tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24343327246826138702024-03-05T22:55:05.010-08:00Like Mother, Like DaughterSharing our love for reading, one book at a time!Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-58298658578682064852011-05-22T07:26:00.000-07:002011-05-22T07:26:37.500-07:00Review: Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MBEpFh0WL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MBEpFh0WL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Title: Tiger's Curse, The Tiger Saga Book 1</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Author: Colleen Houck</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Published on January 11th, 2011</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Published by Splinter</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Format: E-book</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pages: 496</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: Purchased</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><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;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<strong>Passion. Fate. Loyalty.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But that's exactly what happened.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tiger's Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book took me totally by surprise. I read it all in one day, as I couldn't manage to put it down. I initially purchased it because I loved the cover, but I am glad the book didn't just have a pretty cover, but also an excellent story. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I immensly enjoyed all that the characters had to offer. Kelsey Hayes, the main protag, is level headed and strong willed. She is unexpectedly taken on a magical journey into India to try and break a three hundred year old curse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main story revolves around Kelsey and her best friend, a white tiger named Ren. She has to piece together a prohpecy that could once and for all break the curse that causes to be a tiger. Kelsey must face many intense situations throughout the book, but Ren always remains by her side, helping her to overcome her obstacles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Near the end, Ren's brother Kishan, is introduced into the story, as a possible love interest for Kelsey and a foe to Ren. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While it ends well, with no cliffhanger, I can't wait to see what Book 2 has to offer. I can't wait to continue on this wonderful journey that Colleen has created. Anyone who likes animals and magic will almost certainly enjoy this book.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Jackie :)</strong></span></div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-5044672120186130042011-02-04T13:26:00.000-08:002011-02-04T13:26:58.858-08:00Firelight by Sophie Jordan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30hDzuASKsvB839EKjOte8tqWSYKJWAiiET_QB5fcV8BBQxnMrMrwpEkMwGQ56u6ax8NizK68CIcTTFnhAowGl7nkUVf1VEhZaRTyXW9Jex0FaN5CGLB5-2jR1cHovwVkC0Xhk0SqoxW-/s1600/51IQXA+EBxL._SS500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30hDzuASKsvB839EKjOte8tqWSYKJWAiiET_QB5fcV8BBQxnMrMrwpEkMwGQ56u6ax8NizK68CIcTTFnhAowGl7nkUVf1VEhZaRTyXW9Jex0FaN5CGLB5-2jR1cHovwVkC0Xhk0SqoxW-/s320/51IQXA+EBxL._SS500_.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firelight by Sophie Jordan</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Publication Date: September 7th, 2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Published by HarperTeen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">323 Pages, Hardcover</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: Purchased</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki—a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forced to flee into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life. Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will's dark secret: He and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner draki is slowly slipping away—if it dies she will be left as a human forever. She'll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most dangerous enemy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5+ Stars</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely LOVED this book, and didn't want it to end. Sophie Jordan has a way with words, that they pick you up and put you right into the book with her characters. I found myself, repeatedly, jumping ahead to see what was going to happen( I don't reccommend this because then you get to a part and you're like... WHAT? and you have to back track because you missed something). I finally had to slow myself down so as not to miss anything.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jacinda is considered very special by the draki, and has her entire life planned out for her. For the most part, she has no problem with this, but her mother does. When her mother packs her and her twin sister, Tamara, up and moves the family to Arizona, Jacinda's whole life gets flipped upside down. Her life changes dramatically and she learns that in the outside world away from other draki, things are very different.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She builds a friendship with Will, a draki hunter. As time draws on her feelings towards him change from friendship to something more, and while she is drawn to Will, she knows that she should be avoiding him at all cost. While at one point her life in Arizona was something she would give anything to escape, and now she will do almost anything to keep things the way they are.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book is action packed and will have you craving more as soon as the last page arrives. The chemistry between Jacinda and Will is electric and each meeting with them will have you cheering them on as a couple.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a paranormal/fantasy fan I enjoyed this book immensly. Dragons in YA aren't as common as, oh say vampires and werewolves, so it was great to see something so different. A must read for all paranormal/fantasy fans!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-64923965382210467682011-01-27T08:24:00.000-08:002011-01-27T08:25:44.957-08:00CSN Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">CSN has graciously offered to do a giveaway here on Like Mother, Like Daughter. For those of you who are unfamiliar, CSN has more than 200 stores in which you can find anything from </span><a href="http://www.allmodern.com/"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">modern office furniture</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, to kid toys, even shoes. You really can't go wrong. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08478149489714597517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-67362068871007264192011-01-21T15:49:00.000-08:002011-01-21T15:56:43.772-08:00The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xkCRj2GbL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xkCRj2GbL.jpg" width="211" /></span></a><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Iron Codex #1</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Publication Date: Feb. 22nd, 2011</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Published By: Delacorte Books for Young Readers</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Hardcover, 512 Pages</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Source: NYComicCon</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"In the city of Lovecraft, the Proctors rule and a great Engine turns below the streets, grinding any resistance to their order to dust. The necrovirus is blamed for Lovecraft's epidemic of madness, for the strange and eldritch creatures that roam the streets after dark, and for everything that the city leaders deem Heretical—born of the belief in magic and witchcraft. And for Aoife Grayson, her time is growing shorter by the day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aoife Grayson's family is unique, in the worst way—every one of them, including her mother and her elder brother Conrad, has gone mad on their 16th birthday. And now, a ward of the state, and one of the only female students at the School of Engines, she is trying to pretend that her fate can be different."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.5 Stars/5 Stars</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cover is the first thing that caught my attention. After reading the back description, I decided I definitely wanted to read this book. It took me a little while to get into the story, and I almost stopped reading it, but I'm glad I continued on. The slow beginning is the only reason why I took off half a star. After the story finally picks up there are a surprising amount of unexpected twists and turns that I did not anticipate from simply reading the back cover.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aoife is a girl who lives in a world far different from ours. She has been told her entire life that there are night creatures outside of the city walls, and no one is allowed outside after dark. Both Aoife's mother and brother go mad from a disease known as the 'necrovirus' at the age of sixteen, and Aoife's sixteenth birthday is fast approaching. Sure that the same thing that happened to her mother and brother, will happen to her, and with a little push from her brother who sends her a letter to tell her to find the witch's alphabet and to save herself, she leaves the city. She goes on a journey with her best friend Cal, and meets Dean who becomes their guide. She explores a world she was always been told did not exist, and meets many new and interesting people along the way. She also discovers multiple family secrets.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book leads you into a mystery for Aiofe and her friends, that I cannot go into, so as not to ruin this book for people who have yet to read it, but I will say it is very good!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure whether this is a stand alone novel or if it will be part of a series, but if it is a stand alone, then it ends pleasantly, with no cliffhanger and left me, the reader, happy. If the author does continue, there are definitely questions left unanswered, and I will most certainly be following Aiofe's journey if it does happen to go on.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jackie :)</span></div></div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-36314610416799705012010-11-01T17:00:00.000-07:002010-11-01T17:00:58.566-07:00Review: Virals by Kathy Reichs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1278653923l/7800188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1278653923l/7800188.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Virals by Kathy Reichs</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Publication Date November 2nd, 2010</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Published by Razorbill Penguin</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hardcover, 464 Pages</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: New York Comic Con, Penguin Publishing</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Tory Brennan, niece of acclaimed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (of the Bones novels and hit TV show), is the leader of a ragtag band of teenage "sci-philes" who live on a secluded island off the coast of South Carolina. When the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing on a nearby island, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their lives forever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the friends discover their heightened senses and animal-quick reflexes, they must combine their scientific curiosity with their newfound physical gifts to solve a cold-case murder that has suddenly become very hot if they can stay alive long enough to catch the killer's scent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fortunately, they are now more than friends they're a pack. They are Virals."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><em>Review: <span style="color: #f1c232;">*****+</span> = 5+ Stars</em></strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the first book of this length that I have read in one day. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. I haven't read any of Kathy's previous books, but I will definitely be picking up her Bones series (the lead character in Virals is the niece of the lead character in that series).</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tory Brennan is the main character. She becomes the leader of a group of science geeks who accidentally stumble on to an experiment with parvo virus (a very deadly disease for puppies). Tory and her friends find some dog tags and on the way to clean them off rescue a wolf/puppy from the lab. They are then exposed to a new strain of the disease. Tory, Hi (Hiram), Ben and Shelton realize they have been infected. Soon they are all very sick, vomitting, dizzy, feverish and strange things begin happenning to them. Things start getting really interesting when the dog tags they found lead them to a cold case murder.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This ties into the Bones series a lot, because Tory's Aunt Temperance uses science as well to solve crimes. Using the enhanced gifts that the parvo virus leaves them with, the team, also known as The Virals, works their way through the cold case, solving the crime.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really loved each of the characters. They all brought something unique to the pack. This has become one of my all time favorite YA books and I look forward to Kathy's other books.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This comes out tomorrow and I definitely recommend it to everyone! </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To learn more about Kathy, and her adult series, check out her webpage:</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.kathyreichs.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kathy Reichs</span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jackie <span style="color: #134f5c;">:)</span></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-41662290173291349552010-09-01T07:25:00.000-07:002010-09-01T07:25:02.035-07:00Lots of WiNnErS! :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0BWYL2Q9V2w/TH5iLfpGVRI/AAAAAAAAAT0/csK6NWlqSmA/s1600/CONGRATS+BADGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0BWYL2Q9V2w/TH5iLfpGVRI/AAAAAAAAAT0/csK6NWlqSmA/s320/CONGRATS+BADGE.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey everyone! We've got a <strong>bunch</strong> of winn</span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ers to list today so check to see if you're one!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(All winners were chosen randomly through Random.org)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The winner of Book 1 and Book 2 of The Immortals Series by Tamora Pierce is.........</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Alex(Tales of a Teenage Book Lover) </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congrats Alex, I'll be sending you an email shortly!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now on to the winners from our 50 followers giveaway!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The winner of the plaque is...........</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Chelle(email starting theprairie)</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The first winner of their choice of any book from the book depository up to $10 is.............</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pagecrawler(email starting andy)</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>& the second winner of their choice of any book from the book depository up to $10 is..........</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Chase(email starting hanjie)</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congrats everyone!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expect an email from me soon, or shoot me one if you have my addy and see this before I send you one! =P</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once I do email you, you will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is picked. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congrats again to all the winners! I hope you enjoy your prizes!! :D</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial;">Jackie<span style="color: #073763;"><strong>:)</strong></span> & Sherry<strong><span style="color: red;"><3</span></strong></span></div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08478149489714597517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-19714051974992073562010-08-16T18:43:00.000-07:002010-08-16T18:43:02.151-07:00Thanks Everyone: A couple updates!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much to everyone who is now following us and has entered our 50 follower giveaway! We've reached 100 followers and we're adding another winner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to the plaque(US Only) there will now be TWO winners of your choice of book from the Book Depository up to $10. This is open to anywhere the Book Depository ships, so international.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep spreading the word ladies & gents, another winner for the book depository will be added if we hit 150 followers. Don't forget the giveaway ends August 27th so a little under two weeks left to go!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://motherdaughterbookreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/50-follower-giveaway.html"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Go Here for the original post and the entry form!!</strong></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a side note: While this blog was initially intended to be a combination of reviews from both my mother and I, we have decided it will still be our blog but the reviews will be mainly from her, unless it is a book we both read and we do a joint review. I'm having trouble keeping up on reviews for my own blog, and it seems silly to post the same reviews on both when I'm pretty sure most of the followers of this blog, follow my main blog as well. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will continue to help her out as she is still very new to blogging, and to writing reviews. This is still a joint project!! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks everyone!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sherry<span style="color: red;"><strong><3</strong></span></span></div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08478149489714597517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-63787551196994839532010-08-08T09:44:00.000-07:002010-08-08T12:35:02.592-07:00Review: The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhic2bIi88q-M5A5D-pIFglwSaMoUHoNj_sFJ7hEk5voq-kh0Tk-hilD6Hl1ArD-1enA2sGWmGfMudaEBzM2W-abbRi0XANRluX4BQr_wgOUtnQqBq4Omqhq3wjoh_GXvY73s0DFA2zwIcN/s1600/a_smokethief.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhic2bIi88q-M5A5D-pIFglwSaMoUHoNj_sFJ7hEk5voq-kh0Tk-hilD6Hl1ArD-1enA2sGWmGfMudaEBzM2W-abbRi0XANRluX4BQr_wgOUtnQqBq4Omqhq3wjoh_GXvY73s0DFA2zwIcN/s320/a_smokethief.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Drakon Series, Book 1</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Publication Date:</span> January 1st, 2006</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Published By:</span> Bantam Books</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Paperback, 352 Pages</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Source:</span> Purchased</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Summary from Goodreads:</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"In this bewitching novel, Shana Abe transports us to an exhilarating world of romance, adventure, and magic. Here, among northern England's misted hills, live a race of extraordinarily beautiful and sensual beings with the ability to shape-shift from human to dragon and back again. Now their secret—and their survival—is threatened by two forbidden lovers...and a passion that will break every boundary. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dubbed the Smoke Thief for a series of daring jewel thefts, Clarissa Rue Hawthorne didn't expect the drakon leader himself to come to London dangling the tribe's most valuable jewel as bait: the Langford Diamond. But Christoff, the charismatic Marquess of Langford, had to catch Clarissa before anyone else did—or risk exposing the entire clan to the world of ordinary mortals. He never expected that the outcast halfling he pursued would have a proposition of her own to save the drakon—a proposition so dangerous, so tempting, that Christoff will find it impossible to resist: to join forces with her."</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>Review by Jackie:</strong></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I enjoyed this book immensly. It gives a totally different look into the world of dragons. You come to love, and identify with, the main characters. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The two main characters, Christoff and Rue, are part of a society of dragons. That is until one day, Rue flees. They don't see each other for many years and they run into each other when Christoff and his council are searching for The Smoke Thief.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This book has been out for a few years now so I feel I can tell you that... Rue and Christoff become close. Their relationship starts off rocky, with him knowing she is his mate, and her aware of her feeligns but unsure of his. As time goes on, her feelings change and they become mates. I had a sense from the get go that they would be together, and I'm glad that's the direction that the author took.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Drakon Society as a whole, tries to blend in with humans while keeping itself hidden.. When The Smoke Thief starts stealing gems, we see the society take action so others don't discover them. It was interesting to me how the dragons sense gems, and how Christoff desinged the ploy to catch the thief using gems.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I found myself skipping ahead and I had to go back so as not to miss anything. I have the other three books in the series and I can't wait to read them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">***FYI These are adult books and do contain sexual behavior.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-61953666599918307162010-08-08T09:00:00.000-07:002010-08-08T09:00:42.812-07:0050 Follower Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been just under a month and we've already hit <strike>50</strike> 51 followers! That's a cause for celebration.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw this the other day in one of those magazines they send to your house with a bajillion different things in it. I thought it would be perfect, since all of us here are major booklovers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0BWYL2Q9V2w/TF7OrUjwLZI/AAAAAAAAAR8/rSOF8DGMyzs/s1600/plaque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0BWYL2Q9V2w/TF7OrUjwLZI/AAAAAAAAAR8/rSOF8DGMyzs/s320/plaque.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's only 2.5" by 5" so perfect for a desk or for the top of your... bookshelf! You could even hang it if you wanted to!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we will only be able to ship this to residents in the US so we will also be giving away one book of your choice from the bookdepository up to $10. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone can enter, as long as the bookdepository ships to your country!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's two winners!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana;">If we reach 100 followers, we will add another winner for a choice of book from the book depository up to $10!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a giveaway to celebrate our followers, so you must be a follower to enter!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEVrVzNndnVMQkZDNGdCbDZPRC1aNnc6MQ"><strong>MUST FILL OUT THIS FORM TO ENTER!</strong></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana;">***It would be really helpful if you could comment after you enter, so that way you know you already entered!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ends August 27th, 2010 at Midnight!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good luck!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jackie<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>:)</strong></span> & Sherry<span style="color: red;"><strong><3</strong></span></span></div>Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08478149489714597517noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-31401974805783128462010-08-02T17:58:00.000-07:002010-08-02T17:58:35.630-07:00Time for my first contest!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had bugged Sherry for a long time to help set up a blog for the both of us, and I haven't had any time to post anything. Oops! So today I'm going to have my first giveaway!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One lucky winner will win the first two books in Tamora Pierce's The Immortals Series.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-81447538306399829372010-07-11T16:06:00.000-07:002010-07-11T16:06:36.123-07:00Review: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.girlgameblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/the-short-second-life-of-bree-tanner-photos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="320" rw="true" src="http://www.girlgameblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/the-short-second-life-of-bree-tanner-photos.jpg" width="211" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">By Stephenie Meyer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Published June 2010</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Published By Little, Brown</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">178 Pages, Hardcover</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Source: Book was gifted to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood... life before she became a vampire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All Bree knows is that living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don't draw attention to yourself and, above all, make it home by sunrise or die. What she doesn't know: her time as an immortal is quickly running out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then Bree finds an unexpected friend in Diego, a newborn just as curious as Bree about their mysterious creator, whom they know only as "her". As they come to realize that the newborns are pawns in a game larger than anything they could have imagined, Bree and Diego must choose sides and decide whom to trust. But when everything you know about vampires is based on a lie, how do you find the truth?"</span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Review by Jackie:</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>****1/2 Stars</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Doesn't contain spoilers unless you haven't read Eclipse)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have previously read the entire Twilight S<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">aga</span>, and enjoyed it immensely. I enjoyed the different viewpoint offered in this novella. It was interesting seeing the Twilight world through the eyes of newborn vampires(unlike Bella). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bree Tanner isn't a savage vampire like the other newborns. She has the capability to think on her own and doesn't let her blood lust totally control her. While she viewed humans the same as the rest, as weak creatures, she refrained from acting in similar ways. I liked her character right from the beginning, and if I didn't previously know that she was going to die, I would have hoped that she became part of the Cullen Coven.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As a whole, this is a book that I will be reading again. If it wasn't given to me, I would have gone out and spent the money on it. It was nice being back in the world many of us have loved since Twilight first came out. I recommend it to any of the fans of the Twilight series.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">---</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is my first review. Sherry had to help me some because I'm not really sure how to word things yet. I hope it's good enough for you all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Jackie<strong><span style="color: #660000;"> :)</span></strong></span></em></span></div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2434332724682613870.post-5109252821110810342010-07-10T14:19:00.000-07:002010-07-10T14:19:25.355-07:00There's a new book blog in town!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Starting a new blog isn't any easier the second time around. I thought it would be... but it's not.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A lot of you know me from my original blog, </span><a href="http://www.flippingpagesforallages.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Flipping Pages for All Ages</span></a><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> My mom has been asking me for awhile to start a blog for the two of us, and we finally had time to sit down and get it all sorted. So here today I introduce to you my mom, Jackie. While she enjoys reading my YA books she also loves her Romance and Fantasy, so the different array of genres will be interesting to see, and different for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia;">For the most part we will post our own separate reviews, but we will read books at the same time so we can do joint reviews as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Things are still getting set up so don't mind the blankness of the page, just thought I would get things started with a post so that we can say hi, and likewise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope everyone has a great day! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia;">Sherry & Jackie</span></div>Jackie S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12205877542211435219noreply@blogger.com14