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Lina Rivera

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Lina Rivera was raised in Orlando, Florida where she caught the writing bug early on in elementary school after her teacher showed her how to make her own book. Excited by this idea, she ran home and made her first picture book which she bound with yarn and read to her mom.

Lina attended the University of Southern California where she majored in Creative Writing and minored in Photography. After graduating, she ran an underground music zine before moving back to Florida and focusing her attention on her fiction writing. Her short story, "California," was submitted to the Bomb Magazine fiction contest where it was shortlisted.

When not daydreaming about her fictional character's lives, Lina enjoys traveling to places she's never been, always l...more

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Spring Is Here

Nothing says spring like allergies. I'm deep into allergy season which is rather obnoxious. The pretty flowers only serve as a reminder of the distress I'm about to endure. Bah humbug.

On the bright side, I did manage to see the cherry blossoms bloom in DCbefore they disappeared for another year. You only get a small window of opportunity to catch them in full bloom and in previous years I never... read more »

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The Worthing Saga

by Orson Scott Card

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Divergent (Divergent, #1)

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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)

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Lina Rivera wrote a new blog post: Spring Is Here Spring Is Here Nothing says spring like allergies. I'm deep into allergy season which is rather obnoxious. The pretty flowers only serve as a reminder of the dist... read more »
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Lina Rivera is on page 32 of 463 of The Worthing Saga The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card progress:	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lina Rivera is currently reading: The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19 de Mar 13:16
Lina Rivera rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Time Machine by H.G. Wells read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I certainly understand why this book receives the praise, analysis, and general discussions pertaining to it, but I thought it was a bit lacking in that way that any book that takes up such a big idea is going to fall short.
19 de Mar 13:15 · see review
Lina Rivera rated a book 5 of 5 stars Home by Toni Morrison read in February, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I picked this book up yesterday out of the work library and finished it before I left for the day. As slow of a reader as I am, that alone was reason for me to give it 5 stars. As one would expect from Morrison, this is a beautifully writen and at ti...more
27 de Feb 06:48 · see review
Lina Rivera is currently reading: Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12 de Feb 09:41
Lina Rivera made a comment in the group ONTD Book Club — November Suggestions? topic "I'm going to throw 1Q84 out there, only because I'm currently reading it, am only about 30 pages in, and am already in love with the writing. :) "
26 de Oct 10:43
Lina Rivera is currently reading: 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) by Haruki Murakami	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2 de Sep 15:42
Lina Rivera rated a book 5 of 5 stars Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury read in September, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book just as much as I thought I would. Dystopian novels are my favorite, and this one just always seemed to fall through the cracks of my reading list. However, my friend was kind enough to give it to me as a birthday present this year...more
2 de Sep 10:13 · see review
Lina Rivera voted on a poll in the ONTD Book Club group Vote for August Fiction!! she voted for Battle Royale
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