tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20027447106354499702024-03-12T17:21:58.368-07:00Book Reviews by Melodybookandmusiclover18http://www.blogger.com/profile/04260234283849229168noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002744710635449970.post-31473155939478410302011-04-02T21:54:00.000-07:002011-04-02T21:54:39.103-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-_rAmuy646FhnEGSewkpofUXgtqmp47qJohknMnsuD_UTGyXsqGhpj7TI3u7MeiPuig-lYkO1aHwVoS2DdIeghRNU-X3TidPxLHfTCdHN3Ili0guxjKw_BMa5L-GKo6HFeqMk7GN_Ds/s1600/I%2527d+tell+you+I+love+you%252C+but+then+I%2527d+have+to+kill+you.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-_rAmuy646FhnEGSewkpofUXgtqmp47qJohknMnsuD_UTGyXsqGhpj7TI3u7MeiPuig-lYkO1aHwVoS2DdIeghRNU-X3TidPxLHfTCdHN3Ili0guxjKw_BMa5L-GKo6HFeqMk7GN_Ds/s320/I%2527d+tell+you+I+love+you%252C+but+then+I%2527d+have+to+kill+you.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><b>Title: </b>I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You<br />
<b>Author:</b> Ally Carter<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> May 2006<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Gallagher Girls Series<br />
<b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★★</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b>Pages:</b> 284</span></span><br />
<b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult<br />
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<div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it’s really a school for </i></span><i 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">spies.</span></i></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she’s an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real “pavement artist”—but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?</i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Cammie Morgan may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she’s on her most dangerous mission—falling in love."</i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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So I enjoyed this book more the first time I read it than when I read it the second time. Maybe it's because I like the action the other three have that I feel this one doesn't have as much of.<br />
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This book was good, I liked Ally Carter's idea of a top secret spy school that everyone else thinks is for snobby rich kids. It was very creative and different and one of my favorite series.<br />
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This one doesn't have as much spy action as the other ones do, it is more focused on the romance part, but its still really good. I also really liked the cover and the title. It was the part that drew me in.<br />
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Anyway sorry for the really lame review guys :/ I just couldn't think of that much to write for this book, hope you all forgive me. *hopeful smile*<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Julie Kagawa<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Iron Fey<br />
<b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★★★</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #4a4a4a; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined…</i></span></span><br />
<div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home.</i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.</i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>But she could never have guessed the truth—that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face…and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart."</i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"> I loved all the characters in this book! (obviously I am Team Ash ^.^) Everybody was just so likable which is very rare in books...in my opinion. I think everyone should check this out cause it was just amazing. =D</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.</span></i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.</span></i></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly."</span></i></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div> This book was super cute. From watching the movie trailer I thought it would be a lot different from Beauty and the Beast, but actually it reminded me a lot of it. </div><div><br />
</div><div> It was a lot like Beauty and the Beast, up to the point where I could practically predict what was going to happen next just because I saw the Disney movie. The only difference is it was obviously more teen adapted. </div><div><br />
</div><div> The character of Kyle really annoyed me at first because he was so cocky and conceited. But of course that's why he gets turned into a beast. It was a really cute book and a nice read. </div><div><br />
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Author: Cassandra Clare<br />
Series: The Infernal Devices<br />
Rating: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★★★</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still.</i></span></span><br />
<div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.</i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What’s more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.</i></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length . . . everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world. . . . and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.</i></span></span>"</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div> I had my doubts about this book when I first started reading it, because even though I loved the first three books in The Mortal Instruments Series, the cover of this one kind of turned me off. Its a really pretty cover but its just not my type of cover, if you get what I mean. :/<br />
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I was pleasantly surprised with this book though :) It was AMAZING! It definitely reminded me why I like Cassandra Clare's writing.<br />
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I thought it was super good for the first book in the series. And the ending of it left me dying for more! This book is definitely one of my favorites :) I think all of you should pick up this book! You won't be disappointed!! =]<br />
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Live, Love, Laugh.... Read!<br />
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Sorry I haven't been posting lately :/ I've just been seriously focusing on my youtube videos and haven't really dedicated much time to my blog. I promise I will try to review more books and keep constant blog posts. Its a new year after all ;)<br />
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http://pages-of-forbidden-love.blogspot.com/2010/12/100-follower-contest.html<br />
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For all you book lovers out there this is an amazing contest!!! I definitely think all of you should enter! It seems really fun! And the prizes are really cool! Definitely going to enter this one =D<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Cassandra Clare<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> April 2007<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Mortal Instruments<br />
<b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★★★</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><b>Pages:</b> 485</span></span><br />
<b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i> This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . ."</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></span> I heard soooooooo many people saying how amazing this book is and I had seen it on a lot of shelves so I couldn't help it I had to get them!!!!<br />
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I am so glad I did too because it was AMAZING!! I was hooked from Chapter 1, it was so different from anything I had ever read before, and yet somehow the same.<br />
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I don't know what makes this book and series seem so different than anything I've ever read before when I'm sure there are others that are kind of like it in some ways. Maybe it's the style of writing but I don't know. The only other book I was as amazed with as I was with this book is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. And unlike a lot of books nowadays (expect for a few) with every chapter and every page the book keeps getting better and better!!!!<br />
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Another thing I really liked was the romance between Clary and Jace. There was just enough of it so it would have some romance in it, but not enough that that's what the whole book would be about. It had action and adventure with just the right amount of romance and drama on the side lol :)<br />
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If you haven't already read this book I strongly suggest you go out and get it. I'm 99% sure you'll love it! =D<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Kelley Armstrong<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> July 2008<br />
<b>Series:</b> Darkest Powers Series<br />
<b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★★★</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><b>Pages:</b> 390</span></span><br />
<b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again.</i></span></span><br />
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</div></span> So cool!<br />
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I had seen this book everywhere but never read it because I thought it was about vampires, and I've had enough of them for now. Finally we went to Barnes and Noble one day and it was just there and I decided to read it, I'm glad I did lol :) I started reading this book and I was hooked on the first chapter. It was amazing! I loved the whole paranormal aspect of it. I really recommend that you guys read this if you haven't already.<br />
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It was kind of a mystery with a lot of paranormal creatures! They brought up a lot that I had heard about but forgot about with the vampires and werewolves being popular right now. That's one of things I liked about this book, that it wasn't just about vampires and werewolves. Another thing I liked is the heroine, Chloe. She made fun of those heroines that I don't like throughout the book and I found that really funny =] She also doesn't just wait for guys to do things for her, she stands up for herself and I like that.<br />
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There wasn't real a romance in this one but I think that she likes some guy and he likes her, but I don't know for sure :P This one was basically all adventure and it was really interesting. I really liked this book and I am dying to read the second book!<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Alexandra Adornetto<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> August 2010<br />
<b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★ 1/2</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><b>Pages:</b> 484</span></span><br />
<b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Three angels are sent down to bring good to the world: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. But she is the most human, and when she is romantically drawn to a mortal boy, the angels fear she will not be strong enough to save anyone—especially herself—from the Dark Forces.</i></span></span><br />
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</div></span> *sighs* how to put this into words. I first saw this on an ad on Facebook and it said "If you like Hush Hush you'll love Alexandra Adornetto's Halo" or something like that. The cover was really pretty and I did like Hush Hush so I went to go check it out.<br />
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It was a nice book but I felt it was a little slow. It focused more on the romance between Bethany and Xavier. For me I feel romance is good--I like reading books with romance but I don't JUST read books with romance--but with this book I felt that there was just too much of it. It focused more on that then the actual good vs bad thing.<br />
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It bored me after a while with her just going on and on about how much she loves Xavier and how her life would suck without him. I think it would have been better if the author had written the book with more action and had the romance as a side kind of thing.<br />
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I didn't really like Bethany, she just seemed like the kind of heroine that wanted the guy to do everything for her. I like it when the girls stand up and fight for themselves, and then (most of the time) they have a crush or boyfriend.<br />
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But I'm not gonna just bag on this book, so I did like the plot of the angels vs demons I just feel Alexandra Adornetto should have focused more on it than the love story. All and all I feel it was an okay book, but nothing you need to go out immediately and get.<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Suzanne Collins<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> September 2008<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Hunger Games Trilogy<br />
<b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★★★</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><b>Pages:</b> 374</span></span><br />
<b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival."</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> That's just all I can say after reading this book. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!!!! I think it is amazing!!!! And if I could I'd give it, like, 10/5 stars!!!!! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> This is just amazing! I can't say enough good things about it. It just blew my mind. It also got me thinking about how cruel people can be.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> This book is very violent though, I think they changed the rating from 12+ to 14+ and for good reason. Now I'm 13 and I read this book when I was 12 and everyone thinks 12 year olds are innocent but most of them aren't and could totally handle this book. </span></span><br />
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</span>bookandmusiclover18http://www.blogger.com/profile/04260234283849229168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002744710635449970.post-47507644886841744622010-11-24T12:55:00.000-08:002010-12-01T18:17:40.849-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-CAqUj224r9kl7o1H9MPVsX9pC-UrVZ9C6ooQ57EOu2ilSEqvT0PodSH6DphwfaeN5a87-ys1K51Bntphq6LOMgH3JIc-8mbUtw3KXIOqV1Pt5f39me3kjM-fewqAtZf4u210CjbcLI/s1600/impossible_book_final_pb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-CAqUj224r9kl7o1H9MPVsX9pC-UrVZ9C6ooQ57EOu2ilSEqvT0PodSH6DphwfaeN5a87-ys1K51Bntphq6LOMgH3JIc-8mbUtw3KXIOqV1Pt5f39me3kjM-fewqAtZf4u210CjbcLI/s320/impossible_book_final_pb.jpg" width="213" /></a><b>Title:</b> Impossible<br />
<b>Author:</b> Nancy Werlin<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> November 2008<br />
<b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★★</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><b>Pages</b>: 364</span></span><br />
<b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lucy has nine months to break an ancient curse in order to save both herself and her unborn daughter.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"> Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that the women of her family have been cursed through the generations, forced to attempt three seemingly impossible tasks or to fall into madness upon their child's birth. But Lucy is the first girl who won't be alone as she tackles the list. She has her fiercely protective foster parents and her childhood friend Zach beside her. Do they have love and strength enough to overcome an age-old evil?"</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"> One thing that I haven't really seen that I saw in this book was the fact that the author switched point of views in order to help you understand the story more. And she switch views in such a way that everything flowed and it didn't feel like an abrupt change.</span><br />
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<b>Author:</b> Meg Cabot<br />
<b>Release Date: </b>October 2000<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Mediator<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Rating: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;">★★★★★</span></b></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><b>Pages:</b> 287</span></span></b></span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">" There's a hot guy living in Susannah Simon's bedroom. Too bad he's a ghost. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Suze is a mediator -- a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living. But Jesse, the hot ghost haunting her bedroom, doesn't seem to need her help. Which is a relief, because Suze has just moved to sunny California and plans to start fresh, with trips to the mall instead of the cemetery, and surfing instead of spectral visitations.</span></span><br />
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So I'm just going to be going into a little bit more detail about each of those four book sitting there. Just so you guys can get a better idea about each one instead of just seeing a picture of them all stacked up like this. :)<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Nancy Werlin<br />
<b>Age Group: </b>Young Adult<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 384<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lucy Scarborough is seventeen when she discovers that the women of her family have been cursed through the generations, forced to attempt three seemingly impossible tasks or to fall into madness upon their child’s birth. How can Lucy succeed when all of her ancestors have tried and failed? But Lucy is the first girl who won’t be alone as she tackles the list. She has her fiercely protective foster parents beside her. And she has Zach, whose strength amazes her more each day. Do they have enough love and resolve to overcome an age-old evil?"</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">(Yes my copy from the library has a different cover, but I liked this cover better so I put this one) This looks so good! Currently I am on the fourth chapter and it is interesting. I've heard lots of good things about this book so I expect it to be good.</span></span><br />
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<b>Author:</b> Cassandra Clare<br />
<b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 496<br />
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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></i></span></span><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-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>There was a curse.</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br 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;" /></i></span></span><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-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>There was a girl.</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br 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;" /></i></span></span><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-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And in the end, there was a grave.</i></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; 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: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of </i></span></span><st1:city style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; 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: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When </i></span></span><st1:place 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;" w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Lena</i></span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i> moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; 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: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything."</i></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; 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: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgk7FX2rhPAiHa3QAOsLBkjh65HeLxQu22HFeVzwfzmj4ZViEHvvFg-VoK7Zx2h3qonKQ7pe-UHEYXxC8klSScyTK3RBxAtre2KO9jndGg2xcAqYz9Y9VGogQkR0m3Kw_ch-JklmHSIM/s1600/melodysig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgk7FX2rhPAiHa3QAOsLBkjh65HeLxQu22HFeVzwfzmj4ZViEHvvFg-VoK7Zx2h3qonKQ7pe-UHEYXxC8klSScyTK3RBxAtre2KO9jndGg2xcAqYz9Y9VGogQkR0m3Kw_ch-JklmHSIM/s1600/melodysig.jpg" /></a></div>bookandmusiclover18http://www.blogger.com/profile/04260234283849229168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2002744710635449970.post-56192023525777192762010-11-12T09:22:00.000-08:002010-11-28T15:58:52.962-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTN_x0R0rbIksmvUHtswcOBJfGPdNj1gwveFTXMj4OTB31LnB2btbjW56dmKW30sXBr3qTAiU1Ap1BhCd1rp06LEkXBT0rx42JupRMFRrHVJHjCa-dLHZ1sDkHQsTHfl1dqPaEQVJJoo/s1600/Shiver01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTN_x0R0rbIksmvUHtswcOBJfGPdNj1gwveFTXMj4OTB31LnB2btbjW56dmKW30sXBr3qTAiU1Ap1BhCd1rp06LEkXBT0rx42JupRMFRrHVJHjCa-dLHZ1sDkHQsTHfl1dqPaEQVJJoo/s1600/Shiver01.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Title:</b> Shiver</div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Author:</b> Maggie Stiefvater</div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Release Date:</b> August 2009</div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Rating:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">★★★ 1/2</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal;"><b>Series:</b> The Wolves of Mercy Falls</span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Pages:</b> 390</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Age Group:</b> Young Adult</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><i>"For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf–her wolf–is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human... until the cold makes him shift back again.</i></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><i> Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human–or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever."</i></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> So the first time I read this book, I fell in love with it. I absolutely adored it. So much that toward the end it had me crying, and it takes a lot to do that. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> However, when I read it again it felt very boring and tedious and it got a little better toward the end, but I didn't feel the emotion that I had the first time around :P It is still one of my favorite werewolf novels. This is a sweet romance novel but it was a little slow at times. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> One thing I really enjoyed about this book was Maggie's twist on the average werewolf that everyone imagines. These werewolves shift based on how cold or hot it is. It is something that I've never seen done before and greatly enjoyed! =) </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Personally, I think Grace can get a little annoying at times but that's just what I think and I am very very very picky about my young adult heroines. </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> All and all I gave this book three out of five stars because I think it is a nice novel but I don't think it is one that you need to go rushing out to Barnes and Noble to go buy.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Live, Love, Laugh....Read!</span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwKhUR2yFR1PARdF4e9Uei0ybqd_vORkAeSBR785G59gu7vsaLw-pigpCp5EAULFGyLaYRxbQJP66sq_YeitDjakfxrzkppHdk-FMBJUSxwCT_tfUV8DTCLPkSsl5Hmg5GWLmu3zmUzs/s1600/melodysig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwKhUR2yFR1PARdF4e9Uei0ybqd_vORkAeSBR785G59gu7vsaLw-pigpCp5EAULFGyLaYRxbQJP66sq_YeitDjakfxrzkppHdk-FMBJUSxwCT_tfUV8DTCLPkSsl5Hmg5GWLmu3zmUzs/s320/melodysig.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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