tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89108908499762586642024-03-14T04:27:08.699+01:00Karen's Choice - BooksJust a student doing what she enjoysKaren's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-3842808957581636392021-10-03T13:53:00.004+02:002021-10-03T13:59:19.579+02:00Review - The Wicked King<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-weight: bold;">Title:</span><span> The Wicked King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mp8Vf1uCh5U/YVmY6O65h9I/AAAAAAAACGU/DjV3bD4riqYCpXljXb4Br_eC_AHp1K59ACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/61fKd8CT5hL.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mp8Vf1uCh5U/YVmY6O65h9I/AAAAAAAACGU/DjV3bD4riqYCpXljXb4Br_eC_AHp1K59ACNcBGAsYHQ/s0/61fKd8CT5hL.jpg" width="213" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Author:</span></span> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Holly Black</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Published:</span></b><b style="color: #a64d79;"> </b>January 8, 2019</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">Publisher:</span></b><b style="color: #a64d79;"> </b>Little, Brown Books for Young Readers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-weight: bold;">Pages:</span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>336</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Sypnosis:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915;">You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" />The first lesson is to make yourself strong.</i><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Review: </span></b><br />The Wicked King, the sequel to the Cruel Prince, and my favorite book series this year. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Honestly, this book was over before I even realized I started it. Usually, I think 300 pages is more than enough, but I would like 600 pages this time. I'm sad to know that the third book will end soon, and I do not believe there will be a fourth book. I do not want to end this series, and yes, I know about The Lost Sisters and How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hates Stories, but it is not the same. (I still plan on reading them as well.) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I did not know what to expect after finishing The Cruel Prince, and honestly, so much happened in the spawn of a couple of months in the book and only 300 pages. I do not understand how so much happened. Still, I do not know precisely what happened. There were at least two betrayals, one twist, and lots of action. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />First, I love Jude's growth, and I'm also curious about how her greed will develop. <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">If the crown and the power will blind her or her choices will be for the people's best</span>. I wonder when she will learn to balance the power of lies and trust and maybe realize that communication is the key in most relationships. Let's talk more about her greed. She understands<span style="background-color: white;"> that the </span>power is tempting her, and there are times when she is scared because she realizes that some of her motives and actions are driven by her selfish desires. Yet, she is blinded by it in moments where she is given the option of more power. I love it so much since her blindness leads to her downfall and humiliation. <span style="background-color: white;">The r</span>ealization that her greed blocked out all of her rational thoughts was terrific and devastating to read. She knew deep down that it was not the best choice, but she still went for it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />So, regarding the humiliation. I love the plot twist at the ending. I had to put the book down for a couple of minutes since I ended up being embarrassed on her behalf, needed to breathe and calm myself down. I usually get too emotionally invested in books. If they are sad, then I will empathize. If they are angry, I am mad. The same applies to embarrassment, I was so embarrassed, and I did not expect that I just turned off my kindle automatically. I had to just take a break and tell myself that she is the main character. It will turn out okay in the end. Her downfall is fantastic, leading to an anticlimactic change in her life. It was honestly not a plot twist I expected, and I usually expect some type of plot twist. It also made the title of the third book make so much more sense.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Spoiler for Queen of Nothing - Read on your own risk</span><br /></b>I'm still not too fond of Taryn. I did start book number three, and there is a minor change, but she has lost all of my trust. I hate Locke even more, and I'm not satisfied with how book three has started for personal reasons since I want to see him suffer. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>What are your thoughts about this book?</b></span></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-51802786107127234072021-09-22T15:12:00.000+02:002021-09-22T15:12:00.596+02:00WWW Wednesday<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by </span><a href="https://samannelizabeth.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Sam @ Taking On a World of Words</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">. All you have to do is answer the three Ws, which are listed below. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;"><br /></span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2975/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="2975" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h210/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></span></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times;">Feel free to post a link to your blog post or leave a comment if you do not have a blog.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>The Three Ws are:<br /></span></span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><b><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What are you currently reading?</span></b></span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IxREnjcLMjw/YUsod8LEZ5I/AAAAAAAACE4/8uMm4ytuNMkUOW8Yk1H6NdXGYgbFujfRQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/518nA6KLZPL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IxREnjcLMjw/YUsod8LEZ5I/AAAAAAAACE4/8uMm4ytuNMkUOW8Yk1H6NdXGYgbFujfRQCNcBGAsYHQ/s0/518nA6KLZPL.jpg" width="213" /></a><br /><br />Yes, I am still reading this one. This has been a long month for me. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-14K9MSXN5BA/YUspKrRUaxI/AAAAAAAACFU/eLF_PzBElr0MZJyGtrRbW_FENbsO_jRvgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/61fKd8CT5hL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-14K9MSXN5BA/YUspKrRUaxI/AAAAAAAACFU/eLF_PzBElr0MZJyGtrRbW_FENbsO_jRvgCNcBGAsYHQ/s0/61fKd8CT5hL.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="text-align: right;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: right;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: right;">I needed a break from A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire and decided to start in The Wicked King. It is pretty good so far. </span><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /><br /><br /></span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></b><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">What did you recently finish? </span></b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-arDIvtxQomY/YUspT4gE9kI/AAAAAAAACFY/dI-SxyuV8SAXamkecTEB19yY3hyEeR-bgCNcBGAsYHQ/s475/44421460._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-arDIvtxQomY/YUspT4gE9kI/AAAAAAAACFY/dI-SxyuV8SAXamkecTEB19yY3hyEeR-bgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/44421460._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">This is the last book I read, but I recently finished reading the first half of<b style="color: #a64d79;"> </b></span><span style="font-family: times;">Paityn Parque's second book, the sequel of Madness. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">What will you read next?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3K2jaJt1ED0/YUspzw0FgAI/AAAAAAAACFo/SKkKYy8Cv5Q95vkQwJEirS2VTdOqDVOkgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/9780141375632_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="209" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3K2jaJt1ED0/YUspzw0FgAI/AAAAAAAACFo/SKkKYy8Cv5Q95vkQwJEirS2VTdOqDVOkgCNcBGAsYHQ/s0/9780141375632_1.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span>I will definitely read this book next, really looking forward to reading a book and not on my kindle. I love my kindle, but I miss holding a book, and it is also a lot easier to annotate in books. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I am, for some reason, really struggling with the format of blogger, the pictures keep jumping down, and the text is glued to the images. I honestly do not know how to fix it since it does not look like that while I write and insert pictures. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">What are you currently reading?</span></b></p>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-85322342433502548012021-09-12T22:21:00.002+02:002021-09-12T22:21:48.797+02:00Book Review - Before the Coffee gets Cold<p><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courgette;">Title:</span></b> <span style="font-family: times;">Before the Coffee Gets Cold </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x4FEhfwbbA8/YT5f-D0aknI/AAAAAAAACEY/EeKkVc1NBYIyFc-sQKgF0R0F5nV9Hf4MQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/44421460._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="212" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x4FEhfwbbA8/YT5f-D0aknI/AAAAAAAACEY/EeKkVc1NBYIyFc-sQKgF0R0F5nV9Hf4MQCNcBGAsYHQ/s0/44421460._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Author</span><span style="font-family: times;">: </span></span></b><span style="font-family: times;">Toshikazu Kawaguchi</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Published:</span> </span></b><span style="font-family: times;">September 19th, 2019</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;">Publisher</span><span style="font-family: times;">:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: times;"> Picardo</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courgette;"><b>Summary: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">In </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Before the Coffee Gets Cold</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Courgette;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courgette;"><b>Review: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">I had to check Goodreads before writing this review, and those reviewers either loved the book or hated the book. I'm in the first group of people. I loved it and had so much fun reading this book. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">I have been having a hard time putting my thoughts and feelings about this book into actual sentences that people can understand. For some reason, it was very difficult for this book. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">The book revolves around a cafe and the staff there. The cafe itself is not fancy or expensive. It is a rather humble cafe with a not very good location. The cafe has no windows, and no matter what seasons it is, its temperature is always cold. The staff consists of one man and two ladies, and they are all family. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">The staff itself is special. First, you have the man. He is tall and quiet, though it is evident that he loves his job. His wife is a lively, talkative, and happy woman, though fragile and often sick. Last is her sister, a girl who often doesn’t show her feelings, and she is the only one the Ghost listens and communicates with. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Yes, this book does not only involve time travel but also ghosts and lots of rules! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">I loved the book. I truly did. I finished it within two days, I sped through like my life depended on it. I even annotated the things I liked and found peculiar interesting. The way the author described the characters was good, their appearance did not have to be beautiful, but the way he described their personality unfold made them beautiful. We did not get to know the staff before the book's second part and slowly and steadily be introduced to other characters. He took his time explaining their pasts and the reason why some wanted to time travel. Some characters did not even seem important before later into the book. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">The ghost caught my attention quickly after learning about her, as she is not a regular ghost. Her existence is purely based on rules. She is both a robot and a living being at the same time. There are moments in the book where she seems almost alive and conscious, breaking her pattern and making me wonder if she is actually aware of everything around her. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Another character that I noticed, was one of the employees. She is described as a rather timed and forgettable girl. Though, the ghost has chosen her as the only person being able to somewhat communicate with her. What about her that makes her special is still unknown to me, it might be her ability to control her feelings, but as for now, it will remain a question. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">I will definitely read the sequel, and maybe some of my questions will be answered. </span></p>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-47364437305283233942021-09-08T13:01:00.000+02:002021-09-08T13:01:16.718+02:00WWW Wednesday<div class="separator"><h2 style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Dancing Script"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello </span></span></h2></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-84039b08-7fff-c6a1-753f-4980d75c5ae9"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 11.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;">WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://samannelizabeth.wordpress.com/">Sam @ Taking On a World of Words</a>. All you have to do is answer the three Ws, which are listed below. </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2975/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="2975" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h210/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br />Feel free to post a link to your blog post or leave a comment if you do not have a blog.<br /><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>The Three Ws are:</span></span><br /><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What are you currently reading?</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QPAXynR0NxQ/YTiWJ6YHPVI/AAAAAAAACDs/8HPZL3qHeRQs67oIF64CU3LEJiM1Vt-MQCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/518nA6KLZPL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QPAXynR0NxQ/YTiWJ6YHPVI/AAAAAAAACDs/8HPZL3qHeRQs67oIF64CU3LEJiM1Vt-MQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/518nA6KLZPL.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;">Currently reading the sequel to From Ash and Blood, this book is longer than the first. I'm currently loving it just as much as the first book and really looking forward to finishing it.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">What did you recently finish? </span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNqIP0MWI1c/YTiWgrg9jUI/AAAAAAAACD0/31kHTXAgLY4_nNkjNa8aBqdlkE5qvC9LwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/44421460._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="212" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNqIP0MWI1c/YTiWgrg9jUI/AAAAAAAACD0/31kHTXAgLY4_nNkjNa8aBqdlkE5qvC9LwCNcBGAsYHQ/s0/44421460._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;">I recently finished this gem of a book, and I'm super excited to review it. I absolutely loved it and finished the book after 4-5 hours of intensive reading. This book is definitely worth the hype it is getting. </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">What will you read next?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t17H3-G4HD4/YTiXGl_QqTI/AAAAAAAACEA/CtTo22a6mFwL8L3sdqb4uQUStz1U77EzQCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/61fKd8CT5hL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t17H3-G4HD4/YTiXGl_QqTI/AAAAAAAACEA/CtTo22a6mFwL8L3sdqb4uQUStz1U77EzQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/61fKd8CT5hL.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="417" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l5pROe28k3g/YTiXC9OD2qI/AAAAAAAACD8/YWa_ar6lUcgwS-Z17sfYXgRGjYEqh3z2gCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/9780141375632_1.jpg" width="209" /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Depending on my mood, I will either be reading One of Us is Lying or The Wicked King. I think I'm leaning more towards The Wicked King, but that might change after I finish A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: 700;">What are you currently reading?</span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></span></div></span>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-8180658140655375502021-09-01T12:00:00.005+02:002021-09-01T16:37:08.892+02:00Book Review - The Cruel Prince<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JN3EPAs1bI8/YSvzaYLy0aI/AAAAAAAACDQ/9hmsl7ydN1o1aiXuZlp1vWp11eNlfWFbACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/crule%2Bprince.jpg" width="206" /></div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Title:</span></b> The Cruel Prince </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Author: </span></b>Holly Black<br /><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Published:</b></span> January 2nd, 2018<br /><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Publisher:</span></b> Little, Brown Books for Young Readers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Summary:</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Of course, I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.<br /><br />And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Jude was seven when her parents were murdered, and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters and Faerie itself.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Review: </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Another book that booktok made me buy, so again, thank you for the endless videos on tiktok talking about this book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Let's start at the beginning, the very first chapter. It threw me off, not because of what happened but because of the way it was written. The style was in the third person, and I honestly had difficulty understanding which person would be the main character. I knew that if this was how the whole book was written, I would struggle to finish it. Luckily, it changed after chapter 1. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">The first half of the book was good, but it was not great. I had a hard time understanding Jude's decisions and even struggled to understand her sisters. The way Carden and his friends were attacking her and her sister made me angry, and it all seemed to be moving at a languid pace. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Then it all changed, approximately halfway through the book. The betrayal that happened angered me so much that I had to put the book down and go for a run (my 2nd fastest run of the year, just bragging a little). Jude's intentions become more clear, and the plot started to make sense. I could finally see which direction it was headed. The last half of the book had me hooked, and I finished the book in no time since I could not put it down. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Over to the characters, starting with our main character Jude. I like her. She is strong and has a mind of her own, though she sometimes strikes me as a "not like other girls" type of girl. Sometimes her actions seem irrational and illogical. Despite this, the root of her actions is always focused on improving her sisters' lives. She goes up against the bully because she wants him to leave her and mainly her sister alone. She accepts so much from Taryn, not even caring that Taryn is turning her back to Jude as long as Taryn is safe. Jude wants to become a royal guard. Since then, no one will be able to harm Taryn or her. I'm really looking forward to watching Jude grow.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taryn is her twin sister, they are identical, and honestly, I liked Taryn initially. She was scared and did not have a strong voice like her sister. She tried her best to find a way to fit in as well. Though, I now hate her.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Vivi is the girl's older sister. She is fantastic and my favorite character in the book. Her personality is cheerful and happy; she lives her own life, not caring about anything. She does her best to find a way out of their world and back to the human world. Despite Jude not realizing it, Vivi has always worked towards a safe way to leave and start over in the human world. She loves her sisters and their little brother and would do anything to make sure they were safe. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cardan is becoming better and better in my book. I have a theory that he has been helping human servants. Though, as for now, I do not have any strong thoughts or feelings about him. I am looking forward to getting to know this character as well. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Locke, I hate him. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">The rest of the characters are all amazing in their own way, they all have unique personalities, and there seems to be a lot to unfold. Disclaimer, I do not like all of them, but I still find their story and personalities very intriguing and looking forward to understanding why they act and behave the way they do. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">The sequel is already paid for and downloaded to my kindle, looking forward to starting it after A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;"><b>Have you read The Cruel Prince?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-90812508485747685692021-08-29T16:49:00.003+02:002021-08-29T23:00:50.450+02:00Ebook Review - Madness<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-boqfFUCwkEs/YSudhXnuGLI/AAAAAAAACDI/QowF7NvyKMIa0PhrCxF66-5s4_b8nKBCQCNcBGAsYHQ/s475/58757838._SY475_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="298" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-boqfFUCwkEs/YSudhXnuGLI/AAAAAAAACDI/QowF7NvyKMIa0PhrCxF66-5s4_b8nKBCQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/58757838._SY475_.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Title:</span></b> Madness <br /></span><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Author:</span></b> Paityn Parque<br /></span><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Published:</span></b> August 11th, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">This book was given to me for a review request. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">Summary: <br /></span></b><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Death is not an escape.</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">One night Ezra Adkins is brutally murdered in her own home. As she was dying, she expects to wake up in the afterworld.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">She was wrong.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">She loses consciousness and awakens into a horrific game of kill or be killed. Players can be killed an infinite number of times, but the only permanent way out of the game is their actual death by suicide.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Players in the game ruthlessly hunt each other for points, while others kill for fun. Most players have given up on finding an escape from the game and spiral into insanity, killing without reason.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">It’s mayhem.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Ezra soon learns who to trust and who to hunt down. But as she falls deeper into the game, she starts to lose herself as the bodies pile up. The line blurs between what she’s always known to be right and wrong.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Metal will clash. Blood will spill. Minds will break. And before it’s too late, Ezra must find an escape from the game before she becomes the real enemy.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">Review: </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Let me first say, Paityn is 15 years old and wrote a whole book with 301 pages! That alone is super impressive. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">I was very intrigued after reading the summary; it reminded me of a mix between Hunger Games and Sword Art Online. We follow Ezra, who becomes trapped in a game, a game she never signed up for. The rules are simple; you level up by surviving and killing others; the people you kill will not permanently die but respawn somewhere else. However, if you decide to kill yourself, you will permanently die. The only way to get out of the game alive is to kill people, gain blood points, and buy your way out. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Our main character Ezra is a headstrong girl with a well-thought-out personality. I loved her character development and how she didn't seem perfect. She had flaws, and being completely new to the game and its work meant that she was also naive. She overestimated herself and her abilities and underestimated the other players, forgetting that they also had abilities. This made Ezra appear more human and realistic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Every player has abilities, and they access them through a book. Everyone has main abilities and can unlock upgrades for the abilities, which I found very interesting and fun. The abilities were unique, so every player had their own style of fighting others. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">The world Paityn created was simple and easy to understand. The world itself wasn't the main plot, and I'm glad she did not use lots of time to explain how the world looked like. She explained everything necessary and kept it at that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Her writing style was also excellent. The way she described the characters was very natural. She described them by expressing their facial expression, adding their eye colors, jawlines, height, etc., clearly and simply. Paityn also described their personality through their emotions and how they reacted in certain situations, cleanly and. It was lots of fun to read it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">There are two reasons why I can not give this book 5 stars. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">1) Dramatic scenes were over too quickly. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">This book is characterized by action and dramatics. It's a world where our characters have to fight for survival, and not everyone has the right mindset to survive it. The build-ups to important events were over too quickly. Important events that scarred Ezra were over before I realized it was about to happen, something dramatic. The villain that follows us has great potential, but when we first got introduced to him, to be honest. I didn't even realize he would be our main villain. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">2) The name change in the middle of the book. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">The name change that happens is not my cup of tea. Someone might love it, and I am impressed by her unique way of changing the name of our main character and marking the change of her personality, but it was just not my thing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: times;">I'm really looking forward to seeing how Paityn will grow as an author! </span></b></p>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-53679541227248068342021-08-25T20:22:00.003+02:002021-08-25T20:22:28.197+02:00WWW Wednesday <p> </p><div class="separator"><h2 style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Dancing Script"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello </span></span></h2></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://samannelizabeth.wordpress.com/">Sam @ Taking On a World of Words</a>, all you have to do is answer the three Ws which are listed below. </div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2975/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="2975" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h210/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Feel free to post a link to your blog post or leave a comment if you do not have a blog.<br /><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>The Three Ws are:</span></span><br /><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What are you currently reading?</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1y2QBySQeVE/YSaJrRJFi4I/AAAAAAAACCs/jfTuBbdf0pEnaJ1a6yI4fKx2AZY3Ebd7ACNcBGAsYHQ/s475/58757838._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="298" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1y2QBySQeVE/YSaJrRJFi4I/AAAAAAAACCs/jfTuBbdf0pEnaJ1a6yI4fKx2AZY3Ebd7ACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/58757838._SY475_.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently just started to read Madness by Paityn E.Parque, this book was given to me as a review request. The athour is only 15 years old and so far I'm very impressed by how well written and planned the book is. I'm excited to see how the plot will continue to devoled and the characters. </div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQEGEyFg5ZM/YRzC6le9-2I/AAAAAAAAB_U/edRmYw1KVxc6XLezkfIHiGKa5Ga7ls9pACNcBGAsYHQ/s475/15839976.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQEGEyFg5ZM/YRzC6le9-2I/AAAAAAAAB_U/edRmYw1KVxc6XLezkfIHiGKa5Ga7ls9pACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/15839976.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm still reading this book... I like it a lot, but I recently caved in and bought a kindle. This means I'm currently super obsessed with it and therefore have only read on my kindle the last weeks. I will finish this book eventually. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">What did you recently finish? </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cw2Wv_9vOek/YSaJTCzcfUI/AAAAAAAACCk/q8WV3Hl5SNAemDORYrPGSTvVeEaquSg5wCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/crule%2Bprince.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cw2Wv_9vOek/YSaJTCzcfUI/AAAAAAAACCk/q8WV3Hl5SNAemDORYrPGSTvVeEaquSg5wCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/crule%2Bprince.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I finished The Cruel Prince. I really liked it and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel. The review for this book will be up during the weekend I assume. Depending on how much time I have.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">What will you read next?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_4o991PgVqY/YSZ2CGKXArI/AAAAAAAACCc/5YD79yRxp9EkkEgrMmL-b7Xkg3hTpmouQCNcBGAsYHQ/s475/44421460._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_4o991PgVqY/YSZ2CGKXArI/AAAAAAAACCc/5YD79yRxp9EkkEgrMmL-b7Xkg3hTpmouQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/44421460._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I will still read this book next, it was just put on hold since I got a book for reviewing which I</div><div style="text-align: center;">intend to finish first. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">What are you currently reading?</span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-26452975238702094572021-08-20T13:27:00.000+02:002021-08-20T13:27:16.263+02:00Finding Friday<p><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: large;">Hello</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p>I have started this weekly meme, which is called Finding Friday and is more or less copied from <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;" target="_blank">Breaking the Spine</a>. Sadly her's weekly meme is no longer active and I will therefore start my own. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3IhfwRwh6Y/YR-OTjtP5jI/AAAAAAAACBc/vUsjte59gK89L_gRwEBjpSekFmGRRAs0wCNcBGAsYHQ/s2975/finding%2Bfriday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="2975" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3IhfwRwh6Y/YR-OTjtP5jI/AAAAAAAACBc/vUsjte59gK89L_gRwEBjpSekFmGRRAs0wCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h229/finding%2Bfriday.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Basically, this will be a weekly meme that<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> spotlights upcoming releases that I am eagerly anticipating.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqfJo3Fonxw/YR-RFfp0ZJI/AAAAAAAACBk/3ZgatTonTmgkEV8xEXRe6ymE3VnF2L3CQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/56269064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="658" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqfJo3Fonxw/YR-RFfp0ZJI/AAAAAAAACBk/3ZgatTonTmgkEV8xEXRe6ymE3VnF2L3CQCNcBGAsYHQ/w264-h400/56269064.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The highlight of the week is: <br /></span><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Title:</span></b> Rock Paper Scissors</p><p><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Author:</span></b> Alice Feeney</p><p><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Publication day: </span></b>September 7th, 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>I have always liked thrillers ever since I was young and read the Robyn series if anyone knows about it. Either way, I'm really looking forward to being able to buy it, some people have already gotten it, but unfortunately, I'm not one of them. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Summary: </span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Think you know the person you married? Think again…</b></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts – paper, cotton, pottery, tin – and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget.</b> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Any books you are looking forward to?</span></b></p>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-81030329150596973182021-08-18T10:35:00.002+02:002021-08-19T12:50:30.406+02:00WWW Wednesday <div class="separator"><h2 style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Dancing Script"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello </span></span></h2></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://samannelizabeth.wordpress.com/">Sam @ Taking On a World of Words</a>, all you have to do is answer the three Ws which are listed below. </div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2975/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="2975" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3xXOA4wYE8/YR43NylWviI/AAAAAAAACAM/8mWL5w9idwUAwWeMhVsXn-B3-jAyCzjcwCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h210/SeekPng.com_cherry-blossoms-png_1703312%2B%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Feel free to post a link to your blog post or leave a comment if you do not have a blog.<br /><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>The Three Ws are:</span></span><br /><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What are you currently reading?</span></b></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDnqYTslKLQ/YRzDJA3TmJI/AAAAAAAAB_c/FWrvDiDdzioqErgimaJRbQlXyZRgQMs3QCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/crule%2Bprince.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GDnqYTslKLQ/YRzDJA3TmJI/AAAAAAAAB_c/FWrvDiDdzioqErgimaJRbQlXyZRgQMs3QCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/crule%2Bprince.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently reading The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, this was a booktok recommendation. So far, I like it, though I'm not used to enemies to lovers or bully romances, so I must say that I do not know how I'm ever gonna like the male lead. I currently hate him so much...</span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQEGEyFg5ZM/YRzC6le9-2I/AAAAAAAAB_U/edRmYw1KVxc6XLezkfIHiGKa5Ga7ls9pACNcBGAsYHQ/s475/15839976.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQEGEyFg5ZM/YRzC6le9-2I/AAAAAAAAB_U/edRmYw1KVxc6XLezkfIHiGKa5Ga7ls9pACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/15839976.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm still reading this book... I like it a lot, but I recently caved in and bought a kindle. This means I'm currently super obsessed with it and therefore have only read on my kindle the last weeks. I will finish this book eventually. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What did you recently finish reading?</span></b></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i9UnjA9AHzM/YRzCQpVhpRI/AAAAAAAAB_E/fTdji_8bKVEFdl6DxZcItT4yEcIt9KS9QCNcBGAsYHQ/s475/from%2Bblood%2Band%2Bsh.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i9UnjA9AHzM/YRzCQpVhpRI/AAAAAAAAB_E/fTdji_8bKVEFdl6DxZcItT4yEcIt9KS9QCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/from%2Bblood%2Band%2Bsh.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, booktok does influence me a lot. I recently read and reviewed this book, which I very much enjoyed. If you are interested in my review (with tiny spoilers and an unpopular opinion) then you can read it <a href="http://karenschoice-books.blogspot.com/2021/08/book-review-from-blood-and-ash.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What do you think you’ll read next?</span></b></span></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IwXwVWVBdc4/YRzC-OouRlI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/uxImBq8EycgbuIm6YwOxGyeqlofwnBRygCNcBGAsYHQ/s475/44421460._SY475_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IwXwVWVBdc4/YRzC-OouRlI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/uxImBq8EycgbuIm6YwOxGyeqlofwnBRygCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/44421460._SY475_.jpg" width="212" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IwXwVWVBdc4/YRzC-OouRlI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/uxImBq8EycgbuIm6YwOxGyeqlofwnBRygCNcBGAsYHQ/s475/44421460._SY475_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;">My little sister gifted this to me since she knows I like cats and books. Hahaha, little did she know that I already have this on my tbr list. Really looking forward to reading this one, I have seen so many good reviews and many people are recommending it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">What are you currently reading and have you <span style="font-size: 14px;">read any of the books I have mentioned?</span></span></b></span></div></span></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-32765982552011248262021-08-17T15:10:00.000+02:002021-08-17T15:10:12.486+02:00Book Review - From Blood and Ash<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R4Ot4eTBl2U/YRt3fRK1-yI/AAAAAAAAB-A/QMGe8q5NtaYpd9FZjFnjFl_nn1zDlGuQwCNcBGAsYHQ/s475/from%2Bblood%2Band%2Bsh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R4Ot4eTBl2U/YRt3fRK1-yI/AAAAAAAAB-A/QMGe8q5NtaYpd9FZjFnjFl_nn1zDlGuQwCNcBGAsYHQ/w214-h320/from%2Bblood%2Band%2Bsh.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="color: #a64d79;">Title: </b>From Blood and Ash</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="color: #a64d79;">Author:</b> Jennifer L. Armentrout</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="color: #a64d79;">Publisher: </b>Blue Box Press</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="color: #a64d79;">Published: </b>March 30th, 2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Pages:</b></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;"> </span>454</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Summary: </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">A Maiden…</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">A Duty…</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">The entire kingdom’s future rests on Poppy’s shoulders, something she’s not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honor bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">A Kingdom…</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Review - which will include spoilers</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Confession time: I recently got into booktok and got convinced to buy several books including From Blood and Ash. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Honestly, I have missed reading a fantasy book. I missed the Hunger Games and Maze Runner type of books. In the last few years, I have only read more romance and realistic books, which I also absolutely love, but it is something special with fantasy books.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From Blood and Ash is an adult book, I expected a bit more spice but I did not expect what happened ish in chapter two. I just wanted to get to know the main character and the plot, but instead, they gave me a bit more spice than I expected so early. I was not prepared. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Either way, the plot developed after that and it was very good. The main character Poppy is the Maiden and almost her whole life she has been isolated from everyone, only a few selective people are to mingle and see her face. She is completely shielded from the world and is to be giving to the gods. Despite her circumstances, Poppy is not a weak girl. Being trained in secret, she knows how to defend herself and how to get away. She is also drawn to the world outside of her chambers, which she frequently explores when no one knows. The main part of the book is the build-up, the author is setting up several events to lead us toward the plot twist at the end of the book. The build-ups are often intense and let us get to know each important character and the world that Poppy lives in. We also get to know her perception of the world and we are introduced to the villain. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This might be an unpopular opinion, though some parts of the book angered me a bit cause Poppy just seemed so airheaded which does not match her character. There are moments in the book where either Hawke or someone else basically has said something super obvious to her and she has just IGNORED it, it is like she got insulated listening. For instance, Hawke's friend says something along the lines of: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"It will only end badly like last time"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Poppy does not address this at all, it's like he never said in front of her. Why does she not even think about what he said? It angers me so much. This happens from time to time, when she is trying to put the pieces together but misses the completely obvious and big pieces. She is not stupid, she is not described as an airhead or slightly inconvenient deaf. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Keep in mind, despite my anger towards Poppy's blindness, I still enjoyed the book a lot and have already bought the sequel. <b>So, I still recommend it if you like fantasy with spice. </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Have you read From Blood and Ash? What is your opinion?</b></span></div></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-54485769127547163432021-08-13T20:23:00.011+02:002021-08-17T15:09:55.471+02:00Finding Friday <p>Hello</p><p>I will be starting this weekly meme, which is called Finding Friday and is more or less copied from <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Breaking the Spine</a>. Sadly her's weekly meme is no longer active and I will therefore start my own. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKNt80EgYVc/YRa4cLYmVGI/AAAAAAAAB9U/8pubuTstrCoL6cvBRj_IPfmXQ0FNMKd4QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Gilded.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="657" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKNt80EgYVc/YRa4cLYmVGI/AAAAAAAAB9U/8pubuTstrCoL6cvBRj_IPfmXQ0FNMKd4QCNcBGAsYHQ/w263-h400/Gilded.jpg" width="263" /></a></div>Basically, this will be a weekly meme that<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"> spotlights upcoming releases that I am eagerly anticipating.</span><p></p><p>The highlight of this week is: </p><p><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Title:</b> </span>Gilded</p><p><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Author:</span></b> Marissa Meyer</p><p><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Expected publication</b>: </span>November 2nd, 2001</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, just read the summary it speaks enough on its own. Marissa Meyer has been one of my favorite authors for a very long time. I fell in love with the Lunar Chronicles and honestly can't wait for this one to be published. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Summary:</span></b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning<br /> stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.</span><p></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Or so everyone believes.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her… for a price. Love isn't meant to be part of the bargain.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever</span><span id="freeText18317213428316665576" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">What do you wanna read?</span></b></span></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-61789944803176264152021-07-30T12:16:00.004+02:002021-07-30T12:17:54.718+02:00Finding Friday <div class="separator">Hello</div><p>I will be starting this weekly meme, which is called Finding Friday and is more or less copied from <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Breaking the Spine</a>. Sadly her's weekly meme is no longer active and I will therefore start my own. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, this will be a weekly meme that<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"> spotlights upcoming releases that I am eagerly anticipating.</span></p><p>The highlight of this week is: </p><p><b>Title:</b> Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow</p><p><b>Author:</b> Christina Henry</p><p><b>Expected publication</b>: September 28th, 2021. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ElHWMDp7MVo/YQPBLQRf6DI/AAAAAAAAB8U/xePNFdghHjoUqJyocp_LN8RRyEWoCfkCACNcBGAsYHQ/s753/56552946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ElHWMDp7MVo/YQPBLQRf6DI/AAAAAAAAB8U/xePNFdghHjoUqJyocp_LN8RRyEWoCfkCACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/56552946.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><p><b style="font-family: times;">Summary:</b><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: times;">Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. Not even Ben Van Brunt's grandfather, Brom Bones, who was there when it was said the Horseman chased the upstart Crane out of town. Brom says that's just legend, the village gossips talking.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Twenty years after those storied events, the village is a quiet place. Fourteen-year-old Ben loves to play Sleepy Hollow boys, reenacting the events Brom once lived through. But then Ben and a friend stumble across the headless body of a child in the woods near the village, and the sinister discovery makes Ben question everything the adults in Sleepy Hollow have ever said. Could the Horseman be real after all? Or does something even more sinister stalk the woods?</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really like her book "The Girl in Red" and I am looking so much forward to this new book. I'm very weak for books based on fairytales. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Are there any books you are excited about? </span></b></p></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-52742521956761243232021-07-28T14:01:00.002+02:002021-07-28T14:02:41.888+02:00WWW Wednesday<p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;">Hello and welcome to the second WWW Wednesday on this blog! </span></p><p>WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://samannelizabeth.wordpress.com/">Sam @ Taking On a World of Words</a>, all you have to do is answer the three Ws which are listed below. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhSO01PnCyY/YLe-k2iypLI/AAAAAAAAB44/NXzcdcbYrrU1b69W2BJ5vrPTFn3TkBbswCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/img_1384-0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhSO01PnCyY/YLe-k2iypLI/AAAAAAAAB44/NXzcdcbYrrU1b69W2BJ5vrPTFn3TkBbswCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/img_1384-0.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post a link to your blog post or leave a comment if you do not have a blog.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">The Three Ws are:</span></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What are you currently reading?</b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SGatZfuFu2U/YLe7ZNkFYqI/AAAAAAAAB4c/AjDG9b6Ee6EdoESP5t96TgK7uxeixPH4wCNcBGAsYHQ/s1360/red.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="907" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SGatZfuFu2U/YLe7ZNkFYqI/AAAAAAAAB4c/AjDG9b6Ee6EdoESP5t96TgK7uxeixPH4wCNcBGAsYHQ/w133-h200/red.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently reading Red Rising by Pierce Brown. A review will be up soon, but let me just say, this book is amazing. I really love it so far. The plot reminds me of Hunger Games meets The Red Queen meets Ender's Game. I have always been a huge fan of those types of books since I was a teenager. The Red Rising is a bit more on the mature side, but still suitable for young adults to read.</p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What did you recently finish reading?</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xi4vRqklZaQ/YP_Het61bsI/AAAAAAAAB7I/6Z5hAr0K-OcjAERtyzimx0igFdgTQ70kgCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/Perfect%2Bimperfection.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xi4vRqklZaQ/YP_Het61bsI/AAAAAAAAB7I/6Z5hAr0K-OcjAERtyzimx0igFdgTQ70kgCNcBGAsYHQ/w125-h200/Perfect%2Bimperfection.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><br /><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">I finished this book last month, so a book review is already published. To sum it up, I liked it a lot. It's a well-written plot with amazing well-thought-out characters. The author has definitely put a lot of effort into shaping a solid background with realistic characters. You can fined the review here: <a href="http://karenschoice-books.blogspot.com/2021/06/book-review-perfect-imperfection.html" target="_blank">book review</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What do you think you’ll read next?</b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CViS3rqLQT4/YQFEujwJqZI/AAAAAAAAB7o/pS8u95ta8eQi0uawjB_PyHT7Zl1xTFmdACNcBGAsYHQ/crule%2Bprince.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CViS3rqLQT4/YQFEujwJqZI/AAAAAAAAB7o/pS8u95ta8eQi0uawjB_PyHT7Zl1xTFmdACNcBGAsYHQ/crule%2Bprince.jpg" width="155" /></a></span></div><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: initial;">Tiktok convinced me, after seeing multiple recommendations about it. I hope it is as good as TikTok has told me it is. </span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>What will you be reading?</b></span></p><p><br /></p>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-28916829485340599882021-06-14T10:56:00.001+02:002021-08-17T13:28:59.330+02:00Book Review: Perfect Imperfection<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LI_X9tDM5q8/YMcZRAdT9oI/AAAAAAAAB5U/zfpu8bokcJsQ19G-aBG-Xe743k3dMvmvgCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/Perfect%2Bimperfection.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LI_X9tDM5q8/YMcZRAdT9oI/AAAAAAAAB5U/zfpu8bokcJsQ19G-aBG-Xe743k3dMvmvgCNcBGAsYHQ/w250-h400/Perfect%2Bimperfection.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><b>Title: </b>Perfect Imperfection<p></p><p><b>Author:</b> S.E Gould</p><p><b>Pages:</b> 380</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Summary: </b></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Billings Ball is mangled and dies in a horrific car accident. Other than a handful of social media friends, nobody misses the fat, short and stupid young man. In truth, Billings is secretly saved by a neuroscientist/social media friend, who he thought died. His body is kept in cryostasis while his mind is connected to a virtual world, Billings joins his friend’s secret benevolent society called Perfect Imperfection. With assistance from accelerated learning and artificial intelligence technologies, Billings trains to become a virtual secret agent that helps humanity in the face of accelerating scientific, ecological and social evolution.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">While analyzing cybercrime targets, Blackbeard, an elite black hat hacker, discovers a pattern behind a series of philanthropic acts. Employing several false identities and cutting edge tech, he uncovers Perfect Imperfection. Digging deeper, he learns that the secret society is well-funded, consists of supposedly dead people, and is using ultra-advanced technologies outside of government regulation. Blackbeard seizes the opportunity and blackmails Perfect Imperfection.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">On his first mission, Billings stumbles upon Blackbeard’s security breach. He knows that losing their anonymity before they can demonstrate a track-record of benevolence will mean the end of Perfect Imperfection, and probably, his life. In a race against time, he must use his newly acquired sleuthing and hacking abilities, along with Perfect Imperfection’s drone and AI technologies to foil this threat to his new world.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Review: </p><div>This book was sent to me by the author for a review request. </div><div><br />The story appealed to me, as we have this grey and very forgettable main character. He was not book smart, not street-smart and he was not good-looking, he was just your completely average guy who would normally never be the main character of any story. Though he is given a second chance when an accident occurs, and he is given a second life inside an AI world. The author has built an amazing foundation for the main character and his supportive characters, they are well-thought-out characters with complex personalities. Blackbeard, The villain is a mastermind and therefore has the potential to be a huge threat to the AI world and the organization. Though he at times ends up being a bit too cliche for my taste. He tends to be a stereotypical villain and at times I could not take him seriously. I wish he had the same kind of impact as the main character and his supporting characters. </div><div><br />The story itself is very well planned, the author shows lots of knowledge about IT and technology. S.E Gould clearly has dedicated a lot of time to plan and build up the story. The author's efforts are being rewarded since the story does not lack in anything itself. Though, I must admit that the story's build-up reminds me a bit of the second book of The Hunger Games, where 80% of the story is mainly building up to the actual plot and then 10% is the main part that everyone has been anticipating and 10% is the ending. I wish more of the book was dedicated to the cyber fight between the main character and the villain. The fight had a lot of potentials which I feel wasn't being fully exploited. You have these masterminds fighting against each other, and our heroes are close to lose everything they used years to build, a world that is amazing and has saved so many people. Just a bit more focus on the fight and the potential threat would have been nice. </div><div><br />The author shows incredible depth while writing about IT, the characters, and the AI world. The world the author created was amazing and very well-made. I would definitely read it again if I was asked and I will read more from the author, I just hope that next time, the action will be the main focus and not the background.</div><div> <br />Cheers, <br />Karen<br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-11388829710142343152021-06-02T19:25:00.000+02:002021-06-02T19:42:29.023+02:00WWW Wednesday<p><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hello and welcome to the first WWW Wednesday on this blog! </span></p><p>WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by <a href="https://samannelizabeth.wordpress.com/">Sam @ Taking On a World of Words</a>, all you have to do is answer the three Ws which are listed below. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhSO01PnCyY/YLe-k2iypLI/AAAAAAAAB44/NXzcdcbYrrU1b69W2BJ5vrPTFn3TkBbswCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/img_1384-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uhSO01PnCyY/YLe-k2iypLI/AAAAAAAAB44/NXzcdcbYrrU1b69W2BJ5vrPTFn3TkBbswCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/img_1384-0.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post a link to your blog post or leave a comment if you do not have a blog.</p><p><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">The Three Ws are:</span></b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What are you currently reading?</b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I got the book from the author as a review request. For now, I like it and I enjoy reading it. This will be my next book review, so I hope you look forward to it.</p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--zYW0WBMfFI/YLe7YFjTR7I/AAAAAAAAB4Y/fhY-2oWSDio0GdoyW6z0a63hsLssLUZoQCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/perfect.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--zYW0WBMfFI/YLe7YFjTR7I/AAAAAAAAB4Y/fhY-2oWSDio0GdoyW6z0a63hsLssLUZoQCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/perfect.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--zYW0WBMfFI/YLe7YFjTR7I/AAAAAAAAB4Y/fhY-2oWSDio0GdoyW6z0a63hsLssLUZoQCNcBGAsYHQ/w125-h200/perfect.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: initial;"><b>What did you recently finish reading?</b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Girl in Red, which I enjoyed so much. I'm a bit sad that I am already finished with the book. I wish she wrote a sequel or made the book 300 pages longer. </p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hx3xSyPOZpg/YLe72fDFUnI/AAAAAAAAB4w/h__5ITga0Lo1gkwSvM4m3u_UwbdQY3_ogCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1344" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hx3xSyPOZpg/YLe72fDFUnI/AAAAAAAAB4w/h__5ITga0Lo1gkwSvM4m3u_UwbdQY3_ogCNcBGAsYHQ/w131-h200/girl.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What do you think you’ll read next?</b><br /><br />The summary kinda reminds me of Red Queen, or it gives me the same vibes. I loved the Red Queen, so hopefully, I will love this as well. The book is more of a mature version of the Red Queen, which I'm looking forward to. </p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SGatZfuFu2U/YLe7ZNkFYqI/AAAAAAAAB4c/AjDG9b6Ee6EdoESP5t96TgK7uxeixPH4wCNcBGAsYHQ/s1360/red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="907" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SGatZfuFu2U/YLe7ZNkFYqI/AAAAAAAAB4c/AjDG9b6Ee6EdoESP5t96TgK7uxeixPH4wCNcBGAsYHQ/w133-h200/red.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I like this meme, and will probably continue doing the WWW Wednesday every week! <div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">What will you be reading next?</span></b></div><div><br /></div></div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-57245613213394546112021-05-31T14:13:00.001+02:002021-05-31T16:13:09.799+02:00Book review: The Girl in red<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7W1DznOU1s/YLTIrgLc4rI/AAAAAAAAB30/La1NsF-SBBs_o3gvGFiagZ87M8a4HxyoQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/girl%2Bin%2Bred.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1344" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S7W1DznOU1s/YLTIrgLc4rI/AAAAAAAAB30/La1NsF-SBBs_o3gvGFiagZ87M8a4HxyoQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/girl%2Bin%2Bred.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Title:</b> The girl in red </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Author:</b> Christina Henry </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Publisher:</b> Berkley</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Published date: </b>June 18th, 2019</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Summary:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">It's not safe for anyone alone in the woods. Some predators come out at night: critters and coyotes, snakes, and wolves. But the woman in the red jacket has no choice. Not since the Crisis came, decimated the population, and sent those, who survived fleeing into quarantine camps that serve as breeding grounds for death, destruction, and disease. She is just a woman trying not to get killed in a world that doesn't look anything like the one she grew up in, the one that was perfectly sane and normal and boring until three months ago.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">There are worse threats in the woods than the things that stalk their prey at night. Sometimes, there are men. Men with dark desires, weak wills, and evil intents. Men in uniform with classified information, deadly secrets, and unforgiving orders. And sometimes, just sometimes, there's something worse than all of the horrible people and vicious beasts combined.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Red doesn't like to think of herself as a killer, but she isn't about to let herself get eaten up because she is a woman alone in the woods.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Review:<br /></b>The story is based on Little Red Riding Hood, though her reason to travel to her grandmother is an ongoing pandemic. I am a huge sucker for stories based on old fairy tales, but the pandemic part of the story is exciting since we all live in a pandemic; luckily for us, not as bad as the one in the book.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Honestly, I really like the main character. She is strong-minded and logical; she reminds me slightly of all the nerds who think they are ready for a zombie apocalypse. The resemblance is clearly intentional as her family does not take her seriously, thinking she has read too many zombie apocalypse-themed books. Though she is smarter than most of us book nerds, she starts working out and studying, preparing for the long hike they have to do. She clearly struggles with guilt through the whole book; if it hadn't been for her grandmother, she would have given up on her journey. Her grandmother is her only reason to keep fighting and her only hope. She justifies <i>almost </i>everything on the fact that she has to get to her grandmother. She also ignores her past and the mistake that happened, ignoring why she is alone, and the rest of her family, parents, and brother are gone.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The plot is fun, and the author is not afraid of switching between different stories. We first get to know about her current situation, trying to get to her grandmother all by her lonesome. Then, the author explains why she is alone, what happened before and what led to her being alone. She keeps switching between the two stories in an obvious and entertaining way. She manages to keep both stories fascinating and keeps the readers hooked. The story unfolds perfectly, leaving only the ending to be a mystery, which I like to imagine ended happily. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The authors writing style is simple yet funny at times. All the characters have a clear and natural personality; the characters all have their own coping mechanism, making it a bit more realistic. The relationship between the main character and her brother is a great description of two siblings, as they fight but still love each other. Her brother also copes with the situation differently than her, which leads to verbal fights and disagreements. All characters that were introduced seem human, even those who got disposed of quickly. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I can recommend it to everyone who likes stories inspired by old fairy tales, but with a bit more action. This is not a sweet and charming story about a girl trusting a mean wolf, and there is no huntsman to save her and her grandmother. This story is about a depressed but strong-minded girl, who will not be saved, but save others.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Overall, I did enjoy the book a lot and would most definitely read more from her.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Cheers,<br />Karen</div>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-76990266464512690022021-04-19T22:26:00.001+02:002021-04-19T22:26:26.701+02:00It has been a while<p> Hello </p><p><br /></p><p>As the title states, it has been a while. </p><p><br /></p><p>After years of neglecting this blog, I have finally decided to start writing reviews again. </p><p>Why? </p><p>Well, I have missed it a lot. I'm still a huge bookworm even though I no longer write reviews, and there have been moments when I have read an amazing book that I wanted to share with everyone. I have genuinely missed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are also currently living in a pandemic, which means I (like everyone else) have lots of spare time to write book reviews. So, there is no better time to start than now, one year after the pandemic started. </p><p><br /></p><p>My next book review will be "The Girl in Red" by Christina Henry, a book I'm currently reading and enjoying so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers, </p><p>Karen</p><p><br /></p>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-34517232631339984542016-05-02T21:36:00.001+02:002016-05-02T21:36:49.710+02:00Ebook Review: Forestium<a href="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1457085483l/29415041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1457085483l/29415041.jpg" width="208" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><b>Title:</b> Forestium (Portallas #1) </span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Author: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;">Christopher D.Morgan</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Joshua’s life is on the line, as he attempts to navigate through the magical world of Forestium to find the truth about his father. He and his companions will need to use all their cunning to stay alive and avoid the dark forces of the Goat. Will he find the magical orbs and open the Portallas, a magical gateway to other worlds, before he’s killed?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">First of all, I like to give a hand to the artist for the artful drawings in this book. It was amazing. I was looking forward to finish a chapter, as that meant a new drawing. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The author’s writing style is pretty good. I like it when he gives his characters different accents, it made it easier to picture them and it was a bit funny too. It gave the book a bit of humor. His characters are well developed. My favorite has to be Sarah, even though she did annoy me a bit, which I suspect was a part of author’s intention. I did have my negative thoughts about our main character, but that's mostly because I never tend to like any main characters.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It's a cute and funny story, it's an easy read (even though I used some time on it, I blame my studies). It has a lot of romance and action, something I personally appreciate. The romance is a bit awkward but very cute, just how romance should be, at least that's my opinion. Love should be awkward! The worlds he creates are interesting and entertaining. I would love to read more and keep exploring this worlds with the characters, but I have to admit that I'm glad I'm only exploring that worlds through their eyes, since I think I would have been pretty scared if I was there. Ha ha, I'm brave at heart, I promise. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I do recommend this book to people aged 12-17. But I'm 20 and still enjoyed reading it, so if you like fantasy, romance and a bit of action, I recommend you giving it a try. Chances are you will like it. Cheers.</span></span></div>
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Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-40033512762089078252016-04-17T18:51:00.000+02:002016-04-17T18:53:32.780+02:00Kindle Review: Minecraft: 50 unofficial Minecraft books in 1<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Title: </b>Minecraft: 50 unofficial Minecraft books in 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Author:</b> Billy Miner</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Pages:</b> 627</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: center;">Read about Minecraft creepers, endermen, knights, skeleton armies, witches, princesses, enderdragons, silver swords</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: center;">, enderpearls, spiders, ninjas, ghasts, iron golems, and much more! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: center;">All of these stories are separately available as audiobooks. Some stories will make you laugh, while others will make you turn the pages as fast as you can. When you’re done reading, you can look in the back, where you’ll find a bonus: 25 Minecraft sketches by the author, designer, and illustrator of these books, Billy Miner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway, as a book, it's kinda a mix between RPG, fairytale and a little bit of epic poetry. Why you may ask, well let me explain for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(I have chosen to pick one of the stories to review, the first one. It would be too much if I review all of them and I don't want to spoil the whole book.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The book has elements from a fairytale such as, saving a princess, a normal boy that suddenly become royal, an exciting and dangerous adventure. The way he writes reminds me of an RPG, since he is pretty quick, everything happens fast and unexpected. A bit too fast for me to be honest. It also reminds me of epic poetry, because everything happens so fast, and the way our main character gets to know other characters. As example: In Odyssey, his son meets a group of men, who invites him and his crew in for dinner. They have a huge party, but this group of men don't ask him for his name before he is about to leave the party. Getting to know each other isn't a big deal in epic poetry nor in this book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This book is inspired by Minecraft, and personally I haven't played much minecraft, so I was a bit afraid that I would be confused. But to be honest, I wasn't confused at all, which is very good. Maybe someone who is a bit more into the game than I am, will find Minecraft inspired elements, but I didn't. For me, it appeared to be just a normal young adult book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">You know what? This book has pictures! I'm always very fascinated by book with pictures in them. I love how the pictures kinda helps the author and the story to float nicely and smooth. The pictures were of course Minecraft inspired pictures (these were the only times I got remained that I actually read a Minecraft fanfiction.) The pictures were nice and enjoyable, it was kinda relaxing to just rest your eyes on them for a bit before continuing reading.</span><br />
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ngOcUaWlRes/Vt3LzPHyNSI/AAAAAAAABHg/0LtDEbmpPBw/s1600/hearless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ngOcUaWlRes/Vt3LzPHyNSI/AAAAAAAABHg/0LtDEbmpPBw/s320/hearless.jpg" width="227" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span id="freeText224038491749226541" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>Long before she was the terror of Wonderland — the infamous Queen of Hearts — she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.</strong><br /><br />Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the yet-unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend and supply the Kingdom of Hearts with delectable pastries and confections. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next Queen.<br /><br />At a royal ball where Cath is expected to receive the king's marriage proposal, she meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the King and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship.<br /><br />Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span></span>Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-24318949825802678912016-03-07T18:47:00.001+01:002016-03-07T18:47:22.078+01:00Book Review - CinderHello friends<br />
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Sorry for not posting anything. Student life ain't easy.<br />
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Anyway, I have recently read Cinder and wanted to give a review of it.<br />
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<b style="text-align: right;">Autho</b><span style="text-align: right;">r: Marissa Meyer </span><br />
<b>Genres:</b> Young adult, Sciences-fiction, Romance.<br />
<b>Pages</b>: 360.<br />
<b>Published</b>: January 3rd, 2012.<br />
<b>Publisher</b>: Feiwel and friends.<br />
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Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl.<br />
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Cinder a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her would's future.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cinder is based on the story Cinderella, which was why I
bought this book to begin with. I'm a fan of books based on old stories, such
as "Alice in Zombieland" or "The Grimm Chronicles". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The book has a great beginning; we get to know our main
character and her background story. Our main character Cinder, she is a
mechanic and doesn't mind getting her hands a bit dirty. She is also a cyborg,
hated by everyone around her. Cyborgs don’t have high social statues, they are
slaves, and people treat them like they are garbage. Cinder doesn't seem to
bother about what people think about her as long as she can do what she likes,
and spend time with her two friends and doesn't get bothered by her stepmother.
Her friends are the android Iko and her stepsister Peony, which later become
sick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cinder's stepmother and other stepsister are the ones who
are cruel to her. Her stepmother makes her do everything, and after her
stepfather's death, she had been the one to work and make money. Money her
stepmother spends on clothes to herself and her two daughters. Cinder's dead
stepfather, was the one who found her and took care of her. If it hadn't been
for him, Cinder would probably have been dead. Meyer makes sure we don't have
any sympathy with Cinder's stepmother and stepsister. She describes them as
cruel and horrible people, through how they act and behave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Meyer explains everything understandable. She makes it easy
for us to imagine her universe. The time and setting are placed in the 126th
year of the Third Era. Meyer does let us know about the other Eras as well. The
settings are places on both earth and the moon, Luna. Luna is controlled my
queen Levana, a power-hungry lady. She is willing to sacrifice everything to
get more power. Levana is the big bad wolf, she is even worse than Cinder's
stepmother. Levana is obsessed with beauty and wants to be the prettiest person
in the whole galaxy. The Lunar people have a special mind controlling power,
they can take control over everyone's heads. Though, some of them are weaker
and don't have the strength to control others, also there is people born
without this power and immune to other's powers, also called shells. Levana
have ordered shells to be killed right away, as they are a threat to her thrown
and power. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The book Cinder is filled with action and mysteries. We get
to meet prince Kai, who Cinder falls in love with. We know he might have to
marry the evil queen to make peace with her, but we also know that he is
looking for the lost princess of Lunar, the only one who can take down queen
Levana. We don't know if she is dead or alive, but some evidence leads us to
our theory that she might still be alive, hiding on planet earth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This is a book you can enjoy on a vacation or if you want
to sit down and read something easy and enjoyable. The romance is a bit cliché,
at least that's my opinion, I think it's a bit awkward and forced. I know that
Cinderella marries the Prince and they fall in love with each other the first
night, but it seems a bit out of place in this book. Unfortunately, this
doesn't get better with the next books, in fact, it gets worse with more
clichés. They are focusing more on their love life than on actually saving the
world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">But, it's not a bad book. I have read all of them and I'm
sad that the series has ended. I do recommend it to people who enjoy
young-adult science-fiction books, with a lot of romance in them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The characters you get to meet are well devolved and they
are unique and lovable. My favorite character is Cress, since she is way too
cute and clumsy. Unfortunately you don't get to meet her before the third book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I give this book 4 stars. </div>
Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-32528775681077145382014-10-21T12:55:00.000+02:002014-10-21T12:55:41.011+02:00Book Review: Go Ask Alice<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TINNRmNAk5s/VABGz_IGKLI/AAAAAAAABDM/Wm9bHH1Gzqc/s1600/Goaskalicsedfs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TINNRmNAk5s/VABGz_IGKLI/AAAAAAAABDM/Wm9bHH1Gzqc/s1600/Goaskalicsedfs.jpg" height="320" width="228" /></a><b>Title:</b> Go Ask Alice<br />
<b>Author: </b>Anonymous<br />
<b>Published:</b> January 1st 2006 (First published in 1971)<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Simon Pulse<br />
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<b>After you've had it, there isn't even a life without drugs....</b><br />
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It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth-- and ultimately her life.<br />
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<b>You will never forget her.</b><br />
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For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl's harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful-- and as timely -- today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.<br />
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You seriously have to read this book!<br />
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I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, and I didn't! I judged it by it's title... Anyway, I picked this book up when I was in the USA, since it seemed interesting and I have a thing for Alice in Wonderland. And no, this book is not another Alice in Wonderland inspired book, it's only the title that it inspired by that book.<br />
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This book was written for 25 years ago! So I was a little skeptic about it, but when I first started to read it, I couldn't stop and finished it in two hours (it's not a thick book)! It was so good and very sad, I had to fight back some tears while reading.<br />
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The publishers said that it used to be a girl's diary, though later is has been some speculations about a possible author. I don't think this book is a real diary, but that doesn't make the book any less interesting or realistic.<br />
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So, a guy asked me if I think this book is more relevant today then it was back in 1971, and I said yes, it's definitive more relevant today, since more and more teenagers are experimenting with drugs. It's becoming a bigger problem and many teenagers (and grown ups) dies of overdosing. I will never ever try drugs after reading this book! I do not want to end up like that poor girl.<br />
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The plot is amazing, the book is easy to read and it's always happening something, never a dull moment. So please give it a try, I strongly recommend it.<br />
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Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-25259620298375507322014-08-29T10:53:00.004+02:002014-08-29T10:53:55.720+02:00Review: First Impression: A Shadow Maven Paranormal<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6kVD8qy4zM/VAA98XyPyII/AAAAAAAABC8/vNt5e2YeVxU/s1600/FirstImpressionFinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6kVD8qy4zM/VAA98XyPyII/AAAAAAAABC8/vNt5e2YeVxU/s1600/FirstImpressionFinal.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a><b>Author:</b> Pauline Creeden<br />
<b>Title: </b>First Impression: A Shadow Maven Paranormal<br />
<b>Published:</b> March 31st 2014<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Atwit press<br />
<b>Pages: </b>179<br />
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Chira Kelly thought she didn't need anyone...until she met Ben.<br />
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Because of the one ugly rumor, Chira lives as an outcast at he school. Which is fine with her, because she works better alone. Always has, always will. And at least she has her one and only true friend, Tasha. When Tasha insist that they join a group to visit a possible haunted abandoned old schoolhouse, she's wary, but joins her friend. Because of that decision, their lives are in jeopardy as malevolent spirit targets the group. Tragedies and accidents pick them off one by one, and Chira finds herself drawn to the one person who can see the truth. But can he protect her?<br />
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I honestly loved the cover, it's so cute!<br />
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First Impression was a good book, that I enjoyed reading. It's very down to earth, even though paranormal is one of the genres. The main character Chira is funny and smart, even though she also suffers from the disease "love at first sight".<br />
The book is unique in it's own way, I loved the ghost idea and how lovable all of the characters where. Seriously, I don't think there were many characters I didn't like. Tasha has to be my favorite character though, since I love her spontaneous and carefree personality. Honestly, I wish she was my friend! <br />
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Creeden's writing style is funny and good, easy to understand and this is coming from someone with English as a secondary language.<br />
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The plot was really fun and even though I think it had a slow start, then it suddenly really got exciting and it was almost impossible to lay down. So I would say the book was a fast read!.<br />
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I really recommend this book to everyone that likes romance, a little fantasy and action. I also recommend it to those who aren't used to reading English yet, this book was very easy and a nice start for those who want to read more English and get better.<br />
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I give it 5 stars!.</div>
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When Sonny learns some long-hidden truths about his father he makes a brilliant escape, and begins hunting down the people responsible for the hideous crimes he's paid for. But he's also being hunted by the twin, the cops, and the only person who know the ultimate truth that Sonny is seeking. The question is, what will he do when they've cornered him?</div>
Karen's Choicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737816102534602790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8910890849976258664.post-9762398579938384752014-03-05T13:20:00.001+01:002014-03-05T13:20:13.891+01:00Waiting on Wednesday (13) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at <a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.no/" target="_blank">breaking the spine</a>, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.<br />
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<b>Title:</b> The Queen of Zombie Hearts (White Rabbit Chronicles #3)<br />
<b>Author: </b>Gena Showalter<br />
<b>Published: </b>September 30th 2014<br />
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I just love this series! Cant't wait to read this book and the summary is fantastic. <br />
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I have a plan.<br />
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We'll either destroy them for good, or they'll desultory us.<br />
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Either way, only one of us is walking away.<br />
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In the stunning conclusion to the wildly popular White Rabbit Chronicles, Alice 'Ali' Bell think the worst is behind her. She's ready to take the next step with boyfriend Col Holland, the leader of the Zombie slayers; until Anima Industries the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends. It's then she realizes that humans can be more dangerous then monsters; and the worst has only begun.</div>
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As the surviving slayers prepare for war, Ali discover she, too, can control the zombies and she isn't the girl she thought she was. She's connected to the woman responsible for killing and turning Cole's mother. How can their relationship endure? As secrets come to light, and more slayers are taken of killed, Ali will fight harder then ever to bring down Anima even sacrificing her own life for those she loves.<br />
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<u><i>What's your WoW?</i></u></div>
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