tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85320157237962555602024-03-13T18:32:40.338-04:00Fiction PredictionsKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-84473374883642910862013-02-28T03:40:00.000-05:002013-03-04T03:40:43.574-05:00Red Madrassa Blog Tour: Author Interview with Terah Edun <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What’s the inspiration behind Red Madrassa?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’ve always loved young adult fantasy fiction, coming of age fiction with female heroines in particular. I can never get enough of this and so I decided to write this book. I didn’t want my society to have as much of a Eurocentric viewpoint as the ones I read in my childhood, so I went for a cultural feel that is in homage to the southern Hemisphere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Is Allorna based on anybody in real life? If not, how did you build her character?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allorna is not based on a real life person but she is the kind of feisty, strong-willed friend I would have loved to have hang out with as a child. I probably would have followed her through a tower portal too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Did you face any difficulties writing <i>Red Madrassa</i>?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ending – I always struggle with how to end a book. Leaving too many unanswered questions isn’t good but at the same time not enticing the reader to learn more is worse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What’s your favorite part writing this book?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Easily the best part of writing this book was coming up with my own brand of magic and magical deeds. One of my favorite scenes for instance is the flight scene at the School of Air and Sitara’s wonder over the School of Air students. I love her delight and envy in their ability to fly. I can easily see her taking flight lessons to learn how to command the wind and air herself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What’s your favorite part in your author’s life, in general?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For me – writing is an escape to another world, another time, and another adventure away from everyday life. My favorite part is the fact that it takes me away from where I am for just a minute or a few hours and allows me to de-stress. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Red Madrassa by Terah Edun</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A magical accident threw them together. But when Fate holds all the cards, it can be impossible to tell the difference between pure chance and Destiny...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Madrassa, a magical school for mage practitioners, is the stuff of legend. With selective entrance exams and quotas for only the most advanced of mage children, it's almost impossible to attend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Allorna, a guardian trainee for the royal family, ends up on the doorstep of the citadel on the eve of the final day of a recruitment ceremony, she decides it must be fate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She was sure she knew the path her life would take before she enrolled. But sometimes life has a way of throwing in magical curveballs and strange friends, just to see if you’ll trip up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh, and one of those friends is a mage accused of murder, another is a slightly psychotic dragon, the third a healer facing an existential crisis, and the last is a female storm-caller with more hidden secrets than a thief lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do they all belong at the new school they call home?</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Author Terah Edun</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Terah Edun is a young adult fantasy writer born and raised in the Atlanta metropolitan area, who transplanted to the Northeast region for college, and now lives in South Sudan. She writes the stories that she always loved to read as a young girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She prefers tales of adventure, magic, fellowship and courtship – in other words high fantasy. But she’s not adverse to the occasional contemporary fantasy coming her way. Sometimes you’ll see cloaks, daggers, independent and strong girls, independent and strong guys, sweet and soft spoken girls, sweet and soft spoken guys, markets, cute guys, sparkly magic and irritatingly know-it-all boys. The book she’s currently working on is SWORN TO RAISE, the first in the Courtlight series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Outside of writing, she’s a international development professional with a penchant for Starbucks.</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-9750696608254965092013-02-12T11:09:00.001-05:002013-02-12T11:09:19.183-05:00Book Spotlight and Giveaway! Red Madrassa by Terah Edun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A magical accident threw them together. But when Fate holds all the cards, it can be impossible to tell the difference between pure chance and Destiny...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Madrassa, a magical school for mage practitioners, is the stuff of legend. With selective entrance exams and quotas for only the most advanced of mage children, it's almost impossible to attend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Allorna, a guardian trainee for the royal family, ends up on the doorstep of the citadel on the eve of the final day of a recruitment ceremony, she decides it must be fate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She was sure she knew the path her life would take before she enrolled. But sometimes life has a way of throwing in magical curveballs and strange friends, just to see if you’ll trip up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh, and one of those friends is a mage accused of murder, another is a slightly psychotic dragon, the third a healer facing an existential crisis, and the last is a female storm-caller with more hidden secrets than a thief lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do they all belong at the new school they call home?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Terah Edun is a young adult fantasy writer born and raised in the Atlanta metropolitan area, who transplanted to the Northeast region for college, and now lives in South Sudan. She writes the stories that she always loved to read as a young girl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She prefers tales of adventure, magic, fellowship and courtship – in other words high fantasy. But she’s not adverse to the occasional contemporary fantasy coming her way. Sometimes you’ll see cloaks, daggers, independent and strong girls, independent and strong guys, sweet and soft spoken girls, sweet and soft spoken guys, markets, cute guys, sparkly magic and irritatingly know-it-all boys. The book she’s currently working on is SWORN TO RAISE, the first in the Courtlight series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Outside of writing, she’s a international development professional with a penchant for Starbucks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6471427.Jolene_Perry" target="_blank">Jolene Perry</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Release Date: 09/03/12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Micah hates her
ability to “see” things when she touches people. She’s terrified of
relationships, holds on to guilt over the death of her classmate, Lacey, and
has no idea what to do with a vision from Landon, a boy from her school. She
feels him falling for her, but Micah doesn’t do friends, much less
relationships.<br />
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Enter a spooky history project about a tragedy from three hundred years ago,
and voodoo dolls that Micah somehow feels has to do with her gift. Suddenly
she’s sure the shadows in the woods are following her every move—without
Landon’s relaxed attitude about what’s happening in her life, Micah would be
sure she’s going crazy.<br />
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With no ideas on timing or specifics, the visions of both herself and the
people she cares about are turning dark—and it appears the shadows around her
house do move on their own. But as Micah and Landon try to prevent Micah’s
visions of the future, the shadows close in, and they’re now afraid they’ve
become the cause…<br />
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Micah's story is the first of three girls, with unique talents, who are part of
a 300 year old tragedy that follows them in the shadows.</i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6471427.Jolene_Perry" target="_blank">Jolene Perry</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Addison Prince
has almost always gotten what she wants.<br />
Dean Courser only wants to find his brother, but it's the one thing he’s failed
at... Even with his unusual ability.<br />
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Dean and Addison share the gift of Manipulation—a brief touch that forces
others to do what they wish. But when they meet and realize their connection,
they find more questions than answers. Suddenly Dean is seeing shadows move on
their own, and Addison is learning her father’s mysterious group may know more
about her abilities than he’s ever let on.<br />
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As Dean and Addison second-guess every decision about who they are and why
they're wanted, time is running out. With shadows following their every move,
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boy on her high school graduation night. One she’d wanted to kiss for a long
time. They got married two years later, have built two homes together, survived
military deployments, law school, student loan debt, and two children.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jolene plays the
guitar, takes pictures, and loves to hike. She doesn’t like rivers, but loves
the ocean. She loves to fly, but gets motion sick. Her ultimate vacation would
be to sail through the deserted islands in The Bahamas. Two years ago, she got
that wish when her parents retired on a sailboat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She taught high
school French when she was only a few years older than her students, and then
taught middle school math with her degree in political science and French.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She spends
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jolene cannot
express how many times she wished she could write a whole novel. And now she
has. Several times. Life is good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.jolenesbeenwriting.blogspot.com/">Blog</a> /
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6471427.Jolene_Perry">Goodreads</a> /
<a href="https://twitter.com/JoleneBPerry">Twitter</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jolene.b.perry">Facebook</a> / <a href="http://pinterest.com/jolenebperry/">Pinterest</a> / <a href="http://writershoes.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Prize #1: (1) Paperback copies of Insight and Manipulation (International)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Prize #2: (1)Paperback copy of Manipulation (US only)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Prize #3: (3) e-book copies of Manipulation. Kindle or Nook (International)</span></div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-60186668199808079742013-01-15T06:30:00.000-05:002013-01-15T06:30:02.597-05:00Cover Reveal + Giveaway!: Bewitched by Mark Jay Harris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've got the honor of revealing the cover of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17228271-bewitched">Bewitched</a> by Mark Jay Harris! Here it is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That looks... Wow. The colors are most fitting, and I think it would be a thrilling book to read!</span><br />
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<b>Series: </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/95304-the-thaumaturgy">The Thaumaturgy</a>, #1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Publisher:</b> <a href="http://www.inkspellpublishing.com/">Inkspell Publishing</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Expected Publication Date: </b>Mar 1, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Is it love or is it witchcraft? He’ll never find out if he kills her first.</b></span><br />
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<i>The first time Darren saw Samantha, she was floating above his high school gymnasium during a basketball game, invisible to everyone but him. Next time he sees her, she's sitting in front of him in class, wowing his friends and causing unexplainable things to happen that only he seems to notice. But things really get strange (and complicated) when his dying grandfather tells him that he is part of an ancient order, the “Pessum Ire,” whose duty is to destroy witches. What does he do now, since he’s almost positive Samantha is a witch…and he’s crushing on her pretty hard?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"<i>Bewitched</i> is
spell-binding! A highly-unique page-turner that hooks you from the first
paragraph. With complex characters and unexpected twists and turns, Harris
delivers and leaves you hoping for more!"</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">- Stephanie Keyes, author, <i>The
Star Child</i> series</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mark Harris lives in Smithfield Utah, a small town located
in a beautiful valley in Northern Utah. His wife, Shaundale, and he have four
terrific children, two girls and two boys and a fifth one due to arrive in
November of 2012. Mark has taught English and Special Education and currently
works from home teaching English to people from all over the world. Writing has
always been his true passion since he was a grade schooler writing about
mushrooms. "Bewitched" will be his debut novel. He has two others
underway and will soon start on the sequel to "Bewitched," called "The
Return of the Familiar." He hopes you enjoy his work because he is working
on several series geared toward younger audiences. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can find Mark on: <a href="http://www.markjayharrisauthor.com/">www.markjayharrisauthor.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-18876275466272131732013-01-07T09:58:00.004-05:002013-01-14T10:16:27.325-05:00Book Spotlight and Giveaway! Rise of the Fire Tamer by Kailin Gow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome to a spotlight of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8398862-rise-of-the-fire-tamer">Rise of the Fire Tamer</a> by Kailin Gow!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First, here's the 411 on this book:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Series: </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/52333-the-wordwick-games">The Wordwick Games</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Romance</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 234</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After winning a contest for a popular game called Wordwick Games, five teens Gemma, Sparks, Rio, Kat, and Jack, are invited to stay at Wordwick Games inventor Henry Word's mysterious castle and play the newest level of Workwick Games. Little do they know, the castle is the doorway to a wondrous world call Anachronia where words can be used as weapons, power, and commodity. There is unrest in Anachronia, and if the five teens can follow the rules of Wordwick Games and prove to be the best player, one of them will be crowned Ruler of Anachronia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Series: </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/53227-a-pattern-of-shadow-light">A Pattern of Shadow and Light</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, #1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Epic%20Fantasy">Epic Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages: </b>654</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publisher:</b> <a href="http://outskirtspress.com/">Outskirts Press</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Sep 22, 2010</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://melissamcphail.com/">Melissa McPhail</a> | </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9578103-cephrael-s-hand">Cephrael's Hand on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>"All things are composed of patterns..." And within the pattern of the realm of Alorin, three strands must cross: In Alorin three hundred years after the genocidal Adept Wars, the realm is dying, and the blessed Adept race dies with it. One man holds the secret to reverting this decline: Bjorn van Gelderan, a dangerous and enigmatic man whose shocking betrayal three centuries past earned him a traitor's brand. It is the Adept Vestal Raine D'Lacourte's mission to learn what Bjorn knows in the hope of salvaging his race. But first he'll have to find him. </i></span><br />
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<i>In the kingdom of Dannym the young Prince Ean val Lorian faces a tenuous future as the last living heir to the coveted Eagle Throne. When his blood-brother is slain during a failed assassination, Ean embarks on a desperate hunt for the man responsible. Yet his advisors have their own agendas, and his quest for vengeance leads him ever deeper into a sinuous plot masterminded by a mysterious and powerful man, the one they call First Lord. </i></span><br />
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<i>In the Nadori desert tormented by the missing pieces of his life, a soldier named Trell heads off to uncover the truth of his shadowed past. But when disaster places him in the debt of Wildlings sworn to the First Lord, Trell begins to suspect a deadlier, darker secret motivating them. Honor-bound to serve the First Lord in return for his life, Trell continues on his appointed path, yet each day unveils new and stranger secrets that eventually call into question everything he knows.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Please enjoy this excerpt from </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9578103-cephrael-s-hand">Cephrael’s Hand</a><i>, a spellbinding epic fantasy by Melissa McPhail. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including a Kindle Fire, $450 in Amazon gift cards, and 5 autographed copies of the book.</i></span></span><br />
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Ean hugged the shadows as he tried to find his way back to le Comte’s estates. He feared they’d hurt his head worse than he thought, for the twisting alleys of the city disoriented him now. He was sure he’d passed the last street corner already once, and he had the uneasy feeling that he was walking in circles.</span><br />
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Trying to break the cycle, he turned into a long and shadowed alley, spotting a streetlamp at the other end. Abruptly a form reared out of the shadows. Ean reached for his sword—</span><br />
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The prince halted with his hand around the hilt. “Fynn?”</span><br />
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“Balls of Belloth!” Fynnlar crossed the distance in a rush and grabbed him by both shoulders, giving him a shake. “What are you doing out here, you wool-brained fool?”</span><br />
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“I might ask the same of you, cousin.” Pushing a hand to his throbbing head, Ean closed his eyes. He’d seen so much death since the last moon…so many lives lost, and for what? He couldn’t fathom the events that spun violently around him, only knowing they somehow had him caught in the whirlwind.</span><br />
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“Ean, are you unwell?”</span><br />
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“Hit my head pretty hard,” the prince murmured, lifting tired eyes to refocus on his cousin.</span><br />
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“I’ll be all right.”</span><br />
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“Come on. We’d best keep moving.”</span><br />
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The prince shook off the numbness edging his thoughts and followed his cousin. Fog was rising from the river as they headed back toward le Comte’s villa, fat fingers sliding through the streets to leach the color from the night. They reached a corner, and Fynn paused and looked warily around.</span><br />
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“Fynn, what are we waiting fo—”</span><br />
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But the words stuck on Ean’s tongue, for he heard it then: a strange whispering, the whisk of silk across the rough edge of glass. The sound had prickly tentacles that pierced into the soft flesh of Ean’s inner ear and twisted there, making him cringe.</span><br />
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Something flew out of the shadows and Ean swung his head after it, straining to make out what he’d seen. “What in Tiern’aval was that?”</span><br />
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Grimly, Fynn held his sword before him. “A Wildling—a Whisper Lord.”</span><br />
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The whispering continued, tormenting, growing soundlessly louder until it shrieked inside Ean’s skull, shattering any hope of focus.</span><br />
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The Wildling shot out of the shadows again, and Ean forced his eyes to follow, to find him in the shadows where he hid.</span><br />
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There.</span><br />
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He saw him lurking against the wall, smiling around big white teeth. His leathery skin was pitch black , and his eyes were golden like the desert sands. The man locked gazes with him, and—</span><br />
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Suddenly they were nose to nose. Ean felt the heat of his breath in the same moment that the fiery sting of steel pierced his flesh.</span><br />
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Shade and darkness! </span><br />
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“Ean, he cut you!”</span><br />
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“I’m all right.” But Ean grimaced as he gingerly probed the wound. “Shadow take the abominable creature.” Fynn gave him a long look. “Be ready,” and he rushed to meet the Wildling.</span><br />
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The fight turned instantly vicious. Whisper Lord fought with long, stiletto daggers that speared like claws out of his gloves. His hands crisscrossed with amazing speed, never failing to find their mark on Fynn’s person, while his body twisted and spun. Fynn’s thrusts in turn only seemed to meet with the slashed silk of his garments. So fast did the Whisper Lord dart and cavort that Ean at first felt helpless to join in, for he could barely see the Wildling move until after it had happened, as if the sight had to bounce off the back of his eyes…as if he could only see the man’s reflection.</span><br />
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Then Ean found his focus and rushed to help Fynn.</span><br />
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The Whisper Lord marked him before he even got his blade around, a long swipe at the joining of neck and shoulder that burned bitterly. Ean realized that trying to use his sword alone would get him killed, so he pulled his dagger and dove in again. The Whisper Lord dodged like a jumping spider and managed in the same maneuver to slash a deep cut across Ean’s thigh, his daggers flashing first with the silver of steel and then dark with blood. Ean snarled a curse and staggered into the wall, teeth clenched against the pain, for the wound was angry and deep.</span><br />
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Abruptly Fynn threw himself backwards, himself narrowly avoiding a deadly thrust to his gut. Those spine-like blades sliced a chunk of flesh out of his side instead. The royal cousin clenched his teeth and held one hand to his midriff, using the other to pull himself out of reach.</span><br />
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Ean dove at the creature with renewed determination, his battered head forgotten in his haste to keep the man away from Fynn. He wore a malicious grin as they battled, and his golden gaze was flecked and sparkling against his face of leathery pitch. As Ean’s strength failed, the Wildling grinned even broader and began to chant in a voice like sand, “Tur or’de rorum d’rundalin dalal! Tur or’de rorum d’rundalin dalal!” Over and over while he pressed Ean on the retreat; gleefully, like a madman.</span><br />
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And then he made a sudden thrust, and Ean jumped to avoid the slashing daggers that barely missed his throat. He came down unevenly on his bad leg, and his knee buckled. Stumbling, he hissed a curse and the man bore down on him. A swipe of his hand, and three spiny daggers cut deeply across Ean’s back with their sharp fire. The Wildling’s other hand darted for his throat again, but the prince veered and twisted so the blades caught his chin and cheek instead. Ean rolled and thrust upward, but the Wildling merely laughed and arched out of his way; the weapon met only the whisper of silk.</span><br />
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Ean lay panting. His dagger seemed lost along with his will, and desperation could no longer drive him on.</span><br />
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The Whisper Lord advanced slowly wearing a grim smile. With the shrieking noise still accosting his skull and the loss of blood and nausea in his stomach, Ean felt only numb acceptance. Shaking, he lowered his head—</span><br />
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Ean fell onto his back, gasping as the last of his strength bled out of him, and lay watching his rescuer take offensive control.</span><br />
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The woman’s brown half-cloak floated behind her as she advanced with long, fast strides, forcing the Whisper Lord on the retreat beneath two short swords wielded in a flashing figure-eight.</span><br />
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The Wildling smiled no longer. Every thrust and swipe of his daggers was blocked by the woman’s whirling black blades. She matched him stride for stride, spinning when he spun, darting as he did, dodging as he lunged. They performed a ferocious, twisting dance of death where both knew the steps intimately and took them with ease.</span><br />
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As Ean watched, the Wildling slashed his daggered gloves in a motion that should’ve gutted the woman, but she flipped out of his reach, thrusting long as she landed. Her sword met with the flesh of his side, drawing a hiss as he jumped back. He glared malevolently at her and pressed one palm to his side.</span><br />
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“Merdanti,” he snarled, his golden eyes hot as they assessed her black blades.</span><br />
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Arching brows with a predatory smile, she twirled her blades and lunged for him again, and once more the dance began, the meeting of their deadly weapons a rhythmic beating that seemed in time with Ean’s still-racing heart.</span><br />
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Ean thought he must’ve dreamed it, his tortured mind inventing an impression for what clearly defied explanation. The woman and the Wildling seemed to shift and slow, their cloaks floating as if suspended on the wind. Then the woman launched out of her turn so quickly that Ean lost sight of her, only to spot her again as she stood squarely before her opponent, blades crossed. With naught but a grimace of effort, she chopped her short swords crosswise through the Wildling’s neck, removing his head completely. His body toppled to the stones at her feet, paying respects to her skill.</span><br />
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<strong>About <em>Cephrael's Hand</em>: </strong>Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a great battle, neither knowing the other is alive... A traitor works in exile while preparing for the disaster only he knows is coming... A race of beings from beyond the fringe of the universe begin unmaking the world from within... And all across the land, magic is dying.<b> </b><em>Cephrael's Hand</em> is the first novel in the award-winning series <em>A Pattern of Shadow and Light.</em><b> </b></span><br />
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<strong>About the author: </strong>Melissa McPhail is a classically trained pianist, violinist and composer, a Vinyasa yoga instructor, and an avid Fantasy reader. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, their twin daughters and two very large cats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week, we are posting our favorite Children's, Winter or Christmas story. To see who else is on the sleigh, go to <a href="http://winterhavenbooks.blogspot.com/p/winterhaven-sleigh-tour.html">WinterHaven Sleigh Tour</a> for a list of participating blogs.</span><br />
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The story I'm going to feature on my blog is one by Hans Christian Andersen, <a href="http://novelshelf.com/the-ice-maiden-by-hans-christian-andersen/">The Ice-Maiden</a>. It's a bit long comparing to the common fairy tale, but I remember it well, as it's the first story in my collection of Andersen's tales. </span><br />
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The story tells the life story of a boy named Rudy, who has lost both parents and is living with his uncle. We later learn that Rudy's mother was killed when she fell into a crevasse, but Rudy was saved with a kiss from the ice-maiden, whose attempts to possess him continues until his adulthood. Rudy falls in love with a girl called Babette, and they are going to be married, but the night before the wedding Rudy gives in to the ice-maiden and drowns in the frozen lake.</span><br />
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It's a tragic story that seems to be out of place in this happy holiday season, but the reason I choose <i>The Ice-Maiden</i> is because it's a different way of looking at love. Love is beautiful and enduring, but too much of something good can turn bad. In fact, I'm not sure if the ice-maiden's feelings for Rudy is actually love - the way I see it, it's probably some kind of pervert obsession go wrong. </span><br />
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Christmas is a time for love and sharing, but make sure you keep your head: When it starts getting destructive, you know it's your signal to stop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As part of The Magic of Christmas, <a href="http://winterhavenbooks.blogspot.com/p/winterhaven-sleigh-tour.html">WinterHaven Books</a> is hosting a giveaway that will include two book bundles to be shipped to an elementary school or library of the winner's choosing. The winner will be offered a few options and they can choose what 2 bundles and location to ship to within the United States. Good luck and happy holidays!</span><br />
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The winner can choose 2 of the below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/73758-the-hunger-games">The Hunger Games Trilogy</a> by Suzanne Collins (includes all 3 books)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/46586-the-wolves-of-mercy-falls">The Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy</a> by Maggie Steifvater (includes all 3 books)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/42877-dairy-queen">Dairy Queen Trilogy</a> by Catherine Murdock (includes all 3 books)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/44457-the-mortal-instruments">The Mortal Instruments</a> by Cassandra Clare (includes first 3 books)</span><br />
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I'm proud to present the finale of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13496575-starflower">Starflower</a> Blog Tour today, as hosted by <a href="http://prismbooktours.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Prism Book Tours</a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before the giveaway, here's a few things about <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13496575-starflower">Starflower</a>, by Anne Elisabeth Stengl!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Nov 1, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://anneelisabethstengl.blogspot.com/">Anne Elisabeth Stengl</a> | </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13496575-starflower">Starflower on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When a cursed dragon-witch kidnaps the lovely Lady Gleamdren, Eanrin sets boldly forth on a rescue mission...and a race against his rival for Gleamdren's favor. Intent upon his quest, the last thing the immortal Faerie needs is to become mixed up with the troubles of an insignificant mortal. </i></span><br />
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<i>But when he stumbles upon a maiden trapped in an enchanted sleep, he cannot leave her alone in the dangerous Wood Between. One waking kiss later, Eanrin suddenly finds his story entangled with that of young Starflower. A strange link exists between this mortal girl and the dragon-witch. Will Starflower prove the key to Lady Gleamdren's rescue? Or will the dark power from which she flees destroy both her and her rescuer?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can also check out the other books in the series! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://heartlessnovel.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Heartless</a> | </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://veiledrosenovel.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Veiled Rose</a> | </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://moonbloodnovel.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Moonblood</a> | </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://starflowernovel.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Starflower</a> | </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><a href="http://dragonwitchnovel.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dragonwitch</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://anneelisabethstengl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Anne Elisabeth Stengl</a> makes her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Rohan, a passel of cats, and one long-suffering dog. When she's not writing, she enjoys Shakespeare, opera, and tea, and studies piano, painting, and pastry baking. She studied illustration at Grace College and English literature at Campbell University. She is the author of HEARTLESS, VEILED ROSE, MOONBLOOD, and STARFLOWER, with DRAGONWITCH due to release in 2013. HEARTLESS and VEILED ROSE have each been honored with a Christy Award.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />I know I've been MIA for a while (missing a huge amount of posts at that), as my laptop has some trouble connecting with the wifi network at my place and it's only been fixed today! But I hope it's will be up and running more consistently from now on, as I've got a lot to share with you guys!</span><br />
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For today, I'm hosting a book promo for the series <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/75118-spellbound">Spellbound</a> by Nikki Jefford. This promo is hosted by <a href="http://xpressobooktours.com/">Xpresso Book Tours</a>.</span><br />
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Now, a few things on all the 3 books in the series!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13494086-entangled">Entangled</a> (<i>Spellbound</i>, #1)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal">Paranormal</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance">Romance</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 303</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Feb 20, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.nikkijefford.com/">Nikki Jefford</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13494086-entangled">Entangled on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>Two months after dying, seventeen-year-old witch Graylee Perez wakes up in her twin sister Charlene’s body.</i></span><br />
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<i>Until Gray finds a way back inside her own body, she’s stuck being Charlene every twenty-hour hours. Her sister has left precise instructions on how Gray should dress and behave. Looking like a prep isn’t half as bad as hanging out with Charlene’s snotty friends and gropey boyfriend.</i></span><br />
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<i>The “normals” of McKinley High might be quick to write her behavior off as post-traumatic stress, but warlock Raj McKenna is the only person who suspects Gray has returned from the dead.</i></span><br />
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<i>Now Gray has to solve the mystery of her death and resurrection and disentangle herself from Charlene’s body before she disappears for good.</i></span></div>
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<b>Get Entangled on </b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1477588388/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1477588388&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1477588388" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal">Paranormal</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance">Romance</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 280</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> May 20, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.nikkijefford.com/">Nikki Jefford</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13585884-duplicity">Duplicity on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>If Graylee Perez thought sharing a body with her twin sister was bad, dealing with a duplicate of herself is two times worse. Gray the second doesn’t seem to get that Lee’s boyfriend, Raj McKenna, is off limits. Then there’s the problem of Adrian Montez. He expects one of the Grays to be his.</i></span><br />
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<i>Nearly a year later, the council is onto them for past misdeeds; Lee, along with the rest of the coven, has lost control of her powers; and Gray is being stalked by what looks like the Grim Reaper. </i></span><br />
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<i>If they work together, they may stand a chance of setting things right and making it out alive.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Get Duplicity on</b> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1477688684/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1477688684&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1477688684" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0084V0L7E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0084V0L7E&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon Kindle</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0084V0L7E" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Duplicity-Nikki-Jefford/9781477688687?a_aid=fictiopredic-20">Book Depository</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/duplicity-nikki-jefford/1110951776?ean=9781477688687">Barnes and Noble Nook</a></span>
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Now, for the last book that has yet to be released...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15115644-enchantment">Enchantment</a> (<i>Spellbound</i>, #3)</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Series: </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/75118-spellbound">Spellbound</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal">Paranormal</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance">Romance</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Expected Publication Date:</b> Apr, 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.nikkijefford.com/">Nikki Jefford</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15115644-enchantment">Enchantment on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>In the third and final installment of the </i>Spellbound<i> series, Graylee Perez (the duplicate), goes to Spain for a summer of escape. There she meets new friends and comes face to face with her old adversary, Adrian Montez. </i></span><br />
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<i>When Gray tries to setup a spell that will banish Adrian from her life, she inadvertently falls under a love spell instead.</i></span><br />
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<i>Charlene returns, having hijacked a new body, for one final battle between the twins. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also have with me a teaser from <i>Enchantment</i> to share with you all in anticipation for the 3rd book!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Here she comes,” Adrian said as Gray slowly made her way up the stairs on the side of the stage. </span></i><br />
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<i>Gray was shaken, not just to see him, but that someone from her past stood not eight feet away in a country so spectacular yet unbearably lonely at times and here was a personal connection to her former life – albeit an unwelcome one. </i></span><br />
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<i>Adrian betrayed no signs of familiarity. “What is your name?”</i></span><br />
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<i>Gray glared at Adrian as though they were the only two people in the auditorium. His expression remained annoyingly neutral. From below, Hannah and Marco yelled, “Gray!”</i></span><br />
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<i>Adrian smirked. He turned to his audience. “I don’t know. She doesn’t look gray to me.”</i></span><br />
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<i>The audience laughed. Worst of all, she heard Hannah giggling before the translator even finished.</i></span><br />
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<i>“Now then, Miss Gray, if you will step this way.”</i></span><br />
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<i>Gray wasn’t about to step anywhere near the table with its giant saw. Adrian noticed her hesitation and said, “Don’t be afraid, my dear. I’ve done this a thousand times… and only lost one volunteer.”</i></span><br />
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<i>The audience laughed.</i></span><br />
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<i>Adrian reached his gloved hand out. Gray looked from the white palm of his hand to his gleaming eyes and took a step back.</i></span><br />
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<i>“It appears the young lady is frightened.”</i></span><br />
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<i>“Don’t be scared, Gray!” Marco yelled.</i></span><br />
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<i>“There is nothing to fear,” Adrian called out, sweeping an arm toward the table.</i></span><br />
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<i>“Go on, Gray!” Hannah hollered.</i></span><br />
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<i>Could Gray come up with a plan in the ten steps it took to reach the table? Apparently not. She refused Adrian’s hand and approached the box warily.</i></span><br />
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<i>There was no teleporting herself out of this one. Señora Contreras would never allow Gray back to the sanctuary and Gray wasn’t about to let Adrian ruin her summer in Spain. There was also the audience to consider, blissfully unaware that they were in the midst of real magic. </i></span><br />
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<i>Once Adrian’s back turned to the audience he looked Gray over with an intimacy that bordered on inappropriate. At that moment, Gray felt as though she would have been better off facing him in a dark alley then in front of a mob screaming for her blood. </i></span><br />
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<i>And if she let Adrian put her in the box, it most likely would be her blood.</i></span><br />
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<i>The last time she had seen him, she had taken his blood, and now he had her right where he wanted her.</i></span><br />
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<i>Adrian’s lips curved up. The fitted suit made him appear older and more menacing than Gray remembered. Gone was the voice of the performer. Adrian lowered his voice. “Go on Gray, get in.”</i></span><br />
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<i>That’s it, she was out of there. They could all think of her as a coward. Better a coward than a fool. But as she backed up, Adrian caught her by the arm and hauled Gray to the step ladder. “Don’t ruin my show,” he hissed inside her ear.</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nikki Jefford is a third generation Alaskan who loves fictional bad boys and heroines who kick butt. She writes edgy teen fiction, including the Spellbound Trilogy and Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">Nikki married Sébastien, the love of her life, while working as a teaching assistant in France. They now reside in the not-so-tropical San Juan Islands, 70 miles northeast of Forks, Washington.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What do you think about <i>Enchantment</i>? Will you be picking up the book? Comment below!</span></h3>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-9903509468870993212012-12-16T09:50:00.003-05:002012-12-16T09:50:28.269-05:00WinterHaven Sleigh Tour: Dear Santa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Christmas is coming, and t<span style="background-color: white;">oday I'm joining the <a href="http://winterhavenbooks.blogspot.com/p/winterhaven-sleigh-tour.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">WinterHaven</span> Sleigh Tour</a> hosted by <span style="text-decoration: initial;"><a href="http://winterhavenbooks.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">WinterHaven</span> Books</a>!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This week, I am writing Santa a letter for my book wish that I hope to receive this season. To see who else has written to Santa, go to <a href="http://winterhavenbooks.blogspot.com/p/winterhaven-sleigh-tour.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">WinterHaven</span> Sleigh Tour</a> for a list of participating blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>It has been a while since I last wrote to you, but this year
I felt like I should. It’s not that I stopped believing in you, I just thought I’m
a bit too old to be writing to Santa Claus.</i> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>First, let me introduce myself: I’m a 15-year-old girl, currently
studying in Singapore on a scholarship, and a blogger in my free time. In fact,
the last part is one of the reasons why I’m writing to you now :P</i> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I’ve achieved my little share of goals this year: I worked
hard at school to receive the aforementioned scholarship, and graduated my junior
high with good grades. Also, I plucked up the courage to do a few things I’ve
always wanted to do, like joining a drama team and starting my own book blog :)</i> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Santa, this Christmas I would love to get The Fault in Our
Stars by John Green. It’s a well-written book, with sky-high reviews, and I
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Thanks so much, and please send my love to Mrs. Claus and
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-25407439859985713822012-12-10T11:06:00.005-05:002012-12-10T11:06:54.125-05:00READ-A-THON! X-It by Jane George: Chapter 13-15 “In which everything changes”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/X-It">the previous posts</a> of the Read-A-Thon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It</a> is about:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 210</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Mar 26, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.jane-george.com/journal-jane.html">Jane George</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i><i>LOVE IS A DRUG.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i><i>In 1980 NYC, eighteen-year-old J.J. Buckingham is an uptight trendoid. Working as a mannequin painter and a counter girl, she moonlights as a creature of the nightclubs. J.J. falls for aloof, crazy-talented artist and bicycle messenger X-It. In order to win his love, she succumbs to the dark machinations of drug dealer Marko Voodoo. X-It will love her if she’s the queen of underground Manhattan, right? Her plan backfires with horrendous consequences. Can J.J. find her way out of a maze of drugs, clubs, and danger?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It goes kinda crazy here: After the breakdown at J.J. and X-It’s house, their relationship back in NYC seems much better (to J.J.’s excitement). She checks out art school as promised to Michael, although it ends in disaster. But when everything seems to be looking up, X-It moves out with Penny, leaving Voodoo to be J.J.’s new roommate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once again, a late post - life has been going everywhere it seems. I’ll try to update sooner for the next 3 chapters!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, back to the story. I think these 3 chapters would be what we call the “hinge” of a novel, as everything seems to turn to a new direction. Things are going amazing for J.J. and X-It in Chapter 13 – I can’t forget that flashback when she calls them the Peter Pan and Tinkerbelle of Never Never Manhattan – that even after the catastrophe at art school in Chapter 14 can’t dampen the mood of the story. And then comes Chapter 15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">X-It’s “betrayal” must have struck J.J. hard. He’s her roommate, her best friend, her confidante, her everything. Gosh, he’s the person she loves so much she would give her all to see him succeed. She loves him - how can he do this to her?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>As long as I have him to love, to urge on to greatness, I will keep <b>painting mannequins</b> and <b>paying the rent</b>.</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />This comment is even more resonant when a few pages later, J.J. is forced to face what she wants and what she thinks she wants while talking to Bela, a mannequin sculptor:</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"You have hands of an artist, sensitive, but you are not an artist, no?"</i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"I want to be."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"Is <b>mannequin painter</b> the kind of artist you want to be?"</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I already <b>increased my salary</b> for the week by hand modeling, so I’m not worried.</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The not-so-coincidental repetition of the phrase “mannequin painter” does make us wonder if X-It is holding her back, or rather, if she is holding herself back devoting all her life to X-It. Her first priority is to paint mannequins and pay the rent (to, if you remember, <i>"have him to love and urge on to greatness"</i>), not doing what is necessary for her future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This also put X-It’s feelings for her in perspective. J.J. is so happy now that he’s interested in her – in fact, this makes her list of the two Christmas presents. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But does X-It actually feel that way? The more I think, the more I find I don’t understand him. Does he not understand J.J.’s feeling? </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aren't</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> they best friends? If not, how can he be so ignorant? But if so, how can he be so cold-hearted as to sign on the lease with Penny and not talk to J.J.’s first? Or is this just some artist’ temperament?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now that X-It’s gone, Voodoo volunteers to be J.J.’s new roommate. That creates some new questions itself: Does Voodoo care for J.J. – even love her, or is he just using her? And is he evil or not? (Since he is now living with J.J., I sure hope Michael is right, and that he is not as evil as he thinks he is.)</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-70200272968158862602012-12-09T07:30:00.002-05:002012-12-09T07:30:51.330-05:00READ-A-THON! X-It by Jane George: Chapter 10-12 “All the broken families”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/X-It">the previous posts</a> of the Read-A-Thon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Mar 26, 2012</span><br />
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<i>LOVE IS A DRUG.</i></span><br />
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<i>In 1980 NYC, eighteen-year-old J.J. Buckingham is an uptight trendoid. Working as a mannequin painter and a counter girl, she moonlights as a creature of the nightclubs. J.J. falls for aloof, crazy-talented artist and bicycle messenger X-It. In order to win his love, she succumbs to the dark machinations of drug dealer Marko Voodoo. X-It will love her if she’s the queen of underground Manhattan, right? Her plan backfires with horrendous consequences. Can J.J. find her way out of a maze of drugs, clubs, and danger?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are introduced to J.J. and X-It’s families, both dysfunctional in their own way. J.J. has a mother whose only contacts to her are postcards and long-distance phone calls, a father who is brain-damaged and doesn’t recognize her, and a grandma who was the one who signed her parents’ divorce papers. X-It has a family who calls him Thomas and disapproves of his life and his friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Firstly, I want to apologize for the late post, all kinds of things have been happening yesterday and I couldn't find the time to write this till now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WOW, that was one of the best reading sessions I've ever had! Totally blown me away – I so wanted to keep reading and find out what would happen to J.J.! The pacing was so tightly-packed, the story full of interesting plot points! There’s not a single excessive word!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And I got what I wanted in <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/12/read-thon-x-it-by-jane-george-chapter-7.html">the last post</a>! The backstory was enough to help fill some of the contradictions in the characterization, like how J.J. craves to be a rebel slash punk-chic, and still keeps her morality intact (instead of sinking to the depth of Voodoo and the like).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These chapters also come the reappearance of a character I haven’t talked about (I thought he would not be important, but maybe I was wrong :P), Michael. I’ll just let J.J. describe him for you:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, this guy is reasonable. He is kind, caring, and gentle. He is perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On my first read, I was swooning over him about how sweet he is, but when I reread the chapters, he seems too good to be real. He’s either a serious flaw in the author’s otherwise amazing characterization, or we are going to find that Michael is more than meet the eyes. It doesn't have to be a huge plot twist or anything (like, for example, he turned out to be, say, the one who <b>supplies Voodoo with drugs </b>- now <b>that</b> would make for an interesting story), just a few small faults will do. (Keeping my fingers crossed for this!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To backtrack a bit: The story was so fast-paced that I was skipping over passages and passages to find out what happened next! So I had to do a reread, and even so, Jane George didn't disappoint. She managed to make the languages, the descriptions and comparisons so heart-wrenching, so real, and yet still have a bit of “her” in it. Here’s one of my favorites:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There’s also one awesome scene when J.J. watches a muskrat drown in the flooding river, and in my opinion, was a great allegory for her own situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The thing is, who – or what – is the water? Her family, her friends in New York, or her life there? What do you think?</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-13633365089082286052012-12-08T08:00:00.000-05:002012-12-08T08:00:06.300-05:00Keepers of the Zodiac Blog Tour: Author Interview with Sharon Wood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm hosting the Keepers of the Zodiac Blog Tour (hosted by <a href="http://readingaddictionvbt.blogspot.com/">Reading Addiction Blog Tours</a>) today! Read on for an author interview with Sharon Wood!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But first, here are a few things about the book:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 234</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.keepersofthezodiac.com/">Keepers of the Zodiac</a><b> |</b> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16069534-keepers-of-the-zodiac">Keepers of the Zodiac on Goodreads</a></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><i>The stars have shifted and the Earth is rapidly moving into the throes of chaos. </i></span><br />
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<i>Four god-like beings known as the Zodiac High Council, send their winged herald, Syrie, out with twelve sealed envelopes. His mission? To bring a chosen group of thirteen future Zodiac Keepers, including a set of mesmerizing twins, to the Isle of Oriba for training. </i></span><br />
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<i>Syrie never could have imagined that he would fall in love along the way--ultimately forcing him to choose between betrayal and death. </i></span><br />
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<i>Keepers of the Zodiac</i> is an enthralling tale of obligatory fate, temporary hope, and impossible love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Why did you first start writing? And why YA fantasy?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have always wanted to write a book since I was little. I have written many stories, but never really finished any of them. I felt like the stars had aligned, and it was time to get serious. I like to say that KOTZ is reality with a touch of fantasy, rather than being all fantasy. I like Young Adult because it’s not too serious or heavy. Reality with a touch of fantasy is fun, because you can be transported to another world, yet still feel like things aren’t impossible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>What’s your favorite part of an author’s life, besides writing? What’s your least favorite?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favorite part about being an author is the entertainment factor. I love it when people say that they were entertained by the story, or were able to identify with some of the characters. My least favorite part is the editing process. I am anxious to get the work out, but I can’t because there are many things that need fixing and fine-tuning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>What part of KOTZ was your favorite to write?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved inventing the characters. I have a special attachment to all of them, because they are each so unique. Their background stories were fun to create. I ended up bringing in certain elements of my own life, and it is fun because the reader has no idea whether or not they’re made up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>What part of KOTZ was the hardest to write? What was the hardest part of writing, in general?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The hardest part to write were the chapters surrounding the Keepers’ training. I did not want the training to be the focus of the book, yet I felt it had to be there. The hardest part of writing in general is keeping your head in what you are writing. I am a mom of two children that deserve my attention. I also have a full-time job, so I try to write mostly after work, after the kids have gone to bed. It is still easy to get distracted though, because you know there are household things that need to get done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>5. What’s the inspiration behind the names of KOTZ? Do you do research on names and meanings, or do they just come to you at the right moment?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I do not do any research on names. The names come to me as I develop their personalities and stories. For instance, let’s take Cassidy. She is a bratty, rude girl, so I wanted a name that went along with that. Not that I think that all Cassidys are bratty, but when the name came to me, I immediately thought, “Sounds like Sassidy.” If I had named her something like Ann, it would not have fit as well. The only name that was inspired is Priscilla. The character Priscilla is based on my real life cousin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>What's the last book you read? Did you like it?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. I did like it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>What are you currently reading?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Who’s your favorite author? Your favorite book?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Author - Nora Roberts. Book- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Character or plot, which comes first?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Summarize KOTZ in 1 sentence?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A tantalizing tale of love, isolation, destiny, and worldly chaos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>KOTZ as a film – who’s your first pick as director?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Catherine Hardwicke</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>KOTZ as a film – live action or animated?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>A film about your life – what’s the title?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Dreamer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>What’s your favorite Disney film?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Little Mermaid</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-77791421435161377452012-12-07T11:02:00.000-05:002012-12-07T11:02:09.445-05:00READ-A-THON! X-It by Jane George: Chapter 7-9 “Let’s hear it for backstory!”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/12/read-thon-x-it-by-jane-george.html">the intro post</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/12/read-thon-x-it-by-jane-george-chapter-1.html">the first post</a>, and <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/12/read-thon-x-it-by-jane-george-chapter-4.html">the second post</a> of this Read-A-Thon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 210</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Mar 26, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.jane-george.com/journal-jane.html">Jane George</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>In 1980 NYC, eighteen-year-old J.J. Buckingham is an uptight trendoid. Working as a mannequin painter and a counter girl, she moonlights as a creature of the nightclubs. J.J. falls for aloof, crazy-talented artist and bicycle messenger X-It. In order to win his love, she succumbs to the dark machinations of drug dealer Marko Voodoo. X-It will love her if she’s the queen of underground Manhattan, right? Her plan backfires with horrendous consequences. Can J.J. find her way out of a maze of drugs, clubs, and danger?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">J.J. is getting even more and more interesting, if that’s even possible. I may even have to do a character study on this girl if I have the time! She’s a contradiction to herself; she wants to do things and thinks about them always, but never gets to doing them.</span><br />
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What’s funny is that, usually, I would jump to the conclusion that such a character is either indecisive or weak, but with J.J, I never lose hope in her (although I still feel she could have handle the house residence problem more firmly). Maybe it’s the language she uses, or the different things that she notices, but in any case, kudos to the author for the amazing characterization!</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was just thinking about how contradictory J.J. is when her backstory was revealed. I've been waiting for this, and I think it explains a lot, especially why she half wants to be a rebel, yet still knows what is right and what is wrong. It is not completed yet (I think we still have 2 chapters or so before she comes back), and I hope the next chapters will cast even more lights on why J.J. is like who she is right now.</span><br />
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We actually see J.J. and X-It bonding in these chapters, instead of just hearing J.J. talk about it. It was a beautiful sight to read, and I’m sure I was swooning when I reach this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>X-It and I spend the night propped against each other in hard plastic chairs at the bus station. He doesn't mind because the image we make fits some kind of cinematic idea he has in his head.</i></span></blockquote>
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Now that I mentioned that, let’s talk more about X-It (after all, the novel is named after him, isn’t it?). </span><br />
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You know how in movies, there would be a guy going on a boring-as-hell life, and BANG, a girl who is everything his life is not, runs straight into him? I personally think X-It is just like that to J.J. He is not the perfect boyfriend, who is sensitive and caring and sweet, but he has all this whimsical ideas going on in his head, it seems as if he’s always on edge. He completes her AND fits her, and I do hope they somehow end up together. </span><br />
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That seems too much to hope for in this kind of story, though, so I’m just gonna cross my finger that they remain just as they are now. Because I seriously need more scenes like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Feverishly waiting for more backstory!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't forget to comment on your thoughts about the book!</span></span></h3>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-889570586479090792012-12-07T07:30:00.000-05:002012-12-07T07:30:00.807-05:00Book Spotlight, Excerpt and Giveaway! Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four by Nya Jade<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey guys, and welcome to a spotlight of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16088107-phoebe-pope-and-the-year-of-four">Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four</a> by Nya Jade! I took part in the <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/10/cover-reveal-and-giveaway-phoebe-pope.html">cover reveal</a> last October, and I'm excited to support this book again! (There will also be a review as part of a book tour in February, so stay tuned!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, here's the 411 on this book:</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Series: </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/90655-shapers" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shapers</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 339</span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Publisher:</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.dreamwellpublishing.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dreamwell Publishing</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Oct 30, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.nyajade.com/">Nya Jade</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16088107-phoebe-pope-and-the-year-of-four">Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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The students of Green Lane Academy roam their halls unaware that below their manicured campus exists a prestigious school of an entirely different kind . . .</i></span><br />
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Sixteen-year-old Phoebe Pope has enrolled at the Campus Below: a spy academy for shape-shifters hidden deep beneath the grounds of a boarding school whose humans unknowingly protect it. There, thanks to a carefully planned schedule, she leads a double life: spy trainee Below and normal teenager Above.</i></span><br />
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As if two course loads, concealing a secret power she alone wields, and coping with her father’s recent death weren’t enough, Phoebe finds herself developing major feelings for actor and teen heartthrob Colten Chase, who attends the Campus Above and appears to be majoring in winning Phoebe’s heart. But when officials learn that Phoebe may be at the center of a startling prophecy, she becomes the target of shape-shifting assassins who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth.</i></span><br />
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Now Phoebe’s lessons about Shaper’s enemies and spycraft take on great importance as a menace stalks the campus, with Phoebe as its target. Meanwhile, what began as an unlikely relationship with Colten, quickly morphs into heartache when she suspects that something sinister lurks beneath this movie star’s glitter and fame. Suddenly, Phoebe’s caught in a mesh of lies, betrayals, and danger where she doesn’t know who to trust, and needs to rely on herself—and her secret power—to get to the truth and to stay alive.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nya Jade is a singer-songwriter and author based in San Francisco. Her music videos have aired on the VH1, BET, and MTV networks. USA Today hailed Nya as a “young female troubadour worth keeping your eyes and ears on,” in an entertainment feature on up-and-coming singer-songwriters. “Her cool singing voice recalls Sade,” said the LA Times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Between writing and performing new music, Nya took a musical sabbatical to focus on writing a novel—an endeavor she found quite daunting, until she began looking at each chapter as a verse in a very long song. Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four is her first novel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In her free time, Nya enjoys hanging out with family and friends, searching for amazing gluten-free desserts, and bargain hunting for her next pair of funky shoes.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Phoebe was too far away to sense whether the boy had one heart or two. Through the maze of trees with clattering leaves, she could see him moving with purposeful speed. He was headed toward her destination—a brownstone chapel perched at the top of a small hill. Not knowing the boy’s nature made Phoebe hesitate. Then came the sound of tower bells. Eight o’clock. There was no time to think of an alternate route. She was officially late for the Conversion.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span> </i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A loud, echoing crack quickened Phoebe’s pace as lightning slashed the indigo sky above her. She had barely reached the base of the hill when rain began pounding down. Clutching the camera that hung from the strap around her neck, she sprinted the final stretch, arriving breathless.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span> </i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Phoebe wiped the rain from her face, and then entered the chapel. Inside, light from moon-facing windows cast a misty glow across the sanctuary, the air redolent with the smoke of a blazing fireplace. She glanced around the heart of the nondenominational Green Lane Academy. It seemed so ordinary, so quiet, even peaceful. Rows of pews with velvet cushions ran the width of the room. She moved between them, taking care to remain in the shadows. An irregular shape in a dark corner caught her eye and Phoebe could just barely make out the outline of the boy. He knelt with his head between his hands, his body huddled against a pew. Praying.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span> </i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Phoebe paused several feet away and waited. After a moment she felt energy seeping from the boy’s skin, raising the hairs on hers. Cold and electric, it meant one thing: the boy had only one heart. She could risk him seeing what she had come there to do. That meant waiting. Just then, something stirred behind her.</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Awesome first sentence! It really draws you in the story, doesn't it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The author is giving away a Kindle Fire HD, internationally! Enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win!</span></div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-44347793121539730652012-12-06T11:06:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:38:33.040-05:00READ-A-THON! X-It by Jane George: Chapter 4-6 “So what’s up with this X-It guy, anyway?"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you guys missed the first day of the Read-A-Thon, check out <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/12/read-thon-x-it-by-jane-george.html">the intro post</a> and <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/12/read-thon-x-it-by-jane-george-chapter-1.html">the first post</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Disclaimer:</b> I've only discovered this a few chapters in, but here it is: This book contains some descriptions of sexual nature (that only adds to the plot and characterization, if I may add).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 210</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Mar 26, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.jane-george.com/journal-jane.html">Jane George</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>LOVE IS A DRUG.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In 1980 NYC, eighteen-year-old J.J. Buckingham is an uptight trendoid. Working as a mannequin painter and a counter girl, she moonlights as a creature of the nightclubs. J.J. falls for aloof, crazy-talented artist and bicycle messenger X-It. In order to win his love, she succumbs to the dark machinations of drug dealer Marko Voodoo. X-It will love her if she’s the queen of underground Manhattan, right? Her plan backfires with horrendous consequences. Can J.J. find her way out of a maze of drugs, clubs, and danger?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As with many character-driven stories, J.J.’s thoughts are
right there in the spotlight. Yet, with the characters living what
essentially is a crazy, rebellious life, the pacing cannot be too slow. A lot
of authors make the mistake of dragging out passages on what the characters are
feeling, but Jane George is talented enough to describe the changes in J.J.’s
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What's more, she even manages to keep the changes justifiable all the
way, too. In three chapters, we saw J.J. from frightened, relieved, worried,
jealous, to total breakdown. However, these changes are always adequately
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m enjoying the “relationship” between J.J. and X-It, with
all the (romantic and sexual) tensions. But I think X-It is even more special
than that. To J.J., he is like a soul mate, a person she feels is her
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thing I have to complain about this novel, it is that I don’t feel X-It’s
character was developed enough. I know he is <i>“magical”</i> (J.J.’s description),
but if he’s my best friend, and he invites a group of friends I've made clear that
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He’s got to either have a really good reason, or be damn
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“The way you point out in the morning that the color of eggs
beaten with milk is one of the prettiest colors in the world. Or when I spilled
the big bag of M&M’s on the floor, you wouldn’t let me clean it up for
awhile because it was so beautiful. You’re beautiful.”</i> [X-It to J.J.]</span></blockquote>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-78926279663789539222012-12-06T09:30:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:38:24.274-05:00Book Spotlight, Excerpt and Giveaway! Frost Fire by Olivia Rivers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm proud to present to you a spotlight on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16067459-frost-fire">Frost Fire</a> by Olivia Rivers! This promo is hosted by <a href="http://www.xpressobooktours.com/">Xpresso Book Tours</a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This also marks the first time I host a giveaway myself, so I hope to receive much support from you guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Series: </b><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/90957-tortured-elements">Tortured Elements</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal">Paranormal</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance">Romance</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Nov 20, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://oliviarivers.blogspot.ca/">Olivia Rivers</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16067459-frost-fire">Frost Fire on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Magic is just like love, Allai. It won’t wait for permission before it destroys you.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> Like sand in an hourglass, Allai’s future is dwindling away. She’s spent her entire life fighting the Mages who threaten humanity, and dreams of someday eradicating magic. But all it takes is an anonymous phone call for the truth to spill out: Allai is the one thing she despises most. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>She’s a Mage. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Though ancient law mandates Allai’s death, she still has one last chance of survival. His name is Drake Rhaize, and he swears he can lead Allai to a sanctuary for Mages. Allai hasn’t seen Drake in years, but she remembers him as the Demon boy who used to hold her close and softly whisper that he’d keep her safe. But Drake has changed since then: He’s now suspected of murder, and has been out-casted for betraying his own kind. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>While Allai doesn’t trust Drake, she has no choice but to put her life in his hands and hope he can get her to safety. Because Allai’s father has hired a pack of Demons to bring her back to him, dead or alive–and Demons never stop the hunt. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Olivia Rivers is a high school student, a literary agent intern, and an obsessive-compulsive reader. She has a slight obsession with Kootenai County in Idaho, and she’s pretty sure life will always be awesome as long as Irish accents exist. She lives with dysautonomia, a chronic medical condition affecting her nervous system. Portions of proceeds from her “Tortured Elements” series go toward supporting youth with dysautonomia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>You can find her on:</b> <a href="http://oliviarivers.blogspot.ca/">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6548741.Olivia_Rivers">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/RiversOlivia">Twitter</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“I thought we changed the subject away from them.” Allai crossed her arms and fingered the sleeves of the old t-shirt she used as a pajama top. She always felt like her hands had to be doing something. The Demons she lived with were constantly alert and responsive, so the least she could do was look active.</i></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“Of course not. You have to make them stop.” </i></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“How the hell do you expect me to do that?” She took a deep breath, and then said in a calmer tone, “He tried to kill me, Luke. You were there, you know the details. How am I supposed to just push that memory away?” </i></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“Don’t push at it,” Luke said. “Just accept it. Embrace it, and then move on."</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>There was no way she could do that. Part of her wanted to; getting that memory out of her head would be beyond relieving. But the other part wanted to remember, because every memory she had of Drake Rhaize was a piece to a puzzle. And part of her hoped that once she put together the entire puzzle, it would tell a different story than her nightmare. </i></span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-11912725161735306962012-12-05T08:13:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:38:17.392-05:00READ-A-THON! X-It by Jane George: Chapter 1-3 “This is how we tell a story, folks.”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome everyone, to the first day of our Read-A-Thon on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It</a> by Jane George! To find more about this Read-A-Thon, you can check out <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/2012/12/read-thon-x-it-by-jane-george.html">the intro post here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 210</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Mar 26, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.jane-george.com/journal-jane.html">Jane George</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>LOVE IS A DRUG.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In 1980 NYC, eighteen-year-old J.J. Buckingham is an uptight trendoid. Working as a mannequin painter and a counter girl, she moonlights as a creature of the nightclubs. J.J. falls for aloof, crazy-talented artist and bicycle messenger X-It. In order to win his love, she succumbs to the dark machinations of drug dealer Marko Voodoo. X-It will love her if she’s the queen of underground Manhattan, right? Her plan backfires with horrendous consequences. Can J.J. find her way out of a maze of drugs, clubs, and danger?</i></span></div>
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and there she met X-It, who became her roommate. We learn more about their
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and line of the book. (The fact that I just recently finished 2 books which are…
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just from the first chapters, the story-telling of this book
seems perfect. Many authors make the mistake of telling the audience exactly
what they want us to think. Well, Stephen King wrote “Don’t treat your audience
like idiots.” (Or some words to the same effect). Jane George followed the “show,
don’t tell” rule to a T, and even though the book is told from JJ’s point of view,
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The characterization - amazing. I love finding out about the
many different aspects in JJ’s character, especially through her thoughts,
comments and world-views. JJ is also the one who provides us with a description
of X-It, who plays the role of the-best-friend-who-never-knows. I’m enjoying
the dynamics between them so far – it’s not just the stereotypical
best-friend-or-boyfriend we usually see, and would love to see where this “relationship”
go!</span><br />
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Jane is probably one of the most creative authors I’ve ever read when it comes
to the choice of words and metaphors and similes and the likes. I could go on
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I read this book, I was thinking about the song <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahha3Cqe_fk">The One That Got Away</a></i> by Katy Perry. Of course, the story line has not developed
enough for me to tell if it’s the same or not, but I think the atmosphere is
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-21737859161339020542012-12-04T15:00:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:38:03.370-05:00READ-A-THON! X-It by Jane George<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember when I said I'd be back at full steam come December?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I am!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm starting this month with an event called <a href="http://www.novelpublicity.com/events/bookclubbash-1210-14">Book Club Bash</a>, hosted by the amazing people at <a href="http://www.novelpublicity.com/">Novel Publicity</a>!</span><br />
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My schedule for the bash is as follow:</span><br />
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Dec 10: A post on the awesomeness of book blog!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dec 14: A review of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It</a> by Jane George.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And from Dec 5 to Dec 14 would be the READ-A-THON of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It</a>! I'll be posting every day about what I have read (I'll take it slow, about 3 chapters a day) and I would love it if you guys could join me - that's what book clubs is about, after all!</span><br />
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First, here's a few things about <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 210</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Mar 26, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.jane-george.com/journal-jane.html">Jane George</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13493685-x-it">X-It on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<i>LOVE IS A DRUG.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In 1980 NYC, eighteen-year-old J.J. Buckingham is an uptight trendoid. Working as a mannequin painter and a counter girl, she moonlights as a creature of the nightclubs. J.J. falls for aloof, crazy-talented artist and bicycle messenger X-It. In order to win his love, she succumbs to the dark machinations of drug dealer Marko Voodoo. X-It will love her if she’s the queen of underground Manhattan, right? Her plan backfires with horrendous consequences. Can J.J. find her way out of a maze of drugs, clubs, and danger?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was most interested in <i>X-It</i> of all the books offered - I just can't resist a Young Adult set in 1980's New York, and I hope it lives up to my expectations!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Get <i>X-It</i> and follow the Read-A-Thon!</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985130717/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0985130717&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0985130717" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PSY7X6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007PSY7X6&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon Kindle</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007PSY7X6" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/X-It-Jane-George/9780985130718?a_aid=fictiopredic-20">Book Depository</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/x-it-jane-george/1109794573?ean=9780985130718">Barnes and Noble Nook</a></span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-5185773767517334802012-12-04T10:00:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:37:45.586-05:00Book Spotlight, Excerpt, and Giveaway! After Dark by Emi Gayle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You guys are probably full of spotlights for the day, but promise, original posts are coming!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This spotlight is for <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13348320-after-dark">After Dark</a>, the 1st book in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/72606-the-19th-year">The 19th Year</a> by Emi Gayle, as hosted by <a href="http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com/">I Am A Reader, Not A Writer</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal">Paranormal</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance">Romance</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 344</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publisher:</b> <a href="http://www.jtaylorpublishing.com/">J. Taylor Publishing</a><br /><b>Publication Date:</b> Oct 31, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.emigayle.com/blog/">Emi Gayle</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13348320-after-dark">After Dark on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In exactly eight months, five days, three hours and thirteen minutes, Mac has to choose what she’ll be for the rest of her life.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She has no choice but to pick. As a Changeling, it’s her birthright. To Mac, it’s a birthchore. Like going to school with humans, interacting with humans, and pretending to be human during the pesky daylight hours.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once darkness descends, Mac can change into any supernatural form that exists—which makes her as happy as she can be. That is, until Winn Thomas, the biggest geek in her senior class figures out there’s more to what hides in the dark than most are willing to acknowledge.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In this first of the </i>19th Year Trilogy<i>, Winn might know more about Mac than even she does, and that knowledge could end their lives, unless Mac ensures the powers-that-be have no choice but to keep him around.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Get <i>After Dark</i></b> on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1937744140/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1937744140&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1937744140" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009UINROY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009UINROY&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon Kindle</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B009UINROY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> |</span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/After-Dark-Emi-Gayle/9781937744144?a_aid=fictiopredic-20">Book Depository</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/after-dark-emi-gayle/1113600424?ean=9781937744144">Barnes and Noble Nook</a> |</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Praise for <i>After Dark</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Winn and Mac were perfect for each other in every way possible. It was like two magnets finally finding each other and connecting.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Awesome beyond awesome! For lovers of YA Paranormal, this is a MUST READ!!!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Talk about can't put down...I accidentally opened this one instead of the book I was scheduled to read. Made the mistake of reading the first paragraph -- and I have not been able to put my iPad down since!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">— <a href="http://parajunkee.com/">Parajunkee</a></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Endless screams. Maniacal laughter. The scent of prey.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chills raced up my spine.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted to run. To hide. To bury my head in the grave beneath me.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Instead, I balanced on top of Samuel L. Wilson, someone’s ‘beloved father and son resting in peace,’ craving solitude and stressing like a vampire on a blood fast.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Good ole ‘Sam’ decomposed underneath the largest oak in Primrose Cemetery—a spot no human would visit at night except on Halloween. A night that should have been mine.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mine alone.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A gust of wind pushed my sketchpad to my knees, flung hair against my cheeks and sent my colored pencils tumbling. Wind, I could deal with. Humans? I’d rather not have had to. A swipe of my hand through the air brought the drawing tools back up. I yanked my hair into a tail, twisted the strands around a Cerulean blue pencil and stabbed random colors into the knot for safe keeping.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My frustration with human-kind had reached its pinnacle hours before but ratcheted even higher as someone rattled the gates, girls giggled and dares to enter the cemetery from crackly-voiced, chicken boys reached me.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I slapped my pencil to my papers, my forehead to my palm. “All I wanted was an hour of uninterrupted—”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The sharp end of something way larger than a pencil pierced my neck.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I straightened with one intake of breath, dropping the yellow, number-two from my fingertips.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My hand reached toward the uninvited object as I seethed between clenched teeth.</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Hello, Mackenzie.” His deep bass resonated with the confidence of his kind: the not-human variety.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You’ve got to be kidding.” Whatever the tool, it pressed deeper into my flesh, and I itched to free myself from its penetrating hold.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“And once again, I have won the game before it began.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Only because you came up behind me.” A small orb of sunlight formed in the palm of my hand as I kept my neck as still as possible. With one toss, it zipped into the air above my head.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A pierced squeal emanated from behind me, and the point slid away.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Holy hell, that hurt! I jumped to the ground, somersaulted between Matilda Jane, Johann Rowe and the plastic flowers that lay between them. With another roll, James Peak’s extra large headstone concealed my entire form.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Come out, come out, wherever you are.” The crunch of branches under footsteps gave his position away.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With a deep inhale, my body began its shift into a new form. My incisors elongated. Heart stopped. Eyes burned. On the exhale, strength, cunning and innate wit filled me, matching that of my attacker.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I stood with James as a shield. “Bring it on, old man.”</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow - that was definitely something! Love the characterization and awesome descriptions!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">About <a href="http://emigayle.com/">Emi Gayle</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Emi Gayle just wants to be young again. She lives vicariously through her youthful characters, while simultaneously acting as chief-Mom to her teenaged son and searching for a way to keep her two daughters from ever reaching the dreaded teen years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ironically, those years were some of Emi's favorite times. She met the man of her dreams at 14, was engaged to him at 19, married him at 20 and she's still in love with him to this day. She'll never forget what it was like to fall in love at such a young age — emotions she wants everyone to feel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>You can find her on:</b> </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.emigayle.com/">Web</a> | <a href="http://www.emigayle.com/blog/?m=2012">Blog</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/emijgayle">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/EmiGayle">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5421861.Emi_Gayle">Goodreads</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We've also got a giveaway for a $50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash, which e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nds 12/13/12! Just enter the Rafflecopter below!</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-91724548064085059042012-12-04T08:00:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:37:01.921-05:00Book Spotlight and Excerpt: Housetrap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's another book spotlight! I found <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16109578-the-housetrap">Housetrap</a> by R.J. Hore thanks to <a href="http://readingaddictionvbt.blogspot.com/">Reading Addiction Blog Tours</a>, and it sounds so good I can't help but sign up for the pre-publication promo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre: </b><a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Detective">Detective</a>,<b> </b><a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publisher:</b> <a href="http://champagnebooks.com/">Champagne Books</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Dec 3, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.ronaldhore.com/">R.J. Hore</a> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16109578-the-housetrap">Housetrap on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Elf arrived in my office wrapped in a full-length gold lame coat with a large hood covering her head and hiding most of her features, but I could tell she was pure Elf. Those yellow eyes are a dead giveaway even if you can't spot the pointed ears. I'm a student of nature, have to be; the breed often determines character, or motive, or veracity. In my business you have to stay two jumps ahead or you're squashed like a scarab. I'm a Mongrel myself. You can never tell about Mongrels, and there are more of us around now ever since the Goldilocks affair. Now there was a real witch, not the kind with just a warty nose, but she married that Wolf back in the days before they gave femmes the vote. Then they went overboard and made it all legal in the Intermarriage Act of 1812, and everything has tumbled Jack over Jill downhill ever since. </i></span></blockquote>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-77694236828474997542012-12-03T08:00:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:36:46.102-05:00Book Spotlight and Giveaway! Surrender by Rhiannon Paille<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome everybody to (yet another) book spotlight! I know, there hasn't been a lot of original posts up lately, but I'm still adjusting to my new life and study :( But you guys can expect me back in a few days, promise!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, without further ado, a promo on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16049030-surrender">Surrender</a> by Rhiannon Paille - hosted by <a href="http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com/">I Am A Reader, Not A Writer</a>! This is the 1st book in her series, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/64303-the-ferryman-and-the-flame">The Ferryman and the Flame</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Genre: </b><a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal">Paranormal</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance">Romance</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Publication Date: </b>Oct 2nd, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.yafantasyauthor.com/">Rhiannon Paille</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16049030-surrender">Surrender on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaliel was warned about her love for the Ferryman. One day he will marry the land and leave Avristar forever. She doesn't listen, and because of what she is - a Flame - one of nine apocalyptic weapons, she sparks a war. In a desperate attempt to save her home and her love, Kaliel tries to awaken Avred, not knowing she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"My head is still spinning a bit about the plot though because I can't believe it. It's better than ice cream for a break up. The plot was original, the characters were relatable and down to earth despite not living on Earth." - Courtney at <a href="http://readablecharper.blogspot.co.uk/">Readable Charper</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Surrender is definitely full of emotion and will take you on an incredible journey through the eyes of these two incredible characters."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Lucy at <a href="http://www.moonlightgleam.com/">Moonlight Gleam</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Reading this book felt like reading a classic, but with everything I love in a book: romance, heartbreak, and lots of action! I would recommend this book to EVERYONE and then dare them not to fall in love with it!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Sammie Spencer, Author of Amaretto Flame</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Rhiannon Paille creates a unique and beautiful world that will draw you in and make you remember what it was like to be young, innocent, and full of wonder."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Cory Putman Oakes, Author of The Veil</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Surrender is hands down one of my favorite fantasy books ever. YA or not, this is just pure awesomeness and every fantasy fan should read it. It's a delectable, rich in detail, numbingly brilliant and swoon-worthy read that you can't afford to miss out on."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- Evie at <a href="http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/">Bookish Evie</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">About Rhiannon Paille:</span></b><br />
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Rhi was never a normal girl. Her life was an urban fantasy wrapped in a paranormal romance and served with a side of horror. To escape her everyday weirdness she began writing fantasy. She studied at U of Sedona and MIMT, obtaining a PhD in Metaphysical Science and Parapsychology. She's married to a chef/comic book shop owner and has a fondness for architecture.</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-3624669640424273162012-11-20T08:00:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:35:32.847-05:00A Tale of the Other Kind Blog Tour: Author Interview with Leandi Cameron<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome everyone to my stop of <i>A Tale of the Other Kind</i> blog tour, hosted by <a href="http://blog.orangeberrypromo.com/">Orangeberry Book Tours</a>! I've got an author interview with Leandi Cameron coming up, but firstly, here's the 411 on the book:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Paranormal">Paranormal</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Romance">Romance</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 270</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publication Date:</b> Sep 18, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.leandicameron.com/">Leandi Cameron</a> | </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16048485-a-tale-of-the-other-kind">A Tale of the Other Kind: A Therian Novel on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Kai Emery likes to be indiscernible; however, his infatuation for his classmate, Sienna Fynn, has made his invisibility status all the more impossible to upkeep. His world spirals out of control when he discovers that he is a shape-shifting were-leopard, and finds himself unable to control his new-found anatomy.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>An unpredictable vampire enters his life, leading him down a path that soon reveals his destiny, and discloses another world, filled with magic and terrifying darkness. When he finds himself in danger from the god of magic and darkness for disobeying a curse bestowed upon his kind, forbidding him from falling in love with a human, he has to fight for survival, and protect everyone that he loves.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To tell the truth, I think I've got something against stories like this - maybe because they all sound similar to <i>Twilight</i> (which in my opinion is the worst story ever told). But I think this book deserves a chance - especially after reading the reviews on Goodreads. The synopsis also shows no appearance of a Bella-like character, which makes it even better!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What inspired you to want to become a writer?</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It probably sounds like the world’s biggest cliché, but I was born to be creative. I was born to write and sketch. My veins are filled with ink and my hands itch to put pen to paper. I am drawn to books like addicts are drawn to their drugs and alcohol. When I write, or draw, I feel liberated; I am exported to another world that I create for myself – one I wish I could live in. I become my protagonist, and I become my characters. And for those periods when I indulge, I am nothing but my characters. They are who I am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nothing felt more profound than the moment that I finally completed my novel and had the final hardcopy in my hands. Years of hard work and a dream was finally realised. I finally feel that I have made it. Now, only, I hope that others will enjoy it as much as I did writing it.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What is one book everyone should read?</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love philosophy, and it is quite inspiring to read the philosophies of some of the great minds of the past. One book that I believe everyone should read is <i>The Grapes of Wrath</i> by John Steinbeck. It is a heart-wrenching, eye-opening and a humbling novel. It looks deeper into the psyche of the human-being and shows us in our true raw form.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is advice that has been passed down through generations, and it still holds true. If you want to be a writer, and you have the ability, then don’t give up on your dreams. But never think that anything comes without hard work, a good education and a lot of research to make an idea reality. Always remember that by choosing the life of a writer, you choose a life that may lead you frustration and heartache. Not everyone’s dreams will become a reality – but if you fight hard enough, and you put in time and effort, anything is possible. However, remember that you still need to find a way through those hard times while you pursue your life as an author – for me, it was an easy choice - get an education, become a journalist, and then pursue my dreams. And, simultaneously, I got to write for a living as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sienna Fynn to be played by – Kat Graham (Vampire Diaries) or Lily Collins (The Blind Side).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kai Emery to be played by - I still haven’t found him… suggestions would be welcome!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Daniel Adams to be played by – Johnny Pacar (Make It or Break It) or Xavier Samuels (Eclipse)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Quinn to be played by – Vigo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Night owl, or early bird?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Definitely a night owl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>If you could choose only one time period and place to live, when and where would you live and why?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If I could choose, I would love to be transported back to the sixteenth century, Venice. I would have loved to live a life of masquerading – it is mysterious and intriguing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kai Emery and his struggle – What You Want by Evanescence</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>What’s the craziest writing idea you've had?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Too many to tell. I am crazy – everything I write is crazy. I had to be crazy to write, or I wouldn't be good at it at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>If you were a super hero what would your kryptonite be?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cute puppies – I just melt when I see them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>If you could have a signed copy of any novel what would it be and why?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anything by Anne Rice – she is amazingly gifted and one of the most talented authors of our century.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Playing Sims.</span><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-35078996807601647582012-11-19T07:30:00.000-05:002012-12-06T17:36:34.210-05:00Book Spotlight and Giveaway! Breathe by Suzanne Cox<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome everyone, to yet another promo! As I've told you in the last post, I've just moved to Singapore on a scholarship and have been settling in, so I'm not posting anything much right now. But promise: I'll be back in December at full steam!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, today, I'm spotlighting <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16122111-breathe">Breathe</a>, the first book in the <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/90266-atlantis">Atlantic</a> series by Suzanne Cox. This promo is hosted by <a href="http://www.bookish-brunette.com/">The Bookish Brunette</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Genre: </b><a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Dystopian">Dystopian</a>, <a href="http://fictionpredictions.blogspot.com/search/label/Young%20Adult">Young Adult</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Publication Date: </b>Oct 22th, 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Website: </b><a href="http://suzannecoxbooks.com/">Suzanne Cox</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> | <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16122111-breathe">Breathe on Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>17 year old science prodigy, Laney Brookes, is looking for two things: a cure for the flu virus that’s ravaging the world and the truth about what happened to her father. Using clues from her father’s secret journals, she and her two friends Kate and Carter follow what she thinks is the path to the answers.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>It’s a path that lands them in the lost world of Atlantis, a world struggling to survive. Laney finds more than just answers in Atlantis. She finds love. To get her friends and herself home, Laney will have to travel into enemy territory, led by Andrew a young Atlantean determined to return his people to power. In the process she’ll even unravel the mystery of her missing father. But first, she’ll have to figure out who the real enemy is.</i></span></span></span></div>
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You can <b>get the book</b> on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985904933/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0985904933&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0985904933" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009VGR8ZE/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B009VGR8ZE&linkCode=as2&tag=fictiopredic-20">Amazon Kindle</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fictiopredic-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B009VGR8ZE" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/breathe-suzanne-cox/1113712476">Barnes and Noble</a></span><br />
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<b>About <a href="http://www.suzannecoxbooks.com/">Suzanne Cox</a>:</b></span><br />
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I remember writing my first stories when I was about nine or ten years old. I've been writing ever since. In 2002 I decided to seriously try and get some of my work published. On February 14th of 2005 I sold my first book, A Different Kind of Man, to Harlequin Superromance. While trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, besides a writer, I went to college (a lot) and worked a variety of jobs. I have a bachelor of arts in English with a minor in secondary education, a bachelor of science in nursing, a master of science in career and technical education with an emphasis in adult education and most recently, a master of science in nursing as a family nurse practitioner. I was also a National Board Certified Teacher in career and technical education. Along the way I've worked as a high school English teacher and an elementary teacher. I've worked as a registered nurse on a cardiac unit, brain injury rehab unit, and several different medical-surgical units. I've also done stints as a home health nurse and a community health educator at a hospital, and many years as an allied health instructor at a high school career and technology center. Presently, I'm working full time as a family nurse practitioner at an inpatient psychiatric facility.</span><br />
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If I'm not writing I like to spend time reading. My husband and I share our home with our four legged children. Our boy and girl in puppy dog clothes, Toby and Sassy, who masquerade as Miniature Pinschers. We are also owned by three cats Chase, Jackson, and Spots. We are all terrorized by Gray Kitty, a stray who decided to stay and take over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Suzanne is hosting a giveaway along with this promo! The prizes that you can win are:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">A copy of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16122111-breathe">Breathe</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30183.Marked">Marked</a> <i>(House of Night, #1)</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sparkly nail polish that coordinates with the book cover.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">A stoneware necklace with concentric circle design from <i>Breathe</i> by <a href="http://kaatee-art.com/">Kaatee Art</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Metal bookmark</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To win all these amazing stuff, simply enter the Rafflecopter below! This giveaway is US only - sorry international readers :(</span></div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014303585424205259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532015723796255560.post-76503256154430255112012-11-18T01:30:00.002-05:002012-12-06T17:35:51.093-05:00I'M MOVING!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know it's been a while since I last posted, but I'm back again! And here's a recap of what's been happening since then (yes, it's the same event I've been hinting at):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'M MOVING! (in case you missed the title :P)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I received a scholarship to Singapore in May, and this whole week has been one of preparing, saying goodbye, and settling down in the dorm. Not to mention that there was something wrong with my laptop and I couldn't connect to the Internet (I'm actually using my friend's laptop right now). As a result, I haven't been able to post much, and there'll only be a few small posts for 2 weeks, but I'll be back in December at full steam! (I hope my computer has been fixed by then.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary</i> and <i>Oxford Collocations Dictionary</i> and <i>Oxford Learner's Thesaurus - </i>All for my studying, of course!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4671.The_Great_Gatsby">The Great Gatsby</a> by F. Scott Fitzgerald - In preparation for the Baz Luhrmann film :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13496.A_Game_of_Thrones">A Game of Thrones</a> (<i>A Song of Ice and Fire, #1</i>) by George R.R. Martin - I couldn't finish this at home, so I just have to bring it with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief">The Book Thief</a> by Markus Zusak - I think I missed a few things the first time, so I'm waiting for a reread!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/770637.The_Science_of_Harry_Potter">The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works</a> by Roger Highfield - This one is in my mother tongue, and a gift of a friend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13.The_Ultimate_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a> by Douglas Adams - Borrowed from a friend. It contains all 5 books by Douglas Adams!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13497818-the-casual-vacancy">The Casual Vacancy</a> by J.K. Rowling - Another gift, and one I can't wait to start reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can also see a copy of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93981.The_Interpretation_of_Dreams">The Interpretation of Dreams</a> by Sigmund Freud - I've always wanted to read it, and I'm so glad I could borrow it from my seniors :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are only a few because I had to save space for other things, and I'm going home for Christmas. But I'm pretty sure this will double by the end of the year - it's definitely going to be easier to find books in Singapore than in my country!</span><br />
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