tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51099403901045217762024-03-12T19:56:18.774-05:00see scoot read"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." Jane AustenScoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312166939537978521noreply@blogger.comBlogger483125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109940390104521776.post-935897919289525472016-01-28T14:41:00.000-06:002016-01-28T14:41:05.846-06:002016 and two babies later - maybe I will post a review again??<span style="font-size: large;">It has been a while!</span> I just checked the date on my last post and it was almost <b>TWO</b> <b>YEARS</b> ago. That is a little crazy. Time sure does fly when you are busy and having fun! <br />
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My life has changed a lot since first starting this blog. Back in the day I had this awesome thing called "<b>free-time</b>". LOL. Now my life is filled with all things MOM. I have two adorable baby girls and am the luckiest person on the planet. Of course I still enjoy reading, but rarely find the time to manage it.<br />
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I plan to keep this blog as long as possible and just add to it when I have the time. Even if it may be AGES between postings.<br />
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I can't leave a decent review at the moment for any books (I am sneaking this post in during a rare naptime where BOTH girls are asleep), but below are a few books I have enjoyed lately (ha! more like in the past two years) you should check out! <br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1SRgGnemtVs/U2Jbgh0-yEI/AAAAAAAACjQ/pRvGchTFNfw/s1600/SYNC_14_300x250REV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1SRgGnemtVs/U2Jbgh0-yEI/AAAAAAAACjQ/pRvGchTFNfw/s1600/SYNC_14_300x250REV.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I personally am a <b>huge </b>fan of audiobooks. I was a LONG commuter for a few years and audiobooks helped keep me sane while stuck in hours-long traffic jams. Audiobooks are great for summer road trips or laying out by the pool/beach. So of course when I heard about SYNC I had to share it with you!! So awesome! <br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SYNC is a <b>free </b>summer audiobook program for young adults. From May 15<sup>th</sup> to August 13<sup>th</sup>, SYNC gives away<b> two complete audiobook</b> <b>downloads a week</b> – a current young adult title along with a thematically paired classic or required summer reading title. Sign up for email and text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at <a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/?csspreview=true">www.audiobooksync.com</a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />So fabulous! I can't wait until May 15th. The <a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/free-sync-downloads/sync-schedule/" target="_blank">SNYC title lineup</a> looks pretty awesome to me and I am looking forward to listening to novels written by </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eoin Colfer, James Patterson , Agatha Christie, William Shakespeare, Ally Carter, L.M. Montgomery, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Elizabeth Wein... etc! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />If you haven't ever heard an audiobook go preview the titles <a href="https://soundcloud.com/audiofilemagazine/sets/2014-sync-ya-titles" target="_blank">here</a>! It will give you a small taste of what each book will sound like.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This story caught me up in it’s magic right from the beginning. Felicity Pickle, a collector of words, needs disparately to find the lost magic of Midnight Gulch and break the curse that keeps her family forever wandering. This was an <b>awesome</b> first book from Natalie Lloyd. It left me happy in the heart. I can hardly wait to read more from her. </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Grade:</span> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span>Scoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312166939537978521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109940390104521776.post-4569535715819990162014-04-15T12:47:00.003-05:002014-04-15T12:47:25.516-05:00Welcome Peppermint Pattie!<span style="font-family: inherit;">For years I have run this blog on my own, but have always invited my book-loving family and/or friends to post reviews of books on my site if they are interested. I enjoy this hobby and I am always trying it share it with others. I finally have a taker!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Peppermint Pattie!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Currently Peppermint Pattie spends a lot of time reading
board books (to her new grandbabies), but her favorite genre is murder mystery
novels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Peppermint Pattie can be persuaded to
read a variety of clean, engaging novels outside of that genre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She enjoys fiction and nonfiction alike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
recently convinced to read The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater and loved it.
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Peppermint Pattie will be posting occasional reviews, or whatever else she feels like saying in regards to books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Welcome Peppermint Pattie!</strong></span>Scoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312166939537978521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109940390104521776.post-69391438207819017032014-03-18T11:53:00.000-05:002014-03-18T12:01:17.870-05:00Maze Runner Movie Trailer!<br />
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I read James Dashner's Maze Runner books pretty much as they were published (or earlier!)... so of course I was excited they were making it into a movie. But with the -<b>blah</b>- recently produced out of all the YA-book to movie attempts I was a little worried about how it might turn out. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I mean honestly, I read the Divergent book series and the trailers don't even make me the tiniest bit excited about that movie)</span>. But the Maze Runner trailer seems to have settled those fears for me. *crossing-my-fingers* that the movie turns out well! I don't know who any of the actors are (which I think is a good thing) and it looks like they may have a done a decent job on it... It will probably be a cliff-notes and less gruesome version of the books. I hope it does work out well because I enjoyed the series. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> It can't be worse than what they did to Twilight... </span><br />
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Scoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312166939537978521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109940390104521776.post-81471741688676345322014-03-12T12:06:00.000-05:002014-03-12T12:06:12.925-05:00Feeling Lucky? Bag-o-Swag giveaway! <br />
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Over the handful of years of I have been book blogging I have collected a lot <b>SWAG </b>(see picture).<br />
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Which is awesome.<br />
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BUT all of the swag has been hanging in a book bag in my spare closet. Collecting dust.<br />
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Shameful!<br />
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And I have come to realize there won't really be a time in my life (or at least not the near future) where I will have a place to put all of the random bookmarks, posters, buttons, etc that I have collected.<br />
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You know the one.<br />
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The wall that is covered with all of their favorite inspiration things; quotes, pictures, book jackets, autographs, etc. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I had THE WALL as a teenager. It was madness and I loved it).</span><br />
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Therefore, I want someone to ENJOY my bag-o-swag. I picked out a handful of precious (to me) items and I am giving the rest away! It is nothing fancy, but there are some fun autographs in there; <span style="font-size: x-small;">Lauren Oliver, Jeri Smith-Ready, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Lisa Desrochers, Kiki Hamilton, Sophie Jordan, Kirsten Hubbard, etc..</span><br />
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Just enter the rafflectoper below for a chance to win. And if you do win and just happen to have THE WALL you should let me know. I would totally love to show it off on the blog after you have received a boost of my collected swag for your collection.<br />
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ENJOY.<br />
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is release day for four amazing Entangled Teen titles and I am excited to
share one of them with you! <span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today
Knight Assassin is on sale <strong>for just $.99</strong> for a limited
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Title:
Knight Assassin</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Author:
Rima Jean</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Publisher:
Entangled Teen</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Pub.
Date: March 4, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Find
it: </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20517414-knight-assassin?ac=1"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Goodreads</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Assassin-Entangled-Teen-Rima-ebook/dp/B00HTJBDMO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391289925&sr=8-1&keywords=Rima+jean"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Amazon</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/knight-assassin-rima-jean/1118048796?ean=9781622664573"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">B&N</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Seventeen-year-old Zayn has
special powers she cannot control—powers that others fear and covet. Powers
that cause the Templar Knights to burn Zayn’s mother at the stake for
witchcraft. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">When a mysterious stranger
tempts Zayn to become the first female member of the heretical Assassins, the
chance to seek her revenge lures her in. She trains to harness her supernatural
strength and agility, and then enters the King of Jerusalem's court in disguise
with the assignment to assassinate Guy de Molay, her mother’s condemner. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">But once there, she
discovers Earic Goodwin, the childhood friend who still holds her heart, among
the knights—and his ocean-blue eyes don’t miss a thing. Will vengeance be worth
the life of the one love she has left? </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Rima Online:</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Oops! I missed a good one. </div>
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One of the books I have been highly anticipating was released yesterday. </div>
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Wahoo! A day late, but its the thought that counts .... right?!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Shadow Throne </span></b><span style="font-size: large;">(Ascendance Trilogy Series #3) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">by Jennifer A. Nielsen</span><br />
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<span id="freeText9698749835449880095"><b>One war.<br />Too many deadly battles.<br />Can a king save his kingdom, when his own survival seems unlikely?</b><br /><br />War
has come to Carthya. It knocks at every door and window in the land.
And when Jaron learns that King Vargan of Avenia has kidnapped Imogen in
a plot to bring Carthya to its knees, Jaron knows it is up to him to
embark on a daring rescue mission. But everything that can go wrong
does.<br /><br />His friends are flung far and wide across Carthya and its
neighbouring lands. In a last-ditch effort to stave off what looks to be
a devastating loss for the kingdom, Jaron undertakes what may be his
last journey to save everything and everyone he loves. But even with his
lightning-quick wit, Jaron cannot forestall the terrible danger that
descends on him and his country. Along the way, will he lose what
matters most? And in the end, who will sit on Carthya's throne?<br /><br />Rousing and affecting, Jaron's adventures have thrilled and moved readers in <i>The False Prince</i> and <i>The Runaway King</i>.
Journey once again with the Ascendant King of Carthya, as New York
Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen brings his story to a
stunning conclusion with <i>The Shadow Throne</i>.</span><br />
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Jennifer A. Nielsen's <a href="http://www.jennielsen.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a></div>
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<span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Time for "Waiting On Wednesday" weekly meme hosted by </span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #6b2738;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Breaking the Spine!</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating! </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Death Sworn </strong></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">by Leah Cypess</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span> To Be Published:</span></span></span></span> March 4th 2014
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span id="freeText12281780891785157217">When Ileni lost her
magic, she lost everything: her place in society, her purpose in life,
and the man she had expected to spend her life with. So when the Elders
sent her to be magic tutor to a secret sect of assassins, she went
willingly, even though the last two tutors had died under mysterious
circumstances.<br /><br />But beneath the assassins’ caves, Ileni will
discover a new place and a new purpose… and a new and dangerous love.
She will struggle to keep her lost magic a secret while teaching it to
her deadly students, and to find out what happened to the two tutors who
preceded her. But what she discovers will change not only her future,
but the future of her people, the assassins… and possibly the entire
world.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><strong><span><span><span>My Ramblings on </span></span></span><span><span><span>Death Sworn</span></span></span></strong><span><span><span><strong>: </strong>I have not ever read anything by Leah Cypess, but I know that her Mistwood series is popular. This new <i>Death Sworn</i> series sounds pretty interesting and I like the cover art! Magic, assassins, lost love... sounds like a fun read to me! I am game. Only a few more days and this one will be hitting the shelves!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Olivia and the Fairy Princesses</b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b>by Ian Falconer</span></span></span></h1>
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<b>Publication Date</b>: </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">August 28th 2012
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<b>Age Range</b>: Children +<br />
<b>Pages</b>: 40<br />
<b>Book Source</b>: Baby shower gift! <br />
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book starring the world’s most imaginative pig, Olivia embarks upon a
quest for identity with very lofty goals—and being a princess is NOT one
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<span id="freeText11639518579575247357">Join Olivia on a hilarious quest for individuality, and rest assured, you won’t find THIS pig pleased to be in pink!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Having just recently started reading picture books again </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">(yay for a newborn expanding my horizons)</span></span> I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Olivia is a spunky girl (pig), with a personality that stands out. Olivia wants to be unique and the story follows her mental journey through a day of deciding what she wanted to "be". As an adult reading a lot of infant board-books it was refreshing to read a story to my three month old that didn't rhyme and had 'big' words. Any children's book with the word <i>corporate malfeasance</i> is generally going to make me smile. As for my little listener she seems to enjoy the mostly black and white art work with splashes of red and pink. This is a book I don't mind reading to her again and I enjoyed the moral of the story; be yourself, be unique and dream big! If you haven't already tried an Olivia book for your young reader be sure to check them out. <i>Olivia and the Fairy Princesses</i> is a great way to start. </span></span></div>
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<span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Time for "Waiting On Wednesday" weekly meme hosted by </span><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #6b2738;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Breaking the Spine!</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating! </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Dreams of Gods & Monsters</strong> (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3) by Laini Taylor</span></span></span><span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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This past year I have taken a pretty long hiatus from book blogging. All in the name of one sweet baby girl! I am<strong> <span style="font-size: large;">so excited</span></strong> to be a new mother and I love spending time with my precious girl. <br />
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But now I am back at work again and it looks like life has organized itself into <em>somewhat</em> of a routine. So for now, I am back to blogging again! My book blog is a hobby and I occasionally get burned out/tired of the hassle... but I feel a lot of energy and excitement about it again, so I want to get back into the swing of things! My love for reading never fades, so even when I am not posting about books I am still reading them. I am looking forward to sharing my book-reading-journey with you again!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The last
thing Ward de'Ath wants is more trouble. On the run from both the law and the
criminal underworld, Ward and Celia flee Brawenal City only to stumble into the
mansion of a powerful evil necromancer. And when Ward discovers the man
possesses a dangerous grimoire, his duty leaves him no choice. He can't allow
the necromancer to keep the grimoire. But the mansion is filled with
monsters--human and undead--and Ward has no way of telling who's friend or foe.
The only person he can trust is Celia who dominates more of his thoughts and
feelings everyday. But there are still laws in the way of anything but
friendship. She's still dead and he's still alive . . . for now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Melanie has always been drawn to story telling. In fact, she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t telling a story in her head or on paper. In grade school, they had journal
writing time which she turned into story telling time, weaving tales of magic and
adventure that mimicked the fairy tales and myths that she loved to read. It was
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello and welcome to a giveaway stop on <i>The Planet Thieves</i> book tour! I personally haven't had a chance to read <i>The Planet Thieves</i> yet, but I have only heard great things about it so of course I can't wait to get my hands on it! Check out this great sounding start to a series below...<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
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weeks ago, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and seventeen of his fellow
cadets from the Academy for Earth Space Command boarded the <i>SS Egypt</i>. The trip was supposed to be a short routine voyage to log their required spacetime for summer quarter.<br /><br />But
routine goes out the airlock when they’re attacked by the Tremist, an
alien race who have been at war with humanity for the last sixty years.<br /><br />With
the captain and crew dead, injured, or taken prisoner, Mason and the
cadets are all that’s left to warn the ESC. And soon they find out
exactly why the Tremist chose this ship to attack: the <i>Egypt</i> is carrying a weapon that could change the war forever.<br /><br />Now
Mason will have to lead the cadets in a daring assault to take back the
ship, rescue the survivors, and recover the weapon. Before there isn’t a
war left to fight.</span></span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="freeText9089749239593982401">Add it to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16059438-the-planet-thieves" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>! </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765334283" target="_blank">The Planet Thieves</a> is out now, and available for purchase! </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This series has <i>already </i>been <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/warner-bros-gets-in-thick-with-the-planet-thieves/" target="_blank">optioned for film</a> by Warner Bros! HeyDay Films will be handling it, who also handled the <i>Harry Potter </i>film franchise!Yay!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Be sure to check out the first stop on <i>The Planet Thieves</i> blog tour at <a href="http://www.themidnightgarden.net/2013/05/planetthieves.html" target="_blank">The Midnight Garden</a> and follow it from there!! </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is World Book Night?</b></span><br />"World Book Night U.S. is a celebration of books and reading held on
April 23, when 25,000 passionate volunteers across America give a total
of half a million books within their communities to those who don’t
regularly read. In 2012, World Book Night was celebrated in the U.S.,
the UK, Ireland, and Germany and saw over 80,000 people gift more than
2.5 million books." (<a href="http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/about-us/what-we-do" target="_blank">Source</a>)</span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I am a Book Giver!</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>I was chosen again <span style="font-size: small;">this year </span>to be a Book Giver and I can't wait to start handing out books to reluctant/new readers! I live right by a college campus and in a big city, so I am sure it won't be an issue to find new readers out and about today. However, I am only one person and can only go <i>so far</i>. BUT with this blog I can reach a national audience so I have decided to give away two copies of my World Book Night book right here! I was lucky enough to be chosen to hand <span style="font-size: small;">out copies of John Grisham's <i>Playing for Pizza</i>!</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Playing for Pizza by John Grisham</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="freeText10533182831976838425">"Rick Dockery was the
third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC
Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of
virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point
lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst
single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a
national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns
and shunned by all other teams.<br /><br /> But all Rick knows is football,
and he insists that his agent, Arnie, find a team that needs him.
Against enormous odds Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs
Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a <i>starting </i>quarterback. Great, says Rick—for which team?<br /><br />The mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy.<br /><br />Yes,
Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the
Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player—any former NFL
player—at their helm. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the
Panthers—at least until a better offer comes along—and heads off to
Italy. He knows nothing about Parma—not even where it is—has never been
to Europe, and doesn’t speak or understand a word of Italian. <br /><br />To say that Italy—the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance, and <i>Football Americano</i>— holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement."</span></span></span><br />
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Divergent Book #3...</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Allegiant</em> is definitely on my pre-order list. I can't wait! I know October seems far away, but it will be here before we know it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I got some <i>great</i> new reads in the last week or two so I am really excited to share them with you. </span><br />
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Icons by Margaret Stohl<br />
Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan<br />
Let the Sky Fall by Shannon Messenger<br />
Loki's Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Soul Thief by Jana Oliver</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Infamous by Sherrilyn Kenyon</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern </span><br />
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