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TITLE: Mrs Funnybones<br />
AUTHOR: Twinkle Khanna<br />
SERIES: STANDALONE<br />
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<i style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-style: normal;">Good morning, it’s 6 a.m. and I am wide awake because the man of the house has decided that he needs to perform a series of complex manoeuvres that involve him balancing on his left elbow. When I fell asleep last night, there was a baby lying next to me. Her smelly diaper is still wedged on my head but aside from this rather damp clue, I can't seem to find her anywhere. I could ask my mother-in-law if she has seen the baby, but she may just tell me that I need to fast on alternate Mondays, and God will deliver the baby back to me . . . Full of wit and delicious observations, Mrs Funnybones captures the life of the modern Indian woman—a woman who organizes dinner each evening, even as she goes to work all day, who runs her own life but has to listen to her Mummyji, who worries about her weight and the state of the country. Based on Twinkle Khanna’s super-hit column, Mrs Funnybones marks the debut of one of our funniest, most original voices.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Twinkle Khanna is the writer of this book- yes the same actress in that 90s movie MELA !! Twinkle Khanna as everyone knows is a former actress, born to famous parents, wife of Akshay Kumar and currently an interior designer and now also a writer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This book had many people intrigued, because lets be staunch and admit that we are all very curious about the scoops of the life of celebrities, yet this book has so much more to offer than just a keyhole insight to the world of the the film industry or the have-it-all people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Twinkle Khanna’s book is far from being an autobiography, it is written in a very blog like format, now her writing approach may or may not appeal to a lot of people according to their personal preference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Me personally i liked it, i liked her use of witty and humorous anecdotes and her whimsy and wisecrack nature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Now i am far from feeling connected to her through her writing in ways like i don’t have a sea facing apartment nor do i have Akshay Kumar as a drop dead husband ( well i don’t actually have a husband at all at this moment)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">However you can still feel connected by the different characters she propagated , like the imbecilic and half witted domestic help , her lethargic staffs, also she talks about her mother in law and about her ‘Punjabi Characteristics’ which were pretty on point and funny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">She refers to her husband as the ‘man of the house’ and her son as ’the prodigal son’ and these really make the characters real life like and the coversations with them makes the read more comical and light hearted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mrs Funnybones for sure is a very light read and will have you in grins and it is a very fast read too, so be assured you would finish the book in a day or two even for the drowsy reader.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">For the negatives , well repetition of some words like the word BLIMEY! many a times didn’t make anything seem any more funny, and do i think this book would have such a good sell if not written by Twinkle Khanna - NO! Sometimes you may also feel the ego of the writer in her writing style but that also is the beauty of this book , it is not made up and not full of crappy writing but is an authentic piece because it shows you the true Twinkle Khanna </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I enjoyed the read , as its not just a book about a celebrity nor an autobiography about their filmy achievements nor her lavish life but it is about a real person with real life which comes with both grins and cries and problems</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-16407181092550704552015-12-10T06:21:00.002-08:002015-12-10T06:24:11.651-08:00A WALK TO REMEMBER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
TITLE: A WALK TO REMEMBER<br />
AUTHOR: NICHOLAS SPARKS<br />
SERIES: STANDALONE<br />
RATING: <i style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">★★★</span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">★</span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">★</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Every April, when the wind blows from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's Baptist minister. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her out. Landon would never have dreamed of it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">Let me in one word get it straight up on point that this book is tragic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">This is my first Nicholas sparks book read oddly and it is so because i was always sceptical about me liking her books after i watched the Notebook movie which i didn't really enjoy as much though there is a huge amount of hype going around that book and movie.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">However i was book browsing and i came across this book and though the title is real cheesy , i somehow strangely craved for some cheesy book to read when i am snug and tucked with my duvet since now the weather seems to finally seem pleasant here.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.8px; line-height: 19.32px;">So i started reading the book and well I LIKED IT!!!</span></span><br />
YEAH!!!<br />
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So the story basically circles two main characters<br />
1. Landon carter<br />
2. Jamie Sullivan<br />
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Landon is the rich guy from a happening section of class and Jamie is the duff , the quiet one.<br />
It is the story of how their differences make way to something Landon would have never thought.<br />
Love as they say can come from the most unexpected places and people.<br />
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I halfway figured what the ending would be like but when i reached the ending part it was as heart wrenching as it would have been if i wouldn't have guessed or figured out what the ending would have been like.<br />
That is how well written this book is.<br />
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The story is very simple and the writing is easy and it is a perfect holiday read.<br />
Though the book was a fountain full of emotions yet the characters were humorous and it made the book a great read rather than a punishment.<br />
OK,Saying more about the story would take away the jest of it.<br />
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As much as i love happy endings and loathe sad endings i couldn't help but give it a 5 star rating because it deserved it.<br />
Overall a lovely read.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.”</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-68694887383166119902015-07-10T00:39:00.001-07:002015-07-10T01:10:01.377-07:00STOLEN - LUCY CHRISTOPHER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
TITLE: STOLEN<br />
AUTHOR: LUCY CHRISTOPHER<br />
SERIES: STANDALONE<br />
RATING:<i style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">★★★</span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">★</span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">★</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist - almost.</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“Those blue, blue eyes, icy</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">blue, looking back at me as if I could</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">warm them up. They’re</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">pretty powerful, you know, those eyes, pretty beautiful, too.” </span></u></b><br />
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The book was dark from the very beginning, right from the moment Gemma felt Ty looking intently towards her. What you least expect is the guy you found hot and with whom you have coffee at one moment to suddenly have drugged you and steal you from your world right after.<br />
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It was insane, i had an instant hatred or rather dislike towards Ty , after all he was a kidnapper. However he was not like a typical kidnapper and never raised his hands on her..no no never ever<br />
Later you come to know that he had been stalking her for the last 10 years.<br />
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He keeps her in a house he built in a desert , a desert which is miles away and not even printed in the map. I cannot imagine what Gemma must be going through to wake up and find find herself in this strange land where all you see are huge stretches of sand and scrubs.<br />
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As much as i wanted to not like Ty , because i predicted that Gemma would obviously later on fall in love with him, but the author really brought me to like or rather sympathize with his character. His back story and his past life really makes you pity him and understand why he is the way he is now.<br />
Gemma too got that too, maybe Ty's ways were not correct but he wasn't a bad person.<br />
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<b><u><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“How long will you keep me?" I asked.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">You shrugged. "Forever, of course.” </span></u></b><br />
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What i liked was how Gemma didn't give up fighting for her Freedom, now i wouldn't expect anyone to be kidnapped today and fall in love with the kidnapper the next day. that behaviour is not normal and it would have sucked bad if the story went along that line. Gemma was a real character and she was a strong one too.<br />
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Gemma fought hard but later on even she was curious about his life and started to like him and care and feel about him.<br />
Ty really loved her too, i wouldn't give out on how i could come to such a huge conclusion but along the story whatever you get to know about him and all the things he did for Gemma and most importantly whatever he did for her at the end proved that though his ways may have been a bit crooked but his love for Gemma is real a 100%<br />
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I weirdly could feel a lot of things Gemma was portraying or trying to say as because of the way this story is written. It is beautifully written and each character was shown in full clarity and it was precise, i wasn't at all confused by any section along the story. The world building was so strong that it made me want to go stay in the desert , name roosters as dick and ride on camels. (PS- read the book and you would know why i am referring roosters and camels )<br />
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Whether or not Gemma got the Stockholm syndrome, i sure did have it after reading this book.<br />
Stockholm syndrome is basically when the victim starts to like or love the kidnapper.<br />
I hope that Lucy comes out with a sequel as i really want to know the after story on what happens to Gemma and Ty.<br />
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I think everyone would love this book.<br />
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<b><u>And let’s face it, you did steal me. But you saved my life too. And somewhere in the middle, you showed me a place so different and beautiful, I can never get it out of my mind. And I can’t get you out of there either. You’re stuck in my brain like my own blood vessels</u></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-77318689101084969272015-01-13T22:52:00.001-08:002015-01-13T22:52:53.607-08:00ACHE-NE not ACNE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ACHE-NE, this is how i would describe what and how it feels to experience the ruthless journey of acne and pimples.<div>
This is not a story but an experience most girls and women face from the early teens when there is a huge hormonal change in the process and not everyone is blessed with a good and clear skin.</div>
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When puberty kicked in with it came a lot of changes and of course then came the monthly bump of pimple near my chin and a frequent visitor peeking out in my forehead. This visitors didn't make me happy and instead brought alienation and made me feel less confident about myself.</div>
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I remember my cousin saying ' oh my god, don't you wash your face'? And i felt like shit that day, and people sometimes don't know how it feels to deal with acne and pimples. </div>
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Acne hits a person ,man or women so bad that i have seen some friends and family who suffer from acne to not socialize and they do not come for parties and they do not at all click any Selfie or Group pictures and it is all because of their lost self confidence.</div>
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I always hosted assemblies in schools and suddenly when i was up in the stage i felt disorientated as if everyone is not looking at me but my ugly face and that is when it hit me the most that i have lost my self esteem.</div>
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With not much access to internet that time i didn't know any of those home remedy or DIY that now kids and girls of my age do. </div>
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I slowly though started using products solely for acne prone skin like the Garnier Neem face wash and it started working but not without me working extra and taking care of my hygiene for it. I started eating less oily food and more healthy food and i cut down on dairy big time, for example i stopped having cheese. Cheese was a major reason on why i got those horrible breakouts which i later came to know and i stopped having that and slowly i got my skin put all together.</div>
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We Women are always conscious of how we look and we take pride in looking our best and being the best we can and that is when we get the confidence to socially mingle with friends and family and even it helps in our career , <u><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">because a strong personality is a women's most priced possession.</span></b></u> </div>
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Right products are really helpful to tame down those bumps and neem is one of them, neem products have antibacterial properties which is a tough master to those acne and it will work in treating and soothing your skin.</div>
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The neem property in this face wash new avatar of Garnier is the -<b style="color: red;">GARNIER PURE ACTIVE NEEM. </b>This would help in taming those bumps and it would remove those extra sebum in your skin to wash out and give a clean face. Tea tree is excellent for acne and what better then kill two birds with one stone because this time this face wash has even green tree oil extract. It cant get better guys. I would recommend that after using this Garnier Face wash , you should follow it up with a toner and then a moisturizer for your particular skin type.</div>
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I think i am bipolar after reading this book, it has totally engulfed me within it.<br />
I have read a lot of books but trust me on this that this book is one among my most cherished books ever.<br />
I gave this book a five out of five stars because i haven't read a series that was put into an end that tastefully and wonderfully<br />
So if you haven't read the first and second book of the series i would recommend you to read those only than would you be able to understand this book.<br />
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Lets start with the characters, so what i liked in this book was that apart from Will, James and Tessa for obvious reasons was the real importance given to the other characters starting from Charlotte, Henry,Sophia, Gabriel and Gideon who are the Lightwood brothers, Magnus Bane, and of course Mortmain,and even Bridgette the cook. Each of them had a very specific area and they stood out to be really nice , also there was new love angles forming and the new dynamics within ,which was wonderful to read about.<br />
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The plot goes around as how Mortmain wants Tessa for his purpose and we come to know why he wants Tessa and what exactly is Tessa. Her powers to shape shift has always been a mystery as she was not a Warlock and here you will discover what exactly she is and why Mortmain needs her alive to complete his purpose, and what exactly his purpose is.<br />
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I really loved the love triangle going on in this series between Jem ,Tessa and Will and it was so sad for me because i was so sandwiched between whom to take sides with in this book because here we see a whole new aspect in Will and Jem's character.<br />
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The bromance going on is awesome, the term PARABATHAI itself is so new and fresh and to love each other and be as one soul in two bodies is what Jem and Will are about , and they give a whole new definition as to what brotherly love is.<br />
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There are no such negatives about this book that i would pin point except for the fact that the confrontation between the Shadowhunters and Mortmain was really lacking in some extra punch and the automatons he created with demons inside them though sounded super cool didn't really make the action scene too dynamic.<br />
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The ending OMGish ....it was perfect and i mean too perfect and on second thoughts i think ' well in real does this happen' but hey who cares because for me the ending rocked and it was just bewitchingly beautiful.<br />
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Now that the series is over i am in grief and delight , in grief because the series is over and i wish i could read this all over again and experience the gushing moments altogether but also i am happy because the book couldn't have ended any better than this.<br />
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A book i would recommend everyone...Go grab it...Happy New Year everyone...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“Of course you can have a true Shadowhunter name," Will said. "You can have mine."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Will took a step toward her, till they stood face-to-face. Then he reached to take her hand and slid off her glove, which he put into his pocket. He held her bare hand in his, his fingers curved around hers. His hand was warm and callused, and his touch made her shiver. His eyes were steady and blue; they were everything that Will was: true and tender, sharp and witty, loving and kind. "Marry me," he said. "Marry me, Tess. Marry me and be called Tessa Herondale. Or be Tessa Gray, or be whatever you wish to call yourself, but marry me and stay with me and never leave me, for I cannot bear another day of my life to go by that does not have you in it.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This may have come across really random but seriously we girls have different choices but well 70% of you may agree with me that men who are clean shaved are so much more sexy and alluring..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mean come on girls who wants a gorilla right...i will tell you a personal experience down below..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example look at Brad Pitt </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The picture of before and after, it looks a thousand time different and why ? Simply because that beard make him look really aged and aggressive;while some of you may argue that beards make you look manly , i think its really unhygienic too if you double check so i prefer clean shaved men and clean shaved men really look CLEAN ...and sophisticated and get sophisticated women too..i mean he got ANGIE guys. Guys cant deny the fact that shaving really takes of years and makes a man look younger, look at the picture above again and you will know it for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women in general love guys who are clean and neat at least if not a clean bedroom they expect a neat hygiene too. Who the hell would like to kiss a man who has food or anything stuck on his beard. ERRR...EWWWWWW!!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A particular instance happened with me once. It all started in college canteen ,so i meet this handsome looking guy and we talk and talk and decide to meet up for a date next Friday and then BOOM....he comes up that day at the cafe all geared up for a date and i am like </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">' You look different'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(WELL WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOUR FACE? WHATS WITH THE BEARD)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what i was thinking and he told me that his friends told him that beard is so in and it makes guys look more of a man than a teenager ...well he didn't know that he looked less of a man but more of a SCARECROW.. because even a stubble needs to be shaped well and it is not necessary that since it suits David Beckham or John Abraham that it would suit any other person too...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was the END...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So i think guys need to really analyse and act their age and not try to be overly matured cause it is not a turn on but a total turn off . If you know that it suits you and it does than go ahead and if not then please grab those RAZORS and chuck it off and glam the girls.<!--3--></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">AUTHOR: RAVI SUBRAMANIAN</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">RATING:<span style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">★★★</span><span style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">★</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">highrise building, plunging to her death. The finance minister has made some promises</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">that he is finding hard to keep. The LTTE has unleashed terror in America that sends</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">the FBI on a wild goose chase, bringing them to Mumbai.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Enter Varun, parttime drug dealer and fulltime genius. He turns around the gaming</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">company before disaster strikes. Meanwhile, the investigators plunge headlong into</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">the shady world of bitcoins and the Dark Net, websites that only exist for illegal</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">transactions—drugs, sex and money. God Is a Gamer culminates in a stunning climax</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">where money means nothing, assassination is taught by the ancient Greeks, and nothing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">is as it seems.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BOOM...this book was packed with thrill right from the beginning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I received the signed copy of the book but was not able to review it earlier because i had my finals, anyways coming back to the book, i loved the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Honestly i was a bit hesitant as to how i would like this book after i read the first few pages of it because it had lot of terms which i would refer to as too calculative and economy based, so i was a bit on the other side but as the story unfolds it gets more interesting and you get the idea and how the bitcoins and how the giant finances work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The book kicks start with the US senator being killed and the resulting investigations to figure it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then comes two large corporate heads i.e. Vijay Banga who is the President of MasterCard International and Joseph Saunders the CEO of VISA International</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think this book is for those people who are interested in banking cause it has a huge amount of banking topics in it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since it is a thriller a mystery if i write much about it you would get to know the plot a bit so i would not take away the reading experience from you because trust me guys i know how it feels like when someone give you the spoilers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All in all it is not my absolute favorite because the ending was quite predictable but the twist and the turns and the plot to be precise kept me hooked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you like thrillers or you have a cliche with banking books i would suggest you to read it.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-47967100352215915602014-09-19T02:42:00.000-07:002014-09-19T02:47:20.311-07:00PRIVATE INDIA <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TITLE: PRIVATE INDIA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AUTHOR: ASHWIN SANGHI & JAMES PETTERSON </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING:</span><span style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">★★★</span><span style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">★</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest PI agency.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What more can anyone possibly ask. I woke up to a not so happy Monday only to be greeted two hours later by the lovely courier man and got this book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really liked the book and how could i even miss it ,DUH.. James Patterson was the subject featured in Times Magazine as ' The Man Cant Miss' so come on how could i skip this out. More Than 220 million copies of his books are sold out worldwide. It's just amazing. So i was really excited to read the story this combo authors came up with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming back to the book, there is a mysterious person a killer on a murder junket </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santosh was the one i pictured as ACP Pradyuman from CID except a lot younger. He was very intelligent and his knowledge about everything blew me away. He seemed to be a person with lot of humanity and respect and his caring nature and that tough attitude was great to read about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They together are the ones who dig out for the killer who is killing and strangely he is killing only WOMEN with yellow scarfs and later we find out that they have some ancient connections with Goddess Durga and her many avatars.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-7878525768291816402014-08-23T13:05:00.002-07:002014-08-23T13:27:11.337-07:00Redo your Room -Make My Home <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You get everything from furniture, electrical's, bathroom, kitchen and furnishing sections.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So the contest goes this way that i have to choose three items to give my room a new spin.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I choose to redo my Bedroom and i would make it look MINIMALISTIC + ethnic... well i wrote minimalistic in CAPS because the most part of the room would be minimal and only a teeny weeny part will have a hit of Colour i.e. ETHNIC.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Mirror- The long mirror would totally do justice to an overall white room and also it is a great add on </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">when you want to see yourself head to toe or maybe click a quick SELFIE ..*wink* Mirror are really a wise investment if you have a small room and it gives an illusion which makes the room seem more bigger.. GREAT right..</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Sofa- Sofa in bedroom seems quite debatable but i think they add a nice element to the overall look.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Reading in sofa with a mug of coffee well that's my BINGO.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The sofa i have chosen is a single seater though it upon you, if you like a double seater you can try that.</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> I basically chose a very vibrant ethnic sofa type so that it adds a dash of colour and quirks the room up.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Painting- Thirdly, i chose a Bani Thani painting which would look beautiful and pull out the whole look of the room along with the sofa ,its just an icing on the cake.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">White walls and mirror would co ordinate really well and the whole white room would give a really simple and minimal look and this has an advantage since White is like an empty canvas and you can paint it with any color you want. So here the Sofa and the Painting are my paints for now...</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So go on check out the site and the three items listed above..Hope you like them as much as i loved choosing them out.</span></i></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-88565482604978424482014-07-10T22:47:00.002-07:002014-07-10T22:50:50.018-07:00TOP 10 ROMANCE BOOK RECOMMENDATION<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
WOhoo...Romance.<br />
Romance is one of my favorite genre and its basically how i get to meet my lovely fictional book boyfriends...and trust me girls they will sweep you out of your feet, thats how lovely they are.<br />
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So, every Thursdays i would post Top 10 recommendations from different genres. #T10T<br />
Really excited for this, and today i picked Romance.<br />
The books listed below are in no particular order, i love each one of them equally..i would never be able to choose one of them as the best. I will review the books shortly, and i have given links to the books i have already reviewed which you can check out...Hope your hearts flutter and you have a wonderful read.<br />
Enjoy<br />
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* My Life Next Door<br />
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*Twilight Series<br />
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<img src="http://www.twilightlexicon.com/wp-content/repsaj/2010/04/twilight-books.jpg" height="320" width="231" /><br />
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*Pride and Prejudice<br />
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*Fault in our Stars<br />
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*Beautiful Disaster<br />
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<img src="http://www.maryse.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/beautiful-disaster-book-cover.jpg" height="227" width="320" /><br />
http://sagabookreads.blogspot.in/2014/01/beautiful-disaster-jamie-mcguire.html<br />
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*Anna and the French kiss<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0CoDMaRx2-IMMYec9bfuj-2pb_5XS0Se-Zj7wroFxb9tAyYhHzjoMSiT0Yn4so2eLd6KX2UkeqhJFmAPiB74g6VmqSLRHZJjM1b20QauJq1NxQeH0MgkVlojM1hTMCM-_EzQTT6OyU9E/s320/anna.jpg" height="247" width="320" /><br />
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http://sagabookreads.blogspot.in/2014/06/anna-and-french-kiss.html<br />
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*Hunger games<br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2yAt-jWXaE-zlQXNRAWN1In_UDYDlnqOnhPfIFSE6jU5yOQPTJfwlFs4n_wizQ5_y-c6Kcz3DT6gbF7x92DNyDd99_WQ9-V_SUIVus-h8LjB7mYa0dPakx4yueNNtWgJTgCr2nlyqege/s320/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" height="160" width="320" /><br />
http://sagabookreads.blogspot.in/2013/12/friend-i-cant-just-wait-to-read.html<br />
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*Duff<br />
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http://sagabookreads.blogspot.in/2014/01/the-duff-kody-keplinger.html<br />
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*The boy who sneaks in my bedroom window<br />
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*I too had a love story<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-89427699488371150272014-07-08T03:26:00.002-07:002014-07-08T03:32:52.220-07:00FOREVER MINE <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRICAFNoY5T7o0J2NZiLx5NLVWY7bcLN8tMWXWL_TMJzcrvGrXLTMPPEByE5qSSJzDsCRiH8ouG4QwlQNg_9wdrieMR130YaDZlu9F1Ug9qTjUNn7fO_isngdBFy_GmElc238crdttzci/s1600/MORENO+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRICAFNoY5T7o0J2NZiLx5NLVWY7bcLN8tMWXWL_TMJzcrvGrXLTMPPEByE5qSSJzDsCRiH8ouG4QwlQNg_9wdrieMR130YaDZlu9F1Ug9qTjUNn7fO_isngdBFy_GmElc238crdttzci/s1600/MORENO+1.jpg" height="400" width="266" /></a><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TITLE: FOREVER MINE</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AUTHOR:ELIZABETH REYES</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RATING:<span style="background-color: #fcffee; color: #222222; line-height: 21px;">★★★</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Seventeen-year old Sarah’s life is turned upside down when her single mom is sent to jail. She’s forced to move, leaving behind everything she’s ever known, including her best friend Sydney. Lost and bitter in a new school, her one goal is to save money and move back home. Then she meets Angel Moreno. Enigmatic but gorgeous, Angel is almost too good to be true. Except for one thing, his archaic belief that guys and girls can never be “just friends”. The problem? Sarah’s best friend Sydney is not a girl. With their unexpected romance intensifying to places neither ever experienced, how long can Sarah keep Angel in the dark about the guy waiting for her back home?</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>FOREVER MINE - Cheesy title right...so i dont even know from where to start because this book has a hell lot of wonderful characters, but our main characters are Sarah and Angel.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Oh Angel i gushed over him the whole time. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Sarah is seventeen year old and her childhood has mostly been on the move until she finally settled with her mom in Arizona, but this is not the main issue here the reason why Sarah feels her world fall apart is because her mom has been sent to prison for embezzlement for three long years due to which she was forced to go and live with her aunt and step- cousin ,Valerie, in La Jolla California which meant she got seperated from her only best friend Sydney. She was certain that she would return to Arizona as soon as she turns eighteen so that she could finish off high school with Sydney.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">First day of school is when she meets ANGEL...and BOOM ..blown out by the description given about his personality and looks but the BOOMish moment was when you felt that *insta-love * aspect. Its like they layed eyes on each other and sparks flew and personally i am no insta-love fan so i found it funny and unrealistic on my part. </span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Then finally Sarah and Angel got together. I was really doubtful at a point if Angel was serious or was just bluffing with Sarah but he was definitely very serious , but they were great together and couldn't keep their hands off each other especially Angel. But it was nothing extreme.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Angel was so enigmatic and baffling i loved him, he was really a strong character.</span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Yes he was protective .. OK very protective but not in a bad way. He had girls ogling over him all the time but he only cared for Sarah..i know AWWWW right.</i></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Angel was really protective about Sarah he didn't want any guy being inappropriate with his girl, not even if it is Sarah's coach of the school team.. BTW</span><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> he was a douche bag and he payed for it.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>His protective trait was nice i feel some people may not like it but i kind of embrace that kind of protectiveness but only till a certain level.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">The problems start when Sarah hides the fact that her best fren Sydney is a guy. Naturally by the name Angel figured Sydney was a girl and Sarah didn't correct because she knew how protective Angel was and she didnt want to cause a scene or trouble. Finally she decides to tell Angel and stop running from telling him the truth.(Ok i am not giving any spoilers..go read it.) </span></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">This was really the only flaw that stood out in her character.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">The other characters were great as well. We get to meet their family and friends too.</span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Valerie , Sarah's cousin was very spunky and cool and no strings attached kind of girl but then there was something cooking between her and Angel's brother - Alex. Alex was a great guy too and of course he was a MORENO so he had the looks too. He was really a funny guy and i cant wait to read the next book in the series which is about Alex and Valerie.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Sophie was their little sister and all the brothers were overly protective about their little sis which got into her nerves.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">All together the book was good not that i loveeeddd it but yes i did like it a lot. </span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>“What?” Eric shook his head. “Angel Moreno is into talking to chicks now? When did you turn into a total wuss?"</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Angel shrugged, and took another bite of his food. </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>He avoided looking at Eric; suddenly not sure he wanted to talk about it. “I don’t know, dude, she’s just cool to hang with, I guess.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Eric nodded, as if he got it. “So, you’re not into her? I thought she was pretty hot.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>“I’m into her, you ass, just ‘cause I didn’t bone her the first night. Not all girls are like that, you know.”</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><i>Eric grinned. “So, you did get shot down.” </i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/499602.Elizabeth_Reyes" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Elizabeth Reyes</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/14161759" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Forever Mine</a></span></span></i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-69731831452389024402014-06-26T07:38:00.000-07:002014-06-26T07:48:24.464-07:00Anna and the French Kiss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
TITLE : ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS<br />
AUTHOR: STEPHANIE PERKINS<br />
SERIES: STANDALONE<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;">Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming,</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;">beautiful</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;">, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Bonjour everyone...hmm so you must be wondering why am i suddenly talking in French well this lovely book is set in the City of love Paris.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I was in a month long reading slump from which i needed to recover so i went on and read this very hyped book and YES i finished it in a day...that's how much i loved the book. I know i should have read this book long back but i wasn't so interested having heard about a Cheating boyfriend as one of the main character.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And i don't root for cheaters...so i put that book away from my reading list but i finally decided to read it and trust me when i say this book is swoon worthy..its just an adorable read.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So our main characters are :</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 19px;">So </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Étienne St. Clair or St. Clair as he is called is Anna's main love interest . </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>He was born in United States and bought up in England and so he had a British accent which was apparently very sexy and he has a charm of his own and he could sweep girls off their feet and his hair did get a lot of attention which totally reminded me of Edward and his hair issues and the love everyone had for his hair ( cheesy )</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 19px;">He had a serious relationship with </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">Ellie who studied in Parsons.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Anna being no exception falls in love with this beautiful man St. Clair only to go through a hell long of a roller coaster ride. St. clair had a girlfriend and Anna loved him and so did Meredith ..oh yess, and that was not enough when she goes home she find's her best friend back in Atlanta to be going out with Toph.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>There was a lot tension between Anna and St. Clair and lot of love dramas. I was gushing and also cursing St. Clair a lot of time to be a man and just get up and tell her when he clearly loved her too. I cursed him a lot because he was just stringing Anna along without dumping his girlfriend he was cheating his girlfriend and that was a major flaw in his character.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>All of the friend were very supportive and nice and even though later Anna forgives Bridgette i would never have been able to forgive her personally. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Anna's parents were very well and good if compared to St. Clair's father who was just psychic i feel.</i></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19px;">The setting of the book was just staggering and i loved it every inch of it. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Seriously i was pretty annoyed after reading her resentment for going to Paris because Paris personally is my most most loved place and i love everything about France...and i would love to visit there someday . If you ask me what i know and love about Paris i just love the different ancient landmarks, the Cathedral and Moulin Rouge and the food (*hungry*) </span></span><span style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">and yes EIFFEL TOWER and the Paris Fashion Week</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>The whole time i was reading this book it brought a dopey smile on my face and my heart just fluttered ...it just gave me the Feels.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>If you are looking for an easy summer read do pick this up its AWESOME.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">TITLE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 STATES</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">AUTHOR: CHETAN BHAGAT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">SERIES: STANDALONE </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">RATING: ★★★</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <img class="irc_mut" src="http://images.indiatvnews.com/entertainmentbollywood/alia-arjun-2states.jpg" height="347" id="irc_mi" style="margin-top: 36px;" width="495" /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">SUMMARY: </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Love marriages around the world are simple:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They get married.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">In India, there are a few more steps:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Girl’s family has to love boy. Boy’s family has to love girl.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Girl’s Family has to love Boy’s Family. Boy’s family has to love girl’s
family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. They are from two
different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course,
their parents don’t agree. To convert their love story into a love marriage,
the couple have a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and
rebel, but it is much harder to convince. Will they make it?</span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">REVIEW:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The movie is out, so what better time to review both the movie and the book
together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So basically ‘2 State’ is astounding journey from the Mess to the Buffet
dinner..errr excuse my bad sense of humor but jokes apart it is the story of
Ananya and Krish. Both of them are from two different states, Ananya from Chennai
and Krish from Delhi. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This may trigger CHENNAI EXPRESS film script to you with the north Indian boy
and tamilian girl, but trust me its nothing like that and moreover ‘2 states book
‘was published long back even before Chennai express released.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have two main characters and their respective parents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Krish- a very studious, brilliant and cool Punjabi guy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Ananya – a spunky , big- mouthed Tamilian girl</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Krish meets Ananya for the first time in IIM <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mess where Ananya was busy fighting over the unhygienic
food and he was instantly awestricken by this gorgeous lady and then the predictable
happens – friendship then love.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They fall in love and that’s not the end but the beginning of a bigger journey-
the journey to their marriage.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first phase is when they have lot of fun and love and sparks fly until
of course their parents meet each other at the convocation day and YES that day
sparks do fly but sparks of love? Among Tamilian’s and Punjabi parents…hmm (read
the book and you’d know) no offense but the humor is just fantastic.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is when the second phase of the story comes, where Krish (spoiler
alert) takes a job placement in Chennai to convince his Tamilian in-laws for
their marriage.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then the third phase where Ananya goes to Delhi to convince her in-laws for
their marriage and all this was not enough that now even both of their parents
must approve each other and decide to meet.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The last phase is marriage after all. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Their journey had lots of ups and downs but their patience is commendable and
its really so nice to read a book where parents are given an equal importance
because their approval and blessings are so important and always will be
important.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also we come to know about two different cultures and their habits and
nature. As for me I was born in Chennai but I know only one word..ILLE (btw did
I spell it correct) </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">India being a country where there exist so many cultures and religions still
face cases where cross culture marriages are not allowed and prohibited. As it
is said in the book that when we are accepting a family of different culture we
are adding more value to our existing ones.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think diversity is so important and it really opens up your mind and stops
it from being narrow minded. I am a Bengali born in Chennai and brought up in Nagaland
and currently living in Kolkata and my dad is Bengali and mum Punjabi and even
though their cultures are so different from each other I get to enjoy both of
them I can eat and enjoy rice and fish and also parantha and butter chicken.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are Indians first and of course culture is so important we should all
be rooted to it but it should not be the basis of discrimination. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I really loved the social issue brought up by this book and the love between
Krish and Ananya was good too but nothing so special that I haven’t seen in Bollywood
films or read about. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">♥♥♥</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Sometimes in your life you just
meet someone or hear something that nudges you on the right path. And that
becomes the best advice. It could just be a bit of commonsense said in a way
that resonates with something in you. It's nothing new, but because it connects
with you it holds meaning for you.” </span></span></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">'2 STATES'- THE MOVIE</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <img class="irc_mut" src="http://cdn.koimoi.com/wp-content/new-galleries/2014/04/2-states-poster-new-horizontal-size-image_0.jpg" height="420" id="irc_mi" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="289" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">PRODUCER: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sajid_Nadiadwala" title="Sajid Nadiadwala">Sajid Nadiadwala</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">CAST-</span><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjun_Kapoor" title="Arjun Kapoor">Arjun Kapoor</a> as Krish Malhotra</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alia_Bhatt" title="Alia Bhatt">Alia Bhatt</a> as Ananya Swaminathan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronit_Roy" title="Ronit Roy">Ronit Roy</a> as Vikram Malhotra – Krish's Father <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_States_%28film%29#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_States_%28film%29#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Singh" title="Amrita Singh">Amrita Singh</a> as Kavita Malhotra – Krish's Mother</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Kumar_Subramaniam" title="Shiv Kumar Subramaniam">Shiv Kumar Subramaniam</a> as Shiv Swaminathan – Ananya’s Father</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revathy" title="Revathy">Revathy</a> as Radha Swaminathan – Ananya's Mother</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achint_Kaur" title="Achint Kaur">Achint Kaur</a> as Krish's Aunt </span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Courtesy : Wikipedia </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The movie was average for me. I expected more from the film since the story
had a typical Bollywood masala film theme.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Those of who didn’t read the book would love it but for me I liked the book
better .</span><br />
Those of you who want to read the book , i have given a link below and there is a nice offer going on so do check it out.<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The songs were not up to the mark the composers being Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy,
the music should have been better.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The film had some changes of course like the P.C.O was omitted and mobiles
were used. But I think the film could have had more changes like there was no
need to show the story in flash backs it seemed forced and there was no need of
it. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of the dialogue were just taken out of the book and on to the film
there was no extra effort for some added dialogues or scenes which made the the
movie really slow paced.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alia Bhat and Arjun Kapoor acted well which made up for some of the flaws. Their
pair looks wonderful and very natural on screen. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a one time watch enjoyable but could have been better. </span><br />
<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-24617230615936961982014-01-30T23:48:00.001-08:002014-01-31T00:14:15.341-08:00SHATTER ME- TAHEREH MAFI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TITLE: SHATTER ME </div>
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AUTHOR: TAHEREH MAFI </div>
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SERIES: SHATTER ME #1</div>
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RATING:<span style="background: #F8F8F8; color: #666666; font-family: "MS Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";"> </span>★★★★</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SUMMARY:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264
days.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The last time she
did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No
one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone
else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay
attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food
is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The Reestablishment
said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a
cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and
The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a
tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need
right now.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Juliette has to
make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">REVIEW:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you guys love X-MEN? I am
asking this because this dystopian book just turned out to be somewhat like the
x-men...With all those powers, and how to control them and the same old…SAVE
THE WORLD.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have mixed opinions about
this book. I don’t hate it neither do I love it…its somewhere in the middle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So the story starts with our
world in future getting shattered with people dying and the population of earth
declining due to diseases, lack of food , and the change of the atmospheric
condition..Where the ozone layer is deteriorating and the clouds seem to be of
a different color. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Our female protagonist Juliette
is locked up in a prison for the last 264 days. It is because she has a lethal
and toxic touch, a touch that can kill people. So she is locked up because she
did kill a person by mistake. L</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444;">ocked up in prison, she gets a new
cellmate Adam. Who happens to be her childhood acquaintance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of this whole new world and they promise to bring humanity from the edge of
starvation and downfall. But the problem arises when you know that they lock up
Juliette not for the safety of people but instead to torture others with Juliette
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made the use of strike out words; it was refreshing to read something like
that. We come to know what’s inside Juliette’s head and that make this whole
experience of reading really personal and real because we even know what is
going on in her subconscious mind. One thing I didn’t like about the writing is
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lips and teeth carved into the semblance of something too passive to punch.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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the main female lead protagonist. she is troubled ..yes I mean lock me up in a
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troubled in the sense that she has a mental problem or something, she just
thinks that she is monster that she should just be killed and there is nothing
good about her. And she thinks all these not only because she is locked up in
prison but also because she never was close to humanity, she </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> have friends,
her parents sent her away...She never touched anyone and when she did it killed
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sweet guy. At the beginning I felt he was the bad one but he had reasons to
behave that way… ok NO SPOILERS. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">OK</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> so there is a bit of insta-love aspect but
not really because Adam and Juliette have known each other from a long time,
even though they did not talk. He is caring, sweet but somehow I am not so into
him as a character he seems too predictable, and too perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></div>
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was my favorite character of the book. Warner is the son of the leader of the
reestablishment. He is creepy and there is very suspense element that I get
every time I read about him. His comments and conversations are really fun and
twisted and not cliché and this made me like him as a character more and I wanted
to learn more of him and his past. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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his relationship with Juliette turns out to be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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deal of romance and also a love triangle, which I think would be further more
developed in the second book…so for all the dystopian fans who liked action
more than romance …WARNING.. this book has a lot of romance, it has equal share
of action but I think that the </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.633333206176758px;">story line</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> is more inclined to romance and so is
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book and I loved how Juliette as a character grew and she finally understood
that she has a gift and not a curse and she left behind her insecurities and
began to think that she is not a monster and that she deserves friends, love
and human connections.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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good until the ending…when I got the whole deal of X-MEN zest to it..i
seriously hope the sequel doesn’t turn out to be in some super hero format..<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white;">In the absence of
human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss
through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association.
My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew,
thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a
character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through
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<span style="background: white;">―<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4637539.Tahereh_Mafi"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666600; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">Tahereh
Mafi</span></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/15333458"><span style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Shatter Me</span></a></i></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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TITLE: CLOCKWORK ANGEL<br />
AUTHOR: CASSANDRA CLARE<br />
SERIES: INFERNAL DEVICES- BOOK 1<br />
PUBLISHER: WALKER BOOKS<br />
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When sixteen-year-old Tessa gray arrives in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gas lit streets. Friendless and hunted, Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Drawn even deeper into their world, she finds herself fascinated by – and torn between – two best friends and quickly realizes that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.</div>
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The story takes places in 1870s during Victorian times. I was pretty hesitant to read this book since I prefer futuristic books or dystopian more to the books which takes place in the past. But surprise...Surprise I liked this book a lot. It is a steam punk novel, for those of you who don’t know what a steam punk novel is, it is basically the stories which takes place in the past but have high expertise and technology which is very ahead of its time, which I thought was wonderful to read about.</div>
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Tessa gray who is our female lead protagonist leaves New York to go to live with her brother in London. Upon her arrival she is greeted not by her brother but the DARK SISTERS, they take hostage of her and she is trained to use her ability, which she did not even know she possessed. The ability to shape shift. Oh..Yes this girl here has the knack to SHAPE SHIFT, pretty cool isn't it. So the dark sisters train her to deliver her to the Magister who wants to use her ability for reason unknown, though presumably for evil reasons.</div>
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But Tessa is rescued by a group of shadow hunters, all shadow hunters descended from an archangel Raziel; they are warriors who are devoted to fight the demons and the evil to maintain tranquility and stability. She finds herself taking refuge with the shadow hunters at their residence which is the London institute. Meanwhile she searches for her missing brother and lives with the shadow hunters and she grows close to two of the shadow hunters of her age i.e. Will and Jem.</div>
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Yeah and there starts a beautiful, heartwarming love triangle with romance that make you flutter and all wound-up.</div>
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The characters of the book are quite amazing, even the secondary characters have a different story of them going on which is a plus. I really cared a lot about the characters, I couldn’t connect that well with the characters because It was written in 3<sup>rd</sup> person narrative and I prefer 1<sup>st</sup> person narrative more.</div>
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Tessa is portrayed as a strong witty and smart character and really mature. There are some instances where I found her rather annoying but rest of the time she was ok. She is not the strongest female lead that I have read about but she is smart she uses her ability and her brain very nicely (read the book and you’ll know why I am saying this.)</div>
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Will: He is sarcastic. Like whenever he opens his mouth he is mostly spitting out sarcastic and mocking comments. But he is very playful, good-humored and mischievous, but I loved his bad boy charms..(M OBSESSED WITH FICTIONAL BAD BOYS) As a male lead he was very fun to read about and he is amusing.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.” </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/150038.Cassandra_Clare" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Cassandra Clare</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/6674837" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Clockwork Angel</a></i></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-59774704536523843902014-01-18T07:50:00.001-08:002014-01-18T07:57:23.076-08:00Beautiful disaster- Jamie McGuire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">INTENSE. DANGEROUS. ADDICTIVE.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Abby Abernathy is a
good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of
cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the
darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her
path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking
One-Night Stand.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Travis Maddox,
lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to
avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his
days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to
his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he
loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in
Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea
that he has met his match<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Phoof… this book was intense.
I read this book within four hours in a stretch, like some crazy madcap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Beautiful disaster is
basically a book about Abby’s and Travis relationship when everything tries to
pull them apart, Abby’s dark past and Travis with his huge temper and possessiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok so the book starts with Abby
and her best friend visiting a fight club where she stumbles upon Travis Maddox
who is a fighter and fights in fight clubs. Travis calls her by the name PIGEON
…(yeah odd name right). The book is about Abby and travis relationship and its
written from Abby’s point of view , and I really like books written in first
person narrative, I feel more connected to the characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">I pretty much liked the
characters of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Abby: She is someone who has
left her dark past to start a new beginning. She comes across as a very naive person. Initially she
avoids Travis, which made him want her even more, but slowly friendship blossomed
between them but she doesn’t realize that Travis loves her..She is like clueless
about it, there were times when I felt like slamming her head and telling her
to see that how much Travis loves her. Eventually though see sees through it.. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Travis: I loved him….i would
do anything to have someone like him.he was so dedicated and loyal to the
people he loved, be it abby , his family or even his roommate shepley. I loved
this quality about him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes he is possessive and there
is also an instance when he is out of his mind and he trashes his place, but I </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> count him as an abusive person because a lot of people break things when they
angry, its true ,it vents out their anger and stress. But he was never violent to
Abby in the book like NEVER…yes he was possessive but never violent. I was very
jealous of Abby.(I still am)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">America & Shepley : She
was very preppy and i LOVED both of them, they were good combo. Their relationship
was sweet and nice. Shepley was very supportive of travis and same goes for America,
she too took her stands for Abby all the time even if it was against shepley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The name of the book is BEAUTIFUL
DISASTER its perfectly justified because their relationship was crazy..they
were crazy about each other, and sometimes it was just INSANE..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> Their relationship was not easy it was really intense
and full of angst and jealousy. .Yes there are some things which may seem to be
questionable in real life relationship and it may raise the red flags but this
is FICTION, and in fiction this counts to passion and zeal. Btw who doesn’t love
bad boys heads over heels in love with one special girl, at least I do….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Their relationship was not perfect, but so
what. They both together bring out the best of themselves and I think that’s the
beauty of a relationship. This book is a roller coaster ride, you’ll enjoy it
and would be hooked to it till you turn the last page. So buy it.. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Walking disaster review
coming shortly.. which is from trvais POV…swooning over him…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">*SWEALLLLLLLLLLL*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">“I know we're fucked up,
alright? I'm impulsive, and hot tempered, and you get under my skin like no one
else. You act like you hate me one minute, and then need me the next. I never
get anything right, and I don't deserve you...but I fucking love you, Abby. I
love you more than I loved anyone or anything ever. When you're around, I don't
need booze, or money, or the fighting, or the one-night stand.</span><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "MS Gothic"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">“You can’t tell me</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">what to do anymore,
Travis! I don’t belong to you!”</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">In the second it
took him to turn and face me, his</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">expression had
contorted into anger. He stomped toward</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">me, planting his
hands on the bed and leaning into my face.</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">“WELL I BELONG TO
YOU!” The veins in his neck</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">bulged as he
shouted, and I met his glare, refusing to even</span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">flinch. He looked
at my lips, panting. “I belong to you.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">―<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4464118.Jamie_McGuire" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white; color: #666600; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jamie
McGuire</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/16441531"><span style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Beautiful Disaster</span></a></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-60264387454206562322014-01-16T01:31:00.000-08:002014-01-16T01:55:32.167-08:00THE DUFF- KODY KEPLINGER <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Title: The DUFF<br />
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Young Adult<br />
Author: Kody Keplinger<br />
Rating: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">❤</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">❤</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">❤</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">❤</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">♡</span><br />
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Summary :<br />
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Seventeen-year old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and
she doesn't think she is the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s
also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie
Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “DUFFY, “ she
throws coke in his face.<br />
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But things aren't so great at home right now, and Bianca is
desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager
for escape throws herself into closeted enemies- with – benefits relationship with
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Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn't such
a bad listener and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca realizes
with absolute horror that she’s falling for the guy she thought she hated more
than anyone.</div>
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Seventeen-year old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal,
and she doesn’t think she is the prettiest of her friends by a lriendong
shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy
school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames
her “DUFFY, “ she throws coke in his face.</p>
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But things aren’t so great at home right now, and Bianca
is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she
likes it. Eager for escape throws herself into closeted enemies- with – benefits
relationship with him.</p>
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Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn’t
such a bad listener and his life is pretty screwed up, too. Suddenly Bianca
realizes with absolute horror that she’s falling for the guy she thought
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THE DUFF is about a girl named Bianca and about her life. By Duff I don’t mean Hillary duff, here duff refers to “Designated Ugly Fat Friend”.<br />
The story starts with Bianca, and her friends Casey and Jessica hanging out in a teen lounge, which is their usual place for hangout. This is when Wesley Rush approaches her saying her that she is the DUFF of her group of friends, which means she was the ugliest of her group of friends. After which Bianca poured coke all over him…now that’s what I like.( And how in real life can a man be so rude)<br />
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I was so sure that I would not like Wesley after he so patently called a person with such a name.<br />
Bianca starts hating Wesley more than ever. But she can’t help but question herself if whatever Wesley said was true. She starts to look at things differently; she compares herself with her friends who are totally opposite to her.<br />
She describes both of them as tall, blonder, slender and beautiful, straight from the cover of teen vogue.<br />
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Bianca also happens to have family problems, her parents are getting divorced and her dad lapsing back to alcohol. Her x bf is back and to get away from all this, she distracts herself by using Wesley..You heard me right. She uses Wesley as an escape from all her troubles only to find out that she is falling in love with him. But this realization doesn't come abruptly but through subtle transition and growth of their relationship together.<br />
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I really loved all the characters of this book.<br />
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Bianca Piper was a character I admired. She was honest and she wasn't afraid to speak her mind. Her honesty was really admirable, there are instances in the story when she realizes her mistake and is honest about it and not in a denial. As the story stepped forward Bianca slowly started realizing that facing the problem is the key and not escaping them. As a character she grows and develops till the very end of the story.<br />
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Wesley Rush …hmm I have mixed feelings about him. First half of the book I detested him. He came across as a rude man-whore who sleeps with anything that moves, but later on we come to know that his actions too is a result of him escaping his family problems. I connected a bit with him and found myself rooting for him too. But not much is given about the problems that Wesley faces with his family.<br />
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Casey Blithe is Bianca’s best friend and she is the kind of best friend everyone would love to have. She can look at Bianca and tell if she has any trouble. She gives great advice's, and always stands beside her friends.<br />
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Jessica Gaither is the innocent girl. She was like their sunshine and she always was giggly and bouncy. Her character is really relatable too.<br />
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Toby Tucker is the guy Bianca had a crush for a long time. He comes across as an intelligent, politically active and socially awkward kind of guy. I think Bianca liked him because it was safe sometimes we girls choose what’s safe and easy as opposed to someone who she liked but couldn't admit because he was different. Change can be scary for some people.<br />
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This story was great .A DUFF doesn't have to be someone ugly they are just the person who are less noticeable then the others in the group. I think Bianca was beautiful just that she was oblivious to that. Everyone feels like a DUFF sometime. Those who have curly hair wants to have straight hair,someone who is size 2 wants to become size 0 and someone of size 4 wants to become size 2 ,Because no one is perfect .<br />
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It doesn't matter if you’re a DUFF because true friends will stay with you no matter what. Friendship can last through all the ups and downs of life.
And also with parents, no matter how crooked the relationship gets, we can never hate them and we would always love them and be there for them.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13046701491954885011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390639161208526377.post-40446465850732517832014-01-13T01:11:00.001-08:002014-01-15T06:18:35.626-08:00LET IT SNOW- by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Summary: Its Christmas Eve and Gracetown has been buried by snow. But the weather is more <br />
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Soon fourteen pumped up cheerleaders will descend on the local waffle house, the <br />
Dukes DVD night will be rudely interrupted for a twister mission, and a lovesick barista <br />
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As the three stories collide, strangers cross paths and romance blossoms with heart <br />
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Let it snow was one of my best winter reads. It is a book with three holiday romances as the cover suggests by three very talented and promising authors. What i really liked about this book was the setting and how each story is connected to the other, and how characters in one story pop up in the other two stories and at the end how the characters all amalgamate and interact with each other. <br />
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The first story is "THE JUBILEE EXPRESS" by maureen Johnson. Here we meet jubilee ..yes that's her name and if you want to know why her name sounds like some kind of celebration, hmm read the book you'll find out. As jubilee is getting all prepared to spend her christmas eve which also happens to be the one year anniversary with her boyfriend Noah, she drastically gets a news that her parents are arrested and due to which she's put on a train to go to Florida to her grandparents. In the train she meets Jeb and a group fifteen cheerleaders cult. Due to the snow blizzard the train stops and so she gets off the train and ends up at a waffle house where she meets Stuart...the charming guy who wears plastic..yeah and how they end up together. I personally loved this story the most i loved both jubilee and stuart and how jubilee realized that she deserved better in life and Stuart moving on with life and how mature they become as characters. Jubilee as a character was humorous , witty and fun <br />
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The second story is " A cheertastic Christmas miracle " by john green. Here we meet Tobin our protagonist , and his friends JP and Duke whose name is actually Angie.<br />
Its Christmas eve and tobin's parents are not home as they are stuck outside due to the snowstorm and its dukes time for a DVD night but a call from their friend keun informing them about the cheerleaders make both JP and Tobin go to the waffle house and then starts all the adventure and how Tobin and and Angie find out that their friendship is a lot more complicated than it seems. I loved the story its my second favourite and as a character i liked duke a lot and how she takes control.<br />
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The third story is "The Patron Saint of Pigs" by Lauren Myracle. The characters here are Addie and Jeb. Addie is shown as a self absorbed girl who is in tears over her breakup with her boyfriend Jeb..This story was my least favorite i didn't quite like the character development , i know its a short story and a lot cant be given out but i still wished if a few more pages were added than maybe we could have connected well enough with the characters and moreover the ending of the story was very abrupt and seemed very rushed. But i loved the tea cup pigs ...it had me googling right after reading the book.<br />
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The other characters of the book like the tin foil guy , Stuarts mum were very interesting and humorous to read about.<br />
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Let it snow has loads of humor, teenage dramas , love, friendship, breakup and a lot more. It is highly recommended to read it. Its not a serious read but a very light and sweet read which you can read on a lazy winter day with your PJ's on and hot chocolate <br />
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❤sentence: “Christmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind.” <br />
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year and one girl and one boy as tributes are randomly chosen to compete each
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but Gale also loves Katniss and they both have been friends from childhood ..There
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