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Molly wrote: "My blog is a young adult book blog where I review books that have already been released AND ARC's from the publishers!!http://readingismycupoftea.blogspot.com/"
Following you Molly! :)
Writers' Groups, anyone? I've just done a total revision of my website--dedicated to the pleasures and pains of writing, publishing, and promoting and working with my writers' group. I'd love comments on my website in general and my blog postings in particular. I'd love to share with other writers/readers especially people who meet with a writing group. My website is Joanneweck.com
Here's my blog, I post reviews of books, YA, HR, adult, pnr, etc. Will also be posting about movies, music, tv shows and posting random images and stuff :3Here it is: http://insomniacstation.blogspot.com (fairly new right now)
Sofia wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Sofia wrote: "My blog: Http://grabthethought.blogspot.com
Book reviews, painting, music, my poetry... I'm currently participating in NoJoMo, which is great."
Following you Sop..."
YaY! We'll definately have to check each others reviews out!
Molly wrote: "My blog is a young adult book blog where I review books that have already been released AND ARC's from the publishers!!http://readingismycupoftea.blogspot.com/"
Following!!
Here's mine: www.laceyshoelaces.blogspot.com
Hira wrote: "Here's my blog, I post reviews of books, YA, HR, adult, pnr, etc. Will also be posting about movies, music, tv shows and posting random images and stuff :3Here it is: http://insomniacstation.blog..."
Following!! And can't wait to see what you've found :)
Joanne wrote: "Writers' Groups, anyone? I've just done a total revision of my website--dedicated to the pleasures and pains of writing, publishing, and promoting and working with my writers' group. I'd love comm..."
I can't wait, is there any way to follow? I'm actually looking for more writing groups. I've been doing NaNoWriMo this month and I've found that pep talks and writing advice really helps!
Kat wrote: "Ok I think (I hope!) I got you all - so many amazing blogs!http://theaussiezombie.blogspot.com/"
Hi Kat :)
I saw in your blog that you're reading the tenth gift! I just read it like two months ago :) not bad at all, I think :)
Hi Sofia,Yes I've been reading it for nearly a month now - I found it a little hard to get into but now I'm racing through it! It was selected for me in a challenge - I probably would never have ended up reading it otherwise!
@Kat, so are you liking it so far? :)I liked a lot the parts of the life of Catherine (I'm a historical novel freak, haha) but the modern story of Julia didn't appeal me too much, to be sincere.
But in overall, I liked it! :)
I've just finished it and I have to agree....I only really liked the parts of the book concerning Catherine..... The rest didn't really do it for me!
Yep, just read your review in your blog :)
Mesa wrote: "Latoya wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Here mine (still need to fill in some pages and the about me sectio..."thanks I am now following you as well :)
Sofia wrote: "Yep, just read your review in your blog :)"I felt like I was being a little bit harsh....but then I posted my did-not-finish review this morning and eased my conscience!
Hira wrote: "Here's my blog, I post reviews of books, YA, HR, adult, pnr, etc. Will also be posting about movies, music, tv shows and posting random images and stuff :3Here it is: http://insomniacstation.blog..."
Following!
Here's mine if you like:
http://www.turningthepagesx.blogspot.com
Thanks to you guys who are following! Will follow back but i'm on my android at the mo so i'll do it later :-)Thanks!
Molly @ Reading is my cup of tea
Kimberly wrote: "Molly wrote: "My blog is a young adult book blog where I review books that have already been released AND ARC's from the publishers!!http://readingismycupoftea.blogspot.com/"
Following you Molly..."
Thanks Kimberly! Following back! Anyone who missed, my link is http://readingismycupoftea.blogspot.com/
And my button:
Thanks!
Lacey wrote: "Molly wrote: "My blog is a young adult book blog where I review books that have already been released AND ARC's from the publishers!!http://readingismycupoftea.blogspot.com/"
Following!!
Here's..."
Thanks Lacey! I'm following back!
P.S I follow as Molly Gibson-Mee :DI'm sorry I just want to post my button again:
Thanks!
Molly wrote: "P.S I follow as Molly Gibson-Mee :DI'm sorry I just want to post my button again:
Thanks!"
Love your design Molly. I'm going to check out the site you got it from! Following you now :)
http://ruthlaurensteven.blogspot.com/
Ruth wrote: "Molly wrote: "P.S I follow as Molly Gibson-Mee :DI'm sorry I just want to post my button again:
Thanks!"
Love your design Molly. I'm going to check out the site you got it from! Following you ..."
Oh thanks so much Ruth! Have you got the link for the site? There: http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/
They do great buttons, banners, backgrounds and they give secrets on how to get ahead it the blogging world!
Molly wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Molly wrote: "P.S I follow as Molly Gibson-Mee :DI'm sorry I just want to post my button again:
Thanks!"
Love your design Molly. I'm going to check out the site you got it from! F..."
Thanks very much Molly :)
Molly wrote: "P.S I follow as Molly Gibson-Mee :DI'm sorry I just want to post my button again:
Thanks!"
Oh I love your blog, new follower as Cricket
http://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/
Latoya wrote: "Molly wrote: "P.S I follow as Molly Gibson-Mee :DI'm sorry I just want to post my button again:
Thanks!"
Oh I love your blog, new follower as Cricket
http://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/"
Following back, Latoya!
Thanks!
Kat wrote: "Sofia wrote: "Yep, just read your review in your blog :)"I felt like I was being a little bit harsh....but then I posted my did-not-finish review this morning and eased my conscience!"
You might be interested in my blog. Here is one of my reviews: September 21, 2011
Carlos Fuentes' Aura: A Jewel of a novelette
I read this in the original Spanish, and then in a bilingual (Spanish-English, facing pages) version. This short novel, or novelette, is a jewel. It is packed with the feeling of an unbreakable, relentless destiny in store for a young man in Mexico City. Felipe Montero, a public school teacher, answers a want add in the newspaper because the description of the person being sought for a much higher-paying job seems to be an exact description of Montero, as though it were specifically reaching out to him and no one else. The feeling of implacable fate, expressed symbolically in many ways, is backed even by the grammar: the story is told in the present and the future. A statement like, "You will move a few steps..." in the future tense makes one feel it has to happen, there is no choice. (Unfortunately, this feature is lost in the English translation of the facing bilingual edition I've read.)
His employer is an extremely old woman (Consuelo) in a big old house sandwiched among modern building and businesses. It seems out of place in the commercial district of downtown Mexico City. There are no electric lights in the house, the drapes are always drawn, so that the house, even at noon, is in a deep darkness. Except for the old woman's bedroom which is lit by multiple candles.
Felipe does not want to live in that house, but it's part of the deal. He is about to refuse, it seems, when Aura, a beautiful young girl appears. He stays.
An unusual technique used in Aura is the point of view of the second-person singular. The constant use of TU (YOU)as the subject draws the reader into the fictional world, or conversely, pulls the fictional world out into the reader's world. The reader --with the suspension of disbelief-- becomes Felipe Montero, the protagonist, and carries out and will carry out, is fated to carry out, the action of the plot.
The novel is filled with highly poetic, metaphorical language as well as symbolism, especially color symbolism, with magic and sexual passion. Depending on one's interpretation, the novel may contain witchcraft and magic, or hypnotism or transmigration of souls. Whichever the explanation you choose, it is a fast-moving, page-turning, fascinating book.
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• Published on September 21, 2011 14:16• 64 views • Tags: aura, carlos-fuentes, destiny, fate, magic, magical-realism, mexico-city, reincarnation, sex, sexuality, symbolism, transmigration-of-souls, transubstantiation, witchcraft
Clark wrote: "Kat wrote: "Sofia wrote: "Yep, just read your review in your blog :)"I felt like I was being a little bit harsh....but then I posted my did-not-finish review this morning and eased my conscience!..."
Wow, I like your review! You are really good at critiquing!
What's your link?
here's mine, though I don't know if my reviews are as good as yours: www.laceyshoelaces.blogspot.com
Lacey,You're too modest. Re: my "link": I'm not very adept on 21st-century electronic matters. My blog is under my profile on goodreads. My website (lwhich doesn't havce my blogs) is http://www.clarkzlotchew.com
Thank you very much for your opinion of my critique!
Lacey, You might want to follow my blog (on goodreads), there are now about 10, I believe. Clark
No problem, I'm always looking for ideas on how to improve my critiquing, it's quite a delicate thing to do. I'm working on it but I got a ways to go. But I'll definately have to keep an eye on your reviews, I just don't know how to follow on here...do I just become a fan?
Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.wordpress.comThis past Monday I was Freshly Pressed, which was super exciting! It's inspiring me to step it up a notch.
I write posts about being a middle school teacher-librarian, and I review middle grades/YA books. And the occasional "grown up" book. I'm looking to connect with other YA bloggers and expand this blogging thing to a full-blown hobby!
Miss wrote: "Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.wordpress.comThis past Monday I was Freshly Pressed, which was sup..."
Hey! Following!
Molly wrote: "Hey! Following!"And following back (in Google Reader).
Miss wrote: "Molly wrote: "Hey! Following!"And following back (in Google Reader)."
Thanks! I think I'm following via email :)
Miss wrote: "Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.wordpress.comThis past Monday I was Freshly Pressed, which was sup..."
Following, you have a really cool blog, it'll be nice to see your view as both a reader and librarian :)
I think so, Lacey, just become a fan. Then --I think this is the way it works-- you're notified when I put a new blog on. But if you just go to my goodreads profile, you'll find my blogs right below it.
Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.wordpress.comThis past Monday I was Freshly Pressed, ..."
Thanks! Following yours as well (via Google Reader). Think I've heard of you/seen you around the blogosphere.
Clark wrote: "I think so, Lacey, just become a fan. Then --I think this is the way it works-- you're notified when I put a new blog on. But if you just go to my goodreads profile, you'll find my blogs right bel..."Alright, I'll go check it out :)
Miss wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.wordpress.comThis past Monday I was Fre..."
Hope all you've heard and seen is good? LoL.
September 1, 2011For those who like thrillers:
Review: Christopher Reich, Rules of Deception
Rules of Deception
by Christopher Reich
Clark Zlotchew's review
Aug 30, 11 · edit
Read from August 17 to 28, 2011 — I own a copy
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Christopher Reich, in Rules of Deception, outdoes himself. The action of this espionage/thriller starts on the very first page. The reader has no choice but to keep following the action. All the action is set in Switzerland, but has ramification around the world. There are, in addition to exciting action, very complicated connections between characters, and more twists and turns than a labyrinth. It is fascinating the way in which Reich leads you to believe that character X is a "good guy" only to find that he is not, or in the case of character Y, you think he's a villain, then "realize" he is on the right side, only to find he is a villain after all. Several characters have more than one identity. It is fascinating to see how the male protagonist, who has no experience in foreign intrigue and is connected to no intelligence or counter-intelligence agency (he is a doctor with Doctors Without Borders), gets sucked into an extremely complex (and dangerous) set of circumstances and unwittingly turns into a major player in this life-and-death chess game.
Tags: christopher-reich, doctors-without-borders, espionage, international-intrigue, iran, israel, middle-east, novel, skiing, switzerland, thriller, uavs
Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.wordpress.comThis past Mon..."
Haha, not bad!
Miss wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.wordpress.com..."
LoL, I'd hate to have to track down who did, LoL J/K.
hey question, I'm planning on doing a giveaway when I hit 100 followers, would you recommend giving away a barnes and noble card or amazon one?
Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Lacey wrote: "Miss wrote: "Hey, y'all! I've been writing my blog, The Librarian Who Doesn't Say Shhh! for about a year now on WordPress: http://busyteacher.w..."Even though I am a B&N devotee (I have a Nook), I'd recommend the Amazon card because I think it's more universal.
can someone tell me how does one get ARC's I signed up for netgallery but other then that what does a person need to do to get more books from authors and or publishers?
Tana wrote: "can someone tell me how does one get ARC's I signed up for netgallery but other then that what does a person need to do to get more books from authors and or publishers?"Well I would actually contact the publisher themselves, you'll have to go through a series of people but somethimes your hard work will pay off and they'll send you an ARC. Also are you having problems getting books from netgalley?
@ Miss, yeah I love B&N too but I own a kindle and love it, I got the kindle over the nook just because of all the books available for it and certain features.
thanks Lacey, I have recieved a few I am new there so I just keep clicking on books I would like to read. But I do get denied lol.Lacey wrote: "Tana wrote: "can someone tell me how does one get ARC's I signed up for netgallery but other then that what does a person need to do to get more books from authors and or publishers?"
Well I would..."
Aww, I have too, you're not the only one, some publishers are more harsh or harder to get through than others. But I've learned that it's actually helped me better my blog and keep on track. But I forgot to also mention, to review books make sure on your blog you have a page that talks about your reveiw policies and another for how to contact you. I actually have had a lot of authors contact me that way, I actually have like four to still read and then I just joined a team of reviewers so I'll be reviewing for another blog too...so much! LoL. but just keep networking and socializing and you'll get bites off your line....
Jade Inks (OnceUponAWanderer) | 23 comments I need a follower! i'm pretty new at this!thanks
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