tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73764707445842751862024-03-14T10:32:23.690-04:00Lucid Conspiracydeltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-16151078502010845672020-07-02T21:14:00.002-04:002020-07-02T21:14:47.941-04:00Anomaly Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">Scarlett Lott is positive she didn't kill her corporate magnate uncle. The authorities, however, have irrefutable video evidence that she did. Unable to extract a confession and unimpressed with her denials, they ship her off to the Omniservatory, an asylum - sorry, <i>rehabilitation</i> facility - where "guests" are placed under constant surveillance and deviant behavior is corrected.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Locked up and off the grid, she has no way to verify if her uncle's even dead (he has faked his own death before), let alone try to clear her name. Luckily, Scarlett manages to snag a meeting with her best friend Rachel to enlist her help. Unfortunately, Rachel teams up with the guy who played a role in Scarlett's arrest. When the person she trusts most and the person she trusts least break her out of the Omniservatory, accidentally shooting a guard in the process, they all become fugitives.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Despite the temptation to just make a run for it, Scarlett feels obligated to stay for the people who are now part of her mess. Going through some of her uncle's hidden files, Scarlett discovers a birth certificate indicating that she isn't who she thinks she is. The only way to figure out her real identity is to break into his corporation's maximum security biotech lab. Scarlett has less than twenty-four hours to find out who wanted her uncle dead, why they would frame her for it, and who she really is, before the authorities catch her and erase any trace of her existence permanently.</span></div>
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deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-7217111163476724272017-04-02T16:13:00.002-04:002017-04-02T16:13:47.292-04:00Making Gnocchi From Scratch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ChristineLDesigns/" target="_blank">CL Designs</a> and I decided to make gnocchi from scratch this weekend!deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-59838867019397087302016-01-02T16:05:00.000-05:002016-01-02T16:05:16.620-05:00Game Boy Color & Legend of Zelda Unboxing<div style="text-align: center;">
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Found my old Nintendo Game Boy Color and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages the other day and thought I'd make a YouTube video unboxing them. What do you guys think?!</div>
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The cute blue packaging caught my eye at the store the other day so I went in for a closer look and then ended up picking one up. By the looks of it, <a href="http://www.anatomicals.net/" target="_blank">Anatomicals</a> is a skincare line with an edgy/slightly sardonic personality. (Their tagline is "we only want you for your body.")</div>
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This particular product is a hand cream, cheekily labeled "the cream of British society" with the subtitle "one's favourite hand cream" in a white tea scent. What's interesting is that this one appears to have been distributed by Australia (according to the back of the tube), was created in the UK, but made in the USA. Quite a globetrotter there! </div>
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The product description gave me a chuckle too: "the artistocracy aren't what they were. their fortunes have dwindled, and those who still have their stately piles (not as in the dreadful bottom condition caused by sitting on their thrones for too long) have had to resort to taking in paying guests - perish the thought. if there's one thing they've managed to hold onto, it's the fact that they can continue to afford this cream and don't have hands as dreadful as their former, now fired, servants." (Complete with lack of capitalization and all.)<br />
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The formula is paraben-free and the scent is fairly neutral, kind of like what you'd expect a hand cream to smell like. The lotion did feel a little like it was sitting on top of the skin rather than absorbing in, but it does make your hands feel soft and doesn't leave behind any stickiness or streaks on electronics' screens, so tally this one up in the 'win' column!deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-64858984488727048602014-06-26T22:01:00.002-04:002014-06-26T22:01:38.805-04:002013 Releases for the TBR List: Doubles/ParallelsWay belated post, but here's the fifth (and final planned) installment of the <i>2013 Releases for the TBR List</i> series. Previous lists: <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-contemporary.html" target="_blank">contemporary</a>, <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-space.html" target="_blank">space</a>, <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-sci-fi.html" target="_blank">sci-fi</a>, and <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2014/03/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-dystopia.html" target="_blank">dystopia</a>.<br />
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Looking through the 2013 YA releases, I noticed that there were quite a few titles that deal with doubles (either in the form of clones, lookalikes, etc.) or parallel (i.e. also doubled) timelines (such as alternate universes/realities).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">February 12th, 2013 | HarperTeen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">In one potential future, Addie is adjusting to life outside the Compound as the new girl in a Norm high school where she meets Trevor, a cute, sensitive artist who understands her. In the other path, Addie is being pursued by the hottest guy in school—but she never wanted to be a quarterback’s girlfriend. When Addie’s father is asked to consult on a murder in the Compound, she’s unwittingly drawn into a dangerous game that threatens everything she holds dear. With love and loss in both lives, it all comes down to which reality she’s willing to live through . . . and who she can’t live without.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather's stories of parallel worlds inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives. Sasha never believed such worlds were real--until now, when she finds herself thrust into one against her will.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">To prevent imminent war, Sasha must slip into the life of an alternate version of herself, a princess who has vanished on the eve of her arranged marriage. If Sasha succeeds in fooling everyone, she will be returned home; if she fails, she'll be trapped in another girl's life forever. As time runs out, Sasha finds herself torn between two worlds, two lives, and two young men vying for her love--one who knows her secret, and one who thinks she's someone she's not.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The first book in the Many-Worlds Trilogy, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Tandem</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> is a riveting saga of love and betrayal set in parallel universes in which nothing--and no one--is what it seems.</span><br />
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I really enjoyed Anna Jarzab's <i>All Unquiet Things</i> (<a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2010/02/all-unquiet-things-review.html">reviewed</a>); it even ranked on my Top 10 of 2010 <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2010/12/top-10-of-2010.html">post</a> way back when. Definitely interested in checking out her newer stuff. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Finally, she’s promised a cure: minor surgery to burn out the overactive area of her brain. But on the eve of the procedure, she discovers the shocking truth behind her hallucinations: she’s been seeing the world through another girl’s eyes. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Elissa follows her visions, and finds a battered, broken girl on the run. A girl—Lin—who looks exactly like Elissa, down to the matching bruises. The twin sister she never knew existed. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Now, Elissa and Lin are on the run from a government who will stop at nothing to reclaim Lin and protect the dangerous secrets she could expose—secrets that would shake the very foundation of their world. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Riveting, thought-provoking and utterly compelling, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Linked</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> will make you question what it really means to be human.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May 7th, 2013 | Little, Brown</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">17-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best grew up as identical triplets... until they discovered a shocking family secret. They're actually closer than sisters, they're clones. Hiding from a government agency that would expose them, the Best family appears to consist of a single mother with one daughter named Elizabeth. Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey take turns going to school, attending social engagements, and a group mindset has always been a de facto part of life...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">May 28th, 2013 | Razorbill</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Tessa hates everything about being an impostor—the stress, the danger, the deceit—but loves playing the role of a normal girl. As Madison, she finds friends, romance, and the kind of loving family she’d do anything to keep. Amid action, suspense, and a ticking clock, this super-human comes to a very human conclusion: even a girl who can look like anyone struggles the most with being herself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16065551-parallel">Parallel</a></i> - Lauren Miller</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">May 14th, 2013 | HarperTeen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Abby Barnes had a plan. The Plan. She'd go to Northwestern, major in journalism, and land a job at a national newspaper, all before she turned twenty-two. But one tiny choice—taking a drama class her senior year of high school—changed all that. Now, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Abby is stuck on a Hollywood movie set, miles from where she wants to be, wishing she could rewind her life. The next morning, she's in a dorm room at Yale, with no memory of how she got there. Overnight, it's as if her past has been rewritten.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">With the help of Caitlin, her science-savvy BFF, Abby discovers that this new reality is the result of a cosmic collision of parallel universes that has Abby living an alternate version of her life. And not only that: Abby's life changes every time her parallel self makes a new choice. Meanwhile, her parallel is living out Abby's senior year of high school and falling for someone Abby's never even met.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">As she struggles to navigate her ever-shifting existence, forced to live out the consequences of a path she didn't choose, Abby must let go of the Plan and learn to focus on the present, without losing sight of who she is, the boy who might just be her soul mate, and the destiny that's finally within reach.</span>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-68765496173632595742014-03-08T11:51:00.003-05:002014-03-08T11:51:38.707-05:002013 Releases for the TBR List: DystopiaFourth installment of the <i>2013 Releases for the TBR List </i>series. Seems fitting to follow up the post on <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-sci-fi.html" target="_blank">sci-fi</a> reads with one on dystopian reads. For more information, also check out parts <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-contemporary.html" target="_blank">one</a> (contemporary) and <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-space.html" target="_blank">two</a> (space).<br />
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This post has actually been saved as a draft for months now, but didn't get around to finishing and completing it until now. To recap quickly: links lead to Goodreads, where the synopsis descriptions are also pulled from. If you have any opinions on any of these books, or any other recommendations, do drop a note in the comments section below!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">May 7th, 2013 | HarperTeen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return. Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum.</span><br />
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This one has been receiving a <i>lot</i> of buzz recently, and I've had my eye on it for awhile, after spotting it at the local Indigo bookstore.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101128-the-5th-wave">The 5th Wave</a></i> - Rick Yancey</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">May 7th, 2013 | Putnam Juvenile</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.</span><br />
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Another one that's been the object of a lot of hype this year. Had the same release date as Amy Tintera's <i>Reboot</i>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">June 25th, 2013 | Harper Teen</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy’s house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy soon realizes that unless things change, she’ll lose Baby—and much more.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When Miki Jones is pulled from her life, pulled through time and space into some kind of game—her carefully controlled life spirals into chaos. In the game, she and a team of other teens are sent on missions to eliminate the Drau, terrifying and beautiful alien creatures. There are no practice runs, no training, and no way out. Miki has only the guidance of secretive but maddeningly attractive team leader Jackson Tate, who says the game isn’t really a game, that what Miki and her new teammates do now determines their survival, and the survival of every other person on this planet. She laughs. He doesn’t. And then the game takes a deadly and terrifying turn.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. They are both growing weaker. Depression is setting in. And The Program is coming for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">July 23rd, 2013 | Delacorte</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to both their worlds.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Isra wants to help the city’s Banished people, second-class citizens despised for possessing Monstrous traits. But after she enlists the aid of her prisoner, Gem, who has been captured while trying to steal Yuan’s enchanted roses, she begins to care for him, and to question everything she has been brought up to believe.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">As secrets are revealed and Isra’s sight, which vanished during her childhood, returned, Isra will have to choose between duty to her people and the beast she has come to love.</span>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-79328205653014993982013-12-29T16:55:00.002-05:002013-12-29T16:55:42.658-05:002013 Releases for the TBR List: Sci-FiThis is the third installment of the <i>2013 Releases for the TBR List</i> series. For more information, check out parts <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-contemporary.html">one</a> (contemporary) & <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-space.html">two</a> (space). Following a feature on YA novels that take place in space, it seems only <i>natural</i> (see below, first one on the list is titled <i>The Naturals</i>) to progress to science fiction.<br />
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Same as before, books showcased here are either standalones or the first in new series. Links direct to Goodreads, where the book descriptions are also pulled from. If you have any particular or additional recommendations, please do drop a note in the comments section!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13597723-the-naturals">The Naturals</a> - </i>Jennifer Lynn Barnes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">November 5th, 2013 | Disney-Hyperion</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Sarcastic, privileged Michael has a knack for reading emotions, which he uses to get inside Cassie’s head—and under her skin. Brooding Dean shares Cassie’s gift for profiling, but keeps her at arm’s length.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms closer than Cassie could ever have imagined. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present—imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Marina has loved her best friend James since the day he moved next door when they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America’s most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James’s life crumbles apart, and with it, Marina’s hopes for their future. Now someone is trying to kill him. Marina will protect James, no matter what. Even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it. At least not as the girl she once was. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">March 12, 2013 | Katherine Tegen Books</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">June 4th, 2013 | Houghton Mifflin</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation’s chosen few who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing—their one chance at a college education and a rewarding career. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Cia Vale is honored to be chosen as a Testing candidate; eager to prove her worthiness as a University student and future leader of the United Commonwealth. But on the eve of her departure, her father’s advice hints at a darker side to her upcoming studies--trust no one. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">But surely she can trust Tomas, her handsome childhood friend who offers an alliance? Tomas, who seems to care more about her with the passing of every grueling (and deadly) day of the Testing. To survive, Cia must choose: love without truth or life without trust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">March 5th, 2013 | Little, Brown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">December 26th, 2013 | Dial</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">A spiraling, intense, romantic story set in 2150—in a world of automatic cars, nightclubs with auditory ecstasy drugs, and guys with four arms—this is about the human genetic “mistakes” that society wants to forget, and the way that outcasts can turn out to be heroes.</span>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-60544660492355495552013-12-27T16:26:00.002-05:002013-12-27T16:26:07.313-05:002013 Releases for the TBR List: SpaceHere's a second installment of <i>2013 Releases for the TBR List. </i>The first part, featuring YA Contemporary novels, can be found <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2013/12/2013-releases-for-tbr-list-contemporary.html">here</a>. Some necessary caveats: books showcased in this series are either standalones or the first in new series. Links direct to Goodreads, where the book descriptions are also pulled from. If you have any particular or additional recommendations, drop a note in the comments section!<br />
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Science fiction/dystopian novels set in space have been getting big recently. K.A. Applegate's <i>Remnants</i> series and Beth Revis' (<a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2011/03/interview-beth-revis.html">interview</a>) <i>Across the Universe</i> (<a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2011/03/across-universe-review.html">review</a>) (<a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2011/12/top-11-of-2011.html">#2</a> on Top 10 of 2011 list) series quickly come to mind, obviously. But a number of others have also joined the fray in 2013:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">December 10th, 2013 | Disney-Hyperion</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">October 1st, 2013 | Simon & Schuster</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Even though Morgan's older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan vows never to end up like him. She tries her best not to mind that her life is orderly and boring, and if she ever wonders about the ground, and why it is forbidden, she takes solace in best friend Pen and her betrothed, Basil.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Then a murder, the first in a generation, rocks the city. With whispers swirling and fear on the wind, Morgan can no longer stop herself from investigating, especially when she meets Judas. He is the boy being blamed for the murder — betrothed to the victim — but Morgan is convinced of his innocence. Secrets lay at the heart of Internment, but nothing can prepare Morgan for what she will find — or who she will lose.</span><br />
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Absolutely adore Lauren DeStefano's writing. Really enjoyed <i>Wither</i> (<a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2011/05/wither-review.html">review</a>) (<i>The Chemical Garden </i>trilogy) - it was actually ranked as my favourite YA book of 2011 (<a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2011/12/top-11-of-2011.html">list</a>).</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">July 23rd, 2013 | Simon & Schuster</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">But when she inadvertently witnesses the captain's guard murdering an innocent man, Terra is suddenly thrust into the dark world beneath her ship's idyllic surface. As she's drawn into a secret rebellion determined to restore power to the people, Terra discovers that her choices may determine life or death for the people she cares most about. With mere months to go before landing on the long-promised planet, Terra has to make the decision of a lifetime--one that will determine the fate of her people.</span><br />
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Slightly funny side story: so I was going through old (like <i>really </i>old) messages on the Absolute Write forums the other day, and found some brief exchanges with Phoebe North from a few years ago, did a quick Google search, and realized that I'd actually seen her book, <i>Starglass</i>, at the grocery store over the summer, and remembered thinking that the synopsis sounded interesting. Small world, huh?</div>
deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-33797654653384408932013-12-26T00:01:00.000-05:002013-12-26T00:01:01.195-05:002013 Releases for the TBR List: ContemporaryI could probably count on one hand the number of YA novels I've read in 2013 (sad, right?). But by the looks of it, there have been some awesome releases in 2013, so over the next couple of days, I'm running a series of compilations of 2013 YA releases that look worthwhile to be added to the TBR list. Just a heads up, the books that'll be featured will either be standalones or the first in series. If you have any particular recommendations, drop a note in the comments section!<br />
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Without further ado, let's get started with Contemporary (in no particular order; links lead to Goodreads, where the descriptions are also pulled from):<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">September 10th, 2013 | St. Martin's Press</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . .</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?</span><br />
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This one's been getting a ton of hype recently, and I've been seeing it around despite being basically (metaphorically) under a rock (in regards to YA), so definitely curious to check it out. And <i>Eleanor & Park </i>was a NYT Bestseller, so.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">April 16th, 2013 | Atheneum Books for Young Readers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">K. C. is an American teenager from Richmond, Virginia, who hates reading and writing—or anything that smacks of school. But as Nawra pours grief and joy into her letters, she inspires K. C. to see beyond her own struggles. And as K. C. opens her heart in her responses to Nawra, she becomes both a dedicated friend and a passionate activist for Darfur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13648862-out-of-nowhere">Out of Nowhere</a></i> - Maria Padian</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">February 12th, 2013 | Knopf Books for Young Readers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">At Maquoit High School, Tom Bouchard has it made: captain and star of the soccer team, boyfriend to one of the prettiest, most popular girls, and third in his class, likely to have his pick of any college, if he ever bothers filling out his applications. But life in his idyllic small Maine town quickly gets turned upside down after the events of 9/11. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Enniston has become a “secondary migration” location for Somali refugees, who are seeking a better life after their country was destroyed by war—they can no longer go home. Tom hasn’t thought much about his Somali classmates until four of them join the soccer team, including Saeed. He comes out of nowhere on the field to make impossible shots, and suddenly the team is winning, dominating even; but when Saeed’s eligibility is questioned and Tom screws up in a big way, he’s left to grapple with a culture he doesn’t understand and take responsibility for his actions. Saeed and his family came out of nowhere and vanish just as quickly. And Tom may find himself going nowhere, too, if he doesn’t start trying to get somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">April 2nd, 2013 | Sourcebooks Fire</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Lucy just had the worst week ever. Seriously, mega bad. And suddenly, it's all too much—she wants out. Out of her house, out of her head, out of her life. She wants to be a whole new Lucy. So she does something the old Lucy would never dream of.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">And now her life will never be the same. Now, how will she be able to have a boyfriend? What will she tell her friends? How will she face her family?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Now her life is completely different...every moment is a gift. Because now she might not have many moments left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11088150-ketchup-clouds">Ketchup Clouds</a></i> - Annabel Pitcher</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">November 2012 | Orion</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Secrets, romance, murder and lies: Zoe shares a terrible secret in a letter to a stranger on death row in this second novel from the author of the bestselling debut, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Fifteen-year-old Zoe has a secret—a dark and terrible secret that she can't confess to anyone she knows. But then one day she hears of a criminal, Stuart Harris, locked up on death row in Texas. Like Zoe, Stuart is no stranger to secrets. Or lies. Or murder.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Full of heartache yet humour, Zoe tells her story in the only way she can—in letters to the man in prison in America. Armed with a pen, Zoe takes a deep breath, eats a jam sandwich, and begins her tale of love and betrayal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13326677-ocd-love-story">OCD Love Story</a></i> - Corey Ann Haydu</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">July 23rd, 2013 | Simon Pulse</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When Bea meets Beck, she knows instantly that he’s her kind of crazy. Sweet, strong, kinda-messed-up Beck understands her like no one else can. He makes her feel almost normal. He makes her feel like she could fall in love again.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">But despite her feelings for Beck, Bea can’t stop thinking about someone else: a guy who is gorgeous and magnetic... and has no idea Bea even exists. But Bea knows a lot about him. She spends a lot of time watching him. She has a journal full of notes. Some might even say she’s obsessed.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Bea tells herself she’s got it all under control. But this isn’t a choice, it’s a compulsion. The truth is, she’s breaking down...and she might end up breaking her own heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16068927-since-you-asked">Since You Asked</a></i> - Maurene Goo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">June 25th, 2013 | Scholastic</span></div>
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It's been a while since a lot of things. Since I've updated this blog (nearly a year!), since I've really had time to read consistently, since I've been as plugged in to the YA blogosphere.<br />
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Went for a walk with a friend one night last week, and we stumbled upon a secondhand bookstore. And then I found this gem for only $1! <i>Double Spell</i> by Janet Lunn, first published by Penguin back in 1968. I remembered reading this as a child (which would've been in the late '90s/early 2000s), so it was super exciting to find a copy still in really good condition and for so cheap.<br />
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So I think I'm going to try to get back into a pattern of reading frequently, one book at a time. And maybe this blog will see a bit of a revival in the coming days...<br />
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So what books from your childhood are you still nostalgic for?deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-56582573990241423382012-08-22T09:59:00.002-04:002012-08-22T09:59:02.502-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (42)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren’t they settling? Why isn’t one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn’t…</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For the past three years, Eva has clung to the remnants of her life. Only Addie knows she’s still there, trapped inside their body. Then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. The risks are unimaginable–hybrids are considered a threat to society, so if they are caught, Addie and Eva will be locked away with the others. And yet…for a chance to smile, to twirl, to speak, Eva will do anything.</span> </i></span></blockquote>
Doesn't this sound like an enticing read? There's something really striking about the cover image (really digging the double face effect as well), and the synopsis sounds fascinating! Definitely really interested to delve into this one.<br />
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What's your pick this Wednesday?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">*WoW is hosted by Jill over at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="color: #235fa3; text-decoration: none;">Breaking the Spine</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I was on Goodreads just now, when I spotted this photo of J.K. Rowling with the caption "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">J.K. Rowling at her laptop", holding what is clearly a white Sony VAIO (aka a PC). I mentioned this to a friend, and he immediately commented that "that is rare; nearly every writer uses a Mac these days."</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, I'm wondering how valid of a claim this is. So let's have a poll. Chime in, writers, aspiring writers, agents, publishers, bloggers - anyone in the book industry - what do you use, Mac or PC?</span>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-73833899692233678182012-08-15T09:30:00.000-04:002012-08-15T09:30:02.333-04:00Waiting on Wednesday (41)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i>Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><i>To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….</i></span></blockquote>
There's something very haunting about that cover, don't you think? The contrast between the dark grays and the light blues carries a certain air of allure. And the whole play-on with the title has me interested! Sounds like an interesting paranormal story.<br />
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Your turn now - what're you waiting on this Wednesday?<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">As Aura’s search uncovers new truths, she must decide whom to trust with her secrets…and her heart.</span></i></div>
<i>Shift</i> is a worthy follow-up to <i>Shade</i> (review <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2010/05/shade-review.html">here</a>). The sequel hits just the right tone of continuing the story without too much rehashing of events. A lot of the positive comments I made regarding <i>Shade</i> still apply here - the originality, the charisma, the likeable characters.<br />
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Smith-Ready's characters aren't always prim and proper - Aura, Zachary, Logan and the crew get mad. They show emotion. They say harsh things, lash out and act less than perfect at times. And that's what makes them so much more real.<br />
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The mystery surrounding the Shift is explored further in this installment, and explored well! <i>Shift</i> has great pacing, an intriguing plot, action, romance... Like <i>Shade</i>, it has a little bit of something for everyone. A great progression for a great YA trilogy.<br />
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A fan of dystopian fiction, that's already +1 right there. Also really like the name 'Quinn.' This one has certainly piqued my interest!</div>
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A little over two years ago, I<i> </i>first <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.ca/2010/05/vampire-diaries.html">blogged</a> about <i>The Vampire Diaries</i> shortly after the first season finale. (I totally called that Tyler/werewolf thing, by the way :P)Well, two seasons later, I'm still watching the show. (It's actually really good, okay?) </div>
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So anyway - the fourth season is set to premiere on Thursday, October 11th. A promo was recently released at Comic Con (see video above). By the looks of it, it's definitely going to be an action-packed season. Who else is excited for it?! Any predictions on what's going to happen?</div>
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This sounds like all sorts of eerie and awesome. Eerie because the whole thing about the game "knowing" her? That's pretty applicable to optimized search engines and social media and the whole internet shabang these days. Awesome because the premise sounds really cool - an anonymous game of dares? Suspense and thrills? Intrigued to check this one out!</div>
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There are a few books/authors whose work I tend to find myself drawn back to, time and again. Books that I'll re-read (although rarely from cover to cover again, mind you), flipping open to any page or to a particularly memorable scene. Sometimes just for fun, sometimes when I'm bored, sometimes when I need a bit of comfort. Does anyone else do that, re-read segments of books?</div>
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Off the top of my head, some that are among the more frequently revisited: the <i>Harry Potter</i> series, the <i>Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</i> series, <i>Crimson Hero</i>, <i>Little Women</i>, <i>The Hunger Games </i>series... </div>
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The photo above was taken earlier this summer at a hostel in London, England. There was a book exchange bookshelf in the lobby, and it was kind of cool to see all the well-traveled books there, left behind by unknown travelers. Browsed through <i>Catching Fire</i> as I charged my phone for a bit - it was a bit surreal, to be engrossed in a familiar book with a very different packaging. </div>
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A murder mystery! This seems like an enticing read because the synopsis sounds unique and different from a lot of the other current offerings in the YA genre. And it's slightly reminiscent of Agatha Christie. </div>
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Looking back at my <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.de/2011/12/top-11-of-2011.html">Top 10 of 2011</a> and <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.de/2010/12/top-10-of-2010.html">Top 10 of 2010</a> posts recently, I realized that, as sad as it sounds, as of right now I haven't read enough books for pleasure this year to do such a post. So - since I'm heading home for a bit of a break soon, I'm hoping to get in some quality reading time.<br />
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But looking at all the offerings available, I'm at a bit of a loss - where should I start? What books (recent or classics) should I devour this upcoming month? Which novels have been absolutely standout and really resonated with you? What stories have kept you up into the wee hours of night, unable to leave the fictional world the words created?<br />
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Cheers!deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-41526842070921928412012-02-05T00:23:00.001-05:002012-02-05T00:23:58.740-05:00In My Mailbox [54]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG541avjtDJk5iAR1hOGkm8_S8VxQlRNxh5JJoqz-bkRkxwlmDF2w2nFdMjFDZZk-F9ApOyNO01Cxk6Hhf01T0Y7nCoPlV1ObFN0bdIUzs-Ox9vkVKhL00KkABXEQPgNan2Zh7JXNT32bY/s1600/waywefalltemp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG541avjtDJk5iAR1hOGkm8_S8VxQlRNxh5JJoqz-bkRkxwlmDF2w2nFdMjFDZZk-F9ApOyNO01Cxk6Hhf01T0Y7nCoPlV1ObFN0bdIUzs-Ox9vkVKhL00KkABXEQPgNan2Zh7JXNT32bY/s400/waywefalltemp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705516032752315154" /></a>Wow, haven't done one of these posts in over half a year - crazy! So anyway - today was the launch party for <i>The Way We Fall</i>, <a href="http://www.megancrewe.com/">Megan Crewe</a>'s latest release. Unfortunately I was only able to drop by for a little bit, so I missed the reading/speech at the beginning. I did manage to pick up a copy of the book and get it signed though! Megan was very nice, and it was great to meet her in person. <div><br /></div><div>The book cover is very striking, and the texture of it is pretty cool. Megan also brought some really cool swag to the signing, like pens, hand sanitizer and magnets. </div><div><br /></div><div>A couple years ago, back in 2009 when Megan's debut <i>Give up the Ghost </i>was released, I posted a <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2009/09/give-up-ghost-review.html">review</a> & an <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2009/09/interview-megan-crewe.html">interview</a> here on <i>Lucid Conspiracy</i>, in case anyone wants to check those out. </div><div><br /></div><div>What was in your mailbox this week?</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">*</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; ">In My Mailbox</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> is a weekly meme hosted by </span><a href="http://thestorysiren.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(124, 128, 161); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; line-height: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-style: italic; ">The Story Siren</span></a> </div>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-53537325689778480592012-01-16T19:42:00.003-05:002012-01-16T19:45:20.876-05:00Giveaway: Cinder<div style="text-align: left;">Happy 2012! It's so hard to believe that we're already halfway through January. But what better way to kick off the new year than to celebrate it with a giveaway? Up for grabs is a copy of hot new release <i>Cinder</i> by Marissa Meyer.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRrsK1txdYZTE0xe_eJOSHo8YRgcKvYKq78cinJQvUxxugVEbs8" alt="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 276px; " border="0" /></div><div><i>Cinder</i> was just released on January 3rd. The striking trailer was shared on <i>Lucid Conspiracy</i> just <a href="http://lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com/2012/01/cinder-trailer.html">last week</a>. </div><span><i><span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span></i></span><blockquote><span><i><span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . </span> </i></span><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; "><i>Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.</i></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 19px; "><i></i></span> </div>Now, the contest:<div>- runs until January 26th, 2012, 11:59pm EST</div><div>- open to mailing addresses in the US & Canada</div><div>- enter <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHlGSXMyY2ZuQmZBVWJfRnE4WTBuOFE6MQ">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHlGSXMyY2ZuQmZBVWJfRnE4WTBuOFE6MQ"><span>ENTRY FORM</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Share your thoughts on the book, the trailer, the synopsis, etc. below! Good luck, and here's to 2012 being absolutely epic!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;">*Contest hosted in collaboration with Zeitghost Media & St. Martin's Press.</span></div>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-45285802036837627642012-01-16T19:10:00.001-05:002012-01-16T19:10:48.719-05:00Tempest Trailer<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; ">Another trailer to share! This one is for </span><i style="text-align: left; ">Tempest</i><span style="text-align: left; "> by Julie Cross, which will be released tomorrow (January 17th, 2012) by St. Martin's Press.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 183px; height: 275px;" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQuFBRnFuBfY_YpaUxj96aFr_VFI7DtCA_895vPsnLCVOqol43Z" border="0" alt="" /><div><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; " ><i></i></span></p><blockquote><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; " ><i>The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps– it’s just harmless fun.</i></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><span ><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; " ><i>That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future. Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.</i></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><span ><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; " ><i>But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler. Recruit… or kill him.</i></span></p></blockquote></div><div><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sidaeJl0qOE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div><div><i>Tempest </i>has already been pre-empted by Summit Entertainment (producers of Twilight), and is the first book in a series. Another time travel story, so it'll be cool to see how it plays out!</div><div><br /></div><div>What're your thoughts on the trailer?</div>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-8794564406279204502012-01-15T23:05:00.001-05:002012-01-15T23:05:00.551-05:00Harbinger TrailerAnother awesome book trailer to share! Tonight the selection is a live action trailer for Sara Wilson Etienne's <i>Harbinger</i>, which will be published by Penguin on February 2nd, 2012. <div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EPLHl1Urjnk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><i><span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">Set in a world in which a diminishing oil supply has lead to chaos and mass rioting, sixteen year old Faye is plagued by waking visions and nightmares. Her parents think the only solution is to send her to </span><u style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "></u><u style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "></u><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">Holbrook</span><u style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "></u><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "> </span><u style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "></u><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">Academy</span><u style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "></u><u style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "></u><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); ">, the creepy prison-like school for disturbed teenagers. When she and her friends wake up on the floor with their hands stained red, Faye has no idea what it means, but fears she may be the cause. But despite the strangeness of Holbrook and the island on which it sits, Faye feels oddly connected to the place. The handsome Kel tries to help her unravel the mystery, but Faye is certain he is trying to kill her –and the rest of the world too.</span></blockquote></span></i></div><div>The trailer is very well done, and definitely very intriguing! Sara has a <a href="http://www.sarawilsonetienne.com/the-making-of-the-harbinger-trailer.htm">blog entry</a> about the making of the trailer, which has some really interesting information and behind-the-scenes footage, so be sure to check that out.</div>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7376470744584275186.post-85024267443231781382012-01-05T20:35:00.002-05:002012-01-05T20:35:40.703-05:00Cinder Trailer<div>Today, I want to share the awesome book trailer for <i>Cinder</i> by Marissa Meyer, which was just released a few days ago on January 3rd by Feiwel & Friends.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pXrMAFGWyuE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; " >Cinder: Book One in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; " ><i>Even in the future, the story begins with Once Upon a Time…. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.</i></span></p></div><br />Doesn't the book description sound awesome?! Modified humans, fractured fairy tale, science fiction... sounds like great fun! <div><br /></div><div>The dates for Marissa Meyer's extensive author tour can be found on her <a href="http://marissameyer.livejournal.com/">blog</a> and if you're unable to attend, there will be an author event/party on <b>January 9</b>th on Facebook/Twitter at 7:00 EST.</div>deltayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419573977053468767noreply@blogger.com0