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Super short review because I've been lazy with leaving reviews over here and on BookLikes lately. I think it's due to the fact that I haven't really been wowed by anything I've picked up in a while. This book wowed me. There were two things that I didn't love about the book 1) there was way too much descriptiveness where description wasn't necessary. 2) Lou was too much in her own head at times and I felt like there could have been more dialogue between her and Will to progress the story instead. Still, I give this book 4.5 stars for pulling me out of a serious reading funk and causing me to lose sleep because I couldn't put it down. That hasn't happened to me in a while, so yay.

I love Chaol. Feeling all fluttery in the chest reading this. It's been a while, yay!!

I don't review or rate my own stuff, but I just wanted to put it out there that Jinxed, my Binds novella just went live. It'll be free for the first 24 hours, so if you've read Binds, or think you might in the future, make sure to go pick it up! Please, please, please don't pay for it, get it while it's free! Oh, if you haven't read Binds (and maybe even if you have), it probably won't make much sense, just a warning.

And...once again, thank you for reading! Whether you love it or hate it, I'll be grateful that you gave it a chance.

http://www.amazon.com/Jinxed-A-Binds-Novella-ebook/dp/B00G9KXS7W/ref=sr_1_7?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1383031085&sr=1-7&keywords=jinxed

Scooby Doo ending!

This is from the male MC. Really? Oh yes, it's much better when it's not rape. Feeling like I need to step away from my kindle for a while. I'm tearing everything I read apart. Either that or I just need a really kick ass recommendation. 

No review here, just rambling that probably doesn't make much sense. Sorry.

This book mind fucked me, but not in the way it was meant to. Despite the excellent writing, there were things about the book that didn’t work for me, I’ll just mention them briefly here.

Despite all of this, I enjoyed it. I connected with it. I could deeply relate to

 Amy in her feelings about her marriage. It was just a strange coincidence that I would pick this book up during a time in my life that it resonated with me. It made me dislike

 even more than I normally would have because she manipulated my emotions more than, I think, Gillian Flynn would even have expected. The crazy thing, though is that even though I felt duped, I still disliked Nick more than Amy throughout.

Did the twist surprise me? No. Not really. I felt like even though the book was written well, the plotting could have used some help.  However, because of the fact that Flynn was able to grab me and make me care about the plight of her character

feel emotionally invested and connected with this woman and completely pull the wool over my eyes about what was coming in that respect, I can say for sure that I was unpleasantly impressed. I’m still left wondering how much of

 was real, how can a woman write these occurrences with such depth of emotion and never have experienced them? I’m still wondering. I guess Amy really is a mastermind, just not in the way that Flynn (or Nick) thought. Sign me up for the preorder of the Amy book because writing is where her genius lies.

I'm having to DNF at 56%. I tried. I really did. No rating. I can't even wrap my mind around it. 

I'm so behind on these. My quitter spirit is starting to show. Skipping forward to day 16.

Favorite Female Character

I have a couple. First, Olivia from The Opportunist. She has those gritty, honest, horrible thoughts that we all have (but try to hide) and she lets you in on them.

Second, Scarlett O'Hara, of course. She and I share a personal mantra. “I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.”

For some reason, this guy's interest in fancy restaurants and clubs with weird names is making me think more of Stephan than Ted Bundy.

This is all sounding very Twilightesque. I hope things start to get better soon because....

I've seen good reviews from picky reviewers for this one and it's down from $9.99. Just a heads up! http://www.amazon.com/Time-Between-Us-ebook/dp/B008UZIMDE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1381750677&sr=1-1&keywords=time+between+us

I don't know if I'll ever be able to write a proper review for this. Just finished and I am completely gutted.  One of those books that make you feel like your life will never be the same after you've read the last page. 

Day 09 : A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving

Day 10 :Favorite classic book

Day 11: A book you hated (one of the many....)

64% tears. 

Russian designer Artemy Lebedev visits North Korea. His insight on his adventures.

Part II: http://imgur.com/gallery/CKBlK

Part III: http://imgur.com/gallery/3Ez3M

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