tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89648127863307891002024-02-18T08:01:16.625+01:00Olivia's CatastropheA blog of my life. Recipes, crafts, how to's, videos and much more!Olivia's Catastrophehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.comBlogger468125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964812786330789100.post-12129764674612795052017-08-18T21:09:00.003+02:002017-08-18T21:09:54.617+02:00I've Moved!Hi everyone!<br />
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Olivia-Savannah xOlivia's Catastrophehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964812786330789100.post-69794542188627335392017-08-11T20:58:00.000+02:002017-08-11T20:58:34.526+02:00July Wrap Up 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's been a little while, but I am really working hard at my new site and new channel, so I'll be back soon. Combined with traveling, I've had very little time to construct filler posts or visit many blogs. But I will be popping around to see you all soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life has been going full throttle. In July I was still in Spain in for the whole month. I got to a lot of different things. I continued with my hiking adventures and went hiking every week with the same gang as last month. However, this time we also went rock climbing. My fear of heights definitely kicked in, making it an exhilarating and terrifying experience at the same time. I could've kissed the flat ground when we finally got to the top. And I don't mean the controlled indoor rock climbing. I mean more like climbing up the face of the cliff part of the mountain! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We continued our beach days, which were perfect as the weather ricocheted up to average about 35 degrees at the height of the day. We also went up into one of the castles that was nearby and had a lovely view of all of Alicante. I really love finding somewhere high and getting a nice view while on holiday! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I finally got my exam results! I passed IB, which made me happy. But what was better? I made it into my top choice of university! It is now sure that I will be going on to study English Literature and Creative Writing at Warwick University in the UK. Which means I will be moving away from the Netherlands and back to my home country after all these years. That scares and excites me at the same time. I can't wait :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I finished editing my older sister's manuscript (which was amazing by the way! More on that later) and also on a creative writing novella booklet for my little sister. I feel like I've been doing a lot of editing because I've been editing my own novel. As well as that I wrote short stories and poetry a lot because suddenly I've been brimming with a lot of ideas. I'm quite satisfied with the amount of writing I've been doing lately. I've been sending out my work to literary magazines and hopefully something will come back positive. *Fingers crossed.*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to see the annual parade in Novelda, and I absolutely loved the costumes. We didn't stay for the whole event because that would be quite long, but it was really nice to see the beautiful clothing. I wonder how long it must have taken to make all of them, and in such detail too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I also ended up rewatching Inception (seriously one of my favourite movies of all time) and I finished season three of Baby Daddy. Still loving it :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you want to see more of my life updates, follow me on snapchat! But actually, I post more on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oliviascatastrophe/">insta stories now, so make sure to follow me over there too</a> ;)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still not home, so I still haven't taken a full wrap up picture. But I read 3 physical books (I only had three more unread ones with me on holiday) and some other ebooks too. I'm counting nine books because I'm totally including my sister's manuscript.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Dragons of Nova </i>by Elise Kova was a very strong sequel in a series I love. I can't wait for the finale. I might not have liked it as much as book one, but it was still so good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Handmaid's Tale </i>by Margaret Atwood was one I buddy read with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hannahreadstoomuch/">Hannahreadstoomuch</a> from Instagram. Although I wanted to love it, I couldn't for various reasons. But I loved it for other reasons at the same time. Mixed opinion... so a review to come soon? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Fade </i>by Santino Hassell and Ais was a 1214 page conclusion to a series I absolutely love and have devoted too much of my life to recently. THE ENDING WAS NOT OKAY. I didn't even manage to know if some of my favourite characters had survived or not... and a cliffhanger ending? I couldn't take it... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I had to read <i>1/27 </i>by Santino Hassell and Ais. A short story collection which was for after the ending of the series. It settled my feels a little and ended the cliffhanger. But, it also promised a sequel series D: It was promised in 2010, and it still isn't around. But I will always help because I can't let go of these characters. A new favourite series! I still don't want to admit it has all ended. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You Can't Touch My Hair </i>by Phoebe Robinson was an autobiography about black culture and feminism. I liked it, and could relate to it a lot. But I also had a few problems with it too, which I will discuss further in an upcoming book review. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Strong Signal </i>by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell is the first book in a series I had some hang ups about. But I got over them quickly because this book was just SO CUTE. Like, if this book was a human I would have squished their cheeks in my fingers. I loved the romance, loved the online relationship aspect and especially the themes it dealt with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Surfers Solution </i>by Cathy Yardley was a quick, summer-y kind of romance which was also about being a workaholic. It had a lot of enjoyable, nice elements to it. I don't think I will ever be able to really dislike a book by her because she writes perfectly to what I need when I look for her books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And lastly, my sister's manuscript. I can't wait for this novel to hit the shelves. She writes so wonderfully, sisterly bias aside. It also has such relevant themes, about tensions between countries on an international level, the refugee crisis, family, friendships and humanity as a whole. It also relates to world war three... Eeee, just writing about it makes me so excited!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I was busy writing a guest post for another blog (which will be up soon.) It was going to be about black authors whose works I would recommend in the YA genre. But then I stopped and thought - what books could I recommend? And I literally could only think of <i>two. </i>TWO. I was so disappointed in myself, and I've decided I definitely need to correct that. So here's a list of some new books which are on my TBR, and all of them are by black authors. Time to show some appreciation for #blackculture!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Theo is better now.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">She's eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction—and his abductor.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Donovan isn't talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn't do anything wrong, telling the truth would put everything she's been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse.</span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun.</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">une belle vie</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">—a good life.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving Fabiola to navigate her loud American cousins, Chantal, Donna, and Princess; the grittiness of Detroit’s west side; a new school; and a surprising romance, all on her own.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Just as she finds her footing in this strange new world, a dangerous proposition presents itself, and Fabiola soon realizes that freedom comes at a cost. Trapped at the crossroads of an impossible choice, will she pay the price for the American dream?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Ida Mae Jones dreams of flight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn't stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy's gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates the WASP, the Women Airforce Service Pilots - and Ida suddenly sees a way to fly as well as do something significant to help her brother stationed in the Pacific. But even the WASP won't accept her as a black woman, forcing Ida Mae to make a difficult choice of "passing," of pretending to be white to be accepted into the program. Hiding one's racial heritage, denying one's family, denying one's self is a heavy burden. And while Ida Mae chases her dream, she must also decide who it is she really wants to be.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">My name is “J” and I’m awkward—and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Being an introvert in a world that glorifies cool isn’t easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award–winning hit series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” is that introvert—whether she’s navigating love, work, friendships, or “rapping”—it sure is entertaining. Now, in this debut collection of essays written in her witty and self-deprecating voice, Rae covers everything from cybersexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unsolicited comments on weight gain, from navigating the perils of eating out alone and public displays of affection to learning to accept yourself—natural hair and all.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">A reflection on her own unique experiences as a cyber pioneer yet universally appealing, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">is a book no one—awkward or cool, black, white, or other—will want to miss.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.</span></div>
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Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, adored by her family, and living in a beautiful village, she could not have imagined everything could be taken away from her in an instant. But when slave traders invade her village and brutally murder her entire family, Amari finds herself dragged away to a slave ship headed to the Carolinas, where she is bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a birthday present.</div>
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Survival seems all that Amari can hope for. But then an act of unimaginable cruelty provides her with an opportunity to escape, and with an indentured servant named Polly she flees to Fort Mose, Florida, in search of sanctuary at the Spanish colony. Can the elusive dream of freedom sustain Amari and Polly on their arduous journey, fraught with hardship and danger?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Zephyr Mourning has never been very good at being a Harpy. She’d rather watch reality TV than learn forty-seven ways to kill a man, and she pretty much sucks at wielding magic. Zephyr was ready for a future pretending to be a normal human instead of a half-god assassin. But all that changes when her sister is murdered—and she uses a forbidden dark power to save herself from the same fate.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Zephyr is on the run from a punishment worse than death when an unexpected reunion with a childhood friend (a surprisingly HOT friend) changes everything. Because it seems like Zephyr might just be the Nyx, a dark goddess made flesh that is prophesied to change the power balance. For hundreds of years the half-gods have lived in fear, and Zephyr is supposed to change that.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">But how is she supposed to save everyone when she can’t even save herself?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was very excited to see Wonder Woman. When my sister
kept going on and on about her as a superhero, I wasn’t enthralled. But the
glimpse we saw of her in Batman vs. Superman had me completely convinced that I
was going to love the movie. I’m a huge fan of:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s also Chris Pine in this movie. I liked him as an
actor due to his performance in <i>This
Means War, </i>a movie I shamelessly rewatch over and over again. Also, he is
some serious eye candy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now let’s get to the review before I start sounding too
shallow…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The movie itself did turn out to be pretty great. It has
a strong and steady plot that builds from the beginning and follows through all
the way until the very end. I wouldn’t say that the suspense is very high, but
it is a quest-like journey with enough pitfalls and problems thrown into it to
make it an exciting watch. I also really liked that before it all got started
we got to see a bit of her history, and where she came from. It brought a
closeness to her character and provided all the necessary backstory that we
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with everyone around her, but she still stuck true to what she believed. I
especially appreciated it because this is a movie set in a historical period,
and because she came from an island of only females, she didn’t understand the
concept of women being ‘put in their place’ or needing to be ‘protected.’ Yup,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we are on the topic of the feminism aspect, I
actually really appreciated this novel being set during world war one. I get
the generally feeling that world war two is more usually depicted in books and
movies because it was the most recent world war, and there are those still
living who have stories and memories about it to share. (Excuse me if I am
mistaken.) So I really appreciated this war being chosen, and from what I could
tell it was mostly historically accurate. Although this movie did leave me
thinking: what on earth was she doing during World War Two? Hmm… maybe another
movie in the future?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah, the costume and fighting scenes were pretty epic in
this movie. I liked all the graphics too. Nothing was overdone, which is a
feeling I have been getting quite a bit from the Marvel superhero movies
lately, and from Batman vs. Superman. Here the balance seemed to have been
handled perfectly. I have to admit there were times when I got a bit annoyed at
the random slow motion moments in the battles – sometimes they slowed down at
irrelevant moments in the fight? But that aside, it was all done really well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The messages about love, about learning (the song by Sia
and Labrinth gives me life and perfectly relates to the movie) were epic. Also,
about sacrifice and staying true to oneself. During the movie, there were
little bits of wisdom imparted that kind of shocked me by how insightful they
were. One moment was when Wonder Woman was asking about a watch, and he
responded by saying it was for telling the time. And her response was, “You let
your life be controlled by that thing?” Or something along the lines of that.
And it gave me pause and made me think – how much do you let time control you?
Is that necessarily a good thing? Can we possibly rise above it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only downside to this movie was its predictability. I
would say there were three plot twists, or elements to the storyline that we
weren’t supposed to be see coming. Out of the three, two were easily
predictable and I guessed them pretty much from the opening of the movie. I
don’t doubt that many others did too. However, it didn’t make it any less of an
enjoyable movie. It wasn’t so much the plot twists that were the cause for
excitement here. It was the development of her character, the movement along
the storyline, and the significant moments within it all that built up the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all, this was a really good movie which I greatly
enjoyed watching. It wasn’t the most mind-shattering movie ever, but it was so
much fun, and quite deep at the same time. The themes and the messages came
across nicely but never distracted from the movie. The main character and the
love interest look good together. The soundtrack is epic. What more could I ask
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and it was only later on that it was brought to my
awareness that this was the first superhero movie where the main character and
main superhero is a female. I can’t believe we have gone this long without one,
and that I didn’t even notice. It’s all the more reason to make sure you go and
see the film!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title: 13 Little Blue Envelopes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: Maureen Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: HarperTeen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Published Date: 23<sup>rd</sup> August 2005<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rating: 3 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">In envelope 2 are directions to a specific
London flat.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a
starving artist.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a
playwright/thief/ bloke–about–town called Keith go to Scotland together, with
somewhat disastrous–though utterly romantic–results. But will she ever see him
again?</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Everything about Ginny will change this summer,
and it's all because of the 13 little blue envelopes.</span></span></i></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Little Blue Envelopes was a book which had been in my TBR pile for quite some
time. I was glad to finally be able to read it after I discovered Anissa @ <a href="http://thebookwormcentral.blogspot.com.es/">TheBookworm Central </a>wanted to reread it. We read it together and it was so nice to
discuss this read with someone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What I loved the most about the story would have to be
the traveling side of things. Ginny’s trip takes her all across Europe to
places like London, Denmark, Amsterdam and so many more places. As she is an
American, she really gets culture shock and the author highlights elements of
the cultures that I didn’t know, or hadn’t realised were so unique. As I am
from Europe, I’d been to quite a few of these places, or lived in them, so it
was nice to see them represented realistically and so beautifully depicted.
It’s almost like an international road trip – who can’t appreciate that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discovering a little bit more about her Aunt in each one. It’s important to
remember that everything happening is part of Ginny’s grieving process as well.
I’m not sure whether I like her aunt or not still – she was wonderfully wacky,
but scared to really be herself and settle down. And she hurt people because of
that. But you have to admire her really independent and artistic nature at the
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and shy – even more so than me. I can be pretty shy sometimes but Ginny took it
to a new level. I liked her weirdness and quirkiness. Although sometimes, I
have to admit that I found that Ginny was the kind of person who let things
happen to her, rather than took advantage of them herself. She was kind of
innocent and oblivious to some things around her which bothered me at times.
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traveling solo as well. But then again, she didn’t have much guidance
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What I didn’t like about the novel had to be the ending.
I was really getting invested, when all of a sudden the ending came. It did
close some ends, but then it didn’t close some either. I didn’t agree with the
choice that Ginny made in the end. It’s a personal thing, but I was also pretty
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mentioned in the review, so why does it only get three stars? Because although
I <i>did </i>enjoy the novel, it wasn’t
mind-blowingly amazing. The pace was slow and steady the whole way through, and
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Olivia's Catastrophehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964812786330789100.post-89169909934921345212017-07-09T15:52:00.004+02:002017-07-09T15:52:55.304+02:00June Wrap Up & Giveaway!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before I get right into the wrap up, I wanted to start with the main point. <b>You may be wondering where my posts have gone, or why I will not be active for a little while into the future. </b>The truth of the matter is: Olivia's Catastrophe is going to be changing. The design will change, the layout and niches shall change a bit, and the biggest news of all - we're going to be moving to Wordpress!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope you'll bear with me through all the changes. And I shall definitely have the occasional post going live, so don't worry, I won't be gone completely! I also fully intend to shower you with giveaways in my absence to make up for it. Don't worry ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a very nice start to the summer. I went out to lunch with my Mum a couple of times, and my best friend had her 19th birthday party which was a nice celebration. We had a family over to dinner at our house and we made a Jamaican themed meal for them. I went out shopping quite a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also had my last day working at the nursery. It was so hard to say goodbye to all the lovely kids, and the brilliant teachers I had been working with. I was only there for a short period of time, but I really appreciated my stay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT NOW FOR THE MOST EXCITING NEWS. I am currently in Spain, where I am working as an Au Pair until August. I'm staying with a lovely family. The are a foster family, and have three kids. One of them is a premature newborn, and the other has Alcohol Syndrome, which means I had a lot to learn. But we are falling into a routine, and they are lovely. Although the family does eat sugar-free and are vegetarian, so I feel like I am still adapting to that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've also been doing some touristy stuff. We go to the beach at least once a week, if not more, because the kids love it. I love it too, so that makes me happy. Every Tuesday we go hiking. I went hiking in my converse the first time, and it was incredibly steep. Since then I have bought proper hiking boots, and we climb every Tuesday. The peaks are at about 1,100 - 1,300 metres high. I'm also scared of heights. I'm so afraid of them that I feel like I have conquered the world once I reach the peak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We celebrated the night of San Juan on the beach, making wishes, burning them in the fire and then humping over them. The next day we went into the city to watch the monuments burning. It was a beautiful experience. I've been to meet many families. One family made me paella because I had to try the Spanish dish, and I've been out partying with a bunch of university students I meant. In Spain, the party goes on till 7-8 am. I would've been completely okay if I hadn't had to go meet the host family's extended family at 10am the next day. Two hours sleep is NOT enough. :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd never walked walked through a vineyard before, so that was nice. And we've been cycling around. Basically, very active. I'm loving it and I will let you know about more of my adventures around Alicante next month. I'm filming a lot and hopefully will be able to make a series of vlogs about the trip. But <b>make sure to follow my snapchat </b>if you want to keep up to date with all the cool things happening. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eight books. But I am counting that as a jolly good number because one of them was 913 pages long, and the other was 1015 pages. </span></b><br />
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I have reviews posted of <a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.com.es/2017/06/internet-famous-book-review-giveaway.html">Internet Famous by Danika Stone</a> and<a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.com.es/2017/06/the-gentlemans-guide-to-vice-and-virtue.html"> The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue</a> already, so head over there for my thoughts on those!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also read<i> Insight and Oversight by Santino Hassell</i>. I was so excited to get into this series because it's a spin off on the family mentioned in one of my favourite novels of his - <i><a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2016/02/stygian-review-giveaway.html">Stygian</a></i>. The new adult aspect is good, but the plot is mind blowing. Which is why I love the paranormal storyline. Although I liked Oversight less than Insight due to there being a new main character introduced who was a bit too stoic for me, I still really loved both books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THEN I STARTED THIS SERIES. ASDFGHJKL</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Agency series by Santino Hassell and Ais is an unpublished series which you can get in ebook form, but not in physical. It's because it started as an online series and they didn't want to publish an unedited work, but haven't had the time to do so yet. However, there are edited versions of the first two books, <i>Evenfall Part One and Evenfall Part Two </i>availible. I read those and FELL IN LOVE with Boyd and especially Hsin Liu Vega, an assassin with a serious hatred of other people. Then there is also the mission plot line, their whole crazy new adult love story, and the writing is unbelievably good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was doubtful at first, but after finishing the first books I had to read the unedited versions of <i>Afterimage </i>and <i>The Interludes </i>too. The story gets all the more complex and intense and I was fangirling until the early hours of the morning. I flew through the 913 and 1015 pages. And I'm already reading the finale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Title: The Black Unicorn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author: Audre Lorde<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Published Date: 17<sup>th</sup> August 1995<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rating: 5 stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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identity, Audre Lorde writes as a Black woman, a mother, a daughter, a Lesbian,
a feminist, a visionary; poems of elemental wildness and healing, nightmare and
lucidity. Her rhythms and accents have the timelessness of a poetry which
extends beyond white Western politics, beyond the anger and wisdom of Black
America, beyond the North American earth, to Abomey and the Dahomeyan Amazons.
These are poems nourished in an oral tradition, which also blaze and pulse on
the page, beneath the reader's eye."</i></span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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always hard to review a collection of poems, but this is something I want to do
for the words of Lorde because it was an absolutely amazing read. In only two
days I had raced through the collection – which says something because you
can’t speed read through poetry. When you read a poem, after each and every one
you need a moment of pause, of reflection and a gaining of understanding. The
fact that this collection only took two days means I wanted to do nothing but
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sister. A little bit about Lorde: I have learned that she was a black
African-American who was born in New York but traveled around the world in her
lifetime. She had sisters, was lesbian, a civil rights activist and also a
feminist. Knowing how to be all those things in her time could not have been
easy, and you can only come to imagine what level of strength this woman might
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various techniques that make the words what they are. I loved her use of
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becomes too vivid that it is impossible to determine the meaning of the poem.
Sometimes the clue is in the title. Sometimes you just need to think a little
and it’s within your reach. You come to learn that Lorde was someone who was
immersed in current news and an array of her poems reflect events and
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with being coloured in the time of which she wrote this collection. And yes,
some of those poems are still relevant for today. She also perfectly captures
what it is to be a woman, and needing to stand strong and affirm yourself when
being looked down upon. She brings fourth all the emotions, love and care that
come along with it too. I think these two themes stood out most to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a woman. Whether or not you are against me, I will braid my hair, even in the
season of rain.” –Dahomey, Audre Lorde<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I come as a woman / dark and open / sometimes I fall
like night / softly / and terrible / only when I must die / in order to rise
again.” –Women of Dan Dance with Swords in their Hands to Mark the Time When
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I wanted to briefly discuss the troubles of eating healthy while eating out. I've been trying my hardest to eat clean a lot, and for the most part I manage to succeed. And while I am a fan of having a little break and eating whatever I want occasionally, it sometimes gets hard when you find yourself eating out a lot. Especially as there seem to be so many places that just... fail at knowing how to make a salad? (A salad is NOT just lettuce >.>) Or simply don't have a single healthy option on the menu? So I wanted to share some important things I've learned since eating clean and eating out with friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Communication is key, and that's even when it comes to something as simple as going out to eat with friends and family. Letting them know beforehand that you want somewhere with a healthy option on the menu isn't going to completely compromise their enjoyment of the event. Also, if they're people you're eating out with, it usually means you have some sort of good relationship and they're usually more than happy to make sure where you're eating is suitable for you too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you really don't know a place with a good option, research it online beforehand! Menus are online and who knows, you might find a new place! Even if you have somewhere that you're consistently comfortable with, it can be nice to look into your options and find something new. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a young adult, when I go out with friends it's usually to somewhere cheap and affordable. Which mostly ends up being fast food. I've managed to steer my friends away from that option a bit. First and foremost, fast food places often have rubbish healthy options? Secondly, it's not really good for anyone - the environment, the quality, whatever ends up in it. You don't exactly have to explain all of this, but maybe saying you want better quality (and having looked up some fast food cheap places that are more ideal than say, KFC) you can all be happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm saying friend here, but for me it was my mother. Recently, the two of us have been going out to eat, and as she has started to eat healthier too, it has made it so much more fun to go out regularly. I've recently discovered I absolutely adore salmon salads, and we've been trying out a bunch of places. By the time we're done I'm pretty sure I will know the best salmon salad that there is in my city. </span></div>
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Olivia's Catastrophehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964812786330789100.post-45606949658378370392017-06-25T22:44:00.001+02:002017-06-25T22:44:17.737+02:00The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue [Book Review]<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author: Mackenzi Lee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Published Date: 27<sup>th</sup> June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in a dangerous manhunt, fighting pirates, highwaymen, and their feelings for
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<span style="background: white;">Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman,
but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and
the constant disapproval of his father haven’t been able to curb any of his
roguish passions—not for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of
spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">But as Monty embarks on his grand tour of Europe, his quest
for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Not
only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his
return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and
traveling companion, Percy.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Still it isn’t in Monty’s nature to give up. Even with his
younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one
last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of
Monty’s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt
that spans across Europe, it calls into question everything he knows, including
his relationship with the boy he adores.</span><br />
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fine lines between friendship and love.</span></span></span></i></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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been struggling with finding a good YA book that I could enjoy, and then this
one came along and it completely BLEW MY MIND. There were so many different
elements to it that added so much depth that I was completely sucked in. I’m going
to try my best to coherently portray my thoughts in this review, so that you
can understand what a fantastic book this is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly, this is a historical fiction novel. I know that
might turn off some people, but I want to plead the case of this book. Although
it is set in the past, and there will be some things different – like the
manner of talking (it’s never complicated! Just exclamations such as ‘Dear
Lord!’ over ‘OMG!’), the clothing choice, and the way they are supposed to
behave in society. However, it’s still a book about two teenage boys who have
their fair share of problems and don’t want to grow up the way they have been
told to. They want the freedom to choose their own path in life. I’m sure that’s
something a lot of teenagers (and let’s be honest, adults too) can relate to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite this being set in the past, it dealt with a lot
of modern day controversial topics. I was doubly impressed at how Lee managed
to keep it within the time frame the novel is set in, and had the character’s
judging it justly, but then also was alluding to the way we treat those people
in the current times. For example, the main character, Monty, is bisexual. As
he isn’t very discreet, this is commonly known, and the abuse he gets for it is
shown throughout the novel in a different manner of ways. Monty also has a
sister, Felicity, who has been told that she needs to know how to sew and be a
woman of the house when she wants to study medicine. Her storyline and
character alone proved how boss women can be and tapped into the feminism
theme. But Lee doesn’t stop there. Percy is coloured, and he has his own issues
because of that. He also has another storyline which relates to a topic which
is often discussed today (but no spoilers from me!). Yes, there are a lot of
themes being covered in this book, but not once does it feel like the author is
preaching to us or that it is too much crammed into one novel. It’s perfectly
balanced and woven into the story. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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someone determine your life for you. As Percy and Monty work towards doing just
that, we get to see a lot of different adventures and suspenseful moments
unfolding. I loved how much trouble they all ended up getting into. Because I
never knew what to expect next, it made the whole reading experience a lot more
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The characters were wonderfully flawed and perfect at the
same time. It’s obvious that Monty is a tad self-centered, but I couldn’t
dislike him either. There was something about the way his character is written that
makes us completely aware of his flaws and short-comings, but that we can also
see the good in him. That element is reflected in all the characters and I
truly believe it to be a representation of people today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The writing style is perfectly suited to that of a YA
novel. It’s simple enough to fly through the book, but never too simple that it
gets dry. The writing style is befitting of the time period and also has a fun
element to it. It was just another building block to the ideal read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and taking over the story, but it was still a lingering presence throughout the
entire journey, making it a sweet romance that slowly and steadily built up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all reviews need to end somewhere! I greatly enjoyed reading this one and am
eager to read whatever Lee releases next. If it’s anything like this one, I
know I am going to love it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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landmarks of reality disappear and give way to a landscape of riotous and
uncensored sensibility. The city of Tokyo turns into a mirrored chamber
reflecting the impossible longings of an exiled Englishwoman abandoned by her
Japanese lover. An itinerant puppet show becomes a theatre of murderous lust. A
walk through the forest ends in a nightmarish encounter with a gun-toting nymph
and her hermaphrodite ‘aunt’. Not simply a book of tales, Fireworks is a
headlong plunge into an alternate universe, the unique creation of one of the
most fertile, dark, irreverent, and baroquely beautiful imaginations in
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is a short story collection recommended to me by my older sister. I decided to
read it without quite knowing what I was getting into, and I quite enjoyed the
short stories here. Angela Carter is an author new to me, but she certainly
does know how to vividly paint pictures in the reader’s mind and bring across
subtle messages with her words. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of Angela Carter’s stories were so beautifully
written. I can’t say it any better than my sister did when she described it to
me – the author uses very purple writing. Occasionally, I must admit, it made
it a little difficult to understand some of the stories or what I was supposed
to be thinking about when reading them. However, in some stories it perfectly
worked with the voice and the message to make a mini masterpiece in itself. I
don’t think her writing will cater to everyone’s taste, but if you generally
enjoy classics then I am sure it can be something for you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also really liked that all of the stories were set in
Tokyo. If you know me, you know I am someone who is big on culture and having
stories set in different countries than the usual Britain or USA that I always
seem to be reading about, makes me incredibly happy. Some of the stories were
also set in alternate worlds that weren’t exactly Tokyo as well. But I was
happy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>A Souvenir of Japan: </u>I really liked this story
because of the message behind it. I found it to be about the difference between
appearances vs reality, and you can think of this best when it comes to first
impressions, which almost never really add up to who you really are. This
message was described through a romance in the short story, and I really liked
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>The Executioner’s Beautiful Daughter: </u>This one I
understood to be about humanity and what that word itself entails. Right about
the same time as reading this collection I was also reading <a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.com.es/2016/10/the-summer-that-melted-everything.html">The Summer That Melted Everything byTiffany McDaniel</a>, and I was so intrigued in this topic. It was interesting to
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had a mix of emotions about. It said something about language and
communication, both in verbal terms and those of the body. It said something
about seductiveness. It said something about your own creation occasionally
growing bigger than you and how it can overwhelm you if you are not careful.
The ending was twisted and I'm still not sure what to quite make of it yet. But
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest: </u>Again,
this one seemed to be dealing with humanity. How it is best when at one with
nature. I also got quite a few Adam and Eve like vibes from this story, and yet
it was twisted away from that too. Almost like a sinister version of a
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stories this one was almost a bittersweet ending to a collection I didn’t want
to leave. It was also the most interesting of them all. It dealt with murder,
death and idolization of someone close to you. Love can be blinding and Carter
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left me thinking about them between reading story to story. I especially loved
the meanings of the novel and Carter manages to add sinister or dark twists to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you haven’t noticed from my latest wrap up posts, I’ve
been reading a lot of new adult lately. I always end up reading all of it on my
kindle – because that way people can’t read the titles, and they can’t see the
cover, and so unless they follow my blog they won’t really know what I’m
reading… it’s not to say I’m ashamed. I’ll always read whatever I want and that’s
just that. But I’m more curious about what other people will think of my
reading tastes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know how much I love Twilight. I’ll always defend the books and even the
movies, despite them not being the best. Yet, sometimes when I am discussing
those books or films I get a lot of negativity, or a lot of disbelief, or
people even say, “Well, we can’t trust your judgment on books in general if <i>those </i>are the kind you like.” And when I
heard that, it got me thinking… what does what you enjoy reading say about you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When people say they enjoy romance, a lot of people believe
that they are a romantic person because of it. In most cases, I’ll have to
confess they are right. Or when someone says they enjoy fantasy, you assume it’s
because they have a vivid imagination. Horror infers to someone finding humor
in the horror, or being tough enough to take it. And enjoying classics? Many
people see that as having elegance, taste or being generally smart enough to
understand those books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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adult romances? I’m not male myself, I don’t define myself as anything within
the LGBTQ+ community… so what does that really say about me? Am I just another
romantic, because it <i>is </i>still a
romance, and I just like some intensity? Or what of me enjoying a BDSM novel. I
sincerely doubt BDSM is my kind of thing, but I can still get some enjoyment
out of reading it. Hmm…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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next part of my post: what do you think me enjoying m/m romances and BDSM say
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and my tastes. But when I come to think of it, even the statements I made about
the general genres and what it could allude to when it comes to someone else’s
personalities, is mostly based on assumption. Generally, from my understanding,
when it comes to assumptions people can be very very wrong. So even though what
you read may say something about you and your personality, there are so many
elements to a genre, that it is impossible to generalize and determine what it
is for someone without them telling you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best thing to do when you’re curious as to why
someone likes a genre or a particular book? Just ask them! No assumptions are
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know why I like m/m romances, and it may be for a
different reason than some would assume. There’s no nonsense, no petty drama
(because there’s no females involved), and no exaggerated tropes like I’ve been
seeing in YA lately. I feel like I’m mostly enjoying the genre because it
contradicts YA so much. I know I liked the one BDSM book (can’t say I like the
genre when I’ve only read the one) because I liked the two characters a lot – I
doubt the BDSM element meant that much to me, actually. I was also pretty
curious, so there’s that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of
killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir
apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.<br />
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Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the
Azkban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts...he's
at Hogwarts."<br />
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surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a
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to say, I wasn’t expecting too much from this book seeing as my opinions of the
previous two books haven’t been too amazing. You can read my review of book one and book two. But I did like this one a bit more
than the other two, but only by a small margin. It was still pretty slow paced,
but it did have me want to keep reading by the time I reached the middle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I was so happy about was that this book FINALLY had
the Sirius Black in it that everyone is always talking about. The whole story
sort of revolves around that plot line. The only sad thing about it was that it
was sort of predictable… [SPOILER, HIGHLIGHT TO READ IT] <span style="color: white;">As soon as everyone
started to go on about how terrible Sirius Black was and painting it to be
almost as terrible as what Voldemort had done, I immediately predicted that he
wouldn’t actually be guilty of everything he was accused of. Especially when
they went on to say that he kept his head in Azkaban. It couldn’t have been
more obvious.</span> [SPOILER END] Because it was predictable it did take away some of
the enjoyment to the story itself as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What also bothered me, besides the slow beginning was the
fact that at the climax Harry Potter faints again. I do understand why – there
is always a good reason – but I wish he would stop doing it. He fainted at this
climax, at the previous books where he is also meeting villains head on. Maybe
there is a valid reason but I am fed up of his fainting >.><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– Hermoine – is finally no longer annoying. I don’t think she annoyed me
because she was a know it all, but generally I have been watching the movies as
I have been reading. So I will admit that I think my annoyance at Emma Watson’s
acting had bled into Hermoine’s character somewhat as well. But here she isn’t
annoying at all. And we get the same characters we know pretty well, Ron, Harry
and Hagrid. No one has changed much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is the new character, Professor Lupin. He was
interesting because he had an aura of mystery around him when he came. I liked
his character well enough, but it wasn’t anything special.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, this is such a creative world and Rowling
never ceases to amaze me with what a wondrous imagination she has. I do wish we
were able to see some more of the other houses than just Gryffindor because I
would like to explore the school she has set up some more. But I guess not :/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Potter crazy friend who is pressuring me to try all of these (with a promise
that in the next book it is more geared towards young adult than children) so I
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Olivia's Catastrophehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12706765857201768908noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964812786330789100.post-33088823572062313022017-06-15T07:00:00.000+02:002017-06-15T07:00:02.513+02:00My Healer [Yogi Dragoness]<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello lovelies ^.^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yoga has taught me a lot of things, and one of them is how important back flexibility is. Many people believe that the key to getting strong looking abs is all about crunches, Russian twists and lots of jumping exercises. Although that does amount to a lot, you need back flexibility as well, especially when it comes to your lower back. When you train your lower back it supports your abs too. Having said that, I'm not a huge fan of back flexibility poses, especially those which you practice while lying on your stomach and pressing your pubic bone towards the floor (example: bow pose). I find it so difficult, and I find it hard to breathe sometimes. Therefore, I make myself do them over and over again. The more I do a pose I dislike, I discover, the better I get at it, and the faster I start to appreciate it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: Danika Stone <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Published Date: 6<sup>th</sup> June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it all: a happy family, good grades, and a massive online following for her
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help, an online/offline flirtation sparks with Laurent, a French exchange
student. Their internet romance—played out in the comments section of her
MadLibs blog—attracts the attention of an internet troll who threatens the
separation of Madi’s real and online personas. With her carefully constructed
life unraveling, Madi must uncover the hacker’s identity before he can do any
more damage, or risk losing the people she loves the most… Laurent included.</span></span></span></i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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again, I’m left with very mixed feelings on this book that I have read. On one
hand, I enjoyed it. I loved the idea of this being about a blogger, the online
world, and a nice romance with it too. It did mention family issues, and mental
health illnesses as well. And while I did enjoy all the themes and the way I
flew through this book, I still felt like it was missing some depth that I was
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have to say, I wanted to read this book because I was
so happy about finally having a positive light portrayed on the online world.
Madi is a blogger – just like a lot of us book bloggers – except she rewatches
movies and blogs about her opinion of them. Her blog is also pretty famous,
which is something a lot (but not every blogger) dreams about. I loved when we
got to see her blog comments come through, and her posts. Madi was so connected
to the online world, and I just loved that positive light being given about the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course, being a member of the online community means
you will come across trolls and mean people who have nothing better to do with
their time than just… be a nuisance. This novel stems into that, and the topic
of cyberbullying. Even though the novel does a very good job of dealing with
that plot line and theme, I still felt like more could have happened. We do get
to see how it affects Madi and how it ruins what her blog is for her – but I
still expected the ending to be a little more… dramatic?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also really liked how we got to have the romance
stemming from something that started online. I know a lot of people find this
to be a bit controversial and a bit of a wary topic to discuss. But we have to
face the reality of it: more and more couples and friendships begin online and
that is perfectly alright. You need to be aware of the possible outcomes
though, especially the bad ones, and take as many consequences against them as
possible. I also really liked Laurent as a love interest, and his French accent
and ways kind of made me think of <i><a href="https://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2017/04/anna-and-french-kiss-book-review.html">Annaand the French Kiss</a>. </i>But, y’know, lacking a lot of the things that some
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She rights in the easygoing voice which represents a teenager perfectly, and
there was no doubt that I felt Madi’s personality flooding me as I read through
the book. In fact, I think I sat down and read for about four hours until I was
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bit more on. There is a bit of a mention about this being a dysfunctional
family. Sarah, Madi’s younger sister, has a mental illness and we see that she
needs to stick to rigid schedules and have stability to be able to cope. With
their mother leaving to study and research in Oxford, it turns things upside
down for Sarah. Madi also has to help out a lot with her younger sister and
helping her keep to that schedule. I could relate to her on that side of things
because I usually help my younger sister, who has a physical disability a lot
around the house. I really identified with Madi’s love she had for her sister,
but then frustration as sometimes she didn’t want to help, and she wanted to
think about herself for a moment and what she needed. It’s not being selfish…
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bit, I felt myself wanting it to be more fleshed out. I felt like the dynamics
between the two sisters should’ve been more central to the novel, especially as
it became relevant for the conclusion of the novel. I liked that the mental
illness wasn’t the center of the whole book. Although included, it doesn’t
always have to be. This isn’t Sarah’s story. On the other hand, I think it
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, it may be because I’m in the throes of reading new
adult novel after new adult novel back to back (<a href="https://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/search?q=santino+hassell">it’s Santino Hassell’s fault</a>),
I found the story to be a little bit juvenile at times? At least when it came
to some issues with the romance. <b>Side
note: </b>That could be because of my reading preference at the moment, and not
an actual reflection on the novel itself. In that case, I would recommend you
head over to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31145123-internet-famous?from_search=true">Goodreads to check out more reviews and here what others have to say. </a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author: C.S. Lewis <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Published Date: 1954<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair
discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia,
the race is on to warn the inhabitants of the impending danger and to rescue
them all from certain death.</span></span></i></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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eager to read this one after having enjoyed the previous book a lot. For some
reason I haven’t posted those reviews yet but have decided to post this one. I
know, I don’t understand my reasoning either. But oh well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This story surprised me. It wasn’t even set in Narnia,
and featured an entirely different set of characters, which wasn’t what I was
expecting after having read and loved <i>The
Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. </i>Different to all the action in the first
book, this one was more of a slow adventure. The pace was slow and steady.
Sometimes a little too much on the slow side for my liking, but it was all
bearable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The difference in characters surprised me. I believed we
were going to be following the main four for the whole series, but apparently
not! Shasta was the main character in this story, and I found him to be okay. I
couldn’t love him or hate him. It wasn’t that he was unlikeable or anything –
he just wasn’t the best person either. Most of all, which made him seem very <i>human, </i>and I believe that is exactly what
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What intrigued me a lot about this book was the horse to
boy relationship. As is in the world of Narnia, the animals can speak and have
their own minds. The action of riding a horse changed, because of this. Shasta
had to ask permission to ride Bree, and treat Bree right. It would epic if all
animals could be like that. I bet mistreatment would disappear as well. It was
also interesting to see the human personality traits that Lewis gave the horses,
such as pride and nervousness. It was entertaining, but then I also felt a
little weird realising how much I was relating to a talking horse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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novel. A lot of people seem to be slaves to others. I was more so surprised
because of how much of it was included, and that it is a children’s novel. I’m
not exactly sure why I was so unprepared for it, but there it was nonetheless.
It doesn’t get into a moral debate about it, but it’s just present in the novel
as numerous people have a slave status. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mention of Narnia for all that I am complaining about it being absent. We get
to see Lucy, Edmund and Susan all grown up and ruling their kingdom, which was
shocking to see. It was so different, and yet also intriguing to see the
characters I had come to love through the eyes of someone else. It put a new
perspective on their position in the world Lewis has created. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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character who represents God returning again in this short little novel. In
this scenario, He is presented in a different way, and brought a new
perspective on the way in which God fit into Shasta’s story. Even as a
Christian, there was one element to something which was a metaphor to religion
that I didn’t agree with. However, just like before, you could read this one
without looking at the Christian literature meaning behind it. Otherwise, it’s
just another Narnia story. You get to choose what you’re looking for in the
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long. Mostly because this was such a depressing movie, but one I am so glad
they made. It couldn’t have made the story of slavery more realistic and
beautifully interpreted than they have done here. I wanted to see this movie
because I read the true story book it was based off of by Solomon Northup. This
movie adaption followed the words to the letter, and was even better than the
written words. They captured some things in this movie that just couldn’t be
captured in the words.<a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2016/01/12-years-slave-book-review.html"> I read the book before I saw the movie.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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because I didn’t want to see it alone. I am glad I didn’t, and was so happy to
have my older sister by my side. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There was Benedict Cumberbatch (who I thought I wouldn’t be able to get out of
my mind as Sherlock, but that was fine), Brad Pitt, Paul Dano and Sarah
Paulson. The main actor who played Platt/Solomon could not have done a better
job. And the actress who played Patsy – my. Just thinking about this is making
tears spring back to my eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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McQueen, the person who made this movie should be seriously proud. Apart from
the amazing acting, the cinematography was done brilliantly. The shots were all
meaningful, the focus was on point. There was one scene where Solomon is
standing in a precarious position for a long time in silence – (if you have
seen the movie then you know what I am talking about) and that moment wouldn’t
have hit home any harder if it was done in any other way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cried twice in this movie, and I don’t really cry when I watch things much. So
people who are used to having waterworks, be prepared. I cried once at after
Pasty’s biggest incident, and also at the very end of the movie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Patsy’s story will end. And that is simply because the person who this all
happened to, who wrote this tale also doesn’t know how hers will end. I hope
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and too… too everything. I think the most justice I can do for this movie is
making sure everyone watches it. Because it did justice to a lot of people who
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rightly done so. It was the best movie I saw in 2014 and I am sure many others
think so too. It’s rightly rated a 16 because this movie is harsh and reveals
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May was a very busy month for me. You may have noticed that (or not :D) by my semi-disappearing act from the blog. Hopefully, I will be more present in June. </div>
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The first significant thing that happened was the end of my final exams. I felt unsure of what to do with myself after that, and couldn't quite believe I was finished and didn't have to study anymore. It was quite a surreal feeling. </div>
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Shortly afterwards, I decided to make my hair purple. I'm currently loving it, and wondering why I never decided to do this before. </div>
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I had a team night with the basketball girls. We went to Jump XL, which is one of those places with a whole lot of trampolines. It was a lot of fun, and we finished off by having dinner together, outside. A mouse ran into the house and that sparked a lot of drama :D</div>
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I also started to work in a nursery, as I am trying to earn some money this summer. As I love kids, I'm pretty content to spend my time with a large amount of 4-5 year olds, who call me Ms. Olivia (I could get used to this) and keep commenting on my princess hair. We went on a school trip to a massive play park and there were more of the younger years invited. Imagine 200+ 4-7 year olds in one place, screaming, shouting, laughing, crying and having fun. I simultaneously wanted to pull my hair out and smile from the adorableness at the same time. </div>
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The weather is so hot here in the Netherlands at the moment. We've been reaching up to 33-35 degrees. It means long hours of me reading outside at the park, or shopping in town. My family and I decided to go out and have lunch together one day which was nice. I had the most amazing salmon salad ever. </div>
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This month was also my graduation celebration for finishing off secondary school. I wore a purple dress to go with the new hair, but my little sister looked GORGEOUS and personally, I think she totally was the best dressed at our table. Following on to graduation (the very next day, in fact) was our prom which I decided to go to in the end. I'd only bought the dress the weekend previous, but it didn't stop me from going, having a great dinner with my best mates and dancing like crazy all through the afterparty. </div>
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I've made quite a lot of yoga progress, especially when it comes to hip opening poses and arm balance poses. Due to all the celebrations happening this month, my clean eating has gone from being the scale of 80/20 to more like 60/40. But I am working on correcting that already and hopefully will do better in June :D</div>
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I've been doing some of the 24 hour prayer shifts at church. Which, in one case, resulted in me coming home at 1am. That two hour slot was the hardest, but also the most rewarding. </div>
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My little sister's 15th birthday happened in April, but we didn't go out to celebrate because I was studying for exams. We went to a rollercoaster park to celebrate toward the end of May. I brought my friend so that she could enjoy the day with us, and also help lift my sister on and off rides. Although I got frustrated with staff (we're writing a complaint letter and it's too long of a story to go into detail now) it was still a very good day. </div>
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I've quit watching Doctor Who now... I just don't enjoy it like I used to even though this saddens me a lot :(</div>
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And lastly... I FINISHED MY ULTIMATE FAT BURNER 30 DAY CHALLENGE! This makes me so happy because although I love that it was a full body workout each day, it was so so hard. It had a lot of arm muscle targeted exercises, and I severely dislike those. I dislike arm workouts the most. :P</div>
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I have a full review and giveaway for <i><a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2017/06/fractured-beauty-review-giveaway.html">Fractured Beauty </a></i>on the blog already. I also have posted my review of <i><a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2017/05/kitty-hawk-and-curse-of-yukon-gold-book.html">Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold. </a></i><br />
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So I read <i>First and First, Concourse </i>and <i>Interborough</i>, all by Santino Hassell and all part of the Five Boroughs series of his I have been reading. I absolutely adore the characters, and the stories. I was practically in happy tears while reading <i>Interborough </i>because some of that is simply too cute. <i>First and First </i>was a little too dirty for me >.> And made me a little uncomfortable if I am honest. But still. Best m/m new adult series out there.<br />
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I know I reread <i>Stygian </i>by Santino Hassell <a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2017/05/april-wrap-up-2017.html">last month, in April. </a>I reread it again. Do not judge me. I love the book too much!<br />
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<i>The Billionare Wins the Game </i>by Melody Ann was my attempt at enjoying m/f new adult, and it didn't quite work for me. It was alright, and I read it in the space of days. I just felt kinda meh about it. So I went on to read...<br />
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<i>For Real </i>by Alexis Hall. It's a BDSM m/m new adult romance and I don't know how I feel about having read it. It kinda makes me want to hide by the fact that I actually really loved reading this one.<br />
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<i>How to Bang a Billionaire </i>by Alexis Hall... I still can't believe I've read a book with that title. But, I needed more Alexis Hall. It was quite as good (not as great as <i>For Real</i>) and ended with such a cruel cliffhanger. I sort of want to cry about the fact that I have to wait a couple of months before the next book releases.<br />
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On a separate note, I also finished <i>Sense and Sensibility </i>by Jane Austen. I'm trying to read more classics and I LOVED IT. I loved the two sisters, the characters, the drama and the everything. One of the best Austen novels. It's really up there with my favourites.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a couple of ebooks I have to read for review, and I'm gonna try and get off my new adult kick and actually <i>read through my TBR! </i>It seems ambitious, but it is the summer holiday and I have started to read at least five of them. I'm about 100 pages into all five, so I just need to keep up the tempo :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Author: Jessica Ruddick <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Published Date: 20<sup>th</sup> March 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Ava Parks would have killed for an iPod for her sixteenth
birthday. Anything would have been better than coming into her birthright of
being a seeker for the Grim Reaper, an arrangement made by her fallen angel
ancestor in exchange for his re-admittance to heaven. And she isn’t just any
seeker—she finds souls that have the potential for becoming angels and
sentences them to death. A year and two souls into her role as a seeker with
her conscience overflowing with guilt, Ava comes up with a plan to thwart the
system. When it goes awry, she is forced to submit the name of a classmate,
Cole Fowler, an ornery, rough around the edges guy who always seems to come to
her rescue, whether she likes it or not. Her feelings for Cole prompt her to
intervene, and she saves him from death, upsetting the Grim Reaper’s agenda.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">While Ava schemes to find a way to save Cole, she learns he
has some secrets of his own. She lets him believe he is protecting her, and not
the other way around, until a final showdown with the Grim Reaper forces Ava to
make choices Cole may never forgive.</span></span></i></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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soon as I discovered that this novel had something to do with Grim Reapers, I
was hooked. I wanted to read <i>Birthright </i>because
something about death is kind of fascinating, especially the paranormal
perspective where there is someone who comes to take you somewhere when your
time is up. This novel is told from the perspective of someone who is that
person that determines it is your time to die, because they can see when your
aura is ready. Uh, does that sound amazing to anyone? It certainly did to me! I
wondered if the execution of the novel was going to be good enough to pull it
off, and Ruddick did not fail me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was thrown right into the story. The author wastes no
time with unnecessary backstory, and that worked just fine with me. Ruddick
gives you enough information to know what is happening, and gradually you paint
enough of a picture to understand all the paranormal elements as well. No info
dumps. No confusion. I really liked the beginning, and that is rare because the
opening of books usually just don’t do it for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I raced through the novel in a few days. The writing
style was so easy to sink into, making it the ideal young adult read. The style
fits the teenager kind of vibes perfectly, without sounding too juvenile. It
was like I was completely immersed in the protagonist’s mind, which is exactly
as it should be when reading a first person narrative where emotion matters as
much as it did in this novel. The pace of the novel made sure I was never
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And if I hadn’t appreciated it enough at the start of the
review, the world building in this one is brilliant. I love the world, and all
the roles it includes – from the grim reapers, to those who are higher up in
the chain of the entire practice, and Ava’s role as the selector for those who
need to pass on. Everything was so captivating and well explained. There are
some gaps in our knowledge, but those are gaps that Ava has as well, and is
pursuing in the novel. Nothing a reader can’t handle to add to the suspense. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plot was so good as well. It was what kept me turning
pages the most. I wondered how things were going to work out for them, because
Ava kind of put them in a situation which didn’t seem to have a resolution to
me. But there were lots of different twists and elements which all contributed
to the main plot line, making it more intense. Some things didn’t quite add up –
if she projects her aura while sleeping, why isn’t she nervous about sharing a
room with Cole? – and a few things like that. But aside from them, it was a very
enjoyable plot to follow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was a bit skeptical about the ending. It was kind of
bizarre, out of the pattern of the rest of the story. It also seemed to go a
bit too fast in comparison to the build of the story, and I wanted it to have
been explained a bit better. However, I do know there is a sequel and I am sure
that holds even more answers for me in the future. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My hoarding catastrophe is a monthly feature here on Olivia's Catastrophe which is my book haul. Today I'll be sharing with you all the books I got in May!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Physical Books: </b>I really don't have the word no in my vocabulary. Some Dutch booktubers were unhauling books which basically meant free books for me. Of course, I said yes. And when I went clothes shopping with my friend and found four Patrick Ness books selling so cheap that it was practically a crime, I had to snatch them up. I think it's time I expanded that two letter word to actually being part of my vocabulary when it comes to books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also loved <i><a href="http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2016/10/the-summer-that-melted-everything.html">The Summer That Melted Everything </a></i>so much when I read it, that I couldn't help buying a hardcover copy for my shelves. Other books I bought/got even though I've already read them are <i>The Kite Runner, Uglies </i>and <i>Pretties. </i>Don't ask >.></span><br />
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<i>The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - </i>Mackenzi Lee</div>
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<i>To Siri With Love - </i>Judith Newman</div>
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<i>Even the Darkest Stars - </i>Heather Mancett</div>
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<i>Calling My Name - </i>Laria Tamani </div>
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<i>The Afterlife of Holly Chase - </i>Cynthia Hand</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Authors: Adrienne Monson, Lehua Parker, Angela Corbett,
Angela Brimhall and Angela Hartley<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Publisher: Tork Media<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Published Date: 1<sup>st</sup> June 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rating: 3 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*Thanks to the authors for the review copy*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by the Fairy Tale Five you’ll meet five newly imagined Belles and the Beasts
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<span style="background: white;">Angela Brimhall’s beast is a terrifying sea monster cursed by
a scorned gypsy. He must risk all to save the strong-willed princess before
losing his last chance at love and redemption, becoming forever damned to the
briny deep.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Lehua Parker’s Nani is trapped by Indian and Hawaiian
traditions and a fiancé locked in stasis in a medi-mod. Cultures and
expectations collide in this sci-fi futuristic world where nano-bot tattoos and
dreams reveal the secret of Nani’s heart.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Angela Corbett’s Ledger is determined to find out more about
the mysterious woman who saved him from certain death and uncover the secrets
of Withering Woods, but some beasts are better left caged.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Adrienne Monson’s Arabella rushes to an enchanted castle to
pay her father’s debt, but is met with a burly beast with a mysterious past.
It’s a howling paranormal regency romp that will keep you turning pages well
past your bedtime.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Angela Hartley’s Porta Bella discovers there’s more to Oregon
life than taking care of her father when she finds herself rescued by Bigfoot.
It’s up to Porta Bella to unravel the faery’s curse and discover who’s the real
monster.</span></span></i></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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having read a novel by Adrienne Monson before, I was curious to try one of her
short stories. I was happy that another four short stories came along with it,
all of them being fairytale retellings. If you know how much I loved <i>The Lunar Chronicles </i>and also <i>The Wrath and the Dawn, </i>then you might
already have figured out how much I love any kind of retelling whatsoever.
Anyway, it made me really eager to read this short story collection. I’ll do
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quite to my taste. Although it wasn’t bad, I just have to say that it was too…
bizarre? The villain had a way of talking that represented where she came from,
so she never spoke in complete sentences. I don’t know why that always bothers
me, but it bothered me here too. I also felt like all the good characters didn’t
make it to the end, and all the bad ones – who had very few redeeming
qualities, did. It made me a little frustrated. So I’ll give this one 3 stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the author managed to create, and the world she managed to build, in so few
words. I would’ve wanted to explore it further (hence wanting more of the
story.) I liked the characters a lot. The ending was a bit… weird? But still
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to do with it needing to be a short story than anything else. Although I liked
the characters and the creepy setting, I wanted the world and the Screamers to
be a bit more developed. The plot was quite rushed as well, amounting to very
little. But there was such a good message brought across about love, and
beauty, which I had to appreciate and made up for the plot line quite a bit. I
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of the collection. It was perfect! I liked the adapted fairytale, and how it
made a lot more sense this way. Arabella’s character was realistic, and she was
the kind of person I’d love to have as a friend. There was a brilliant plot
twist – I didn’t even know short stories could do plot twists this well, and I
really liked the message the story brought across. The romance moved a bit too fast,
especially at the end. But I’m chalking it down to trying to bring a complete
story into a short amount of words. So I’m still giving it 5 stars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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such a shame to end the collection with this story. The world building was
okay, but a bit rushed because the story was so short. The main character
struck me as cruel – but she was supposed to be, so that was okay. But she was
far too judgmental, and she never respected other people’s lifestyles or opinions.
When she wanted something, she would do whatever she could to get it. If
someone’s morals and values were different from her own she couldn’t see it
from their perspective. Instead, she was overly cruel. It actually offended me
a bit, because of the rudeness with which she spoke of values others supported.
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reading the range of stories and seeing how the adapted them to fit their own
ideas. Some stories were better than others, but I have yet to come across a
collection where I enjoyed each and every story. So I understand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Title: Even this Page is White<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author: Vivek Shraya<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Published Date: 13<sup>th</sup> September 2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rating: 3 Stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Thanks to the publisher for the review copy*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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skin: its origins, functions, and limitations. Poems that range in style from
starkly concrete to limber break down the barriers that prevent understanding
of what it means to be racialized. Shraya paints the face of everyday racism
with words, rendering it visible, tangible, and undeniable.</i></span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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is White </i>by Vivek Shraya because I am someone who loves to read poetry, but
rarely reads any modern, newly published poetry that isn’t classical. This particular
collection caught my eye because it is about white privilege, and how to handle
the topic of racism when you do care about it but don’t know how to approach
it. In other words, it sounded like the perfect kind of poetry collection to
get me started on modern poetry. However, it didn’t quite work for me in the
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poems, or me having any difficulty understanding. Shraya does a wonderful job
of discussing white privilege and the way that it can truly make it difficult
to show empathy, and understanding. It’s hard to acknowledge that people have
suffered, and that you want to help them in a manner which doesn’t champion
their suffering and put you as the ‘leader’ again. It’s about give and take. In
all honesty, I hadn’t thought of the difficulties that someone could face when
handling the theme of racism from this perspective, as I am so used to seeing
it portrayed through the eyes of minority. It was very eye opening for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It reminded me that we truly need to take all
perspectives into account when it comes to handling a problem we all want to
overcome. Shraya also uses the different forms of poetry to give more
perspectives on the matter. One of the poems was in the form of an interview
with three people. It was different from anything I’d read before, but that way
we got to hear more voices. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, his writing style truly wasn’t one for me. It
wasn’t necessarily the lack of punctuation – there was some. I also didn’t mind
the lack of capital letters – that’s a technique I usually harbor myself quite
a bit when it comes to writing my own poetry. But his enjambment, and the way
he structures his lines of poetry and sentences is far too choppy for me. It
was sudden, and disjointed. Overall, I felt like I couldn’t get a grasp of
rhythm when reading his poems. They were broken too randomly, and too
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could see how this could be a representation of how we
are all broken and disjointed when it comes to this subject. That although we
all have the best intentions and we all feel that this matter is one which
needs to be conquered, there is still a failure of communication which is
leading to a lack of rhythm and connection to all our actions. Despite being
able to see this, it just didn’t work for me. Rhythm, I discovered, is one of the
main things I can appreciate in a poem. It makes it complete to me. So I couldn’t
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in your enjoyment of poetry, you’ll be able to enjoy this collection. It covers
and discusses such an important subject, and Shraya uses literary techniques
and his style to even portray another perspective on the matter. It’s
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Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold is the thrilling first installment in a
new series of adventure mystery stories that are one part travel, one part
history and five parts adventure. This first book of the Kitty Hawk Flying
Detective Agency Series introduces Kitty Hawk, an intrepid teenage pilot with
her own De Havilland Beaver seaplane and a nose for mystery and intrigue. A
cross between Amelia Earhart, Nancy Drew and Pippi Longstocking, Kitty is a
quirky young heroine with boundless curiosity and a knack for getting herself
into all kinds of precarious situations.<br />
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After leaving her home in the western Canadian fishing village of Tofino to
spend the summer in Alaska studying humpback whales Kitty finds herself caught
up in an unforgettable adventure involving stolen gold, devious criminals,
ghostly shipwrecks, and bone-chilling curses. Kitty's adventure begins with the
lingering mystery of a sunken ship called the Clara Nevada and as the plot
continues to unfold this spirited story will have armchair explorers and
amateur detectives alike anxiously following every twist and turn as they are
swept along through the history of the Klondike Gold Rush to a suspenseful
final climatic chase across the rugged terrain of Canada's Yukon, the harsh
land made famous in the stories and poems of such writers as Jack London,
Robert Service and Pierre Berton. It is a riveting tale that brings to glorious
life the landscape and history of Alaska's inside passage and Canada's Yukon,
as Kitty is caught up in an epic mystery set against the backdrop of the
scenery of the Klondike Gold Rush.<br />
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Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold is a perfect book to fire the
imagination of readers of all ages. Filled with fascinating and highly
Google-able locations and history this book will inspire anyone to learn and
experience more for themselves as Kitty prepares for her next adventure -
flying around the world!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the creativity behind that one. I have to say, this novel wasn’t quite as good
as this one, but it still an enjoyable read. You have to be appreciate Kitty
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of an adventure it truly was. There’s no doubt this one can be pegged under this
genre. But at the same time, there is also the quest element to it, and the
mystery element as well. As Kitty Hawk goes on her adventure, she also sees a
lot of the beautiful landscape of Alaska. It was so beautifully described that
it made me wish that I was there myself. Iain Reading knew how to find the
balance between giving us information about what we were seeing and
experiencing as well as describing it in such a way that you had to admire the
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this one was a young adult or middle grade book. It seemed to drift between the
two age categories, and that bothered me a little. Because while Kitty Hawk was
18 and fresh out of high school, she was also having some pretty juvenile
issues (such as the whole thing with Amanda) which seemed more fitting for a
middle grade novel. It would be hard for both age categories to read it for
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individuality of the characters. We get to know a little bit of detail on all
of them individually – especially the four main characters. Yet we also get to
see the four of them acting as one unit. We get to see their motivations and
more about their background that made me actually really care for them. I liked
how my own closeness to the characters seemed to steadily grow alongside Kitty’s
care for them. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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times she did seem a little too perfect, Reading resolved that by giving her a
bit of a flaw at the end. Mostly, I admired her morals and how she was not
afraid to stand up and hold fast to what she believed in. She had a very good
moral compass that made me wish I had as strong and sure of a hold as she did
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a bit too wordy, which made it slower. It could have been faster paced and used
fewer words, making the story more addicting. Toward the end of the novel I was
really immersed and flipping pages, but personally, I felt like it took a
little too long to get to that point. And the chapters were agonizingly short!
It’s a personal matter, but it made the story feel disjointed to me. There were
certainly new places where a new chapter did not need to be started. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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very important life lesson as a theme to the entirety of the novel. It told me
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a video down below on how to make this one, so you can make it for yourself and give it a go in the warm weather. I'm someone who doesn't really eat pears too often, so it was nice to try something more pear flavoured. Admittedly, my little sister was the biggest fan of this smoothie because she decided it tasted like pear crumble. She then proceeded to drink the majority of the jug I'd made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I like the most about this smoothie is that is has everything you need in it. Some sugar from the honey, some fruit (because pear, <i>duh</i>) and then also some protein and energy from the oats. I hope you enjoy!</span><br />
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