tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41422330629110470852024-02-22T21:02:21.849+11:00Bookmarked.Just a little blog to let me participate in the many reading challenges of 2011.Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-10131295264428251392011-06-21T20:58:00.000+10:002011-06-21T20:58:55.609+10:00Teaser Tuesday (7)<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Should be Reading</span></span></a></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Here are the rules if you wish to participate. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></i></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img alt="" height="83" src="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg?w=135&h=83&h=83" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" title="TeaserTuesdays2" width="135" /></span></a></strong></em></span></span></span></span></i></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><ul style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share the </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">title & author</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is my weeks teaser:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Again, he thought of World War II. A GI with a pack of cigarettes was a wealthy man, and to share one with another man, or even a captured or wounded enemy, was a significant gesture.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Page 129 of One Second After by </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">William R. Forstchen.</span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-55758357150949637102011-06-09T17:48:00.011+10:002011-06-09T18:01:19.004+10:00Review: Across the Universe by Beth Revis<div style="text-align: justify;"><b></b><br />
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<b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8235178-across-the-universe" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1301828495l/8235178.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></b><br />
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<b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><div style="display: inline !important;"></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Across the Universe</span></span></span></span></b></span></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Beth Revis</span></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">2011</span></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length: </span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hardcover, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">396 pages</span></span></span></span></div></div></span></span><br />
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Genre: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Romance, Mystery </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Counts Towards: </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span><br />
<b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 26px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com/p/dystopia-challenge.html" style="color: #31273e; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dystopia Challenge</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/howarts-reading-challenge-2011.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Hogwarts ReadingChallenge</span></a></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></i></b></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></b></span></b></span></div></b></div></b></div></b></div></div></b></div></div></div></b></div></div></div></b></div></div></div></b></div></div></div></b></span></div></div></div></b><br />
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<b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 26px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Amy quickly realies that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">First Line: </span></b></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Daddy said, “Let Mom go first.”</span></span></div></div></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">My Rambles:</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">First something that has been bothering me: </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Across the Universe reminds me of a TV show that I used to watch as a kid, called </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silversun"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Silversun</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. It's also set on a spaceship with </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">carrying a cargo of 550 cryonically suspended colonists to their new home, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Silversun</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. One of the new colonists, Zandie was </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">illegally </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">re-animatied by a crew member. Any of this sound familier to anyone? </span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nevertheless Across the Universe was a fast and fun read. It opens with an in</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">tense, emotional and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> detailed first chapter. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Amy was real, she was a character that I would want to be friends with. She could stand on her own two feet and yet she would accept help when she needed it. She was the type of character that you root for. And Elder - oh Elder, Elder, Elder, I adore Elder. I loved the way you could see him grow as a person. He starts out almost oblivious to what is happening around him and we are with him as his eyes finally open to his world. You could see his views shift and see him start to figure out just who he was and who he had the potential to be. You watched as he tried to break his old ways of thinking .You watched as he started to grow into the kind of leader that the Godspeed did and will need. Sure he has a long way to go but he is a character with so much </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">potential and I look forward to seeing where his character will go in the next two books. Another stand out character would have to be Elder's best friend Harley. He was </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">vibrant, brave, tragic, loveable and awesome. His storyline was heartbreaking but I think it actually suited his character. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Eldest (one of the main "bad guys") could have far more sadistic and he lacked that true villain quality. But maybe thats how Beth Revis wanted him to be. Maybe she wanted him to be sympathetic and for people to understand some of the things he did. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="hg" d:priority="2"><span class="hw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1"></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Overall good characters, fantastic plot, a breathless read. If you haven't already, go and pick up a copy of Across the Universe and see what everyone is raving about for yourself.</span></span></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-60301649844713168962011-06-06T16:03:00.002+10:002011-06-06T16:04:25.452+10:00Review: Under The Dome by Stephen King<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Under the Dome</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Stephen King</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">2009</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length: </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hardcover, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1072 pages</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Genre: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense</span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><div style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Found where:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Borrowed from my local library</span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Counts Towards: </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 26px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/howarts-reading-challenge-2011.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Hogwarts Reading Challenge</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></i></b></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></b></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></b></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6320534-under-the-dome" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Under the Dome" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1268982908l/6320534.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Summary: </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.<br />
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Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">My Rambles:</span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was my first King novel (when I say novel I really mean a Huge Ass Door-Stop masquerading as a novel), and I have to say that I'm impressed. I went in blind, not really knowing what to expect and I'm glad I did. Though over 1000 pages Under the Dome was a surprisingly fast read and was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Times; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">taut and exciting</span></span></span></span></span></b></span> and keep me interesting the whole way through. It only took me four days and I did little else though. </span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Times; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Times; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I loved the way King weaved </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">SO many characters and story lines merging into one huge one.</span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Times; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The more I read, the more the characters wormed their way into my heart - even the bad ones. To me the characters came to life, I felt as if I was part of the story, standing next to the characters experiencing what they were. I laughed and teared up and burned with anger for them, with them. </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Times; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">And apart from a few rape scenes (with weren't as detailed as they could have been - something I'm thankful for), some "gentle" </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">necrophilia and very detailed violence (which I don't really mind but some people would/will have problems with) I had no problems with this book.</span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-77837339487761263502011-05-25T10:39:00.002+10:002011-05-25T10:44:46.149+10:00Review: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Life As We Knew It</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Susan Beth Pfeffer</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">2006</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">337 pages</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Genre: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Science Fiction, Apocalyptic/Dystopia, Young Adult, Adventure </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Found where: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The amazing</span> </span><a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">BookDepository</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Why did I read it?</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Loved the premise and had heard great things about this one. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Counts towards: </span></span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i></i></b></span></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 26px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com/p/dystopia-challenge.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">The Dystopia Challenge</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">, </span><a href="http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/howarts-reading-challenge-2011.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Hogwarts Reading Challenge</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></i></b></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></b></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></b></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2557920.Life_As_We_Knew_It" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="Life As We Knew It" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VO5CIY-lL._SL500_.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Summary:</span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></span></span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Rambles:</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">This book really got to me. The more I read, the more I HAD to read. I HAD to find out how this haunting story ended. At the same time I was almost reluctant to keep turning the pages, terrified of what awaited Miranda and her family. Books like this always get my thinking.. What if? What if it were me who this was happening to? What if this world we know so well was pulled out from underneath us? What would you do to survive? To make sure that your family lived? How would </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">you</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> survive? Would you fight to survive? Or just give up? What would you do about water, heating and cooling? About </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">food</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">?</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Life As We Knew It started out a little slowly. We are introduced to Miranda and her family from Miranda's point of view, writing in her diary. I was just letting it plod along waiting for the story to really start, when it did. There was a certain scene in the book that when I got to it.. I knew that this would be a sensational read. And it was. Although is was not an action packed thriller, it was a psychological one. It gets under your skin and won't let you move on. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">I could go on and analyse and explain what happens and say my dislikes and likes.. but really, that would spoil this book. If you are at all interesting in reading Life As We Knew It, STOP reading reviews. Go and get the actual book!!</span></span></div></span></span></b>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-80965091309481091142011-05-24T10:07:00.001+10:002011-05-24T10:08:21.844+10:00Teaser Tuesday (6)I've been a little AWOL lately, but am now trying to get back into my blog. I have about 20 reviews that will come VERY soon.<br />
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<div style="color: #474747; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #ad734c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #21b3bb;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Should be Reading</span></span></a></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Here are the rules if you wish to participate. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #474747; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg" style="color: #9c4617; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" height="83" src="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg?w=135&h=83&h=83" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" title="TeaserTuesdays2" width="135" /></a></strong></em></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><ul style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share the </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">title & author</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is my weeks teaser:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">For one brief moment, the great black dog reared on to it's hind legs and placed it's front paws on Harry's shoulders, but Mrs Weasley shoved Harry away towards the train door, hissing, 'For heaven's sake, act more like a dog, Sirius!'</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">'See you!', Harry called out of the open window as the train began to move, while Ron, Hermione and Ginny waved beside him.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Page 166 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (which I am re-reading)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-43366399262026375182011-04-12T20:40:00.000+10:002011-04-12T20:40:50.032+10:00Teaser Tuesday (5)<div style="color: #474747; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #ad734c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #21b3bb;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Should be Reading</span></span></a></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Here are the rules if you wish to participate. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #474747; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg" style="color: #9c4617; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" height="83" src="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg?w=135&h=83&h=83" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" title="TeaserTuesdays2" width="135" /></a></strong></em></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><ul style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share the </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">title & author</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is my weeks teaser:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Then she got this scary I-just-had-a-brilliant-idea look that I've noticed more and more the past few days, and asked if they had any thermal underwear.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">page 50 of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer </span></span></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-79556542775478872522011-03-29T19:19:00.001+11:002011-03-29T19:19:39.948+11:00Teaser Tuesday (4)<div style="color: #474747; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #ad734c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #21b3bb;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Should be Reading</span></span></span></a></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Here are the rules if you wish to participate. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #474747; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 19px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg" style="color: #9c4617; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" height="83" src="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/teasertuesdays2.jpg?w=135&h=83&h=83" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="TeaserTuesdays2" width="135" /></a></strong></em></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i></i></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><ul style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share the </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">title & author</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is my weeks teaser:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Damn the Irish, I thought. they could be so incredibly persuasive. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">page 67 of </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6845371-shadowy-horses-the" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Shadowy Horses, The" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jaXAb7riL.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-54239237466300828972011-03-23T18:23:00.000+11:002011-03-23T18:23:56.246+11:00Review: Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith<b><i></i></b><br />
<b><i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lockdown</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Alexander Gordon Smith</span></span></span></span></b></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2009</span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">292</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> pages</span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Thriller, Horror, Dystopia, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">S</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where Found:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The wonderful<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"> </span><a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780571240807/Furnace-Lockdown"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">BookDepository</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div></div></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 26px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Counts Towards: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com/p/dystopia-challenge.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">The Dystopia Challenge</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">, </span><a href="http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/howarts-reading-challenge-2011.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Hogwarts Reading Challenge</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; display: inline !important; line-height: 20pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div></div></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6053265-furnace" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Furnace: Lockdown" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ilgTs6p3L._SL500_.jpg" style="border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; cursor: move; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summary:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">My name is Alex and I'm not a killer. The framed me for murder, condemned me to life in Furnace with its punishments and pain.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I've got to get out of here. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">If I don't, it could be me the Wheezers come for.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Me who's dragged screaming from my cell.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Me who's brought back scarred, twisted and hungry for blood.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I've got to get out of here. Before they turn my into a monster.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Review:</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Wow! Thats the first thing I thought when I turned the final page of Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith. My next thought was Holy Sh*t, I have to get my hands on the next book in the series. I finished this book late at night.. and I have to admit that it really freaked me out, more than most books do anyway. There were some truly creepy characters in there. 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font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">haracters I loved and characters I loved to hate. Lockdown was a mix of character driven scenes action scenes and violence. Which is a brilliant mix if you ask me. </span></span></div></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This book is definently not a book for the faint of heart. It was very g</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">raphic at times, and my heart pounded it's way trough the pages. It also has some </span></span></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">psychological horror here, building up through the novel. I like that the characters feel real.</span></span></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"></div></i></b></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The main character Alex </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sawyer. Alex isn’t really a bad kid</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, yeah, sure, </span></span></span></div></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he’s been living a life of petty crime</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, robbing houses with his best mate. But o</span></span></span></div></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">n their last fateful job, the boys are caught – but not by the police. Instead, a group of huge, fast and strong men in dark suits corners them, kills Toby, and frames Alex for the murder of his friend. Because of a no-tolerance policy for underage crime, Alex is given the harshest sentence – imprisonment in Furnace (an underground </span></span></span></div></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">penitentiary for teenagers) for life, with no hope of parole. </span></span></span></span></div></div></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></span></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Once in the Furnace, Alex is lucky his cellmate, Donovan, is willing to be his friend. They also befriend Zee, another boy who was framed for crimes he didn’t commit.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Things happen that lead up to the boys planning an escape. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; 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font-weight: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; 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Including other prisoners, avoiding all the prion gangs, the guards and their terrifying mutant dogs, the prison warden and Wheezers.</span></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></div></i></span></span></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></span></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></div></i></span></div></i></span></div></i></span></div></i></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; 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font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; 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</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">There is some information missing from the pages of this book. Why was Alex and others chosen and framed? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Where do all the female prisioners go? Is there a separate chamber in the prison for them? Do we just not see them or do females not get sentenced to the Furnace?</span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b><br />
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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b></span></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></i></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i></i></b></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; 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font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i></i></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i></i></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">P.S I </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">love that this book is British.</span></span></span></span></div></div></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></div></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px;"><i><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">*Warning: if you are prone to nightmares, do not read this book before bed.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></i></span></span></span></div></i></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b></span></div></i></b></span></span></span></div></i></b>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-73787590172034818472011-03-22T18:10:00.000+11:002011-03-22T18:10:47.910+11:00Teaser Tuesday (3)<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #ad734c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #21b3bb;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Should be Reading</span></span></span></a></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Here are the rules if you wish to participate. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></span></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><b><i><ul style="color: #44300b; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #474747; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Share the </span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">title & author</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser</span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is my weeks teaser:</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I sat on the lower bed and stared out of the bars, which made up one whole wall of the cell. All I could see, on the other side of the giant pit, were more cells and more prisoners, their grey faces a reflection of my own.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">page 58 from Lockdown (The first book in the Furnace series) by Alexander Gordon Smith.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6053265-furnace" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Furnace: Lockdown" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ilgTs6p3L._SL500_.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></div></i></b></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-20523270990468557042011-03-22T17:48:00.002+11:002011-03-23T17:46:49.676+11:00Review: The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Virgin of Small Plains</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nancy Pickard</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2006</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">335</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> pages</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mystery </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where Found:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Borrowed from my local library</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 26px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Counts Towards: <a href="http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/mini-challenges.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Hide and Seek Mini Challenge</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">, </span><a href="http://whatsinaname4.blogspot.com/search/label/Sign-Up"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">What's In A Name Challenge</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581177.The_Virgin_of_Small_Plains" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img alt="The Virgin of Small Plains" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213557768l/581177.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Summary:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Small Plains, Kansas, January 23, 1987: In the midst of a deadly blizzard, eighteen-year-old Rex Shellenberger scours his father’s pasture, looking for helpless newborn calves. Then he makes a shocking discovery: the naked, frozen body of a teenage girl, her skin as white as the snow around her. Even dead, she is the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen. It is a moment that will forever change his life and the lives of everyone around him. The mysterious dead girl–the “Virgin of Small Plains”–inspires local reverence. In the two decades following her death, strange miracles visit those who faithfully tend to her grave; some even believe that her spirit can cure deadly illnesses. Slowly, word of the legend spreads.<br />
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But what really happened in that snow-covered field? Why did young Mitch Newquist disappear the day after the Virgin’s body was found, leaving behind his distraught girlfriend, Abby Reynolds? Why do the town’s three most powerful men–Dr. Quentin Reynolds, former sheriff Nathan Shellenberger, and Judge, Tom Newquist–all seem to be hiding the details of that night? </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Review:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">On a bitterly cold, snowy night in January 1987, a sequence of events unfold that will forever change the lives of a whole town. A young girl is found dead and naked, with no one willing to identify her. The town, horrified that no one knows who she is, all pitch in to give her a proper burial and headstone</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">. Her death remains unsolved for 17 years, bringing a mystery upon the town. Known as The Virgin in the years that follow people believe</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"> she can bring miracles to them from beyond the grave. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
This <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">was my first time reading Nancy Pickard and I was pleasantly surprised. I adored her characters and she kept me </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> turning the pages to find out what had happened all those years ago. Her writing was lovely and she painted a gorgeous picture of Kansas for the reader. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-67318760829983698942011-03-15T17:28:00.000+11:002011-03-15T17:28:01.190+11:00Teaser Tuesday (2)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teaser Tuesdays are a meme hosted by Mizb of<em> <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #ad734c; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #21b3bb;">Should be Reading</span></a></em>. Here are the rules if you wish to participate. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #44300b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<ul style="color: #44300b; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><li><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grab your current read</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Open to a random page</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: black;">Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Here is my weeks teaser:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">"The moon was bright, but clouds scudding across it keep throwing them into darkness. Ahead, Harry could see the lighted windows of Hagrids hut."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Page 181 from Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (Which I am currently re-reading)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72193.Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher_s_Stone" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XXmha90mL.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-25051175885357719832011-03-12T23:19:00.002+11:002011-03-16T12:34:07.717+11:00Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The Giver</span></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lois Lowry</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1993</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">223</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> pages</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dystopia, Young Adult</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where Found:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Borrowed from my local library</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Jonas lives safely within the community, a place where there is no war, no hunger and no pain. But when he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, her starts to discover dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of his perfect world, secrets that will lead him to undertake an incredible journey...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I'm positive that I'm missing something. Because people adore and RAVE this book. </span></span></b></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really wanted to like this book, but just couldn't quite get there. I can only stretch this to an OK book. The story, the setting, hell even the characters are... sparse, lacking and not at all as </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">fleshed out as it could (and should) have been</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">1. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">I couldn't properly connect with any of the characters. Not even the main character Jonas. We don't get to really know his family or friends. I mean at the start of the novel you are introduced to Jonas friends, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">Asher and Fiona and you assume they will play greater roles in the book than they do.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"> My favourite character in this novel was actually the baby Gabriel. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">2. Frankly I didn't fully understand this book or the bloody ending - I mean WTF! Is it meant to be symbolic or something? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">My brain doesnt pick up </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;">symbolism easily.. that may be part of the problem.... But still.. bit of a shoddy ending.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">4. No real explanation of Jonas' world. The book started off very mysterious. And that was fine.. but THERE WAS NO <i>REAL</i> EXPLANATION OF.. well ANYTHING.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">5. The more I try to understand this book.. the less I can. Making me like it even less.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b>This book counts towards the </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 20px;"><strong>Book in the Day Mini Challenge = 10 points</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-4709173961615531882011-02-27T12:05:00.003+11:002011-02-27T12:24:50.703+11:00Review: Battle Royale by Koushun Takami<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Battle Royale</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of 42 junior high school students are taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are electronically collared, provided with weapons of varying potency, and sent out onto the island. If they are in the wrong part of the island at the wrong time, their collars will explode. If they band together to save themselves a collar will explode at random. If they try to escape from the island, they will be blown up. Their only chance for survival lies in killing their classmates. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan - where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller - Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, and a potent story of politics and survival in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary J</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">apanese pulp classic, and is now available for the first time to the UK mainstream.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This book took me a few weeks to read. I'm normally a much faster reader, but I did enjoy taking my time reading this one. And oh, how I love this book. It had been on my TBR list for ages and I finally borrowed it from the library for my Challenges. I've been really slack about my reading and not really in the mood for it, so that's another reason why this one took me so long to finish. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This book is not for the faint hearted, there is</span></span></span></b></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> a great deal of violence - with particularly detailed descriptions. </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Starting out with 42 different students, all with hard to pronounce (well to someone who doesn't speak Japanese) names, I was kind of glad when they started dying... it was easier to keep track of a small group of students. Some characters you will like, others you will hate. But all are interesting. I really don't want to give anything thing anyway.. because this book are some serious twists and turns and to give them away would ruin the book.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></b>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-87824114924224898272011-02-13T15:57:00.001+11:002011-02-13T16:01:27.154+11:00Review: Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ugh. My internet has been.. misbehaving for the last week. It'll take at least 10 minutes for this post go load! Having little internet is driving me batty! I don't mind as much not being about to surf the net. But I cannot even access my email.. oh and don't get me started on trying to use it for my school work.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: normal;">Onwards to the review! I should have a few more of them coming in the next few days.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alas Babylon</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pat Frank</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">1959</span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">323</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> pages</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Classic, Post Apocalyptic, Survival</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where Found:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The wonderful<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/">BookDepository</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Cover: </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Isn't the cover just gorgeous? It'a part of what drew me to this classic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Alas, Babylon" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009l/38169.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summary:</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The survivors of a nuclear holocaust are forced to rely on their own resources as they join together in the struggle for survival amidst the ruins of Fort Repose, a small town in Florida.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Review:</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm often weary about classics because some of them are disappointing reads. But </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had been looking forward to reading this book for months now, and I had heard fantastic things about it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Honestly it wasn't the breathtaking, sleep stealing, obsessive read I was hoping for. But it was a great read. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There were a few problems I had with this book. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alas, Babylon was first published in 1959 and while sometimes doesn't feel dated, you can tell it's age. The racism and sexism were blatantly obvious. For example at on point in the book our main character had this to say at one point - </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"The more he learned about women the more there was to learn except that he had learned this: they needed a man around." </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As a modern day girl I was quite offended by this, but do understand that's how things were back in the days. </span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next thing that I had a problem with that was by the time I had got though a 1/3 of the book, it felt like nothing had happened. Sure</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> you get introduced to the characters, but we still didn't learn <i>that</i> much about them. Pat Frank's writing was a little wooden but readable but it wasn't fleshed out enough - for me anyway. There was just not enough for me to truly care and cry and laugh with and for the characters. Sure I liked some of them.. but again they just weren't.. fleshed out and real.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Despite all that I did like the book. And i'm glad that I read it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></span></div><div><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rating: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">3.5 out of 5 stars</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></div></span></span></span></span></b></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-24535154107534448712011-02-01T20:06:00.002+11:002011-02-01T20:09:58.303+11:00Teaser Tuesday (1)<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Teaser Tuesdays</span></strong></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is a weekly meme, hosted by MizB of <a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Should Be Reading</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> </span>Anyone can play along! Just do the following:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Grab your current read</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Open to a random page</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">- </span>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (</span></span><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- Share the </span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">title & author</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My first weeks teaser comes from Battle Royale by Koushun Takami:</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><a class="image" href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780575080492/Battle-Royale" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Full information about Battle Royale "><img alt="Battle Royale" height="130" src="http://images.bookdepository.co.uk/assets/images/book/small/9780/5750/9780575080492.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="120" /></a></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Once your opponent attacks you with a weapon, you don't hesitate. Otherwise you'll die."</span></div><div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Page 146.</span></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-50495959517692911312011-01-31T22:04:00.001+11:002011-02-01T19:47:26.221+11:00Review: Nightshade by Andrea Cremer<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Title:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nightshade</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Andrea Cremer</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 2010</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 454 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> pages</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Young Adult, Supernatural, Romance</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where Found:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">My little sister</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7941200-nightshade" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Nightshade (Nightshade, #1)" height="320" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41oFb1jph6L.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="201" /></a></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Summary:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she'll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the Keepers. But when she violates her masters' laws by saving a beautiful human boy out for a hike, Calla begins to question her fate, her existence, and the very essence of the world she has known. By following her heart, she might lose everything - including her own life. Is forbidden love worth the ultimate sacrifice?</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Review:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I started reading this book this afternoon because I was bored stiff. I didn't know what to do with myself so I went into my little sister's room to talk to her. I saw Nightshade sitting on her bedside table and asked if I could read it. To be honest I was expecting a silly teen paranormal romance that I could roll my eyes and laugh at. I didn't think i'd actually like it... or spend all afternoon reading it, snapping at anyone who interrupted me. The book reminded me of the song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1ArEPKlu0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Bittersweet by Apocalyptica</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">. </span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So now that I have a day to think about this book.. i'm not sure that I liked it as much as I initially thought I did. It's not that it's a bad book, it's not. It's just lacking. Lacking in most areas. I won't say too much more about it. I really don't want to spoil it for anyone wanting to read it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Rating: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">3 out of 5 stars.</span></span></span></span></span></b></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-20750383983876900082011-01-31T11:22:00.000+11:002011-01-31T11:22:02.064+11:00It's Monday! What Are You Reading (1)<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIVGMK3fhgNlsuONplgAstMNkWDXx7shHCUk-hk0usZWH8CtxuSzATMPDG3KtnIkBmEHrP1TxPipJdDYmMBM8S0Q14Ff77V5wvYbbqa2edsjh7w8vQNK7gIMW8wIbsOKK4B2C78C83WYV/s1600/Reading+group_tcm15-32795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: blue; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIVGMK3fhgNlsuONplgAstMNkWDXx7shHCUk-hk0usZWH8CtxuSzATMPDG3KtnIkBmEHrP1TxPipJdDYmMBM8S0Q14Ff77V5wvYbbqa2edsjh7w8vQNK7gIMW8wIbsOKK4B2C78C83WYV/s1600/Reading+group_tcm15-32795.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a weekly meme hosted by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"></span></span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-54/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">One Persons Journey through a World of Books</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">. </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought i'd hope on the meme train this week and see how I go!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ardath Mayhar</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1987</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">168</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> pages</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Post-Apocalyptic, Survival </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Where Found:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Bookdepository</span></a> </span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><div style="font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 1.4; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But when the Ungers--a band of renegade thieves, murderers, and ne'er-do-wells--began raiding the nearby plots, looting and killing everyone in sight, it was time to take action!</span></div></span></b></span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b><br />
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</span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author:</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Neal Shüstermann</span></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Published:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2007</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">335 pages</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Young Adult, Dystopia, Sci-fi,</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #474747; line-height: 20pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Where Found:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781416912057/Unwind">Bookdepository</a></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Summary:</b></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Holy poop on a stick! My mind is just buzzing after reading this novel. I loved it, was disturbed by it and it made me think.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Set in the near future (we never find out the exact year), world that Shüsterman has created is vivid, terrifying and altogether very possible. The novel f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ollows three teens about to be unwound – which is the thing to do with unwanted teens and basically means that they are to be scavenged for body parts to be transplanted to where they are needed. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Connor has always been in and out of trouble, sometimes unable to control his temper. When he finds out that his parents are about to have him unwound, he runs away and crosses paths with Risa and Lev. Risa is a state ward being sent away due to shortage of money and Lev is a tithe, sacrificed by his religious parents for a "greater good". </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All they have to do is avoid being caught by Juvey-cops until they are 18 and they are safe from being unwound.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Rating:</b> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4.5 starts outa 5. </span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-50337896941825500712011-01-19T09:10:00.006+11:002011-03-20T18:17:28.173+11:00Hogwarts Reading Challenge 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I cannot, CANNOT pass this challenge up. I am a huge Harry Potter fan, so this is perfect for me!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the Hogwarts Reading Challenge you are a student of the school. You will be sorted into houses. Each book you read must fit in to the subject of one the classes. You do not have to read books that fit all the subjects. Each book equals one point (toward the house cup).</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You must read at least 5 books (audio books counts) before you are enter in to the drawing. At the end of the Challenge one person will win a $15 Amazon Gift Card and one house will win the House Cup (purely a pride thing).</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will post all of the Mini Challenges in the next few days so that everyone can plan out their books in advance.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To be eligible to win prizes you must have a blog and sign up using Mr. Linky. Then start a Hogwarts Reading Challenge post and link it back to this post.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">****Update you can be eligible for prize if you become a member of I Love Reading Challenges on Shelfari and keep the list of the books you read for this challenge under the Hogwarts Challenge post there. You can also become a fan of the I Love Reading Challenges Facebook fan page and keep you list there as well.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://timidity.org/tests/sortinghat.html" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click here</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to go to the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://timidity.org/tests/sortinghat.html" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sorting Hat</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Please be honest. If there are too many in one particular house you may be place into another. So if the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://timidity.org/tests/sortinghat.html" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sorting Hat </span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">places you in Sytherin you are Sytherin for duration of this challenge.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/hogwarts-reading-challenge-2011-houses.html" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Click here</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to check your individual points and your</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2011/01/hogwarts-reading-challenge-2011-houses.html" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> house points</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reading one of the 7 Harry Potter books earns you 25 house points. You can only read this books once during the challenge. 15 points for any other Harry Potter related book such as Tales of Beedle the Bard or A Parent's Guide to Harry Potter, again these books and only be read once during the challenge.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Have any questions leave them in a comment and I will get back to you. Have fun, good luck and Happy Reading!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">****you can also find this challenge at my group</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.shelfari.com/groups/30828/discussions/311751/Hogwarts-Reading-Challenge-2011" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I Love Reading Challenge on Shelfari</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Houses</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you were a part of this challenge before you can stay in the house you were in or go to any house of your choosing just leave a comment letting me know what house you are in.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Classes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Transfiguration</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has trans or figure in its title, is about shape shifting, has a shape shifter in it, or is about anything having to do with changing one thing into another</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">1.</span> </b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-nightshade-by-andrea-cremer.html" style="color: #31273e; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Nightshade by Andrea Cremer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">31/01/2011</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Defence Against the Dark Arts</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has defence(defense), dark and/or art(s) in its title, read any book that is about self defense, war, history of war/marital arts, murder mysteries</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Charms</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has charm in its title, any book that deals with gives something or someone a new aspect (for example the nerdy guy become a handsome doctor)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">1. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-world-ends-in-hickory-hollow-by.html" style="color: #31273e; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">The World Ends in Hickory Hollow by Ardath Mayhar</span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">27/01/2011</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">2. <a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-alas-babylon-by-pat-frank.html" style="color: #31273e; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">11/02/2011</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Potions</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has potion in its title, cookbooks count but you must cook at least one recipe out of the book</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Astronomy</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has astronomy in its title, books about planets, stars, etc, sci-fi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-review-inside-out-by-maria-v.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Inside Out by Maria V Snyder</span></a> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">17/01/2011</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/01/reviewunwind-by-neal-shusterman.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Unwind by Neal Shüsterman</span></a> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">21/01/2011</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">History of Magic</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has history or magic in its title, books about magic, witches, etc</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Herbology</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has herb in its title, again cookbooks count and again you must cook at least one recipe out of the book</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Arithmancy</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has arithmancy in its title, any book with a number in its title, any book that deal with numbers or math</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ancient Runes</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has ancient or runes in its title, books about historical places like the pyramids, Stonehenge, great wall of china, or any book about symbols</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. <a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-battle-royale-by-koushun-takami.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Battle Royale by Koushun Takami</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">27/02/2011</span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you copy this post onto your blog just list the book you read for the challenge under the subject to which it fits. Please</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">list books using numbered bullet points</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. This makes keeping track of points easier for me.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">History of Magic</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">- read any book that has history or magic in its title, books about magic, witches, etc</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts 3/12/2010</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can be a part of this challenge on Shelfari I Love Reading Challenges group if you do not have a blog.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Woot! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway I will add my list as I go. :D</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 17px;">Perfect Mini Challenge</span></strong><br />
Time frame is Jan 14th to Feb 13th<br />
So what do you have to do?<br />
*First way: read at least 3 books with the word Perfect in the title.<br />
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*Second way: read at least 3 books that you give a perfect rating to. You do not have to blog the books but you do have to tell me why you gave it a perfect rating.<br />
Points - 10 points (max 30 points) an additional 25 points for completing the challenge. Meaning you read all 3 will receive 30 points plus 25 bonus points for a total of 55 points. 15 points for each additional book (for every 3rd book you get an extra entry in the Triwizard Tournament Drawing)<br />
***Yes, you can do any combination of the two options. Ex: read 2 books with perfect in the title and 1 book that you have given a perfect rating to.<br />
Have Fun and Happy Reading!!!<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Winner</span></strong> of Perfect Mini Challenge <a href="http://mommywantstoread.blogspot.com/2011/01/hogwarts-reading-challenge-2011.html" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Melissa</strong></a><strong> of Hufflepuff</strong> <span style="font-size: 10px;">used </span><a href="http://www.random.org/" style="color: #1055d4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">Random.org</span></a><br />
the Prize: choice of House Pin<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 17px;">Book in the Day Mini Challenge</span></strong><br />
Time frame is Feb 14th to March 13th<br />
Throughout the series the characters are constantly delving into the past so in this challenge we will too. You task is to read 3 books that were published in 1999 or earlier.<br />
Points - 10 points (max 30 points) an additional 25 points for completing the challenge. Meaning you read all 3 will receive 30 points plus 25 bonus points for a total of 55 points. 15 points for each additional book (for every 3rd book you get an extra entry in the Triwizard Tournament Drawing)<br />
*Yes, books set in the past count but it still have to be set in a time period on or before 1999.<br />
Have Fun and Happy Reading!!!<br />
1. <a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-battle-royale-by-koushun-takami.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Battle Royale by Koushun Takami</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">27/02/2011</span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">2.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-giver-by-lois-lowry.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">The Giver by Lois Lowry</span></a> </span>12/03/2011</span></span></b><br />
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</span><strong><span style="font-size: 17px;">Hide and Seek Mini Challenge</span></strong><br />
Time frame March 14th and April 30th<br />
There are times when one must hide while seeking out the next move to make. Harry and friends had to this on many occasions like when they can to sneak and learn Defence against the Dark Arts on their own. For this challenge, you must read 3 books that are related to hide and seek. These books can be mysteries, detective stories, crime, have the words hide or seek in the title. When in doubt ask me.<br />
Points - 10 points (max 30 points) an additional 25 points for completing the challenge. Meaning you read all 3 will receive 30 points plus 25 bonus points for a total of 55 points. 15 points for each additional book (for every 3rd book you get an extra entry in the Triwizard Tournament Drawing)<br />
Have Fun and Happy Reading!!!<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: 17px;">Flight or Fight Mini Challenge</span></strong><br />
Time frame May1st to June 30th<br />
We all know that at the end of the series Harry Potter must either fight Voldemont or forever run in hiding. For this challenge read 3 books that have to do with fighting, boxing, military, or aviation. Books with the words flight or fight will count as will. Books with the word bird or a type of flying bird will count. So books about an ostrich will not count, they do not fly. When in doubt ask me.<br />
Points - 10 points (max 30 points) an additional 25 points for completing the challenge. Meaning you read all 3 will receive 30 points plus 25 bonus points for a total of 55 points. 15 points for each additional book (for every 3rd book you get an extra entry in the Triwizard Tournament Drawing)<br />
Have Fun and Happy Reading!!!</span></span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-48923437288218472462011-01-18T09:38:00.002+11:002011-01-18T09:45:06.479+11:00Book Review: Inside Out by Maria V Snyder<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Title:</span></b> Inside Out<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Author:</span></b> Maria V Snyder</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Published:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 201o</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Length:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 315 pages</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Genre:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Young Adult, Dystopia, Sci-fi, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Start Date:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 17th January, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Finished Date:</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 17 January, 2011</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Where Found:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Borders</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;"> (I used a gift card I got for Christmas.)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own.until I accidentally start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution. </span><br />
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</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Review:</span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">Let me start off by saying that this is the first review I have written since.. wow it must be 2007. I'm using this review as a practice, so please forgive any mistakes. I'm also trying to avoid any spoilers.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">I started reading this book at 1.00pm and finished it a few hours later. I just could not put this book down (The saying is probably over used, but very true in this case). I was intrigued from the first two lines, "A vibration rippled through my body. I awoke in semi-darkness, unsure of my location." I simply wanted to know more. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Inside Out tells the story of Trella, a lowly scrub, who </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">works as a cleaner in the pipes of Inside. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She is one of the many thousands who work in the lower levels, cleaning and performing all the other necessary duties to keep the levels functioning. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first thing you have to say about Trella is that she has spunk. She's tough, smart, strong, and at times cold.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> All in all a very real character. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Adding to this, she managed to grow as a person as the novel progressed. You can actually see her grow as a person - something which I loved.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> At the start of the novel she is quite closed off to the world around her. She sees it, but doesn't particularly care about it, or many of the other scrubs - except her friend Cogon. Trella</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> mainly keeps to herself and wishes for only one thing: to have some privacy and to be left alone with hopes for escape and a better life ‘Outside’. But then Cog takes her to see a a new prophet, who claims he knows the location of a Gateway (A way to the Outside), and the only thing Trella wants to do is prove him wrong - to prove to herself that there is no hope, so she can accept that the life she as.. is all she will ever have. But soon afterwards, she finds herself caught up in the beginnings of a revolution and all her beliefs about herself and her fellow Insiders are challenged…</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As Snyder, through Trella, described the almost bleak world of the Inside, I was able to get a clear picture of her world. Snyder didn't over load the reader with massive amounts of information all at once, it was slowly and carefully explained. And even the background characters had a lot of substance to them. Though I do wish we knew a little more about Cob. I will admit that I guess who Trella's mother was before it was reviled and I hope that we see more of her in the next book. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really liked to romance between Riley and Trella. It was very tame and I wish there was more of it. And I was so VERY glad that there were NO love triangles. I'll read them if I have to, but it's like pulling teeth. Riley is sweet, determined, smart and thoughtful. He is very good for Trella, and you see her soften slightly. She's still very independent, and does not rely on Riley for every little thing (unlike some some female characters we're seeing in YA these days). I'm hoping to see Trella and Riley's relationship continue to grow in the next book.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There were also a lot of twists and turns.. and the ending.. WOW. I didn't see that coming. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-14792088541479893422011-01-17T09:38:00.003+11:002011-01-18T06:12:20.999+11:00Fantasy Reading Challenge<div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2011 Fantasy Reading Challenge Guidelines</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>If you would like to participate as well hear on over <a href="http://darlynandbooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/2011-fantasy-reading-challenge.html">here</a>.</b></span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A) The challenge is open to everyone. If you don't have a blog, it's okay, just leave your information in the comment.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">B) There are four levels:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<ol style="line-height: 18px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Curious – Read 3 Fantasy Fiction novels.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fascinated – Read 6 Fantasy Fiction novels.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Addicted – Read 12 Fantasy Fiction novels.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Obsessed – Read 20 Fantasy Fiction novels.</span></li>
</ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">C) You don't have to list the books right away. It's your choice and you can always change whenever you feel want to.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">D) The challenge runs from</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">January 1 through December 31, 2011.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">E) You can join</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">anytime between now and December 31, 2011.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">F) Starting on January 1st trough December 31st, 2011, you can start posting your review on my 2011 Fantasy Reading Challenge Reviews Page. But of course it must be read on 2011 only and I don't mind if you re-read.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">G) If you successfully finish the challenge, according to your selected levels, write a wrap up challenge post and leave the link at the 2011 Fantasy Reading Challenge wrap up at my page. Noted: only if you finish the challenge. It will run through until</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">December 31st, 2011.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">H) And the fun part is that, on</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">January 1st, 2012; 2 reviews</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from 2011 Fantasy Reading Challenge Reviews Page </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 lucky person from the wrap up challenge post</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">will be randomly selected to win $10 to pick a Fantasy Fiction of their choice from the Book Depository. But the trick is, the choice of the book will come from any books from the books reviewed by other participants. So, you must always link your review and wrap up post at the page to be selected.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I) If you're a blogger,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">you must write up a sign-up post that includes the URL to this post so that others can join in (not your blog address). </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feel free to use the button above. When you sign up in the Linky, put the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">direct link to your 2011 Fantasy Reading Challenge post.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Please put your name/nickname and blog on the subject e.g. Darlyn@Darlyn and Books. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm probably setting myself up for a massive fail, joining all these challenges. But then I reason with myself that I have most of this year to read and read, and read. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will be doing the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Obsessed</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">level. Heres what my list is looking like at the moment - </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. The Hobbit by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">J R R Tolkien</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Fellowship of the Ring by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">J R R Tolkien</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Two Towers by J</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> R R Tolkien</span><br />
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</span>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-63601614866941948832011-01-17T07:29:00.014+11:002011-03-30T14:25:31.094+11:00The Dystopia Challenge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have decided to go on and sign up for another challenge. I'm probably committing myself to too many, but I cannot help it! I feel like a little kid in a candy store - with enough money to actually buy something. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of my "New Year Resolutions" was to read a lot more seriously this year, to keep a log of what I read, what I thought of it and what books in intend to read at some point. As a homeschooler (I am enrolled in a form of Distance Education) who's just about to start my VCE's over three years.. I'm doing distance education as I suffer from an a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nxiety disorder and have </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">severe panic attacks. As I dropped out of mainstream schooling I also developed agoraphobic</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> tendencies (due to just shutting down when my panic attacks happened almost twice a day) - which honestly, really screws with your life. I am slowly trying to restart my life. It's hard, and sometimes makes me just want to crawl back into my room and never come out, to just stay safe and in my very small comfort zone. I'm working with Eve (my lovely psychologist) to try and get my anxiety under control. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My original point there, before I went of on a mini rant, was that I'm starting with three VCE subjects to start me off this year. I was looking into picking up another subject and then released that I was going to have a lot on my plate this year. My family is about to start moving out and then rebuilding our house, we plan to get to England and France in september (which is very daunting to a girl who can barely even look at a car - let alone go in a moving one), my reading, getting my self fit again, working on reanimating myself, working with Eve... oh and so much more I got this year! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reading has helped me a hell of a lot these past few years, and I really want to get a little more serious about it (as I said before). So thats why I'm signing up to these reading challenges.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh and I will just say.. English has never been my best subject and probably will never be. I find writing quite difficult, just getting what I want to say down on paper is a task within it's self. So sorry for any grammar or spelling stuff ups. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sitting in my favourite arm chair, watching Midsomer Murders, I am attempting to choose the books for </span><a href="http://bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com/p/dystopia-challenge.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dystopia Challenge</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> hosted by Dutchie over at </span><a href="http://bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BA Reading Challenges</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. I urge you to go have a look and sign up for one of her challenges!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Heres what you need to know about it:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dystopia Challenge starts one minute past midnight, 1st of January 2011 and end the 31st of December 2011 (if you find this challenge later you can still join in though as long as you finish before the end date) so make sure you decide on your books, what level of challenge, and let me know before then!</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How To Participate<br />
1. Decide which challenge level you'll be doing (further below) - post-apocalyptic is also allowed seeing as they cross over sometimes..</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Create your own post to let all your readers know you’re taking part in the challenge and at what level (if you're really proficient you can list your books!). Make sure to link back to this page with either one of the buttons or a text link..</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Use the link form below to enter into the challenge by sharing your challenge post url and your name (either your name, blog name, or both).Please don't use the comment form to participate, only to comment on the challenge or something else..</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4, Submit your reviews (if you choose to review them, but that is optional) on the review page.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. When you’ve completed you’re challenge let us know on the completion post. If you're using a tag or category I recommend sharing the link back to that so everyone can find them</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Asocial– Choose 5 books to read</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Contagion – Choose 15 books to read</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Soldier – Choose 30 books to read</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Drone</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> – Choose 50 books to read</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. Conditioned – Choose 75 books to read</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For extra hard challenges</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Brainwashed – Choose 76-125 books to read</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Totalitarian – Choose 126-200 books to read</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dutchie has a list of books you can look at for inspiration if you're having trouble coming up with some.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am going to be doing the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Conditioned</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> level.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. <a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-world-ends-in-hickory-hollow-by.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">The World Ends in Hickory Hollow by Ardath Mayhar</span></a> - more of a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">post-apocalyptic novel, but I ordered it from </span><a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">bookdepository</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> before I signed up for this challenge.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. The Postman by David Brin - another post-apocalyptic book i'm afraid (and there is sure to be a few more)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. The </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Declaration (The first book in the Declaration series) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Gemma Malley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he Resistance (The second book in the Declaration series) by Gemma Malley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Legacy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The third book in the Declaration series) by Gamma Malley</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. Outside In (The second book in the Inside Out series) by Maria V Snyder - Coming out 1st March</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. Rash </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Pete Hautman</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10. <a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/01/reviewunwind-by-neal-shusterman.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Unwind by Neal Shusterman</span></a> - Yet another book on order from Bookdepo</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">11. Among the Hidden </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The first book in the Shadow Children series) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Margaret Peterson Haddix</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Among the Imposters </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The second book in the Shadow Children series) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Margaret Peterson Haddix</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">13. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Among the Betrayed </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The third book in the Shadow Children series) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Margaret Peterson Haddix</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">14. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Among the Barons </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The fourth book in the Shadow Children series) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Margaret Peterson Haddix</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">15. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Among the Brave </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The fifth book in the Shadow Children series) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Margaret Peterson Haddix</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">16. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Among The Enemy </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The sixth book in the Shadow Children series) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Margaret Peterson Haddix</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">17. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Among the Free</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The seventh book in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">18. The Limit by Kirsten Landon</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">19. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1208515239"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Battle Royale </span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-battle-royale-by-koushun-takami.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">by Koushun Takami</span></a> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">20. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Knife of Never Letting Go (The first book in the Chaos Walking trilogy) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="by smallText" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Patrick Ness - I am REALLY looking forward to reading this series!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">21. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Ask and the Answer</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The second book in the Chaos Walking series) by Patrick Ness</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">22. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Monsters of Men</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The third book in the Chaos Walking series) by Patrick Ness</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">23. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Brave New World by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aldous Huxley</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">24. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1984 by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">George Orwell </span></span><br />
<div class="itemmore" style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">25. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Children of Men by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PD James </span></div><div class="itemmore" style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">26. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Chrysalids by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">John Wyndham</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">27. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Armageddon’s Children by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Terry Brooks</span></div><div class="itemmore" style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">28. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Running Man by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Richard Bachman </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">29. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The City of Ember</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The first book in the Ember series) by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jeanne DuPrau</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">30. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The People of Sparks</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The second book in the Ember series) by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jeanne DuPrau</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">31. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Prophet of Yonwood</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The third book in the Ember series) by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jeanne DuPrau</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">32. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Diamond of Darkhold</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The fourth book in the Ember series) by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jeanne DuPrau</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">33. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1208515245"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Alas, Babylon </span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-alas-babylon-by-pat-frank.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">by Pat Frank</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"> </span>- another post-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">apocalyptic novel</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">34. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I Am Legend by Richard Matheson</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">35. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Divergent by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Veronica Roth - out sometime in May</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">36. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1208515250"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">The Giver by </span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-giver-by-lois-lowry.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Lois Lowry</span></a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">37. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Incarceron</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="year"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(The first book in the Incarceron series) by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Catherine Fisher</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">38. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sapphique </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The second book in the Incarceron series) by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Catherine Fisher</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">39. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Girl in the Arena </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Lise Haines</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">40. The Other Side of the Island</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Allegra Goodman</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">41. Birthmarked (The first book in the Birthmarked series) by Caragh M. O'Brien</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">42. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">43. Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">44. <a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-lockdown-by-alexander-gordon_23.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Lockdown (The first book in the Furnace series) by Alexander Gordon Smith</span></a></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">45. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Solitary</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">(The second book in the Furnace series) by Alexander Gordon Smith</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">46. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Death Sentence </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">(The third book in the Furnace series) by Alexander Gordon Smith</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">47. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Fugitives</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">(The fourth book in the Furnace series) by Alexander Gordon Smith</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">48. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Execution</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">(The fifth book in the Furnace series) by Alexander Gordon Smith</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">49. Exodus (The first book in the Exodus series) by Julie Bertagna</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">50. Zenith (The second book in the Exodus series) by Julie Bertagna</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">51. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Across the Universe by Beth Revis</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">52. Genesis by Bernard Beckett</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">53. The Sky Inside by Clare B Dunkle</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">54. The Walls Have Eyes by Clare B Dunkle</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">55. The Secret Under My Skin by Janet Elizabeth McNaughton</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">56. Life as We Knew It (The first book in the Last Survivors series) Novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">57. The Dead and the Gone (The second book in the Last Survivors series) Novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">58. This World We Live In (The third book in the Last Survivors series) Novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">9. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feed by MT Anderson</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">60. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">61. Skinned (The first </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">book in the Skinned trilogy) A novel by Robin Wasserman</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">62. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Crashed (The second book in the Skinned trilogy) A novel by Robin Wasserman</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">63. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Wired (The third </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">book in the Skinned trilogy) A novel by Robin Wasserman</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">64. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">65.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">66.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">67.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">68.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">69.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">70.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">71.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">72.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">73.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">74.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;">75.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ok thats all I have for now.. but it will surely be added too soon.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 26.65pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-19303800356089729032011-01-16T08:16:00.006+11:002011-03-22T17:50:02.820+11:00What's in a Name 4 Challenge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Right, I signed up for another challenge last night.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If anyone else would like to join it go </span><a href="http://whatsinaname4.blogspot.com/search/label/Sign-Up"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> my dears.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><img align="right" alt="Strong Heroine Reading Challenge 2011" class="mt-image-right" height="200" src="http://www.girlxoxo.com/images/whatsinanamereadingchallenge.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;" width="186" /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here's How It Works</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Between January 1 and December 31, 2011, read one book in each of the following categories:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<ol style="line-height: 18px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with a </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">number</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First to Die, Seven Up, Thirteen Reasons Why</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">jewelry or a gem</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Diamond Ruby, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Opal Deception</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with a </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">size</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wide Sargasso Sea, Small Wars, Little Bee</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">travel or movement</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dead Witch Walking, Crawling with Zombies, Time Traveler's Wife</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">evil</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bad Marie, Fallen, Wicked Lovely</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with a </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">life stage</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No Country for Old Men, Brideshead Revisited, Bog Child</span></span></li>
</ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The book titles are just suggestions, you can read whatever book you want to fit the category.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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Other Things to Know</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<ul style="color: #515151; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Books may be any form (audio, print, e-book).</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Books may overlap other challenges.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Books may not overlap categories; you need a different book for each category.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Creativity for matching the categories is not only allowed but encouraged.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.25em; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You do not have to make a list of books before hand.</span></span></li>
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</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So far this is what my list is looking like - </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. A </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">book with a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">number</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear - I'm really looking forward to this one, it looks really readable.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">jewelry or a gem</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: The Ruby in the Smoke (The first book in the Sally Lockhart series) by Philip Pullman</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">size</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: <a href="http://apareciumdumspirospero.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-virgin-of-small-plains-by-nancy.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">travel or movement</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: The Kite Runner Novel by Khaled Hosseini</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">evil</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A book with a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">life stage</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in the title: Old Man's War (the first book in the Old Man's War series) by John Scalzi or Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div>Night Owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132326457624394649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142233062911047085.post-16110526771674901472011-01-15T05:38:00.006+11:002011-01-17T11:14:23.646+11:00Victorian Literature Challenge<div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Palatino, Georgia, Baskerville, serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://subtlemelodrama.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img alt="" src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/Kaiachautauqua/Ladyeading_Kennington.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" /></span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Victorian Literature Challenge hosted by </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #898989; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bethany over at</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><a href="http://subtlemelodrama.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">words, words, words</span></span></a></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This challenge will run from 01 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011.</span></span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Participants can sign up at any time throughout the year.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Read your Victorian literature.</span></span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Queen Victoria reigned from 1837-1901. If your book wasn't published during those particular years, but is by an author considered 'Victorian' then go for it. We're here for reading, not historical facts! Also, this can include works by authors from other countries, so long as they are from this period.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Literature comes in many forms.</span></span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are so many Victorian reads out there, including novels, short stories, and poetry. One poem doesn't count as a 'book': pick up an anthology instead!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Choose from one of the four levels:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sense and Sensibility</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: 1-4 books. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Great Expectations</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: 5-9 books. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hard Times</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: 10-14 books. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Desperate Remedies</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: 15+ books.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you would also like to join this challenge head to </span><a href="http://subtlemelodrama.blogspot.com/p/victorian-literature-challenge.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">here!</span></a></span><br />
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</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ok second challenge - now signed up. I chose this particular challenge as my knowledge in the era.. is lacking. I wasn't a big reader as a child and when I get into it, I pretty much skipped over all the classics. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was origanlly going to do the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sense and Sensibility</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> level to ease me into it. BUT.. the funny thing is, one I started looking at the literature of that era, I found that there were quite a few books that I want to read. So i'll bump my level up to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Great Expectations - </span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Treasure Island </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Robert Louis Stevenson </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Pride and Prejedice by Jane Austen - not technically a Victorian era novel.. but has been labeled that before. Plus t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he book is sitting on my shelf and I need a reason to try and read it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A Study in Scarlet (the first book in the Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. Dracula by Bram Stokerns</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #582c87; font-weight: bold;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><span property="dc:title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe - It's about time I read some of Poe's work.</span></span></span></span></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #582c87; font-weight: bold;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><span property="dc:title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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