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Awwww yeah. You know this is going to be good.

I found a copy of this at the library for $0.50 yesterday and I'm pretty sure I've read it already (I checked out all of Pike's books that my library had multiple times back in the day,) but when I saw it I got an extreme sense of nostalgia. Gotta love that font and that cover. '90s YA FTW!

"Underwater Acoustics Handbook? Songs of Poverty and Death? Weird, Anna, very weird. Not seeing a common thread in all these books."
"I am a woman of many interests."
"Or a woman who grabbed whatever books were around to build a fort."

"Have you ever felt kind of ..." She paused. "Detached from the world? As if you didn't fit in, and you weren't interested in what everyone else was interested in? As if you belonged in a whole different world?"
"Everyone feels that way sometimes," I said. "But you eat chocolate until the endorphins kick in, and the crazy thoughts go away."

"So you vampires living forever," I said."You must need a lot of hobbies to keep from going completely mad. My grandma swears by knitting. Do you knit, Francis?"
"I do not," said Francis.
"Ah," I said. "Do you crochet?"

I couldn't see where the head cheerleader Robyn Johnson's hands were, but she was leaning pretty close to Francis, and for a brief moment his facade of beautiful indifference cracked.
I'd never seen anyone look scandalized before. It was kind of hilarious.
Robyn's boyfriend was at another table surrounded by the rest of the football team. All of them wore identical scowls. That was hilarious too.

"Does anyone else think it's a bit ridiculous that he came to lunch when he doesn't eat?" I asked.
"To be fair, neither does half the cheerleading team," Ty said.

"A vampire who wants to go to high school?" I said. "That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

Another read-along with Lucy, because this author publicly supported us.

I enjoyed this! Definitely a rarity for me. Possible review to come ...

You can call me your friend if you like, but I think of you when I stroke myself. When last I checked, that points to feelings that are decidedly more than friendly. Have I horrified you too much?

Your letter only underscored my own failings. After all, as your wife, it is my duty to stroke you. Is it not?
It was all Hugo could do not to leave for New Shaling on the spot.

Ha, she trolled him.

She tried and tried, but no matter how she reached for it, it eluded her. Just when her want hit the edge of splintering frustration, he slid his hand between her legs and stroked her right where she needed it.

REALISTIC FEMALE ORGASM FTW

Also ... *fans self* that whole scene was hot ...

"What is a husband, but the man who offers you support when all the world turns you away?"
Was that what he was to her? He couldn't look at her now, or she'd see how much those words affected him.
She continued. "What is a wife, but a partner who will see you through to your deepest wishes? We have promised each other our deepest wishes."

"You always put things at risk. If you fell out of a tree as a child, I'd clean you up and bandage your knees, and next I looked you'd be out climbing again. You never learned your lesson."
Oh, she'd learned her lesson: Climb harder.

"Do you not understand what happened to you?" Freddy glared at her. "You suffered a fate worse than death, and still you—"
"I am alive," Serena said. "My child is alive. I intend to carry on living. Can you say that much?"

Daaaaamn, these sisters are cold.

I was wondering when you would start threatening me with fates worse than death. Congratulations, Mr. Marshall. I am now officially frightened.

Ha, these two are definitely a good match for each other.

Before she could lose her nerve, Serena made a fist and delivered an extremely rude gesture. He stood at the window, stock-still, before turning away.
She received his note not two minutes later. She opened it, her heart pounding. But there were only two words on the paper.
Marry me.

I say this in all seriousness: It would give me the greatest sorrow to destroy your future and crush your spirit.

Ah, what a gentleman.

I swear I was just thinking, "Wow, I have 500 followers now," just a few days ago, and now I'm up to over 700.
*waves*
Hello, new people! Thank you for following and supporting me! :D

Man, that was cold.

Reading this one with Lucy (I think she's reading with me?) Mostly because Milan is an awesome person and this is short so if I hate it (HR and me are not the best of friends) at least it'll be a small amount of pain.

Done and I liked it! (Though I wouldn't say it was better than Eon - I think it was just as good.)

Wut.

AH made me feel bad for not buying it when it came out ...
Behold! My copy of Seraphina has arrived!

My cat likes to rub her face on the edges and corners of books =^.^=
AH didn't really make me feel bad, but she DID remind me that I needed to buy a copy after reading the ARC. I'm happy to have it in my collection.

Girl, you're alone in a tiny room with a shirtless Ido. This won't end well.

"History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles."

I understand that Eona doesn't trust anyone and so she keeps her secrets to herself, but I have a feeling if she confided in someone we'd get a quicker resolution. Oh well, it's not like I'm eager for this to end anyway ...

"I like your hair like that," Ido said.
I opened my fist and smoothed out the leather string that the old attendant had beseechingly pressed into my hand, for my modesty. With deliberate show, I gathered my hair at the back and tied the thong around it.
He smiled. "I like it like that, too."

Kekeke.

"Perhaps. They are handsome in different ways. His Majesty is ..." She paused, obviously searching for the right word, then gave a small shrug. "Beautiful, in that way that touches the spirit."
"And Lord Ido?" I prompted.
"Lord Ido is very male," she said with slow emphasis.

:3

It had been more than four years since I'd had the pleasure of "skinship": that sweet, gentle bond of physical freedom and camaraderie that came with bathing among other girls and women.

I first heard about "skinship" when reading Kpop news sites, but the word actually has a Japanese origin, which makes sense when you think about bathhouses.