In My Mailbox #7

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren. It's a great way for book bloggers to showcase books and other literary things they've received over the past week. This is a special birthday edition! My birthday was this past Friday, so I wanted to show off what I received. Purchased: The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley I need more adult fiction in my life. Desperately. So...

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Review: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund Published: 2012, Balzer + Bray Genre: Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Retelling Source: Library book Contains spoilers for Jane Austen's Persuasion, since it is a retelling Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble  Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring...

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Top Ten Series I Haven't Finished

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the bloggers of The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is the top ten series I haven't finished for one reason or another. Now, I'm not a huge fan of series to begin with. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I think that a number of authors create series more as a way to keep publishing books and earning money than because the storyline...

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Review: Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline by Neil Gaiman Published: 2002, HarperCollins Genre: Children's Fantasy Source: Library book Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then? So far Neil Gaiman's books and I have clashed. I was not a...

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Review: Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft by Jody Gehrman

Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft by Jody Gehrman Published: 2012, Magie Genie Books Series: Audrey's Guides, #1 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Paranormal Source: Ebook for review Goodreads · Amazon · Barnes & Noble Sometimes knowledge is power, and sometimes it's a deadly liability. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...

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Waiting on Days of Blood and Starlight

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights any upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor  Release date: November 6, 2012 In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how...

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Reading with a Sense of Immediacy: The First Person Present Tense

I remember a time in the not-too-distant past when coming across a book written in the present tense was like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. Perhaps present tense stories weren't quite that rare, but they were definitely not a commonly used narrative technique. In the past few years, however, I've noticed an interesting trend as this narrative technique continues to grow and gain popularity. By stopping and thinking for a second, I'm sure that the majority of Young Adult fiction readers...

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