tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15761129012113658932024-02-22T00:09:11.863-08:00J Scott Sharp, AuthorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-50715534713470122012018-04-19T17:20:00.003-07:002018-04-19T17:21:37.234-07:00The Battle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever seen the meme that says, "Be Kind, For everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle?" Did Socrates really say that?<br />
I don't know. Probably not that way, but maybe something like that with a lot more Greek "thees" and "thous"<br />
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It's true. the person that seems to have it all together. The person who is always laughing, always has a great attitude. The person with every hair in place, and the person with muscles on their eyebrows. <br />
Everyone is fighting an emotional battle, a mental battle, that they are struggling to gain a foothold on. Nobody actually has it all together. No one.<br />
So it's funny to me, as I watch people, because that is what I do as an introvert. Watch people all the live long day.<br />
But as i watch people, I see that people will say just about anything, to juyst about anyone if they can get an upper hand on them. Including myself. I will throw out a nasty, shitty comment about someone and then need to reel myself in because I remember how frail I am. How susceptible I am to the comments of others.<br />
How much words can hurt me, if weilded with the proper force, and with ill intent.<br />
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To follow on the same train off thought as my last post, we show so little care for each other.<br />
Somehow, we have forgotten that it is easy to love people who love us.<br />
But it is a powerful thing when you are kind to the unlovable. It is an act of love to reach out to those who wouldn't pee on you if you were on fire.It's an act of compassion to acknowledge those that the world doesn't recognize. People that the world doesn't see.I've been, and still remain, one of those people. And I think, if we are all honest, we have at least had one moment where we have felt like the lonely.<br />
There isn't a one of us who hasn't felt orphaned by the world.<br />
So what am I saying?<br />
I'm reminding myself, that the pain I feel is not something alien and unique to me. We all share in it.<br />
We all want to be loved, and to be acknowledged, and be believed in.<br />
We all want to be honored for who we are.<br />
Honor is a crazy thing.<br />
Merriam Webster defines it as "respect that is given to someone who is admired."<br />
Imagine if we could find a way to admire people...everyone.<br />
Imagine if we could respect people because they had the bravery to stay on this shithole of a planet. Just because they didn't cut and run.<br />
I think people deserve rewards for that.<br />
I cut and run once. Almost done it many times since then.<br />
We all know the bravery that it takes to keep going.<br />
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Remember that we are all people. We aren't tough. We pretend to be tough. Inside we are flesh and blood with a heart and life flowing through our veins. Our toughness is something we put on in order to keep the world from hurting us. to keep us from hurting each other.. The scars we have are there to protect us.<br />
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But we are all someone to be admired on the inside.<br />
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I'm not perfect.<br />
*cue shocked gasps, and low whispers*<br />
It's true. My name is Jason and I am not perfect.<br />
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For instance, it has been two plus years since I have written on this blog. It still looks bad, and is unorganized...and I'm sorry about it. If I still have an audience, which I doubt, they have since gone the way that every audience goes when they have nowhere to be...away. So I won't be hurting too many people with the shape that this blog is in.<br />
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But this isn't why I've started writing here again.<br />
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I want to talk about sensitive people and introversion. They are completely the same and different.<br />
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I am an introvert. That means, for me, that I seem like the most boring person on Earth, and by that I mean the entire planet. But it also means that though I don't always have something amusing to say, though I am not always the life of the party, and you may find me hard to talk to, I have a whole lot going on in my head. By that I mean that there is a whole world of stuff going on in my brain that I don't tell you.<br />
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It also means that if I have decided to tell you what is going on in my head, it is because I trust you to hear it. That may not be a big idea to you, but it is a huge deal to me. People who are extroverted often think that telling everyone everything that they are thinking is not a huge deal (and this is not meant as a bash to anyone) but if they think that, they have never been an introvert. If I have chosen to tell you things, I have done so because you matter. and that is no small thing. Not for me.<br />
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Unfortunately,all of this, for me, means that people don't understand me very much, or even try, because I am sensitive and think about things and cry once in a while. Okay more than once in a while...so shoot me.<br />
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It's crazy that we don't have room in this world for people who don't shoot their mouths off every ten seconds. We don't have room for people that don't want to be the life of the party all the time. We don't have room for people who prefer deep conversation over meaningless BS. Who aren't brash and aren't pushy and don't expect that everyone and everything is going to go their way...just because they want it to.<br />
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The reason that this has all come up is that I have started to rewrite my "The List of Five " series from the beginning. For some of you, that will be a welcome thing. For some of you, it will be more like "List of what?"<br />
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The main character in the series is Richie Lyon, and deep within him lies the heart of a lion, though he doesn't know it. He is one of those sensitive kids who never quite fit in anywhere, never was quite able to make people understand him, never was able to get anyone to notice him.<br />
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Ever known anyone like that?<br />
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All I ask is that as you go through life, and you notice people that aren't like you, please be careful. Don't assume. Beneath that quiet, moody person with a perpetual frown, who is hard to talk to, beats the flesh and blood heart of a true warrior. Someone that you would love to know.<br />
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Just like Richie.<br />
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Only a fool crosses a god, but Ellaeva and Lyram will do anything to get what they want.</h4>
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Chosen as a five-year-old orphan to be the Left Hand of Death, Ellaeva has nothing to call her own—nothing except a desire to avenge her murdered parents. Her duties leave her no time to pursue the man responsible, until both her work and revenge lead to the same place—the lonely castle where Lyram Aharris is serving out his exile for striking his prince.<br />
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Lyram is third in line for the throne, and when the castle is unexpectedly besieged, he fears his prince means to remove him from contention for the crown permanently. Ellaeva’s arrival brings hope, until she reveals she has not come for the siege, but instead she hunts the castle for a hidden necromancer dedicated to the dark god of decay.<br />
Within their stone prison, Ellaeva and Lyram must fight to save themselves from political machinations and clashing gods. But as the siege lengthens, the greatest threat comes from an unexpected quarter.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-41377950943340129382014-11-11T03:30:00.000-08:002014-11-11T03:30:03.896-08:00Release Day for Axiom by Rainy Kaye<img alt="axiom header" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9332" src="http://www.rainyofthedark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/axiom-header.jpg" height="250" width="600" />
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Today is the release day for AXIOM by <i>USA Today</i> Bestselling Author, Rainy Kaye. AXIOM is a 15,000 word companion novella for readers of the SUMMONED series, following Dimitri's descent into the genie bond.
In celebration, SUMMONED is also <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Rainy-Kaye-ebook/dp/B00JAZT88G" target="_blank">on sale for 99 cents</a>.<br />
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Fifteen year old Dimitri's life changes when his father is murdered, causing him to inherit a family curse.
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Twenty-three year old Dimitri has to do what he is told—literally. Controlled by a paranormal bond, he is forced to use his wits to fulfill unlimited deadly wishes made by multimillionaire Karl Walker.
Dimitri has no idea how his family line became trapped in the genie bond. He just knows resisting has never ended well. When he meets Syd—assertive, sexy, intelligent Syd—he becomes determined to make her his own. Except Karl has ensured Dimitri can’t tell anyone about the bond, and Syd isn’t the type to tolerate secrets.
Then Karl starts sending him away on back-to-back wishes. Unable to balance love and lies, Dimitri sets out to uncover Karl’s ultimate plan and put it to an end. But doing so forces him to confront the one wish he never saw coming—the wish that will destroy him.
A dark twist on genie folklore, SUMMONED follows a reluctant criminal as he unravels the mystery of the paranormal bond controlling him.
SUMMONED is represented by Rossano Trentin of TZLA.
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Rainy Kaye is an aspiring overlord. In the mean time, she blogs at <a href="http://www.rainyofthedark.com/" target="_blank">RainyoftheDark</a> and writes paranormal novels from her lair somewhere in Phoenix, Arizona.
She is represented by Rossano Trentin of TZLA. Someone told her she's a USA Today Bestselling author. She thought there would be cake.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-47134922069000991812014-10-13T04:00:00.000-07:002014-10-13T04:00:09.117-07:00The Blood Line Blog Tour<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/amberrisme/15313631160" target="_blank" title="Blood Line1 by Amberr Meadows, on Flickr"><img alt="Blood Line1" height="236" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/15313631160_983913a59c_o.jpg" width="640" /></a> Enjoy Happy Geek Media's Virtual Book Tour of John Davis' debut novel, <i>Blood Line</i>
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<b>Blood Line is a high-voltage spy thriller that redefines rogue—the Granger Spy Novel series introduces a loving family with lethal issues caught in the crosshairs of global arms dealers.</b>
<b> When a simple home invasion turns out to be not so simple, Ron Granger must put aside his quiet rural life and return to the Central Intelligence Agency.</b>
<b>Aided by his brilliant wife, Valerie, and resourceful teen daughter, Leecy, Ron must quickly decide who to believe among the calculating opportunists, shrewd criminals, and power-hungry rival agencies racing to possess the technology that will change modern warfare forever. But when Leecy is kidnapped, Ron and Val must choose between the mission and a rescue. With time quickly running out, Ron only knows one thing:</b>
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<b>Thu Oct 23 – Charlotte NC</b>
7:00pm – 8:30pm
<b>Charlotte NC Park Road Books</b> - 4139 Park Road Charlotte, NC C 28209
<b>Wed Oct 29 – NYC</b>
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<b>NYC Mysterious Bookshop</b> - 58 Warren St, New York, NY 10007
<b>Fri Nov 7 – Chicago</b>
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<b>Chicago - Barbara's Books Willis Tower </b>- Willis Tower Chicago - Lower Level 233 S. Wacker Drive Chicago
<b>Nov 8 – Burr Ridge, IL</b>
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<b>Chicago - Barbara's Books Burr Ridge</b> - 810 Village Center Dr, Illinois and Michigan Canal, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
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<b>John J. Davis is the author of the Granger Spy Novel series, including Blood Line and the soon to be published sequel, Bloody Truth, available Spring 2015.</b>
<b> Davis grew up in the Southeastern US and after university traveled extensively in North America during his career as a regional sales rep and independent broker for leaders in the transportation, shipping and pharma industries. His years sitting in lobbies and airports honed his skill for human observation and fed his talent for writing fast-paced, character-driven stories.</b>
<b> His inspiration for the Granger family-of-spies comes from the people he has known and his family roots in the Carolinas–the extraordinarily strong and gentle women and men, whose lives are defined by the love, trust and respect for family. Currently at work on the third Granger Spy Novel and a screenplay, Davis lives near Atlanta with his wife, daughter and two dogs.</b>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-59669955644923979662014-10-11T20:24:00.000-07:002014-10-11T20:24:25.742-07:00Review of Trial Junkies by Robert Gregory Browne<br />
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<i><i>Ethan "Hutch" Hutchinson hasn't seen his old college pals for
nearly a decade. Now fate has brought them together again as one of the
gang is put on trial for a brutal, senseless murder. The Chicago police
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I can't say I have ever been the biggest fan of legal thrillers. I've read some (by Scott Turow, by John Grisham etc.) but I'm not a rabid fan. Robert Gregory Browne has flipped that on it's head for me! He is so flippin' talented! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Trial-Junkies-Thriller-Book-ebook/dp/B0083ECOBI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413082161&sr=8-1&keywords=Trial+Junkies" target="_blank">Trial Junkies</a> is an awesome book, and I was impressed with how fast this book was for me. I read the last half in two hours, I was that engaged.But I want to give this book it's due and tell you what I liked about it specifically.<br />
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<b>Characters:</b> I believed in the main character. Ethan "Hutch" Hutchinson is a washed up actor, and I totally believed it. He comes back home for the funeral of his ex-girlfriend, who's been murdered. You can literally feel the pain this guy is in as he tries to come to grips with the loss and his own demons. Every character in this book was believable. The group of friends felt like I had known them for years. This is one of Browne's strengths. His characters are so solid that you think you know them.<br />
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<b>Legal Maneuvering: </b>Being a writer myself, I always wonder how writers put together a legal thriller, with all the legal maneuverings and lawyers pulling sneaky things on other lawyers. This book has that in spades! From the inside of his book, it seems that Browne did a lot of research for this book, and it shows. I felt that I was in an actual legal proceeding, but with more drama. Cool stuff!<br />
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<b>Twists and turns:</b> I love getting slammed in the head with the unexpected (but only in books, so don't jump out of a bush to scare me, people!). This books has so any twists that you will never see any of them coming! The last 50 pages or so are classic!<br />
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My heart is in a million pieces.<br />
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I grew with Robin Williams, since he was a lovable alien from Ork on Happy Days, and then in his own TV show, Mork and Mindy. I've always appreciated his humor and have always seen him as a gentle person.<br />
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When I found out that he had died of a possible suicide, it hit me harder than it would have any other way.<br />
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Depression is something that I suffer with on a daily basis. For some of you, it might be something you understand. Some of you might not understand. I have heard that if you are depressed, all you have to do is think positively. I have heard that, if you commit suicide because of depression, you just weren't thinking of your friends and family who love you.<br />
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None of that is true.<br />
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Many years ago, I tried to commit suicide. I was thinking of my family and my friends when I did so. I thought that they would be better off without me. That I had somehow done wrong to them by my very existence. I tried to think positively, but I couldn't drum up enough energy.<br />
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It makes me sad to think that Robin Williams, a man that I often looked up to was struggling like that. I feel desperate for his family and wish that he had never chosen this path.<br />
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I wish I hadn't either.<br />
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If you are thinking about doing something like this, talk to someone. Anyone. Don't close yourself into your room and withdraw from the world.<br />
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Drop me a note. Call someone. Tell someone what you're feeling.<br />
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Don't feel weak. Empower yourself by talking about it.<br />
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1-800-273-TALK.<br />
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My heart is broken because I grew up with this man. He never knew me. I can't even imagine what it is like for the people whose lives were touched by this extraordinary man. Hopelessness is the worst feeling in the world.<br />
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It's a shame. An absolute shame.<br />
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You guys know me.<br />
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If ever a story grabs me, dragging me relentlessly to the finish, it's a story with solid characters.<br />
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<u>Solid-ass characters.</u><br />
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It's not the plot, though a good plot helps. It's the way the characters respond to the way their lives have changed that makes me keep on reading. Their response doesn't have to be logical, it only has to be logical to them.<br />
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Oh, and I love a dark story.<br />
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So, it's no surprise that I loved "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crash-David-Wright-ebook/dp/B00LBNI0B6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1405704070&sr=8-3&keywords=Crash" target="_blank">Crash",</a> by the remarkable writing duo <a href="http://collectiveinkwell.com/" target="_blank">David Wright and Sean Platt</a>, that brought you such serial writing excursions as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Gone-Season-Sean-Platt-ebook/dp/B005REXCKE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1405705259&sr=8-4&keywords=yesterday%27s+gone" target="_blank">"Yesterday's Gone"</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/WhiteSpace-Season-Episodes-sci-fi-horror-ebook/dp/B008ASB4GI/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1405705352&sr=8-6&keywords=White+Space" target="_blank">"White Space."</a><br />
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This one is a great stand-alone novel!<br />
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So what did I like about it:<br />
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<b>Plot:</b><br />
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This is about a topic that most people have felt in their lifetimes. Grief. The main character of this novel, Thomas, is consumed by grief over the death of his daughter, in a car accident. He is the survivor of the accident, and every waking moment of his day is spent grieving, and trying to remember what has gone on before and during the accident. In processing his grief and his loss of memory, he has been filming the aftermath of car accidents, until he sees something in his pictures that he cannot believe.<br />
This plot was the perfect vehicle for a different take on the traditional ghost story. Just the plot would have kept me zipping through the story, but there were a couple of other (more important) things that I loved.<br />
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<b>Characters: </b><br />
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Thomas Witt can't move on from the accident, and you can feel it in every word that is on the page. Everyone else seems to want him to move on, but he can't. I felt for this guy in so many ways. I also felt for his wife Meg. She is trying to make Thomas come back to the land of the living to help her complete their writing and move on with their family, but he can't move forward.<br />
These characters were painful to read.<br />
It was like being a fly on the wall of a life coming apart, powerless to do anything to help, you just have to watch. Without trying to make a joke, it was like watching an accident, feeling bad that you're watching, but unable to turn your head and mind your own business.<br />
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<b>Themes: </b><br />
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Life after grief. Redemption.Can one pull oneself out of a downward spiral? I don't know about you, but character and theme go hand-in-hand, one guiding the other. This story talked about some heavy stuff, but didn't beat me over the head with it. It just was what it was. That is true, masterful writing, Mr. Wright!<br />
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I love all kinds of genres, as you know from reading my blog. I don't like tired plots full of tired characters.<br />
This is a ghost story, but it is an unusual one. I like when that happens. I love when a writer takes a tired old formula and spins it around and makes me take notice. Awesome!<br />
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All-in-all, I give this 5-stars ***** for it's tackling of a very touchy subject (no I won't tel you what it is) and for not flinching when the story got hard and dark. That's what made this story for me. I consider writers, like Wright and Platt, to be braver than shit for tackling the darker aspects of life without looking to see who is watching them. With that having been said, I do not recommend this story to everyone. It is dark and some of the aspects of this novel may not be suitable for someone who has lost someone. There are other aspects that may test the mettle of readers. This book is definitely for an adult audience. Excellent work, Mr. Wright and Mr. Platt. Excellent work, indeed!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-27983197935857276082014-05-24T18:56:00.002-07:002014-05-24T18:56:56.399-07:00A Review of Carpe DiEmily by Riley J. Ford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Well, here I am to prove again that I don't have a favorite genre...I just like great characters. This book really proved it to me, once again. I DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE GENRE PEOPLE! JUST SAYIN'</i>. This book proved it in it's awesomeness because romantic comedy is not my genre, but as I have already reiterated, I don't have a genre anymore. LOL! You should all check out this book!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Carpe DiEmily by Riley J. Ford!</b></span><br />
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Emily
Keane has her life all planned out. She’s played by the rules and never
stepped outside her box, and now she will finally be rewarded with
everything she always dreamed of: a job promotion, a fiancé, and a
future she can count on. But when her perfectly planned world falls
apart, Emily is plunged into the wildest year of her life.<br />
From the beaches of California to Jamaica, New York, and Europe,
Emily finds herself on a madcap race against time, running from an
unscrupulous organ broker who wants her dead, all the while checking
items off her unusual bucket list. On top of it all, she’s falling in
love with the most unlikely person, a man who can never return her
feelings . . . but will his friendship be enough? <br />
Confronting one hilarious misadventure after another, Emily finally learns who she really is and how to seize the day . . .<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>So why did I like this book so much. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Characters: Awesome! So Awesome! If I had one complaint about books by some authors, it's that the characters are all the same. There really is little difference between all of the characters. They get hard to follow<b>. </b>Emily is not everyone else, she spends most of her time with life following a certain set of prescribed rules and never deviating from them. Her neuroses make her the perfect character to fall into the various misadventures of this book. She is hilarious and so, so unsure of who she really is. Great character! Simone is another one that is really a person all of her own. I have met people like her that are so willing to take people at face value and believe in them 100%. Even when they are wrong, they don't hold onto that, and still look at each person individually. One of those free spirits, ya know? All of the characters in this book made it a real joy to read. Bravo Ms. Ford!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Locations: Emily just about goes everywhere int he world in this book and each place that she is goes to is more interesting, with lots of local color to keep it interesting. I really believed that I was in Jamaica, New York, and various locations in Europe! My favorites were Jamaica with Simone, and Pamplona with Tyler! I really felt like I was there in those places! Awesome writing.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Themes: Who are you? Is your life all that you want it to be? If it's not, why not? Should one take the leap to get to know themselves? How do we do that? One should never judge by first glances. Things are never as they seem. Great themes. I believe that it is these themes that elevated this book from just okay to awesome. It is obvious that Ms. Ford thought about these things as she was writing. The great thing is that the themes did what all great themes do...they melted into the story so I didn't really think about hem until I finished the book and was thinking about it after words. This is more impressive than I can put words to.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Altogether, I would recommend this book to anyone that likes romantic comedies, or to anyone that likes well-drawn characters. Such a great book, I don't even know what to say, except give it a try.</i></span></span><br />
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'I walk toward the sea. The endless surface of the water extends to the horizon, whichever way I look.</div>
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If I were to walk westward from here, I would come across a barrier - the Wall. Behind it, there are Fools. At least, that's what everyone says. I have never seen one.'</div>
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Leia lives on the Island, a world in which children leave their parents to take care of themselves when they are ten years old. Across this Island runs a wall that no one has ever crossed. The Fools living behind it are not amenable to reason - they believe in illusions. That's what The Book says, the only thing left to the Eastern Islanders by their ancestors.</div>
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The first memory I have of my grandfather is of a moment that we share together. I'm sitting on his knee looking out over the harbor. Grandpa is smoking a pipe. He points at the horizon.</div>
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"Look, Walt. Our ships are out there. And one day, another even more beautiful ship will appear at the horizon. A mighty ship to take us all away. And Annabelle will be at the front deck with open arms, inviting us all to join her on board."</div>
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"Why don't we sail to her ourselves?" I inquire wide-eyed.</div>
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"Because she promised she would come," granddad replies. "And in that promise we trust. It's only the Unbelievers who think they can do everything themselves. They have no faith in the Goddess."</div>
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Walt lives in Hope Harbor, an island community that has put its trust in salvation from across the sea. The townspeople wait patiently, build their ships to sail out and welcome the Goddess, and piously visit the temple every week. Horror stories to scare their children are told about the Unbelievers on the other side of Tresco.</div>
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Return to the world of The Island and discover what Walt's life was like before and after he met Leia!</div>
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‘The world is never-ending.I never realized just how much space there is – how far and wide the water around our island stretches out. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I may have believed that a second Wall ran around Tresco, containing the infinite waters so we wouldn’t all wash over the edge and plummet down into the depths.’
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Leia and Walt are on their way to the Other Side, where the legendary land of Cornwall awaits them. Tony, their new friend, has told them that all wars of the past have been forgotten and the citizens of Bodmin and Dartmoor live in peace. People adhere to the tenets of an old religion that preaches forgiveness and non-violence.However, Walt and Leia soon discover that even a peace-loving, ideal society like this one may have its flaws. While on a forbidden trip to Exeter, the old city of their ancestors, the two Islanders discover more about the new world than they ever bargained for.
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Secrets run dark and passions run deep in this thrilling conclusion to the Island novella series.</div>
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<i>As the first stop on The Making of Nebraska Brown Blog Tour, I just go to tell you how awesome this book is! I had the opportunity to review it and posted it <a href="http://jscottsharp.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-review-of-making-of-nebraska-brown-by.html#more" target="_blank">here</a>, without spoilers, so you can still enjoy it. I will link you to where you can pick up this amazing YA mystery with heart. Louise Caiola really is that great! </i><br />
<i>Also, you can enter the contest at the end of this post to win some cool stuff! </i><br />
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<i>Today, Louise has come to my blog to tell you a little about growing up to be a bibliophile, being bookish! Take it away Louise!</i><br />
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I am the first stop in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Rainy-Kaye-ebook/dp/B00JAZT88G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396014749&sr=8-1&keywords=Summoned+Rainy+Kaye" target="_blank">Summoned</a> Blog Tour!<br />
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I reviewed this book a little while ago right <a href="http://jscottsharp.blogspot.com/2014/02/review-of-summoned-by-rainy-kaye.html" target="_blank">here!</a> It is awesome! And Rainy Kaye is a great author! I can't wait to see where this series is going!<br />
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<b>5 Pieces of Advice for Aspiring Authors </b></div>
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<br /></div>
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After tinkering with fiction writing for 15 years, and
finally taking one and running with it, I could give a caffeine-fueled run-on
sentence lecture about author advice. However, since we're limited to five, I
will go with some that I think aren't said enough:</div>
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<b>What you spew on the first draft of your first manuscript
is not your voice.</b> This is a difficult argument, but if you take nothing
else from this article, please listen to this: just because it sounds like something
you would said, it isn't necessarily “your voice.” Or, to phrase it another
way, if readers don't get it, the problem is with your writing. The excuse “but
that's my voice” will get no one anywhere. I have run into countless times
where someone justifies a garbled mess as “their voice” and refuses to take any
constructive criticism, despite having asked for it.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I'm coming from a place of experience here. If I'm being
mean, it's because someone should have been mean to me ten years sooner than
they did. It wasn't because I didn't think my writing was all that; it was
because everyone defined voice as “writing how you would say something” but
that's not the end of it. Just because it's worded how I would say something,
doesn't mean it makes sense.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>Editors are a must.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b>Ones that know about writing what you write. While some editors are
good at crossing between genres, it really helps if you pick someone who loves
the same things you do. Sure, a romance editor can probably do your fantasy
manuscript justice, but a fantasy editor is more likely to have read more
within that genre. They understand the nuances of it, and often on a depth that
even your beta readers didn't get.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>Sometimes, really great lines, or scenes, or chapters,
don't work.</b> Not this time. Save them for another story. If you write enough
manuscripts, you will probably get to use it eventually. This kind of goes back
to not being too in love with your writing or your voice. I have documents full
of lines I've edited out, or things that have popped into my head that I would
love to make Dimitri say, but unless that situation presents itself in a way
that moves the story forward—they will remain in my document.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>Be prepared for a ton of work. </b>Writing takes an
enormous amount of hours and braincells. Then you will need to revise. Maybe a
few times. More braincells. Then you're going to self-edit, and those little
braincells are lining up like lemmings. When your manuscript is absolutely
perfect, you will smugly send it off to an editor thinking, “Good luck finding
more than a typo!” </div>
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<br /></div>
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Then they will return it with so many notes you think they
must have mistaken your masterpiece with someone else's trash, except, of
course, they didn't. So you will politely ask for a snip of their hair so you
can make a voodoo doll, but somewhere between the stitching together of said
doll, you'll start to see a little merit in what they said. Just a little. </div>
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<br /></div>
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So you'll put away the voodoo doll for another time and make
a few changes. Just a few. And then a few more. <span style="background: white;">Eventually,
it's perfect—for real this time—so you send it off to the next round of editing
with properly earned self-assuredness.</span> That is, until you find yourself
making another voodoo doll.</div>
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<br /></div>
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However, somewhere around pass three or thirty, it will be ready
to go. So then you will lose more hours, braincells, and friends creating cover
art. On pass four hundred and sixteen of Plan Z, you will fall in love with a
cover. Then you will change it a dozen more times.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Then there's the formatting,
and the campaign planning, and the dedication page where you realize so many
braincells have committed hari-kari that you forgot half of those poor souls
you roped into your Big Idea.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Finally, at long last, it is published. Then you get to
start marketing while you do all of the above again on your next book.</div>
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<br /></div>
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On the plus side, you will no longer have any braincells to
worry about.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1576112901211365893" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><b>You are probably not over thinking, being too critical,
or making tough calls yet. </b><span style="background: white;">Until you're
little more than a caffeine recycler who can't remember if they showered this
morning or yesterday morning because it's all blurring together; until friends
come 'round to pry open your window to take you outside; until you wake up off
your keyboard in a cold sweat that maybe the flowers were mauve, not purple,
you're not done yet.</span> The truth is, if it isn't working, it just isn't
working. You will know when it is.</div>
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<br /></div>
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If the above didn't scare you off, you either need a
therapist—or to get back to writing.<br />
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<b><u><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></u></b>Twenty-three year old Dimitri has to do what he is
told—literally. Controlled by a paranormal bond, he is forced to use his wits
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Dimitri has no idea how his family line became trapped in
the genie bond. He just knows resisting has never ended well. When he meets
Syd—assertive, sexy, intelligent Syd—he becomes determined to make her his own.
Except Karl has ensured Dimitri can't tell anyone about the bond, and Syd isn't
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Then Karl starts sending him away on back-to-back wishes.
Unable to balance love and lies, Dimitri sets out to uncover Karl's ultimate
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Summoned is represented by Rossano Trentin of TZLA.<br />
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Buy Summoned <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Rainy-Kaye-ebook/dp/B00JAZT88G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396014749&sr=8-1&keywords=Summoned+Rainy+Kaye" target="_blank">here </a></div>
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Find out more at<b> </b><a href="http://www.summonedtheseries.com/"><b>http://www.summonedtheseries.com</b></a></div>
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Rainy Kaye is an aspiring overlord. In the mean time, she blogs at <a href="http://www.rainyofthedark.com/">RainyoftheDark.com</a> and writes paranormal novels from her lair somewhere in Phoenix, Arizona. When not plotting world domination, she enjoys getting lost around the globe, studying music so she can sing along with symphonic metal bands, and becoming distracted by Twitter (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/rainyofthedark">@rainyofthedark</a>). She is represented by Rossano Trentin of TZLA. </b></div>
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So <a href="http://www.immortalinkpublishing.com/index.php" target="_blank">Immortal Ink Publishing </a>is putting out some books that are really testing the edges of my like and dislike lists when it comes to genre reading. Now, before anyone starts saying that all I do is review IIP books, I will challenge you by saying that no one is sending me anything or engaging with me on any level to get their book read...except those artists at IIP. So shame on you! LOL!<br />
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<a href="http://www.immortalinkpublishing.com/books.php?id=21" target="_blank">The Reading Lessons </a>is an awesome book. <a href="http://www.immortalinkpublishing.com/authors.php?id=20" target="_blank">Carole Lanham</a> and I met each other on Goodreads and you won't find a more pleasant person on the planet. She wanted me to give her book a read and let her know what I thought. Man was I glad I met her and that I read the book.<br />
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Let me break this novel down for you.<br />
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Here's what it's about, as read from the <a href="http://www.immortalinkpublishing.com/books.php" target="_blank">Immortal Ink Publishing </a>website:<br />
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<i>Mississippi 1920: Nine year old servant, Hadley Crump, finds himself
drawn into a secret world when he is invited to join wealthy Lucinda
Browning’s dirty book club. No one suspects that the bi-racial son of
the cook is anything more to Lucinda than a charitable obligation, but
behind closed doors, O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright. What
begins as a breathless investigation into the more juicy parts of
literature quickly becomes a consuming and life-long habit for two
people who would not otherwise be left alone together. As lynchings
erupt across the South and the serving staff is slowly cut to make way
for new mechanical household conveniences, Hadley begins to understand
how dangerous and precarious his situation is.</i><br />
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follows the lives of two people born into a world that is unforgiving
as a Hangman’s knot. Divided by skin color and joined by books, Hadley
and Lucinda are forced to come together in the only place that will
allow it, a land of printed words and dark secrets.</i><br />
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So let's get to what I like about this book:<br />
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<b>Characters:<i> </i></b>Are you kidding me? There are more interesting characters in this book then you could read about in a dirty book club. Hadley Crump, Lucinda's gardener and all-around handyman is such a great guy and at times it feels like his entire life has been manipulated for him. It's powerful that the man is ruled by both the right thing to do and his emotions, all at the same time. Hadley Crump is a great main character with a ton of dimension. At times, I want to smack him upside his head, at times, I want to put my arms around his shoulder and tell him that everything was going to be alright.<br />
Lucinda. What do you say about her? I was pissed at her a lot in this book which as it should have been. She is a pain-in-the-ass most of the book, but she is a REAL pain-the-ass that I believed all the way through. These two characters are the strength of this book. However the other side characters, like Dickie, Nina, Meg, and Flora lend a humanity to the story of Hadley Crump that makes it all very sad. Great characters is what brought me through this literary fiction book, which as I said is supposedly not my genre...supposedly.<br />
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<b>Themes: </b>The Reading Lessons is rife with themes: love vs. lust, racism vs. acceptance, loyalty vs. rebellion, and the best part was that they all happened organically, through the showing of story and not through the lecturing of someone on a soapbox. The storytelling was the thing, and the themes were just behind all the story-telling, making their point without any of the fanfare that typically follows literary fiction.<br />
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<b>Historical significance</b>: The history behind these periods of time lent to the authenticity of the novel. Thew author obviously did her homework because she used phrases I had never heard before that were obviously colloquial and regional language from these different time periods. I felt like I was in those times back in the 20's up to the 70's . Such a great examination of those eras of history.<br />
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<b>Twisty-Turnys</b>: This book didn't end the way I thought it would...not at all. As I approached the halfway mark, this book became about something that I was absolutely mesmerized by and the ending broke my heart and lended a poignancy to the whole story that was magnificent!<br />
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Altogether, I would definitely recommend this book to those who do not mind some sex, some sexiness, and some tough heartfelt feelings in a book. This is Literary fiction at it's best. Congratulations Carole Lanham, you proved again that I don't have a particular genre that I like to read. I'll read anything that is good! Five stars! *****Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-46782284898190953882014-02-24T17:22:00.002-08:002014-02-24T17:22:38.120-08:00Rowling Should Just Quit Writing? Jealous Much?<br />
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I was scanning through Facebook and I ran into a doozy of a story.<br />
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Lynn Shepherd, a novelist and copywriter for The Huffington Post, wrote the stupidest op ed piece I have ever written..<br />
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For a little context you can go <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lynn-shepherd/jk-rowling-should-stop-writing_b_4829648.html?utm_hp_ref=tw" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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In essence, she was complaining that now that J. K. Rowling was done with Harry Potter, and she had started making a move in the adult literature areas, she should stop and give other writers a chance to shine, namely Lynn Shepherd.<br />
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Ha!<br />
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So once you hit it big, you should stop? Hmmm... Would you Lynn Shepherd? I bet not. <br />
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This person even got upset because adults had read the Harry Potter books instead of reading more adult oriented fare, even admitting that she had never read a word of them and so didn't know if they were good (which they most certainly were) or bad. This was another plug for Lynn Shepherd's writing or genre because she was extremely hurt that adults would follow Rowling from YA to adult books and not be giving Little Miss Sunshine, Lynn Shepherd a chance to shine.<br />
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Never heard of her, and most likely never will with this attitude about other writers. This crap will follow you, Ms. Shepherd. Readers don't forget things like this.<br />
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Just go to Goodreads and see for yourself.<br />
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Or you could go look at the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lynn-Shepherd/e/B002LUNXS8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" target="_blank">Amazon page</a> for your books and see what their responses have been...all the one star reviews must be killing you.<br />
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Will writers ever learn?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-64907768335426087042014-02-21T20:20:00.000-08:002014-02-21T20:20:33.650-08:00Review of Summoned by Rainy Kaye Releasing March 28th, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Authors are just jacking up my preconceived notions of what my favorite genres are.<br />
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I mean it!<br />
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Jacking them up.<br />
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I think I like horror, suspense, and thrillers. I end up liking all of those, and mystery, romance, YA, New Adult, Hell pretty much anything, as long as the characters have a pulse and I can really get into their heads for a while.<br />
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It really sucks when you thnk you know yourself...and you so don't<br />
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I'd like to introduce you to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rainyofthedark" target="_blank">Rainy Kaye</a> who is flippin' awesome as a person, and is blazing hot as an author. I am hoping to interview her sometime in the near future. It's going to be epic! Anyway, she's got an awesome book that is coming out on March 28th, 2014, and yours truly got an advanced peek at it.<br />
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And it rocks!<br />
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<b>Here's what it's about:</b><br />
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<i><span id="freeText13917551412237819483">Twenty-three year old
Dimitri has to do what he is told—literally. Controlled by a paranormal
bond, he is forced to use his wits to fulfill unlimited deadly wishes
made by multimillionaire Karl Walker.<br /><br />Dimitri has no idea how his
family line became trapped in the genie bond. He just knows resisting
has never ended well. When he meets Syd—assertive, sexy, intelligent
Syd—he becomes determined to make her his own. Except Karl has ensured
Dimitri can’t tell anyone about the bond, and Syd isn’t the type to
tolerate secrets.<br /><br />Then Karl starts sending him away on
back-to-back wishes. Unable to balance love and lies, Dimitri sets out
to uncover Karl’s ultimate plan and put it to an end. But doing so
forces him to confront the one wish he never saw coming—the wish that
will destroy him.</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483"><b>What did I like about Summoned:</b></span><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483">Everything!</span><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483"><b>But let's break it down.</b></span><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483"><b>Characters</b>: If you're looking for a character that will melt your heart, Dimitri ain't it. So get your mind away from that idea right now. He's definitely not likeable. You almost can't help it. Heck, there's no reason to like him, after all, many scenes contain him killing someone in order to fulfill a wish by his screwed-up master, Karl Walker. And this is where Ms. Kaye shines. Dimitri is a pretty rough guy, but the people who "own" him are more reprehensible than him. This makes him likeable. In addition, <b> </b></span><span id="freeText13917551412237819483">he is very complex and rounded. Syd is fantastic. She's a tad nuts, in a good way, and she has Dimitri's number throughout the book I believe that a lot of readers will love these two. There both so fully-realized, as characters, that I felt that I knew them. Lastly, Karl and Silvia...Karl and Silvia...hated them. Hated them a lot. But I was supposed to. They aren't good people. So that rocked too! </span><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483"><b>Setting: </b>Arizona. What else can I say. I live here. It was the last setting I would have thought for a book about a genie, but it works. It totally works. Rainy Kaye brought it all together for me. Since I live here, if she could bring it to life for me, she can definitely do it for you. Even the parts that happen in other cities like New Orleans made me feel like I was here. This is not the strongest part of the story, but I live in Phoenix and it felt very real to me.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483"><b>Uniqueness: </b>This is the best part of this story. The best part. This story has uniqueness in spades. I was so thankful at the end, that I had gotten a chance to read this book. Seriously? A genie named Dimitri who lives in Phoenix, Arizona and is bonded to a family starting with Karl Walker, his current master, and then eventually Silvia, who will inherit him? Inherit him? Cool! This was such a cool idea that there will be hundreds of authors that will wish they had thought of it first, but is uniquely Rainy Kaye! </span><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483"><b>Mystery: </b>If this had been just a story about a genie fulfilling the wishes of a sociopath, I'd have thrown my Nook out the window and been done with this story. But it's not. All of this wish fulfillment is going somewhere, and if you play along, you might just be surprised at where this stroy is going. I'm not going to say anymore. But you're going to get blind-sided a couple of times. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText13917551412237819483">Altogether, Summoned is a book that I would recommend to a lot of people. But definitely not everybody. It is extremely well written and an extremely effective and effecting debut novel. However it does come with this warning </span><br />
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SUMMONED is not a romance. It contains strong language, naughty scenes,
mature content, terrible wishes, mystery, discomfort, explosions, and an
apple.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText133128452726945455">So check it out, but don't say I didn't warn you. If My Little Pony is your thing, Summoned won't be. </span><br />
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Today, a friend brought something to my attention.<br />
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An author got a three-star review from a reviewer that she asked to look at her book and review it. The author was kind and not rude, explaining that she liked about the book, but the editing was poor and needed some work. So, what did the author do? Thank the reviewer? uh...no. Ignore her review? Again...no.<br />
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She lambasted her in front of everyone and told everyone about her abusive marriage! Her marriage, people!What the heck was this writer thnking?<br />
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Authors, I want to tell you something, and I want you to pay particular attention. I'm only going to say this once, at least I say that now.<br />
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I understand that we all want to have 5-star reviews coming out of our rear-ends, like rainbows after a rainy day. I want them and you want them, and if you say that you don't, your lying. I won't even argue you about it. You want them and you want them to be high.<br />
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Here's a whole other perspective from an excellent writer <a href="http://www.bookdaily.com/authorresource/blog/post/1269353" target="_blank">Rainy Kaye</a> about how important negative reviews actually are. She's being much kinder than I am being right now. <br />
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But...<br />
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Reviews are not for you. The reason Amazon has reviews is not so that authors can game them and get as many good ones as possible. It's not so that authors can be high in whatever ratings system is new that week.<br />
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Reviews are for readers.<br />
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Before you all get upset and start sending me hatred about how people are sending bad reviews of your book to Amazon, in order to bring your rating down, I say that I acknowledge that to be true. It might be that someone hates you, and they are now taking it out on you by getting their friends together and trolling your reviews. Fight that fight if you want, but fight it undercover, because you don't come off in the best light when you do this, no matter if you're in the right or not.<br />
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That isn't what I'm talking about here, though <br />
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I'm talking about when someone gives you a review, they are not rude to you personally and they tell what didn't work for them. That is a review. That is a legitimate review.<br />
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Get over it!<br />
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DO NOT SELF-PUBLISH IF YOU CANNOT BE PROFESSIONAL.<br />
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If you can't hold your emotions and need to respond to everything that is said about your work, all the live long day, then I would challenge you to find something else to occupy your time. Indie writing, heck, writing in general, may not be for you.<br />
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Find some friends, get on Skype, and talk it out, complain, get mad, but when you get back online, get control of yourself, Bubba. Nobody wants to hear your melt down. You want a readership so bad that you would take one of the two people who bothered to review you on Goodreads or Amazon, and you would lambast them in front of other readers?<br />
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I just want you to understand what you just did.<br />
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You told readers that you don't appreciate their opinion unless they thought your book was awesome.<br />
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Wrong message. Important safety tip. The one thing you were fighting for won't matter because you're never going to get another one.<br />
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Authors! Please grow a pair and get your nose out of reviews that aren't for you anyway.<br />
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Your book is no longer just yours.<br />
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Now that you have published it and sent it into the world, it is a joint ownership. People who buy books own what you have written. They own it and have purchased the right to not like it if they want. Hate me. Love me. Disprespect me. Appreciate me. That is my opinion.<br />
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Get over yourself before you become a has-been before you ever were.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-31286478746399513152014-02-13T21:05:00.000-08:002014-02-13T21:05:00.923-08:00Happy Valentines! For this season of love (or lust or just the need for large amounts of chocolate), The Flower of Hell is re-released as it's own stand alone short story. You can finally meet sexy Dimitri.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif; font-size: 19px;">Gabriella devoted her eternity to carrying out her vengeance against demons. As she pursues her latest prey she stumbles across another hunter. To Gabby, Dimitri is an unneeded distraction, but he attracts her like no other man has for centuries. Will this hunter unlock the feelings she’d buried long ago or will he just open her up to more heartache? Can Gabby protect both of them from the demon stalking the Paris streets?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>That night he took me to dinner. We supped on chicken and mushroom crepes outside a small café, enjoying the music of the street bands. As we ate, he spoke of his family.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>We traveled to the top of the Eiffel tower to view the city from the world’s tallest structure. I shivered at the cold wind and Dimitri wrapped his arm around me. After a moment of hesitation, I relaxed and rested my head on his shoulder. For the first time in years I felt at peace.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“So, tell me something about you,” he said.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“I hunt demons.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“Besides that. Hmm, how about where you are from? Is Paris your home city?”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“No, I’m from Italy.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“Really?” he asked, surprise showing on his face. “I couldn’t tell; you have no accent.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“I lost it in my travels.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“Where have you traveled?” he asked, rubbing my arm.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“Europe, Asia, Africa, all over,” I said.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“So you’re a world traveler.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“That’s where the demons are.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“Back to the demons. Your life seems to revolve around them.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>A couple passed us. Both were smiling down at their son, who stood between them, holding their hands. A lump rose in my throat as memories threatened to overwhelm me. I stared at the city below.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“That’s what being a hunter is,” I said. “You should know.”</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>“Yes, but I have friends and family in my life. You don’t seem to have that.”</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Centaur, serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><i>He lifted up my chin, so his gaze met mine. “Not if you find the right one.”</i></span></span><br />
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You guys know me by now.<br />
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At least I hope so.<br />
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I love horror.<br />
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It's still a viable and vital part of literature, even if no one wants to admit that it exists.<br />
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So I was completely thrilled when I had the opportunity to read a book, by an author best known for her Romantic Comedy and another author best known for New Adult Parnormal, that could only be described as Horror/Thriller.<br />
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Horror/Thriller Hell yeah!<br />
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<a href="http://jscottsharp.blogspot.com/2013/10/ten-questions-plus-1-with-author-riley.html" target="_blank">Riley J. Ford</a> and <a href="http://jscottsharp.blogspot.com/2013/10/ten-questions-plus-one-with-rebecca.html" target="_blank">Rebecca Hamilton </a>are hot in their respective genres, but could they be hot in horror?<br />
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Uh...yes please! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Circus-Lost-Souls-Riley-Ford-ebook/dp/B00HF7WG4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392080867&sr=8-1&keywords=circus+of+lost+souls" target="_blank">Circus of Lost Souls</a> is H-O-T, off-the-chain, modern horror with a twist!<br />
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Check this out for a premise:<br />
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<i>Cirque du Lune is killing off teenagers, but it's all part of the act.<br /><br />Or is it?<br /><br />As
the body count rises with each performance, one girl at this renowned
theater-based summer camp finds herself contemplating what's real and
what's not.<br /><br />What if it's not just a horror show, but a live
snuff performance perpetrated by real-life, infamous serial killers?
What if the murders . . . are real?</i><br />
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Awesome! But let's cut to the chase. What did I like about this book:<br />
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<b>Characters</b><i>: </i>Myra Anderson is the perfect character to tell this story through. She has been indelibly affected by a trauma when she was a child. Fortunately, this takes the mysterious aspects of this book to a new level, because one is never quite sure if what they are experiencing as they read is being seen through the eyes of someone who is unreliable. Myra is very sympathetic and the authors did a great job of creating an unease in her that carried the story. Very believable side characters as well. In fact, this whole premise could have come off as a comedy if I didn't start to believe in what was going on. That is mostly because of the development of all the characters. Myra's boyfriend Bo, is another character, that though a side character, was very well-developed. Loved the characters, even the ones that cscared the crap out of me, like Ian, one of the tattooed carnival monstrosities.<br />
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<b>Setting: </b>This is where this story truly excels. Characters pull off the story, but it is setting that puts you in it. The circus felt so real. It was well described and I wondered if this was, in small part, a place that one of the authors had experienced, the summer camp feel, in a circus of the macabre type atmosphere. The place gave me the creeps. One part of the book reminded me of a book I read a couple of months ago called "The Association" by Bentley Little. That book creeped me out because of the strong ties to the setting. This one gave me that same feeling of otherworldliness. Creepy!<br />
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<b>Chill factor</b>: When a horror novel can give me the chills, it has done it's job. Sometimes I have to plod through books, hoping that they will get good. This book did exactly what it should have done, the tension kept building and building until I was just about to scream at the characters in the book "Run, run! Get your ass out of there!" Just enough creepiness. Just enough mystery. Just enough thriller. At one point, I was reading and killed 50 pages in what seemed like no time at all! Scary and compelling, with just enough of everything to keep me reading through the night and into the next day. Reminiscent of many movies I have liked, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Fallen, and a bunch more.<br />
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Altogether, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Circus-Lost-Souls-Riley-Ford-ebook/dp/B00HF7WG4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392080867&sr=8-1&keywords=circus+of+lost+souls" target="_blank">Circus of Lost Souls </a>is a bullet of a book that will stick with you for a while after you read it. Maybe you'll be looking at your friends to see if they have changed. Maybe they just aren't the same. It'll all be okay, nothing's wrong. Or is it?<br />
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Five very enthusiastic stars ***** ! Riley J. Ford and Rebecca Hamilton have orchestrated a scary, creepy story. I'm looking forward to what they have up their sleeves next. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-53074615001131710792014-02-07T17:15:00.000-08:002014-02-07T17:15:43.661-08:00Cover Reveal For Flower of Hell by Noree Cosper<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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across another hunter. To Gabby, Dimitri is an unneeded distraction, but he attracts
her like no other man has for centuries. Will this hunter unlock the feelings
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constantly searched for mystical elements in the mundane. She buried her nose
in both fiction and books about Wicca, Religion, and Mythology. Everyday became
an adventure as she joined a group of role-players, acting out her fantasies of
vampires, demons, and monsters living in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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never left her love for fantasy and horror. Her dreams pushed her and her hand
itched to write the visions she saw. So, with her fingers on the keys, she did
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576112901211365893.post-34812207418616819492014-02-02T21:25:00.002-08:002014-02-02T21:43:28.547-08:00A Review of The Making of Nebraska Brown By Louise Caiola<br />
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One of the greatest things about having a blog is that I get to meet great people and I get to read their books and review them once in a while. So I was really happy when I received an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) of the book, "<a href="http://www.immortalinkpublishing.com/books.php?id=27" target="_blank">The Making of Nebraska Brown</a>" from Immortal Ink Publishing and Louise Caiola.<br />
Though I received this book for free, it has in no way influenced my review here.<br />
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First, I have to tell you that this book, a Young Adult book, is not my typical reading fare. It's just not my genre. Heck, if I write any YA, it really pushes the envelope...some consider it YA, and others say it goes to far to be YA. I agree with those people. So as I was reading this book, I realized something very important. Apparently, I don't have a favorite genre at all. This book blew me away. I apparently just like books that have great characters that tell a great story.<br />
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That's it.<br />
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So here is a synopsis straight from Immortal Ink Publishing (IIP) website:<br />
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<i>The last thing eighteen-year-old Ann Leigh remembers is running from
her boyfriend in a thick Nebraska cornfield. This morning she’s staring
down a cool Italian sunrise, an entire continent from the life she once
knew. The events of the eighteen months in between have inexplicably
gone missing from her memory.</i><br />
<i>All at once she’s living with Tommy,
an attractive, young foreigner asking for her continued love. Though
he’s vaguely familiar, she recalls a boy named Shane in America who she
reluctantly agreed to marry. Juggling a new world while her old one is
still M.I.A is difficult enough without the terrifying movie scenes
spinning a dizzy loop in her mind: glimpses of a devastating house fire,
a romance gone wrong, an unplanned pregnancy, and a fractured family –
each claiming to be part of who she once was – a girl and a past somehow
discarded.</i><br />
<i>Ann Leigh must collect the pieces of herself to become
whole again, but she doesn’t know who to trust especially when Tommy’s
lies become too obvious to ignore. And above all, her heart aches to
discover what became of the child she may or may not have given birth
to.</i><br />
<i>The Making of Nebraska Brown tells the story of one girl’s
coming apart from the inside and the great lengths she’ll go to reclaim
herself and find her way home.</i><br />
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Let's get right into what I liked about this book, and I am going to avoid giving too much away :)<br />
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<b>Main Character: </b>Ann Leigh was probably the most really protagonist that I have read in a while. Some of the parts of her story broke my heart. I really was on the trip with her to discover who she is and what has happened. I am very reluctant to say too much because i won't everyone to get the pure enjoyment I had in reading this book. Suffice to say, the character of Ann Leigh was strong enough to carry this book hands down. She was real, not too perfect, a good person on the inside, but flawed as well. There were times, in the book, where I was angry about some of her actions and some of the things that she said. Great character!<br />
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<b>Style: </b>Writers spend all of their lives perfecting a writing style. Ms. Caiola has won me over with the way she writes. She has a flow in her writing that is almost like a dance. One part grace and two parts careful observation. For instance, in one part, she describes the way that someone listens with "She leaned in. I liked the way she had of listening with all the parts of her." It reminds me of people I know who make me feel as if I am the most important person in the room when they speak to me. Her descriptions of people and places are fantastic, especially when Ann Leigh is comparing one to another, like comparing Tommy to Shane in her fragmented memories. She says, "Then he pulled me in, resting his damp chin on top of my head. He smelled salty, soapy. Ten perfect fingers danced across my back. Not one was missing a significant portion. Not one had been involved in an ugly disfiguring accident."<br />
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<b>Settings: </b>Especially the parts in Italy. I have never been. So the parts in Italy made me feel like I was there.Especially the use of the language and the fact that Ms. Caiola was careful to place something in the narrative that helped me to stay up on what was being said. Ms. Caiola was good about describing sights, but also smells and sounds that were helpful in placing me there.<br />
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Altogether,<a href="http://www.immortalinkpublishing.com/books.php?id=27" target="_blank"> The Making of Nebraska Brown </a>is a great book that I would recommend to anyone who likes a great YA mystery with heart. Great great book!<br />
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