tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47134678502646788142021-03-01T21:40:25.340+08:00Oops! I Read A Book AgainDiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200141360008343625noreply@blogger.comBlogger1051125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-36062103156103827082019-10-05T20:32:00.000+08:002019-10-05T20:32:29.731+08:00The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions) by Amy Spalding<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys)</i> was not a fluke. Amy Spalding does write the voiciest YAs of them all. Here's another hit with me (and probably with most of you too), introducing... THE NEW GUY (AND OTHER SENIOR YEAR DISTRACTIONS)!! </span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://igcdn-photos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xta1/t51.2885-15/e35/12383648_545487338956338_1855113839_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><a href="http://assets.teenvogue.com/photos/56f045cc83b45ac83f563b5b/master/pass/NewGuy%20cvr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://assets.teenvogue.com/photos/56f045cc83b45ac83f563b5b/master/pass/NewGuy%20cvr.jpg" height="640" width="420" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Amy Spalding</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: Poppy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: April 5, 2016</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>A ridiculously cute, formerly-famous new guy dropping into your life? It's practically every girl's dream. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>But not Jules McCallister-Morgan's. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I realize that on paper I look like your standard type-A, neurotic, overachiever. And maybe I am. But I didn't get to be the editor of my school's long-revered newspaper by just showing up*. I have one main goal for my senior year-early acceptance into my first choice Ivy League college-and I will not be deterred by best friends, moms who think I could stand to "live a little," or boys. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>At least, that was the plan before I knew about Alex Powell**.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>And before Alex Powell betrayed me***.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I know what you're thinking: Calm down, Jules. But you don't understand. This stuff matters. This is my life. And I'm not going down without a fight. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>----</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>* Okay, I sort of did. But it's a sore subject.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>** I mean, I guess everyone knows about Alex Powell? Two years ago, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing about viral video boy band sensation Chaos 4 All. Two years ago, Alex Powell was famous.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>***Some people think I'm overreacting. But this. Means. War.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Filled with romance, rivalry, and passive-aggressive dog walking, Amy Spalding delivers a hilariously relatable high school story that's sure to have you falling for The New Guy.</i></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/203gVzy" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-new-guy-amy-spalding/1122458179?ean=9780316382762" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/The-New-Guy-and-Other-Senior-Year-Distractions-Amy-Spalding/9780316382786/?a_aid=oopsireadabookagain" target="_blank">The Book Depository</a></b></span></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>First Line</b>: "Even though it’s only the second day of my senior year, the routine’s familiar."</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So let's get right down to why you have to read this book!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. 1) @theames does it again. #TheNewGuy is one of the voiciest YAs I have ever read. And of course since it's by Amy, it's funny too!! <33</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) Jules (MC) has two moms. That's just it. No drama or angst about it. Jules has such a loving family that was so sweet to read. #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3) The love interest, Alex, is a formerly famous member of a boyband. I AM PUTTY WITH CELEBRITY ROMANCES. Or, fine, ex-celebrity. #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4) THE SHIP. It's like-to-hate-to-unresolved-sexual-tension-therefore-we-must-make-out-in-secret-to-conflict-to-~love~. HELL YES. #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5) THERE IS A WAR. Between the school paper and the new video club. MCs on different sides. MY SHIPPY HEART COULDN'T CALM DOWN #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6) THERE IS PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE DOGWALKING between Jules and Alex where they one-up each other and CAN YOU GUYS BE ANY CUTER?!?!?! #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7) THERE ARE PRANKS MWAHAHAHA pranks in YA give me life!!!!!! Because it's war! #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8) SEX POSITIVITYYYYYYYY (which I have come to expect from Amy Spalding because she is amazing #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9) Because Jules said this: "How does anyone deal with boys full-time? I'm exhausted trying just to be normal." YES YES YES #TheNewGuy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10) Because if you want a fun and charming read, then THIS IS IT. <3 #TheNewGuy</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-24243898223820718582018-01-22T19:00:00.000+08:002018-01-22T19:00:05.134+08:00Hiding Lies by Julie Cross<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6131" src="http://www.entangledteen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Hiding-Lies-Cover-Reveal-Banner.jpg" height="315" width="560" /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let us know what you think of the cover for Hiding Lies<i> </i>(Eleanor Ames, #2) by <em>NYT</em> bestselling author Julie Cross, which releases April 17, 2018!</span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This cover reveal is brought to you by Entangled Teen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-6134" src="http://www.entangledteen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/HidingLies_500-1.jpg" height="624" width="416" /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About <i>Hiding Lies</i>:</span></h3><blockquote><div class="textbox" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At Holden Prep, dirty little secrets always have a way of coming to the surface.</span></div><div class="textbox" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eleanor Ames has never been what she seems. Average high school student on the outside, but reformed con artist trying to break free of her past on the inside. When Eleanor receives startling news about someone from her previous criminal life, plans for a new operation coinciding with her school’s upcoming field trip quickly consume her.</span></div><div class="textbox" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But operations rarely go according to plan. And this is one her irresistible teen FBI agent boyfriend, Miles, would never approve of.</span></div><div class="textbox" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, more than just Ellie’s reputation is at stake. If she fails, it could be her life.</span></div></blockquote><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want to read more? Pre-order your copy of <em>Hiding Lies</em> (Eleanor Ames, #2)<i> </i>by <em>NYT</em> bestselling author Julie Cross today!</span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33509077-hiding-lies"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="add-to-goodreads" class="aligncenter wp-image-3420 size-full" src="http://www.entangledteen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/add-to-goodreads.jpg" height="62" width="143" /></span></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WGPF9WK">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hiding-lies-julie-cross/1125323331?ean=9781633758162#/">B&N</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/hiding-lies/id1205789510">iBooks</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/hiding-lies">Kobo</a> | <a href="https://entangledpublishing.com/hiding-lies.html">Entangled Publishing</a></span></h3><div><br /></div><div data-canvas-width="752.5463048258824"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-1355 alignleft" src="http://www.entangledteen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Julie-Cross_Author-Photo-237x300.jpg" height="208" width="164" /></span><strong></strong></div><div data-canvas-width="752.5463048258824"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>About Julie Cross:</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Julie Cross is a NYT and USA Today bestselling author of New Adult and Young Adult fiction, including the Tempest series, a young adult science fiction trilogy which includes Tempest, Vortex, Timestorm (St. Martin's Press). She's also the author of Letters to Nowhere series, Whatever Life Throws at You, Third Degree, Halfway Perfect, Chasing Truth, Off the Ice and many more to come! Julie Cross was a longtime resident of central Illinois but has recently moved her entire family across the country to continue her academic studies at Stanford University.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://juliecrossbooks.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/juliecross1980">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FansOfJulieCross/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3429117.Julie_Cross">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Julie-Cross/e/B005ORUY1E/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1516597155&sr=8-1">Amazon</a></span></div><div data-canvas-width="752.5463048258824"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-45786570901940597292017-09-29T19:00:00.000+08:002018-02-06T09:53:05.555+08:00Help me plan my 'Stranger Things' viewing party!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="stranger-things-season-2-poster-stranger-things-40560134-338-500" class=" size-full wp-image-13721 aligncenter" height="500" src="https://dayandotxyz.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stranger-things-season-2-poster-stranger-things-40560134-338-500.jpg" width="338" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Probably the only reason I haven't cancelled my Netflix subscription yet is because of <em>Stranger Things</em>. (Let's be real though, I will never be able to quit Netflix even if I'm jobless like now because <strong>TV is LIFE</strong>.) I loved the first season and in fact, I watched it a total of THREE TIMES in a span of two weeks?? Something like that. It was just so compulsively watchable that I remember sleeping at 7AM just to finish it all. (Pro-tip: Do not start watching a series at midnight.) Admittedly, what initially hooked me was these kids playing <em>Dungeons and Dragons</em> because I play D&D myself. But each episode was more gripping than the previous and I was unstoppable as I queued an episode right after the other. IT IS JUST THAT GOOD. What made <em>Stranger Things </em>even more fun for me was watching it again with my friends, most of which also play D&D with me, and discussing it and loving it altogether.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So this October, I am planning on hosting a <em>Stranger Things</em> viewing party!!!!111 YAY!!!! *confetti* And now, you gotta help me with it!</span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm no stranger to holding house parties at my very small apartment. And by small, I mean 15 sqm for my sister and I, which includes two beds (and one pull-out bed), a bathroom, and a kitchen counter and sink. I also have a refrigerator, a table, a closet, and a shoe cabinet. Basically, it's tight. But I have held slumber parties of ten people (and more!) in there and we've seen tons of movies, including </span><em style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kimi no Nawa</em><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, </span><em style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Blair Witch Project</em><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, and </span><em style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now You See Me 2</em><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> among others. We've also gotten hammered in there. And of course, there were lots of food. Have I mentioned that they're potluck parties too? Yes, I love my friends and hosting them. (Even if, let's be honest, it's kinda stressful too.)</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="14720448_10154556594887305_5562577138551794787_n" class=" size-full wp-image-13757 aligncenter" height="300" src="https://dayandotxyz.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/14720448_10154556594887305_5562577138551794787_n.jpg" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" width="400" /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This time around, I want to hold a <em>Stranger Things</em> viewing party. It would be hitting all the birds with one stone. I get to watch it, my friends get to watch it, we get to watch it together, and we can discuss it right away. It'll also serve as bit of bonding time since I haven't hosted a lot of people in probably a year and I miss having people over! But first, the preparation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I want it to be kinda grand, in which, I want invitations! Online invitations are a thing now and I am thankful for sites such as <a href="https://www.paperlesspost.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Paperless Post</a> because I am not crafty with my hands! Now, my problem is choosing from thousands of designs available in there. (I know, what a problem, right?) And here's where I need your help! Do check them out (and follow them for your own <a href="https://www.paperlesspost.com/cards/section/invitations" rel="noopener" target="_blank">invitation</a>/card needs!) and let me know if you see something that would fit my ~party~? I've looked into the viewing party invitations but I'm also trying out the more general invitations.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next order of business: FOOD. I want the food to be in theme too but if you've seen <em>Stranger Things</em>, they mostly just eat cereals, junk food, and of course, Eggos. I want real, filling food though so now, I'm at a loss on what to serve. I doubt my friends would bring foods in theme but I at least want to have something that is very <em>Stranger Things</em>-esque. I'm still brainstorming but if you have an idea, please send them my way? If all else fails, I'll just get a cake. And Eggos. #basic</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lastly, costumes and decoration! I think only a few of my friends will do so but it's going to be kind of an early Halloween party too! No one can top this cosplay but it's still worth a try!</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dayandotxyz.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/giphy.gif"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13773" height="320" src="https://dayandotxyz.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/giphy.gif" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And that's it! Basically, I just threw into the ether that I'm hosting a viewing party but I have absolutely no plans yet. I still have a month though! *tries not to panic*</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This post was written in partnership with <a href="https://www.paperlesspost.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Paperless Post</a>. Do check them out and give them a follow!</span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-42794919804657484452017-06-04T19:00:00.000+08:002017-06-28T17:10:25.503+08:00National Book Store's #ReadOutLoudChallenge: Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy 75th Anniversary, National Book Store!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And to celebrate their anniversary, National Book Store is promoting reading and literacy in the country by the Read Out Loud Challenge! What is it, you ask?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With every 75 videos of people reading their favorite line/s from their favorite book/s posted on Instagram and/or Facebook, the National Book Store Foundation will help establish a library in public schools all over the Philippines!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here I am doing the challenge and reading from <i>Two Boys Kissing</i> by David Levithan. I had this book tabbed with so many quotable passages that it was so hard to choose just one. And it's just so apt for June because it's Pride Month!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope you'll do the challenge as well and help National Book Store build libraries! My non-Filipino/Philippine-based readers, please do participate too! You'd be helping Filipino kids a lot!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background: #fff; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.5) , 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: 99.375%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><div style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BU3yHjPlRNJ/" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">#ReadOutLoudChallenge accepted! Reading out loud my favorite lines from one of my favorite books, TWO BOYS KISSING by David Levithan, to spread the love for reading and to support @nbsfoundation. For every 75 videos posted, @nbsalert will help set up one library in a public school until we reach 7,500. Together, let's promote the love for reading! Now, I challenge @lyragill, @saabgomez, and @sayitcharlie to do the same.</a></div><div style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by Dianne (@jollibeb) on <time datetime="2017-06-03T09:00:18+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jun 3, 2017 at 2:00am PDT</time></div></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-15327977499456328792017-05-10T20:11:00.000+08:002017-05-11T13:00:44.898+08:00Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spoiler alert: I didn't love this as much as everyone did so there's that. I love the message, I really do. I just realized that this is not the poetry style I gravitate to. No, that's wrong, I kind of gravitate to it because it's everywhere? But it's not what makes this heart sing and/or curl up in a ball.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26877039-milk-and-honey?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Milk and Honey" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1487289196l/26877039.jpg" /></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Milk and Honey</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Rupi Kaur</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: October 6, 2015</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.</i></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2r1cD0u" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b></span></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Review</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had high hopes for this but did I read a completely different book than everyone else?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't get me wrong. Rupi and I have the same politics and beliefs based on her poems. I'd still say that this collection is powerful and must be read, even if only for the messages. Its messages would garner 5 stars because all women need to hear it and know it and live it. And men too so we can squash the patriarchy. I highlighted a lot of poems and lines and a lot struck me because these are truths that everyone needs to see/hear/read. To be woke.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But as for poetry, I find it lacking. It is honest and relatable, which I guess make good poems too. But I want my poems not only to be raw feelings that pack punches or send messages. I want my poems to hide something from me, so I would have to shovel what it buries underneath it. I want it to be heavier and meatier than what you see at first glance. I want it to make me realize something I didn't know or have known all along but refuse to see. I guess i just want more.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, maybe I've read too much poetry collections recently similar to this style? I guess I can see how those I've read before could be derivatives of Rupi Kaur or maybe some other poet I haven't read and it's kinda unfair to rate them higher than where they're derived from but it is what it is.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-33300137305891510062017-05-04T19:30:00.000+08:002017-05-04T19:34:58.414+08:00[redacted] + Small Ghost by Trista Mateer<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, I'm gonna post hopefully short word vomits on two of Trista Mateer's poetry collections. I've been finding it hard to read fiction recently so I've been reading poetry collections, short story anthologies, and essay collections.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> And I've been finding it hard <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> review anything<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> at all so please go easy on me<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34364335-redacted?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="[redacted]" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1487675195l/34364335.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>[redacted]</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Trista Mateer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: February 18, 2017</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking National Poetry Month’s poem-a-day challenge one step further, for her fourth collection, Trista Mateer has not only compiled a chapbook of her 2016 ‘30 for 30’ poems, but she has also chosen to include nearly everything else written in the month of April. This comes in the form of handwritten notes and poetry fragments, iPhone note poetry, tweets, Craigslist ads, and more. This mix of poetry and prose spans a single month and covers topics such as heartbreak, gender, sexuality, and forgiveness.</span></i></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2pFMV0V" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></b><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Review</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was</span> my first time to read Trista Mateer <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and was obv<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">iously not the last since I read another one of her poetry collections. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hahaha. This was quite short too, I'm <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">finding that most poetry collections are, apparently. (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">k</span>inda used to omnibus edition<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s.) It was a quick read and here are my top three favorite lines out of all the poe<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">try and prose in here.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"I love you, I love you; let me do it for a little while longer." </span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"because this month I prioritized booze over food and I still feel like it was worth it."</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"remember / sometimes the pain is just pain / the hurt is not poetic / the side effects of mental illness are never romantic"</span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">usual, the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">poems<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/lines I l<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">oved the most were about mental health<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Not surprising since it's so hard to find the words to say what you're feeling and thinking to other people<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. So reading something that<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> can express those thoughts more eloqu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ently and coherently is such a gift. While I still prefer my poet<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ry to not be words of raw emotions/an<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gst/hurt formatted pret<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tily on a page, I liked this collection. I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t was smart<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and had me chu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ckling too, especially at the line "Delta Lost My Luggage And Still Treated Me Better Than You Did<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">" from her <i>A Series of Poems about Airports</i>. And I just can really relate to prioritizing booze/karaoke/"my vices" over things that are important. #stillnotadultingproperly</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30130896-small-ghost?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Small Ghost" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462674552l/30130896.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Small Ghost</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Trista Mateer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: May 3, 2016</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Small Ghost is a brief collection of poetry by Trista Mateer, featuring a narrative about depression and anxiety, with a central focus on coping mechanisms. It approaches the exhausting reality of mental illness with blunt emotional honesty, self depreciating humor, and cute illustrations.</span></i></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2oNXMYl" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Review</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got this one for f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ree too so might as well read it right after I read one of her<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s and liked it enough. Here are two of my favorite lines:</span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"it’s strange all the things you forget about when you can’t find the scars to prove they happened anymore"</span></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"how many calories does anxiety burn"</span></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Small Gho<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">st</span></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> is a collection f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ocused on depression and anxiety and it takes on the narrative of a ghost. I liked the illustrations that went with the poems and I could relate to them all. In fact, I think the illustrations elevated my reading experience because the visuals really delivered the emotions portrayed by the poetry. I found myself laughing-crying at how many calories does anxiety burn because IF ONLY ANXIETY CAN BE CONSIDERED WORKOUT. Sadly, by the time I read this one, I think I've read too many poems with similar themes and styles to actually appreciate them more. I would say though that Trista Mateer writes smart, witty, and very relatable poetry. I'd willingly read her other poetry collections too. (But maybe only when I can get them for free on Amazon? #cheapskate)</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-77943238792864564162017-05-02T19:00:00.000+08:002017-06-06T00:11:54.925+08:00Stacking the Shelves (66)<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Forgive my absence. 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"arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Love Affairs<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Wald<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">man</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Sound of Letting Go by Sta<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sia Ward Kehoe</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 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Rovelli</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span 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Esguerra</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* </span>Don't Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* </span>Midnights in Bali by Carla de Guzman</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* </span>Bucket List to Love by C.P. Santi</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* </span>Rules of Non-Attraction by Andrea Soto-Pionilla</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* </span>Crushingly Close by Stella Torres</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* </span>Prep & Prejudice by Miren B. 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To soak in love is to be weakened by it. Better to swim in it, then come back to shore.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">machination, n.: I know those gears, and see the way they are greased by insecurity. When thinks work too well, I am suspicious.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mad, adj.: There is nothing crazy about my anger when you say you’ll do something then don’t, and somehow find a way to blame me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">madcap, adj.: Let's revel across rooftops, tango through turnstiles, and trip over ourselves, laughing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">madly, adv.: I had to stop thinking of my little be for you as rational or irrational; it exists Ina space beyond rationality.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mafia, n.: Your friends were much more intimidating than your family, because they mattered more to you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magic, n.: To be in love, you have to let yourself live in the realm of the unexplainable, glorious and treacherous as it is.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magisterial, adj.: Every now and then we need to surround ourselves with things that are greater than us, like mountains or symphonies.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magma, n.: The thin layer of anger that waits beneath the surface; it’s not who we are, but it’s part of what made us.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magnanimous, adj.: I liked that you offered me your leftover fries, and then later, when it was just assumed that I would take them.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magnetosphere, n.: What happens is there’s now another layer outside of yourself, the pull of this other person that also leads to you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magnificent, adj.: You woke me to see the sunrise, and though was tired, I never questioned it. Together at the window, we beheld.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magnify, v.: Every time you say it isn’t a problem, it only makes the problem larger in my eyes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">magpie, n.: Yes, I search for the moments with you that will glimmer as much in hindsight as they gleam while they happen.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mailbox, n.: It was strange to see us sorted together, to acknowledge that were now really the same place.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maim, v.: You missed a piece of the broken bottle; I found it on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">main, adj.: You are the one above all the others, which does not negate all the others, but at least should give you a vantage point.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mainstream, adj.: You hate it when I love something popular until I prove to you that I've made it personal to me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maintenance, n.: If the faucet is dripping, you can't spend the whole relationship trying to ignore it. You have to fix it.</span><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">major, adj.: I started wanting my friends to invite you along, because I wanted them to know you, but also because I missed you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">makeable, adj.: I looked into your eyes and thought, yes, wow, we can build this.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">makeover, n.: I said it wasn’t you I wanted to change, it was your taste in lamps, and you treated it like it was the same thing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maladjusted, adj.: I ask for strength to change the whole world because that often feels easier than changing myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maladroit, adj.: I only want to change the channel. It’s just that the remote control has too many buttons.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malady, n.: I drown things out with quiet; you drown them out with noise.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malaise, n.: “Let’s get out of here,” you say, because the apartment is a prison to which I’ve sentenced myself, for lack of better idea.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malaprop, n.: You gave me the wood for the fire and said, “Here’s my lumber – call me maybe.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malcontent, n.: I can be inspired by your quixotic attempts at world-improvement, but other times I want you to stop complaining.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malediction, n.: Wanting to be male too much, or wanting a male too much; pronounced “male addiction.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malevolent, adj.: It is always amusing to watch the expression on your face when you are stuck behind a slow walker or slower driver.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malfunction, n.: The wrong thing to say has an awful ability to disguise itself as the right thing to say, and I mistake it all the time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malicious, adj.: Love is the agreement to leave the knives in their drawers, not an encouragement to wield them more.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malinger, v.: I swear, it’s believable that we would both happen to call in sick on the same day. Plus, our bosses don’t know each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malleable, adj.: The precarious balance of love – to change each other without any breaks or cracks, just a slow alteration of form.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">malpractice, n.: I feel all the potential damages, all the ways this could go wrong, and how I won’t have any recourse but sadness.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mambo, v.: To use your body as a sexy blade, as a way of cutting loose.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manage, v.: Help me take this constant bombardment and turn it into the kind of traffic that moves.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">managerial, adj.: At no point did I agree to be your employee, so it’s best not to talk to me that way. Take out your own damn garbage.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mandate, n.: I don’t care what we call each other, but once we acknowledge we’re together, I take that as a reason to act together.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mandatory, adj.: I would never proscribe what you had to vote for, but there are certainly some options that have to be off the table.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maneuver, v.: Alarm-forgotten mornings when we were both late, touching you every time I passed you, because I could.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mangle, v.: May the worst damage we do be to syntax.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manic, adj.: There is too much life to be contained in my life, so I try to speed it up, amplify it, as if that creates more space.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manifestation, n.: That’s what a kiss is – the most direct way we have to make something as undefinable as love be real to us.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manifesto, n.: If we form our nation of two, let us try to build it on truths rather than lies, even though that's the difficult thing to do</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manifold, adj.: All the different things I feel, folded up inside me. Then there you are, unfolding them, and both of us are surprised.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manipulate, v.: I have to know that when I fall into your arms, you won’t carry me somewhere I don’t want to be.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mantra, n.: I feel that if I could crawl into the central space of all of your words, I would find you there saying, Make this okay.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manual, n.: Any one-size-fits-all guide for doing this is a fraud. You cannot be an expert on anyone besides yourself. And even then…</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manufacture, v.: An “I love you” isn’t something you should have to build; it should feel already built, left to you to express.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">manuscript, n.: We live first-draft lives, unable to go back and revise, but hopefully getting better the more we write.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">many, adj.: I love you not just for the way you love me, but for the way you love other people, other things.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">map, n.: Even though it’s spelled out on my phone, I’m nervous when you ask me to navigate. You don’t take wrong turns well.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maraschino, n.: I liked the respect you showed when I said, “No, I’m saving it for last.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">marathon, n.: There comes a point in love when exhaustion meets exhilaration, and the result is endurance.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maraud, v.: If an outsider comes and steals your love, then it won’t have weighed nearly as much as I think it does.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">marcescent, adj.: My impulse as a petal is to cling to the stem, forgetting that the bloom of love is a regenerative thing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">margarita, n.: I should have taken some pause when you said this contained “all the major food groups”…and meant it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">marginalia, n.: I enjoy you as much for what you say about the story as for the story itself.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">marionette, n.: Forget 'no strings attached.' I want the strings attached. But I don’t ever want to feel that you’re pulling them.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maroon, v.: It’s not the desert island I’m afraid of; never leave me alone in a crowded room.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">marriage, n.: Until I know how we define us, I don’t want the world to define us.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">marshmallow, n.: A fluffy reminder to never mistake momentary pleasure for nutrition.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">marvel, v.: To release myself from the dark room and encounter the wide world.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mascot, n.: You cast a cuddly eye on me, and all at once I feel I’m an emblem rather than a teammate.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mask, n.: We put ourselves in everything we create, so even what’s meant to obscure ends up carrying filaments of truth.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">masquerade, n.: At Aline’s party, I see you pretending, and I don’t like the person you’re pretending to be as much as I like the real you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">massage, v.: Love becomes a manual act, affection the work of hands. I cannot relax into strangers’, but I can relax into you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">master, v.: There are things within me I want to tame, but I will not allow anyone but me to tame them.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">masterplan, n.: The best I can offer is to love you, and see what happens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">masticate, v.: I will invent dinnertime conversation just to fill the silence that isn’t nearly silent enough.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">match, v./n.: You go on that first date to see if it will ignite, then spend the rest protecting that first flame from going out.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mate, n.: I am standing there after folding the laundry, holding that single sock, worrying about what will happen to it now.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">material, n.: Love will keep you warm, but it isn’t waterproof. It dries over time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mathematic, adj.: We defy any equation that isn’t 1 + 1 = 2. But even that mystifies, since the nuances of the plus are variant.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">matinee, n.: We sneak in amidst the children and the parents and the senior citizens and feel like we’re spies from a freer world.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">matter, n./v.: I like to believe that ultimately what we care about is what we are made of.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maturity, n.: When it doesn’t feel like play-acting, being an adult.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maudlin, adj.: “No one’s ever loved me but you,” you slur. And I wonder if you dropped those last two words when you were back at the bar.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mawkish, adj.: “No one’s ever loved me but you” – what a resentful responsibility to put on a person, even in the guise of praise.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maybe, adv.: You think I'm hedging toward a no, but I could just as easily be seeing a yes embroidered on the future. What may be, may be.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maze, n.: I know I’m twisting our path as you walk it, but know I’m singing as loud as I can at the center, hoping you will find me there.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">me, pronoun: I am constantly trying to define this one, so don’t expect me to know.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meadow, n.: To be so far out of the city that there aren’t any traces of the city left, even in our thoughts.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meager, adj.: There are days we have that can be measured in mere dozens of words, and I feel less because of them.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mealtime, n.: You told me you were happy to compete with the food for my attention, but not with the phone or the TV or the computer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mean, adj.: When you know a person’s weakness and use it to build your own strength; it hurts more coming from someone you love.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mean, v.: There are always words behind my words, and with you, I want to make it a transparent translation, a glass language.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">means, pl. noun.: That’s the thing with love – there are no ends, only ongoings.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meanwhile, adv.: Even in the heat of our moment, I must remember there are other narratives within you that have nothing to do with me.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">measure, v.: It is not the number of times you say “I love you” but the incalculable depth to which you mean it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mechanical, adj.: “I don’t know how to change a tire,” you said, “but I know how to find someone who does.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meddle, v.: Trust is being the one who brings in the mail, and not questioning every handwritten return address.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mediate, v.: We've never had someone be our middle ground. There are your friends and my friends. We are forced to be our own emissaries.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">medicate, v.: I know you’re scared, but you are still you. You’ve just lowered the difficulty level a notch.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mediocre, adj.: I don’t care if you’re bad at something, but I will not let you act as if you will never be good at anything.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meditation, n.: “Were you napping?” I ask. You say, “No, I was thinking.” I nod and leave the room quietly, as if you were napping.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">medium, adj.: If our options are mild to spicy, I am comfortable with our relationship landing somewhere in between.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">medley, n.: You think the trick with love is to find the right song, but really it’s the act of finding the songs that go together well.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meek, adj.: I didn’t want to stand up to you, afraid to give you a reason to leave. Eventually I realized neither of us can live like that.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meet, v.: Is it the first hello written or the first hello said? The first introduction or the first time words heighten to understanding?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meh, exclam.: A fit of lazy commentary.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">melancholy, adj.: Life feels neither awake nor asleep and there’s nothing I can do about it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meld, v.: Summer hands sealed by sweat, unexpectedly comfortable.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">melee, n.: As the crowd at the concert began to turn into a restless, pushing beast, you read my mind and searched for the exit.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">melliferous, adj.: You can be a hive of restlessness, but then you’ll calm and yield a slow sweetness.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mellow, adj.: You can be relaxed, for sure, but it's not okay for you to be unconcerned.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">melodic, adj.: The sounds most pleasing to my ear are the ones that are telling the truth.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">melodramatic, adj.: I get caught in the spotlight of my self-righteousness and the stage constricts to the size of my own concerns.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meltdown, n.: After one too many wrong turns, you start cursing the car, the road, the trees, and me if I open my mouth.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">membrane, n.: When I said I couldn’t trust you, I wanted my words to travel like ink under your skin and stay there forever.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meme, n.: An extraneous posting, often involving a kitten, which underneath is a cry of “me! me!”</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">memento, n.: Without my love for you, the hula girl on my desk is just a souvenir of a place, not a souvenir of a person and a time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">memorable, adj.: There’s no hitting save here. The mind holds on to what the mind can hold. We can ask it to grab, but it makes no promises.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">memorial, n.: Words will last, for as long as there is someone who wants to read them.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">memorize, v.: I lay the tracing paper over the moment, but the best I’ll retain is a rough sketch.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">menace, v.: The days move too quickly.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">menagerie, n.: I have nightmares where you blithely walk into a pet store and say, “I’ll have one of each!”</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mend, v.: It’s okay if the stitching shows. We aren’t together to be fashionable; the important thing is that our love can still be worn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mendacity, n.: Why is it, when you love someone so much, you can recognize the breath before a lie?</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">menial, adj.: No one thinks love is about washing dishes or taking out the garbage, but if you forget that, love gets quickly frustrated.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mentality, n.: We don't look on the bright side, because it hurts our eyes. Nor do we stay in the dark. We try to see in a realistic light.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mention, v.: "I'm sure I already told you this," you say, and I'm sure you're relying on the leeway of my poor memory, which isn't fair.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mentor, v.: I don’t want you to teach me what you know. I want you to share with me what you’re learning.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">menu, n.: Of all the choices, we wanted the same one. Neither of us changed our order, agreeing it was silly to deny ourselves</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mercenary, adj.: You see furniture left on the street as an opportunity, and I see it as an opportunity for bedbugs.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">merciful, adj.: We have the power to relent in a relentless world, to make peace with the forces that bring us the least peace.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mercy, n.: This isn't something we can just show; it's something we have to live, each and every day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mere, adj.: Everything we grace with our attention deserves respect for the time it has taken. Or so I try to remind myself.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">merge, v.: Neither of us was ready to let our own books go, so visitors could see the overlap of our taste as pairings on the shelf.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">merrily, adv.: Summer swirls its skirts and a sunset falls; I hold your hand as we walk next to the water, our life together rowing along.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mesmeric, adj.: I don’t love the color of your eyes. I love the way the color alters, the inexact beauty of the never fully seen.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mess, n.: The only way to stop the neglect spiral is to sort myself enough to sort through my things and put them in their right places.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">message, n.: I’d only been gone from you for a minute when you returned to me in words. The fact you hadn’t waited was all I needed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">messenger, n.: Still there are time I wish I didn't have to be my own postman, that there was some separation between send and deliver.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">metabolism, n.: I am going to have a third donut anyway.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">metamorphosis, n.: Love turns us into winged creatures, venturing in ways we never could have conceived in our crawling days.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">metaphor, n.: The faith that your mind can make the same connection that I do.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">method, n.: You don’t think you have many, until you live with someone. (How to clean dishes. How to pack a suitcase. How to pray.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meticulous, adj.: We'll never be able to solder our sense of time to the reality of time itself. I just hope we share the same imprecision.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">metropolis, n.: The way to survive is to find the people who know you when you are surrounded by all the people who don’t.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mettle, n.: To face your frenzy; to be the still point in the storm that you don’t even recognize is a storm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mezzanine, n.: The state of not being able to afford to be close to the actors; good for people-watching if the drama gets slow.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miasma, n.: You tell me to turn off the news. I do, but the scent of it lingers, and I refuse to perfume it and pretend it's not there.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">microclimate, n.: The tension confines us and our minds actually believe that everything important is in this room.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">midair, adj.: Our love rises and falls. So we must appreciate the moments when we’re floating in between, when there’s no need for gravity.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">middle, n.: After a few months, I realized we were no longer at the start; we’re made it to the part that would be the most of it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">middling, adj.: Your defense of me can barely make it off the couch, and would much rather be watching TV.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">midnight, n.: The longing hour, whether it’s for sex or love or simply sleep.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miff, v.: Because you and I need as many words as possible to distinguish annoyance from genuine anger.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">might, n./v.: In the war between strength and uncertainty, uncertainty is the more active presence.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">migrate, v.: Riding the subway back to you, I smile and think of commuting as a form of leaving and coming home, a turn of seasons each day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mild, adj.: This is an insult to anything that isn’t weather.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mileage, n.: Like a pilot learns the air, I learn your temperament.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">milestone, n.: In love we mark our own miles, because distance, like time, bends to our shared definition.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">milieu, n.: The only way I can think to change the feel of a room is to change the music that’s filling it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">milksop, n.: Because when I let you talk down to me, it’s like my blood has turned to milk, my whole body souring by the second.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">millesimal, adj.: There are the pieces of love we know well, and then there are those we must discover, so many more than we ever expect.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mime, v.: You are incapable of imitating me; every time you spring your version onto the world, it does not have my voice.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mimesis, n.: I’ve never seen a couple on TV and thought, “I want to be them” – they have it easy, because they don’t have to be real.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mimosa, n.: It’s only on Sunday afternoons that you believe this to be an acceptable name for our hypothetical daughter.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mind, v.: As if having a thought is synonymous with being bothered, or having to keep an eye out.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mindboggling, adj.: Love revels in its confusions, which means we should, too, rather than having them stymie us.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mindreader, n.: Lovers’ thoughts run in similar but unidentical languages, i.e. you think in Spanish and I try to read it as Portuguese.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mine, poss. pron.: There are things about me and things I have that I don’t want to give up unless I choose to do so.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minefield, n.: Some of them were placed there before I was born, and I’m as surprised as you when they go off.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mingle, v.: To get out of my own head long enough to get into other people’s<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minibar, n.: Den of overpriced temptation, where hunger faces off against the absurd.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minimalist, adj.: Inadequate.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minimum, n.: To know that you're a good person and that you know I'm a good person, and any fight we have is one between two good people.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minister, v.: To find the prayer in the act of taking care of someone else.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minor, adj.: I can tell the difference between you forgetting to introduce me and you forgetting that I’m there.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minus, n.: To love someone is to live with the fear of who you will become without it.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">minute, n.: The time that elapses between me asking if you are ready and you calling back that you are not.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miracle, n.: This one is simple -- there was no reason for me to find you, or for you to find me. The reasons come after.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mirage, n.: So many years of being buried by the marriage plot, then realizing those ideals are as real as ghosts.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mire, v.: The chaos outside bleeds into the chaos inside, and I need you to give my life some form again.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mirror, v.: You do not always choose to be reflective; I just have to know how to look at you the right way. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mirth, n.: Sometimes the strongest bond we can have is a common amusement, an unspoken, mutual agreement to laugh in the face of despair.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misanthropic, adj.: You have to be crowded into this kind of hate; when I see it coming, I try to be the buffer, the firebreak.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miscast, v./adj.: I like to think I make a very bad villain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miscellaneous, adj.: You always think we’re out of dental floss, so there are spinnets of it everywhere, like a spider saving up.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mischief, n.: “You left your keys,” you text me. Then, after I’ve panicked, “Never mind – they’re on the piano.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miscommunication, n.: The makers of our language left a clear field around the word “love” so nothing else would sound just like it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misconstrue, v.: I took your “Do you want to leave?” to mean you wanted to leave, which you didn’t mean at all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misdemeanor, n.: Drunk while texting; drunk while complaining; drunk while operating heavy foolery.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miserabilism, n.: When the gloom becomes a religious belief, and you firmly seek the conversion of others.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misfit, n.: The great thing about square pegs is that they fit nicely against each other; we don't need any round holes to do our part.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misgiving, n.: Knowing we had the same key, I still needed to have a bolt on the door that could only be opened from the inside.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misleading, adj.: Finding an other of some significance is not the end of concern, but only the start of a different form of concern. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mismatch, n.: “They’re both still socks,” you said. “My feet are still warm.” Maybe that’s us, blue and black, useful rather than identical.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misnomer, n.: “Lover” makes it sound as if you're the only one required to love, that to be in a relationship is to give, not also receive.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">miss, v.: To feel your life is a long way from its anchor.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mission, n.: You ask me what I want and I tell you I want happiness, but never at the expense of other people’s happiness.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">misstep, n.: Unless you're up to buying me some new shoes, don't scuff me with your estimation of my footwear.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mistake, n.: Even when I pay attention, I miss things. Even when I add the sum, I can get the numbers wrong. I am sorry for this.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mitigate, v.: It isn't fair to make me the buffer between you and the rest of the world, meant to temper your impact when its harmful.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mixtape, n.: Here's a sixteen-track digest of my world view, and you can sing along.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mnemonic, n.: My terrible week thirsts for serendipitous surprise.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">moan, v.: Right where you want to be is right where I want you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mobilize, v.: Part of love is the willingness to defend that love; part of building a safe home is pushing for a safe world around it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mock, v.: I know I am hitting close to your insecurities when you choose to take aim at mine.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">model, n.: Nothing is ever perfect close up.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">moderation, n.: Sometimes I think I should love you less; sometimes I think I should love you more. Either way, I trust the balance.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">modest, adj.: You earn more credit when you don’t always take credit.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">modification, n.: I’d love it if you could fall asleep on your left side instead of your right.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mojo, n.: You’ve taught me – look inside any self-proclaimed rational person’s sock drawer, odds are you’ll find a lucky pair.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mold, v./n.: I tried to shape you, but you rotted against me.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mole, n.: It’s strange to think that, because of where it is on your back, I know it so much better than you do.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mollify, v.: When I do the calculation and decide it means more to you than it does to me.(Yes, I will change my pants before we go out.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mollycoddle, v.: During the thunderstorm terrors, I have you to crawl into bed with, the shelter I lost now regained.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">molt, v.: Hand me your old skin, and i will get rid of it for you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">momentary, adj.: Time will not let this last but we can make it last if we stay here . . . here . . . here . . . until we choose to leave.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">monastic, adj.: Only in the sense that, even for us, illumination takes time.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mondial, adj.: We'll never change the world all at once, but I like to think you and I have a chance of altering it one person at a time.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">money, n.: This is not the lovers’ currency; what we barter and exchange between us cannot be numeric, or seen in terms of debt and gain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">monochromatic, adj.: You only need one color to write down for me what all the other colors are like, on the days when I can't remember.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">monogamy, n.: The belief that giving up everything else is the path to receiving everything.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">monolithic, adj.: People who talk about love as if it can only be one thing don't have any idea what they're talking about.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">monologue, n.: When I can put aside my self-consciousness about talking too much in order to tell you something that I hope isn’t too much.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">monopoly, n.: If our time is our property, I don't mind if you build a house there. But when you start putting up hotels, we have a problem.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">monstrous, adj.: We grant our fears their power and thus grant our monsters their form. The thing that keeps me up at night is me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">montage, n.: Memory as a collection of fragments, your mind always pausing a moment from one to the next, as if next time it won’t be there.<br /><br />monumental, adj.: No erection lasts.<br /><br />mooch, v.: First city year, we live off leftover conference-room catering, bringing empty containers so we can bring home the plunder.<br /><br />moody, adj.: What a punishment this word is, ignoring the fact that it’s the person who doesn’t ever shift moods who has the real problem.<br /><br />moonrise, n.: Love starts with the fanfare of the sun, then gradually takes on the rhythm of the moon, faithful but with less spectacle.<br /><br />moot, adj.: If you have to ask “do you love me?” then you will never be satisfied that an answer of yes is true.<br /><br />mope, v.: To let your shoulders do the speaking.<br /><br />moral, n.: I could not love you if I didn’t have faith in you to consider the well being of others as much as you consider your own.<br /><br />morale, n.: In situation like this is, tell me that no matter what bad things happen, we will make good things, and they will matter.<br /><br />morass, n.: What happens when you seek more ass.<br /><br />moratorium, n.: I won’t ask you to be responsible when I push myself into an abyss if you won’t ask me to pretend I'm on stable ground.<br /><br />morbid, adj.: You tend to verbalize the gloom, tempered with humor, which is better than the way I act like it’s killing me from the inside.<br /><br />more, adv.: We reach a point where it’s not that we need our love to be stronger; we just want as much time with it as we can get.<br /><br />morning, n.: Opening my eyes, seeing sunlight, seeing you.<br /><br />morpheme, n.: Together we work to create a word with two distinct roots.<br /><br />morphometry, n.: The misguided belief that measuring the surface of any love will show you the truth of it.<br /><br />mortality, n.: I don’t want to think about it, especially in terms of you.<br /><br />mosaic, n.: We form our lives piece by piece from other lives; the more colorful we choose, the more fully formed the picture becomes.<br /><br />mosey, v.: You walked away from our third date like you’d just won a game of darts and wanted all to know the next one would be yours, too.<br /><br />most, adv.: What is a relationship if not the emergence of this word?<br /><br />motion, n.: Even if our bodies aren’t moving, our thoughts usually are; we will never have a still point, only a perpetual effort.<br /><br />motivate, v.: Please help me put a scrim over these screens, Help me create rather than observe or comment.<br /><br />motive, n.: How to explain the way you put my head in the clouds and keep my feet close to the earth at the same time?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">motley, adj.: It took awhile to see your friends weren’t a solid entity but instead a collection of odd individuals. Then I joined in.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">motto, n.: "In the end, only kindness matters," I answered, and then was secretly relieved when you didn't ask me the source.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mourn, v.: I want your hand on my back as I speak a life out loud and find the moments I was missing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mousetrap, n.: The lovers debate how much humaneness a small non-human deserves.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mouth, n.: Nature’s cruelty, that the spot you infuse with so many kisses and so much desire can also be the spot to tell you not to.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mouthpiece, n.: You open up your mouth and your parents’ words come out and you ask me to ignore them, even though you can’t. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">move, v.: I want us to take the path of a gentle heartbeat, highs and lows inevitable but not treacherous, trajectory always forward.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">movement, n.: Your thoughts inspire revolutions in your sleep, and when my consciousness is wakened I try to keep my protest quiet yet firm.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">moviegoing, n.: The opposite of being alone in the dark.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">moxie, n.: Fighting brass knuckles with brash chuckles, because sometimes the best defense is the sheer force of your attitude.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">muddle, n.: The shape made by my intentions, pride, talent, bias, idealism, humor, hurt, perspective and lack thereof.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mug, n.: I’m not sure what would happen if one morning I drank from yours and you drank from mine, but I’m glad we haven’t found out.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mull, v.: It's fine to give your thoughts some heat; too much, though, will spoil everything.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mulligan, n.: If my words fall flat because I don’t have the energy or skill to make them fly, give me another try, a sincere recalibration.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">multifarious, adj.: Don't worry about whether you're my type; I'm attracted to some fonts more than others, but the words count the most.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">multiply, v.: There is no such thing as a single lie; a lie always leads to other lies, especially when it remains hidden.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mumble, n.: I think you must be talking to the fridge, because it's the only thing in this room that could understand what you're saying.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mundane, adj.: The quieter fabric in the quilt, holding all our patterns together.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">munificent, adj.: The best things you've given me can all be measured in days.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">murk, n.: When the news is all confusion without solace, I will try to find your hand.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">murmur, v.: Even when I scream, the heart still whispers. Even when I doubt, the heart still speaks me forward.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">muse, n./v.: Before, I hadn't understood how learning about you and learning about myself could happen within the same thoughts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">music, n.: To change the sound of a moment, in order to make us feel more.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">muss, v.: I like it best when I've messed up your careful plans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">must, v.: To hold to the laws the two of us draft for each other, out loud or in our heads, on a day-to-day or moment-to-moment basis.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mustache, n.: You killed it with four short words -- “like a small rodent.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">muster, v.: Sometimes I feel the soldiers I use to defend myself were conscripted against their will.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mutable, adj.: I am not a shapeshifter; I contain variations. That is what you must love and live with.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mutant, n.: What makes us strange gives us our superpowers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mute, v.: Whenever I wish for your silence, it is only to quiet my own mind.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mutinous, adj.: I tell you not to bring up her ex at dinner, but three drinks in, you do, and I am ready to throw you overboard.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">muzzy, adj.: No big decisions should ever be made at two in the morning, but at two in the morning, we can’t even remember that.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">myopic, adj.: I pull you close because when the doubts hit, I trust my eyes better than I trust my heart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">myriad, n.: If you can only think of one reason to love someone, then that isn’t love, no matter how big the reason may be.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mysterious, adj.: Love gets easier once you realize you’re never going to solve it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mystique, n.: I rely on other people to think of me as a voluptuous riddle; you know me too well to fall for this inadvertent pretending.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mythify, v.: As we go on, our how-we-met turns into an origin story, and the rest of our lives are reshaped around it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mythomania, n.: Beware of the person who, when telling their own story, casts themself as a god. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-71209925209524869942017-03-28T19:00:00.000+08:002017-04-13T18:34:55.981+08:00The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead is now out in paperback!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paperback lovers, rejoice! THE GLITTERING COURT is out now in paperback! Be sure to join the giveaway~</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31084552-the-glittering-court?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460577362l/27272506.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Title: <b>The Glittering Court</b> (The Glittering Court #1)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Author: <b>Richelle Mead</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publisher: Razorbill</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Date of Publication: April 5, 2016</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Selection meets Reign in this dazzling trilogy of interwoven novels about three girls on a quest for freedom and true love from #1 internationally bestselling author Richelle Mead.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Brilliant and original, Mead's new series starts off with a bang and will leave readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.-</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-- School Library Journal</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For a select group of girls, the Glittering Court offers a shot at a life they've only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. To high-born Adelaide, whose wealthy family is forcing her into a loveless marriage, the Glittering Court represents something else: the chance to chart her own destiny, and adventure in an unspoiled, prosperous new land across the sea.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After a chance meeting with the dazzling Cedric Thorn, Adelaide poses as a servant to join the crop of impoverished girls he promises to transform into proper ladies. But her familiarity with upper class life comes with a price: she must hide her identity from her new friends, mysterious refugee Mira and fiery former laundress Tamsin, and most importantly, from Cedric himself--even though she's falling in love with him.</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Everything begins to crumble when Cedric discovers Adelaide's ruse, and she catches the eye of a powerful young governor, who wants her for a wife. She didn't leave the gilded cage of her old life behind just to become someone else's property. But nothing is as daunting--or as wonderful--as the potent, forbidden attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. One that, if acted on, would make them both outcasts in a wild, dangerous, uncharted world, and possibly lead them to their deaths.</span></i></span></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">About Richelle Mead</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RICHELLE MEAD is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Vampire Academy series and its spin-off series, Bloodlines. Originally from Michigan, she now lives in Seattle, Washington.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Giveaway</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enter for a chance to win one (1) of ten (10) copies of The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead (ARV: $10.99 each).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. 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(<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was supposed to publish this review yesterday but let's not dwell on my incompetence.)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rfczvz_1Uo4/WKRBnZaJw3I/AAAAAAAABCA/qhiQ_kFqKiAcSATiZy3iiVl_-UL3r6cZwCLcB/s1600/IMG_20170215_192047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rfczvz_1Uo4/WKRBnZaJw3I/AAAAAAAABCA/qhiQ_kFqKiAcSATiZy3iiVl_-UL3r6cZwCLcB/s400/IMG_20170215_192047.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Sounds Like Summer</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Six de los Reyes</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: Anvil Publishing Inc.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s not just a weekend for Lux Castelo. She has a plan, of course.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Phase One: Escape to the beach for a music festival.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Phase Two: Deal with what she can’t control.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Phase Three: Return to reality whole and ready.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nowhere in that plan is Micah Jacinto, self-proclaimed adventurer and the kind of boy with his head stuck in the clouds and the moon inked on his arm—everything her rational sense tells her to stay away from. And yet Lux finds herself welcoming the distraction. As they spend the entire weekend together, Micah leads her to rediscover the lost pieces of herself amidst the excitement and the confusion of a raving mosh pit.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But all weekends come to an end and Lux needs to return to the dreaded reality she’s running away from. Does being brave enough to leave summer behind mean being brave enough to ask Micah to stay?</span></i></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2nuWX4i" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | National Book Store</span></b></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My placeholder Goodreads review to this book read "yes to everything". And honestly, I could stop at that. Because I can't seem to find fault in this book. I'm sure that's not the case for everyone but it just hit all the right notes for me. Let me list five things this book did right to have my heart like that.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. <b>A STEM graduate student as its main character</b>. Six de los Reyes continues to be my source of novels (bonus that they're romance novels) with main characters in STEM. Specifically in molecular biology/microbiology in this novel. Being in the same field, I could just relate to everything she's going through. The long hours, the culture that can eat you alive, that feeling that you don't know what you're doing while everyone does, the demotivation, working on something you don't really like, EVERYTHING. Even the nerdy shirts and explaining common natural phenomena. It is an understatement to say that I related to Lux because HELLO, MIRROR, IT'S ME.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. <b>Mental illness representation</b>. Lux's depression and anxiety were portrayed accurately and the author did not cut any corners in writing about it, its effects, and how people react to it. Lux also harms herself and that was difficult to read but important. The latter part of the book when Kris talks to Lux about taking it a day at a time and about having people who love her who are "willing to shut the blinds and soundproof your walls" when you need it the most GAH MY HEART. It's what someone depressed needs to be told and hear. That's what YOU should tell someone who's suffering. That's how you help. You listen, you don't invalidate whatever they're feeling or thinking. So I strongly recommend EVERYONE to read this book, even just for that part, so you know how to help.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. <b>Micah</b>. Oh, Micah. You and your talkative self. Lux has all these walls and Micah just broke them down with his smile and with his intrusiveness and talkativeness. But he also listens and tries to understand, do what's right, do what Lux needs or wants. He disarmed her and made her realize that her scars aren't scary and gross. That she's strong and brave, despite what she thinks of herself. And hello, moon cycle tattoo on his right arm?!?! Literary quote tattoos?!?! A musician?!?! *fans myself*</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4. <b>Romance</b>. Other people might feel that the romance was lacking because they didn't really fall in love or had grand gestures of love/like or something you would expect out of a romance novel. But for me, it was perfect. Meeting Micah didn't magically cure Lux of her depression. Meeting him or even love is not the answer. It stayed true to the narrative. It was only a weekend and of course we'd only witness the beginning of a possible romance. And I love how it started.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5. <b>EASTER EGGS</b>. I mean, if you're like me, a big fan of Six de los Reyes' novels, you'd read about some familiar names and bands in here. Don't worry, this is a standalone novel, but it's so fun to read about what the other ~people~ in the universe of her novels are doing. Isaiah~ Thomas was even mentioned too!. And for fans of Jay E. Tria's <i>Playlist</i> series, Trainman is even here.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello, here's another book you'll love from one of my favorite authors. Amazing mental illness representation + beach + music + a girl in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) + amazing love interest = AMAZING BOOK. Like every book by Six.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P.S. THAT COVER. LET ME MARRY IT.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-3891006187919753672017-02-09T19:00:00.000+08:002017-02-10T02:15:49.775+08:00Seeds Planted in Concrete by Bianca Sparacino<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's not surprising that it was Dawn who got me to buy this one and read it. Whatever poetry book she recommends, I get and read.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28263734-seeds-planted-in-concrete?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Seeds Planted in Concrete" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1450759248l/28263734.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Seeds Planted in Concrete</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Bianca Sparacino</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: Thought Catalog Books</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: December 23, 2015</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: purchased (Kindle)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Through illustration and poetry, Seeds Planted in Concrete is Bianca Sparacino’s raw testament to the beauty that is found within the contrasts of life. By writing truthfully about the intricacies of both love and loss, Sparacino’s first collection of work is one that will speak to the very depths of those who read it, inspiring a will to love, and live. This collection is a manifesto of the journey every human being takes throughout their life; an assembly of words that celebrates the resilience of the human heart through stages of hurting, feeling, healing and loving.</span></i></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Purchase from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Planted-Concrete-Bianca-Sparacino-ebook/dp/B018T5P912" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b></span></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I liked this poetry collection but <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I</span> might not have been in the<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> ap<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">propriate</span></span> mood for it when I read it. I was quite angsty and in a wallowing<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> headspace so it ended up being too peppy for me. That is to say, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would have <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">appreciated this more if I needed a pick-me-up. It was de<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">finitely encouraging and affirmative, especially <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if you're <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in a bout of depression<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> or demotivation. Unfortunately, I was kind of relishing <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">feeling like a victim the time I read it so we didn't click.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> *hangs head in shame*</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aside from th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e lack of connection with it, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the latter parts were<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> very repetitive that I found myself just <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">going through them without feeling them because YOU JUST SAID THAT<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> OVER AND O<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">VER AGAIN</span> WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. It felt like one of those speech vid<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eos meant to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">inspire or encourage you<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> because I could pre<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dict what's going to be i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n the poem after <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a quite f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ew kept on repeating not just the theme, but words and metaphors.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I do think people suffering from depression <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and people who feel like <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">no one loves them and no one would end up loving them<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> should read this book. It is upli<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fting<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wish people the good vibes I got from this one.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-70372627205158171302017-01-04T19:30:00.000+08:002017-01-23T11:19:30.369+08:00Stacking the Shelves (65) + November & December Recap<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So I figured I'll just make a single recap for both months since blog-wise, nothing happened. And you might not even read poor ol' November if I publish it in January. But hey, November was effin' awesome because it was my birthday month! Anyway, tons of books ahead because this is two months worth of hauls. Like I said, nothing on the blog side of things but was my film and TV series watching glorious as ever. AS EVER. November and December were all about binging, yo.</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://scontent-hkg3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/15538454_431380777250881_81257439755763712_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/15538454_431380777250881_81257439755763712_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://instagram.fmnl5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t51.2885-15/e35/15624020_193784647752736_6688947715641966592_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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sans-serif;">G<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ifted</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , 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sans-serif;">tl<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e Life by Hanya Yanagihara</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Thanks, Jean!)</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span 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style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thors</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* Overboard by Elizabeth Fama</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span 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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(Thanks, Beth!)</i></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></i> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck by Sarah Knight</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br 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sans-serif;">Mikael</span>!)</i></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">***</span></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">November</span> + December Recap</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span 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style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4 stars </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">|<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> <a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/11/the-last-time-ill-write-about-you-by.html" target="_blank">The Last Time I'll Write About You</a></i> by Dawn Lanuza</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3 s<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tars</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> | <a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/11/our-chemical-hearts-by-krystal.html" target="_blank"><i>Our Chemical Hearts</i></a> by Krystal Sutherland</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2 stars</b> | <i><a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/12/finding-x-by-miles-tan.html" target="_blank">Finding X</a></i> by Miles Tan</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Interview </b>| <i><a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/11/forget-me-always-by-sara-wolf.html" target="_blank">Forget Me Always</a></i> by Sara Wolf</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I thought <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd be blogging more last<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> November because I swear, it felt like I was back in my stri<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">de at the end of October. I've been reading books and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reviewing (or at least tr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing to). </span></span></span>Alas, it's my b<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">irthday month (yay, 23!) so I ended up out and about most o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f the time. Didn't help that A LOT of my friends had N<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ovember birthdays as well so <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it also felt like I was celebrating <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the whole month. </span></span></span>I haven't even relayed my Hanya Yanagihara signing exp<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">erience! ACK</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And let's be real, December? No dice as well.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, e<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ve<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n with my blogging tak<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing a backseat<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> these past two months (or for the greater part of th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e past two years, let's be real),<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">saw a lot of a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nimes/films/series and listen<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ed to a lot of great music. So, all <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is well. Please enjoy all the following recs and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I h<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ope you find a new fave or <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">two!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Music</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4lVR2fg3DAUQpGVJ6DciHW" width="300"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Been obsessed with <i>Dangerous Woman</i>, <i>Into You</i>, and <i>Side to Side</i> SO MUCH. Also, I discovered <i>Almost is Never Enough</i> but it's not from this album but gah, I can't believe that song is only from 2013. It sounds like a classic love song. I can't deny it, I think I might be a fan of Ariana Grande? Her songs are catchy as hell! Still not a fan of her voice and style but damn her songs GAH. (Kinda like how I am with Taylor Swift.)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3AMq1D2XLJSADpdYTAtKoL" width="300"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After watching <i>The Beatles: Eight Days A Week</i>, I had a newfound appreciation for The Quiet One AKA George Harrison. I realized that I loved the songs he has written for The Beatles so I kept on listening to those. I didn't know he was the one behind <i>Something</i>, <i>While My Guitar Gently Weeps</i>, and <i>Here Comes the Sun</i>. Then I moved on to his solo songs and just, much brilliance. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aartist%3A3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2" width="300"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like I said, having seen <i>The Beatles: Eight Days a Week</i>, I ended up listening to <i>The Beatles</i> more than I usually do. Uhm, they're a morning ritual since college. My dad cooked breakfast with them playing and I ate breakfast with it.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Auser%3A1155893488%3Aplaylist%3A44T84mMLnkSiorytKqBgJZ" width="300"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Lovesick</i> (previously entitled <i>Scrotal Recall</i>) has such a great soundtrack and I AM AS OBSESSED WITH IT AS I AM WITH THE SHOW. If you remember, the show was one of my top 10 TV shows and I just love it so so so much. It's on Netflix and I really hope if you take away something from this post, it's to watch this show.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5uYDAwW0SZgcfOFkxrST64" width="300"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Started listening to the Ramones to educate myself in general and now I love them</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A09fggMHib4YkOtwQNXEBII" width="300"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Weeknd dropped his new album OF COURSE I'M ALL OVER IT</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">TV</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/509fe806cb6a2984a44886f8d90849591405547999_full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/509fe806cb6a2984a44886f8d90849591405547999_full.jpg" height="640" width="425" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Blue Spring Ride</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OHMYGOD THIS ANIME WATCH IT *SWOONS* </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jomboyblog.com/uploads/8/2/0/3/82030176/lovesick_orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.jomboyblog.com/uploads/8/2/0/3/82030176/lovesick_orig.jpg" height="356" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Scrotal Recall / Lovesick</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OHMYGOD ONE OF MY FAVE SHOWS PLEASE SEE IT AND BE A WRECK OF FEELS BECAUSE LOVE TOO MANY FEELS</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.mobipicker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/maxresdefault-2-3.jpg?x22722" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://cdn.mobipicker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/maxresdefault-2-3.jpg?x22722" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Yuri!!! on Ice</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I SUCCUMBED TO MY CURIOSITY AND I NEVER LOOKED BACK OMG YURIIIIIIIIIIIIIII it is the best thing and hello my feelings OMG I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED THIS IN MY LIFE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/01/25/16/crashing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/01/25/16/crashing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Crashing</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted a quick and short British sitcom (like how quirky and sincere and short they are) and found this one on Netflix so I binged it. #mylife Enjoyed it even though sometimes it was cringe-y, by way of secondhand embarrassment. I SHIP SAM AND FRED (rightmost guys)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/ba6cab82-46b5-444b-88e7-9b94e5e43558/89f6cd14-a683-4056-a0f9-72b44546e8d1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/ba6cab82-46b5-444b-88e7-9b94e5e43558/89f6cd14-a683-4056-a0f9-72b44546e8d1.jpg" height="448" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sherlock</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So I finally did it. I finally saw Sherlock and those were some amazing hours. Excited for this year's season!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/BlackMirrorTitleCard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/BlackMirrorTitleCard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Black Mirror</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While I'm not yet caught up with this one, I loved the first season and I'm so pumped to see more. Too bad I had to cancel my Netflix account because I couldn't afford it at the moment. But soon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Films</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Beatles: Eight Days A Week (2016)</b> [Being a big The Beatles fan, of course I was gonna watch it. Saw it with my friends too! And of course I was wearing my Beatles shirt that night. Haha!]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Love Forecast (2015)</b> [Enjoyed this one! Saw it during an overnight with friends who also love/loved Korean pop culture. While I didn't quite like how the ending/resolution was handled, I truly adore both Lee Seung Gi and Moon Chae Won and I had fun watching it.]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>My P.S. Partner (2012)</b> [This was funny and I enjoyed it! The song was catchy too.]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)</b> [Yes, I only saw this now. I think I was wrecked by the hype because I didn't love it as much as other people?!?! Yeah. Enjoyed it and all the 80s reference and songs but ultimately, I felt kind of bored. Like, nothing felt all too high-staked for me? Maybe because I know there's a sequel so obviously they get out of everything okay but I just didn't feel all too connected with the characters so I didn't really care if they lived or not. HAHAHA. Except maybe for Rocket and Groot because MY HEART.]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Don't Breathe (2016)</b> [Oh this one is good. Although I might have enjoyed it more if I went into the movie blind (heh). This one is not your usual horror-thriller film but oh good lord did my adrenaline levels spiked up on so many occasions.]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)</b> [GOOD LORD MY FEELINGS WHAT A PERFECT LITTLE THING]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Moana (2016)</b> [MY FEELINGS]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Accountant (2016)</b> [Saw this for Anna Kendrick and it was good. I liked it. Not something special or noteworthy but not time wasted too. Like how the main character has autism, since my brother has it too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Die Beautiful (2016)</b> + <b>Oro (2016)</b> + <b>Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2: Forever is Not Enough (2016)</b> + <b>Kabisera (2016)</b>: It was the Metro Manila Film Festival and these are the films I saw. I wanna watch more though GAH. I can say I loved the first three for different reasons but Kabisera kind of disappointed me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also saw <b>Hairspray Live (2016)</b> but is that a movie? Enjoyed it but gah, I was really irked with the behind-the-scenes parts because they took me away from the story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How did your <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">November and December</span></span> go? Any film, TV, or music recommendations? More importantly, what great books did you read this month?</span></span></span></span></h4>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-66756579697755432672016-12-20T19:00:00.000+08:002016-12-20T19:00:11.543+08:00Finding X by Miles Tan<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So as a STEM girl, I was pretty stoked to start this one because it has a geologist as a character, and one in grad school too. I'd take all the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) characters I can get. Sadly, my background in STEM kind of wrecked this one for me. Hahahuhu why can't I just suspend my disbelief?!?!?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19224021-finding-x?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Finding X" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386298934l/19224021.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Finding X</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Miles Tan</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: December 5, 2013</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: purchased (Kindle)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is there a science to falling in love?</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Carlisle Santiago is through with men. After the devastating end of a seven-year relationship, she's trying to put her life back together. What she doesn't know is that she is the subject of the patient and methodical observations of blue-haired scientist Matteo Villegas, who just wants to find love himself. She must decide whether she's ready to give love another shot or if this is doomed to be one failed experiment.</span></i></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2gZj2YL">Amazon</a></span></b></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>My Rating: 2 out of 5 stars</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Started this one while I was in Baguio (similar enough to Tagaytay, it felt like it was meant to be) for a work trip and finally finished it last <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sunday</span> when I was grasping at straws for distractions so I won't do my thesis proposal. Hahahahuhuhu. I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">planned on reviewing it imm<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ediately after but I was a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bit too rage-y for that so I let my feelings subside first.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I gotta admit, if you don't have a background in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">molecular biology/immunology<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/biology, you might not have any issues with the book. Ultimately, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I couldn't suspend my <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">disbelief and just accep<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t </span></span>the inaccuracies (m<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ore like impossibilities and errors)<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. I guess I expected that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">any science in this book would be correct, or even the reality of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">applying for grants <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and publishing</span>. I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t wasn't even advertised that there will be a molecular bi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ologist character in this one so <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I thought <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">there wouldn't b<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e any problems because the geology aspect <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">w<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as spot<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-on (but then again, those were just puns and jokes).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prior to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the disappointment/rage, I was about to rate this book 3 stars. It was cute but I didn't feel<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> very shippy with it<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">liked the main character and the love interest enough and I appreciated that<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it tackled work <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and heartbreak. I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">connected and empathized with Carlisle<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Sadly, it was Matteo that didn't exactly click with me. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Firstly, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he came across a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s a bit creepy to me because <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of his stalking tendencies and his journal. His journal read like <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a cross between his personal di<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ary and a laboratory notebook for <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">exp<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eriments. I guess that was the point but it <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">read as<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> creepy to me!<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It didn't come across as <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a recording of his scientific query and results but AS <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STALKING. </span></span>But when I realized that Matteo was a puppy and he's <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">harmless, I felt better but I guess <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'll never be that into him. He lacked som<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ething I couldn't pinpoint<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, maybe more of a character asi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">de from his blue hair?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel so bad <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rating this book this way but I can't help my feelings~ I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t was a cute and okay story <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and I am usually forgiving with science in books, especially in sci-fi because it's fant<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">asy. For examp<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">le, I'm fine with some loopholes in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ime travels or if it's a dystopian<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/futuristic book, I could assume that that technology was <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">possible. </span></span></span></span></span>But with contemporari<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">es like this one, I realized that I coul<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dn't deal with that because<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> THIS IS REAL LIFE.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I feel so sad and mad because I wish I just didn't know<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Or that the book just had a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">molecular biology student as a character but didn't go into details. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">O<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">h well. This was a cute enough story but if you have a background in biology, just, beware<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-42061990395085458322016-11-15T19:00:00.000+08:002017-02-15T21:39:01.667+08:00Forget Me Always by Sara Wolf<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've been an avid reader of this blog (cookies for you if you are!), you might have known that Sara Wolf's <i>Lovely Vicious</i> series is my favorite contemporary YA series OF ALL TIME. I've mentioned it again and again and promoted the book loads of times and I will do so for eternity. I just love it so much.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So just imagine the glee I'm feeling today as I share to you an interview I had with the author herself, Sara Wolf!!!!!111 HOLD ME</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But first, let me introduce the book to you and this series~ Here's my <a href="http://oopsireadabookagain.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-tour-review-giveaway-lovely.html" target="_blank">review of the first book</a>! It has great MCs and banter and sass and sarcasm you'd chuckle all the way through and it also delves into sensitive topics. IT JUST HAS IT ALL SERIOUSLY</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114440-forget-me-always?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Forget Me Always" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1475882535l/26114440.jpg" /></a></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Title: <b>Forget Me Always</b> (Lovely Vicious #2)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author: <b>Sara Wolf</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Publisher: Entangled Teen</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Date of Publication: November 1, 2016</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>All warfare is deception. Even in high school.</b></i></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>It’s been three years, twenty-five weeks, and five days since Isis Blake fell in love, and if she has it her way, it’ll stretch into infinity. Since then, she’s punched Jack Hunter—her nemesis-turned-maybe-something-more—in the face, survived a brutal attack by her mom’s abusive ex thanks to Jack’s heroics, and then promptly forgotten all about him.</i></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The one bright spot for Isis is Sophia, the ephemeral girl who shares Isis’s hospital stay as well as a murky past with Jack. But as Isis’s memories return, she finds it harder and harder to resist what she felt for Jack, and Jack finds it impossible to stay away from the only girl who’s ever melted the ice around his heart.</i></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>As the dark secrets surrounding Sophia emerge, Isis realizes Jack isn’t who she thought he was. He’s dangerous. But when Isis starts receiving terrifying emails from an anonymous source, that danger might be the only thing protecting her from something far more threatening.</i></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Her past.</i></span></span></span></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Purchase from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forget-Me-Always-Lovely-Vicious-ebook/dp/B017HQ3F24?tag=entangpublis-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/forget-me-always-sara-wolf/1123238636" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/forget-me-always/id1055340353?uo=8&at=11ltS7" target="_blank">iBooks</a> | <a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/forget-me-always" target="_blank">Kobo</a></b></span></span></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dsiSHK_r0L4/WCswxoAKUqI/AAAAAAAABBU/NxYTVwEj1xkp1ZyeYmctIAQ_k6BdYmWjgCLcB/s320/author%2Bphoto%2Bsara%2Bwolf.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Interview with Sara Wolf</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Describe the <i>Lovely Vicious</i> series in 140 characters or less.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lovely Vicious is a series about a girl who loves to hate, and a boy who hates to love. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If the <i>Lovely Vicious</i> series will be made into a film franchise/TV show, do you have any actors and actresses in mind you'd want to play the roles?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d love for someone like Abigail Breslin to play Isis – she’s got the perfect personality. Jack would be MUCH harder to cast, and everyone would have their own opinion on him, but I’d want a very good actor, obviously. He can’t just be pretty! A young River Phoenix was who I had in mind as I wrote him. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What inspired you to write this trilogy?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s super simple; I couldn’t find any funny YA books that I liked in the bookstores, so I wrote my own!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What was the greatest challenge you faced in writing the <i>Lovely Vicious</i> series?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There really was no challenge! It was so fun and freeing to write it. Some people don’t like the few poop jokes, but I thrive on that sort of stuff. I’m not so snobby that I won’t use them for comedic value. ;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>How are the re-released versions from Entangled Teen differ from the self-published versions? Which part of the revisions did you enjoy the most?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The versions from Entangled Teen not only have beautiful, professionally-done covers, they also have wonderful typesetting and fonts that are much easier to read than the usual bland Times New Roman I originally had. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Do you listen to music while writing? What songs did you listen to while writing this series or what songs can be its soundtrack?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I listen to a ton of music, mostly very mellow electronic music. I listened to a LOT of Flying Lotus stuff, give them a listen if you haven’t already.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you like <blank>, you''ll love the <i>Lovely Vicious</i> series. What books, films, or TV shows would fit that sentence perfectly?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Easy A</i>, <i>Mean Girls</i>, anything with black comedy and a good dose of angst.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Who are your favorite authors and/or what are your favorite books?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m in love with Terry Pratchett. His Tiffany Aching series is by far my most favorite books in the world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lightning round!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite pizza topping/s?</b> Olives and mushrooms!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite ice cream flavor?</b> Pistachio</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Celebrity crush (dead or alive)?</b> I’ve got a great big crush on Robert Redford</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Eye color?</b> Gray!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite song?</b> Oh! That’s no fair. I have way too many!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Favorite movie?</b> El Orfanto, or The Orphanage. A very good horror movie!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What's next for Sara Wolf?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A dark YA fantasy called BRING ME THEIR HEARTS, about a girl with no heart who’s out to steal the Prince’s. It’s less comedy, but more intrigue, magic, and just as much sass<b>.</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>***</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>About Sara Wolf</b></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sara Wolf is a twenty-something author who adores baking, screaming at her cats, and screaming at herself while she types hilarious things. When she was a kid, she was too busy eating dirt to write her first terrible book. Twenty years later, she picked up a keyboard and started mashing her fists on it and created the monster known as the Lovely Vicious series. She lives in San Diego with two cats, a crippling-yet-refreshing sense of self-doubt, and not enough fruit tarts ever.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://sarawolfbooks.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Sara_Wolf1" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sara.wolf.3304" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6862831.Sara_Wolf" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Giveaway</b></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="1cb55495971" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1cb55495971/" id="rcwidget_se69fx6c" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a></span></span><script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Follow the Tour</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chapter-by-chapter.com/blog-tour-schedule-forget-me-always-lovely-vicious-2-by-sara-wolf/"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/www.chapter-by-chapter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ForgetMeAlwaysTour.png" /></a></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-68563842499957588902016-11-09T19:00:00.000+08:002016-12-18T22:18:28.917+08:00The Last Time I'll Write About You by Dawn Lanuza<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course I'm gonna read Dawn Lanuza's first poetry book (and succeeding ones as well). Here are my quick thoughts on this short collection~</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32862824-the-last-time-i-ll-write-about-you?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Last Time I'll Write About You" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478150793l/32862824.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>The Last Time I'll Write About You</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Dawn Lanuza</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: Indie Sisiw</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: November 5, 2016</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">urchased (Kindle)</span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Should I be</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thankful</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Regretful</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That my only idea</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of love</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You?</span></i></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2fxbHKB" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></b></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's a winking, peace-sign-toting Lucky Blue Smith gif to ease the pain.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d1QQUJ5TBnA/WCB2KS2HbGI/AAAAAAAABBA/vMDnkdfCdx4FXisCnKEtxrobI4-bK0VvgCLcB/s1600/tumblr_inline_o918eccTQR1tae3h3_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d1QQUJ5TBnA/WCB2KS2HbGI/AAAAAAAABBA/vMDnkdfCdx4FXisCnKEtxrobI4-bK0VvgCLcB/s1600/tumblr_inline_o918eccTQR1tae3h3_500.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now that we got that over with (the casual<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> dropping of Lucky Blue Smith gif but not the feelings because let's be hon<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">est, feelings are hard to dispel)</span></span>, let's talk about <i>The Last Time I'll Talk About You</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I immediately pre-ordered Dawn Lanuza's first poetry book once I knew of it. We're both into poetry and she recommends some and I read it. It's been like that. Her snippets and teasers prior to release day were promising (more than promising) so I kept getting more excited for it. But in reality, when Adrien bb the Kindle<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> finally had it and I was about to start it, I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">GOT SCARED. WHAT IF I DON'T LIKE IT? It would be ~super~ awkward to keep mum about the book because I didn't love it and even <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if I didn't review it<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> because I didn't want to rate it badly, I mean, Dawn would know that I didn't like it, right? Because <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was so excited for it and I just disappeared.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> So I am so <i>so</i> relieved <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">because I definitely liked Dawn's first poetry book and I hope it wouldn't be the last <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of hers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is is a short collection and you'll finish i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t so quickly, well that is, if you can read them in one go. I know some people weren't able to because sometimes feelings can kno<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ck you over</span>. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The collection's divided into parts, parts of a relationship and the in<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">evitable break-up. (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">B</span>ecause they all end! HAHA)</span></span></span></span> With that, the collection has a theme<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> so that it evokes almost the same emotions.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> A lot of the poems are about <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">romance, of what<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-could-have-been<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s and what-I-miss and what-I-wish. Which you know, had me feeling things<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, LOTS OF THINGS. Some were too true <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that they're kind of painful (about <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">love and romance not happening to you because you won't let<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it)<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and some were fears that were hard for me t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o acknowledge and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">even more, vocalize (of decoys and related to that, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/sosadtoday/status/793921073154691072" target="_blank">this tweet</a> by <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">@sosadtoday)<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Most of the poems were short <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but I thin<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">k the short ones <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">actually pack the harder punches.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think my only criticism of this collection is that I kind of felt it was repetitive? Although I could get <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">past that since it<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s a themed collection. Imagery of beds <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">were qui<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">te common<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> or was it just me? And I guess because there's a specific theme, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">like I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> ment<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ioned, the emotions <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it evoked from me were pretty much the same, but then again, not<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a glaring issue here.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">oh boy, do I loved the few poems on depression. I lapped th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ose up<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they had me feeling more (probably because all my love woe-is-me feelings <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> from <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">my lack of one <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">brought upon <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by my fear of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">~real <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">things and connections and risks~) than the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bygone-romance<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">poems.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , 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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All in all, a g<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rea<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t poetry debut from Dawn Lanuza! Thi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s will give you F E E L I N G S so be ready for those.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-41207711645053218962016-11-07T19:00:00.001+08:002016-11-07T19:02:52.149+08:00Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://instagram.fmnl5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t51.2885-15/e35/14693851_1175348552558579_1270784031503417344_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://instagram.fmnl5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t51.2885-15/e35/14693851_1175348552558579_1270784031503417344_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Our Chemical Hearts</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Krystal Sutherland</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons BFYR</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: October 4, 2016</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: purchased from National Book Store (paperback)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><i><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again.</span></b></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him—at least not yet. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything's about to change.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grace isn't who Henry pictured as his dream girl—she walks with a cane, wears oversized boys' clothes, and rarely seems to shower. But when Grace and Henry are both chosen to edit the school paper, he quickly finds himself falling for her. It's obvious there's something broken about Grace, but it seems to make her even more beautiful to Henry, and he wants nothing more than to help her put the pieces back together again. And yet, this isn't your average story of boy meets girl. Krystal Sutherland's brilliant debut is equal parts wit and heartbreak, a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.</span></i></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2eEliSm" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-chemical-hearts-krystal-sutherland/1123155286?ean=9780399546587" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Our-Chemical-Hearts-Krystal-Sutherland/9780143573906/?a_aid=oopsireadabookagain" target="_blank">The Book Depository</a></span></b></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was quite interested in this book when I came across it online, probably because of the striking cover. (Which is apparently apt to the book so kudos!) But after reading the blurb, I knew I wasn't going to read it. Maybe it's with the comparison to John Green or the glaringly obvious presence of an MPDG (<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl" target="_blank">manic pixie dream girl</a>) but I shelved it in my mental pile of most-likely-never. But then came all the raves and I ended up getting only more curious with each glowing review that I bought it on a whim. Still, it was surprising that I got to it immediately because I usually end up not finishing books I bought impulsively. My usual pattern was that I'll sample it and determine that it's not the perfect time to read it. But with <i>Our Chemical Hearts</i>, that did not happen. I sampled it and I ended up reading it continuously in the hopes to actually finish it in a timely manner.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was primarily because of the voice of the narrator, our protagonist Henry Page. He's cheeky and sarcastic and competent in banter. While being a writer (for his school's newspaper), he is that, a writer, and isn't great at speaking his thoughts, which Grace Town calls first drafts. Which I just related to so much because I am NOT a speaker. I, however, can fool you sometimes that I have a good head above my shoulders and that I can coherently form a thought or two. Heh. I also related A LOT to being a romantic but not seeking for my own romance. *helpless*</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Right from the get-go, <i>Our Chemical Hearts</i> sounded like a John Green novel. In that I truly felt I was reading a novel by him because Henry Page is so familiar, with how he speaks, thinks, and even the girl he falls in love with. But what I did appreciate with <i>Our Chemical Hearts</i> is how Krystal Sutherland didn't write a manic pixie dream girl in Grace Town. In fact, all throughout the novel, Grace calls out Henry on him being in love not with her but the idea of her in the near future, of a broken but already fixed Grace. What I find irritating about MPDGs are not the girls itself but how the males from which perspective we always read them about, make them so. Make them just a collection of quirks and ~cool~ things that they're not a person. While Henry can be accused of being guilty of this too, I love how Sutherland infused Grace with character. And with that, I'm thankful for the author for writing it this way. Grace has her own issues, which affects Henry as well, but I appreciated how Grace had her own story arc as well, and not just an accessory to Henry Page's first love as its object.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I do have to admit that I didn't see the Rainbow Rowell comparison (I think it's only because Grace Town is a bit like Eleanor in <a href="http://oopsireadabookagain.blogspot.com/2015/01/review-eleanor-park-by-rainbow-rowell.html" target="_blank"><i>Eleanor & Park</i></a>, which I don't even really think so. Their only similarity is that they look kind of disheveled/dirty.) because it wasn't actually swoony in my opinion. Henry and Grace were great at deep discussions and banter. I had a grin most of the time and chuckled quite a lot of times while reading this book because it is funny and I had a field day with all the pop culture references. I LOVED SPOTTING THEM. Oh, that's a thing too. While reading this novel, I kept on noticing how modern it is. There's constant mention of social media apps like Snapchat, Facebook, and Spotify. Which I'm not particularly fond of but nothing I'm not fine with </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwQmYeIVUAQBEUd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwQmYeIVUAQBEUd.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then we also had passages like this which just BAM. HOW BEAUTIFUL. There were lots of quotable passages and I especially loved Henry's older sister Sadie's thoughts on love as a chemical reaction quite at the end. It's not heavy science but I did appreciate how Krystal Sutherland said that love, even if it's just a chemical reaction, does not make it something not great. Or something cheap. Love, even if it fails, is still love. That all love is equal in the brain. I gobbled that part up, I loved the last chapters to this novel.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I felt like I wanted to give this book 4 stars but in the end, I just didn't care much for our main characters, sadly. I should have been relating so hardly to Henry but we just didn't connect to the point that I'd love this novel. I am actually more interested and into the secondary characters such as Lola and Muz, Henry's best friends, especially on Lola, who's biracial and a lesbian. Lola and Henry and Muz's friendship was so great to read, with how they support and help and call each other's shit out. I realized that I could have gone without the romance aspect of the book and just live with the friendship of these three, honestly. Lola was just the best, really. Additionally, I was also more into Sadie (she's a neuroscientist!) and her relationship with her son and how great of a sister she is, and the reality of parental separation. All things the novel had on the sidelines.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While <i>Our Chemical Hearts</i> was a quick and enjoyable read, I wasn't able to connect deeply with the main characters, which hindered me from ever loving it fully. Still, I had fun with all its references, the banter, the friendship, and the deep discussions and realizations. Objectively, it is a great story of first love and of coming of age. It also touches upon grief and how we punish ourselves with pain for the guilt we feel. Maybe if I haven't read a lot of books quite like it before it, I would have loved this one. But do try it! Do not let me prevent you from trying this one out because a lot of people loved it and I'm in the minority. It might be for you!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-77577019594195419422016-10-31T19:00:00.000+08:002016-10-31T19:00:36.865+08:00Stacking the Shelves (64) + October Recap<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://scontent-hkg3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/14482143_196489454113319_7465805358439596032_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/14482143_196489454113319_7465805358439596032_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , 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"helvetica" , sans-serif;">by Jessica Alcott</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 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href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/10/althea-oliver-by-cristina-moracho.html" target="_blank"><i>Althea & Oliver</i></a> by Cristina Moracho</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4 <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stars</span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> | <a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/10/bone-by-yrsa-daley-ward.html" target="_blank"><i>bone</i></a> by <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yrsa<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Daley-Ward</span></span></span> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Event Announcement<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">| <a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/10/save-date-amy-ewing-is-coming-to.html" target="_blank">#AmyEwinginPH</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> | <a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/10/peter-lerangis-is-coming-back-to.html" target="_blank">#PeterLerangisinPH</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t Reca<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p </span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">| <a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2016/10/morganmatsoninph-recap.html" target="_blank">#MorganMatsoninPH</a></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Music</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've be<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">en obsessed with <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Eleanor Rigby</i> and <i>The Long and Winding Road</i> by The Beatles. I've been listening to the<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">se two songs so much<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and only these two songs. I think they're my new favorit<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e The Beatles songs. I guess I've moved on from <i>From <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Me to You</span></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Haha! With lyrics like:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the lonely<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> people, where do they <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">all come from?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the lonely people, where do they all belong? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <i>Many times I've been alone and many times I've cried</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">yway, you'll never know the many times I've tried</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">FEELINGS</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> Anyw<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ay, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saint Motel also dropped their newest album <b>saintmo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">television </span></b>so I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'TIS MAH JAM<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> LOVE THEM AND LOVE HOW THEY CAN MAKE ME DANCE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A43URJ507cdoIRy3GJdfxjs" width="300"></iframe><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Naked and Famous <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lso released <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">their new</span> album <b>Simple Forms</b> (I LOV<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">E <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OCTOBER) so I've been listening to that too</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0m9VQlYqaZTktKzkbGPsve" width="300"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also discovered Broods and I'm loving what I'm hearing from their <b>Conscious</b> album</span><br /><br /><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3r9t7McmFb3rmU4P7bp94f" width="300"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">TV</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">haven't been in the mood to watch my TV <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">shows this <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">m<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">onth so I'm still not caught up with <i>Suits</i> and <i>Y<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ou<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'re <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he Worst</span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. I think I'll let <i>You're the Worst</i> finish <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first then I'll binge it like I always do. I think I'll end up binging <i>Suits</i> when the second part of the season nears airing. Moreover, I have to sta<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rt getting into <i>Westworld</i>. Remind me, people.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BUT I DID SAW THIS SOUPY RANDOM <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">FUNNY ANIME CALLED MONTHLY GIRLS' NOZAKI-KUN</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/d8e61a825923f3a6a020ece59f8e75531404663730_fwide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/d8e61a825923f3a6a020ece59f8e75531404663730_fwide.jpg" height="360" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I enjoyed it <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so much and now I'm on the hunt for hilarious and short anime<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> hihi</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Films</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ma'<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Rosa (2016)</span></span><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ang Babaeng Humayo (2016)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now You See Me 2 (2016)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Blair Witch Project (2000)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Insiang (1976)</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tamako <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Love Story (2014)</span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love how I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'m watching more and more Filipino films. My college self would be so proud <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of myself.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How did your <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">October</span> go? Any film, TV, or music recommendations? More importantly, what great books did you read this month?</span></span></span></span></h4><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">HAPP<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Y HALLOWEEN!!!!!11</span> </span></span></span></span></h4></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-74613125321203772442016-10-17T19:00:00.001+08:002016-10-17T19:00:16.746+08:00bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I kept on seeing Filipino author (and kinda my local semi-life peg) Dawn Lanuza pushing this book and raving about it so I put it in my wishlist. And lo and behold, it was free last week! So I immediately grabbed it and took the time to read it one night when I couldn't sleep and NOW WHAT TO DO HOW TO COPE</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22585014-bone?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="bone" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403649382l/22585014.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>bone</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Yrsa Daley-Ward</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: June 16, 2014</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: purchased (Kindle)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bone. Visceral. Close to. Stark.</span></i></span></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/2drHAX5" target="_blank">Amazon</a> </span></b></span></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://66.media.tumblr.com/9dd82b45fa1547fb128af64fdf8d456d/tumblr_n8d200nPRB1qj4315o1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/9dd82b45fa1547fb128af64fdf8d456d/tumblr_n8d200nPRB1qj4315o1_500.gif" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">F E E L I N G S</span></b> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seriously. I couldn't sleep so I started reading it and when am I gonna learn that reading poetry before I sleep isn't a wise decision? Because I just end up wrecked by emotions.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yrsa Daley-Ward does not mince words. She goes at it head-on. It doesn't mean that her poetry is pure tell and no show because it isn't. She's able to paint an imagery that would be vivid in your mind and fierce in your heart. I repeatedly had to roll over my bed because I had to pause reading and just soak it in.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her poems on mental illness are bookmarked and highlighted in my Kindle. In fact, I bookmarked a handful of poems and highlighted several passages too. There was simple beauty in her succinctness, yet it slowly pierces through the heart.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The collection's pretty short and features some prose of hers too. I read it in less than an hour, I think? It's a good way to pass the time and just relish the waves of anger, love, hope, lonesomeness, and all these other emotions wash upon you.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The worst thing about somebody who betrays you, somebody who turns out to be a completely different person to whom you first thought, is the love that you still feel in your heart for them, embedded so deeply into the narrow spaces of yourself that you cannot access it to try and remove it." </span></span></div></blockquote><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-80403722534174102962016-10-10T19:00:00.000+08:002016-10-10T19:00:14.688+08:00Peter Lerangis is coming back to the Philippines! #PeterLerangisinPH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AnGqkeLGklI/V_tXv6pFOeI/AAAAAAAABAg/2YOMqmOVXyoY6Ez0UGCgQnmVLt-tWsgKgCLcB/s1600/peter.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AnGqkeLGklI/V_tXv6pFOeI/AAAAAAAABAg/2YOMqmOVXyoY6Ez0UGCgQnmVLt-tWsgKgCLcB/s640/peter.jpeg" width="452" /> </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl">What: <b>Peter Lerangis Book Signing Event</b><br />When: <b>November 19, 2016, 2 p.m.</b><br />Where: <b>National Book Store, Glorietta 1</b><br />Registration starts at 10 a.m.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"> Join New York Times bestselling author Peter Lerangis of 'The Seven Wonders' series for a book signing event on November 19, 2016 at 2 p.m. in National Book Store, Glorietta 1. Registration starts at 10 a.m. Only books purchased from National Book Store, National Book Store Express, and Powerbooks will be accommodated. The event is made possible in partnership with Raffles Makati. Visit <a href="http://nationalbookstore.com/booksignings" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">nationalbookstore.com/<wbr></wbr>booksignings</a> for the complete signing mechanics. Tag <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/peterlerangisinph">#PeterLerangisinPH</a> to join the discussion.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"> </span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"> <b>ABOUT PETER LERANGIS</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"> Peter Lerangis is the author of more than 160 <span class="text_exposed_show">books, which have sold more than 5½ million copies and been translated into 33 different languages. These include nine New York Times Bestsellers: all five books of The Seven Wonders series (The Colossus Rises, Lost in Babylon, The Tomb of Shadows, The Curse of the King, and The Legend of the Rift); all of his contributions in the The 39 Clues series (The Sword Thief; The Viper’s Nest; and Vespers Rising , which was co-authored with Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, and Jude Watson); and The Dead of Night, Book 3 in The 39 Clues: Cahills Vs. Vespers series. He is a Harvard graduate with a degree in biochemistry. After college he became a Broadway musical theater actor. He has run a marathon and gone rock-climbing during an earthquake, but not on the same day. He lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their two sons, Nick and Joe.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>ABOUT ‘THE SEVEN WONDERS’ SERIES</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Follow the story of Jack McKinley in the mysterious, action-packed adventure series that takes place throughout the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Jack discovers a secret organization on a hidden island, and becomes the leader of a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs. As Jack and his three friends realize their lives are at stake, they have no choice but to accept the quest and embark on the challenge of their lives. Four friends. Seven Wonders. One goal.</span></span></span></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>Peter Lerangis Book Signing Event</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Frequently Asked Questions</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> ONLY BOOKS PURCHASED FROM NATIONAL BOOK STORE, NATIONAL BOOK STORE EXPRESS OR POWERBOOKS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>When and where is the book signing?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> November 19, 2:00 p.m., at National Book Store, Glorietta 1</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>Is there a registration fee?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> No. There is no registration fee.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>When will the registration be?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Registration opens at 10:00 a.m. on November 19 at National Book Store, Glorietta 1. Each guest will be asked to fill out the registration form upon arrival. First come, first served. A guest can register only once. Guests must present their book to get a numbered Signing Pass. The book must have either of the following as proof of purchase: Price Tag or Official Receipt from National Book Store, National Book Store Express or Powerbooks.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>How many books can I have signed? </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Each guest is allowed to have a total of five (5) books of any of the following titles:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Book 2: Lost in Babylon – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Book 3: The Tomb of Shadows – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Book 4: The Curse of the King – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Book 5: The Legend of the Rift – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Journals: The Key – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Journals: The Promise – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> • Seven Wonders Journals: The Select and The Orphan – one (1) copy only</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> One copy will be personalized and the rest are signatures only.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>Is there a limit as to how many people can have their books signed?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> National Book Store will take every effort to get as many books signed as possible. However, should there be an excessive number of guests, National Book Store reserves the right to limit the number of copies per guest or limit the number of guests in line. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>Can I bring old books or other editions of the books?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Yes, as long as the books were purchased from National Book Store, National Book Store Express or Powerbooks. The books must have either the price tag or official receipt. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>Do I need to buy on-site?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> No. You can buy books before or during the event. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>Can I have other items signed? </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> No. Only books will be allowed to be signed by the author. Other items like t-shirts, artworks, posters, journals, etc. will not be allowed to be signed.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>Can we have our photo taken with the author?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Yes. There will be an official photographer from NBS who will take your photo with the author. However, we strictly allow only one photo per person. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>How much are the books?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises (Trade Paperback – P249; Hardcover – P629)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Book 2: Lost in Babylon (Trade Paperback – P249; Hardcover – P629)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Book 3: The Tomb of Shadows (Trade Paperback – P249; Hardcover – P629)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Book 4: The Curse of the King (Trade Paperback – P249; Hardcover – P629)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Book 5: The Legend of the Rift (Trade Paperback – P249; Hardcover – P629)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Journals: The Key (Trade Paperback – P99)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Journals: The Promise (Trade Paperback – P99)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Seven Wonders Journals: The Select and The Orphan (Trade Paperback – P99)</span></span></span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-70859862304663746182016-10-07T19:00:00.000+08:002016-10-07T19:00:21.081+08:00Save the date! Amy Ewing is coming to the Philippines!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtmPTCdVYAEDb0j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtmPTCdVYAEDb0j.jpg" width="452" /> </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What: <b>Amy Ewing Book Signing Tour</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When: November 12, 2016, 1 p.m.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where: National Book Store, Ayala Center Cebu</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When: November 13, 2016, 2 p.m.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where: National Book Store, Glorietta 1</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Join New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing of the ‘Lone City’ trilogy for book signing events on November 12, 2016 at 1 p.m. in National Book Store, Ayala Center Cebu and on November 13, 2016 at 2 p.m. in National Book Store, Glorietta 1. Registration for both events starts at 10 a.m. Only books purchased from National Book Store, National Book Store Express, and Powerbooks will be accommodated.<br /><br />The events are made possible in partnership with Raffles Makati. Visit <a href="http://nationalbookstore.com/booksignings">nationalbookstore.com/booksignings</a> for the complete signing mechanics. Tag #AmyEwinginPH to join the discussion.</span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b>ABOUT AMY EWING</b><br /> </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amy Ewing is the author of the New York Times bestselling Lone City Trilogy.<br /><br />She grew up in a small town outside Boston, where her librarian mother instilled a deep love of reading at a young age. Amy moved to New York City in 2000 to study theater at New York University. Unfortunately, her acting career didn’t quite pan out. She worked in restaurants, as an administrative assistant, a nanny, and as a sales representative for a wine distributor before the lack of creativity in her life drove her to begin writing.<br /><br />Amy received her MFA in Creative Writing for Children from The New School, where she was lucky enough to meet a fabulous community of YA writers who keep her sane on a daily basis. She lives in Harlem, where she spends her days writing, eating cheese, and occasionally binge watching The Vampire Diaries.<br /><br /><b>ABOUT THE JEWEL (LONE CITY BOOK 1)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />The Selection meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this darkly riveting debut filled with twists and turns, where all that glitters may not be gold.<br /><br />The Jewel means wealth, the Jewel means beauty—but for Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Born and raised in the Marsh, Violet finds herself living in the Jewel as a servant at the estate of the Duchess of the Lake. Addressed only by her number—#197—Violet is quickly thrown into the royal way of life. But behind its opulent and glittering facade, the Jewel hides its cruel and brutal truth, filled with violence, manipulation, and death.<br /><br />Violet must accept the ugly realities of her life . . . all while trying to stay alive. But before she can accept her fate, Violet meets a handsome boy who is also under the Duchess’s control, and a forbidden love erupts. But their illicit affair has consequences, which will cost them both more than they bargained for. And toeing the line between being calculating and rebellious, Violet must decide what, and who, she is willing to risk for her own freedom.<br /><br /><b>ABOUT THE WHITE ROSE (LONE CITY BOOK 2)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Violet is on the run—away from the Jewel, away from a lifetime of servitude, away from the Duchess of the Lake, who bought her at auction. With Ash and Raven traveling with her, Violet will need all of her powers to get her friends, and herself, out of the Jewel alive.<br /><br />But no matter how far Violet runs, she can’t escape the rebellion brewing just beneath the Jewel’s glittering surface, and her role in it. Violet must decide if she is strong enough to rise against the Jewel and everything she has ever known.<br /><br /><b>ABOUT THE BLACK KEY (LONE CITY BOOK 3) – Will be available this October</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />The thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Lone City trilogy, which began with The Jewel, a book BCCB said “will have fans of Oliver’s Delirium, Cass’s The Selection, and DeStefano’s Wither breathless.”<br /><br />For too long, Violet and the people of the outer circles of the Lone City have lived in service of the royalty of the Jewel. But now, the secret society known as the Black Key is preparing to seize power.<br /><br />While Violet knows she is at the center of this rebellion, she has a more personal stake in it—for her sister, Hazel, has been taken by the Duchess of the Lake. Now, after fighting so hard to escape the Jewel, Violet must do everything in her power to return not only to save Hazel, but the future of the Lone City.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Amy Ewing Book Signing Tour</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Frequently Asked Questions</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />ONLY BOOKS PURCHASED FROM NATIONAL BOOK STORE, NATIONAL BOOK STORE EXPRESS OR POWERBOOKS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED.<br /><br /><b>When and where are the book signings?</b><br />November 12, 1:00 p.m., at National Book Store, Ayala Center Cebu<br />November 13, 2:00 p.m., at National Book Store, Glorietta 1<br /><br /><b>Is there a registration fee?</b><br />No. There is no registration fee.<br /><br /><b>When will the registration be?</b><br />Registration opens at 10:00 a.m. on November 12 at National Book Store, Ayala Center Cebu, and 10:00 a.m. on November 13 at National Book Store, Glorietta 1. Each guest will be asked to fill out the registration form upon arrival. First come, first served. Guests must present their book to get a numbered Signing Pass. The book must have either of the following as proof of purchase: Price Tag or Official Receipt from National Book Store, National Book Store Express or Powerbooks.<br /><br /><b>How many books can I have signed?</b><br />Each guest is allowed to have the following signed:<br />• The Jewel – one (1) copy only<br />• The White Rose – one (1) copy only<br />• The Black Key – one (1) copy only<br /><br />One copy will be personalized and the rest are signatures only.<br /><br /><b>Is there a limit as to how many people can have their books signed?</b><br />National Book Store will take every effort to get as many books signed as possible. However, should there be an excessive number of guests, National Book Store reserves the right to limit the number of copies per guest or limit the number of guests in line.<br /><br /><b>Can I bring old books or other editions of the books?</b><br />Yes, as long as the books were purchased from National Book Store, National Book Store Express or Powerbooks. The books must have either the price tag or official receipt.<br /><br /><b>Do I need to buy on-site?</b><br />No. You can buy books before or during the event.<br /><br /><b>Can I have other items signed?</b><br />No. Only books will be allowed to be signed by the author.<br /><br /><b>Can we have our photo taken with the author?</b><br />Yes. There will be an official photographer from NBS who will take your photo with the author. However, we strictly allow only one photo per person.<br /><br /><b>How much are the books?</b><br />The Jewel (Trade Paperback – P435)<br />The White Rose (Hardcover – P649)<br />The White Rose (Trade Paperback – P359)<br />The Black Key (Hardcover – P649) – Will be available this October<br />The Black Key (Trade Paperback – P435) – Will be available this October </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-79582378202337795152016-10-05T19:00:00.001+08:002016-10-17T22:40:27.317+08:00Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I read this book back in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">November</span> 2014 and only now did I have the courage and stubbornness to finally review it. I don't even know if whatever word vomit I produce will ever fully explain the love I have for this book or if it would even convince you to try and read it but I'll try.</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://igcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/t51.2885-15/e35/11881806_547899608701096_2145364002_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://igcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/t51.2885-15/e35/11881806_547899608701096_2145364002_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Althea & Oliver</b> </span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: <b>Cristina Moracho</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: Viking Juvenile</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: October 9, 2014</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: purchased from <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amazon (hardback</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">)</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>What if you live for the moment when life goes off the rails—and then one day there’s no one left to help you get it back on track?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Althea Carter and Oliver McKinley have been best friends since they were six; she’s the fist-fighting instigator to his peacemaker, the artist whose vision balances his scientific bent. Now, as their junior year of high school comes to a close, Althea has begun to want something more than just best-friendship. Oliver, for his part, simply wants life to go back to normal, but when he wakes up one morning with no memory of the past three weeks, he can’t deny any longer that something is seriously wrong with him. And then Althea makes the worst bad decision ever, and her relationship with Oliver is shattered. He leaves town for a clinical study in New York, resolving to repair whatever is broken in his brain, while she gets into her battered Camry and drives up the coast after him, determined to make up for what she’s done.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Their journey will take them from the rooftops, keg parties, and all-ages shows of their North Carolina hometown to the pool halls, punk houses, and hospitals of New York City before they once more stand together and face their chances. Set in the DIY, mix tape, and zine culture of the mid-1990s, Cristina Moracho’s whip-smart debut is an achingly real story about identity, illness, and love—and why bad decisions sometimes feel so good.</i></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Purchase from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXP26/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00INIXP26&linkCode=as2&tag=whood-20&linkId=M2DF2XZIC4HPXHYJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/althea-and-oliver-cristina-moracho/1118663317?ean=9780670785391" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Althea-Oliver-Cristina-Moracho/9780451472632/?a_aid=oopsireadabookagain" target="_blank">The Book Depository</a></b></span><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So much ache. So much love. To quote the book:</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>"It feels good, and it still hurts."</i></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's exactly how I felt. I'm so glad I read the book and it blew me away but it really broke me too at five in the morning when I finished it.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Cristina Moracho, you owe me a night's sleep (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But who cares? Definitely not me.)</span> but I'd gladly give it to you all if you keep on writing books like this.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grittily beautiful - that's how I'd describe this under the radar gem (well, it's under the radar with bloggers and readers but it's actually critically acclaimed). The characters are messy and real and raw and this is how I like my contemporary novels. To all those people who look down on YA as sub-par, read this book and go cry in the corner because you haven't been more wrong in your life.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've always found the prose lush and vividly nostalgic, coupled with such complex<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>characters with equally complex relationships. I found myself relating to a whole new bunch of topics with <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">each</span> re-read. (Fact: I re-read it at least twice a year.) My favorite books tend to do that: make me interpret them differently every time I read them.</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Her entire body can feel Oliver's approach, like he's a magnet and she's a collection of iron fillings that needs him to hold her together."</span></b></i> </span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Althea & Oliver</i> focuses on the titular characters, best friends s<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ince forever and now in high school. It starts with Al<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thea rushing to get O<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">liver home, who<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> has this sleep sy<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ndrome where he ends up sleeping for <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">days (l<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">iterally, even if he wakes up to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eat</span>, he's not really awake) </span>and being a ravenous eater all the time</span>. He's like in a coma but not really. No one knows what it is and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">this time around, when Oliver sleeps, he ends up sleeping for weeks. </span>He sleeps most of summer. We then <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">read about how </span></span></span></span></span>Althea has been in love with Oliver for<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> so long but he's just not into her that way.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The pining in this book, while not front and<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> center, was gripping<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. I could feel how mu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ch Althea wants and wants and wants but she also knows that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">she'll remain <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just as Oliver's best friend and nothing more. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember feeling so sad because I know the feeling all too we<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ll (HA!) a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nd I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">could relate.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are days that I remember, totally ordinary days when I was so happy just to be driving around in the car with you, just to have you there, and everything you said was funny and everything I said was clever and every song that came on the radio was exactly the song I wanted to hear. And on days like that I felt so <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fucking lucky just to have someone to feel th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at way about, just to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">feel that way at all, it didn't even matter if you feel the same way.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BAM FEELINGS </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wit<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hout her best friend Oliver <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">go with to parties and to spend time with, Althea ends up <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">spending her summer with Coby, who's not exactly nice. She dyes her <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">blond hair black and she ends up kind of a different person when Oliver <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wakes up, or so he thinks. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Althea and O<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">liver get into a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">huge fight becau<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">se of something Althea did </span>just before Oliver goes to New York<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">; he's enrolled in a study about his disease<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's Kleine-<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Levin syndrom<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, a rare sleep disorder <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">char<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">acterized by <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">per<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">istent </span></span>episodic hypers<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">omnia, and cognitive and mood changes.) He thinks this is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a perfect way to get away from Althea and he doesn't tell her where<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> he's going. Althea only finds out that he's in New York</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> from their friends and she ends up going after him. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nds the hospital he's in, only to be told that Oliver's asleep.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HAHAHA I think I already told most of the story but not really too. I fail, gu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ys. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sorry. I don't know how much to say though so I don't know <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what to cut<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> out heh</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The electri<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">city he felt on the str<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eet last<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> night returns, that sense of possibility that only h<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">appens when you strip away everything f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">amiliar."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love how the setting<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, mid-1990s, felt like another character in this <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">novel</span>. You would think that only <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">non-contemporary books would <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have to make the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">world it revolves in as<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> rich and deep <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">like a chara<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cter but this contemp<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">orary book does it. I also remember pa<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">using a lot of times while reading <i>Althea & Oliver</i> because I just had t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o marvel a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t Cristina Moracho's prose. It is indeed lovely and beautiful and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sounds like waves <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">softly crashing on the shore</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would like to build a house by the shore just so I can hear it all the time.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>“Her forehead creases with the effort of finding the right word, and when she’s got it, she nods to herself, like it was so obvious. “I’ll say,” she finally says, “that you were my favorite”. “Your favorite what?” “That’s it,” she says. “Just my favorite”."</i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HOW CAN SIMPLE WORDS I USE EVERY<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> DAY BE STRUNG TOGETHER AND BE AS BEAUTIFUL AND AS HEART-TWISTING<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> AS THIS</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the end of the day, <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Althea & Oliver</span></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> was a coming<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-of-age story of both Althea and Oliver, and while hard-earned, felt natural and totally not rushed or obvious. I love the ending, seriousl<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y. This is one of my most favo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rite end<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ings</span></span></span></span></span> in all of co<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ming-of-age novels I've read because it packed that punch of hurt mi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">xed in with hope. It was everything<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There's only one way to go now: forward, into the unknown. Welcome to the jungle."</span></span></span></span></span></b></i></blockquote><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Go to the jungle, my friends. Go read this book.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">***</span></span></span></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Proof of my obsession: I've collected the ARC, the hardcover (signed), the international paperback<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, and the worldwide paperback. HAHAHA</span> </span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://scontent-nrt1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13658459_1071961529555699_254586106_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://scontent-nrt1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13658459_1071961529555699_254586106_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-16905274992178215542016-10-03T19:00:00.000+08:002016-10-04T15:25:07.362+08:00#MorganMatsoninPH recap!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I almost wasn't able to go to #MorganMatsoninPH and I was already sad about it but the universe has aligned and let me go! YAY! After reading Morgan Matson's debut novel <i>Amy and Roger's Epic Detour</i>, which I loved so so much back in college, I ended up deciding to start book blogging (among other books). It was one of those books that made me love reading again and love YA. So Morgan Matson is a BIG EFFIN' DEAL for me, okay? Thank you to National Book Store for making this possible! For this fan to meet an author she loves! For this book blogger to meet one of the catalysts of this hobby!</span></span></div><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-slZe3iOUDsY/V9-WJ0nZwMI/AAAAAAAAA_o/ZhLhjLSlZZcXzq3tvf_cE2ez_NQwBEU1gCLcB/s1600/Poster%2B-%2BMorgan%2BMatson%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-slZe3iOUDsY/V9-WJ0nZwMI/AAAAAAAAA_o/ZhLhjLSlZZcXzq3tvf_cE2ez_NQwBEU1gCLcB/s640/Poster%2B-%2BMorgan%2BMatson%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="452" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Read on for the Q&A I got to participate in for #MorganMatsoninPH!</span></span></span></span></span></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would like to thank National Book Store for the chance to meet Morgan Matson, just one of the first YA authors I had loved. Sorry that this recap took so long. It was primarily my laziness/blogging slump but I honestly thought I left my press materials at home in the province, only to find it in my apartment in the city before I went home this Friday. Hahaha not only am I lazy but I'm also messy as well.<br /><br />Precious of <a href="http://shusky20.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fragments of Life</a> asked Morgan if her love for theater would make her write a story about theater. Morgan said that she indeed loves theater and it shows as Amy in <i>Amy and Roger's Epic Detour</i> loves theater and Tom in <i>The Unexpected Everything</i> wants to be an actor. Before she starts writing abook, she plans out her characters first. She thought about writing a story about theater and she would love to write a play then write a book about the play with all the drama theater brings. I am personally excited for that book if she ever writes it!<br /><br />Maricar of <a href="http://blackplume.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">blackplume</a> then proceeded to ask the pros and cons of writing under two different names: Morgan Matson and Katie Finn. She said it was fun to have a secret identity at the start to play around a different genre. A con would definitely be that it was too time-consuming and she ended up being late for both projects, especially when she had two books due the same year.<br /><br />Hazel of <a href="http://staybookish.com/" target="_blank">Stay Bookish</a>, who I know is such a big fan of Morgan as well, inquired about what drives Morgan to write realistic fiction for teens and Morgan said that she's most comfortable writing it and she's most drawn to it as well. She has trouble writing fantasy as that would take intense research and she's intensive at research, alright. She went to Pennsylvania for <i>Second Chance Summer</i> and made the same road trip to write <i>Amy & Roger's</i>. Imagine what she'd end up doing for fantasy, she said while chuckling.<br /><br />Fay of <a href="https://bibliophilesoprano.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Bibliophile Soprano</a> was curious about Clark's fantasy series and if she'll ever write it. She said that she thought about an extra for the US paperback of <i>The Unexpected Everything</i> but ultimately decided nah. She does think about it but somewhat, maybe she'll write it.<br /><br />Kai of <a href="http://amaterasureads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Amaterasu Reads</a> made Morgan give her teen self three tasks to do like in <i>Since You've Been Gone</i>. Morgan then told her teen self to do skydiving as she would definitely need a push for that, driving on the other side of the road, and have a cat because she's always been a dog person and maybe a cat would be nice and challenging.<br /><br />JM of <a href="https://bookfreakrevelations.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Book Freak Revelations</a> asked about <i>Amy & Roger's</i> and how was the brainstorming process for that one as it had photos, playlists, and more in it. Morgan revealed that her first YA book was supposed to be all of just those stuff: email, journal entries, and no narrative. Twenty pages in, she realized it was hard to do and that why would you ever spend your time writing on a journal especially when there's a cute boy beside you. Seriously, how adorable and fun is Morgan?! But she still wanted to mark time through moving through space and it ended up to be <i>Amy & Roger's</i>.<br /><br />Kevin of <a href="https://tomebound.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Tomebound</a> asked about <i>Since You've Been Gone</i> and if it was inspired by real-life friendships she had. Morgan said yes that it was basically about her friend Amelia. They met in New York and had been instant BFFs and were joined at the hip for four years. But then Amelia had to move to London and she to Los Angeles and so they had to start learning to be friends with distance. She really based Emily on Amelia but her editor said that he characters needed to have flaws because Amelia was so awesome and amazing. She loved writing <i>Since You've Been Gone</i> because it was so full of friendship, all angles of friendship. There's the new best friends, the since-we-were-born best friends, girl best friends, boy best friends, and everything in between. I loved hearing Morgan talk about friendship, honestly. Because I love the friendship in her books.<br /><br />Leslie of <a href="http://bibliophilekid.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">bibliophilekid</a> asked her for a memorable advice about writing Morgan received and it was just finish. She was the queen of 30 pages back then and after writing her heart out, she'd lose steam. But then she pushed herself to finish and when she did, she knew that she could always do it because she has done it before.<br /><br />Lastly, these lovely ladies from Cebu asked which book she had the heaviest emotional attachment and unsurprisingly, Morgan answered that it was <i>Since You've Been Gone</i>. Because it was so much about her friendship with Amelia and she even sprinkled in some of their inside jokes and references.<br /><br />And after that, we got our books signed! I had all of my Morgan Matson books in paperback and I also had the first two of her Katie Finn trilogy with me.<br /><br />Sigh. I already miss bubbly Morgan! She just had this energy that filled up the room and you didn't even need to talk because she will. We chatted about middle names while she signed my book. Apparently she was Morgan Katherine Finn Matson if my memory serves me right. So she just took her middle names as her pen name. We also talked about her Katie Finn books and of course I told her that reading <i>Amy & Roger's</i> was one of the catalysts of me starting a book blog.<br /><br />Here's a photo of us! (Thank you to Kate of <a href="http://thebookaholicblurbs.com/" target="_blank">The Bookaholic Blurbs</a> for the polaroid hihihi)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FhuMMxx-MZE/V_GqPA0nESI/AAAAAAAAA_8/JicT3sqSVbkk9hfOUWpN1p6IESEUp7a4ACLcB/s1600/IMG_20161002_185712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FhuMMxx-MZE/V_GqPA0nESI/AAAAAAAAA_8/JicT3sqSVbkk9hfOUWpN1p6IESEUp7a4ACLcB/s400/IMG_20161002_185712.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once again, thank you so much, National Book Store!</span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-78517014906532085912016-10-01T19:00:00.000+08:002016-10-10T10:37:51.185+08:00Stacking the Shelves (63) + September Recap<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica 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style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , 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sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seraphina by Rachel Hartman</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Freshman Year & Other Natural Disasters by Meredith Zeitlin</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cress by Marissa Meyer</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* Reboot by Amy Tintera (<a href="http://oopsireadabookagain.blogspot.com/2013/06/review-reboot-by-amy-tintera.html" target="_blank">my review</a>)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* Rebel by Amy Tintera (<a href="http://oopsireadabookagain.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-rebel-by-amy-tintera.html" target="_blank">my </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://oopsireadabookagain.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-rebel-by-amy-tintera.html" target="_blank">review</a>)</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* Ruined by Amy Tintera</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tonight the Streets are Ours by Leila Sales</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like It Never Happened by Emily Adrian (<a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2015/09/blog-tour-review-like-it-never-happened.html" target="_blank">my review</a>)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* Revenge, Ice Cream, and Other Things Best Served Cold by Katie Finn</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenez Tash</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (<a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2015/06/review-giveaway-more-happy-than-not-by.html" target="_blank">my review</a>)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Pleasures Be Damned by Charles Bukowski</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon Jame<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Get Lucky<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: An Anthology of Philippine and Singapore Write<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rs</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*signed* Sca<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ndalized by Tara Frejas</span></span> </span> </span> </span> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you to HarperCollins International for the review copies! And to National Book Store for #MorganMatsoninPH! Thanks to both Fully Booked and Natio<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nal Book Store for the MIBF passes!</span><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">***</span></span></span></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">September Recap</span></span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Music</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RLnA25dVzrQ/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RLnA25dVzrQ?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Devastated by Joey Bada$$</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A1JiqxIz92QtlYoaIb0yQPN" width="300"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5e1UGHFYbDUg8CFrcSrcxq" width="300"></iframe><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Me Too by Meghan Trainor</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:album:2XQhKfcXw1TrOB1QQPWSSl" width="300"></iframe><br /></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">TV</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MR. ROBOT IS OVER AAAAAAAAAA ONE MORE YEAR OF WAITING (In good news though, I could probably focus on my thesis now. CONGRATULATIONS, RAMI, ON WINNING AN EMMY HIHIHI BB)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">YOU'RE THE WORST keeps on slaying</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975) </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Train to Busan (2016)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pagdating sa Dulo (1971)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How did your September go? Any film, TV, or music recommendations? More importantly, what great books did you read this month?</span></span></span></span></h4>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-76024905093529703022016-09-20T19:00:00.000+08:002016-10-03T12:15:31.529+08:00Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories by Various Authors<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So I was so SO excited to get my hands on this anthology only to find out when I did get it and started to read it that I was only interested to read the stories by Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer E. Smith, and Stephanie Perkins. Oops? So I've been stalling with this one and delaying on reading them all because I just don't care enough? But now I'm kinda irate on myself for that because I actually enjoyed this anthology! Although it did take me more th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an two months to read it (and review it). I blame you, reading slump (and blogging slump). (And unmet expectations but let's get to that later.)</span></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://instagram.fmnl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t51.2885-15/e35/13413454_251170448590597_1712541495_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://instagram.fmnl2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t51.2885-15/e35/13413454_251170448590597_1712541495_n.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: <b>Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Authors: <b>Various Authors</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Editor: <b>Stephanie Perkins</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date of Publication: May 17, 2016</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: purchased from Powerbooks (hardback)</span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom. Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins, will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. So set out your beach chair and grab your sunglasses. You have twelve reasons this summer to soak up the sun and fall in love.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Featuring stories by Leigh Bardugo, Francesca Lia Block, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Brandy Colbert, Tim Federle, Lev Grossman, Nina LaCour, Stephanie Perkins, Veronica Roth, Jon Skovron, and Jennifer E. Smith.</i></span></div></blockquote><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Purchase from <a href="http://amzn.to/29lSaOD" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/summer-days-and-summer-nights-stephanie-perkins/1123052908?ean=9781250079121" target="_blank">B&N</a> | <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Summer-Days-and-Summer-Nights-Stephanie-Perkins/9781250079121/" target="_blank">The Book Depository</a></b><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's deal with the unmet expectation. Having read <i>My True Love Gave to Me</i>, I knew not to expect everything to be contemporary romances, especially that most of the authors in this anthology aren't primarily contemporary authors. So I was ready for that. But knowing that this is a summer anthology, I was looking forward to fluffy romances because summer! Alas, that was not the case. Although it wasn't a big disappointment because I still enjoyed the entirety of the collection, it was still a wee bit disappointing. Anyway, like with my review for <i><a href="http://www.oopsireadabookagain.com/2014/10/review-my-true-love-gave-to-me-twelve.html" target="_blank">My True Love Gave to Me</a></i>, I'll be reviewing each story in this anthology in 3... 2... 1!</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Head, Scales, Tongue Tail</b> by Leigh Bardugo (5/5): Definitely my favorite among everything. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was the second story I read and I knew <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">that nothing would top it. I read it <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">again immediately after finishing it and my fee<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lings for it never abated. If asked who I'd elope with in fantasy/paranormal Y<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A ami<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dst all odds<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, I'd definitely answer Eli fro<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">m this story. SERIOUSLY, YOU<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> GUYS, THIS STORY IS HANDS DOWN SO GOOD AND FEELSSSS. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This story <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gave me <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">similar feelings to what Laini Taylor's story in the previous anthology elicited in me. It's so hard to exp<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lain why I just love this one but <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the characters <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just got me. And I have a we<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">akness for m<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ermaids and anything and everything water. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> read this story, I knew that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wouldn't ever let go of my copy of this book and that even if every story sucked, I wouldn't care because this anthology gave me this.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The End of Love</b> by Nina LaCour (3/5): This is the lone F/F romance in here (oh, although there's a supporting F/F romance in <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Good Luck and Farewell</span></i>) and I'm a bit sad (sad face) that I didn't love it. It is also the first work of Nina LaCour I have read although I have all of her books. #bookhoarder I still found the story compelling as our main character was also dealing with the divorce of her parents, hence, the title of the story. Divorce is usually nasty but in here, we see her parents to be somewhat happier and not fighting, choosing to let go of everything they own. Which understandably upsets her because she's losing her home too. The characters were diverse although aside from our protagonist, the other characters (and even the love interest) were not as dimensional as I'd like although I guess that's not surprising because this is only a short story.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Last Stand at the Cinegore</b> by Libba Bray (4<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/5): <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Give me a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pining guy as a main character who can't <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tell his dream girl that she's the love of his life and I will surely love him. And the story. This has one and I just enjoyed it all throughout, especially the plot and the main character. I mean, a haunted movie which turn its watchers into the undead?<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Set in a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">heater that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nly shows horror films<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">endearingly called the Cinegore? Our brand of misfits working <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at the Cinegore battling the undead with <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vats and vats of popcorn butter? GOLD GOLD GOLD.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Can this be a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n actual film</span>? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Sick Pleasure</b> by Francesca Lia Block (2/5): So obviously, I found this meh. It isn't exactly a romance so there's that. Calling the characters by initials also distanced them from me and the general voice and tone of the narrating main character distanced me as well. Overall, I just felt no connection with any of the characters or cared enough for the plot. This is my first from Francesca Lia Block and although I have heard great things about her books, I don't think I'll be checking out her other works.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>In Ninety Minutes, Turn North</b> by Stephanie Perkins (4/5): This is the sequel to Stephanie's short story in her previous anthology. HELLO AGAIN MARIGOLD MOON LING AND NORTH DRUMMOND! While <i>It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown</i> was made up of so much fluff and kissy-kiss scenes, this story <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dealt with<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fallout of a relationship<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> as M<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">arigold and North broke up<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. In this short, Marigold <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">meets North again<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> after their break-up <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as ~f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">riends~ and they end up talking out <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ever happened that le<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d to their break-up and OF COURSE, they g<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">et together in the end. HIHIHI.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> This short <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">didn't give me ultra-shippy feels like the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">previous one but <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I loved how it delved on realistic issues co<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">uples in a long<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-d<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">istance relationship face.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Souvenirs</b> by Tim Federle (4/5): Oh, this was different in that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ou<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r protagonist and his love interest (M<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">/M romance f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tw!) were a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lready together at the start of the story and are actually planning to brea<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">k up o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n this date they have initially decid<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ed on. While <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we already know that they're breaking up in the end, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">this <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">story ended up in a hopeful and light note. I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> love how this one feat<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ured a break-up and that break<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-ups are part of getting into relationships. Of romance. Still, th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e romance was so cute (LIKE IT IS SUPER CUTE, YOU GUYS) and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it's set in an amu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">semen<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t park!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Inertia</b> by Veronica Roth (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2</span>/5): The world-buildin<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">g and the science <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in this story were clunky <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and I couldn't get into it because of that. Moreover, I also didn't care for the protagonist<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> because I couldn't connect with her. I really sl<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">u<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gged through this one<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. While reading it, I just wanted it to end. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For once, I also didn't appreciate the happy ending HAHAHA</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Love is the Last Resort</b> by Jon Skovron (4/5): LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY. DELIGHTFUL DELIGHTFUL DELIGHTFUL. I just had so much fun and glee in reading this one. It was a tad bit over-the-to<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p but that was the point as it was <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">itten</span></span> like Sha<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">k<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">espearean </span></span>comedy and I j<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ust ad<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ored it so much!</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Good Luck and Farewell</b> by Brandy Colbert (3/5): Diverse! Although I didn't have as much feelings while reading this but the ship was cuuuuuuuuuuute, you guys. It<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> was a bit hate-to-love so YAS YAS YAS. I liked the characters and the growth of the protagonist <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and the overall story but it wasn't just that memorable for me, hence the 3 stars<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Brand New Attraction</b> by Cassandra Clare (4/5): This is the first work o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f Cassandra Clare so I was prett<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y nervo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">us<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. On one hand, I still want to read her <i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Infernal Devi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ces</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> trilogy <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">so I want to like this one but on the other hand, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a small part of me wanted to not like this one so I won't have to ever try her books ever. But look what happened! I lo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ve how the story had dark elements to it (I mean, they are just casually talking about demons and whatnot) but it was actually <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">light and shippy<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> too. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">More than the characters, it was actually the plot that hooked me with this one. I mean, I enjoyed the characters so much but I just found the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">taking<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-over-the-circus plot so much interesting because of the demons <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HIHIHI</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>A Thousand Ways This Could All Go Wrong</b> by Jennifer E. Smith (4/5): This is the first<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> story I read and Jen can never write anything wrong for me. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It features a love i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nterest with Asperger's sy<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ndrome and a kid who's on the spectrum as well. My brother has mild autism and I think I am pre<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">disposed to loving anything featuring a character <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on the spectrum. I love how there's no pit<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y involved in here, just understanding. That <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">everyone deserves love and wi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ll be loved, no matter i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f you find it diffi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cult to look someone in the eye or interrupt almost always. I lo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ve the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Annie's emotional arc as well, about having always putting on a strong front and knowing that she doesn't have to do that. I just love <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jenni<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fer E. Smith and her works. She never goes wrong. :)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Map of Tiny Perfect Things</b> by Lev Grossman (5/5): What a tiny perfect thing this story was.<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I loved Mark's voice and the plot <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was A+ too. I love all the science <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">dropped just so casually in there, with references to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Flatland</i> and Littlewoo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d's law and I ende<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d up being obsessed with hypercubes for two days <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">after read<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing this one. But honestly? It was just magical. And <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the perfect story to end this anthology. I had a big s<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mile on my face while <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and after rea<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ding this one. It's the kind of story that will make you believe in all the small things and how cheesy is this<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, that love <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is there for you. HAHAHA</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And I have verged into the land of cheesiness so let<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s end this review right<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> about now. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I recommend this anthology but <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd j<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ust like to tell you that do not expect a lot! I think you'd enjoy<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> reading <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one story a day or something and not binge it all at once.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713467850264678814.post-69606914751883598092016-09-10T19:00:00.000+08:002016-10-04T15:26:22.410+08:00Ten Shows I Love<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know it's already Saturday but I was so busy (Honestly? More like I didn't have the drive) I couldn't do this prompt earlier. But I really wanted to because I'm a TV junkie! So here are ten favorite shows of mine (I tried to promote not-so-popular ones?)! (Not included are Asian dramas because that's gonna be so difficult to do HAHA) This is in no particular order but I will dividing them into two categories: the 20-minute shows and the 40-minute shows. In no particular order as always! And I suck at categorizing into genres so I just put what Wikipedia says.</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>For My Short Attention Span</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://scdn.nflximg.net/images/3139/20913139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://scdn.nflximg.net/images/3139/20913139.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Scrotal Recall</b> (genre: rom-com)</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This gem is only six episodes long so if you have three hours to spare, please PLEASE get on it. It's on Netflix! Anyway, I discovered this show from Elena's newsletter (I will always miss her blog Novel Sounds) and THIS. SHOW. It's just so full of heart and some crude jokes as well, I mean, look at the title. But I promise, despite the title, it's not that kind of comedy (although I do dig that kind of comedy as well). So plot! Dylan gets chlamydia and now he has to contact all his previous sexual partners to get them to test as well and we recall one girl in every episode. THE FEELINGS THIS SHOW EXTRACTED OUT OF ME, YOU GUYS. THE FEELS. I rewatch it a great amount and still, FEELINGS. It's just so sad it looks like it's not gonna be renewed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OH MY GOD IT'S GONNA BE RENEWED THERE'S GONNA BE A SECOND SEASON THIS NOVEMBER OHMYGOD THANK YOU, NETFLIX!!!!!!!!!!!1111 And the title was changed to Lovesick so be sure to check that one out. OHMYGOD I'M SO HAPPY AFTER TWO YEARS</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c8YmjpFyPR4/V_NZhJiQdkI/AAAAAAAABAM/spywzf2Pv0s6h0AtdIi-NzkjtUlKLuzxQCLcB/s1600/CqRd0evVIAABuMy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c8YmjpFyPR4/V_NZhJiQdkI/AAAAAAAABAM/spywzf2Pv0s6h0AtdIi-NzkjtUlKLuzxQCLcB/s640/CqRd0evVIAABuMy.jpg" width="618" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You're the Worst</b> (genre: comedy-drama)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was no way You're the Worst wasn't gonna make this list. Sure, it's a rom-com and we've seen that way too many times (but I can watch it forever) but one with such horrible and mean characters as the protagonists? I've never seen that yet and that's why I'm all aboard this one. These characters lie constantly and are brutally honest to the point of assholery but who doesn't want to be like them, being able to say what you're really thinking? And despite them being horrible people, you root for them because they're very human and vulnerable too. JUST WATCH THIS ONE, PEOPLE.</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i2.wp.com/cimg.tvgcdn.net/i/r/2015/04/13/86a4dc50-1b63-47cd-a3bd-b5ca8e0054d5/thumbnail/1300x867/92dbf7ccd9d85eb95a4b7c951bd9c73e/150413-news-silicon-valley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://i2.wp.com/cimg.tvgcdn.net/i/r/2015/04/13/86a4dc50-1b63-47cd-a3bd-b5ca8e0054d5/thumbnail/1300x867/92dbf7ccd9d85eb95a4b7c951bd9c73e/150413-news-silicon-valley.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Silicon Valley</b> (genre: comedy)</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To the show that saved me from being depressed earlier this year, I love you. You might be repetitive plotwise but I love your characters and your crude jokes and how you make me laugh I sometimes cry. Thank you for being there. I mean, I always love a misfits-get-together-to-achieve-a-goal-while-shenanigans-happen kind of show but make these misfits programmers and geeks and nerds and I'm all aboard. Jared bb, you'll always be my favorite and the one that makes me laugh the most. I mean, just watch "tip-to-tip efficiency" on Youtube. If you like it, you'll like this show. HAHAHA</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fliction.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/i-just-want-my-pants-back.jpg?w=640&h=320" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://fliction.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/i-just-want-my-pants-back.jpg?w=640&h=320" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>I Just Want My Pants Back</b> (genre: comedy-drama)</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This show was cancelled and it's such a shame. It was an MTV sitcom back in 2011 that completely got me: music tastes, crude humor, quarter life crisis, hipsters in Brooklyn being broke and making bad decisions. It was MY show. I watched this show with my guy BFF and another friend and it felt like we were the only people watching this show. It's the reason why I love Peter Vack so much despite him being my least favorite character in here. I'm loyal. So if this is something you think you might like, please give it a chance! Then talk to me so I can have someone to talk to about this show. HAHA</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Modern Family / The Office / Broad City / Brooklyn Nine-Nine / Happy Endings</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can't choose for my fifth 20-minute show sorry HAHAHAHA What? I love my sitcoms!</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Shows I Can Sit through for More than 20 Minutes</b></span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/17/81/00/17810074464130c2a3711457a9d7dde5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/17/81/00/17810074464130c2a3711457a9d7dde5.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Suits</b> (genre: legal drama)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've once proclaimed Suits to be my favorite show, to which my friend judged me. Hahaha! I know it's cheesy as heck but I love the characters and even though I've found myself almost quitting it a lot of times, I can't. I just love the characters so much that I'm still here until Season 6, binging it every time the midseason/season ends. This show just makes me smile and chuckle and panic and also hurt.</span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i1.wp.com/www.impawards.com/tv/posters/mr_robot_ver7_xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.impawards.com/tv/posters/mr_robot_ver7_xlg.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Mr. Robot</b> (genre: drama-thriller)</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Uhm, hello, I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS SHOW. It's like I spend most of my time on its subreddit and just thinking about it and watching it and rewatching. I've never been as obsessed with ANY show as I have with this one. It is so fucking great I do not know how to pitch it. I mean, everyone's saying it's great and that you should watch it. I know that sounds like hype and hype is scary but the hype is real, man. It is real. Rami Malek is such a great actor, along with everyone else in this show. Good lord, the oodles and loads of talent on this show, not just from the actors but from the writers, directors, cinematographer, and of course its creator, Sam Esmail. GOOD LORD.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i1.wp.com/when-will.net/images/artikel/2015/october/Homeland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://i1.wp.com/when-will.net/images/artikel/2015/october/Homeland.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Homeland</b> (genre: political thriller)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before I got obsessed with Mr. Robot, Homeland was my top show. I was so addicted to this one. Not to the point that I was always on reddit but I discuss it with a lot of friends and just have so much feelings and thoughts about it. I read recaps and reviews though (which I don't do with Mr. Robot) and I participate on Twitter discussions. It's such a great thriller and the acting is so great. Hello, it has won all these awards and it is well-deserved. I can't even explain why and how great it is because it just deserves to be seen. It is soooooooo good. Like I said, I find it hard to sit through more than 20 minutes for a show but I binged the first three seasons of Homeland and have been following it ever since Season 4. GOOD LORD THIS SHOW I NEED IT. I hate that it's usually a fall show which starts on September and now it's pushed back for January 2017 for its sixth season. 2016 HAS NO HOMELAND AT ALL HOW CAN THIS BE</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.entertainmentwallpaper.com/images/desktops/movie/tv_pushing_daisies04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.entertainmentwallpaper.com/images/desktops/movie/tv_pushing_daisies04.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pushing Daisies</b> (genre: fantasy comedy-drama)</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So if you know me, I'm quite not into fantasy but boy was this a delight. That's how I'd describe it: delightful. I love the whimsy, the colors, the characters, the narrator, and its heart. Oh, I remember binging all seasons of this one with the small TV I had in my room. My TV's screen was so small but I had fond memories of it and this show. Now I wanna watch this again! So plot: Ned the Piemaker can bring back things to life but he can't touch them again. If he touches them again, they die. Now, he brings back from the dead Charlotte, who he loves. But now they can't touch because Charlotte AKA Chuck will die again! Oh glorious, glorious trope. Also, if he revives a thing/person for more than a minute, another thing/person dies in the vicinity. So he uses this power to help solve cases. Anyway, from the same creator, I also loved Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me! I should really watch Hannibal. Just you wait, Bryan Fuller.</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i2.wp.com/media.aintitcool.com/media/uploads/2014/herc/whitecollar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://i2.wp.com/media.aintitcool.com/media/uploads/2014/herc/whitecollar.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>White Collar</b> (genre: police procedural drama)</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Okay, it seems like I do love USA Network shows even though they get flack for being cheesy but WHATEVER MATT BOMER. I religiously watched this one back then and enjoyed every moment of it. Confession: I haven't watched the last season because I didn't want it to end yet. :( I initially watched this for Matt Bomer because HELLO GLORIOUS but I ended up loving the characters and their chemistry. Basically like what happened with Suits as well. Sigh, I just love banter. AND HELLO MATT BOMER</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P.S. I love Stranger Things as well but I feel like I just watched it so we'll see when the second season comes.</span></div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>What are your favorite shows? </b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4