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I just had to post this picture! Hee Hee. I love it! I KEEP IT REAL!
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Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything"—at least that’s the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf ’s Department Store.This year, she’s the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen 
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Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read  This weeks featured blog is Hesperia Loves Books and the weekly question is:

Q: Have you ever looked at book’s cover and thought, This is going to horrible? But, was instead pleasantly surprised? Show us the cover and tell us about the book.

I would have to say



Well, I didn't think this is going to be horrible but I 
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Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, and BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!




The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith







"Stefan laughed. It was a bitter sound. "Who am I to judge?" There was more emotion in his voice than Elena 
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Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read  This weeks featured blog is Mercurial Musings and the weekly question is:

Q: What book would you love to see made into a movie or television show and do you have actors/actresses in mind to play the main characters?



Secretly, I would like to see the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series made into a TV series but it would 
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Amsterdam




Australia




Brazil




Denver, CO (Tattered Cover, in my hometown. This bookstore is awesome!)




UK (love this! called the Honesty Bookstore, I would be afraid the books would get wet though).




London




NYC




Scotland




Toronto




UK



Ah, I just love bookstores. Just thought I'd share some eye candy with 
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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

I just found out about this book today. It looks very good!
Black City (Black City Chronicles #1) by Elizabeth Richards (TBR: Nov 13, 2012

A dark and tender postapocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war

In a city where humans and 
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Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, and BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!



Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

"As I felt my feet under me, I reached for the wall, trying to get my bearings, my fingers only barely raking some solid surface 
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In My Mailbox was inspired by Alea of Pop 
Culture Junkie and hosted by TheStorySiren. 





I got these books from the thrift store. I mean I maybe paid like $5 total for all six of these books. Isn't that awesome? I never thought about buying books at a thrift store but this one had a huge book section. So I'm happy. I've been wanting the Vampire Diaries Series for so long and now I have 
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Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read  This weeks featured blog is Oh! For the Love of Books and the weekly question is:



Q: Activity!!! Take a picture or describe where you love to read the most…



Most of the time, I read in my bed. It is never usually this neat though and there is usually a big fluffy kitty cat curled up sleeping in there somewhere too!
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Man I have been trying to blog ALLLL DAY. I had to download Google Chrome which I really don't like just to get Blogger to work, Sheesh! 



Anywhoo....





Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, and BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 



Just Listen 
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Today’s age of everything-goes media messages and in-your-face sexuality has led to many teen girls grappling with self-esteem and self-worth. What’s Wrong With Me?: A Girl’s Book of Lessons Learned, Inspiration and Advice guides girls through their young adulthood by teaching 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-WqKOanADXl0W2tZfnHbZqdNf-4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-WqKOanADXl0W2tZfnHbZqdNf-4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TotallyObsessed/~4/5eQVcoHEbss" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://nakeshabrown.blogspot.com/2012/02/follow-friday-is-weekly-meme-hosted-by.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkUGQXczeip7ImA9WhRbGE0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3183924554303581601.post-1492819225387001288</id><published>2012-02-09T09:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T09:23:40.982-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-09T09:23:40.982-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="photography" /><title>In other news....</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://nakeshabrown.blogspot.com/feeds/1492819225387001288/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3183924554303581601&amp;postID=1492819225387001288&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3183924554303581601/posts/default/1492819225387001288?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3183924554303581601/posts/default/1492819225387001288?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TotallyObsessed/~3/CKaAqAb3G7k/in-other-news.html" title="In other news...." /><author><name>NaKesha Brown</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/106670814271395818180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fRnm04AUAp0/TzP9cCW81tI/AAAAAAAAAx0/MrxEZrdWFi4/s72-c/429579_185503164884570_184146328353587_242927_510943802_n.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">My blog has been neglected lately due to other ventures in my life. I enjoy photography so much that I've decided to try to make some money at it. Ever since I went to Bettinger's Photography to get my senior pictures done umpteen years ago, I've wanted to start my own photography business. Eventually I would like to get to the point where I have a studio space and work it full time but for right
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Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, and BE CAREFUL NOT 
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Like cookie monster, only with books. Nom Nom Nom Nom! 


tgif is a weekly meme hosted by GReads!  This week's question is: Most 
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Tune in Tuesday is hosted by Ginger at GReads. Hop on over there and join in the fun!I've been on a Bruno Mars kick this week. I just love his voice and he is just so cute! I just want to 
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Tune in Tuesday is hosted by Ginger at GReads. Hop on over there and join in the fun!So I created a writing soundtrack when I began writing my novel for NaNoWriMo (BTW I changed from the paranormal to the edgy YA. I swear the story wants to get out of me, its just not 
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I know everyone is deeply immersed in the NaNoWriMo challenge (I'm failing miserably at it BTW but that a whole 'nother blog topic) however, there is another writing challenge in association with National Writing Project being judged by Junot Díaz, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao and Drown. Mr. Diaz has a great way of creating a strong voice with his 
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