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Babayaga has only one tooth and perhaps that is why she is so evil. Sure enough this fearful Babayaga has wickedness to spare! Ogress by natural inclination, she has only one passion: eating, preferably plump and chubby children. So how to get by on your own if you're a girl three apples tall (of those big and juicy!) and you are trapped in Babayaga's lair? (Description from <a href="http://www.ibs.it/code/9788860362339/le-thanh-tai-marc-dautremer/babayaga.html">IBS</a>)<br />
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I own almost every book illustrated by the extremely talented Rebecca Dautremer, and those books are among my dearest possessions. She has the ability to give life to a dreamlike atmosphere thanks to her elegant, sophisticated lines and emotionally charged colors. </div>
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When Babayaga was young the other kids constantly made fun of her, because she had only one tooth, because she was different. However, that doesn't justify what she became. She always harboured in her heart an evil flame and she is the one who chose to transform it into an inferno. It was Babayaga who decided to become an ogress. No excuses. </div>
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Giada M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989102360210866318.post-68796543476942650362014-06-04T07:27:00.000-07:002014-06-04T07:27:40.548-07:00The Suicide Shop by Jean Teulé<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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With the twenty-first century just a distant memory and the world in environmental chaos, many people have lost the will to live. And business is brisk at The Suicide Shop. Run by the Tuvache family for generations, the shop offers an amazing variety of ways to end it all, with something to fit every budget. The Tuvaches go mournfully about their business, taking pride in the morbid service they provide. Until the youngest member of the family threatens to destroy their contented misery by confronting them with something they've never encountered before: a love of life. (Description from<a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Suicide-Shop-Jean-Teul/9781906040093"> BookDepository</a>)<br />
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"Has your life been a failure? Let's make your death a success." In a world where there's nothing to live for, a world plagued by pollution, desertification, crime, the Suicide Shop helps depressed, devastated, sad, weary people put an end to their lives. Poisons? Ropes? Swords? Napalm? Guns? Deadly animals? Death kiss? They have it all and much more! Madame Tuvache prepares the poisons, Monsieur Tuvache instructs their customers on the best way to commit suicide (drowning, seppuku, poisoned apple, defenestration etc.), Marilyn (Monroe) Tuvache dispenses the Death kiss, Vincent (van Gogh) Tuvache is planning a deadly amusement park, and then there's Alan. Alan (Turing) Tuvache is the child that laughs, the little boy that brings a ray of sunshine in the shop and that with his good spirits will change the lives of those around him. </div>
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The Suicide Shop is a story that cheers you up, showing us that life is worth living even when everything seems black, irreparable, lost. There can't be black without white, darkness without light. The book begins in darkness and, shockingly, in darkness it ends. </div>
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Jean Teulé (born 26 February 1953, in Saint-Lô, Manche) is a French novelist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He is the partner of the actress Miou-Miou.<br />
Jean’s book, Le magasin des suicides, has been turned into a film called, The Suicide Shop. It screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, CA, on Sunday, April 28, 2013 and Thursday, May 2, 2013. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Teul%C3%A9">Wikipedia</a>)<br />
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Giada M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989102360210866318.post-2721360936800518772014-05-28T06:06:00.000-07:002014-05-28T06:06:36.423-07:00Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Isabel is a single, twentysomething thrift-store shopper and collector of remnants, things cast off or left behind by others. Glaciers follows Isabel through a day in her life in which work with damaged books in the basement of a library, unrequited love for the former soldier who fixes her computer, and dreams of the perfect vintage dress move over a backdrop of deteriorating urban architecture and the imminent loss of the glaciers she knew as a young girl in Alaska. Glaciers unfolds internally, the action shaped by Isabel's sense of history, memory, and place, recalling the work of writers such as Jean Rhys, Marguerite Duras, and Virginia Woolf. For Isabel, the fleeting moments of one day can reveal an entire life. While she contemplates loss and the intricate fissures it creates in our lives, she accumulates the stories--the remnants--of those around her and she begins to tell her own story. (Description from<a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Glaciers-Alexis-Smith/9781935639206"> BookDepository</a>)</div>
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If we think about our lives passing by, every day on this earth, what remains and what disappears, isn't the natural conclusion that human beings are just a combination of memories and that only stories outlive us? And, being our stories the only survivors, aren't them the ones that really matter? </div>
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Isabel isn't just a collector of remnants, she's a collector of stories. In Glaciers we get to step into Isabel's life for one day, watch her working on damaged books, shopping for the perfect vintage dress, aching for love, daydreaming, dancing, reminiscing, living. Glaciers is a novel that made me realize how every single moment of our lives, every little action is determined by our background, by who we are, by what we became, by the shape of our past, by the intensity of our desires. Our stories are engraved in our efforts, gems encrusted in souls. We are stories. </div>
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Alexis Margaret Smith grew up in Soldotna, Alaska, and Seattle, Washington. She attended Mount Holyoke College, Portland State University, and Goddard College, where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing. Her writing has appeared in Tarpaulin Sky and on Powells.com. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with her son, two cats, and their beloved view of the St. Johns bridge. (<a href="http://alexismsmith.com/">alexismsmith.com</a>)</div>
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Giada M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989102360210866318.post-14542759034913356972014-05-21T07:09:00.000-07:002014-06-04T07:27:58.356-07:00The Time Machine by H. G. Wells<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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'Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesque black shadows, in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare'. Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential, "The Time Machine" sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizes that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and living in terror of the sinister Morlocks lurking in the deep tunnels, who threaten his very return home. H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this 1895 tale of time travel, which questions humanity, society, and our place on Earth. (Description from <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Time-Machine-Wells/9780141199344">BookDepository</a>)<br />
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Ray Bradbury, one of my favorite author of all time, has been highly influenced by H.G. Wells' writing, therefore I finally decided it was time to read The Time Machine. It has been an exceptional read, as short in length as full of considerations on time, organic evolution, human nature, society and the future world. H.G.Wells in his imaginary future has not been kind on men. In 802,701 AD the human race split in two, Eloi and Morlocks. The Eloi are small, frail, elegant, kind, featherbrained, lighthearted creatures, descending from the upper class. while the Morlocks are, on the other hand, creatures of the night, relegated in the underground and free to scour the surface for food (the Eloi) only during the night, when the moon doesn't shine so bright. The Morlocks descend from the working class who has become cruel, savage, malicious, cannibal, nevertheless they retained more than a spark of intelligence, most probably thanks to the hardships they had to go through.</div>
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Wells’s earliest specialized training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context. He was also from an early date an outspoken socialist, often (but not always, as at the beginning of the First World War) sympathising with pacifist views. His later works became increasingly political and didactic, and he sometimes indicated on official documents that his profession was that of journalist. Most of his later novels were not science fiction. Some described lower-middle class life (Kipps; The History of Mr Polly), leading him to be touted as a worthy successor to Charles Dickens, but Wells described a range of social strata and even attempted, in Tono-Bungay (1909), a diagnosis of English society as a whole. (Wikipedia)</div>
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Giada M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989102360210866318.post-30422294660615913642014-05-15T06:29:00.000-07:002014-06-04T07:28:28.469-07:00The Crimes of Dr. Watson by John Watson, Duane Swierczynski<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Quirk is unveiling the "Crimes of Dr. Watson", the first completely interactive Sherlock Holmes mystery. This illustrated hardcover book, complete with Victorian era illustrations, contains an original novella in the form of a letter from Dr. John H. Watson. As our story opens, we discover that the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes has vanished - and to make matters worse, his good friend Dr. Watson has been framed for a grisly and terrifying murder! From a damp cell in Coldbath Fields prison, Watson recounts the tragic events leading up to his arrest - and offers a number of clues that can be used to identify the true culprit. Once you've finished reading Watson's letter, it's up to you to sift through the clues and solve the mystery. And when you think you've identified the culprit, you can slice open the final signature of the book (sealed at the printer) to read the remainder of the story. (Description from<a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Crimes-Dr-Watson-John-Watson/9781594741999?b=-3&t=-26#Bibliographicdata-26"> BookDepository</a>)<br />
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I didn't read any interactive books lately and The Crimes of Dr. Watson had been sitting on my unread shelf for a very long time (I won this book on <a href="http://vvb32reads.blogspot.it/">vvb32 reads</a>). After a quite tough day I needed to read something light and so I decided to finally pick it up. Such a fun ride! I love mysteries and even better the interactive ones! This wasn't a very diffucult mystery to solve, however it is created artfully and the illustrations are a beautiful addition.<br />
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And, of course, there are clues for the reader to solve the mystery (e.g. objects hidden in envelopes, a newspaper, a telegram, etc.).<br />
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The Crimes of Dr. Watson is a wonderful book to those who, like me, love mysteries and interactive stories. Thank you, Quirk Books, for publishing this little gem!Giada M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989102360210866318.post-19430616995206689462014-05-14T02:47:00.000-07:002014-06-04T07:28:45.920-07:00North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">As relevant now as when it was first published, Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South" skilfully weaves a compelling love story into a clash between the pursuit of profit and humanitarian ideals. This "Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction by Patricia Ingham. When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction. In "North and South" Gaskell skilfully fused individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale created one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature. (Description from<a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/North-South-Elizabeth-Gaskell/9780140434248"> BookDepository</a>)</span><br />
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It made me fall in love with Mr Thornton, a man made of iron but with the most passionate and noblest heart ever seen in a human being. His immense willpower has been a great inspiration to me. John Thornton is very far from perfection as any man can be, however he strives hard every day of his life for improvement, to become the gentleman that Margaret needs. </div>
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North and South previously appeared in 20 weekly episodes from September 1854 to January 1855 in Household Words, edited by Charles Dickens. During the same period, Dickens dealt with the same theme in Hard Times, also a social novel, published in the same journal from April to August 1854.</div>
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Dickens' Hard Times — which shows Manchester in a negative light and satirises it (as Coketown) — challenged Elizabeth Gaskell and complicated the writing of her novel. She had to ascertain, for instance, that Dickens would not write about a strike. Gaskell found the time pressure and technical constraints of serialised fiction particularly trying. She wanted to write 22 episodes, but was "compelled to desperate compression" to limit the story to 20. North and South was not as successful as Hard Times. On 14 October 1854, after six weeks, sales dropped enough that Dickens complained of Gaskell's lack of flexibility (intractability), resisting demands for conciseness. He found the story "wearisome to the last degree". (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_South_(Gaskell_novel)">Wikipedia</a>)</div>
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Gaskell was also the first to write a biography of Charlotte Bronte, The Life of Charlotte Bronte, which was published in 1857. (Wikipedia)</div>
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<i>At Barinkoff Academy, there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans.</i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I sat up and
followed Calixta’s gaze upward. I rubbed my eyes. I didn’t know what I was
seeing at first. A statue? My brain refused to snap together coherent
thoughts. I didn’t realize I’d fallen so
close to one of the garden benches until I stared up at the boy that sat on
one. He was strikingly beautiful. His tumble of blonde hair curled just above
his sculpted cheekbones. He wore a silk shirt and a loosened cravat, like he’d
become bored while dressing and decided to leave himself in disarray. His ivory
skin and frozen position was what had me mistaking him for something carved
from marble by Michelangelo. Then he sighed—a lonely, breathy proof of life. If
I had to imagine what Lucifer looked like before he fell from heaven, the boy on
the bench would certainly fulfill that image. My brain told me I had to look
away, but I couldn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“Luka,” Calixta
said again, her voice unsure, almost nervous. It no longer contained the steel
and bite she had threatened me with, which made me wonder who the boy was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He leaned on his
hands and crossed his legs, all the while keeping his eyes fixed on the night
sky. His movements spoke of elegance and control. I’d encountered many people
with breeding before, but his took on the air of arrogance and self-assuredness
of someone used to getting what he wanted when he wanted it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I only realized
I’d been holding my breath when my lungs protested. I exhaled. My heart
sputtered and restarted with a vengeance. Luka tore his gaze away from the
stars and settled it on me. I’d expected pitch-black irises, like the other
Night Students, but blue ice stared back at me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“Human,” he
whispered. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He reached out,
and with a finger, followed an invisible trail down my cheek. I stiffened. His
touch, cooler than Demitri’s, caused warm sparks to blossom on my face. He
lifted his finger to his lips and licked its tip. He might as well have licked <i>me</i> from the way my body shivered. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Luka’s curious
gaze held mine. “Leave us,” he said, but not to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“But—” Calixta
protested like a spoiled child.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He spoke in a
language I hadn’t heard before, remaining calm yet firm. The words had a
rolling cadence I couldn’t quite follow, like rumbling thunder in the distance.
They contained a harsh sensuality. The consonants were hard and the vowels were
long and lilting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Footsteps
retreated behind me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Luka reached out
again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It took me a
minute to realize he wanted to help me up. I hesitated. He smiled. I smiled
back timidly and took his hand, completely dazzled. Even with my uniform soaked
from melted snow, I didn’t feel cold—all my attention was on him and the way
his callused hand felt on mine. Without moving much from his seated position,
he helped me stand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“What’s your
name?” he asked. He had a voice like a familiar lullaby. It filled my heart to
the brim with comfort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I swallowed and
tried to stop gawking. “<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:place></st1:city>.”
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“The bird that
rose from the ashes.” Luka bent his head and kissed the back of my hand. “It’s
a pleasure meeting you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">My cheeks warmed.
My head reeled, not knowing what to think. I couldn’t understand why I felt
drawn to him. And the strange connection frightened me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">From behind,
someone gripped my arms and yanked me away before I could sort out the feelings
Luka inspired in me. I found myself behind a towering figure yet again.
Recognizing the blue-black silk for hair tied at the nape, relief washed over
me. Calixta hadn’t come back to finish me off. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Demitri’s large
hand wrapped around my wrist. Unlike the night before, no calm existed in his
demeanor. He trembled like a junky in need of a fix. The coiled power in his
tense muscles vibrated into me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“What are you
doing here?” Demitri asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spoken to me until I saw his expressionless profile. I sighed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:place></st1:city>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I flinched. The
ruthless way he said my name punched all the air out of me. “You owe me
answers,” I said with as much bravado as I could muster. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“I owe you <i>nothing</i>.” He glared. “In fact, you <i>owe</i> me your life.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“I don’t think
so.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ignoring my
indignation, he faced Luka, who’d remained seated on the bench during my
exchange with Demitri. “Why is she with you, Luka?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“I wasn’t going to
taste her, if that’s what you’re implying,” Luka said. “Although, she <i>is</i> simply delicious. I wouldn’t mind if
you left us alone.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">There it was
again. Taste. The word that kept coming up between these Night Students and I
was connected to it in an increasingly uncomfortable way. To taste meant to
sample, but what? My flesh? They had to be joking because the alternative
wasn’t funny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“The sins of the
father …” Demitri left his sentence unfinished.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shifted into a snarl. “Obey my command.” His chin lifted. “Kneel.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When Kate Evangelista was told she had a knack for writing stories, she did the next best thing: entered medical school. After realizing she wasn't going to be the next Doogie Howser, M.D., Kate wandered into the Literature department of her university and never looked back. Today, she is in possession of a piece of paper that says to the world she owns a Literature degree. To make matters worse, she took Master's courses in creative writing. In the end, she realized to be a writer, none of what she had mattered. What really mattered? Writing. Plain and simple, honest to God, sitting in front of her computer, writing. Today, she has four completed Young Adult novels.<br />
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Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.</div>
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Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. They had been best friends since they were six, spending hot Minneapolis summers and cold Minneapolis winters together, dreaming of Hogwarts and Oz, superheroes and baseball. Now that they were eleven, it was weird for a boy and a girl to be best friends. But they couldn't help it - Hazel and Jack fit, in that way you only read about in books. And they didn't fit anywhere else. </div>
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Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Breadcrumbsis a story of the struggle to hold on, and the things we leave behind.</div>
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Breadcrumbs is a wonderful retelling of "The Snow Queen", a story of true friendship and extraordinary courage. </div>
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Hazel is different from the other girls at school. She believes in magic and fairy tales. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." </div>
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Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. They had been best friends since they were six, spending hot Minneapolis summers and cold Minneapolis winters together, dreaming of Hogwarts and Oz, superheroes and baseball. Now that they were eleven, it was weird for a boy and a girl to be best friends. But they couldn't help it - Hazel and Jack fit, in that way you only read about in books. And they didn't fit anywhere else. </div>
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And then, one day, it was over. Jack just stopped talking to Hazel. And while her mom tried to tell her that this sometimes happens to boys and girls at this age, Hazel had read enough stories to know that it's never that simple. And it turns out, she was right. Jack's heart had been frozen, and he was taken into the woods by a woman dressed in white to live in a palace made of ice. Now, it's up to Hazel to venture into the woods after him. Hazel finds, however, that these woods are nothing like what she's read about, and the Jack that Hazel went in to save isn't the same Jack that will emerge. Or even the same Hazel. </div>
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Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Breadcrumbsis a story of the struggle to hold on, and the things we leave behind.</div>
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In anticipation for the upcoming release of THE SAVAGE GRACE--the third and final installment in the Dark Divine trilogy--Bree Despain and Egmont USA have organized the first ever Dark Divine Fan Fiction and Fan Art Competition.</div>
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This colored pencil drawing of Grace is <i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">my entry for the contest.</i></div>
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<b>If you vote (for me! pretty please >_<...only if you like my drawing :) ) and spread the word about Dark Divine Fan Talentmania</b>-- <b>you will be entered to win some fabulous door prizes</b>, including:</div>
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HOURGLASS by Myra McEntire</div>
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EVERY OTHER DAY by Jennifer Lynn Barnes</div>
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EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton</div>
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TIGER'S VOYAGE by Colleen Houck</div>
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<a href="http://www.infinitejewelryco.com/the-dark-divine">Dark Divine Jewelry</a> from Infinite Jewelry Company</div>
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Click <a href="http://www.breebiesingerdespain.blogspot.com/2012/02/dark-divine-fan-wrestlemania_21.html">HERE </a>for more information.</div>
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And then, if you want, click <a href="http://www.breebiesingerdespain.blogspot.com/2012/02/talentmania-fan-art-entry-5.html">HERE</a> to vote for me. :)</div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Wish me luck! </span></b></div>Giada M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989102360210866318.post-43623165508232457722012-02-20T10:16:00.000-08:002012-02-20T10:16:27.963-08:00Free Read - Divergent by Veronica Roth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.</div>
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Trix can deal with being an orphan charity case at a snotty boarding school. She can hold her own when everyone else tells her not to dream big dreams. She can even fight back against the mysterious stranger in a silver mask who tries to steal the meteorite her parents trusted her to protect. </div>
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Soon Trix discovers an entire universe full of deadly enemies and potential friends, not to mention space leeches, ancient alien artifacts, and exploding chocolate desserts. And she just might unravel the secrets of her own past;if she can survive long enough. </div>
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Trix’s parents were astronauts and she wanted to become one, too. She was only 8 years old when her parents died and left her a rock with mysterious powers, a rock that will lead Trix to her true destiny, to a new home....full of aliens! The Circus Galacticus. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the Clown corps of the Circus Galacticus, Jom’s greatest talent isn’t his occasionally embarrassing Tinker power, but rather his skill in the Big Top kitchens. Friendly and happy-go-lucky, he is one of Trix’s first allies among the troupe.</span></div>
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Sirra is Etander’s twin sister, and the daughter of a wealthy and vastly powerful family that controls entire star systems. The twins left behind a life of luxury and security when Etander’s Tinker powers manifested, and they were forced to hide themselves among the fantastical freaks of the Circus Galacticus. Now Sirra uses her own gravity-bending powers to astonish patrons on the trapeze, one of the premier acts.<div>
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What Lily Carter wants most in the world is to attend Princeton University just like her grandfather. When she finally visits the campus, Grandpa surprises her: She has been selected to take the top-secret Legacy Test. Passing means automatic acceptance to Princeton. Sweet! </div>
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Lily's test is to find the Ivy Key. But what is she looking for? Where does she start? As she searches, Lily is joined by Tye, a cute college boy with orange and black hair who says he's her guard. That's weird. But things get seriously strange when a gargoyle talks to her. He tells her that there are two Princetons—the ordinary one and a magical one—and the Key opens the gate between them. But there are more secrets that surround Lily. Worse secrets. </div>
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When Lily enters the magical Princeton, she uncovers old betrayals and new dangers, and a chance at her dream becomes a fight for her life. Soon Lily is caught in a power struggle between two worlds, with her family at its center. In a place where Knights slay monsters, boys are were-tigers, and dragons might be out for blood, Lily will need all of her ingenuity and courage—and a little magic—to unite the worlds and unlock the secrets of her past and her future.</div>
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If I could describe this book with only two words, they would be "<b>treasure hunt</b>". Lily Carter has to find the Ivy Key to be accepted to Princeton, but she doesn't know what it is and she has no idea where to find it. Magical creatures will help her in her test that is much more dangerous than what she thought. She will discover a magical world, meet her soul mate, uncover dark secrets and learn about her true identity.</div>
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Enchanted Ivy is a <i>predictable</i> but lovely book and, even though I knew what was going to happen, I was glued to the pages of this <b>enchanting </b>read. </div>
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"This is the way the world ends - not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door."</div>
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Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way - not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies.</div>
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<b>Publisher</b>: Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition (May 29, 2007)</div>
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<b>ISBN</b>: 1596912855 (ISBN13: 9781596912854)</div>
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<b>Series</b>: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/59381-austenland">Austenland #1</a></div>
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<b>Setting</b>: United Kingdom</div>
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<b>Literary awards</b>: Book Sense pick for June (2007), </div>
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Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life: no real man can compare. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined. </div>
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Decked out in empire-waist gowns, Jane struggles to master Regency etiquette and flirts with gardeners and gentlemen;or maybe even, she suspects, with the actors who are playing them. It's all a game, Jane knows. And yet the longer she stays, the more her insecurities seem to fall away, and the more she wonders: Is she about to kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own?</div>
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Austenland is a page-turner. It is not a book I would define great, but it leaves a sweet feeling. This is one of those books you want to read when you feel down and need your mug of hot cocoa (<i>or your cup of tea!</i>). </div>
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Jane Hayes is in love with the character of Mr. Darcy. She knows that her quest to find a Mr. Darcy in real life is without hope. But one day she discovered her aunt left her a paid holiday at a private resort in England, Pembrook Park, a place for her to forget about the modern world and immerse herself in Jane Austen's world. Jane is convinced that this is the only way to be free of her obsession with Mr. Darcy and get on with her life. However life does not work out the way you expect. Sometimes it works out even better.</div>
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Like the man himself, this elegant, dark tea, grown in rich soil, with a bold beginning yet a smooth finish has a complexity of character that will leave you wishing to know more.</div>
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Distinctive notes of leather, chestnut and plum in this well respected Da Hong Pao Oolong. Each steeping introduces you to more of it's character. Good for 6 steepings Gong Fu style or 3 British style.</div>
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(<a href="http://www.bingleysteas.com/products/austen/index.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Jane Austen Tea Series</span></a>)</div>
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<b>Jerusha Hess</b>, co-writer of <i>Napoleon Dynamite</i> and<i> Nacho Libre,</i> adapted “Austenland” for the screen with<b> Shannon Hale</b>.</div>
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My awesome friend <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Deda</span></b> is celebrating the <a href="http://thepiratebalthasar.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-year-anniversary-game.html"><b>Two Year Anniversary</b> </a>of <a href="http://www.thepiratebalthasar.com/p/comic.html"><b>Pirate Balthasar</b></a> (don't know this <i>fantastic</i> <b><a href="http://www.thepiratebalthasar.com/p/comic.html">pirate webcominc</a></b>? Read my post about it <a href="http://dr-stravagante.blogspot.com/search?q=pirate+balthasar">HERE</a>) with a fun game. </div>
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<i>(from <a href="http://thepiratebalthasar.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-year-anniversary-game.html">Deda's blog</a>)</i></div>
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The pirate Balthasar will turn two at the end of the month.</div>
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I can believe it's already been so long, it feels like yesterday to me.</div>
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I will be releasing the second artbook for the anniversary but I was thinking we should play a little game too.</div>
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I was thinking about<b> a fan art/fan fiction/graphic design/photography contest</b> and <i>the award would be <b>an original drawing </b>of your favorite characters in full colors that I will personally ship to you via snail mail!</i></div>
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What do you say? Are you in?</div>
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<b>Deadline: <span style="color: red;">Valentine's day</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a sneak peak at the <b><span style="color: #bf9000;">reward</span></b>!</span></div>
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This <b>drawing of Wilson Kane</b> is <i>my entry for the contest.</i></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Wish me Luck!</b></span></div>
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And if you decide to participate let me know. </div>
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I would love to see your entries!</div>Giada M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com0