tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76216644433564692392024-02-20T00:30:54.657-08:00Reading In Red Lipstick Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670777253944055153noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621664443356469239.post-29383745969348341582014-01-24T10:13:00.002-08:002014-01-24T10:13:39.938-08:00The Book Thief -Mark Zusak <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath.
Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich,
who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she
encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her
accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books
with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden
in her basement. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity,
award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us
one of the most enduring stories of our time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I wish sometimes that there was an
excitement font! I would most definitely be using it RIGHT NOW (and let’s be
honest I’d use it A LOT)!!! This book was AMAZING; so well written! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Words have such a weight to them
and I think people really forget that. I hear a lot of talk about how words can
bring life or death depending on how they are used! This book brings that to
life! There are a few short stories interwoven within the story. One in
particular brings the weight that words do possess to the forefront. It
describes what would physically happen if you would see the impact of words. It
tells of bloodied lips and bruised faces. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I also found it quite interesting
that the narrator of the story is Death. (And not a scary death but a “well
educated,” and gentlemanly death.) The author lures you in with his beautiful
words, gets you hooked on the characters and their lives, and then sends you
(in my opinion) one of the worst fictional blows you could ever fear happening.
Talk about ugly cry. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I also adored the characters and
how they were developed. Hans Hubermann (Liesel’s foster dad) was my favorite
character in the story. What a wonderful man. He was so caring and compassionate.
I loved that he showed his passion for life without abandon. My favorite part
of the book is when Liesel and Hans shared champagne on the hot summer day…
BEAUTIFUL!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I would without hesitation recommend
this book. The amazon review says that it is for 12 and over but I wouldn't recommend
it that young. I would say late high school and above to fully understand! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single
revelation—like a single choice—changed everything? What if love and loyalty
made you do things you never expected? The explosive conclusion to Veronica
Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of
the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and
Insurgent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wish I could go back and tell all whom I suggested to read
the Divergent series that I retract my suggestion. That is what I thought last night when I
FINALLY finished Allegiant. I could not have picked a worse ending to a series
that I love. (Ok, maybe that is a bit dramatic, but REALLY MISSES ROTH) Even
though I feel that this series ended terribly and I didn’t get the feel good… “Happily
ever after” I was hoping for I do think Roth did a good job tying up those
loose ends and giving us some semblance of closure. My other grip in this last
book is that she took 500 pages to explain something totally new and then gave
us 44 pages to say goodbye. I loved Divergent and Insurgent but was more than
disappointed in the poor writing and uncreative way that Allegiant was written.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Que Sera, Sera… onto the next book! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A. I CAN NOT wait for the Bestie time I have scheduled this weekend! That whole her sustaining a life kind of puts a kink in the ol social arena, so when her hubs wanted to go hunting I jumped at the chance to babysit!!! I am excited to just trade war stories from the last two weeks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B. I may need to re-evaluate my "Tunes" (the playlist I most listen to) playlist. I was driving home the other day listening to All Sons and Daughers' Wake Up and A$AP Rocky's Problems came on next. I judged myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">C. I confess that I really do have the BEST job ever! High Schoolers are funny... sometimes even on purpose. I told a student the other day to stop being ornery. He then asked what that meant and I explained. He sarcastically asked if I even knew how to spell that big word. I answered him yes and said do you? He then in front of the whole class attempted... HORNEY. Only a few of us picked up on it and could not contain our laughter (yes I know I have the humor of a freshman boy)! He was pretty embarrassed when he realized what he'd done. Needless to say he has not been too ornery since! (Got to love that Oklahoma accent changing how phonetically words are spelled!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">D. I am fully aware that this is stereotypical "white girl" but I just adore FALL!! I can't wait till it actually feels like it here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. I am SO exhausted. It's a good exhausted though. I feel like my friends all got together and decided to have life milestones the same week! WHAT A FUN WEEK THOUGH!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. I am SSSOOO ready for Fall. Y'all it is still averaging in the 90s in Oklahoma and this girl is ready for some boots and sweaters!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. I am saddened by the SI articles covering OSU football. Saddened that their "journalism" would be so poor. Most of all I am saddened at the fact that the coach that all of accusations happened under is STILL coaching and NO ONE is investigating him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. I just downloaded the new iPhone update. Jury is still out but I will say it just reminds me of how much I hate change. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670777253944055153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621664443356469239.post-23451580632292269992013-09-09T10:11:00.003-07:002013-09-09T10:11:38.981-07:00The Spectacular Now -Tim Tharp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.390625px;">SUTTER KEELY. HE’S the guy you want at your party. He’ll get everyone dancing. He’ ll get everyone in your parents’ pool. Okay, so he’s not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding men’s shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagram’s V.O., life’s pretty fabuloso, actually.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.390625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.390625px;">Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimee’s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and it’s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.390625px;">forth and prosper. But Aimee’s not like other girls, and before long he’s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else’s life—or ruin it forever.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">So, full disclosure I read about this book in a Style magazine. I know, VAPID much! I saw that Tim Tharp was the author and knowing that he is an Oklahoma boy I knew I should a least check it out! And I am SO thankful I did! What am incredible book! When reading the book back summary I was thinking this may be a little too cliche. It was and then it wasn't. You literally want to strangle Sutter at pretty much every point of the book and you also want to slap some sense into Sutter and Aimee. This book made me grateful for the high school experience that I had. The regular abuse of alcohol was a little off putting and made me high school teacher heart quite sad. In the end though you just want the best for Aimee and for Sutter. I would have liked to see another ending (I really am a romantic at heart) but the ending that was presented was probably best! Definitely check this one out! </span></span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670777253944055153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621664443356469239.post-32733182582620509752013-09-06T07:35:00.000-07:002013-09-06T07:35:13.077-07:00Random Thoughts...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever felt randomly antsy? I mean the kind of antsy that lasts not for a few hours but for days? I am currently in an antsy phase! Why they need to tell you this? It's more of the disclaimer than anything! The post you are getting ready to read is antsy... and a tad random! I feel that it conveys my life at this moment. So, without further adieu...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First, I am linking up with <a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/2013/09/favorite-tailgate-recipes.html" target="_blank">Kelly's Korner</a> for your FAVE tailgating recipe! Who doesn't LOVE a good tailgate! I may be tarred and feathered for saying this but sometimes I love the tailgating more than the actual game... gasp! I know! I frequently volunteer to bring dessert to our little football soirees! My absolute fave to bring is cinnamon roll cake! People just go hog wild for it and it's perfect for fall! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. We are almost a month into the new school year... HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WOW</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. I am GIDDY that my Little is getting married next weekend! The cupcake dress was picked up Wednesday and I am pumped to get this party started!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">I LOVED this book. It was absolutely heartbreaking. I mean ugly cry, put the book down because you can't read from all the tears heartbreaking. It's also beautiful! I have lost a few people that when they passed it shattered my world for a while. This book takes you back to that moment and lets you heal again! This is the perfect summer read because of all the beach time but it would be wonderful ANYTIME!!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. I confess that while watching the Healin' in the Heartland special on Wednesday that I pretty much balled my eyes out the WHOLE time. It was SO special of all those people to come together like that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. I confess that I am SUPER excited because today I leave for Disciple, which is the Oklahoma Methodist church camp for Middle school age kids. It is also the place I met my best friend 12 years ago and was called into youth ministry!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend! If you think about it say a little prayer for me and the kids. We have bad weather moving in all weekend and ain't nobody got time for that at church camp!</span><br />
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0.5em 0em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #181818; text-align: left;">A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; text-align: left;">As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children who once lived here - one of whom was his own grandfather - were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason.</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #181818; text-align: left;">And somehow - impossible though it seems - they may still be alive</span></span></li>
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2. I confess that I am SSSOOO happy to be out for Summer! I woke up at 9 today, had a two hour lunch with some former students, and then read this afternoon! I LOVE not having a strict schedule!</span><br />
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3. I confess that I am BLOWN AWAY at the Love that Oklahoma feels from the rest of the US and the World. Monday's events were heart breaking and I hate it but it is a beautiful thing to see a state, country, and a world come together to help each other out! I think it gives us a little glimpse into Heaven! Won't that be wonderful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> Jaime </span></i></b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670777253944055153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621664443356469239.post-35553029478962732532013-05-21T07:09:00.001-07:002013-05-21T07:09:39.690-07:00OklaHOME...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My heart is heavy today. I can not fathom what my statesmen are going through in Moore. Tornadoes are unfortunately just a part of living in Oklahoma. I think Carrie Underwood put it best last night in a tweet, "You always know what can happen but that doesn't make it any easier when it does." Growing up an Okie you are preached at from your earliest memories on storm safety and precautions. You start drills literally in pre-school. That horrific F5 is ALWAYS in the back of your mind but you never really think it could happen... and then it does... and it takes the lives of beautiful people People who are like you. You both cheer for the Thunder, both have cousins who live in Stigler, or maybe you both attended Oklahoma State. It's surreal. I have, since it happened, fought the urge to get in my car and drive to Moore. I don't know what I would do but be in the way but I want to do SOMETHING! As a teacher hearing the stories of the elementary school is heart-breaking. I saw an interview last night of a man who helped pull a car off a teacher. She was shielding three of her students with her body. All three kids were fine besides some bumps and bruises... she is still in critical condition. I hate that it takes a disaster to remind me and others how much we love each other and how truly blessed we are. Us Okies will be OK Struggle and heart-ache are nothing new to this Great State! The love and concern from all over our Great Nation is humbling and appreciated. Please Pray for Oklahoma but don't worry... we are Oklahoma Strong! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Book Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Now, twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson are summoned back to Oriental for the funeral of Tuck Hostetler, the mentor who once gave shelter to their high school romance. Neither has lived the life they imagined . . . and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever changed their lives. As Amanda and Dawson carry out the instructions Tuck left behind for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew -- about Tuck, about themselves, and about the dreams they held dear -- was not as it seemed. Forced to confront painful memories, the two former lovers will discover undeniable truths about the choices they have made. And in the course of a single, searing weekend, they will ask of the living, and the dead: </span><i style="background-color: white;">Can love truly rewrite the past?</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My Thoughts: </b>I am a HUGE Nicholas Sparks fan. Whenever I hear he is coming out with a new book I immediately stalk all websites and pre-order! To say this book was a disappointment is an understatement. First, It was one that took me awhile to really get involved in. Once I had made my mind up to read it I was sorry. Second, one reads a NS book because you know what will happen. Maybe not EVERYTHING will be perfect but at least people will finally get the love, friendship, respect that they desire. Not in this book. The last part of the book sends you a curve ball that I personally DID NOT even imagine could happen let alone see coming. I was SHOCKED and not in a good way. I would not recommend this book. Alas, there are many more WONDERFUL NS books to choose from. With all the rest... eat your heart out!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Reading, Sugars</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">B. I confess that I think I might have bit off more than I can chew with this whole Read-a-thon business! I was looking at my calendar for next week and it may be the busiest week I've had all Spring... Que Sera Sera!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since this is my first read-a-thon to participate in I am not sure how ambitious I should be in my goals! Since I don't want to get to big for my britches I am going to aim low and learn from the experience! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I will be posting updates everyday and what I am going to call "mini reviews," or the overall like-ability of the book and a quick synopsis! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't know where to even start with this book. It was one of those books that forever affects you. One that you wish you'd never read so you can enjoy it for the first time all over again. First, this was my first John Green book to read. Thus it started my love affair with John Green and his writing! Second, this book is powerful... #realtalk I ugly cried, like REALLY UGLY cried, you have been warned. When the book starts out I wasn't sure if I could handle Hazel's teen angst. I wanted to grab her and tell her to chill; her Mother and Father loved her and that is why they treated her that way. Then, Augustus Waters enters the picture. I wanted them to be happy and in love from the start. I loved every moment of their love story. It was a beautiful and real (including the ugly) love story! This book is most defiantly a modern classic that should be on EVERYONE's reading list! I highly recommend it... okay... okay!!! </span></span><br />
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world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation
of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless),
Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On
an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction
to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision
is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have
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competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and
struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made.
Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense
psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation
transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where,
exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy
fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept
hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she
discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect
society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves .
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Debut author Veronica Roth
bursts onto the YA scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian
thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning
consequences, and unexpected romance.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">What if your whole world was a lie?</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything?</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 </span><em style="background-color: white;">New York Times</em><span style="background-color: white;"> bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in </span><em style="background-color: white;">Divergent</em><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white;">Insurgent<em>.</em></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I LOVE this series! I am not what one would call a feminist by any stretch of the imagination but I love that there are some really awesome books with some really kick ass female lead characters lately! I must say that I do love a good dystopian (i<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">s a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening) </span>setting. This book was extra fun for me because I visited Chicago for the first time last fall (right before starting this series) so I could easily envision the different places. Roth does a wonderful job of mixing your emotions toward the characters; you hate some (Al, Mr Prior [Tris' Dad]) but then see them showing some endearing qualities and then there are some (Tris, Four) who you love for the most part but sometimes they just make you SO mad!! I also loved that Roth was so descriptive. You can really envision the scenes. This book was one of those books that you just can't put down. One where you may or may not buy the second book when you are less than halfway through the first <strike>just in case you finish it at a time when you can't run to the bookstore like at 3 in the morning </strike> because you love it that much! I would HIGHLY recommend this book and series. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Expected March 21st, 2014... I'd be lying if I didn't say I was PUMPED!!! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can check that out </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670777253944055153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621664443356469239.post-58252724860451492582013-04-26T07:39:00.003-07:002013-05-03T06:44:40.604-07:00TGIF... <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today I am linking up with <a href="http://www.blondeambitionblog.com/2013/04/why-i-blog-link-up.html" target="_blank">A Blonde Ambition</a> for...</span><br />
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First, Why I Blog! Well, obviously I have been blogging for about 2 seconds so this one is VERY clear in my mind! I LOVE reading! It is my FAVORITE hobby! I also love sharing that hobby with others! I am always asking my book worm friends for book suggestions! One day I was looking online for some book reading blogs to gather some selection suggestions and I found very little that appealed to people like me! I was talking to some students about this and one of them suggested I start a book review blog. At first I scuffed at the idea... Me, never! And then the more I thought about it the more I loved it! What a fun way to share my passion with others! So, I started Reading in Red Lipstick! I don't know where this will go or how many people will love (hate) this or even regularly read it but I am having a blast and I LOVE sharing my passion for reading!!! </span></center>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="color: red;"><i> </i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> Jaime </b></i></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670777253944055153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621664443356469239.post-6073758092340239992013-04-23T08:27:00.000-07:002013-05-03T06:45:35.781-07:00The Maze Runner -James Dashner <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">B</span>ook Summary:</span></u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they're closed tight. And every thirty days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am going to try and not be ugly when speaking about this book. I know A LOT of my students and a few teacher friends that have really enjoyed this book. I however did not appreciate it. After hearing about it from my kids and reading the summary above I was SO excited to get reading. I was sadly disappointed. I have a little personal book rule that I make myself read at least 5 chapters before I can judge a book whether it be good or bad. This book was hard in that respect because the chapters were so small. I made myself keep going because I had heard such great things. It was a hard start to the book because you literally have to learn a new language. The boys in the Glade have a little made up language of slang words and non offensive curse words. It took me until about halfway through the book to finally feel comfortable with the dialect. You also are completely lost to what is happening until the last 20-30 pages in the book. Even then you are left with some big questions. I am not a big fan of such a large build up. I felt because of said build up the last part of the book was rushed and sloppy. This book is only the first in a series... maybe the rest are better. I would not recommend this book from my experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Maze Runner is however being turned into a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/" target="_blank">movie</a> scheduled to come out Winter of 2014... I will definitely watch the movie to see how it fares in comparison! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Happy Reading, Sugars...</span></span><br />
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