tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11173826688308198722024-02-06T20:09:27.331-06:00Tales of the MockingjayA Book Lover's Crazy, Addictive Life of Book Reviews And More. . .Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-91657074248201845282011-10-30T16:34:00.001-06:002011-10-30T16:43:59.752-06:00Revolution: Jennifer Donnelly<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ2xFGNMrgq-JW-3WqZIq9GTseb7voPr4wC2sB9PnUWfx-GWZc80zElBs7gGERftYDzQhjvBe16iOA6shyphenhyphent7Mr6Zzihty50eoZkjaXMgbjtoJy8Xc6Kz6EAPFjyw6jnojdIuNBRfNbgMb/s1600/Revolution-Cover-Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ2xFGNMrgq-JW-3WqZIq9GTseb7voPr4wC2sB9PnUWfx-GWZc80zElBs7gGERftYDzQhjvBe16iOA6shyphenhyphent7Mr6Zzihty50eoZkjaXMgbjtoJy8Xc6Kz6EAPFjyw6jnojdIuNBRfNbgMb/s320/Revolution-Cover-Image.jpg" width="207" /></a></div>This book was amazing. It is the best Historical Fiction book I have ever read. It combines present day Brooklyn/Paris and Paris during the French Revolution so seamlessly,that you can not put it down for one minute, but you don't ever want the story to end. Revolution is so packed full of details and emotions. Andi's love for music is so deep & understandable since she has lost so much, from her brother, the sanity of her mother, and the security of a home. The way she can relate to Alex is obsessive for her, and she cant't stop. She doesnt want Alex to loose Louis-Charles, like she lost Truman. The bond between Alex & Louis-Charles is so touching & adorable. The relationship aspect in the story line is not a major point, but Andi's relationship with Virgil is so sweet, the way they sing to each other and they are so alike. When she is transfered back in time, she meets the man she is researching for a musical DNA project so she doesnt fail school back in Brooklyn, Amadé Malherbeau. He helps her tremendously, and she helps him. She gives him her iPod and he becomes influenced by some of her favorite artists. I still can not fully rely to you how amazing this novel is. I swear, I would recommend this book to anyone, it is so tremendously complex, and enjoyable. This gets 5 pins.<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><br />
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--LeanneLeanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-53358206516112350732011-09-27T16:50:00.001-05:002011-09-27T16:54:35.567-05:00Internet Girls Series<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHJfXPs-kxDMbSEcfonLE_Muhf7_uKoVq7HS_uygndNBQy9FYAA_2oMiTZG5fwbBKgvKogZmcyQLjFz6bfW7buXogwUOG8jUYCjOs1eN2tc1FRD-kd7OLKMz_s7VkHmMwTelKJHky3nMH/s1600/ttyl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHJfXPs-kxDMbSEcfonLE_Muhf7_uKoVq7HS_uygndNBQy9FYAA_2oMiTZG5fwbBKgvKogZmcyQLjFz6bfW7buXogwUOG8jUYCjOs1eN2tc1FRD-kd7OLKMz_s7VkHmMwTelKJHky3nMH/s320/ttyl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Internet Girls series by Lauren Myracle, the books are ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r. First off, I acually understand why some schools would ban this series, it contains VERY descriptive sexual encounter scenes and some drug use and lanuage. It also contains, questionable morals, and other things that some 'young adults' should NOT be aware of. I acually enjoyed the series, as a whole and the deep meaning of friendship. It was sort of hard to get into it, since there is not really a backstory, since the series is featured in only instant message conversations. The books can be confusing since it skips a whole year between them. I read them a couple of moths ago so, I am a tad forgetfull about all the details, but some moments in the novels really made you 'LOL' and most things in them teenagers in today's society could agree and relate too. I think the novels are good for an adult trying to show teenagers lives, but she tried to put WAY too much in each book, she easily could have made a longer, more enjoyable series instead of 3 books only. I would rate this 3 pins.<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a></div>I enjoyed it and would recommend it to other teenagers of the same maturity level. It surprises me none, that people would challenge this series.<br />
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--Leanneeeeeee<3Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-71803049037177774702011-08-21T13:35:00.000-05:002011-10-06T17:01:59.533-05:00Wither<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i7ltRttcwm9MY2VztBEh8Xa7f8yxJzx6x62ArkzF-o8gKz0OytT9QQ3YO6xRMuZ0SbWb3HVNQKti7y80nV7BH-0AneBTfA7vHY1EdfMCYutPB-AViqSgkRL4gjrPo_WYstWKljlbF3Bw/s1600/Wither.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i7ltRttcwm9MY2VztBEh8Xa7f8yxJzx6x62ArkzF-o8gKz0OytT9QQ3YO6xRMuZ0SbWb3HVNQKti7y80nV7BH-0AneBTfA7vHY1EdfMCYutPB-AViqSgkRL4gjrPo_WYstWKljlbF3Bw/s320/Wither.jpg" width="209" /></a>Wow, This book was AMAZING. I have never rerad anything like it, or similar. The story line was very put together and one of a kind. The world Lauren DeStefano created is amazing, but she didnt really conect the current world to the the one she created. The cover art is beautiful and it really pertains to the story. Rhine is so relatable, nobody wants to be a caged bird, or with someone you dont love. I really enjoyed this book and hope to read more from her.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-19815166124151759312011-06-20T16:28:00.000-05:002011-06-20T16:28:02.128-05:00Beautiful Darkness<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BI1cllLvPef-v7AnpYA-0Pe2ObH2gUqWhDBEwu31R7YaC_Pd6rjEb-Z_q8YyMKBGOKgR1ow5CtNbynaEVvUsm5M4XpQoEtcvxBNL_77XHFb0kCplNN3OTZRpFRl9J7recE7aun9G_eLM/s1600/beautiful+darkness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BI1cllLvPef-v7AnpYA-0Pe2ObH2gUqWhDBEwu31R7YaC_Pd6rjEb-Z_q8YyMKBGOKgR1ow5CtNbynaEVvUsm5M4XpQoEtcvxBNL_77XHFb0kCplNN3OTZRpFRl9J7recE7aun9G_eLM/s320/beautiful+darkness.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>This is the last of my library run, from a couple weeks ago. This was pretty amazing. I absolutely loveddddd it. It was super supsensful, filled with everything you would want in a book. I think this is the best book i have read in a while. I haven't read Beautiful Creatures in a while, but i was up to date about everything in the book, the charachters themselves are pretty relateable. I dont really have much to say about it now, but yeah this book is 5<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><br />
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________________Leannnnnneeee<3Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-47608834926622636782011-06-14T17:18:00.000-05:002011-06-14T17:18:31.315-05:00Kea's Flight<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzKYRRoqr6IkNKx-7gtc5hZeEHLGQjyJdU0hctxlZ62uG0kLQ-rwAIAMUd5RaqFw-FU8FBSmy9XlNZYYYc08Fxcgo7uimM9xkvjsvEXbCDshDnQM75EaVKFLjnuUUhujXNnhzoupyvDXx/s1600/566132.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzKYRRoqr6IkNKx-7gtc5hZeEHLGQjyJdU0hctxlZ62uG0kLQ-rwAIAMUd5RaqFw-FU8FBSmy9XlNZYYYc08Fxcgo7uimM9xkvjsvEXbCDshDnQM75EaVKFLjnuUUhujXNnhzoupyvDXx/s1600/566132.bmp" t8="true" /></a>This book was extremly diffrent than anything I have ever read. Kea and most of all the other characters have Aspergers, or other special needs. They have grown up on a spaceshuttle type of thing. Kea, Draz, Lefty, and all the others are rebelious and very smart in all their own ways. I definatly would recommend this to everyone. It shows that even if you are diffrent you can do big things. It is a long book and very detailed. You can kind of relate to most characters. The writers Erika Hammerschmidt and John C. Ricker have made this a very enjoyable read, it takes you over a peiod of time from they were about 16 until they were 21. It takes place in the 25th century so it is far in the future and it really gives an insight to the way the world is and how it will be if we continue it like this. I really just extremly enjoyed this book. This is not a good review, but I enjoyed this book :)</div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-10433315450617697712011-05-10T17:29:00.000-05:002011-05-10T17:29:49.934-05:00The Mockingbirds<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkzPAy_PEzAm3WftgKpNzvh_OtOhCGmQxwr2Hv4naVnuO-bJxrMAVf5sfKnHCttJWIBsX1wNHbAzmmJ5vAYuLhKlkGln9ztRQcavOBVY9Wk0A7-EpJJxRamda1Iq3b59724X6nkbfoUGH/s1600/1.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkzPAy_PEzAm3WftgKpNzvh_OtOhCGmQxwr2Hv4naVnuO-bJxrMAVf5sfKnHCttJWIBsX1wNHbAzmmJ5vAYuLhKlkGln9ztRQcavOBVY9Wk0A7-EpJJxRamda1Iq3b59724X6nkbfoUGH/s1600/1.bmp" /></a>All I really can say is, this book was fantastic!!!!!!!!! I havent reviewed in a while!!so this isn't a good. I just really like how this was written havent seen anything like it, which is a good thing.:) i dunno, I just liked this book. 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With Zakiya!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPnh3mE3f0kBkyj4ynlcFljruLddz9r5S-QCwiZHkHd46wSmeuJpvMtEJMlBit4UtF2rt8l7K26aHfO6eDRaqIL0oRb0u-1y7YuDvmHWVDWRlYiroYehmQkDQZ0TunScY44GKljUaaj0a/s1600/Deadly+Little+Secret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPnh3mE3f0kBkyj4ynlcFljruLddz9r5S-QCwiZHkHd46wSmeuJpvMtEJMlBit4UtF2rt8l7K26aHfO6eDRaqIL0oRb0u-1y7YuDvmHWVDWRlYiroYehmQkDQZ0TunScY44GKljUaaj0a/s1600/Deadly+Little+Secret.jpg" /></a>Deadly Little Secret (Touch, #1)<br />
By Laurie Faria Stolarz<br />
Publisher: Hyperion Books, 2008<br />
705 pages, e-book (iPod Touch)<br />
Date Finished: 2/9/11<br />
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Coming of Age, Some Mystery, Some Action, Realistic Fiction</div><blockquote><i>Up until three months ago, everything in sixteen-year-old Camelia's life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at the art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia's life becomes anything but ordinary.<br />
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Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend's accidental death, Ben is immediately ostracized by everyone on campus. Except for Camelia. She's reluctant to believe the rumors, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. She's inexplicably drawn to Ben...and to his touch. But soon, Camelia is receiving eerie phone calls and strange packages with threatening notes. Ben insists she is in danger, and that he can help--but can he be trusted? She knows he's hiding something... but he's not the only one with a secret.</i><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">~from goodreads.com~</span></span></blockquote><br />
~First Line: "I could have died three months ago."<br />
~Last Line: "But then he tells me goodbye anyway."<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Leanne's Review:</span></strong> I was looking for books one day on me iPod and came across <em>Deadly Little Games</em>, the third book in the Touch series. I read a sample of it and bought <em>Deadly Little Secret</em>. I immensely enjoyed this novel. The concept is different than most of the books I have read lately. Like all books, some of the characters were likable, some you just wanted to slap, and others you just didn't know why their motives were. That brings me to Camie's stalker. That whole situation confused me to no end. They were VERY wishy-washy, but I'll admit, I was looking forward to their point of view the whole time :). I am definitely buying <em>Deadly Little Lies</em> and <em>Games</em>. Laurie Fairia Stolarz is an amazing writer, and I can't wait to read some more of her work.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">Zakiya's Review:</span></strong> <em>WOW</em>. This book was super-ahmazing! Leanne (who I believe is mentioned at least once in about 3/4 of my post:D) recommended that I read this; she had it on her iPod, so why not?!<br />
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I'm really glad that I read this, though. The main character, Camelia, is just your average high-schooler, with average friends, and average problems -- except for the fact that she has a stalker. Enter Ben, the new kid, also a supposed murderer. He has a special gift, which, even when unknown, sets him apart from the in-crowd. Everyone thinks that Ben is the one stalking Camelia, but he isn't. He's trying to help save Camelia's life as much as he possibly can.<br />
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I have to say, this novel was pretty darn-tootin' good. LOL. I read through it pretty quickly (yes, I remember what I read); the characters' behaviors weren't cliche at all, which I enjoyed. I haven't read a book with a stalker befor e(that I can remember) so it was something new to read about.<br />
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There was a little action near the end, and, as always. we had a little romance. Ben doesn something terribly heartbreaking, for Camelia if no one else, at the end of the book. Everything that happened in this book was somewhat different than others, unquestionably. Camelia's best friends, Kimmie and Wes, were ones that I liked. Kimmie was always trying to be a good friend and listen, but gets fed up at the end with Camelia always standing up for Ben -- a guy that she's not even sure she can trust -- and not even take the time to ask about on-going problems in her friends' lives.<br />
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But anyway, everything is really awesome at the end. I'm glad that there is a second and third -- and soon to be fourth -- novel after this one. If you haven't indulged yourself in this bovel, you gotta get it sometime! :P<br />
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<a href="http://photobucket.com/images/animated%20butterfly" target="_blank"><img alt="Colorful Animated Butterfly Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" height="114" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/Frank4YAHWEH/ColorfulButterflyAni.gif" style="height: 67px; width: 75px;" width="99" /></a><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/animated%20butterfly" target="_blank"><img alt="Colorful Animated Butterfly Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" height="114" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/Frank4YAHWEH/ColorfulButterflyAni.gif" style="height: 67px; width: 75px;" width="99" /></a><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/animated%20butterfly" target="_blank"><img alt="Colorful Animated Butterfly Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" height="114" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/Frank4YAHWEH/ColorfulButterflyAni.gif" style="height: 67px; width: 75px;" width="99" /></a><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/animated%20butterfly" target="_blank"><img alt="Colorful Animated Butterfly Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" height="114" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/Frank4YAHWEH/ColorfulButterflyAni.gif" style="height: 67px; width: 75px;" width="99" /></a><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/animated%20butterfly" target="_blank"><img alt="Colorful Animated Butterfly Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" height="114" src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/Frank4YAHWEH/ColorfulButterflyAni.gif" style="height: 46px; width: 53px;" width="99" /></a>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-48835562515709130262011-03-04T23:22:00.002-06:002011-03-04T23:23:01.502-06:00Before I Fall- Lauren Oliver<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1289341713l/6482837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Before I Fall" border="0" id="coverImage" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1289341713l/6482837.jpg" /></a>This was a book I got From Zakiya,(Dude I link her in like every post! do you reallay need this! <a href="http://walkingbutterflyfeet.blogspot.com/">Butterfly Feet Walking On Life</a>) This was good, but not great novel. It was repetitive some times, and the characters were sometimes completely different that she described them at first. Thought it lacked at some points it was compelling and amazing at others. It was rather long(which I enjoy),470 pages. Sam was a very likeable character, maybe she didn't have the problems of normal kids her age, the whole repeating days thing is weird,.Anyway, she is just trying to figure this all out and make changes to see what will happen, and her personality, and way of being is changing throughout the whole book. But I can honestly say I never wanted to put it down!All books lack a lot of things, but this didn't lack much except what I mentioned prior. I had this on my TBR(To-Be-Read) list for a while before I got it, but I didn't mind, since t was a birthday gift. I immensely enjoyed this book, it was a great read. I would def rate it 4 stars!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> </div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-77851548630393921302011-03-04T22:38:00.000-06:002011-03-04T22:38:45.785-06:00Yo, Listen Up! 2nd State of The Union.:DWell, this is my 2nd State of the Union Post with the Bestie Zakiya (<a href="http://walkingbutterflyfeet.blogspot.com/">Butterfly Feet Walking On Life</a>), I know it has been a while so VOILA!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><strong><span style="color: blue;">IN</span></strong></u></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Brown pop*<br />
2. Blue "e"'s **<br />
3. "Eh?"***<br />
<strong><u><span style="color: red;">OUT</span></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Other sodas<br />
2. Red "v"'s<br />
3. "Oof!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">* Z, seems to be having some serious issues with brown sodas lately -- Dr Pepper AND Coke!<br />
** Un-explainable; haha.<br />
*** We like Canada (even though we've never been), and "oof!" was an old obsession, so to speak.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So what's your CSOTU?</div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-64717095730151033872011-03-04T22:00:00.000-06:002011-03-04T22:00:27.922-06:00What's Your Status; March 3rd.<img border="Steampunkery & Book Reviews" src="http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k506/madsteampunkery/books_stacked-1-1.jpg" /><br />
So, this is a meme started by Zakiya over at <a href="http://waklingbutterflyfeet.blogspot.com/">Butterfly Feet Walking on Life</a>. <strong>This is the books I read this week, I am currnetly reading, I want to read next, and possibly I want to buy next.</strong><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Books Read--</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black;">Marked by P.C. and Kristen Cast</span></div><div align="center">Radiance by Alison Noel</div><div align="center"><span style="color: red;">Currently Reading--</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black;">Betrayed by P.C. and Kristen Cast</span></div><div align="center">Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47;">Want To Read--</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black;">Beatiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl</span></div><div align="center">Chosen by P.C. and Kristen Cast</div><div align="center"><span style="color: magenta;">Want To Buy/Get Next</span></div><div align="center">Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz</div><div align="center">Just Listen by Sarah Dessen<br />
</div><div align="left">Well that's all for now,(sorry I haven't been updating:D). I am posting a review(hopefully tommorrow!) of The Mortal Instuments Series<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">--Kay Bye; Leanne!</span></div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-39490054572419547432011-02-17T16:20:00.000-06:002011-02-17T16:20:45.652-06:00Reasons On My Wrist: Racaneya<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwb9BJB2tMkAKKq4Ffquc9OdHjrTPEOBsYNDrip-xwaHicd3KPHqrirZ4a20r2twWImbBYQoPZ9PmQmLsrHiHd9TzZAXoK5g2S3-yLq3KhbivKw1LkBIQh0J8dzJZgHmVFREbkJot363z/s1600/e81abae95e9738a93e9f74feaa1b5c02b5ca9fbf-thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwb9BJB2tMkAKKq4Ffquc9OdHjrTPEOBsYNDrip-xwaHicd3KPHqrirZ4a20r2twWImbBYQoPZ9PmQmLsrHiHd9TzZAXoK5g2S3-yLq3KhbivKw1LkBIQh0J8dzJZgHmVFREbkJot363z/s1600/e81abae95e9738a93e9f74feaa1b5c02b5ca9fbf-thumb.jpg" /></a>I got the iBooks app on my iPod, and was scrolling through the 'Free' books section. I ended up getting this, and Wishing Field by Liz Trigg. Anyway, I bought this figuring it would be maybe 3 pins because most free books are no good, but boy, was I mistaken. This book was amazing, it really shows what Cassie went though, and her struggles. This book acually made me cry, it pulled on your heart strings. I know some people that have gone through this, and the issues addressed in it really are somethings people need to help others with. This has become my new favorite book. It has even helped me with some problems I have dealt with. Some reviewers argue that this book is to religious, I dont believe so, it just is very inspiring. Cassie is a girl who has a history of cutting, and trying to end her life, because she feels no one would care . But she learns there are people that care, she can help others, there are things to live for. This is just amazing. Thats it. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> The End. 5 Pins<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-81605242020598221532011-02-13T15:23:00.000-06:002011-02-13T15:23:29.103-06:00How To Say Goodbye In Robot Collab with ZakiyaThis is a collab review(2 reviewers!) of How To Say Goodbye in Robot with Zakiya. Hope you like it!<br />
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How To Say Goodbye in Robot<br />
By Natalie Standiford<br />
Publisher:Scholastic, 2009<br />
Date Finished- Leanne-Jan 18, 2011;Zakiya- Jan 31, 2011<br />
278 pages; Hardcover<br />
Genres:YA,Contemporary, Romance, Coming of Age<br />
Rating:4<br />
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Leanne's Review<br />
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The novel How to Say Goodbye in Robot, was truely one of a kind. I read it last year, but I was not as good at reviwing or analyzing books back then. It was my favorite book, because it made me cry, until I re-read it. Then I saw the lack of charachter substance at some points and plot holes. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone, but it bounced around, alot. Bea was a very understandable character, and you just HAD to love Jonah. Everyone wants a relationship like Jonah and Bea's, being able to be in love with out having to use titles, or show it every five seconds. This book isn't something we all go through, far from it, but it is relatable, which is something we all enjoy. The whole radio show aspect is fun and corky, I really enjoyed this book. Definatly will read more of Standiford's books, she is an amazing writer, who really captures a story.<br />
Rating: 4 pins<br />
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Zakiya's review<br />
This novel was first recommended to me by Leanne.I'm so glad that she got me a copy for my birthday. It really was a great read!<br />
Beatrice, our main character, is new to Baltimore, and her first friend is Anne Sweeney. Her first curiosity:Jonah Tate. It was,in my opinion, really fast as how she and Jonah started talking to each other. It was good, though. They were totally in love, and they were almost completely oblivious to their feelings.<br />
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Jonah introduces Beatrice to a wonderful and very appealing late night radio show called Night Lights. I have to say, it's not your regular music station. The callers are really great, and their personalities are well-represented. Thy make me wonder: Did Natalie Standiford "create" these characters off people she knew? Or die ge jut have a super-good imagination? My inner thoughts are saying probably both.:)<br />
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This novel was romance, but it was sort of a hidden romance; Like, it was there, but you had to be into the characters and their actions an feelings. No action, although thy do "fly" on the "magic carpet," which I'm sure was a lot of fun!<br />
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Overall, you need to read this spectacular novel. Sadly it's a stand alone novel, but the ending was so great that you don't really need anymore books with Bea and Jonah(although it would be nice). You seriously need toread this book if you haven't already :D!<br />
Rating:4 pinsLeanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-16188716262651236372011-02-05T16:40:00.000-06:002011-02-05T16:40:08.935-06:00State of The Union<div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content"> Ever read The Clique series by Lisi Harrison? If you have, you know exactly what this is. If you haven't:<br />
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Massie Block's "Current State of the Union" is where she sums up the last few days with what's IN and OUT. It can be people, places, things, whatever. My BFF Zakiya(<a href="http://walkingbutterflyfeet.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black;">Butterfly Feet</span></a>) and I have decided to bring this to real life. Ususally, we will have different posts, but sometimes we might have the same ones :)<br />
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Right now, this is a "meme," meaning that we would luh-v if you would participate, but there won't be a Linky if you do. (You can comment with your link on either of our blogs.)<br />
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<u>IN</u> <br />
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horses <br />
slapping faces <br />
e-books* <br />
oboes** <br />
forehead*** <br />
randomness <br />
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<u>OUT</u> <br />
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donkeys <br />
slapping knees <br />
PDF files* <br />
hobos <br />
neck*** <br />
being organized <br />
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* even though we've been reading a bunch of e-books lately, we still love reading PDF files! <br />
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** we were talking about wind instruments in Chorus yesterday. <br />
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*** couldn't explain even if I wanted to.<br />
-I miss last weeks post so there ya go!!! <br />
-<span style="color: orange;">LEANNEEEEE<33</span><br />
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Watch out for my review of Reason on My Wrist :) </div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-9742474130219432582011-01-31T19:41:00.001-06:002011-01-31T19:41:22.230-06:00Every Soul a Star<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSX9TjlQ8d04s7AYX8OY7nXTjsxi0O0l0tp2F3uzEBqR2pei4yVvFeu71x2pHiEsS1aHCJvAupJVDwZE-Tng6V89r4F81ymZWvD-3gkcbzPkgD-cALGPIod63am4QBbFMkGipy7gQmVMOk/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSX9TjlQ8d04s7AYX8OY7nXTjsxi0O0l0tp2F3uzEBqR2pei4yVvFeu71x2pHiEsS1aHCJvAupJVDwZE-Tng6V89r4F81ymZWvD-3gkcbzPkgD-cALGPIod63am4QBbFMkGipy7gQmVMOk/s1600/untitled.bmp" /></a>This book, is the book I turn to when I am feeling down. It has substance and doesn't at all try to copy other novels, it is educational too so to speak, because it includes a lot of information about eclipses and other space related things ;D. I also enjoy how Wendy does it in three character perspectives. It is very relatable also and it is perfect for anyone struggling to fit in, finding their inner geek, or anything really. This is one of my favorite books, I have had it since spring 2009.Their is a perfect balance of down-to-earthness, love, friendship, fitting in and overall everything that makes a novel.</div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It is recommended for grades 4-9 but this book is ageless really it can teach anyone a lesson or two about life. I just straight up enjoyed it and I could read it again, and again, and again. so it is rated 5 pins</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><br />
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Sincerlyy,<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Leanne.<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">i wish you clear skies and happy reading y'all:)</span></span></div></div></div></div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-54747427417171665792011-01-26T13:32:00.002-06:002011-01-26T17:21:26.653-06:00My Pages!:D<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: lime; font-size: large;">Books in 2011 So Far:)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead; read 1/4-1/5; 594 pages.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Revenge of the Wannabes by Lisi Harrison; read 1/6-1/7; 295 pages.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: cyan; color: black;">Invasion of the Boy Snatchers by Lisi Harrison; read 1/7-1/8; 252 pages. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: orange;">The Pretty Commitee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison; read 1/12-1/12; 265 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">Dial L For Loser by Lisi Harrison; read 1/12-1/13; 268 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">It's Not Easy Being Mean by Lisi Harrison; read 1/13-1/14; 193 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Sealed With A Diss by Lisi Harrison; read 1/14-1/14; 248 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Final Warning by James Patterson; read 1/15-1/15; 256 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;">Max by James Patterson; read 1/15-1/15; 309 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter; read 1/16-1/16; 283 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: magenta;">Boys, Bears And A Serious Pair Of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald; read 1/16-1/16; 293 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Cross My Heart and Hope To Spy by Ally Carter;cread 1/17-1/17; 236 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">Don't Judge a Girl by her Cover by Ally Carter; read 1/17-1/8; 263 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">Only the Good Spy Youngby Ally Carter; read 1/18-1/18; 265 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;">How To Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford; read 1/18-1/19; 278 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #4c1130; color: lime;">Massie(Clique Summer Collection#1) byLisi Harrison; read 1/19-1/19; 123 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Dylan(Clique Summer Collection#2) by Lisi Harrison; read 1/19-1/19; 117 pages</span><span style="color: cyan;"><br />
Alicia(Clique Summer Collection#3) by Lisi Harrison; read 1/19-1/19; 112 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">Kristen(Clique Summer Collection#4) by Lisi Harrison; read 1/25-1/25; 122 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Claire(Clique Summer Collection#5) by Lisi Harrison; read 1/25-1/25; 134 pages </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">Bratfest at Tiffany's by Lisi Harrison; read 1/25-1/25; 227 pages</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-size: x-large;">My Total For 2011 So Far is 6,269</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000;">What's your pages?</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><em><span style="color: orange;">--Leanne<333 </span></em></strong></span></span></div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-47684242257318029342011-01-26T13:09:00.000-06:002011-01-26T13:09:07.205-06:00Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMz8FNgkO5fjzWMnRWlNCjgTXE_jmnTy_w8s8oM7tNkktv0lYvqAz2Ypg2He9qLycDkrLMh__PFjO8vsqrrNsiGc60C_PSSmrftZUfd8ruBtgLRB1n_GBdEKm7NxVenMxooQvNRS526gJ/s1600/YA_BoysBears.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMz8FNgkO5fjzWMnRWlNCjgTXE_jmnTy_w8s8oM7tNkktv0lYvqAz2Ypg2He9qLycDkrLMh__PFjO8vsqrrNsiGc60C_PSSmrftZUfd8ruBtgLRB1n_GBdEKm7NxVenMxooQvNRS526gJ/s1600/YA_BoysBears.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I was just in the library one day and decided to pick this up. I read it and figured, this would be a 3(pins),but i was pleasantly surprised. It was interesting at most places but confusing at others. Some of the characters are very mood-swingy. In it at the beginning Jenna is a hard-core 'Green-Teen' but when she moves to Canada for the summer, she eats meat and stuff, but then at other times she is pushing being green like there is no tomorrow. I think a few parts could be left out, but overall I enjoyed it and will read it again.Abby McDonald has quite a few books and I am definitely going to try to read them also she is a great author.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This book gets <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzjrughbYI1Gik1fLw1xnRUadkebLW1dFRl3OddNEvu69stCbzvtm5N16LvqhT8q1GYP_OY1Eg29pVDFs6AGfeOrDO7IHs5xyaiLGpQL38Hj8C9oRS4gG9AMNPX94zBy9_R9WpygRDG30/s1600/mockingjap+pin.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzjrughbYI1Gik1fLw1xnRUadkebLW1dFRl3OddNEvu69stCbzvtm5N16LvqhT8q1GYP_OY1Eg29pVDFs6AGfeOrDO7IHs5xyaiLGpQL38Hj8C9oRS4gG9AMNPX94zBy9_R9WpygRDG30/s320/mockingjap+pin.png" width="48" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XhmkcGR-mp3cCSCwDsDqBThamT-Z_AfbCUQ0JXze-ko1Ecy6wDy9EBXCKbcnN_k4eetL3i-1aJmnkRbHRyRPpd3uBkf1tOqKfkaRN7W48XSQql6f_isXrN_IxjW8RrR6eB5cuctHQZ5u/s1600/mockingjap+pin.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XhmkcGR-mp3cCSCwDsDqBThamT-Z_AfbCUQ0JXze-ko1Ecy6wDy9EBXCKbcnN_k4eetL3i-1aJmnkRbHRyRPpd3uBkf1tOqKfkaRN7W48XSQql6f_isXrN_IxjW8RrR6eB5cuctHQZ5u/s320/mockingjap+pin.png" width="48" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJAp_uwtVtdyK0sus95exoGmwdu8tnq4wD71Xk108ThQeW2L430HLhTTEO95mEYO68Fhh73niteGMZ5zXYiGBBE4mA-PXflmPMqR_yFPfoaYICYVTcWpUKqAdjSDo3PPrHuiYoI8sI6Vs/s1600/mockingjap+pin.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJAp_uwtVtdyK0sus95exoGmwdu8tnq4wD71Xk108ThQeW2L430HLhTTEO95mEYO68Fhh73niteGMZ5zXYiGBBE4mA-PXflmPMqR_yFPfoaYICYVTcWpUKqAdjSDo3PPrHuiYoI8sI6Vs/s320/mockingjap+pin.png" width="48" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6vRDj-9-yaGfwwHlwuvDCccSSC92qOhJ08tB8HrAKl1ufZW8FBy-DTLjLvZ8JVZ7NNFpdLgY_DLutrtK9dOEgR8WEpfHIHGn9_Gwj07N2ZJf85EVhaKv6cJVOlmvEq04zSNTU3b_CyTw/s1600/mockingjap+pin.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6vRDj-9-yaGfwwHlwuvDCccSSC92qOhJ08tB8HrAKl1ufZW8FBy-DTLjLvZ8JVZ7NNFpdLgY_DLutrtK9dOEgR8WEpfHIHGn9_Gwj07N2ZJf85EVhaKv6cJVOlmvEq04zSNTU3b_CyTw/s320/mockingjap+pin.png" width="48" /></a><br />
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Be sure to watch out for the"My Pages" post. Its all my books and pages of 2011 and their ratings!:)<br />
Keep On Reading :DD<br />
-<strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leanne<333; The Mockingjay ;D</span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">This Series is very good.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">It is like an insider guide to acual Middle School Cliques.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">I love how it doesn't use such harsh language as so much other teenage books do. Most adults don't like these books and have rated them 1s and 2s because they felt it was to clique-y(Ironic,Huh?). I am reviewing their 7th grade year(books 1-8). The events that happen are things that actually happen at school, most of the plots in the books stay true to the novels nature. Another thing I Ahb-Solutly Luh-v are the covers. ;)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVIjuNwXWT8xBrqipFaw9fFSHaqV65NDZmqiuXcBZaY9R470j0L7Jcc7hemaHmbmpSDh-KgGM81G1aIgmQddLaH-U5k00vCOoLBQtKGRv28EUd7QTthQ7KD-pHLt1HTFprr3NbOJDDbmD/s1600/clique4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVIjuNwXWT8xBrqipFaw9fFSHaqV65NDZmqiuXcBZaY9R470j0L7Jcc7hemaHmbmpSDh-KgGM81G1aIgmQddLaH-U5k00vCOoLBQtKGRv28EUd7QTthQ7KD-pHLt1HTFprr3NbOJDDbmD/s1600/clique4.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTnrJUcC98QjxXjQxlq91eKS3XgyvEAPdA_24Pr_UT8AVzh9CN2aExpc68p-BCyxkHeEOVohmWgqT2i6KAVsfL36CXRqt5Ct0R0bi21EMoPBmHb6PyrRBQsTO_1DzY5sjuB5eAuP5HND0/s1600/clique3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTnrJUcC98QjxXjQxlq91eKS3XgyvEAPdA_24Pr_UT8AVzh9CN2aExpc68p-BCyxkHeEOVohmWgqT2i6KAVsfL36CXRqt5Ct0R0bi21EMoPBmHb6PyrRBQsTO_1DzY5sjuB5eAuP5HND0/s1600/clique3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> The characters are very understandable. The queen bee who has to be in control, the beautiful self conscious one, the one who is a little chunkier than the rest, the poor one, and the new girl. This series is just a light read really because it is a little over 200 pages in each book, and doesn't really have a rising action that was suspenseful in each book. Yes, there was plenty going on but it was not action packed. These are books for 11 years old and up. It has topics such as first kisses, boyfriends, best friends, and fashion. I am 13(less than a month until I'm 14:D) any way I personaly loved the books. They were a quirky understandable read. I would rate the first 8 books of this series a solid 4 pins<br />
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</div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-8717028690142897772011-01-10T15:30:00.000-06:002011-01-10T15:30:56.713-06:00Last Sacrifice!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Happy New Year Y'all!:) So since it is a new year I am setting up my posts diffrent!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelP1jae5BAr_xsHyBHarSSUs1gOoY4p9K9qhYZk4XHdyV55Ld2GKM63wJQl1BtVRh2xONALUHtISi7k3yd3p2GHAjng20Xhll9tQJf-NEPEXjnL-LDoef2f6vJoYZZa5vfNXUX-7s1E5x/s1600/LS-120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelP1jae5BAr_xsHyBHarSSUs1gOoY4p9K9qhYZk4XHdyV55Ld2GKM63wJQl1BtVRh2xONALUHtISi7k3yd3p2GHAjng20Xhll9tQJf-NEPEXjnL-LDoef2f6vJoYZZa5vfNXUX-7s1E5x/s1600/LS-120.jpg" /></a>Last Sacrifice(Vampire Acadamy 6)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Richelle Mead</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Started: 1/4</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Ended: 1/5</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I thought this book was amazing, simple as that. It was the peak of perfection for a novel. I personally think it was a solid book, and you could truly feel what Rose was feeling.As like all the other Vampire Acadamy novels. They were all amazing, but this was my favorite. It teaches more within the deepth of the story, it shows how love overpowers all.I was waiting a while to read this, but once I started I couldn't put it down. It was exactly what I expected and more.If I could give it a million pins, I would but I can't so, I would rate it a strong 5 </div><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><br />
*NOTE**no spoilers:D* I would have choose a diffrent guy, if I were Rose:) But the one she choose is cool;))<br />
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-<span style="color: orange;">Leanneeeeee. 2011 b*0k </span><span style="color: orange;">L0♥3r</span>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-50251145245351829762010-12-29T15:21:00.001-06:002010-12-29T20:57:15.834-06:00The Mind Readers (w/Zakiya)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7voExI_oAbUlJjHS50-1aN1cHS0SDMAr_GdXnc7fdGqFYTQ9Se1lNcRhml2H8T77xMgCZ3HQT0eDnT9VRvWJyOMHr1izo8qil-MzyDjTgouHR-100BN4KDjIy-APz6tAqpbQhYpubig/s1600/The+Mind+Readers.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 143px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555583737405837186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7voExI_oAbUlJjHS50-1aN1cHS0SDMAr_GdXnc7fdGqFYTQ9Se1lNcRhml2H8T77xMgCZ3HQT0eDnT9VRvWJyOMHr1izo8qil-MzyDjTgouHR-100BN4KDjIy-APz6tAqpbQhYpubig/s200/The+Mind+Readers.jpg" /></a>The Mind Readers<br />By Lori Brighton<br />Publisher: Smashwords - Dec 2010<br />170 pages, Google Docs<br />Date Finished: 27/12/2010 (Zakiya), 23/12/2010 (Leanne)<br />Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Action<br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Synopsis: Cameron Winters is a freak. Fortunately, no one but her family knows that Cameron can read minds. When Lewis Douglas arrives, he tempts her with possibilities of freedom. Determined to embrace her hidden talents, Cameron heads to a place where she meets other Mind Readers. But when the Mind Readers realize the extent of Cameron’s abilities, they want to use her powers for their own needs.</blockquote><br /><br />~First Line: "The man sitting across from me at the cafe was thinking about murdering his wife."<br />~Last Line: " 'Whether you believe me or not, Sweetheart, I'm pretty much the only thing standing between you and death."<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Ms Brighton did not pay nor bribe us to review this novel.</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong>Zakiya's Review:</strong></span> <i>OH MY GOSH!!!!!! For 2 or 3 months, I thought <em>The Last Song</em> was the best novel out there. I have been proven wrong! Lori Brighton's YA novel was filled with action, emotional pains, characters that I wanted to hurt -- physically. Once I got closer to the climax, I was practically yelling at the charries for doing stupid .... stuff :). The story's somewhat-hero, the one I yelled at the most, describes Cameron as a "sitting duck" while trying to persuade her into going back with him to Aaron's hosue to train her powers. Yeah, she agreed. So she was, what, a swimming duck? Something to ask the author :). I have honestly never read anything like this. If I could change anything, I might make it a little longer, but I LOVE the cliff hanger at the end. With that steep of an ending, there <i>has</i> to be a sequel. So many ends were left untied. This novel definitely gets 5 wings!!</i><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Leanne's Review:</span></strong> Lori Brighton outdid herself. This novel was short (170 pages) was amazing!!!!! I read it through GoogleDocs and could not stop. This book was completly amazing. It is the best one I have read in a while. It had everything you would want in a book, but it was very short. There was a lot going on. You never know what will happen next. Cam is just trying to find a place in the world. She is diffrent than others in more ways than one, but the most dominate is that she is a mind reader. So is her grandmother. She doesn't think anyone else is, because her grandmother has shielded her from all of that. I personally loved this book. You couldn't just skip a few pages like on other books; instead of focusing on a bunch of unnessasary details, it just gets straight to what's happening. The time in it jumps around a lot, but it isn't that hard to keep up. I would reccomend this to everyone. It is a light read between books and very interesting. I would rate this 5 pins.<br /><br /><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The" target="_blank" o="'1"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The" target="_blank" o="'1"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The" target="_blank" o="'1"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The" target="_blank" o="'1"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The" target="_blank" o="'1"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a> (From both of us)<br /><br />Our Favorite Quote!!!! :<br /><br />"The guard grabbed my left arm and jerked me up the steps. My heart plummeted. Maddox might be some sort of secret agent, but unless he was Harry Freaking Potter, there was no way he could get us out of this situation."Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-83701682179493386552010-12-17T12:15:00.000-06:002010-12-17T12:15:24.667-06:00Fire:Kristen Cashore<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhwNJstXAdxYlISUggQP7KrTeExyeGUjLcZWeFwJKzhbfa2YKfdVP_7rWEMQeor-lpjyxFtlG_Uda7EnD3UihTc0VjLAbVwnOgGolCuR-1G7ZkqlboKIGgRhkfXa1kh4MErPj3bIcJEaW/s1600/200px-Fire_cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhwNJstXAdxYlISUggQP7KrTeExyeGUjLcZWeFwJKzhbfa2YKfdVP_7rWEMQeor-lpjyxFtlG_Uda7EnD3UihTc0VjLAbVwnOgGolCuR-1G7ZkqlboKIGgRhkfXa1kh4MErPj3bIcJEaW/s1600/200px-Fire_cover.png" /></a></div>I think this was an amazing novel. It takes place before Gracling because Leck is a boy. Fire is an outstanding creature, who can control the minds of others. She is like a gracling but diffrent in many ways. There are parts that make you want to scream and parts that make you want to cry, but that just adds to the depth of the book. My favorite characters other than Fire are Archer and Hanna. Cashore is a beautiful writer and this novel shows that. I could not put it down. I liked this better than Gracling for some reasons but they are very diffrent, so you can't really compare them. I will be reading this in the near future. It is something you have to read! I would rate it 5 pins <br />
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~Leanne:)Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-27536846682529955082010-11-12T20:37:00.000-06:002010-11-12T20:37:42.008-06:00Mockingjay Review!!!!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoTJVk8iJuubSa6vVcyOqRSMv-QCHqbb5tGcQoYgskpl3c9vX8tJFRsEwGjtHmPw_ih9LjQagJTv5VQng7wjMI8105eFygKAHKA2DfQuv1jQNDZXzVNww5rUqcrY9ku3WRSoxaQPMfRHD/s1600/mocking_jay_43143841_std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoTJVk8iJuubSa6vVcyOqRSMv-QCHqbb5tGcQoYgskpl3c9vX8tJFRsEwGjtHmPw_ih9LjQagJTv5VQng7wjMI8105eFygKAHKA2DfQuv1jQNDZXzVNww5rUqcrY9ku3WRSoxaQPMfRHD/s200/mocking_jay_43143841_std.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Okay.I just finished Mockingjay. WOW, so heres the review.</div><br />
Rating: <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a>(4 pins)<br />
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Okay, so I LOVEDDD this series, & this boook but it threw me off. It jumps around alot so you are not completly sure of whats going on sometimes, so you have to go back. They have ALOT of characters and alot of names to keep up with but thoses are the ONLY reasons it got a 4. To the good part..This was a fantastic end to the series. Katniss choses the guy she loves, a lot of lives are lost, but stay close in memory. There is so much fighting and stuff that it keeps you on your toes, and enough romance and stuff to even it all out. I swear I could not put this book down. Some parts make you laugh out loud and some make you want to cry. One of my favorite lines in the novel, Suzanne uses to lossen up the dark mood.. "One man in a fluffy robe, holds only an overripe banana"... Once again this novel is stupendous and I would seriously recoomend this book and series to any one!!Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-29296122911528516292010-11-11T22:16:00.000-06:002010-11-11T22:16:21.951-06:00UPDATTEEE:Okay, so i know i have been posting randomly, sorry. I will try to do better. But i had to post this. I have been reading and not posting orders or anything so i have a problem so i will be a few more days until i have my list up of up-and coming reviewwwss and reviews period.:)<br />
so thanks a buch.happy reading<br />
-Leanneee(Lil.L.Kid)Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-5348302355684630912010-10-30T17:11:00.000-05:002010-10-30T17:11:39.320-05:00Uglies Series!!:)<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3BaviTNkaPM94se6FHxqLhUSurDN-uRkS3Sr2TSt9yJne8ScdyPNrxexidrznd5-kdfn9710yYyQr51Zb6iAg0019DHLx1ddhVR2LkAYwDBlM3zRKRyiaCFbBcjFq2okXzbNXDQ3p80a/s1600/Uglies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><u>So The Uglies Series...</u> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3BaviTNkaPM94se6FHxqLhUSurDN-uRkS3Sr2TSt9yJne8ScdyPNrxexidrznd5-kdfn9710yYyQr51Zb6iAg0019DHLx1ddhVR2LkAYwDBlM3zRKRyiaCFbBcjFq2okXzbNXDQ3p80a/s1600/Uglies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3BaviTNkaPM94se6FHxqLhUSurDN-uRkS3Sr2TSt9yJne8ScdyPNrxexidrznd5-kdfn9710yYyQr51Zb6iAg0019DHLx1ddhVR2LkAYwDBlM3zRKRyiaCFbBcjFq2okXzbNXDQ3p80a/s1600/Uglies.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Uglies~ </span><span style="font-size: small;">I enjoyed this book. It was my second favorite out of the whole series. I am glad that the author Scott Westerfeld addedalot of information that you needed in future books. I am doing this review a few weeks after finishing this book so alot of things I loved that I can not think of. But I did really like this book. I likethat it is placed within the future and that here are so many adventures in this one book. It's the most unique of all the books in my opinion. Tally is pretty much amazing. I would rate it 5 pins.<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pretties~ </span><span style="font-size: small;">This was my least favorite. It was pretty slow until they got the medicine, then it began to progress. I feel some ofthe ideas in the book made no sense for example Shay refused the cure at first but got madthat Tally didn't share it. It was a good book though I love all of these books and would recommend them to everyone.I would rate it 4 pins.<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Specials~</span><span style="font-size: small;">My favorite! It had so many crazy things and unpredictable outcomes that made you want to never put it down. It was pretty fast paced. The whole series could have ended with this book though. It used all your information that you got in the other books and I just loved this book! I would rate it 5 pins.<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Extras~</span><span style="font-size: small;">This book was not nessasary in the series. I didn't like how it changed charracters. I mean the whole begging half had nothing to do with the rest of the series pretty much. It got interesting during the last half of the book. I didn't like how Zane was never mention Scott just ended the thought with three dots >...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Instead of figuring out a way for them to learn who he was. It also had alot of misleading and things that could have been left out. I didn't really like how the whole series ended either. I would rate it 3 pins.<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I would tell ANY one 13+ to read this. i would say 5 pins.<a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></a><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/mockingjays/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif?o=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><img border="0" src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss158/blargh_2009/The%20Hunger%20Games/mockingjay.gif" /></span></a></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"> ~Leanne!!!!<333</span></div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-91148024500057137462010-10-30T16:11:00.000-05:002010-10-30T16:11:59.109-05:00My Ghost Story (:<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> As I was standing at the gates of the towering mansion, in my new black dress, as per instructed by the invitation. I stood there waiting on the hostess, my best friend Alex, and I heard owls screeching, little children laughing and the loud party music from afar. It was eerie being outside on Halloween by myself. As I stood there, I kept thinking I was seeing things, but I convinced myself otherwise since, after all it was the night of the living dead. Alex came out finally, and lead me to the basement. It was filled with people and thumping with music. The music was intoxicating, it made you want to dance. The dance floor was almost filled with teenagers moving to the rhythm, it seems as it the loud music was flowing through our veins and putting our heart beats in sync. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> When about an hour, or so passed and everyone got off the dance floor and the party seemed to be filled with less and less people. I searched for my friend Alex, but she was nowhere to be found. I kept seeing the shadows and hearing noises. All the doors and windows were locked from the outside so, I frantically found my friends Brittney, Matt, Gisela, and Chase. Soon I looked around and there was no one but us five in the before packed, but now deserted basement. We all decided to all stick together, and no matter what we saw we would stay strong, we did a little handshake and started off. We walked in to the room on the right and it looked seemingly normal until you look at the floor. It had blood stains, from where a dead limp body had been dragged across the floor out the window. Matt and Gisela both screamed at the same time, we all clutched hands, and I felt everyone shaking, and trembling.</span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Then we heard a scream, it was a high pitched scream that was loud and made you gasp in horror. We all looked at each other and agreed in silence. We didn't want to die but we went looking for the person who screamed. We all got walked across the hallway into a room. The room was filled with mirrors. Not regular mirrors either, distorted mirrors. They were all around the room. There was a young girl behind the mirror, her dress was ripped and bloody. She had scratches all over her and her head was bleeding. She looked about 10 years old, but her face could barely be recognized. Chase, Brittney and Gisela ran out of the room, Matt ran behind one of the distortion mirrors. There I was in a face off with a ghost. She had a knife, and with one swift movement, she ripped my dress and cut me in the stomach. I lunged out of the range of her knife and kicked one of the mirrors. Only the thing I didn't know was the mirror I kicked had Matt behind it and he got a lot of scratches and he was bleeding profusely but, at that moment all I could do was get a piece of the broken glass and heave myself toward the ghost. I stabbed it in the heart and the ghost dropped the knife and it's spirit died. I helped Matt into a sitting position,meanwhile Chase, Gisela,and Brittney come in the doorway and jump on me, scaring me half to death. I reared back and hit them all on the arms and yelled ”DO YOU REALLY THINK IT'S NESSASARY TO SCARE ME!!!!” Chase handed me a small band-aid and asked “Need this???” I gave him a sidelong glance and said sarcastically “Well Matt might need a couple more!” Brittney looked at me and said ”what about your stomach?”. I had forgotten about it, so I replied”Eh, I am Fine...”. After we patched up Matt he swore he could walk so we traveled upstairs. </span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The stairs were usually a gray-white color, but for the party they had black paper over them. The paper now had a combination of dirt,blood, and rotting stinky flesh. I gave their hands a squeeze and we continued walking. There was a door open on our left so we walked in. This room was different then the whole house. There was not a trace of blood, any evil creatures lurking about, just a normal bed room. I looked around and realized it was Alex's little sisters room. Her little sister Kara, was asleep in the bed. We walked over to her, and we weren't prepared for what happened next. </span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Alex jumped out of the bed throwing Kara's limp body to the side and jabbed me hard in the jaw. She nailed Chase in the stomach and Brittney in the leg. Matt and Gisela were still up, since Matt was already injured it didn't take much to get him down, and Gisela is very petite so soon we were all lying about. Alex was leaning over Brittney's body, doing something but I have no idea what, but all I saw were those fangs so, I yelped and mustered enough courage and strength to go at her with all my might. She was busy with Chase now, and all I could see were images of Brittney's neck bleeding and Alex's fangs. I made sure to hit her as she was finishing up, because I didn't want Chase to get hurt. I landed on her with a thud. She hissed at me through her now sharp teeth she said “Aw you don't want to hurt me do you? I know to much best friend.” She got a look of hunger on her face and I punched her so hard I felt her nose snap and I said in a hushed whisper “You obviously don't know anything, and now I know to much.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I got up and rushed to help us my friends they hugged me and patted me on the back saying “Good job!” Brittney was freaking out she was afraid so she went over and kicked Alex really hard in the side multiple times. We searched her up and down and got her keys. The door bell rang and we exchanged glances and walked toward the door. We opened it and it was a little trick-or-treater. She asked what we were supposed to be and we all mumbled some random thing that seemed believable. We gave her a piece of candy out of the bowl, but we didnt know what 'Alex' might have done to it so we told her not to eat it but she said we were lieing and left. We clutched hands and headed back out side. It was almost Midnight. We looked around for Matt’s car and got in. We were headed to my house when the car broke down. We waited until a car pulled up and a woman said with a deep accent “Need Help Kids??” Then she smiled and the last thing I remember before we blacked out was her long yellowed pointy fangs and us all saying in unison "I HATE HALLOWEEN."</span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">Leave a comment and rate this 1-5 pins :)</span></div>Leanne.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04772661621562366205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1117382668830819872.post-85437179661003320662010-10-02T14:31:00.000-05:002010-10-02T14:31:21.139-05:00Review:The Study Train:Volume1:Return Of The Untouchables.<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xyrAP3dTZvqmsbXD3I_oLo3wtMbag_Hy3MhWfc5tdU5RQlwhEQ3koM7okDGzMrsxaHpdAbU6mryBqSZtFVezeZACoY8KecpCdqeZTjZyGKwNUDeMmwOyi1Lsyte-Olkyw44Do0P-GM5a/s1600/viewer.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xyrAP3dTZvqmsbXD3I_oLo3wtMbag_Hy3MhWfc5tdU5RQlwhEQ3koM7okDGzMrsxaHpdAbU6mryBqSZtFVezeZACoY8KecpCdqeZTjZyGKwNUDeMmwOyi1Lsyte-Olkyw44Do0P-GM5a/s400/viewer.png" width="282" /></a></div>Today, I read The Study Train:Volume 1: The return of the Untouchables. My Friend Zakiya recommended for me to read and review this novel. Kurt Frenier did a good job on this book. I have not read anythng like this ever. It was enthralling. I can't wait until I can get my hands on Volume 2. It is a fairly light read though. When I read it(through google docs.) It was only 209 pages. Though it does have moderate language and some things younger readers would not understand, I would definatly say it is a YA book. It was a good bok with a lot of adventure,reading about Ethans struggles and hard choices, made you contemplate the decisions you make everyday which are like his ,but on a smaller scale. The ultimate question is Evil & power or Good and powerless. I would recommend this book to any one. 4 pins-<br />
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