary is determined to win.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mary lost her spot at Georgetown to self-professed "it" bully Jake Barbone, and she's not about to lose again. But everyone is racing for the finish line with complicated motives, and the team's all-night adventure becomes all-night drama as shifting alliances, flared tempers, and crushing crushes take over. As the items and points pile up, Mary and her team must reinvent their strategy--and themselves--in order to win.</span></i>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14px;">The Best Night Of Your Pathetic Life </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14px;">was a totally <i>meh</i> read. And by <i>meh</i> I mean, nothing special. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">It was all fluff with no real substance and a protagonist who was just really... Lame. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">She felt more like 14 instead of 17/18 and, just-, all her thoughts were so <i>immature</i>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">The redeeming quality of the book was the scavenger hunt, and even that, was... <i>so-so</i>.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">It was a quick read though.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Check it out if you're in the mood for something light or are in your early teens.</span></span><br />
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ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-33331118691722600102012-11-07T16:04:00.001+05:002012-11-07T16:05:07.234+05:00I think a change, a change, would do you good.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So if you were around my blog recently, you've probably seen the changes I've made to the header+background!<br />
I really like this new design. I think its slightly darker, and reflects my state of mind perfectly. The books are there, the birds flying away are there, there's pink, because I'm still that girl, but its more grown up than the previous look <i>ChickLitGirl</i> had.<br />
What do you think?<br />
I've been in a massive book slump lately. I just don't feel like reading. Its so weird.<br />
What I want to read, is something close to <i>perfect, </i>and all the books I've started, they just don't pull me in. I need an attention grabber, you know, one of those awesome books which hook you from the first page, and keep their claws in you, until you're a mess of happy or sad emotions at the very end.<br />
Books like <a href="http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2012/02/shatter-me.html" target="_blank">Shatter Me</a>, or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6408862-stolen?auto_login_attempted=true" target="_blank">Stolen</a> or even <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6693333-gimme-a-call" target="_blank">Gimme a Call</a>.<br />
Sigh.<br />
So what HAVE I been doing? Working on... art. <br />
Since my literature dreams have been crushed (daddy issues), I've decided to get into Pakistan's best art school. Is it weird that I've turned a completely different direction yet again? Nah, I don't think so.<br />
Doodling and drawing are two things I've been doing for a long, long time now. During high school, a lot of friends told me to get into the arts scene, but I never paid 'em much attention. I mean, I'm not spectacular, I'm slightly above average. But then lit was a no-go, and that other uni I talked about a few posts ago? Sucked sweaty horse balls.<br />
Yeah, that bad.<br />
So now, art school it is.<br />
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Here are two pieces from my <i>makeshift</i> portfolio, since I've never taken any classes, *insert Taylor Swift voice* like, <i>ever</i>.<br />
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I love the hair man. I really do. Pretty colors and swirly lines- there's just something <i>about </i>them ya know? YA KNOW?<br />
What- No? Just me? Okay. :C<br />
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In case anyone is wondering, yes, that is me on the header up there. I'm wearing a long tunic, called a kurta, which most Pakistanis wear here, and a black dupatta, which is a long black scarf esq thingy. I WISH that bookshelf was mine, but sadly, the picture was taken by my bff at this cafe in Karachi.<br />
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Oh and before anyone tries to say the girls' boobs are wonky- THEY'RE NOT DUDE. They're supposed to be that way. <i>*Shakes head/rolls eyes*</i><br />
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Art School interview was a nerve wracking experience.<br />
First of all, before going in, a senior came by and demanded to go through my little file of art. Basic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragging" target="_blank">ragging</a>, whatever. So I showed it to him, because you know, whatever. Might as well see his reaction.<br />
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He... scoffed.<br />
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Basically was like this:<br />
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Literally <i>scoffed</i> and<i> laughed</i> in this 'WTF are you <i>thinking</i> guuuurlll?!' way and told me to take in someone else's work if I really wanted to get in.<br />
Obviously, <i>that</i> wasn't going to happen, and thankfully he left after letting me in on that nugget of wisdom. Leaving me on my uncomfortable folding chair, a total mess.<br />
I wasn't good enough. I knew it, and now he knew it, and in a minute they would know it too. I was actually shaking at the thought of being a disappointment/failure yet again.<br />
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There were twelve people there, sitting in a half circle, and I was supposed to sit in the single chair in front. Totally felt like a Wizengamot moment. The old dude right in front of me even looked like Minister of Magic gone bad, with a pinched face and this general air of <i>meanness</i> about him.<br />
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So I'm showing them my meager portfolio right, and they're questioning me about my family (Dad: Civil Engineer), interest in Art (doodling since 4eva, Mum loves to paint etc), then that old dude asks me if I've ever experimented with watercolors, AFTER seeing the above drawings. And I'm like, um yeah these <i>are</i> water colours- (Seriously? <b><i>You're</i></b> supposed to be the big art expert here.)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Then the nice ladies and I had a talk about literature and English, where I also discussed this blog and they seemed actually impressed! Yay. Everyone seemed to like my art too, so I was feeling pretty confident at that point. But you just knew that Mr Grumpy had 'seen it all before'. <i>*big fat eye roll*</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So then he asked me, pointing to the application in front of him 'You've written here you like to sing?' I replied in the affirmative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, so e</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">veryone smiled and half clapped in the end, then they asked me to gtfo.</span></div>
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ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-10313173592243102562012-11-06T00:00:00.000+05:002012-11-06T00:00:02.488+05:00(Book Review): Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden. </i></div>
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<i>If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome. </i></div>
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<i>But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed. </i></div>
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<span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Series:</b> Yes, this is part 3.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Needs Work: </b>The first one third.</span></span><br />
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<br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">God I love books. The best ones have the power to suck all the venom out of a snake bite and leave you feeling an instant high, or they can bring you down to a whimpering mess and make you feel so many emotions you </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">didn't</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> even know existed in you.</span><br /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Deity was </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">awesome</em><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">. The first one third was slow but boy did it pick up!</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">There was, as usual, a ton of action. So much kick ass Alex-ness and a lot of sweet romance. The love triangle seems to be favoring Aiden but... I suppose he might just win me over. I really liked him in this book. Seth was, as usual crazy sexy and just... Crazy. Loved him, but also, hated him. This is one love triangle where there really is uncertainty. Everything points to Aiden, but SETH! I love Seth, even in his twisty state. </span></span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Jennifer L. Armentrout is an amazing, amazing author and not a single book that I've read so far by her has sucked. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The ending was jaw dropping and totally, totally made me scream- I WANT THE NEXT BOOK! ARGH!</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">It's going to be a long wait for Apollyon. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Sigh.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Thank you Spencer Hill Press so much for the ARC!</i></span><br />
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ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-59509192816333588092012-10-24T17:41:00.000+05:002012-10-24T17:41:06.763+05:00(Book Review): Cursed by J. L. Armentrout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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sucks-- and high school senior Ember McWilliams knows firsthand. After a fatal
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a crazed cutie. But when he tells her he can help control it, she's more than
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Sweet with a Spoonful of Sexy, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cursed by Jennifer L.
Armentrout was honestly, a bit of a letdown. All her other books? They’ve been phenomenal.
I mean, okay, the <a href="http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2012/01/obsidian-lux-1-by-jennifer-l-armentrout.html" target="_blank">Obsidian</a> series? So much swoon, great characters, a really amazing
story with funny bits as well as the potential to seriously make you weep,
drama, suspense, aKshUUUNNN!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2012/03/book-review-half-blood.html" target="_blank">Halfblood</a> books?
Also really good, with a really strong protagonist, great story, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But something was
missing from Cursed. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.25pt;">It was a good book,
but not an amazing one, like Armentrout’s books usually are. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, give it a
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cursed is about a teen
with a messed up ability and messed up life. Since this is Jennifer Armentrout,
and she’s boss, Ember’s sadness and frustration really brought tears to my eyes
at one point. This is always a good sign, since it really tells you that the
writer <i>knows</i> what he/she’s doing,
especially in my case, since I’m not really a crier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was a nice little
mystery and plenty of swoony romantic
bits, which is really saying something since remember, Ember can’t really touch
anyone!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As usual, JLA’s
writing style was perfect, simple and straightforward, yet capturing the
authentic teen tone well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">The problems I had
with the book were mainly to do with the pacing and the characters. The book,
for me, totally lagged a bit in the middle, but a good start and finish sort of made up
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Overall Cursed was
your typical good paranormal romance read with a likeable protagonist and
another Hotty Mc Hotterson as a love interest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the best parts is that it’s
a standalone, even though there is potential for a series, so yay for a good
PNR standalone! No waiting around for a sequel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A <b>huge </b>thankyou to
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ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-85342901567866353102012-09-02T23:36:00.000+05:002012-09-02T23:36:52.119+05:00A Day Of Firsts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Tomorrow is a day of firsts.<div>Its my 20th birthday, and the first day of my brand new college.</div><div>You would think I'd be excited, and I suppose I am. Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life, but you see the problem is, I hate the university I'm supposed to go to. And I know, this birthday will suck.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So here's to tomorrow. Fingers crossed that I'm wrong.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>CLG </div><div><br />
</div><div>Books:</div><div>I'm reading Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry and its good so far. I read From What I Remember by Stacy Kramer a few days ago and really, really liked it- 3.2 stars outa 5.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Misc:</div><div>SUITS is my current TV addiction. Even though half the time I don't understand any of the lawyer mumbo jumbo, I love the witty banter and the sheer awesomeness of the main characters. Also I am totally into the marvel comic movies. Thor was ADORABLE and I loved Captain America's innocence, chivalry and personality. Actually, all the Superheros- Iron Man, Thor, Cap A- were awesome. Need to watch The Incredible Hulk now. Can't wait. Then I'll start the Batman movies. Yay.</div><div><br />
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</div></div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-90192826593441578372012-08-27T16:17:00.000+05:002012-08-27T16:17:48.298+05:00(Movies): I'm In Love. #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">And his name is Mr SuperHero Man.<div><br />
</div><div>So I watched the Avengers, and really liked it. Maybe even loved. Then I wiki-ed it, because that's a thing I do, and found out its sort of a sequel movie to the others- Iron Man, Thor etc! I was totally excited. People, yes, I was living under a rock. I didn't know. </div><div>Anyway so then I had to go and watch them all, because have you SEEN Thor? Hes a hunk. And Iron Man? Funny, witty, sexy AND SO SUPER INTELLIGENT. Captain A's a sweet heart. And I love Mark Ruffalo.</div><div>So far, I've only managed to see both the Iron Man movies, so maybe next week I'll be in love with Thor.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The only superhero movie I really saw and followed up with was Spider Man, because A) The first movie was awesome, and B) I read a Spiderman novel, where the thoughts and actions of Peter Parker were so swoon-worthy heroic/nice/adorable/badass, that I obviously fell in love. Plus the story was pretty cool as well.</div><div>And come on, Andrew Garfield? He is the epitome of hot guy. Tobey was cute too.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So: Iron Man 1 & 2 get 4/5 stars</div><div>The Avengers gets 3.95/5 stars</div><div><br />
</div><div>xoxo</div><div><br />
</div><div>CLG</div><div><br />
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</div></div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-48814292005867822832012-08-14T18:35:00.000+05:002012-08-14T18:35:52.927+05:00(Book Review): Easy by Tammara Webber<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 14px;">Easy</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">by Tammara Webber</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">A girl who believes trust can be misplaced, promises are made to be broken, and loyalty is an illusion. A boy who believes truth is relative, lies can mask unbearable pain, and guilt is eternal. Will what they find in each other validate their conclusions, or disprove them all?</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup two months into sophomore year. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she's single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, and failing a class for the first time in her life.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" />Then one night, a horrible thing happens and Jacqueline's life is changed forever.<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Jacqueline has a choice: crumple in defeat or learn to fight back. Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy.</span></i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rating: <i>3.5/5</i> stars</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Published: </b>May 24th, 2012</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Series:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Nope</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Swoon Scale:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> <b><i>4.8/5</i></b>; </span><span style="background-color: white;">Longing Filled Sigh, Big Creepy Smile Of Anticipation, Sweet Frustration, </span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Heated Moments:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Yes</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Bonus points:</b> Assault scandal- Delicious Superhero Boy.</span></div></span><span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Action:</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"> In a I-kicked-that-bad-guy's-ass-since-he-was-a-douche! sorta way.</span></div></span><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><i>'Love is not the absence of logic but logic examined and recalculated heated and curved to fit inside the contours of the heart.'</i></span></span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><i>-Easy</i></span></span></div><div style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Wow. This book. This book left me all gooey and smiley inside and out. It's one of THOSE books you guys.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">PLUS it has a MESSAGE. And oh my God... <i>Lucas! *fans self*</i></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">The story is about Jacqueline and that horrible thing that happens to her one night. Its about how hot and sexy and awesome Lucas is, and it is a must read for lovers of contemporary romance, and people who want to read outside young adult, but not inside Adult: New Adult!</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Jacqueline was a good, strong heroine. Even with what happened to her, she was never over the top whiny, or damsel in distress-y. Tammara Webber wrote her in a perfectly balanced way.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">The writing of the novel itself was good too, and mature, but still relatable. It was simplistic, but not juveniley so. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">The pace of the book was well balanced as well, being not too fast, nor too slow.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">I loved reading Easy, it was like savoring a special box of rich chocolates. And </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Oh my God the tension and the sexy times? They were so well done, -the icing on top!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Several times I was close to tears- the feelings surrounding the assault bit were written <i>very</i> well and made you really feel for Jacqueline. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Even with a topic like assault, something which has been done quite a lot, none of the book felt cliched at all. Reading about college life was also refreshing and I've realized, I really like the New Adult genre.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Aside from Jacqueline, Lucas was also a very interesting character. His story was as intriguing as hers and I liked reading about his layers as well.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">All in all, the book was EASY. It was good and delicious. Reading it was fun and emotional and the love story was beautiful as well as believable!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Loved it.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">xoxo</span></span><br />
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</div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-5954608895086575052012-07-04T05:59:00.000+05:002012-07-04T05:59:31.587+05:00The Liebster Blog Award<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8f3g6oRwuL6f-JjMk-srQ48LfW5XuD7PrJaNYz1qZyAZ3u3Jy2cPIKTizw1mnHw6qS8ZsrX_BrS05sUD-fLV3dyI0NTIvB_HbdG5eJwKiCQNpI_dnAhWJrUMgVcAw4EQpSP7OKCO3C4/s1600/liebster_blog_award_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8f3g6oRwuL6f-JjMk-srQ48LfW5XuD7PrJaNYz1qZyAZ3u3Jy2cPIKTizw1mnHw6qS8ZsrX_BrS05sUD-fLV3dyI0NTIvB_HbdG5eJwKiCQNpI_dnAhWJrUMgVcAw4EQpSP7OKCO3C4/s1600/liebster_blog_award_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I've been nominated for <i>The Liebster Blog Award</i>, by Hira from <a href="http://hm-viewsnreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Views and Reviews</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wtf is 'Leibster'? Well, I googled, and </span>apparently<span style="font-family: inherit;"> it means </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"Dearest" in German. Aww. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Its basically for blogs with less than 200 followers, so you know, more people find out about our awesomeness and FOLLOW us. And stuff.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The basic rules:</span></i></b><br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Each person chosen must provide 11 facts about themselves.</span></span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Answer the 11 questions that the blogger who tagged you has given, then think of 11 questions for the people you tag.</span></span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Choose 11 people to receive the award and link them in your post.</span></span></li>
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<li style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don't tag the person who tagged you.</span></span></li>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Sounds fun-ish. Here goes.</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>11 facts about me:</i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
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</i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. </span> </span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> I don't really like to wear heels all that much. I barely have two- flats are more of my thing since I'm tall-ish... (5ft something) and well, heels make me tower over all my friends in a less model, more <i>giant</i> sorta way. BUTTT, my uncle gave me these killer new wedges last week and you guys? I am in loove. </span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. </span>I am really, really into Tutti Frutti's froyo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The best way to eat it: A little of Pomegranate, Tart and Mango, topped with the fresh fruit of your choice (not that icky canned stuff) and swirls of bitter sweet Hershey's choc syrup. MMMMMMMMM.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.</span> I love <a href="http://www.tv-links.eu/tv-shows/Glee_10227/" target="_blank">Glee</a>, and everything to do with it. The songs are awesome, the funny in it is awesome and The Glee Project? Is awesome x 2. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. </span> I am a huge, lazy bum. I've been promising you guys a giveaway here for soo long, and I've still not got the post done. BUT ITS COMING YOU GUYS. Soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">5.</span> I'm not strongly opposed to getting engaged/married at this age (19). A lot of people think that I'm not being feminist, and/or submitting to the typical Pakistani society narrow mindedness, but seriously? I don't think its a big deal. If I like a guy and fall in love with him, I want to keep things as, well, halal as possible by getting engaged/marrying his azz and having the best honey moon of my life asap. By which I obviously mean Disney World and... The Harry Potter Theme Park!!!!! Yay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. </span> My parents think I'm crazy. As in she-needs-a-psychologist crazy. This is because I want to Major.In.English. It's also one of the reasons why I totally identify with that crazy girl Hannah, in HBO's <i>Girls. </i>Other reasons including the 'fat' thing and the 'clueless factor' she has going on. :C</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">7.</span> I trust too easily, and sometimes, that sucks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">8.</span> I'm waayy too open. Sometimes that sucks x 1324091324.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">9.</span> I LOVE to sing and <a href="http://prismsandpaintbrushes.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">draw</a> and read. And I like to think I'm <i>at least</i> above average at all three things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">10.</span> I'm a hopeless romantic and a sucker for chivalry. Also a believer of the quote <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>'<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything.' <span style="font-size: xx-small;">[Well. You know, mostly anything.]</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">11.</span> My biggest dream is to one day get my own awesome Meg Cabot/JK Rowling esq (or even better) book published. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">InshAllah.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Questions by Hira, for moi:</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>1.</b> </i></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Describe yourself in a sentence.</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am the quintessential amalgamation of nerdy, creative, crazy, moody, dreamy and gleeky, with a dash of cute and funny.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><b>2. </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;">What's your guilty pleasure?</span></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An almond magnum, a bowl of noodles mixed with pizza sauce and sausages and a good book/a good tv show.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>3. </i></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What's your favorite childhood book?</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>4.</b> </i></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What is the worst punishment that you've ever received and for what?</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They confiscated my iPhone for sleeping late. :,(</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i><b>5.</b> </i></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What's your most embarrassing moment?</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I liked this guy. He found out. He told all his friends and laughed. I died.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>6. </i></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What is the worst book you've ever read?</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Probably Tris and Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"> oh and 50 Shades Of Grey.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>7. </b></i></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What was your favorite cartoon as a child?</i></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Quite a few... The Power Puff Girls, Mickey's House Of Mouse, Dave The Barbarian, Spongebob Squarepants, Kim Possible and Samurai Jack (even though the monster guy in it really scared me.)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>8.</b> </i></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What is the most unusual/craziest thing that has ever happened to you?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">I thought hard about my answer and really, to be honest, I don't think anything crazy/unusual has ever happened to me. Lets go with one of the best things: Going to Disney World and one of the coolest things: Winning several book giveaways in my two years of book blogging!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><b>9.</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">What is the one thing you could tell us about yourself that others would be shocked to know?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes I get tired of reading. :O </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(I know... that shocked me too.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><b>10.</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Your biggest dream?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To have my name up there with all the cool kids- in the New York Times bestselling list. To write a novel that people absolutely love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><b>11. </b></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">If a character from a book could come to life, who would you want it to be and why?</span></i></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ronald Bilius Weasly. </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hes funny, hes adorable, and that would mean magic is real! Yay.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>My 11 Questions: </i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>1.What is the one thing you'd save if your house was burning down?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>2. Name five books you'd take with you to a deserted island.</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>3. Which was the first poem that really moved you?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 19px;">4. What is your favorite quote- from a book?</span></i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>5. What was your first ever password- for anything?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>6. When was your first crush, and what attracted you to him/her?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>7. iPhone, Android or Blackberry, and Why?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>8. Why did the chicken cross the road?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>9. Which is your favorite Glee song/cover?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>10. If you were asked to describe this blog, and your own blog in 3 words each, what would you say?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>11. Which book is your most favorite- and why?</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>And here are the peeps I pass the award on to:</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fauzan @ <a href="http://wildheartbookblogs.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Wild Heart Book Reviews</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Nayab @ <a href="http://nayabloves.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">NayabLoves</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Simini @ <a href="http://siminib.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simini Blocker</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Aaishah @ <a href="http://soontobeahappyending.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Typing To The Beat Of My Heart</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">CrazyLady @ <a href="http://osheenay.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Another Way To Avoid Reality</a></span></span><br />
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Some amaaazziiinngggg snippets to share with you guys today.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">1.</span> Meg Cabot News:</b><br />
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG MEG CABOT IS WRITING A NEW MEDIATOR BOOK!<br />
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From <a href="http://bookchicclub.blogspot.com/2012/05/author-interview-meg-cabot.html" target="_blank">this</a> interview:<br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I do have other projects in the works, but none that I can discuss at this time. I can, however, mention that I'm working on a <b>7th Mediator book.</b> It will <b>include all the major characters</b> from the series but will take place several years after the 6th book ended. I think it might be <b>nice to get to the sex already</b>, and we all know Jesse won't even consider that until he's married!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Um. I've highlighted above the words that made me scream a little from crazy joy.</div>The last book in the series made me cry, but its Meg, so obvs, the ending was AWESOME.<br />
I LOVED the series and cannot WAIT to dive back into that world. And, OMG you guys! Jesse and Suze will be OLDER AND MARRIED?! !!!!<br />
Totally fan girling. It's MEGGIN FREAKIN CABOT.<br />
And whoa- the new Heather Wells mystery is also going to be out soon! Cannot. Wait.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vToCrjGsFPc&feature=player_embedded">Here</a> is a terribly funny music video of Sugar Rush by Heather Wells HERSELF, for fans of the series:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2.</b> </span>Found through Meg's blog: <b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fiction.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" target="_blank">This</a> article</b> from the NY Times on why reading fiction is<i> GOOD FOR YOU</i>.<br />
Take THAT Mom. I'm NOT just living in a fantasy world, learning nothing.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>3.</b> </span><b>FREE AUDIO BOOKS: </b><br />
<a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/free-syn-downloads/schedule-of-free-downloads/">Here.</a><br />
They're giving away two EVERY WEEK. NO CATCH!<br />
And not lame, old school books either. But really cool ones like Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor or Anna Dressed In Blood by Kendra Blake. Others are also there, which aren't young adult, so pick some and download 'em.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4.</span> The new trailer for Breaking Dawn 2 is finally out.</b><br />
I loved part one, and part two looks so totally awesome too- especially the ending of it. Fighter Bella is a Win.<br />
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First of we have this HILARIOUS parody of one of my favorite songs, done Game Of Thrones style. <b>Warning</b>, there are spoilers for the first two books/seasons.<br />
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I've been on a serious Game Of Thrones high for the past month, watched both the seasons, read a lot of wikis online and then finally started the books. And you guys, they are <i>so.good! </i>Here is a mini -ish review of the first book in the A Song Of Ice And Fire series.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.</span></i></i></div><br />
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<b>HBO Show: </b>4.5 Stars. (.5 deducted because of all the naked boobs. I don't care what anyone says, they were so totally unnecessary.)<br />
<b>Book:</b> 4 stars, on account of 'em being just so SLOW.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">That said, A Game Of Thrones, is an epic fantasy novel. Its full of intricate characters and a plot with a dozen twists and turns. The basic story is this: People fighting for the throne. But who, what and why? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">There is the brave and loving, Daenerys Targaryen, my favorite bastard, Jon Snow, the clever but 'ugly' imp, Tyrion and bajjillion more. </span><br />
There are dragons, and wolves who understand better than men. Men who can change their faces and so much backstabbing, its crazy.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">There are adorable and spunky kids and wise, but strict, kindly men. The cast is rich and the plot is thick with bits of incest, mystery, evil and good.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/" target="_blank">A Beautiful Mess</a></span></li></ol><div style="text-align: left;">One of my most favorite style blogs ever! Its super colorful and bright, with all sorts of cool things like:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">2. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tumblr: I have two Tumblr blogs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first one: </span><a href="http://esgeezee.tumblr.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">It's Going To Be Totally Awesome</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is about random inspiring, funny, pretty pictures. With a bit of Glee/Sherlock/Game Of Thrones love thrown in, of course.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <a href="http://osheenay.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Another Way To Avoid Reality</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I just love the way she writes, a lot.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">4. <a href="http://honestlywtf.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Honestly... WTF</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another one of those lifestyle blogs. It has a LOT of fashion, all sorts- clothes, furniture, jewelry- etc. Its such a good site for artistic inspiration. And awesome DIYs for amazing bracelets and these look-alike Miu Miu sneakers:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. <a href="http://joythebaker.com/" target="_blank">Joy The Baker</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh my God. SHE IS THE BEST BAKER. I've tried a lot of her recipes. <a href="http://joythebaker.com/2012/03/chocolate-orange-cream-cheese-pound-cake/" target="_blank">The Chocolate Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake</a> is to <i>die</i> for.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">6. <a href="http://seaofshoes.typepad.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sea Of Shoes</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another fashion/lifestyle blog. Shes so young and really cool.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">7. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://the-coveted.com/blog/" target="_blank">The Coveted</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">An amaaazing New York fashion blogger! I love her style. Its wearable and funky.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">8. <a href="http://theoceansidebride.com/blog/" target="_blank">The Oceanside Bride</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I just go here for the pretty. Oodles and oodles of pretty happily ever afters. *sigh*</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. <a href="http://matthewsers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Two Matthewsers</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">A real life love story! <3</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">10. <a href="http://lurkinginambush.blogspot.com//" target="_blank">Oil Is Opium</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This lady writes about legit, hard, real life. About Pakistan mostly, and sometimes you need some intellectual real life shizz too, you know. Plus she taught/teaches at my previous A Level college. She supaa cool.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strike>11. </strike> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cheeseburgersinpakistan.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Cheeseburgers In Pakistan</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Okay, so its supposed to be the top ten sites, but this blog, to be fair is shut down. The author doesn't post on it anymore. But I still wanted to mention it here because its all about a foreigner in Pakistan. She has painted my country in real and beautiful, honest and positive colors through her posts and anyone wanting to read about life in Pakistan, the everyday simplicity that does not involve barren desserts and mud houses, should really read it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So that's my list you guys, and I'd love to know, what are the top ten websites you frequent?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Note: This blog post title idea has been taken from a previous '<a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.ca/p/features.html" target="_blank">Top Ten Tuesday</a>' meme post, hosted by <a href="http://brokeandbookish.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">The Broke and Bookish. </a></i></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-3117286016687201192012-04-25T19:25:00.000+05:002012-04-25T19:25:32.049+05:00(Book Review): The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Immortal Rules</h2><h3 style="text-align: center;">by Julie Kagawa</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1323357921l/10215349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1323357921l/10215349.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div><br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><strong>In a future world, Vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity.</strong></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. </i></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die… or become one of the monsters. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Julie Kagawa is one of my most favorite authors, all because of the absolutely brilliant <a href="http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-read-iron-king-few-days-ago.html">Iron Fey</a> series.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">So, understandably I was super excited for The Immortal Rules. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Even if it was about Vampires.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But dude, its Julie, and I couldn't <i>not</i> give it a go.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">And I'm so glad I did! Its no <a href="http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-read-iron-king-few-days-ago.html">Iron Fey</a>- those were out of this world (literally)- but The Immortal Rules packs a good healthy punch all on its own, and is a great dystopian read with a really cool original plot.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Loved it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;">Rating</b><span style="background-color: white;">: </span> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">3.5 out of 5</span> <span style="background-color: white;">stars</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Published</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">: </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">April 24th 2012</span> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Series:</b> Yes.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Romance/Swoon Scale:</b> Awwwww Cute. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Heated Moments/Sex:</b> Nah. </span><br />
<span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Swear Words:</b><span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"> Nope, its squeaky clean.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Action:</b> Oh Hellllll Yeah</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Highlights: </b>Awesome, awesome protagonist, really cool dystopian world</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Needs Work: </b>Romance</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The Immortal Rules takes place about sixty years after a virus has killed off most of the world’s human population. Humans chose between living as personal pets for the vampires that now rule them, or unregistered and starving.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Allison:</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">The best part was probably Allison, the vampire girl who was just freaking amazing.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">She kicked ass litteraly, but was honest and loyal and for someone with no heart- had the biggest one around. She weilds a <i>katana</i> and is so badass with it!</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">My most fav parts were def Allison showing off her super strength and kick ass abilities and personality. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Zeke:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">I also liked that the boy she loved was simply... human. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">His sexy abilities did not make him the male lead, but his personality did. He actually had one and was just so normal.</span></div><div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">I liked how he, even though being human, showed incredible strength which almost equally matched Allisons. He wasnt broody or dark and rugged- he was normal, good and kind.</span></div><div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>The Story:</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">I loved the dystopian elements of the book.</span></div><div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Its so drastically different from The Iron Fey novels- both in the protagonists voice- Allie and Meghan although both two equally brilliant, strong women are <i>completely</i> different from each other- the story, and the whole </span><i style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">feel</i><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> of it- that I really did have a tiny bit trouble believing it was from the same author. </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">I really liked how Julie Kagawa showed the world after a vampire and rabid invasion. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">It was realistic- as realistic as vamp fiction goes- and she didnot glorify the vampire and make it okay to be one. </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">There were<i> no</i> outs for Julie Kagawa's Vamp World and it feels strange but I liked the grittiness and horror of that. </span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">The story itself was pretty cool and straightforward with a couple of twists very neatly executed along the way.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Kanin.</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">He was such a Dumbledore. Well if Dumbledore was a vampire and not that old and meaner.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">I loved how little bits of lectures from him resonated throughout the book, complimenting the situations at hand.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b><i>I would have liked it more if...</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i>It was a bit more fast paced.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Some bits honestly did lag a bit, but only some.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><i>The Romance</i>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">It was sweet. I don't like sweet. I like bad boy grins, and witty banter, and really swoony melty moments.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">So, I wish the romance had packed a better, stronger punch.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Overall, though, <i><b>The Immortal Rules was a WIN read. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">The ending was so good, I loved the last paragraph- it made m</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">e want to cheer for Allison and fist bump her and high five her and shizz.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Will I be reading the next in the series? </span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">You bet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">ALSO YOU GUYS?</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">THERE, AT THE END OF THE BOOK WAS... THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE NEXT IRON FEY BOOK!</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ethan, Meg's younger bro?</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Older, hotter, been taking fighting classes?!</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">I can't wait for the Lost Prince. EEEEH!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Clg</span></div></div></div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-75748375365059871732012-04-23T20:08:00.002+05:002012-04-25T19:23:18.063+05:00(Giveaway+book review): The Kiss Off by Sarah Billington<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;">Hey guys! Welcome to the first stop in The Kiss Off book tour with your host for the day- Chicklitgaaaallllll. (aka Chicklitgirl).</div><div style="text-align: left;">Without further ado, the review you all have (kinda/hopefully) been waiting for!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Kiss Off</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">by <b>Sarah Billington</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;">Rating</b><span style="background-color: white;">: 3/5 stars</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Romance Swoon Scale:</b> 2.3</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">/5 stars, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Adorable, Sweet</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Bonus Bits: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">LOLgasms, Smiling in anticipation, Rooting for heroine.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Warning?:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"> Yes. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Sexual References, occasional course language.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Action:</b> Running from the paparazzi.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Genres:</span></b> Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;">Published</b><span style="background-color: white;">: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May 15th 2012 by Billington Media</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Series:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> No.</span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: 'Droid Sans'; line-height: 22px;"><i>When sixteen year old Poppy Douglas writes a song about her ex-boyfriend Cam and ex-friend Nikki, she has no idea that her heartbreak is about to go global. </i></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;">A local band picks up her song from Youtube and soon she’s along for the ride with her own fanbase as they blow up on the local club scene and hit the international charts. Though it turns out leaving Cam behind isn’t as easy as she had hoped. </span></span></div><br />
<div style="color: black; font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tangled in a web of unfinished homework, sexting and a new lead-singer boyfriend, Poppy has a choice to make between the ex that inspired it all and the rock God whose poster lines the inside of half the lockers at school. But as she struggles to keep her emotional dirty laundry private, she learns that the truth can be hard to find when your life is in the headlines. </span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
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<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kiss Off was a book that made me laugh, smile and cringe several times. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved its whole plot and concept of the story- and the how unpredictable it was!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sort-of love triangle kept me guessing till the last freakin' page and the musical-teen-angst angle was refreshing and a lot of fun. Throw in all the lol bits, and I was sold.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Poppy Douglas, ou</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">r</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">protagonist for the day was a very relatable teenage girl who made mistakes like all teenagers do, and was a solid, believable </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">character</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">.</span></span></span></div><div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also really liked Poppy's relationship with her best friends. They were there for her when they could be and Mads, specially, was so much fun! I loved her quirky outfits and just her general personality.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ty was super duper adorable and so hot. Sigh.</span></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">The Kiss Off</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> wasn't very fast paced because it was so detailed, all of Poppy's thoughts and actions explained, but the writing was clear and straightforward, which made The Kiss Off an easy read. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved the whole music scene, a look into the modern crazy celeb world and personally, Academy of Lies is such a cool name for a band. Official yet not official- (...if you know what I mean.)</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were so many creative funny bits and awkward teenager moments, and those were what really made The Kiss Off pop and pack a more fun punch.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The language wasn't very clean, but I liked that, since it made the whole thing more authentic and teenage-y because really, we all use bad words at one point or another in our vocabulary.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It also showed Poppy making some mistakes which probably all teenagers could learn from although- seriously, WHEN is sexting EVER a good idea?</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ending though I think, could have been done better, and I don't want to spoil it, it WAS a good ending but it felt a bit unfulfilling somehow. It had potential to be better.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And dude, the story started with Poppy's songs, and her songs were a big part of the book- so Ms Sarah Billington I WANTED TO READ THE LYRICS TO THEM! I mean you go on and on about the song but we only get snippets of the lyrics. I really wanted to know what everyone loved so much and you left it out. Just like that. And that sucked.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cover also left me unimpressed. I mean, yeah okay, its related to the book, and it is a bit cute, but it could have been better. The freakin' FONT could have been way better! It doesn't look very professional and in my opinion screams self published- and a lot of people are wary about sp books not being very good.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT aside from all that I really liked The Kiss Off.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love books that can make me laugh and smile and feel for the protag. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Books with protags who don't have dysfunctional families, have good bffs, and books with proper heroines who write kick ass songs and then get famous for them rock. And I specially love books with sweet romances.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yes, The Kiss Off was a pretty good book, well worth the time and you should def give it a go.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Giveaway.</span></b></span></h3><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now that you know its a really great book you're all set to enter the giveaway!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><b>One</b> lucky winner will receive an ebook of The Kiss Off and <b>three</b> super lucky winners will win the <a href="http://sarahbillington.weebly.com/my-ebooks.html">entire Sarah Billington back catalogue of ebooks (2 novel + 3 short stories)!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Rules</b>:</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-There will be a total of four winners. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-You <b>MUST</b> be a follower of this blog to enter.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b>You can gain one entry by commenting on this review with your name and email address.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">-There is an <b>extra entry</b> for people who<b> tweet</b> about this giveaway, and provide a link in the comments.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-You can enter the giveaway more than once by commenting on all the other posts that will be published for the length of this book tour!</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL.</span></span></div><div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Giveaway ends on 15th May 2012. </span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">-All the comments from all the various blog tour stops will be gathered and 4 winners will be chosen randomly.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sunday, May 6 - Interview @ Review @ </span><a href="http://majibookshelf.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank">Maji Bookshelf</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tuesday, May 8 - Feature @ </span><a href="http://australianbookshelf.wordpress.com/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank">The Australian Bookshelf</a></span><br />
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They hurt.<br />
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Wearing my heart on my sleeve has been more of a bane than a boon, <i>every single time</i>. You may think they like it, but really? They couldn't give a flying f. And I just can't switch it off<br />
Really, I can't.<br />
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What do you want from me? What? <b>What</b> is your bs attitude about?<br />
And what have I done to deserve it? We <b>don't</b> have to be twinsies, we <i>really don't. </i>I can have my life and you can have yours. We can co exist. We were doing it so well, and we were having fun, but now there is rancid bitterness and I'm lost and confused.<br />
If I'm dead weight then kick me aside and be done with it, because if you're struggling on because of pity or old soft feelings- I'll be the first to admit it: You're hurting me.<br />
I'd rather you're get out than stay like this. Because we're broken and I'm done trying to fix it.<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">But I want you to, this time, please.</span><br />
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And you, over there, in the corner. The bruised fellow, with tears and heartache? Shut up.<br />
You're kind, you're smart, you're talented and you are have one of the biggest hearts I've ever seen in a person.<br />
So <i>shut up</i>.<br />
You're beautiful.<br />
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Anyway, on to the good stuff.<br />
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I watched THE funniest videos EVER today. These brothers are completely silly, but so totally hilarious.<br />
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And this is dedicated to everyone who was ever nice to me, all my followers and all my best friends:<br />
(Shut up, they're adorable.)<br />
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</div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-84862512060280277922012-03-23T00:17:00.000+05:002012-03-23T00:17:42.994+05:00(DIY): Hunger Games Tee- Tutorial! In FIVE easy steps.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hello there! Welcome to my very first DIY t-shirt tutorial.<br />
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So, as we all know, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games">The Hunger Games</a> are superfreakinepic and everyone looooooooooooves 'em. The movie premiere is today/tomorrow (23rd March) depending on where you live.<br />
I had to miss the premiere *cries brokenheartedly* but I WILL be going to watch it tomorrow! (InshAllah).<br />
OMGSOEXCITED.<br />
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So. Anyway, like any good, self respecting hardcore HG fan, I obviously have to dress up to see it.<br />
I thought for quite a bit, thinking about what I'd wear and shizz and searched the Internet for ideas. Here is what I came up with, for just a few hundred rupees!<br />
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<b>Supplies:</b><br />
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1. Gold Fabric Paint - 50 rupees<br />
2. Black Fabric Paint- 45 rupees<br />
3. Paintbrush- approx 50 rupees<br />
4. Black Pointer Pen- approx 25 rupees<br />
5. Gold Glitter- 40 rupees<br />
6- Plain White T-shirt- I used my Dad's, but you could buy one for around 350-400 rupees, from Hyperstar.<br />
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<b>Steps:</b><br />
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1. Spread out the T-shirt on a flat surface and put a thick sheet of cardboard/plastic inside it, to prevent the paint from seeping through, and your pen from slipping.<br />
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2. Trace the text out with a pencil. This probably won't show up on the shirt, its just so you can get a feel of the thing before doing it fo realzz with the black pointer pen.<br />
<i>I wrote 'Peeta's got Bread', a play on the 'He/She's got swag' phrase, also because I love Peeta and wanted to have a Peeta themed shirt. You could also do a little research and choose another quote of your liking.</i><br />
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3. Write out the text with the black pointer pen. Don't be press too hard, try to keep it light, smooth and easy.<br />
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4. Paint over it with your brush, in gold! This will take some time- the brush I used sorta sucked, so maybe your should use a thinner brush. Apply 2-3 coats on each word- more if you want it darker. When the paint was still wet, I sprinkled the glitter over it. Some of it stuck, as you can see in the pictures.<br />
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5. Highlight choice words with black. Sprinkle more glitter. Leave for 10-15 minutes to dry!<br />
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And wallah, your self made, one of a kind Hunger Games' shirt is ready.<br />
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I made this today, so I haven't gotten a chance to test it out in the wash yet. When I do, I shall update this post and let you know the results!<br />
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Here are some other awesome Hunger Games' DIYs that I found:<br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Other pretty awesome Tshirt DIYs: <a href="http://thecraftedsparrow.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-hunger-games-shirt-freezer-paper.html">Here</a> and <a href="http://restitchme.com/2012/03/01/the-hunger-games/">here</a>!</li>
<li>The best HG nail tutorial, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-OQ4QyFmW1A">here</a>.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.weddingchicks.com/2012/03/08/hunger-games-wedding-inspiration/">coolest Wedding Shoot EVER!</a> Hunger Games' themed, of course.</li>
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</div><div>Other texts you could use:</div><div><br />
</div><div>-<i>I love the boy with bread.</i></div><div><b>-</b><i>Girl on fire!</i></div><div><b>-</b><i>I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun. - Katniss</i></div><br />
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I really hope you guys liked this!<br />
I will probably post more pictures of the actual outfit when I go see the movie.<br />
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If you try it out, do let me know in the comments! Email me pictures of your own Hunger Games DIY at chicklitgirl(at)live(dot)com and maybe I'll feature it in an upcoming post!<br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcFHeTaS9ew">Sherlock</a>. It's <i>so good</i>.</li>
<li>Read <a href="http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/2012/03/bestbookeva-book-review-catastrophic.html">books</a>. They're <i>awesome</i>.</li>
</ul><div>How I Be:</div><div><br />
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I went to Islamabad a week ago! Will show you guys some pictures from the trip soon! Sneak peak above.<br />
Also, I have all the Vampire Diaries' seasons. Nope, still haven't watched that show. Convince me why I should /should-not in the comments?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">BRIE'S LIFE ENDS AT SIXTEEN: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?</span></i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;">Rating</b><span style="background-color: white;">: 3.8/5 stars</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Romance Swoon Scale:</b> </span><span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">3/5 stars, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Adorable, Gooey, Sweet</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Published</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">: </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">February 21st 2012</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Series:</b> No.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-size: 15px;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Swear Words:</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"> Not really. No.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-size: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Action:</b> Yes- not intense fighting, but a lot of action in its own sweet way.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Genres:</span></b> Young Adult, Fantasy-ish, Romance, Contemporary, Chicklit</span></div><div style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The Catastrophic History of You and Me (</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">TCHOYAM) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; line-height: 20px;">was magical. It was truthful and heartbreaking. It was funny and heartwarming. It was just... </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; line-height: 20px;">So so good! </i></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #4b1757; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #e06666;">The story:</span></b> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book is about Brie. A fifteen year old girl who goes through the five stages of grief in magical yet sorta truthful ways and in the end, finally gets what she deserves.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of, this book helped me so much. I went through a rough friendship-ending thing last December 2011 and I was still not over it. I'm probably still not- but Brie and her thoughts and story helped a lot. Finally somebody who actually understood. On a scale of 1 to 10, where I was ten before- this book helped bring down the sadness to a possible freakin' 7!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Characters and shizz:</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved how honest TCHOYAM was. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bries voice was so freakin' perfect- the perfect amalgamation of teenage girl. <span style="background-color: white;">Her tone was sarcastic, funny at times, and gah, I loved it. </span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could totally see her being my friend.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">“News flash, Bozo. Don't ever tell a girl to relax. It only makes us madder.” </span></i></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>― Brie, from The Catastrophic History of You and Me</i></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, she actually acted her age, and had friends! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not some weird girl/s who took advantage of her and who Brie couldn't/didn't confide in- but <i>actual</i> best friends, and three of them! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved her friends and whatever stories Brie shared about them- they reminded me of a time when I had my own circle of girlfriends and made me miss them so much. (None of them live in the same city as me now since I had to move, and one of em moved to Canada and etc).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole fiasco with Jacob was also so perfectly understandable. Whatever choices Brie made were something I think a lot of teens would make.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I also really liked Patrick. He was however the unrealistic bit of the story, which had to be there, otherwise it would have sucked and been sad. I mean, there would have probs been a nice ending if he had been eliminated, but an okay one, not gooey and cute. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Patrick twist is probably why this book didn't get a whole full 4 star rating. The big twist with him in the end seemed so- <i>disconnected</i> and outa the blue. But whatever- it was cute, and I got over the unbelievability, so it wasn't <i>that</i> bad.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Other things I loved:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>-</b></span>How each chapter began with the perfect song title describing it! </span><span style="background-color: white;">Such perfect song choices!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">-</span></b>Hope. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing I especially loved other than well, everything was how hopeful it was. While reading it you think of how the pain you've been through (or, if you haven't ever, the pain <i>Brie</i> goes through) is definitely bad, but you can and will get through it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ending was maybe a bit <i>too</i> perfect- but its okay, I wont hold the Jess Rothenberg against it. Sometimes happy endings are exactly what one needs. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Overall The Catastrophic History of You and Me was adorable, super duper hopeful and a lovely, <i>lovely</i> read.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People who should read this book: Happy ending lovers, people who've suffered a breakup, romance lovers, people who want to read a happy teen book with sad undertones laced with hope and best of all- a ton of love.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Jess Rothenberg's website:<i> I like to think anyone who’s ever had their heart broken will enjoy the story—whether they happen to be thirteen or thirty-five. Nothing like a broken heart to reconnect you with your inner fifteen-year-old!</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Some awesome quotes from the book, all by Brie:</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>-“The trouble is, sometimes words are like arrows. Once you shoot them, there's no going back.” </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>-</i><i style="background-color: white;">“Love is no game. People cut their ears off over this stuff. People jump off the Eiffel Tower and sell all their possessions and move to Alaska to live with the grizzly bears, and then they get eaten and nobody hears them when they scream for help. That’s right. Falling in love is pretty much the same thing as being eaten alive by a grizzly bear.” </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;"><br />
</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">-</i><i style="background-color: white;">“Turns out, hell's not so much a burning, scalding pit of fire and misery. It's actually much, much worse than that. Hell is when the people you love the most reach right into your soul and rip it out of you. And they do it because they can.” </i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;"><br />
</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">-</i><i style="background-color: white;">“There’s no such thing as too much Disney.”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chicklitgirl</span></div></div></div></div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-45692965752367326032012-03-13T17:22:00.000+05:002012-03-13T17:22:52.116+05:00(book review): Half-Blood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Half-Blood (Covenant #1)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">By Jennifer L. Armentrout</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i>Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pure-bloods. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i>Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i>Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is. If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i>And that would kind of suck.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i><br />
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</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;">Rating</b><span style="background-color: white;">: 3.25/5 stars</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Romance Swoon Scale:</b> </span>2.9/5 stars, <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Nice, Cute-ish, Seth ftw, Aidan's the sweety. </span><br />
<b style="background-color: white;">Published</b><span style="background-color: white;">: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">October 18th 2011</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Series:</b> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/53954-covenant">Yes.</a> Daimon, Pure, Deity and Apollyon.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;">Heated Moments:</b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"> A few. But majorly one.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Sex:</b> Nope</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Swear Words:</b> Kinda, yes.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>Action:</b> Oh yeah.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Genres:</span></b> Young Adult, Greek Mythology, Paranormal-Fantasy-ish, Romance</span></div><div style="color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b1757; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Half-blood was different from a lot of Greek-myth related books I'd read and I enjoyed reading it.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>The Story:</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b1757;">Half blood was fast paced and, even though there was a ton of action, the thing that made me finish it was probably Alex- her voice was awesome. </span> </span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The story itself was engaging too. The whole twist on Greek myths with the half and pures was pretty interesting- though it made me wonder.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">WHY had the half not done anything about it as yet? The whole thing about the half being used as slaves- either the fighting kind, or the cleaning toilets kind, and how they had to worship the pures, seemed a bit unbelievable. I mean, I got through this aspect of the novel with grudging acceptance, and suspended my disbelief and shizz, but still. I love Jennifer L. Armentrout, but I thought this seemed so <i>dark-ages</i>. And kinda lame, since, the half-bloods were so rigorously trained, couldn't they revolt or something? Why did they allow this to happen? I don't know. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">But if you ignored this glitch in the plot and read on, like I did, the story was, pretty good.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Action, with Alex training under the unattainable guy she liked, some twists and turns along the way. More action with Alex fighting for her life.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b1757;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> Pretty great stuff, in my opinion.</span></span></span><br />
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</i></span></div></div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164960146693994973.post-2854676299894446862012-03-11T15:30:00.000+05:002012-03-11T15:30:00.764+05:00In My Mailbox! (1) aka Book Haul (4)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In My Mailbox is a meme created by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">the Story Siren</a>. Its basically a 'book haul' sort post, but features books one has received during the week or month for review, as giveaway prizes, or books one had bought him/herself.<br />
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<b>Books I bought from Readings this week:</b><br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3682.A_Great_and_Terrible_Beauty">A Great And Terrible Beauty</a> by Libba Bray</li>
<li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196404.Milkrun">Milkrun</a> by Sarah Mlynowski</li>
<li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26209.As_Seen_on_TV">As Seen On TV</a> by Sarah Mlynowski</li>
<li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1419830.Turn_Me_On">Turn Me On</a> by Cherie Jeffrey</li>
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<b>Books I received from the publishers for review:</b><br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10804743-voyance">Voyance</a> by Rhonda Brutt</li>
<li><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8293784-the-virgin-diaries">The Virgin Diaries</a> </li>
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</div><div>(Click on the titles to know more about them.)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Quite a wonderful week isn't it? I bought the Readings' books for a total of five hundred rupees only! Was super excited to find the Libba Bray book for<i> just </i>150 rupees.</div><div><br />
</div><div>What books did you buy/read this week?</div><div><br />
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</div><div>CLG</div></div>ChickLitGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033692383561492784noreply@blogger.com2