tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43584747676848830242024-03-10T02:46:34.908+00:00Natalie Hearts Books "A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” Tyrion LannisterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-12624507280402775952015-02-07T20:04:00.000+00:002015-02-07T20:04:54.707+00:00Chatty Saturday: Blogging Breaks & ConsistencyI was just thinking about the fact that I haven't blogged in about three weeks and that I should feel guilty, but I don't. I simply am not a consistent blogger and I used to feel bad about that. I don't anymore.<br />
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This is my blog, and I blog first and foremost for myself. The fact that other people read, comment and follow my blog is a wonderful bonus of this little hobby of mine and one I really appreciate. But it is a hobby, and just like my other hobbies, I can go days and weeks without doing or even thinking about it. Usually when I stop, it is because there are other things happening in my life, and so I step back from the things I can; things I know won't fall apart if I step away for awhile. That or I just plain don't feel like it, and I get back to it when I do feel like it. Simples.<br />
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There are so many other fabulous blogs out there publishing lots of great posts, that I am sure nobody misses my posts when I am on one of my impromptu hiatuses. And if you do, then thank you, you lovely, lovely person.<br />
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My week was OK, it was actually nice to be back at school, catching up with my classmates and having intellectual discussions about books :-)<br />
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<b>THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG</b><br />
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<a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/2014-releases-i-meant-to-read-but-didnt.html" target="_blank">Top Ten 2014 debuts I didn't get around to reading</a><br />
<a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/waiting-on-bookseller.html" target="_blank">Waiting on The Bookseller</a><br />
<a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/chatty-saturdays-are-you-only-bookish.html" target="_blank">Chatty Saturday: Are you the only bookish person you know?</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-27083089372785522862015-01-17T18:30:00.000+00:002016-02-10T11:02:46.934+00:00Chatty Saturdays: Are you the only bookish person you know?Until I started college, my sister was the only person I knew who read for pleasure, but now all she reads is fanfiction, does that count?<br />
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Now I am in university studying English literature one would think I would be surrounded by book geeks, but most of my classmates only read the required books (if that!). They say they don't have time for pleasure reading. Don't have time Pfft! It's just not that important to them, no matter how busy or tired I am, I read something for ME, nearly everynight before I turn out the lights, even if its only for 10 minutes. Of course, there are a small number of my classmates who do still read for pleasure and we even recommend books to each other, which is nice.<br />
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My friend's husband thinks that any reading that isn't for learning is just a waste of time - this is a person who will spend hours upon hours watching TV. This just boggles my mind. I love watching TV and movies as much as the next person and there are times when I would much rather veg out in front of the TV instead of reading, these are times when even thinking is too much effort, let alone reading. But books are always better and definitely not a waste of time.<br />
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<b>Title</b>: <i>The Bookseller</i><br />
<b>Author</b>: Cynthia Swanson<br />
<b>Expected Release Date</b>: 3rd March 2015 by Harper<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22635858-the-bookseller" target="_blank">From Goodreads</a>: <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of Sliding Doors, The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams</i></span><br />
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It was the title of this one that made me check it out, I mean the word "book" is in the title. And after reading that synopsis, well. A young woman in the 60s running a bookstore, who every night dreams of another life. I just have to read it.<br />
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I was so stressed out this week, dealing with family issues and having three papers for school due within days of each other, that my brain was turning to mush and I could feel a nervous breakdown a coming on. So, I asked, and luckily, got approved, for extensions on two of those papers, Phew! That relieved some of the stress.</div>
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<b>THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG</b><br />
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Review: <a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/review-day-21.html" target="_blank"><i>Day 21</i></a><br />
Top Ten <a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/top-ten-most-anticipated-debuts.html" target="_blank">Anticipted Debuts</a><br />
Review: <a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/review-obsidian.html" target="_blank"><i>Obsidian</i></a><br />
Review: <a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/review-witch-of-salt-and-storm.html" target="_blank"><i>The Witch of Salt & Storm</i></a><br />
Chatty Saturday: <a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/chatty-saturday-tell-me-about-your.html" target="_blank">Libraries</a><br />
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2014 Releases I Meant to Read but Never Got to<br />
Waiting on <i>The Bookseller</i> by Cynthia Swanson<br />
Review: <i>All the Bright Places</i><br />
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The libraries here in England are vastly different, you have to pay for everything besides checking out books - It costs £1.30 to put an item on hold, £1.80 for an audiobook, £1.00 for a CD, £2.50 to rent a dvd, and £1 for 20 minutes on the internet. My particular library system very rarely have the books I want to read, hence one of the reasons I buy so many books, and if I do see a book I want to read at the library, I get very excited about it, because it happens so rarely.<br />
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<b>Title:</b> The Witch of Salt & Storm<br />
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<b>Published by:</b> Hachette Children's Books on 4th September 2014<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy<br />
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<b>Goodreads Synopsis:</b> <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants only to take her rightful place as the sea witch of Prince Island, making the charms that keep the island's whalers safe and prosperous at sea. But before she could learn how to control her power, her mother - the first Roe woman in centuries to turn her back on magic - steals Avery away from her grandmother. Avery must escape before her grandmother dies, taking with her the secrets of the Roe's power.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"> </span></i><br />
<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">The one magical remnant left to Avery is the ability to read dreams, and one night she foresees her own murder. Time is running short, both for her and for the people of her island who need the witches' help to thrive.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Avery has never read a dream that hasn't come true, but a tattooed harpoon boy named Tane tells her he can help her change her fate. Becoming a witch may prevent her murder and save her island from ruin, but Avery discovers it will also require a sacrifice she never expected. And as she falls in love with Tane, she learns it is his life and hers that hang in the balance.</span></i><br />
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<b>My Thoughts:</b> This book is beautifully written and is very atmospheric, almost magical, but the story itself I found lacking. As it is a story about witches, I expected more actual magic, I expected it to be more dramatic and exciting, but there is hardly any magic at all and when it does happen, it is very anti-climactic.<br />
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I couldn't really connect to any of the characters, in fact, they all annoyed me a little, I did sympathise with Avery over having her choices taken from her and for not being able to see her grandmother, but otherwise I just couldn't bring myself to care about her fate. The romance between Avery and Tane is sweet, but, again, I just didn't care.<br />
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Kulper has created a rich history for the setting - Prince island, and for the lineage of the Roe witches. That being said, I felt confused as to when this was actually set, there is some mentioning of the civil war, so I am guessing sometime after.<br />
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<b>Title:</b> Obsidian<br />
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<b>Author:</b> <a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer L. Armentrout</a><br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Paranormal Romance<br />
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<b>Goodreads Synopsis:</b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>Starting over sucks.</i></span><br />
<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">And then he opened his mouth.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something... unexpected happens. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The hot alien living next door marks me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">If I don't kill him first, that is.</span></i><br />
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<b>My Thoughts:</b> This is my first Jennifer L. Armentrout book and I dont know why I waited so long to read one of her books, because it seems everybody and their cat loves her. And now I do too, I may only have read the one book, but I loved it. I loved the characters, they were so real, and the writing (right along with the story) just kept me reading.</div>
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Katy just may be one of my favourite book characters, I really could relate to her; we are both the shy, quiet, good girl types, who love books and hiding out on the internet, but if you push too far, and especially if you hurt someone we care about, you had better find shelter because storm coming through. What can I say about Daemon? I kinda have a thing for hot, cocky bastards and Daemon just might be the king of them. I just adored how much he cared for his sister and how despite himself he cared for kat, too.<br />
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The relationship between Katy and Daemon just sizzled from the get go, the chemistry between them made me hot under the collar. I liked how theirs wasn't an instalove, although it was obviously instalust, especially for Kat. The two of them were barely friends throughout the entire book, but you just know that no matter how much they both protest, that they are totally hot for each other and actually, deep down, they want to be together. I can't wait to see how their relationship progresses in the other books.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-57521888828571239462015-01-05T00:00:00.000+00:002015-01-05T00:00:01.862+00:00Review: Day 21<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Title: Day 21<br />
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Series: The Hundred #2<br />
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Author: <a href="http://alloyentertainment.com/authors/kass-morgan/kass-morgan-2/" target="_blank">Kass Morgan</a><br />
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Published by: <a href="https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/" target="_blank">Little Brown, Books</a> on 16th September 2014<br />
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Genre: Post-apocalyptic<br />
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Format: eARC<br />
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Check it out on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20454076-day-21?from_search=true" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*I received a copy of this book free from the publisher via Netgalley for review consideration, this in no way affects my opinion of the book.*</span><br />
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<b>Goodreads Synopsis:</b> <em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">No one has set foot on Earth in centuries -- until now.</em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, Wells attempts to keep the group together. Clarke strikes out for Mount Weather, in search of other Colonists, while Bellamy is determined to rescue his sister, no matter the cost. And back on the ship, Glass faces an unthinkable choice between the love of her life and life itself.</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">In this pulse-pounding sequel to Kass Morgan's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The 100</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">, secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested. And the hundred will struggle to survive the only way they can -- together.</span></i><br />
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<b>My Thoughts:</b> I enjoyed this one just as much as the first, in fact, I read this straight after book one, so they both kind of mingle together. It is slightly more fast paced that the first one, but just as fun.<br />
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On Earth, we are introduced to some new characters and some of them are actually nice. People at the camp run into a little trouble with the local flora, but luckily one of these new friends saves the day. Up on The Colony tensions run high, not only with the relationships between Glass and Luke, Glass and her mother, but also between the different classes, especially as the oxygen gets low.<br />
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As with the first book, the story is told in multiple viewpoints and in flashbacks. I really enjoyed watching some of the characters grow into strong and resourceful people, and the flashbacks shed a whole new light on some of the character dynamics.<br />
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If you enjoyed the first book then you are definitely going to want to read this one, especially as book three <i>The Homecoming</i> is coming out next month.<br />
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How is everyone's new year going so far? Still keeping up with your resolutions and goals? So far, I think 2015 is quite alright and of course, it's best to wait a few weeks rather than days to know how well the resolutions are sticking. My little nephew is now 3 weeks old, boy how the time flies, he is such a doll and I can't leave him alone. I have nine days left of my winter break and I have 3 papers to write in that time, so yeah, the last few days of my holiday are going to be a lot of fun.<br />
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<b>THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG</b><br />
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<a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/discussion-challenge.html" target="_blank">Discussion Challenge Sign-Up Post</a><br />
<a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/2015-goals-and-resolutions.html" target="_blank">Some of my 2015 Goals and Resolutions</a><br />
<a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/bout-of-books-12.html" target="_blank">My Bout of Books 12 Participation Post</a><br />
<a href="http://natheartsbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/chatty-saturdays-are-coming.html" target="_blank">Chatty Saturdays Intro Post</a><br />
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I am participating in six challenges this year, four of which should help with my goal of acquiring less books and reading more of the ones I already have. One should help with my goal of posting more discussion type posts, I think I may have that sorted out for a while, with my chatty Saturday posts , but we shall see. And the other challenge is to make me read more widely.<br />
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<b>NEXT WEEK ON MY BLOG</b><br />
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Top Ten 2015 Debuts I am Anticipating<br />
Chatty Saturday: Libraries<br />
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Yeah, it's gonna be a quiet one. I have so many (so many) reviews I need to write, but I just can't seem to find the motivation to do so at the moment. And besides, I have those three papers to write.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-14678516786096750892015-01-03T06:00:00.001+00:002016-02-10T11:02:46.930+00:00Chatty Saturdays are ComingOne of my 2015 blogging goals and resolutions is to post more discussion type posts and so, after a bit of a brain storming session or two, I have quite a few discussion posts drafted and I have decided that I will post one every Saturday. With me being the creative genius that I am, I have titled these posts (feature?) Chatty Saturdays.<br />
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I am sure some of the topics I have come up with have been discussed before on other blogs, but if I let that stop me then I would never do a discussion post. And I am sure that there are people who missed out on those disussions and would just love to chat about whatever topic it was they missed out on. Feel free to post links to other peoples discussion posts on whatever topic I post about, I think that will open up the discussion further and my posts might just be all ...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-65973281841858603032014-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:002016-02-10T11:02:46.951+00:00Bout of Books 12 <div align="center">
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I really enjoyed participating in Bout of Books 11 and so I look forward to taking part in Bout of Books 12. I think that a read-a-thon will be a great start to 2015 and to tackling mountain TBR.</div>
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1. <b>Read at least one book from my giant TBR pile a month</b>. I currently have about 200 unread books on my physical bookshelves and just as much on my Kindle. I need to get reading!<br />
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2. <b>No impulse book purchases</b> and all planned purchases must be within £10 a month. University books do not count. This should help to stop my TBR from getting too much bigger.<br />
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3. <b>Read a little everyday.</b> To help with this, I will create a bedtime routine that includes at least 20 minutes of reading, so if I don't get any reading in during the day, I will still read something.<br />
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9. <b>Lose 14lbs. </b>I Have way more than that to lose, but it is a good start.<br />
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10. <b>Journal more regularly. </b>I think I make this a resolution every year and each year I probably journal one day more than the last. So here's to journaling more in 2015 than in 2014, even if it's only by one day.<br />
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This time of year, there are tons of reading challenges starting up (which we LOVE!). But we wanted to challenge our fellow book bloggers to not only read more, but talk more too. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">That’s where the idea for this challenge was born!</strong></div>
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So often book bloggers <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">mean</em> to post more discussions on our blogs, but we just don’t quite get around to it. Well, we wanted to give everyone a little motivation to keep the discussions going, plus give us a place to link up our discussions so that more people will see our precious words of wisdom (or … you know … our GIF-filled rants).</div>
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I hope you’ll join us for this challenge and pledge yourself to posting more discussions in this upcoming year. I promise we’ll have lots of fun talking together!</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The 2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge</strong> runs from January 1st until December 31st, 2014.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Sign-ups will remain open until December 31st, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Central</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Please link back to both challenge hosts and include the challenge button in your sign-up posts.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">This challenge is to help get us discussing books and book blogging, so talk about whatever you want as long as it’s relevant to book blogging. Discussions can be book related or book blogging related (or generally blogging related – no discussions about things that are completely off-topic like travel or fashion, etc). Discussions can also be about you personally if it’s a get-to-know-you type post.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">There will be a kick-off post on January 1, 2015 on both Feed Your Fiction Addiction and It Starts at Midnight where you’ll be able to leave your links for any January discussions. At the beginning of every month, a new post will go up on both blogs for that month’s links.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">If you forgot to leave your discussion link in the challenge month in which you posted the discussion or the linky list closed before you had a chance to leave it, you can leave it in a future month. (No duplicates though.)</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Use the hashtag <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">#LetsDiscuss2015</strong> to share your progress and connect with other participants on Twitter.</li>
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<b>ADDITIONS TO MY TBR:</b><br />
Stacking the Shevles hosted @ <a href="http://www.tyngasreviews.com/" target="_blank">Tynga's Reviews</a><br />
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WHAT I BOUGHT: <span style="text-align: center;">I had a birthday, so I bought a few books with my birthday money.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This year I am going to tackle the Book Riot Read Harder challenge to expand my reading horizons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book published by an indie press</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book by a person whose gender is different from your own</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book that takes place in Asia</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book by an author from Africa</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A microhistory</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A YA novel</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A sci-fi novel</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A romance novel</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>An audiobook</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A collection of poetry</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book that someone else has recommended to you</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>A book that was originally published in another language</b></span><br />
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Sound like a challenge you would enjoy?<br />
Which of these categories would you find the most challenging? For me I think it's the microhistory one.<br />
Please comment if you have any suggestions of books to read for these categories.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-88779905189850013192014-12-27T00:00:00.000+00:002016-02-10T10:53:33.973+00:00Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge<div align="center">
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Anyone is welcome to join. You do not need to be a blogger, just post your reviews and come back every month to link them up. </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Any genre, release date, request date, length, etc. counts so long as it came from Edelweiss or Netgalley.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">At the beginning of each month there will be a roundup post for you to add your reviews.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">If you forget to link up one month it's not a problem just add your reviews next month.</li>
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*Head on over to <a href="http://www.fallingforya.com/2014/12/2015-netgalley-edelweiss-reading.html" target="_blank">Falling for YA</a> for more information and to sign-up*</div>
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The level I am aiming for is silver, I am not aiming to high as I have many non eARCs that I want to get read in 2015.</div>
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Do you have far too many eARCS that you need to get read and reviewed? Are you thinking of doing this challenge? If so, what level are you hoping to achieve?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-15554653057219680962014-12-26T00:00:00.000+00:002016-02-10T10:53:33.948+00:00TBR Pile Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">Challenge Levels:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pike's Peak</span>: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s</span></div>
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Mount Blanc</b>: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mt. Vancouver</span>: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mt. Ararat</span>: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mt. Kilimanjaro</span>: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">El Toro</span>: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mt. Everest</span>: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Mount Olympus (Mars)</b>: Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s<br /><br /><u>And the rules:</u><br />*Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for <span style="font-style: italic;">at least</span> that many books. If you find that you're on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to upgrade. All books counted for lower mountains may carry over towards the new peak.<br /><br />*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2015.<br /><br />*You may sign up anytime from now until November 4th, 2015.<br /><br />*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2015. No ARCs (none), no library books. +++Amended Rule: Rereads may count only in the following circumstances: If you did not own the book when you read it long ago and far away [based on your age, you can decide what that might mean--definitely not within the last five years...my arbitrary pick for a limit] and you bought the book pre-January 1, 2015 intending to reread it now that it's your very own. [To clarify--the intention is to reduce the stack of books that you have bought for yourself or received as presents {birthday, Christmas, "just because," etc.}. Audiobooks and E-books may count if they are yours and they are one of your primary sources of backlogged books.]</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. <span style="font-weight: bold;">If you have a blog, then please post a challenge sign up and link THAT post (not your home page) into the linky below.</span> Non-bloggers, please leave a comment declaring your challenge level--OR, if you are a member of Goodreads, I will once again put together a group for the challenge there. Feel free to sign up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/149504-mount-tbr-2015" style="color: #956839;">HERE</a>. At the beginning of the year, I will once again have a sidebar link for called Mount TBR Review Headquarters for 2015 reviews and progress updates.</span><br />
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I am hoping to make it to the peak of Mt. Vancouver by reading at least 36 books from by TBR pile. I have no set books, I will just read whatever books takes my fancy.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-45831458614739800902014-12-25T00:00:00.000+00:002016-02-10T10:53:33.958+00:00Show Your Shelves Some Love: No Book Buying Challenge<a href="http://chapterbreak.net/shelf-love-a-no-book-buying-challenge/"></a><br />
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">No books for a year?!</strong> The goal of this challenge is simple — for one year abstain from buying books (or set a monthly book budget) — and focus on clearing physical and virtual to-be-read book shelves. This challenge begins Jan 1, 2015 and ends Dec 31, 2015.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">What’s the point? </strong>To read as many books as you can that you already own, either on your physical bookshelf or on your e-reader.</div>
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So what are the rules? Well, let’s not think of them as rules and more as guidelines.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Encourage other challenge participants via comments, social media and emails.</li>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Step 1:</strong> Select Your Goal<br />
1-10 books: shake hands with your shelves<br />
11-20 books: pat your shelves on the back<br />
21-30 books: give your shelves a warm friendly hug<br />
31-40 books: regular date night with your shelves<br />
41-50 books: my shelves are now my bff<br />
51+ books: my shelves and I are going steady</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Step 2:</strong> <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/95RZ0yigbG" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2287ba; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Shelf Love Mailing List">Join the Mailing List</a><br />
We’ll send some updates and reminders about the Challenge. We’ll connect you with other challengers if you need encouragement to NOT buy the next biggest release. We’ll only contact you if you tell us we can.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Step 3:</strong> Share the Love<br />
If you have a blog, create a “I’m Joining the Challenge” post and link up! Share the news about the challenge on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites using #ShelfLove.</div>
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*Head on over to <a href="http://chapterbreak.net/shelf-love-a-no-book-buying-challenge/" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;" target="_blank">ChapterBreak</a><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"> or </span><a href="http://www.secondrunreviews.com/shelf-love-challenge" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Second Run Reviews</a> for more information, to join the mailing list and to add your sign-up post*</div>
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I am aiming to have regular date nights with my shelves by reading 31-40 books from my TBR pile.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516551541036136478noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4358474767684883024.post-65825712027304498182014-12-24T00:00:00.000+00:002016-02-10T10:53:33.965+00:002015 Bookish Resolutions Challenge<div align="center">
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3. Create a sign up post and add it to the Linky over at <a href="http://www.becausereading.com/2015bookreschallenge/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Because Reading</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> or</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://a-reader-lives-a-thousand-lives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/2015-bookish-resolutions-challenge.html" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Trips Down Imagination Road</a><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">(sign up before Feb 1st)</em></strong></div>
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4. On the 30th of each month (and the 28th for February) create an update post about your goals and add the post to the Linky that will be on Laura’s or My blogs</div>
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5. This is a year long challenge, so you can’t add resolutions that could be done in a day these must be year long goals.</div>
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6. For each goal you complete you get one entry into the giveaway that will be in <a href="http://www.becausereading.com/2015bookreschallenge/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Because Reading</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://a-reader-lives-a-thousand-lives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/2015-bookish-resolutions-challenge.html" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Trips Down Imagination Road</a> <span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">wrap-up posts on December 31, 2015</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.becausereading.com/2015bookreschallenge/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Because Reading</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">and</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://a-reader-lives-a-thousand-lives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/2015-bookish-resolutions-challenge.html" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">Trips Down Imagination Road</a> will be giving away two $10 Amazon gift cards at the end of December 2015. You get one entry per resolution (via a Rafflecopter form) but they'll need to be able to track your progress via the monthly updates! Plus it’s a great way to keep up to date with other people’s progress!</div>
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As this is a personal challenge everyone is likely to set different goals! But to make things easier, <a href="http://www.becausereading.com/2015bookreschallenge/" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;" target="_blank">Because Reading</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;"> and </span><a href="http://a-reader-lives-a-thousand-lives.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/2015-bookish-resolutions-challenge.html" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;" target="_blank">Trips Down Imagination Road</a> have come up with some examples!</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Blogging/Reading Goals</strong><br />
• Get my Netgalley percentage up to XX %<em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> (percent is up to you!)</em><br />
• Read XX number of Netgalley books this year/per month <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">(remember that this needs to be a year long goal!)</em><br />
• Read XX number of books by debut authors/authors that are new to me this year/each month<br />
• Complete X number of challenges this year<br />
<em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">(This challenge does not count towards the total. Mini-challenges within a bigger challenge do not count separately)</em><br />
• Read XX number of crime (or any other genre) books this year/each month<br />
• Only spend £XX/$XX on books this year/per month<br />
• Listen to X number of audio books this year/per month<br />
• Read X number of paperbacks this year/per month<br />
• Read X number of classics this year<br />
• Read all blog tour books a week/month/two days before post date<br />
• Participate in X number of read-a-thons<em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"> (read-a-thons as a part of larger challenges count separately)</em><br />
• Only one-click on amazon X times per month/week<br />
• Read X number of books per week/month that were books you’ve bought, which can be free.<br />
• Read X number of sequels this year/per month<br />
• Read X number of books with ‘salmon’ in the title <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">(word is changeable. If you’re interested there are actually 862 results for salmon in the Kindle Store)</em><br />
• Read X number of books that I already own<br />
• Read X number of non-fiction books</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Examples of personal goals</strong> (you only can do 1 and only if you have two book/blog related goals):<br />
• Lose X amount of weight<br />
• Start writing that book you always wanted to write<br />
• Exercise more (book blog walkers goals count here)<br />
• Do random acts of kindness through the year<br />
• Learn another language<br />
• Take up a new hobby</div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">1. Read <b>at least</b> one book from my exising TBR pile each month</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">4. Get my Netgalley approval ratio to <b>at least</b> 65% and not allow to it drop much lower</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">These all seem to be doable resolutions, so I think I will acheive them all and then some. Fingers crossed.</span></span></div>
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I read a lot of great books this year, so picking just ten was not that easy. Without further ado and without any reasons why - here are some of my faves of 2014.</div>
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Just hoping to get through the books I am currently reading.</div>
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Because I have been so busy, I haven't had time to reply to comments from last week or to write posts for next week. I am putting together this post quickly between eating breakfast and getting back to work and hopefully, I can find more such slots of time to get posts for next week written. I am just going to play it by ear, schoolwork is the priority and if I have no posts for my blog next week, then so be it.</div>
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Title: The 100<br />
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Series: The Hundred #1<br />
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Author: Kass Morgan<br />
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Published by: <a href="https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/" target="_blank">Little, Brown Books</a> on 3rd September 2013<br />
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Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Survival Romance<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*I received a copy of this book free from the publisher via Netgalley for review consideration, this in no way affects my opinion of the book.*</span><br />
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<b>Goodreads Synopsis:</b> <em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">No one has set foot on Earth in centuries -- until now.</em><br />
<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents -- considered expendable by society -- are being sent on a dangerous mission: to recolonize the planet. It could be their second chance at life...or it could be a suicide mission.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">CLARKE was arrested for treason, though she's haunted by the memory of what she really did. WELLS, the chancellor's son, came to Earth for the girl he loves -- but will she ever forgive him? Reckless BELLAMY fought his way onto the transport pod to protect his sister, the other half of the only pair of siblings in the universe. And GLASS managed to escape back onto the ship, only to find that life there is just as dangerous as she feared it would be on Earth.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Confronted with a savage land and haunted by secrets from their pasts, the hundred must fight to survive. They were never meant to be heroes, but they may be mankind's last hope.</span></i><br />
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<b>My Thoughts:</b> Humanity has been in living on a space station since a nuclear holocaust thingy that isnt really explained happened, many, many moons ago. On the station every little infraction immediately results in the death penalty, unless you are under 18, well, then it's of to death row to await execution as soon as you turn 18. Resources have been running low for some time now thats why the harsh capital punishment. And so to kill two birds with one stone they send 100 kids on deathrow down to earth - less mouths to feed and lungs to breathe and they get to see if earth is habitable enough to move the entire population down.<br />
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The story is told in four alternating points of view, two of the points of view are from kids who were on death row and two that found their way on to the ship to protect someone they love. One of these 'criminals' escape the ship going to Earth thinking she will be better off, but boy is she wrong. The alternate points of view allow us to get a really good look at the new world and the space station from many angles. Morgan handles the different voices well as it is easy to tell the characters apart. There are also flashbacks interspersed throughout, these not only flesh out the characters but also tell us how humanity and the characters got to where they are now.<br />
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There is too much emphasis on romance and not enough on word building. I would like to know more about what happened to the Earth and how The Colony came to be and not so much about everybodies crush on each other. I like romance but in this book I would have liked more emphasis on survival.<br />
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Despite its flaws I very much liked this book, in fact I read this in one sitting and straight after I finished I read book two, also in one sitting. So if you are looking for a fun, easy read definitely give this go.<br />
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