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Going through my friends list and seeing how everyone has left this platform hit me hard. I guess it's a bit hypocritical since I abandoned it, too, but living side by side with death makes one long for the so-called halcyon days of one's youth, I guess ( Read more... )

As always, a few brief notes before the list:
ARC - Advance Reader Copy
DS - book features diversity in the sexual orientation of at least one character*
DE - book features diversity in the ethnicity of at least one character (anything other than Caucasian, not taking into consideration non-humans)*
Books in bold face - books I enjoyed the most

Feel ( Read more... )

ARC = Advance Reader Copy (aka galley proof).  Please note some of these books may now be available for purchase.
Bolded titles are the books I enjoyed the most.
Feel free to ask me about any of the books if you have questions!

Books Completed:
1. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
2. Ashfall by Mike Mullin
3. Requiem by Lauren Oliver
4. Steampunk: An ( Read more... )

I had this entire post written up and ready to post and then DW ate it.  :|

I attended a signing at the Barnes & Noble on Union Square in NYC on May 30th.  These are the books I got signed:
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
Invisible by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan
Prodigy (a Legend book) ( Read more... )

In comparison to previous years, I got very little reading done this year.  Between the move, depression, massive changes at work, my various trips, Hurricane Sandy, and stumbling into a fandom that caused me to devour as much fan fiction for a certain pairing as possible, reading just wasn't high up on my priority list.  To be perfectly honest, ( Read more... )

A day I'm sure many of you thought you'd never witness has come. I'm selling a good chunk of my graphic novel library. I simply have too many, and am not as involved with the manga/anime culture as I once was. Included are several Tokyopop titles in their entirety, for those of you who are looking or know someone who is looking for some hard-to- ( Read more... )

Sarah: "You liked The Eternal Ones, so you'd probably like this book called Evermore because it's about reincarnation and immortals and stuff. It's the first in a series ( Read more... )

Shenanigans? With this series? Why, I never....

Isaac Dian: Jessica
Miria Harvent: artemis_elric
Jacuzzi Splot: chloeviolets
Nice Holystone: viatruso
Firo Prochainezo: Candace
Luck Gandor: Krystal
Ennis: aradiantsun and artemis_elric

Image heavy.


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There are novels we love every sentence of and those we only like certain parts of. Some stories begin wonderfully only to fall apart before the climax is reached. Others we wonder why we even bother reading several chapters of until something happens and we can't put the book down. There are characters we cheer for, laugh at, are terrified of, ( Read more... )