tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75516021992284735842024-03-05T16:53:55.124+00:00Always Lost in StoriesWelcome to my book blog! Here I review YA books usually with a paranormal theme.Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.comBlogger597125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-61561186976059866102014-09-30T05:00:00.000+01:002014-09-30T05:00:04.574+01:00Best of the Bunch September 2014<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Best of the Bunch </b>is a book blog hop hosted here on the last day of each month, where we can look back over the books we have read over this past month and give a Best of the Bunch award to our favourite book of that month.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Maze Runner </i>by James Dashner- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Erased </i>by Jennifer Rush (Altered, book 2)- <b>5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Slayers </i>by C.J Hill- <b>5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Alice in Zombieland </i>by Gena Showalter- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
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This book was amazing. Take a book with a bunch of genetically altered guys, add a dollop of romance, throw in a few "Oh My God" moments and a couple of "I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING"s, then break my heart a couple of times, mix in some action, drop in a super villain and BOOM! </div>
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Winner. Well deserved 5 stars. This is so clever, brilliantly plotted, mysterious and genius. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So I'm actually writing this post on August 25th as I'm going to be away on holiday (woo hoo!) and I'm not sure if I'll have any internet access or not. Hello people from the future!</span></span></span></span><br />
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-8221425940762841982014-08-13T08:30:00.000+01:002014-08-13T08:30:02.406+01:00Wishlist Wednesday #42 - Alienated<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly book blog hop hosted by Dani at </span><a href="http://www.pentopaperblog.com/search/label/wednesday" style="background-color: white; color: #60972c; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pen to Paper</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"> where we will post about a book that has been on our wishlist for some time, or just added, that we can't wait to get off the wishlist and onto our bookshelves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them. </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;">Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket.</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;">Still, Cara isn’t sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L’eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn’t seem more alien. She’s certain about one thing, though: no human boy is this good-looking.</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;">But when Cara's classmates get swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't safe anymore. Threatening notes appear in Cara's locker, and a police officer has to escort her and Aelyx to class. </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;">Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn’t just her only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange, and its potentially deadly consequences. Soon Cara will be in for the fight of her life—not just for herself and the boy she loves, but for the future of her planet.</span></div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><i>The Moment Collector </i>by Jodi Lynn Anderson. The author of the novel <i>Tiger Lily </i>which I loved. This is being published under the title <i>The Vanishing Season </i>in the US and other parts of the world.</span></li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><i>Water Born </i>by Rachel Ward (The Drowning, book 2).</span></li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><i>Fiendish </i>by Brenna Yovanoff. I LOVE the US version of the cover of this book. This one is a bit... meh. </span></li>
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<li><i>Isla and the Happily Ever After </i>by Stephanie Perkins</li>
<li><i>Trial By Fire </i>by Josephine Angelini</li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><i>Forget Me </i>by K.A Harrington. Love the sound of this one- a spooky thriller.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><i>Of Metal and Wishes </i>by Sarah Fine. </span></li>
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-42353395149537843722014-07-31T05:30:00.000+01:002014-07-31T05:30:00.583+01:00Best of the Bunch July<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Best of the Bunch </b>is a book blog hop hosted here on the last day of each month, where we can look back over the books we have read over this past month and give a Best of the Bunch award to our favourite book of that month.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>The One </i>by Keira Cass (The Selection, book 3)- <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Ruin and Rising </i>by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha, book 3)- <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Hollow City </i>by Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine's, book 2)- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>The Forever Song </i>by Julie Kagawa (Blood of Eden, book 3)- <b>5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Of Triton </i>by Anna Banks (Syrena, book 2)- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>One Tiny Lie </i>by K.A Tucker (Ten Tiny Breaths, book 2)- <b>3 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Hexed </i>by Michelle Krys- <b>2 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Adaptation </i>by Malinda Lo- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Vengeance will be hers.</strong><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;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Allison Sekemoto once struggled with the question: human or monster? With the death of her love, Zeke, she has her answer.</strong><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;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Monster.</strong><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;">Allie will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the psychopathic vampire who murdered Zeke. But the trail is bloody and long, and Sarren has left many surprises for Allie and her companions - her creator Kanin, and her blood brother, Jackal. The trail is leading straight to the one place they must protect at any cost - the last vampire-free zone on Earth, Eden. And Sarren has one final, brutal shock in store for Allie. </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;">In a ruined world where no life is sacred and former allies can turn on you in one heartbeat, Allie will face her darkest days. And if she succeeds, her triumph will be short-lived in the face of surviving forever alone.</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;">THE FINAL HUNT IS ON.</span></div>
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-5064778743977293332014-07-30T08:30:00.000+01:002014-07-30T08:30:01.909+01:00Wishlist Wednesday #40 - Scorched<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly book blog hop hosted by Dani at </span><a href="http://www.pentopaperblog.com/search/label/wednesday" style="background-color: white; color: #60972c; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pen to Paper</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"> where we will post about a book that has been on our wishlist for some time, or just added, that we can't wait to get off the wishlist and onto our bookshelves.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Synopsis from Goodreads:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Livie has always been the stable one of the two Cleary sisters, handling her parents' tragic death and Kacey's self-destructive phase with strength and maturity. But underneath that exterior is a little girl hanging onto the last words her father ever spoke to her. “Make me proud,” he had said. She promised she would...and she’s done her best over the past seven years with every choice, with every word, with every action.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Livie walks into Princeton with a solid plan, and she’s dead set on delivering on it: Rock her classes, set herself up for medical school, and meet a good, respectable guy that she’s going to someday marry. What isn’t part of her plan are Jell-O shots, a lovable, party animal roommate she can’t say ‘no’ to, and Ashton, the gorgeous captain of the men’s rowing team. Definitely him. He’s an arrogant ass who makes Livie’s usually non-existent temper flare and everything she doesn’t want in a guy. Worse, he’s best friends and roommates with Connor, who happens to fits Livie’s criteria perfectly. So why does she keep thinking about Ashton?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">As Livie finds herself facing mediocre grades, career aspirations she no longer thinks she can handle, and feelings for Ashton that she shouldn’t have, she’s forced to let go of her last promise to her father and, with it, the only identity that she knows.</span></div>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">One Tiny Lie</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"> is a contemporary novel and kind of a sequel to </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Ten Tiny Breaths</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"> set a few years after the first book and focusing on Kacey's younger sister Livvie. But it could easily be read as a standalone novel as well. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">I so expected more from this book. I absolutely loved </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Ten Tiny Breaths</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;"> and expected more of the same from </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">One Tiny Lie</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">. In the first book Kacey was so damaged and hurt, and seeing her recovery among all these great new characters, made for such a great story- so moving and unique.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">In </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">One Tiny Lie</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">, Livvie is not damaged. At least I didn't think so. She is a nice respectable girl who wants to study hard, make the most of university and become a doctor. But APPARENTLY (and this was news to me) unless you are out getting drunk every weekend, getting random tattoos and waking up with strange men in the morning with no memory at all of the night before- then you are not actually really LIVING. At least that is what her big sister, her roommate and her PSYCHIATRIST all think. The attitude of the characters and the way they kept pressuring Livvie didn't resonate with me, and that was a major dampener in my enjoyment of this book.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Livvie meets Ashton at a party when he assaults her. Again, that to me is not the foundation for a true and lasting relationship. I couldn't stand Ashton and just kept thinking "she's not... is she?" But gosh-darn-it he's just so freaking HOT that Livvie can't stop thinking about him.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Bleurgh.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">When Livvie starts dating a very nice guy Connor I HOPED that she would do the right thing, but no, gosh-darn-it Ashton is just so freaking HOT, and EVEN THOUGH Ashton has a steady girlfriend and Livvie is seeing nice Connor they still end up cheating on their partners. A lot. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Bleurgh.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">I guess this book just wasn't for me. Look- I even resorted to using caps lock a lot in my review and that never happens! I know that I myself am not 20 anymore but I just didn't connect with the motivations of the characters and their actions. I don't like cheating in relationships,and I thought nice, kind, sensible Livvie would be above it. And there is no come-back or anything from it. People got hurt and to Livvie and Ashton it's like it didn't even matter. I didn't agree with most of what the other characters were saying about Livvie (Her sister and Dr. Stayner). They keep telling her that maybe she doesn't really want to become a doctor, that risks are good... blah blah blah. I just wanted to tell them that she's fine as she is and to leave her alone!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">So were there any good points to the book? Well yes. The writing is extremely engaging and I always wanted to keep reading to the end. I actually finished it in only a couple of days because it DID grab my attention. The characters are wonderful and believable- and you can really picture yourself there beside Livvie, and with her on this journey. I really felt it and felt like I knew these people. And talking of the characters I loved Livvie's roommate Reagan, and the young boys on the cancer ward that Livvie volunteers for. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">I would say overall that this is a good book but maybe not completely my cup of tea.</span></span>Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-55944746691462868952014-07-21T20:22:00.000+01:002014-07-24T08:03:04.912+01:00Review: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Synopsis from Amazon:<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> was the surprise best seller of 2011--an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it "an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters."</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;">This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;">Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly mesmerizing) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight readers of all ages.</span></span></div>
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Reading this book is like falling down the rabbit hole- that sort of feeling that while you're lost in the world of this book ANYTHING can happen. And with talking dogs, time loops, peculiar children with special powers, and bedtime stories that come true, anything really can happen. <br />
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I love these books. <i>Hollow Children</i> is exciting, sweet, thrilling and mystical, and great fun as well. <br />
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It's so different from other books because you know that the strange and intriguing photographs scattered throughout the pages not only illustrate a concept in the story, but are also real genuine interesting looking old photographs that the author has collected and is generating a story around. It is a very unique and interesting way to read a book. <br />
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In <i>Hollow Children</i> we are off of the island of Cairnholm, and see a wider picture of the different loops and different groups. I love that there is travel involved in this book, making it different from the closed setting of the first book, and it feels like a real old-fashioned adventure. The children are on a quest, but also on the run, and could be found or captured at any time- so there is also a real feeling of menace at times running through the book. <br />
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With Miss Peregrine stuck in bird form, Wights and Hollows chasing them at every turn and the children following sparse clues and gut feeling, their adventure really is moment to moment, and feels like a dramatic race against the clock. Whether stranded at sea, captured by gypsies, losing their money, or escaping the bombs falling in wartime London, each new experience is a trial to be got through, while figuring out what to do next. <br />
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Because Jacob has gone back into the past to the setting of 1940s England, you get a real feeling of nostalgia, and it helps that Riggs writing is very atmospheric. He really brings the book to life, and at times you can almost imagine it as a screenplay. It feels very vivid and easy to picture (even without the addition of the photographs!). <br />
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The group of characters really complement each other nicely. Their personalities and unique powers all come in useful at different points in the story, so that everyone in the whole collective is as important as the other. Different skills are needed in different situations. And their banter and quirkiness makes for a very fun read as well. They really are their own little family and are both very supportive and protective of each other, but also very quick to criticise and tease in the way that all brothers and sisters do. But I really enjoyed the conversation between them. <br />
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It's a sweet book and clever and thrilling at the same time. <i>Hollow Children</i> is of course an absolute must-read for fans of <i>Miss Peregrine's</i>, and as a sequel it doesn't disappoint, but is as fun and engaging as the first book. <br />
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You can read my 2012 Q and A with author Ransom Riggs <a href="http://alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/q-and-with-author-ransom-riggs.html">here</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13618440-dreams-of-gods-monsters?ac=1">Dreams of Gods and Monsters</a> by Laini Taylor (</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Daughter of Smoke and Bone, book 3</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Synopsis from Goodreads:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. </span><br />
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I love, love LOVE these books and I feel bereft and a little devastated that the series has ended! I so badly want Eretz to be real! I absolutely love this world and these characters- they have captured my heart and finishing this book is like saying goodbye to old friends. </div>
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The whole series has been phenomenal- the writing is consistently so beautiful and lyrical, and the worlds described are so vivid. I adore the characters, especially Zuzana and Mik who add a quirky sense of fun to a situation, even in the midst of a devastating war. And Karou and Akiva are a modern day Romeo and Juliet (but better!). Plus, it's just a great story, brilliantly told. </div>
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I would thrust these books into the hands of anyone who loves fantasy or fairytales, anyone who loves a good tale of good versus evil, wonderful characters and vivid characters. As I was reading I knew that this book had the potential to break my heart- I was fervently hoping for a nice ending, and that after all they have fought for and gone through, that Karou and Akiva would get their moment. It is a tense, thrilling, desperate read the whole way through!</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">I don't want to post any spoilers so I will just say that I loved this book! It's a beautiful book and one that I will re-read again. A war between Angels and Chimaera, unlikely alliances, unexpected betrayals, romance, despair, and all the emotions and drama in between- if that can't get you to read this series I don't know what will! If you've read it already you'll know why I'm fangirling so much, if you haven't read it yet- what are you waiting for?!</span></div>
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-9136424676978954362014-07-05T11:50:00.000+01:002014-07-05T11:51:59.370+01:00Discussion: How a fantasy lover fell in love with contemporary- A response<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was looking at some blog posts today and came across<a href="http://iceybooks.com/blog/2014/07/onc-upon-a-gif-how-a-fantasy-lover-fell-in-love-with-contemporary.html"> this post from Asma at Icey Books</a>, where she talks about a turn in her feelings about contemporary. I couldn't help thinking "me too"!</span><br />
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I always describe myself as a reader of fantasy novels. I love dystopian stories, other worlds and situations where anything is possible. Whenever anyone asks me what I like to read, I usually reply with "Teen fantasy types with werewolves, vampires, dragons etc". I love these books and probably 90% of my bookshelves are filled with these types of stories.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So how come whenever I do occasionally pick up a contemporary novel it gets a 5 star rating? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Asma says in her post</span> "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I never liked contemporary. For starters, the genre was boring — there was no magic, castles, dragons, fairies, princes, or epic sword fights.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Karla; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">" </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a similar issue with this genre... in theory. I mean I always think that real life can be depressing enough. For me, I work a full time job, so I get home at around 6pm, knackered after being on my feet all day, tired and fed up, make some dinner, and sit and watch TV. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">I talk to my family, I see my friends. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">I have money worries, health worries- life is humdrum enough. I have enough problems of my own without reading about someone elses. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">I already live in this world with all it's problems, so when I get some free time I love to escape into books with magical new worlds, where anything could happen, books with dragons, princesses, knights, people with powers, people living in outer space, steampunk worlds with fairies or wizards. Give me some excitement and some magic! I love the feeling that absolutely anything is possible in stories. I like the epic good versus evil- trying to stop a sorcerer who is trying to take over the world types of stories.</span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>The Sky is Everywhere </i>by Jandy Nelson 5 of 5 stars. Loved this! Read my <a href="http://alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/sky-is-everywhere-by-jandy-nelson_25.html">review here</a></span></li>
<li><i>If I Stay </i>and <i>Where She Went </i>by Gayle Forman. These books are just perfection and I cried my eyes out.</li>
<li><i>The Fault in Our Stars </i>by John Green. I cried, I laughed, I loved these characters. </li>
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<li><i>My Life Next Door </i>by Huntley Fitzpatrick. This won my pick for <a href="http://www.alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/best-of-bunch-january-2014.html">Best of the Bunch January</a></li>
<li>The whole of the <i>Pushing The Limits </i>series by Katie McGarry- I adore these books, I fall in love every time!</li>
<li><i>Along for the Ride </i>by Sarah Dessen.</li>
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<li><i>If You Find Me </i>by Emily Murdoch. 5 of 5 stars- This made <a href="http://alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/top-10-books-read-in-2013.html">my top 3 books of 2013</a></li>
<li><i>Stolen </i>by Lucy Christopher. 5 of 5 stars. This has been re-read many times.</li>
<li><i>Ten Tiny Breaths</i> by K.A Tucker. 5 of 5 stars</li>
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<li><i>Drowning Instinct </i>by Ilsa Bick- 5 of 5 stars- read my gushing<a href="http://alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/review-drowning-instinct-by-ilsa-j-bick.html"> review here</a></li>
<li><i>Forbidden </i>by Tabitha Suzuma- 5 of 5 stars <a href="http://alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/review-forbidden-by-tabitha-suzuma.html">review here</a></li>
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<li><i>The Summer I Became a Nerd </i>by Leah Miller</li>
<li><i>Au Revoir Crazy European Chick </i>by Joe Schreiber</li>
<li><i>Geek Girl </i>by Holly Smale</li>
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Contemporary books have the power to power to move us and make us think. They can be profound and gripping with characters that you can really relate to. Sometimes just getting into the head of a wonderfully written character and living life through their eyes is like escaping into a whole other world. I love fantasy books for the characters as much as for the escapism, and with a good contemporary book, you can feel the emotions, the dramas, the friendships and the journey- just like fantasy. When I started writing this post I didn't intend on creating such a huge list, but as I went on I didn't want to leave anything out! I guess I can admit that I am a lover of contemporary books after all. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Forget being the most hotly anticipated book of the month- this is the most hotly anticipated book of the year! After the </span></span><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">cliffhanger</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"> ending of book 4, I am dying to see what happens next. I love these characters, and these books are sweet, thrilling, romantic, dramatic, heart-wrenching and funny. I can't wait to finally read this one.</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><i>Ruins </i>by Dan Wells (Partials, book 3)</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><i>Sinner </i>by Maggie Stiefvater. This is a new standalone companion book to the Shiver series. </span></li>
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<li> <i>Unravel </i>by Imogen Howson (Linked, book 2)</li>
<li><i>Finnikin of the Rock </i>by Melina Marchetta. Ok this is not a new book, but it is the first time this book is being published in the UK. (I have the gorgeous Australian editions anyway, but it's nice that this book is finally going to be available here and more people will know about it!)</li>
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-7458494248423819952014-06-30T05:00:00.000+01:002014-06-30T05:00:04.649+01:00Best of the Bunch June 2014<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Best of the Bunch </b>is a book blog hop hosted here on the last day of each month, where we can look back over the books we have read over this past month and give a Best of the Bunch award to our favourite book of that month.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Blood Prophecy </i>by Alyxandra Harvey (Drake Chronicles, book 6)- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>A Breath of Frost </i>by Alyxandra Harvey- <b>3 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Smoulder </i>by Brenna Yovanoff- <b>2.5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Dreams of Gods and Monsters </i>by Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke and Bone, book 3)- <b>5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>All Our Yesterdays </i>by Cristin Terrill- <b>5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Take Me On </i>by Katie McGarry (Pushing the Limits, book 4)- <b>5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/review-whisper-in-time-by-elizabeth.html"><i>A Whisper in Time </i>by Elizabeth Langston</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to say that I <i>almost </i>read 9 books this month because I am currently reading 3 books at once as usual, and am nearly at the end of all of them but... excuses, excuses!! I will set myself the exact same challenge again for July- and hopefully I will surpass all my goals this time round! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.</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;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Common enemy, common cause.</em><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;">When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.</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;">And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.</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;">But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.</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;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">What power can bruise the sky?</em><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;">From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. </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;">At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of? And does anything else matter?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have never been disappointed by a single one of Laini Taylor's books. Magical, powerful, beautiful, emotional and jaw-droppingly good- I feel devastated that the series has ended and there won't be any more from this incredible world, and these characters that have stolen my heart and mind. I want Eretz to be real! If you haven't read it yet I hightly recommend this series. I will probably re-read it again soon, because the writing is just so beautiful. </span></div>
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-85555471575407705252014-06-25T18:00:00.000+01:002014-06-26T07:41:48.585+01:00Review: A Whisper in Time by Elizabeth Langston<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-color: white; color: #257069; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0.25em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Synopsis from Goodreads:<br /><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">I have never been useless in my life.</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Rescued from a life of servitude by the boy she loves, Susanna Marsh escapes across two centuries, only to be plunged into a world she's ill-prepared to face. Unable to work or go to school, Susanna finds herself dependent on others to survive. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Immersed in the fun and demands of his senior year of high school, Mark Lewis longs to share his world with the girl who's captured his heart. But first he must tackle government bureaucracy to prove Susanna's identity. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Overwhelmed by her new home, Susanna seeks refuge in history and in news of the people she left behind. But when she learns that danger stalks her sister, Susanna must weigh whether to risk her own future in order to save Phoebe's happiness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So this is the second book in the series.</span> The first book could have ended well as it did, with Susanna crossing the portal into the 21st century permanently to escape from her vicious master, into a new life with Mark. However, it did leave me wanting more, and wondering "Well, what happens next?". This question is answered with this book where we see Susanna struggling to get to grips with life in the 21st century, discovering how much the world has changed socially, catching up on American history, and learning all the new technology. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;">She battles with trying to get identification and a job, needing to useful and struggling with the idea of being a burden to Mark's family. She is nervous of meeting Mark's friends or of being in large crowds, and worries that eventually Mark will get bored of her. And as Mark goes through his final year of High School, wanting to go out with his friends and thinking of College and his future it seems as though there are many obstacles in their path. I loved seeing Susannah adapt to, and battle with elements of her new life, and it's very interesting to imagine being faced with everything in modern America seen through the eyes of someone raised in the 17th Century. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;">Although Susanna is resigned to life in her new world and happy, she is still full of curiosity about the family she left behind, and what happened to them. And with the power of being able to look back into history through public records, Susanna is faced with the knowledge of tragedy in her sister's past, and the question of whether or not she can (or should) go back and try to change her sister's fate...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Synopsis from Goodreads:<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">While training for a mountain bike race, high-school senior Mark Lewis spots a mysterious girl dressed in odd clothing, standing behind a waterfall in the woods near his North Carolina home. When she comments on the strange machine that he rides, he suspects something isn’t right. When Susanna claims to be an indentured servant from 1796, he wonders if she's crazy. Yet he feels compelled to find out more.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Mark enters a ‘long-distance’ relationship with Susanna through the shimmering--and temperamental--barrier of Whisper Falls. Curious about her world, Mark combs through history to learn about the brutal life she's trapped in. But knowledge can be dangerous. Soon he must choose between the risk of changing history or dooming the girl he can't stop thinking about to a lifetime of misery.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;"><i>Whisper Falls</i> is exactly the kind of book that can be summed up by the picture on the cover. It looks like what is- a love story about a Seventeenth Century maid and a modern day guy meeting through the power of a magical waterfall. I loved the sound of it when I first heard about it and it was on my wishlist to read. I was pretty excited to be able to read it, so went into expecting a nice, romantic read with lots of history and a clash of cultures. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;">The story is told from the two points of view of the two main characters- Susannah, an indentured servant, who is pretty badly mis-treated by a cruel and cold master- and Mark, an 18 year old mountain bike enthusiast from the 21st century. I enjoyed the switch in tone between these two, and seeing their worlds in the alternating chapters throughout the book. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;">As a character on her own and in her own world I like Susannah a lot. She is very caring and hard-working, she hides forbidden books to read in secret, and she adores the little children that she cares for and is great with them. She is good, sweet, and smart, and in her place and in the chapters told from her point of view I had no problem with her. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;">But when we see her from Mark's chapters she annoyed me. The way she speaks to him comes across as very curt and prissy. I don't know if that is just perspective and that if we met someone from that time period now they would sound the same to us- but when she was talking to Mark she bugged me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;">When they meet there is the inevitable clash of cultures, the language has changed over time- slang words for instance, and the style of dress obviously. But something about the other one resonates with the other. They can talk to each other and they just click. Susannah shares her story and you can't help but feel for her and root for a happy ending for her. Mark becomes very sweet and self-sacrificing to try to help her out as a friend. I enjoyed hating the nasty master Mr Pratt, and hoping he would get his come-uppance!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.59375px;">Overall <i>Whisper Falls</i> is a little bit of a corny predictable read (I don't think it's a spoiler to say that they end up falling in love), but it's also a nice, light, easy read (with a few dark bits that give it an added punch). There is plenty of historical information, romance and drama. It was a fun story and I really enjoyed it. I liked the conclusion of the story, and it could easily end at that point- but it has left me wondering (I suppose as any good book with characters that get under your skin does)- "so what happens to them next"?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm curious to see how the series will end. I liked the world of this series, and the writing is engaging and thrilling. This is the book I am most excited to read this month.</span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Ruin and Rising </i>by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha, book 3). I am sooooo looking forward to reading this one- I love these books!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Five Ways to Fall </i>by K.A Tucker (Ten Tiny Breaths, book 4). I am so behind on this series now- I loved the first book though.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Witch Hunt </i>by Ruth Warburton (Witch Finder, book 2)</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Hexed </i>by Michelle Krys</span></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Chasing Stars </i>by Helen Douglas (After Eden, book 2)</span></span></li>
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<li><i>Struck </i>by Jennifer Bosworth - <b>3 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Ignite Me </i>by Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me, book 3) - <b>5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>The Girl With The Windup Heart </i>by Kady Cross (Steampunk Chronicles, book 4) - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Raging Star </i>by Moira Young (Dustlands, book 3) - <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>A Whisper in Time </i>by Elizabeth Langston (Whisper Falls, book 2) - <b>3.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-75019342550546519042014-05-07T22:15:00.002+01:002014-05-07T22:50:12.872+01:00Exciting New May ReleasesThese are some of the books releasing this May that I am most looking forward to reading...<br />
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<b><u><i>Raging Star </i>by Moira Young (Dustlands series, book 3)</u> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18456137-raging-star">Goodreads</a></b><br />
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<li><i>City of Heavenly Fire </i>by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments, book 6). The next installment in Cassandra Clare's fantastic series.</li>
<li><i>The Forever Song </i>by Julie Kagawa (Blood of Eden, book 3). I absolutely love this vampire series, and can't wait to read this one.</li>
<li><i>Take Me On </i>by Katie McGarry (Pushing The Limits, book 4). This is another of my all-time favourite series. Katie McGarry always manages to rip my heart out with every one of her books. </li>
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<li><i>The Girl With The Windup Heart </i>by Kady Cross (Steampunk Chronicles, book 4). This series is so cute!</li>
<li><i>Love Letters To The Dead </i>by Ava Dellaira. Sounds interesting!</li>
<li><i>Renegade </i>by Debra Driza (Mila 2.0, book 2).</li>
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<li><i>Deep Blue </i>by Jennifer Donnelly. I love this author's other books- <i>A Gathering Light</i>, and <i>Revolution</i>, so that is why I can't wait to read this new book by this author.</li>
<li><i>Savage Drift </i>by Emmy Laybourne (Monument 14, book 3).</li>
<li><i>We Were Liars </i>by E. Lockhart.</li>
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<li><i>Sleep No More </i>by Aprilynne Pike. Described as a "dark new thriller", and a definite break from her previous fairy series. </li>
<li><i>Ciao For Now, Crazy European Chick </i>by Joe Schreiber (Perry and Gobi, book 2) This book is titled <i>Perry's Killer Playlist </i>in the US and other parts of the world. The first book had me absolutely snorting with laughter. </li>
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<li><i>After the End </i>by Amy Plum. This new apocalyptic novel sounds great- there is currently no UK release date.</li>
<li><i>The Dark World </i>by Cara Lynn Shultz. I like her other series. No UK publication date yet.</li>
<li><i>Divided </i>by Elsie Chapman (Dualed, book 2)</li>
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<li><i>Of Neptune </i>by Anna Banks (Of Poseidon, book 3)</li>
<li><i>Project Paper Doll: The Rules </i>by Stacey Kade. This had been high on wishlist since it released in Hardback last year. Now it is being released in paperback it is more affordable, so maybe...</li>
<li><i>Scan </i>by Sarah Fine and Walter Jury.</li>
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<li><i>The Iron Duke </i>by Meljean Brook- <b>2 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Ashfall </i>by Mike Mullin- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Whisper Falls </i>by Elizabeth Langston- <b>3.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Conjured </i>by Sarah Beth Durst- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Nameless </i>by Lili St.Crow- <b>3.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Revolution 19 </i>by Gregg Rosenblum- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Hidden </i>by Sophie Jordan (Firelight, book 3)- <b>3.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Let the Sky Fall </i>by Shannon Messenger- <b>3 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>The Rising </i>by Kelley Armstrong (Darkness Rising, book 3)- <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
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<li><i>Ash </i>by Malindo Lo - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Acid </i>by Emma Pass - <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Invisibilty </i>by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Once Every Never </i>by Lesley Livingstone - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>The Hallowed Ones </i>by Laura Bickle - <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Breathe </i>by Sarah Crossan - <b>3.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Dark Star </i>by Bethany Frenette - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I really enjoyed this book. It's spooky, atmospheric and terrifying- a frightening vision of a world in the midst of an apocalypse from the perspective of one of the most closed off groups of people on the planet. I loved finding out about what was happening in the world through the limited view that the characters had. I read quite a lot of vampire books, but this one felt unique and quirkily different. </span></div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Not a Drop to Drink </i>by Mindy McGinnis - <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Rapunzel’s tower is a satellite. She can’t let down her hair—or her guard. </em><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">Their best hope lies with Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood with only her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker—unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">When a daring rescue goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing stop her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-61315686500871332762014-02-28T10:04:00.001+00:002014-02-28T10:04:28.806+00:00Best of the Bunch February 2014Yeah, I still have no internet connection- normal service will resume from next week.... I hope!<br />
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Thankyou!Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-74226592432201059202014-01-31T21:00:00.000+00:002014-02-03T14:49:15.407+00:00Best of the Bunch January 2014Apologies for the late posting- I have had no internet connection all week!<br />
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Well, I have had a busy month this January despite there not being any evidence of it on the blog!<br />
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<li><i>Tempest Rising </i>by Tracy Deebs <b>- 3 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Tempest Unleashed </i>by Tracy Deebs <b>-3 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Tempest Revealed </i>by Tracy Deebs <b>- 3 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Spirit and Dust </i>by Rosemary Clement-Moore <b>-4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Shadowplay </i>by Laura Lam <b>-4.5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>My Life Next Door </i>by Huntley Fitzpatrick <b>-5 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>These Broken Stars </i>by Amie Kaufman -<b>4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>Witch Finder </i>by Ruth Warburton <b>-4 of 5 stars</b></li>
<li><i>The Mephisto Mark/ Only You </i>Mephisto Covenant, book 3) by Trinity Faegan <b>-3 of 5 stars</b></li>
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Sally@Always Lost in Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855315495596558874noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551602199228473584.post-62300815796352869382014-01-04T14:47:00.001+00:002014-01-04T14:48:41.634+00:00Exciting New January Releases<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="line-height: 20.78125px;">These are some of the new books coming out this month that I am most excited to read...</span><br /><span style="line-height: 20.78125px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 20.78125px;"><b>Most hotly anticipated</b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.78125px;"><i>Enders </i>by Lissa Price (Starters, book 2)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.78125px;"><i>Hollow City </i>by Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrines, book 2)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.78125px;"><i>Shadowplay </i>by Laura Lam (Pantomime, book 2)- I absolutely loved Pantomime- I can't wait to read this.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.78125px;"><i>A Breath of Frost </i>by Alyxandra Harvey</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.78125px;"><i>Perfect Lies </i>by Kiersten White (Mind Games, book 2)- Book one was published as <i>Sister Assassin </i>in the UK</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.78125px;"><i>Timestorm </i>by Julie Cross (Vortex, book 3)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I always put up my post on the last day of the month, but remember, you can add your link in anytime in the following month.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 20px;">For more info and to grab the button and stickers visit the BOTB page </span><a href="http://alwayslostinstories.blogspot.com/p/best-of-bunch.html" style="color: #60972c; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="line-height: 20px;"> and then when you've written up your post, add your linky to the list below.</span> </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;"><b><u>December 2013</u></b></span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.796875px;">This month I have read-</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>Allegiant </i>by Veronica Roth (Divergent, book 3) - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>Fractured </i>by Sarah Fine (Guards of the Shadowlands, book 2) - <b>3.5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>Vanish </i>by Sophie Jordan (Firelight, book 2) - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>The Fiery Heart </i>by Richelle Mead (Bloodlines, book 4) - <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>When the World was Flat (and we were in love) </i>by Ingrid Jonach - <b>3 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>Taste of Darkness </i>by Maria V. Snyder (Healer Avry of Kazan, book 3) - <b>4.5 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>Girl of Nightmares </i>by Kendare Blake (Anna Dressed in Blood, book 2) - <b>4 of 5 stars</b></span></li>
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<li><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;"><i>The 100 </i>by Kass Morgan (<b><a href="http://www.alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/review-100-by-kass-morgan.html">My review</a></b>)</span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">I also wrote a post of <a href="http://www.alwayslostinstories.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/top-10-books-read-in-2013.html">my top ten books of 2013</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Fiery Heart </i>by Richelle Mead!</span></b></div>
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<b><u><i>Fiery Heart </i> by Richelle Mead</u></b><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18721823-the-fiery-heart">Goodreads</a><b><br /></b><br /><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets – and human lives.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">In The Indigo Spell, Sydney was torn between the Alchemist way of life, and what her heart and gut were telling her to do. And in one breathtaking moment that Richelle Mead fans will never forget, she made a decision that shocked even her . . .</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But the struggle isn't over for Sydney. As she navigates the aftermath of her life-changing decision, she still finds herself pulled in too many directions at once. Her sister Zoe has arrived, and while Sydney longs to grow closer to her, there's still so much she must keep secret. Working with Marcus has changed the way she views the Alchemists, and Sydney must tread a careful path – or risk being sent to re-education. Her skill with magic is growing in ways she never imagined – but that doesn't stop the near-constant threat of evil magic users, Vampire Hunters, and Strigoi from growing ever closer.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I adore all of Richelle Mead's books anyway- her writing just sucks me into these worlds and puts me square in the shoes of her characters, but I think this series has gone from strength to strength and this book is probably the best one so far. It's action packed, so romantic, funny and smart. I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book in the series. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I'd love to know- what was the best book you read/ reviewed this month? Link it up here! </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Already written up a monthly wrap-up post? Why not link it up here!? And don't forget to visit the other blogs to get some great new book recs. </span></span></div>
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