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Alice Bliss By: Laura Harrington


19 Jun

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When I first read what Alice Bliss was about I instantly knew that I would enjoy reading it. So I was not surprised that when I started to read it I was able to finish it in just two days.

Alice Bliss By: Laura Harrington is about Alice Bliss’s father being deployed to Iraq and all the emotions that come along with that as well as the emotions of high school, sports, love, and driving. What I really liked most about this book is how Laura Harrington captured the sadness in all the characters, not just Alice.

This book really hits close to home because I am wanting to go into the Navy or Air Force, so being able to see how Alice’s family reacts to their father being deployed makes me really think about how my family will feel when or if I go. One thing that makes this book interesting is all of the characters in it. From Alice to her musically talented best friend, Henry, to her little sister to her mother who is the complete opposite of Alice.

I think my favorite character would have to be Alice’s uncle, her mom’s brother, Uncle Eddie. He’s everything that his sister isn’t – reckless, a waste of intelligence, carefree. He’s the one that can be funny and lighthearted at one moment but then can get serious the next.

Alice Bliss is a great book you should definitely check it out if you like sad, sappy books with heartfelt endings.

Book Haul from TXLA


11 May

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Alice Bliss By: Laura Harrington

The Book of Jonas By: Stephen Dau

My One Square Inch of Alaska By: Sharon Short

Fault Line By: C. Desir

Solstice By: P. J. Hoover

Scorched By: Mari Mancusi

Unglued Devotional By: Lysa Terkeurst

Romeo Blue By: Phoebe Stone

Rags & Bones New Twists on Timeless Tales Edited By: Melissa Marr And Tim Pratt

Aquifer By: Jonathan Friesen

Season of Change By: Lisa Williams Kline

Spoils By: Tammar Stein

Proxy By: Alex London

Earth Bound By: Aprilynne Pike

Thousand Words By: Jennifer Brown

Hate List By: Jennifer Brown

Invisibility By: Andrea Cremer and David Levithan

Rush By: Eve Silver

Wild Awake By: Hilary T. Smith

If You Were Here By: Alafair Burke

How To Love By: Katie Cotugno

Sketchy By: Olivia Samms

Elegy A Hereafter Novel By: Tara Hudson

Across a Star – Swept Sea By: Diana Peterfreund

The Elite A Selection Novel By: Kiera Cass

Star Cursed By: Jessica Spotswood

Deception By: C. J. Redwine

Rapture Practice A True Story By: Aaron Hartzler

Trash Can Days By: Teddy Steinkellner

The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters By: Clay McLeod Chapman

Hating Heidi Foster By: Jeffrey Blount


24 Apr

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Hating Heidi Foster By: Jeffrey Blount was an amazing book. When reading this book I felt quit a bit of emotions from sadness, to anger, to guilt. I think being able to feel all of those emotions in this one book is what makes it so great.

Mae McBride’s father just died saving her best friend’s life, Heidi Foster. Mae now hates Heidi, blaming her for her father’s death. I loved reading this book to be able to have insight into someone going through the process of mourning a loved one. I lost my great-grandmother recently and even though my mourning was different it’s good to read about someone else. (even if it is a character in a book)


When reading this I could not pick a side. Heidi’s or Mae’s? I think I related to Mae’s character the most because she had such a strong relationship with her father like I do with my mother. Through the whole book everyone is telling Mae to stop being so angry at Heidi but I think that if I was in that position I would be just as angry. There is a line between family and friends and in this book those lines are definitely tested to the max.

I think that every teenager should read this book because it is not just about the death of a loved one it’s also about forgiveness. And I think pretty much every teen has had to forgive a friend at least once in their life already. :) Jeffrey Blount did an amazing job writing this book and I can’t wait to read the next thing that he comes out with.

Full Disclosure: I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are 100% mine and honest.

Teaser Tuesdays: Divergent By: Veronica Roth


19 Mar

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading! Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

“Why the hawk?” I blurt out as she attaches an electrode to my forehead. Pg.12

“Never met a curious Abnegation before,” she says, raising her eyebrows at me. Pg.12


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Max Irons, Jake Abel, and Chandler Canterbury Interview


15 Mar

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On Tuesday I got the chance to interview Max Irons, Jake Abel, and Chandler Canterbury for their upcoming movie The Host. Before we went into the room to interview them, heck even the night before, I was so nervous! I have found out that I get star struck pretty easy and I was afraid I was going to say the wrong thing. I only got to ask one question though because there were other press in the room. In the video of the interview which is MommaDJane’s you can hear me ask my question at 13:47. (But you should watch the whole thing) Even though I liked both Max and Jake’s answer to my question I have to say I liked Max’s a little more because it was funny.

After the interview we went to Barnes & Noble where I got the chance to not only get the three actors’ autographs but I got to meet the amazing Stephenie Meyer and get her autograph as well!

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Now for people who don’t know me really well may not know that Stephenie and the Twilight Saga is why I started reading so much. Twilight was the first full novel that I had read all the way through. So meeting her was a major dream come true for me. I got all four of them to sign the inside cover of my Nook since that is where I bought The Host. The funny thing is that Jake and Max started to scroll through my Nook reading list. Since I had my Nook turned on with The Host loaded on the front, Jake almost autographed the screen because he saw the movie picture on it which was becoming habit for him to sign! He just laughed and was like “well you would have had a new Nook by the end of the day”.  Awesome experience, I think yes! :)

Don’t forget to pre-order your tickets for The Host coming out March 29, 2013.

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Teaser Tuesdays: Witch & Wizard By: James Patterson


12 Mar

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading! Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 

“And before I could piece it all together, the vanguard of the formation stopped in front of my house.” Pg 12

“But just as I started to yell, the front door was knocked off its hinges.”Pg 13

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