tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83155947483228153942024-03-18T17:14:05.668+08:00The Tales CompendiumA Young Adult Book Review BlogJess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.comBlogger408125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-71305912862378239672015-12-28T10:18:00.001+08:002015-12-28T10:19:15.429+08:00As 2015 Comes To An End...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well it's that time of the year again... December is coming to a close and I lament the fact I haven't read anywhere near as many books as I wanted to and that my To-Read pile has grown to dire heights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I read 21 books this year, some of which I never got to write reviews for including <i>Every Word</i>, the final in the Mycroft and Watts series by Ellie Marney which I adored; <i>Out of Control</i> by Sarah Alderson, which I scrambled for after loving Conspiracy Girl; <i>One True Thing</i> by Nicola Hayes as I tick off all the fab Aussie YA on offer; and <i>Storm</i> and <i>Spark</i> in Brigid Kemmerer's Elemental series, featuring the delicious Merrick brothers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So out of those 21, the question is, what did I love the most? Well I was able to narrow it down to three and funnily enough, one is OzYA, another is US, and the third is UK. These were amazing and I highly recommend you read them all. Click on the covers for the links to my reviews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was my 6th year of blogging and the only thing I love more than reading all the incredible YA lit that is produced, is being part of the amazing community. I've been rather absent this year, particularly in the last 6 months but I have been so proud of watching how everyone has come together in support of the LoveOzYA movement and those who continue to spread the OzYA love. It warms my heart every time I see a shout-out. Check out the hashtag #loveozya on all platforms!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also joined the bookstagraming crowd which has been super fun. I've included a sample video below with some of my pics. Come follow me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thetalescompendium/" target="_blank">@thetalescompendium</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were so many exciting books released this year and evidently, I didn't get to most of those on my TBR. But with this sadness comes the excitement that I always get through a rather large portion of my yearly tally in January. So with that in mind, I have set aside part of the pile to tackle throughout January. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd love to hear what your favourite reads of 2015 were and what you can't wait to tick off your TBR in 2016. Leave a comment below! No matter how large my pile is, I'm always looking for new stuff to add to it!</span></div>
Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-91593944359116706852015-11-11T15:41:00.000+08:002015-11-11T15:41:44.151+08:00I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText11847094572392633265" style="color: #181818;">Jude and her twin Noah were incredibly close - until a tragedy drove them apart, and now they are barely speaking. Then Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy as well as a captivating new mentor, both of whom may just need her as much as she needs them. What the twins don't realize is that each of them has only half the story and if they can just find their way back to one another, they have a chance to remake their world.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I absolutely adored <i>I'll Give You The Sun</i>! I just want to wrap my arms around it and curl up in a hammock by the beach and let Jude and Noah’s story swirl around my head while waves crash around me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh my gosh, this book! I just want to wrap my arms around it and
curl up in a hammock by the beach and let Jude and Noah’s story swirl around my
head while waves crash around me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I’ll Give You The Sun</i> is told from alternating perspectives – Noah,
aged thirteen, and Jude, his twin sister, when they are sixteen. Thirteen-year-old
Noah is quirky and artistic and lives in a world of his own. He doesn’t fit in
with the kids at school who are interested in surfing and girls and he is
constantly bullied. There is a ray of hope when Noah has the possibility of
joining a prestigious art school and a potential new friend arrives in town for
the summer who is just as ‘odd’ as Noah. At thirteen, Jude loves to surf and
take risks and has plenty of friends. She’s more interested in clothes and
makeup than trying out for the art school that she also has potential for and
is always arguing with their mother. Jude wonders why her twin can’t just be
‘normal’ yet they still share a special connection and are there for each
other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fast forward three years and the twins have essentially swapped personalities.
Noah has friends and likes to party and take risks. Jude is withdrawn, shuts everyone out and
spends most of her time speaking to the spirit of their dead grandmother. The once
unbreakable bond between the twins has fizzled and they rarely say more than
two words to each other. It is fascinating and heartbreaking at the same time,
to see how three years can change a person. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I often find novels that swap between different times to be a bit
confusing but I didn’t have that problem with <i>I’ll Give You The Sun</i>. As the
year and the perspective alternatives, Jude and Noah’s stories are revealed. We
see Noah’s side of the story from three years ago, and Jude’s in present day.
There are breadcrumbs throughout and vital information is shared which
correlates with what is revealed in the following chapter. This is done skilfully
so that by the end of the novel, we have a complete picture of what has
happened over the course of three years and why Jude and Noah have ended up as
virtual strangers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to be squashed. At sixteen, Jude starts to come out of her
self-imposed shell. What happened in between? <span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the three years, both deal with multiple
things that are hard enough to deal with one at a time, let alone all at once.
As a reader you just want them to get through their pain and come out the other
end, happy and reinvigorated with a passion for the things they love. <i>I’ll Give
You The Sun</i> </span>can be funny and uplifting, heartbreaking and
hopeful as Noah and Jude battle the pain, guilt and secrets that have plagued
them over the years and extinguished what once made them magical and unique in
their own ways. As you uncover their story, you will fall in love with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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adored <i>I’ll Give You The Sun</i>. Jandy Nelson is an auto-buy author for me and I
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Author:</span> Sarah Alderson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date:</span> 12th February 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Everybody knows about the Cooper Killings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There was only one survivor – sixteen year-old Nic Preston.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now eighteen, Nic is trying hard to rebuild her life. But then one night her high-security apartment is broken into. It seems the killers are back to finish the job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finn Carter – hacker, rule breaker, player – is the last person Nic ever wants to see again. He’s the reason her mother’s murderers walked free. But as the people hunting her close in, Nic has to accept that her best chance of staying alive is by staying close to Finn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And the closer they get to the truth, and to each other, the greater the danger becomes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Conspiracy Girl</i> is a thrilling mystery full of suspense that had me speed-reading from the first page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Conspiracy Girl</i> is a thrilling mystery full of suspense that had me speed-reading from the first page. Once again, I made the mistake of starting chapter one just before I went to bed and wasn’t able to put it down until I finished the whole book in the early hours of the following day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nic Preston is paranoid, but with good reason. After her mother and stepsister were murdered in a home invasion, the killers were never brought to justice. Nic has spent the last two years constantly looking over her shoulder, never feeling safe, even with the top security systems utilized and taking every precaution. She is strong and resilient but has built up a fortress around herself, not just literally but emotionally, to make sure she never feels powerless and vulnerable again. But when her security system is compromised and the FBI’s ability to protect her is questioned, it looks like the worst moment of Nic’s life is set to repeat itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Enter Finn, gorgeous computer hacker and seeker of justice who is asked to ‘babysit’ Nic while the FBI look for the mole in their organisation. Finn has an interesting catalogue of skills and also a tragic past of his own, one, much to Nic’s annoyance, which has also crossed paths with her own. Battling her constant fear and survivors guilt, Nic has to learn to trust again if she and Finn have any chance of escaping the people on their tail, who somehow keep managing to find them as they go on the run, dodging bullets across country while searching for answers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I can tell you now, if I had assassins after me, I’d want Finn by my side! Don’t get me wrong, Nic isn’t useless at protecting herself, she’s just in way over her head! Finn is super protective of Nic and willing to do anything to keep her safe, and the more that’s revealed about him, the more you fall in love with him. There’s also some killer sexual tension thrown in to heat things up and complicate the situation! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Conspiracy Girl</i> was a total page-turner and I can’t wait to get my hands on another Sarah Alderson book!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've read a few books recently but upon finishing them I've found that I haven't really known what to make of them or how to articulate my jumbled thoughts. It's not that I didn't like them (I read each in a single sitting), but I was left not really having any residual feelings that I could put into a full review. So instead, I've written up a few comments about each.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Release Date:</span> 6 January 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Blurb:</span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18460392-all-the-bright-places" target="_blank">Goodreads Link</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What can I say about Violet and Finch? Their
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I like that mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder,
is written with such honesty because I get so frustrated when mental illness is
not seen as legitimate – just because they doesn’t manifest physically does not
mean they are not real or any less deadly than those that you can see. But my
god, <i>All the Bright Places</i> reached into my chest, squeezed my heart and
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a cliché. His zest for life was so catchy and joyful but seriously
heartbreaking when you think of how low he must go to be the total opposite of
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dumplin' by Julie Murphy</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Release Date:</span> 16th September 2015</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Blurb:</span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18304322-dumplin" target="_blank">Goodreads Link</a></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don’t really know what to say about <i>Dumplin’</i>. Maybe it’s a little too
close for comfort with my own insecurities but really, for me, it just didn’t
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her outspoken rants and not caring what anyone else thinks, she herself isn’t
actually happy or comfortable in her own skin. So the way I viewed the
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Never Always Sometimes</i> was a light, fun read which I’m sure many people
will be able to relate to – I’m pretty sure everyone has fallen for a friend at
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are meant to be and others are not. There are different kinds of love in this
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crossed something off their list and seeing how they evolved as they stepped
outside their comfort zones. In particular I loved Julia’s erotic math’s poem
and the absolutely amazing tree house. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Release Date:</span> 26th May 2015</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">My Rating:</span> 4/5</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Blurb:</span> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23492282-nowhere-but-here" target="_blank">Goodreads Link</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Nowhere But Here</i> is a quick, easy read. It didn’t bowl
me over like <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2012/09/pushing-limits-by-katie-mcgarry.html" target="_blank"><i>Pushing the Limits</i></a> but I still really enjoyed it. It fulfilled all my guilty
pleasure expectations and there is nothing wrong with liking those!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was satisfied to know I was correct at guessing
the twist/secret quite early on and even though it wasn’t revealed until
the end, it didn’t ruin my reading experience as I was occupied with everything
else going on with Oz and Emily. I liked the importance placed on family and loyalty in all it’s forms, and that Emily learnt to understand what it meant to her extended family as she got to know them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loved the relationship between Oz and Emily. Both characters were on an even playing field, each bringing something different to the dynamic between
them. And they had some seriously steamy make-out scenes between them - Katie McGarry sure knows how to write those! Everyone loves a bad-boy with a motorbike, especially one
who recognises he’s fallen for a girl and proves that just because he looks
rough and dangerous, doesn’t mean that’s all there is to him.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-86155370967740968392015-09-20T15:03:00.001+08:002015-09-20T15:03:52.221+08:00Talk Under Water by Kathryn Lomer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Title:</span> Talk Under Water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Author:</span> Kathryn Lomer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date:</span> 29th July 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My Rating: </span>5/5</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Will and Summer meet online and strike up a friendship based on coincidence. Summer lives in Will's old hometown, Kettering, a small Tasmanian coastal community. Summer isn't telling the whole truth about herself, but figures it doesn't matter if they never see each other in person, right? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">When Will returns to Kettering, the two finally meet and Summer can no longer hide her secret – she is deaf. Can Summer and Will find a way to be friends in person even though they speak a completely different language?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a Nutshell:</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Talk Under
Water</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> has lovely, refreshing characters was an absolute joy to read, putting
a smile on my face and leaving me feeling content and hopeful for the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Review:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After striking
up a conversation via the Facebook fan page of teenage sailor Jessica Watson, Aussie
teenagers Will and Summer begin emailing back and forth. It so happens that
Summer lives in the small, coastal town of Kettering on the south-east of
Tasmania (yep, it’s real), the place Will used to live before his dad decided
they would sail up the Australian east-coast after his mum left them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a mutual
love of sailing, fishing, animals and the outdoors, Will and Summer hit it off,
exchanging photos and writing about their lives. At the same time, sick of
moving around and missing his old life back in Kettering, Will sets about
convincing his depressed dad that it’s time to go home. And then much to Summer’s
surprise, Will turns up on her doorstep, but it doesn’t quite go as Will had
envisioned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having
omitted the fact she is Deaf, and also sending a picture of her older sister,
Summer is mortified at actually meeting the boy she never expected to chat with
beyond email. As she tries to explain, sometimes it's just easier to be someone
else. However, Will is hurt by the deception and doesn’t understand how someone
he thought was his friend could lie about such a significant fact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The story is
told from alternating perspectives and is also littered with the emails through
which Summer and Will often communicate. Every now and then there is a mistake
in Summer’s writing, serving as a good reminder that English is actually a
second language for her, something I am embarrassed to say I never actually
considered before reading <i>Talk Under Water.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I adore the
characters of Will and Summer. Summer is this awesome girl who is always up for
giving something a go. Her dad died 8 years ago but she always holds on to the
valuable life lessons he taught her in the short time they had together. <span lang="EN-US">She doesn't
see her profound hearing loss as a disability, so why should anyone else? </span>I love Summer’s
excitement each time she accomplishes something new and things she thought she
might never have the opportunity to try. She doesn’t have any resentment at not
being able to hear and doesn’t see herself as disabled, yet she still sometimes
battles will how society perceives her as different to the hearing public. I
particularly love a scene when Summer is at a music concert and she’s enjoying
herself just as much, if not more, than every one else. Will’s description as
he watches her move and experience the musical vibrations is perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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down to earth and mature from the independence and responsibility he has gained
from sailing with his father. His initial reaction to Summer’s hearing loss is to
question how on earth they’ll communicate, but he soon realises that there is
no reason for it to be a barrier to their friendship. When many people,
especially teenage boys, would probably give up on a friendship because it’s
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is so
wonderful to have a teenage girl with a hearing loss as the main character. One
of my best friends grew up with a moderate hearing loss and when I told her
about this book, she said she wished there had been a book like it when she was
in her early teens. As someone who was always immersed in books, she remembers
her surprise and delight when she discovered Gavin, a Deaf character in John
Marsden’s <i>Tomorrow Series</i>. She had never found a hearing impaired character,
let alone a teenager, in any of her books, despite being widely read. Now an
audiologist, she’d appreciate any recommendations of other children’s and YA
books featuring a character with a hearing impairment that she can pass on to
her young clients. Leave a comment below if any come to mind (we’re already
aware of <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2012/06/wonder-by-rj-palacio.html" target="_blank"><i>Wonder</i></a> and <i><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2011/01/five-flavors-of-dumb-by-antony-john.html" target="_blank">Five Flavours of Dumb</a></i>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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To see a part of your life reflected in popular culture is one of the most
precious gifts we can give young people. Many people immerse themselves in
books when they feel alone and as a way of coping with the trials of
adolescents. We read so we are not alone and for a young adult to be constantly
reading stories where there is no hint of a reflection of themselves, it can
make growing up that much harder. This is why the <a href="http://weneeddiversebooks.org/" target="_blank">We Need Diverse Books campaign</a> is so incredible important, so that the many diverse lives that exist are
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really, really
enjoyed <i>Talk Under Water</i> and highly recommend it. I definitely think it should
be available in all schools and libraries as it is such an important story and
point of view to share considering 20 000 Aussie children and young adults are
estimated to have some form of a hearing impairment (<a href="http://hearforyou.com.au/statsandresearch/" target="_blank">Source</a>). I love that
Will helps Summer realise what she is capable of and that she can grab the
opportunities in the world with both hands. It has lovely, refreshing
characters and was an absolute joy to read, putting a smile on my face and
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Thank you to the University of Queensland Press for this review copy.</i></span>Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-40386541014636772812015-08-25T08:39:00.000+08:002015-08-25T08:39:51.233+08:00Cloudwish by Fiona Wood :: Blog Tour Review and Giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Title:</span> Cloudwish</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Author:</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Fiona Wood</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Companion Novels:</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: orange; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2010/10/six-impossible-things-by-fiona-wood.html" target="_blank">Six Impossible Things</a>, <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/06/wildlife-by-fiona-wood.html" target="_blank">Wildlife</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Release Date: </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1st September 2015</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Rating:</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> 4/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For Vân Uoc Phan, fantasies fall into two categories: nourishing, or pointless. Daydreaming about Billy Gardiner, for example? Pointless. It always left her feeling sick, as though she'd eaten too much sugar.</span></div>
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Vân Uoc doesn't believe in fairies, zombies, vampires, Father Christmas - or magic wishes. She believes in keeping a low profile: real life will start when school finishes. </div>
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But when she attracts the attention of Billy Gardiner, she finds herself in an unwelcome spotlight. </div>
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Not even Jane Eyre can help her now. </div>
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Wishes were not a thing.</div>
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They were not.</div>
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Correction.</div>
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Wishes were a thing.</div>
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Wishes that came true were sometimes a thing.</div>
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Wishes that came true because of magic were not a thing!</div>
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Were they?</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In A Nutshell: </span><br />
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<i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Yay, new Fiona Wood!"... *calm down, take a deep breath* ... "Omigod, new Fiona Wood!"... *a stampede occurs to secure a copy*</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Fiona Wood’s latest novel, </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Cloudwish</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">, picks up
where her second book concluded. Now in Year 11 at Crowthorne Grammar, our
favourite characters, Lou, Michael and Sibylla, take a step back and play supporting
roles to the main character, V</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">an</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> Uoc, who had a minor appearance in </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Wildlife</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Van Uoc’s story begins when she inadvertently
makes a wish when holding a glass vial marked ‘wish’, found in a visiting
author’s creative writing ‘inspiration box’. Somehow, the vial mysteriously
disappears and Van Uoc thinks nothing of it except for her distress that she
can’t return the item to the author.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When Billy Gardiner, the subject of her wish, starts
paying attention to her that very same day, Van Uoc initially thinks she is the
butt of his latest joke, until no joke is made. Billy is constantly popping up
and Van Uoc’s carefully strategized existence of staying under the high school
radar is suddenly null and void. Suddenly, people are staring at her and the rumour
mill lights up. Matters are only made worse when she incurs the wrath of
super-bitch Holly, who makes it her mission to tear Van Uoc down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Van Uoc is left wondering if her wish has
actually come true, and if it has, how can she reverse it? Because no one wants
to be with someone if the feelings aren’t real, do they?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Van Uoc’s parents sought asylum in Australia 30
years ago following the Vietnam War. This background provides a place for Wood
to highlight some of the shameful behaviours displayed in Australia toward
people seeking asylum, something that has been occurring for as long as I can
remember.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Van Uoc’s frustrations at the way current
asylum seekers are treated and viewed, as well as the first generation
Vietnamese-Australian kids, is prominent throughout the book. This is such an
important perspective to be shown, particularly given its constant debate in
Australian politics, and it highlights the misconceptions associated with
asylum seekers and refugees, and specifically how Van Uoc is perceived at
school. As Holly likes to remind her, Van Uoc is seen by some of the students
and their families as the ‘poor, Asian Scholarship Kid’. This class elitism and
snobbery frustrates Van Uoc who has worked so hard for everything and she can’t
understand why a person’s worth is decided by how much money they have.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is so important to see a diverse range of
characters in books, and in particular as the main character. This is not only
so readers understand that there are many different ways of life, but also so
that those who may not be part of the majority are able to see their life
represented, reflected and validated.</span></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cloudwish</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is the third companion novel in Fiona
Wood’s collection, following </span><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2010/10/six-impossible-things-by-fiona-wood.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><i>Six Impossible Things</i></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/06/wildlife-by-fiona-wood.html" target="_blank">Wildlife</a></i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Like the
others, </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cloudwish</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is filled with characters you (mostly) want to be friends
with and consists of a story about family, friendship, standing up for others
and believing in yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Title: </span>The Rest of Us Just Live Here</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date:</span> 27th August 2015</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My Rating:</span> 4/5</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Blurb:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Even if your best friend is worshiped by mountain lions.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Award-winning writer Patrick Ness’s bold and irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">In A Nutshell:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Rest of Us Just Live Here</i> is the story of the kids who aren’t the ones chosen to save the world whenever a supernatural phenomenon occurs. It’s the story of characters who show great loyalty and love towards their friends and demonstrate that there are many different definitions as to what makes someone a hero. You don’t have to be <i>everyone’s</i> ‘Chosen One’, but you can be someone’s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My Review:</span></span></div>
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In the interest of full disclosure, <i>The Rest of Us Just Live Here</i> is my first foray into the writing of Patrick Ness. I know, I’m a little behind the times and my friend has been trying to get me to read the Chaos Walking trilogy for the last 6 years. But that’s another story. My point is, I had high expectations because of how well regarded Ness is amongst bookish people, but I had no idea as to what style of writing I would encounter. And I was a little confused after reading the first chapter. But after finishing the second chapter, I realised what was going on, remembered what the book was about, and continued on to read the whole book in one sitting. Below is the letter I received with my ARC explaining why Ness wrote the story.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the beginning of
each chapter is a very brief summary of what is happening in the lives of ‘The
Chosen Ones’, which in this story, is highlighted as always being one of the ‘indie
kids’. The paragraph is summed up in a very tongue-in-cheek manner, which had
me asking what in the world was going on and thinking these characters were
just weird. However, the rest of the
chapter then gets into the real story, which is what is happening in the lives
of the rest of the kids in town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are the kids
who know something odd is going on in their small town but have their own
problems to deal with and all they really want to do is get through the rest of
the school year, graduate and get out of town. <i>The Rest of Us Just Live Here</i> is
the story of those kids, the ones who see the great big flashes of light or the
odd behaviour exhibited by the possessed. They remember the brief zombie
invasion a few years back and they recognise the world is just that bit weird,
even though most of the town just prefers to ignore what is going on around
them. It’s the untold story of what happens to everyone else while the world is
ending.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The book is based around Mikey, his sister Mel, and
friends Jared and Henna. Their story starts with them lying in the field behind
Mikey and Mel’s house, debating the validity of the way your stomach flip flops
when you see someone you like, and questioning what you feel and how you act on
those feelings. Essentially, discussing the way we make choices in life. It’s a
relatable situation experienced by everyone at some point in his or her life
and it is a good way to start off the story by showing that these are just your
average teenagers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a book for those who are sick of all the
‘Chosen One’ stories out there. Who want to read about the ‘normal’ kids who
just want to get through the year, having survived the soul-eating ghost
phenomenon the previous year. In this case, our characters have their own
troubles to deal with, problems that make life a struggle without some
supernatural entity trying to end the world. Mikey and Mel have a passive,
alcoholic father and a political, power-hungry mother. Mel is recovering from
an eating disorder that nearly killed her which was triggered by their mother
and the Press after a publicity photo-shoot. Mikey is trying to overcome his anxiety
and OCD, which is once again making an appearance since their mother’s latest
announcement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And as for their friends, Jared is trying navigate the
possibility of a male relationship in their small town as well as understand
what it means to be the God of mountain lions, the result of having a God for a
grandmother, just another side effect from the bizarre things that happen.
Meanwhile, Henna is trying to convince her missionary parents that running off
to a war zone is not the best idea for a family vacation before college. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is a big focus on loyalty and helping each other
through life because sometimes, friends are the only ones you can turn to/count
on. This focus also applies to the brother/sister relationship between Mikey and
Mel and how caring and encouraging they are of each other. They are one of my
favourite depictions of siblings found in a YA novel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Throughout their last
few weeks of high school, a few home truths are revealed about friendships,
relationships are salvaged, and lives are put in danger when the latest
supernatural phenomenon occurs. <i>The Rest of Us Just Live Here</i> is a page-turner
with characters you will love and just want to see succeed.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tim’s a young singer-songwriter with a guitar case full of songs and dreams of finding an audience to embrace his tunes. </span></div>
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When their eyes meet at a gig, sparks fly across a crowded room and hope burns in their hearts.</div>
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But in a city of millions and a scene overrun with wannabes, can they ever get it together? Will Mandy’s nerves doom their romance before it even starts? And where does the darkness in Tim's songs come from?</div>
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This is a story of Sydney's Inner West, of first love, crush bands and mix tapes; of the thrill of the night and what happens when the music stops.</div>
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Mandy and Tim are eighteen year olds from the inner western suburbs of Sydney who meet expectantly at a gig one night. Both are hooked instantly but neither does much about it and leave without swapping so much as a phone number. An electrifying night fizzles with that all too familiar feeling of, “Why on earth didn’t I do something?!”</div>
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<i>You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About</i> features two of my favourite things: Boys who play guitar and live music gigs. AND it’s Aussie YA. So it had three big ticks before I even opened the first page. Living up to my high expectations, <i>You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About</i> didn’t disappoint.</div>
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When she isn’t working at a sandwich bar, Mandy spends her days watching daytime TV, having deferred university with the plan to travel before picking a major. In the evenings, more often than not, she and her best friend Alice can be found at local pubs on the lookout for musicians who can invigorate their love of music.</div>
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<i>“Would it have made a difference? Or would I still be me, adrift in some other time, waiting for my life to begin, wondering when inspiration will strike?”</i></div>
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Tim is repeating year twelve and living with his uncle after events from the previous year contributed to his less than stellar results. The reader doesn’t know what happened (although there are very small hints throughout the book) until Tim reveals all to Mandy about 2/3 through. In his spare time, Tim writes and plays music, sometimes performing in competitions and solo shows in grungy pubs and bars, searching for the elusive crowd that actually cares about what he has to say within his music.</div>
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<i>“I guess it seems weird to write a song about someone I don’t know, but that’s kind of what songs are: they’re secrets made public” </i></div>
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Told in alternating chapters from Mandy and Tim’s perspectives, <i>You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About</i> is a story about having friends and people who support and believe in you even if they have no idea what they want to do either. Because life is a crazy mish-mash of thoughts, ideas and surprises and you never know what will happen next. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were so many sweet, tender and emotional moments mixed in with the confusion and frustrations of life and I certainly had my fair share of smiley, happy, reading moments. As much as I loved the characters of Mandy and Tim, I also really appreciated Alice, who comes as a “package deal” with Mandy, or as Tim describes her, “an added bonus”. On the outside Alice seems like she has it all together: at uni studying something she loves, working in a bookstore, attending gigs with her bestie, and rocking her own quirky style. But she too has things in her life to deal with and it made me so happy to see her light up during the absolutely adorableness of her interactions with Justin, a boy from uni (that is not to imply that all her problems magically disappear because of a boy – they are just really sweet moments and I like seeing her character smile).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you would expect, there are plenty of musical mentions throughout the book which no doubt are inspired by the author, Daniel Herborn’s, own love of music. I only knew of some of the artists/bands but it didn’t matter and it gave me a plethora of new music to investigate. </span></div>
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<i>You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About</i> has a distinctive Australian feel to it. It’s a feeling, I think, to do with the writing style but I’ve never been able to put my finger on or articulate it. It’s not the fact that it is set in Australia, although that does have something to do with it, but it’s something more, an ‘essence’ or something that resonates with me. Like I said, I’ve never been able to figure it out but I’ve had the same strong feeling while reading a few select Aussie YA books, including <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/03/guitar-highway-rose-by-brigid-lowry.html" target="_blank"><i>Guitar Highway Rose</i></a>, <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2010/02/swerve-by-phillip-gwynne.html" target="_blank"><i>Swerve</i></a>, <i><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/03/friday-brown-by-vikki-wakefield.html" target="_blank">Friday Brown</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2011/08/straight-line-to-my-heart-by-bill.html" target="_blank">A Straight Line to My Heart</a></i>. I love that <i>You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About</i> has joined this elusive, personal list.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Try if you liked:</span> <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25373.Nick_Norah_s_Infinite_Playlist" target="_blank">Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist</a>, <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2010/08/graffiti-moon-by-cath-crowley.html" target="_blank">Graffiti Moon</a></i></div>
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Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-41749387438389938422015-06-30T09:56:00.000+08:002015-06-30T09:56:34.539+08:00Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a Nutshell:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Tales Compendium</i> wishes to apologise for the excessive use of the words ‘awesome’ ‘adorable’ and ‘loved’ in this review.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Review:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Over the past few months I have seen countless people rave about how awesome
<i>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda</i> is. I’m so pleased to now be able to join in
on the love fest because <i>Simon</i> lived up to my highly set expectations and left
me in desperate need of more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My first thought upon finishing was, “Well that was freakin’ adorable!”. I
pretty much had a smile on my face the entire length of the novel. I love
Simon’s quirky but cool music taste, his absolute love of Harry Potter, and his
devotion to Oreos (they really should be in a food group all of their own!).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>“As a side note, don’t you think everyone should have to come out? Why
is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another,
and it should be this big awkward thing whether you’re straight, gay, bi, or
whatever. I’m just saying.”</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is such a wonderful cast of characters throughout the novel: Nick,
Leah and Abby, Simon’s family, the Theatre Club kids and Nick’s soccer mates.
Each character has something that draws you to them and I think there is
someone for everyone to identify with. Each character could potentially fit
into a high school cliché group/label yet they are all friends and I love that
each person is recognised for who they are rather than their perceived
differences. Or perhaps I’m reading too much into it. Either way, they are all
awesome :D Yay for supporting characters!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>“It’s Saturday, we’re in an empty, dark school, and we’re a bunch of
theatre kids wearing pyjamas and jacked up on donuts. We end up singing Disney
songs in the stairwell. Abby weirdly knows every word to every song in
</i>Pocahontas<i>, and everyone knows </i>The Lion King<i> and </i>Aladdin<i> and B</i>eauty and the
Beast<i>. Taylor can improvise harmonies, and I guess we’re all warmed up from
singing the </i>Oliver!<i> songs, because it just sounds really amazing. And the
acoustics in the stairwell are freaking awesome.”</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then of course there’s Blue, who I was so smitten with when his
identity was finally revealed. And I love that I didn’t pick who it was
beforehand but when we learn who he is, he’s just perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>“He talked about the ocean between people. And how the whole point of
everything is to find a shore worth swimming to. I mean, I just had to know
him.”</i></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While reading, two-thirds of which was on a flight to Melbourne, I
had to stop myself from laughing out loud and I was constantly putting the book
down to take note of quotes and scenes I loved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking of scenes, I loved when Simon’s family were all together, doing
their random family traditions like watching and commentating on <i>The Bachelorette</i> each
week, or playing Facebook Scavenger Hunt over Christmas break. It sounded
pretty fun actually, where someone picks a category, like a breakup, and then
each person logs onto their account and the first person to find someone on
their feed who has broken up, then gets to pick the next category.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The long running family joke that the three siblings are the chipmunks
since their parents named them Alice, Simon and Eleanor (for those of you too
young to know them, the cartoon chipmunks are Alvin, Simon and Theodore) was
pretty adorable too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>“It’s actually warm enough for hoodies and pyjama pants and leftover ice
cream cake and Scattergories.”</i></span> </div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">An evening in the Spier’s household sounds like a pretty perfect evening I
think!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I said before, I
didn’t want <i>Simon</i> to end, I was just so happy being in Simon’s world. What
would make me really happy though is a companion novel featuring either Alice
or Nora, Simon’s sisters. They both appear to have interesting stories to tell
and I really wanted to spend more time with them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, go read this
book if you haven’t already because if you haven’t figured it out yet, here’s a
hint: It’s awesome. Becky Albertalli, I’ll read anything you write.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-34703347924932264722015-05-27T15:47:00.002+08:002015-05-28T09:16:45.398+08:00Happy Days<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Firstly, I've just submitted my final assignment, signalling the end of my degree!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been 3.5 years and I am so glad it's finally over. Not only do I get to walk away with major in Professional Writing and Publishing, I can now devote my free time to catching up on all the amazing books I have missed. And I have missed a lot. Can you believe I've only done one post in 3 months?! Oh the horror! But I am dedicated to getting my little corner of the web back to normal which brings me to my second piece of exciting news...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am currently at the airport about to fly to Melbourne for the biennial Reading Matters Conference hosted by the Centre for Youth Literature. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For those of you who have been with me and the blog for a while, you may remember I attended 2 years ago and had an absolute blast! Here's <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/12/reading-matters-2013-recap.html" target="_blank">the link</a> if you want to remind yourself of all the awesome...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm going to *try* and keep you updated via <a href="https://twitter.com/TalesCompendium" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tales-Compendium/189749114393090" target="_blank">Facebook</a> but I wasn't very good at it last time. So if I fail, or even just to get extra massive doses of awesome, follow along with the hashtag #YAMatters because lots of wonderful people will be contributing.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2014/01/the-impossible-knife-of-memory-by.html" target="_blank">Laurie Halse Anderson</a></span></div>
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Sara Farizan</div>
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Sally Gardner</div>
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<a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2015/02/the-flywheel-by-erin-gough.html" target="_blank">Erin Gough</a></div>
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Kyle Hughes-Odgers</div>
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Amie Kaufman</div>
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<a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2014/02/the-first-third-by-will-kostakis.html" target="_blank">Will Kostakis</a></div>
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Priya Kuriyan</div>
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Jaclyn Moriarty</div>
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Abe Nouk</div>
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Tom Taylor</div>
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Sean Williams</div>
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Clare Wright</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's good to be back, guys.</span></div>
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Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-22450104198337449622015-05-27T15:31:00.001+08:002015-05-27T15:36:45.777+08:00Nona and Me by Clare Atkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Title: </span>Nona and Me<br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Author:</span> Clare Atkins<br /><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date: </span>24th September 2014<br /><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My Rating:</span> 5/5<br /></span><br />
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Rosie and Nona are sisters. <i>Yapas</i>.</div>
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They are also best friends. It doesn’t matter that Rosie is white and Nona is Aboriginal: their family connections tie them together for life.</div>
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Born just five days apart in a remote corner of the Northern Territory, the girls are inseperable, until Nona moves away at the age of nine. By the time she returns, they’re in Year 10 and things have changed. Rosie has lost interest in the community, preferring to hang out in the nearby mining town, where she goes to school with the glamorous Selena, and Selena’s gorgeous older brother Nick.</div>
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When a political announcement highlights divisions between the Aboriginal community and the mining town, Rosie is put in a difficult position: will she be forced to choose between her first love and her oldest friend?</div>
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A story about family in all its forms, friendship, growing up and finding yourself.</div>
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Set in the Northern Territory of Australia during the 2007 Intervention by the Howard Government, through to the election of Kevin Rudd and his ‘Sorry’ speech, <i>Nona and Me</i> is an incredibly important and special book.</div>
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The story follows Rosie who, for the most part, has distanced herself from her Indigenous family after her ‘sister’ Nona, left the community six years earlier. Trying to fit in with Selena and her older brother Nick, who have moved to town from Sydney, has led Rosie to ignore her upbringing. When Nona re-emerges in the middle of year 10, Rosie is forced to re-examine what exactly the word ‘family’ means to her and what she is prepared to risk losing for the cost of ‘fitting in’.</div>
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With tensions building in the community due to a government intervention, the death of someone in her adoptive family causes Rosie to reintegrate herself and partake in traditional ceremonies. In the process, she re-evaluates what, and who, is important to her.</div>
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<i>Nona and Me</i> is a positive book that helps to combat the generally bad press that is showered over the Indigenous communities in Australia. While our protagonist, Rosie, is not of Aboriginal descent, she has grown up living in an Indigenous community in which she and her parents have been ‘adopted’ by one of the families. The novel shows Rosie’s perspective from being both inside and outside the community as she’s torn between two worlds, trying to figure out where she belongs. Included throughout the text are flashbacks of Rosie and Nona’s childhood, which helps provide a backstory, as well as contrast, to the novel’s present-day events. </div>
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<i>Nona and Me</i> helps dispel stereotypes and emphasizes the importance of family and community. Just because a way of life might be different from the one you lead, doesn’t make it wrong. We are a world of many cultures and each individual is influenced by their surroundings. It is our differences that make us unique, and also bring us together. </div>
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I was caught ‘off guard’ as to how much of a page-turner <i>Nona and Me</i> would be. In the blink of an eye, I was almost finished. It was surprisingly captivating and I'd love to see this become required reading or go on a recommended reading list in all high schools.</div>
<br /><i>Thank you to Black Inc. for providing this review copy.</i></span>Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-30850415492714186672015-04-07T21:35:00.001+08:002015-04-07T21:35:31.586+08:00Mycroft, the Merrick Brothers, Nona and Me<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I started writing this as a status update over on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tales-Compendium/189749114393090" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> but it got a bit too long so now it becomes a blog post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry I've been a bit absent the last couple of weeks. What have I been up to? I'm not really sure. I have no idea where the days have gone. I'm back at uni part-time for my final semester and I'm also doing some freelance website design work on top of my part-time job. But none of that usually keeps me this quiet on the reading/blogging front. Other than that stuff, time has just disappeared :/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maybe it's just that I haven't really felt like writing reviews. Sometimes I just have to be in the right head space. You know? But I have read a few things...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I read Ellie Marney's final book in her 'Every' series, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18516682-every-move?ac=1" target="_blank"><i>Every Move</i></a>, which of course I loved. It was bittersweet really, getting to the final book but also the sadness that I won't get any more Rachel and Mycroft. Gosh I love them. Thanks Ellie! I do have things I want to say so I'll try write a review soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night I started reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22454873-nona-and-me?ac=1" target="_blank"><i>Nona & Me</i> by Clare Atkins</a>. I went to bed with only 20 pages until the end. I got the book a few months ago but then just wasn't in the reading mood to pick it up. I've been feeling guilty but I knew that if I tried and wasn't in the mood, then it would end up back on the shelf, forgotten. Does this happen to anyone else? Anyway, last night it just jumped off my shelf and screamed "READ ME!". I couldn't put it down. It's a captivating and important story and I hope I can find the right words when it comes to reviewing it. I'm saving the last 20 pages as a reward for when I finish my assignment (hopefully tomorrow night!). It's a good motivator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you've read Dianne's debut, <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/03/creepy-and-maud-by-dianne-touchell.html" target="_blank"><i>Creepy and Maud</i></a>, you'll know that <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23156588-a-small-madness" target="_blank">A Small Madness</a></i> is bound to be an incredible read. I'm looking forward to cracking open the spine of my newly signed copy and if the blurb hasn't intrigued you then I suggest you check out the wonderful review by <a href="http://alphareader.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/a-small-madness-by-dianne-touchell.html" target="_blank">Danielle over at Alpha Reader</a>.</span></div>
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Only her best friend Charlie knows how she feels about Rosa, but he has romantic problems of his own. When his plan to win an older woman's heart goes horribly wrong, Del is the only one who can help Charlie stay out of jail. </div>
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All this leaves Del grappling with some seriously curly questions. Is it okay to break the law to help a friend? How can a girl tell another girl she likes her without it ending in humiliation and heartbreak? And – the big one – is it ever truly possible to dance in public without falling over?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every now and then a book comes along and
leaves you with an indescribable bubble of excitement that you don’t know how
to express but you just want everyone else to experience. <i>The Flywheel</i> was one
of these books for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Delilah has ended up running her father’s café, The Flywheel, after their
manager is deported. Not wanting to spoil her father’s much-needed holiday, Del
believes she can fix the problem without needing to inform him. But what
started with Del taking a day off school to interview a new manager, turns into
a week and then a month and so forth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, that’s not all Del has to deal
with as the problems in her life begin to pile up. From the beginning, Del is
the subject of ongoing anti-gay harassment at school. Her love-sick best friend
Charlie drags her along on a crazy plan that almost sees him thrown in jail. She
catches an employee stealing from the café, and she’s arguing with her other
bestie, Lauren. But it doesn’t stop there. Del’s screwed up things with the flamenco-dancing,
grass-roots campaigner Rosa from across the street who she has had a crush on
for ages, and a corporate franchise threatens to close The Flywheel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Flywheel</i> is the kind of book that emphasis
the reason YA lit is so important; it speaks to readers assuring them they are
not alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Del and the people in her life are realistic characters,
each with their own flaws and virtues. Their paths are all going in different
directions, some expected and some not but they learn its ok to not know who they
are and what they want right this minute. There is no ‘right’ way in life as to
how to handle the ups and downs that are thrown at you. Everyone handles
themselves differently, and Gough’s characters, particularly in the form of
Del, Charlie, Rosa and Lauren emphasis this. They also learn that you can’t
just force people to do things; they have to come upon the realisation
themselves. Del in particular has to learn that just because she is confidant
with who she is and has accepting friends and family, that doesn’t mean others
are quite at the same stage as her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Flywheel</i> was the 2013 winner of Hardie
Grant Egmont’s Ampersand Project. Following in the footsteps of the 2012
winner, <i><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/07/life-in-outer-space-by-melissa-keil.html" target="_blank">Life in Outer Space</a></i> by Melissa Keil, <i>The Flywheel</i> has snuck in and
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read the first chapter before bed and the next minute discovering it was 1:30am
and the book was finished. There was nothing I didn’t like about Erin Gough’s
debut and I look forward to her future additions to the Aussie YA scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Thank you to Hardie Grant Egmont for this
review copy.</i></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-22127567869901439822015-01-31T11:29:00.000+08:002015-01-31T11:29:00.848+08:00Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Title:</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Amy and Roger's Epic Detour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Author:</span> Morgan Matson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date: </span>4th May 2010</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My Rating:</span> 5/5</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Blurb:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Amy Curry is not looking forward to her summer. Her mother decided to move across the country and now it's Amy's responsibility to get their car from California to Connecticut. The only problem is, since her father died in a car accident, she isn't ready to get behind the wheel. Enter Roger. An old family friend, he also has to make the cross-country trip - and has plenty of baggage of his own. The road home may be unfamiliar - especially with their friendship venturing into uncharted territory - but together, Amy and Roger will figure out how to map their way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In A Nutshell:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Who doesn't love road trips?! I read the whole thing with a smile on my face and now it has joined my list of 'favourites'. Read this. Now.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I absolutely adored Amy and Roger’s Epic
Detour. I bought it four years ago when I was in the US and since then have
been too scared to read it, fearing it wouldn’t live up to my extremely high
expectations (road trip stories are my favourite kind). But right from the
first page, I loved it and I’ve always wanted to do a proper US road trip so it
all just added to the excitement for me. I read the whole thing with a smile on
my face, completely absorbed as Amy and Roger began the pre-planned trip across
North America that Amy’s mother had mapped out for them. But before you know
it, the virtual strangers throw caution to the wind and choose their own path
in an attempt to find their way in life and on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every road trip needs music so song lyrics
and music pop up throughout the book, whether it be singing along to a song,
quoting a musician or used as an opening to each chapter. Roger’s playlists are
a fixture with him creating a different one for each new detour, and these are
shared with us in Amy’s scrapbook (which we get to look at) as she makes notes
about the random happenings and useless information she discovers along the
way. Eventually, after much begging from Roger, Amy agrees to let him listen to
her playlists, which turn out to be filled with songs from various musicals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour is a story full
of all the fun stuff in life: spontaneous adventures, mini-marts, deserted
roads, root beer and cream soda, skittles and peanut butter cups, new friends,
old friends, Twenty Questions, topiary sculptures, southern hospitality, famous
explorers, flirty boys, blushing girls, aliases, local cuisine, free clothes, roadside
diners, Elvis, hungry bears, ride-on lawn mowers, blossoming friendships, sneaking
out and breaking in… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All this awesome, crazy, random stuff helps
coax Amy out of her devastated shell and wake Roger up from his heartbroken
state as they realize there is so much in life to be excited about and that it
doesn’t hurt to let people in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For those of you who have been following updates over the past week, The Tales Compendium has just celebrated its 5th birthday! Pretty cool, huh!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As mentioned in the <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2015/01/getting-to-know-jess-from-tales.html" target="_blank">Getting To Know posts</a> throughout the week, in which I interviewed the Aussie bloggers behind Reading Wishes, YA Madness, Inkcrush and Alpha Reader, I'm now holding a give-away to celebrate my 5th blogoversary. But because the week was also about celebrating Aussie YA bloggers, I thought why not wait until Australia Day (today!) and do a double giveaway of signed books by Aussie YA authors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So yes, this is happening! Signed copies of <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/03/friday-brown-by-vikki-wakefield.html" target="_blank">Friday Brown</a> by Vikki Wakefield, <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/07/zac-mia-by-aj-betts-blog-tour-review.html" target="_blank">Zac & Mia</a> by AJ Betts, <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2010/03/pipers-son-by-melina-marchetta.html" target="_blank">The Piper's Son</a> by Melina Marchetta, <span style="color: #38761d;">Vulture's Gate</span> by Kirsty Murray and <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/03/guitar-highway-rose-by-brigid-lowry.html" target="_blank">Guitar Highway Rose</a> by Brigid Lowry are up for grabs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please fill out the form below for your chance to win! <b>Entries close 26th February 2015 and you must be a follower to enter</b>. Extra entries for those who share the giveaway on their blogs or social media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This month marks my five-year blogoversary and there are a number of Aussie bloggers who have been with me from the beginning and others who I have met along the way. While many are no longer blogging, there are still some who are and who continue to keep me enthusiastic about what we do and why we do it. To celebrate five years in the YA blogging community, I thought I would do some little get-to-know-us posts in the lead up to my blog birthday which is today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2015/01/getting-to-know-rebecca-from-reading.html" target="_blank">Rebecca from Reading Wishes</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2015/01/getting-to-know-nomes-from-inkcrush_21.html" target="_blank">Nomes from Inkcrush</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2015/01/getting-to-know-danielle-from-alpha.html" target="_blank">Danielle from Alpha Reader</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5 years today! How time flies when you are having fun. It has been amazing and I'd just like to shout out to all my online book-loving friends, and the authors who chat with us and don't get freaked out by our </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">fan-girling/stalking. And to the publishers who are enthusiastic and open to including book bloggers and recognising the value in what we do. Especially Penguin Teen Australia who have been with me from the very beginning :)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All the wonderful people I have met over the years. It's so nice to belong to a community that shares my enthusiasm and that is always there to welcome you back if you take a little break. No one understands my YA love like my fellow bloggers :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a '<a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/p/all-time-favourites.html" target="_blank">favourites</a>' page here on the blog and the books in my banner are all favourites. But for a quick answer, Where She Went by Gayle Forman, Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen and Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">This is really hard because I have been to a lot of book events and met a lot of my favourite authors but the <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2013/12/reading-matters-2013-recap.html" target="_blank">Reading Matters Conference</a> held by the Centre for Youth Literature in Melbourne was amazing. I'll be attending again this year and can't w</span>ait!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm always scared the books will get ruined by turning them into films (just look at what they did to Vampire Academy, City of Bones, Beautiful Creatures! Oh the horror!) but I am looking forward to Melina Marchetta's screenplay of On The Jellicoe Road. I have complete trust that it will be amazing. It would also be nice if they could do the rest of the Tomorrow series. There was a rumour it could become a TV show but that seems to have fizzled out :(</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm sorry to say I haven't really discovered anyone new. I haven't had much time to browse blogs over the last couple of years so have just been sticking with those I know. I would love to hear about the new wave of Aussie YA bloggers so shout out to me in the comments!</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am obsessed with travelling and have done quite a lot of it. My favourite place to visit is Paris and I flirt with the idea of moving there almost every day. If I can stop myself from going back to Paris again then I would love to go to Canada and see the Northern Lights.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blog: <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/" target="_blank">The Tales Compendium</a> (You are here now!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5314644-jess---the-tales-compendium" target="_blank">Jess - The Tales Compendium</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who has commented, shared, entered giveaways and fan-girled with me over the last five years. You guys rock. Check back on Monday the 26th Jan for a special Blogoversary/Australia Day Giveaway :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This month marks my f</span>ive-year blogoversary and there are a number of Aussie bloggers who have been with me from the beginning and others who I have met along the way. While many are no longer blogging, there are still some who are and who continue to keep me enthusiastic about what we do and why we do it. To celebrate five years in the YA blogging community, I thought I would do some little get-to-know-us posts in the lead up to my blog birthday on 23rd January 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Since August 2009 … oh my gosh, I am so
old! I think ‘6’ in blogging years is more like 36. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;">What is your favourite thing about having a book blog?</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">I call my blog my “solo book club” and
that’s what I love about it – that I have a little corner of the internet where
I get to declare something awesome and basically jump up and down and saying
“thissssss!” Also, I’d be lying if I didn’t say receiving advance copies of
books ...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Oh, gosh – for a full list I have a ‘</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://alphareader.blogspot.com.au/p/favourite-books-reading-recommendations.html"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">favourites</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;">’ page but I’ll be good and say; 'The
Piper's Son' by Melina Marchetta, 'Graffiti Moon' by Cath Crowley, 'Playing
Beatie Bow' by Ruth Park, 'Please Ignore Vera Dietz' by A.S. King, 'The First
Part Last' by Angela Johnson, 'Walk Two Moons' by Sharon Creech, and ‘To Kill a
Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Melina Marchetta, A.S. King, Fiona Wood,
Sharon Creech, Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell, Stephanie Perkins, Gabrielle
Williams, Kirsty Eagar, Laura Buzo, Ellie Marney, Vikki Wakefield, Morris
Gleitzman, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, Trish Doller, Courtney
Summers, E. Lockhart, Marcus Sedgwick … and those are just the YA authors ;) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;">What is your favourite book to re-read?</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Re-reading is like going home to me, so
it’s a toss-up between ‘The Piper’s Son’ by Melina Marchetta and ‘To Kill a
Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee. I recently fell in love with ‘The Piper’s Son’
audiobook (read by Michael Finney – who I imagine is a dreamboat and I want to
marry him) and that opened up a whole new re-read for me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Where is your favourite place to read?</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">On the train – I get a lot of reading
done on the morning and evening commutes, and most of the time I don’t even
care that it involves me crying/laughing/muttering-to-characters-on-the-page in
public. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Which book do you swear you will finally read in 2015? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">‘The
Raven Cycle’ series by Maggie Stiefvater. I know I’ll love it, and I’m
convinced I haven’t yet because I was attempting to read ‘The Raven Boys’ as an
ebook – I have this theory that some stories just need to be read via the
gravitas of flesh-and-bones books, so I’ve bought ‘The Raven Boys’, ‘The Dream
Thieves’ and ‘Blue Lily, Lily Blue’ in paperback/hardback and I want to read
them one right after the other. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Contemporary. It’s my lodestone. And if
it’s contemporary-with-a-touch-of-surrealism (à la: A.S. King, Andrew Smith or
Marchetta’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On The Jellicoe Road</i>)
then I’m totally there. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;">What has been your favourite blogging or book event/experience?</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Oh,
Reading Matters 2013 for sure! It’s a biannual conference hosted by the Centre
for Youth Literature: a “leading youth literature conference for professionals
and youth literature enthusiasts. Gather to discuss big issues, explore YA trends
and celebrate new and established young adult writers.” But basically it’s just
putting a whole lot of people who love YA in a room with some amazing authors
talking about YA and BOOM! – magic. Meeting Libba Bray and getting to hear her
speak was a (hilarious) highlight. Consequently Reading Matters 2015 is
happening and I’m totally going to be there, with bells on. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">The 1993 adaptation of Frances Hodgson
Burnett’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Secret Garden</i>. I would
have been six when that film came out, but it’s just stuck with me – I love it
to this day and don’t think anyone can beat Kate Maberly as Mary Lennox. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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listening to Melina Marchetta speak about the adaptation process, I’m going to
say <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On The Jellicoe Road </i>– I remember
at the 2012 Melbourne Writers Festival she put a script page up on the big
screen and it just sounded incredible and I’ve been dying for the film to come
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young adult author who’s also a young adult <a href="http://www.stephbowe.com/">http://www.stephbowe.com/</a>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Right
now I’m obsessed with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Outlander, </i>which
is the TV adaptation of one of my all-time favourite adult series by Diana
Gabaldon. It’s incredible, and by far one of the truest adaptations I’ve ever
seen … also if you’re not familiar just Google ‘Sam Heughan’ and thank me
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I shall be forever
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to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Buffy
the Vampire Slayer, Joan of Arcadia, Daria, Band of Brothers, Orange is the New
Black, Dance Academy </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Friday Night
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">Stand By Me</span></i><span style="color: #222222;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A League of
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Moonlight Mile, The Breakfast Club, Saved!, Heathers, Now and Then, </i>and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Long, Long Trailer </i>(all hail Lucille
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had They Might Be Giants’ song “Istanbul was Constantinople” stuck in my head
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Website: </span><a href="http://daniellebinks.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Danielle Binks</a></div>
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Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-13902372217872266432015-01-21T08:46:00.001+08:002015-02-03T14:59:15.980+08:00Getting To Know... Nomes from Inkcrush<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This month marks my f</span>ive-year blogoversary and there are a number of Aussie bloggers who have been with me from the beginning and others who I have met along the way. While many are no longer blogging, there are still some who are and who continue to keep me enthusiastic about what we do and why we do it. To celebrate five years in the YA blogging community, I thought I would do some little get-to-know-us posts in the lead up to my blog birthday on 23rd January 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. When I fall in love with a book I love to give a massive shout out and hope that it falls into more readers hands (who then, in turn, also fall in love with it). Also, I have somewhere to let the book love and anticipation explode all over the place :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seriously? Haha. I find it so hard to smash all my faves down. I am going to break it down a little to fave author, fave standalone, three recent hidden gem faves and three fave series...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Favourite ever author: Jaclyn Moriarty. Best recommendation for trying her out is 'Feeling Sorry for Celia' or 'Finding Cassie Crazy' (published as 'The Year of Secret Assignments' in the US).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I reread The Tomorrow When the War Began series every couple of years and it always feels like visiting old friends. Always has the same unputdownable vibe going on. Always takes me back to my teen years when I first fell in love with the series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Definitely shut away (from everything) in my bedroom. Love whipping the curtains open, curling up on my bed and sinking into a good book (even better if it's pouring rain outside)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I pretty much want to tear through the remaining books in my physical TBR pile (I have about 10 just languishing on my shelves). The one that has sat there the longest is The Night Circus. So many mixed reviews for that, shining all-time-fave 5 stars and DNFs ~ some say it's brilliant and imaginative and romantic, others say it's too descriptive and the plot ambles on too slowly. Not sure which category I will fall into. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Contemporary YA all the way. But, weirdly, lately, I have found new fave reads that are fantasy (Juliet Marillier) and my most recent fave read of 2015 is a fairy tale retelling ~ Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge. It does not look like a "me book" at all so I was so surprised to be captured by it and couldn't put it down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know that I have all time fave shows. Most shows I get into to have something to watch and then once it's done I move on. But here's some I have really enjoyed watching: Round the Twist, Veronica Mars, The Tudors, Battlestar Gallactica, Caprica, Broadchurch, Firefly, The Walking Dead, Doctor Who (okay, mainly the David Tennant Years, haha). I recently watched Season One of Awkward and it was really fun ~ so let me know if it's worth keeping on going with that...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Argh, so hard! I mainly have nostalgic childhood/teen faves, and then movies I think are brilliant at the time, but never really revisit: Star Wars IV, V & VI, Indiana Jones trilogy, The Parent Trap & The Trouble with Angels (I adored Hayley Mills), Swiss Family Robinson, Braveheart, Moon, Before Sunset and Before Sunrise. Love watching a good sci-fi (actually, even the bad scifis can be fun to watch!) Also love some Aussie movies (Two Hands with Heath Ledger is a definite fave)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Scotland! I went there in 2014 and fell in love. Dying to go back now (and I would add Ireland in on the trip). The Highlands were breathtaking and the people (and Scottish accents!) were just awesome. My mum is Scottish and her five sisters and all their families still live there (in the same town). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This month marks my f</span>ive-year blogoversary and there are a number of
Aussie bloggers who have been with me from the beginning and others who I have
met along the way. While many are no longer blogging, there are still some who
are and who continue to keep me enthusiastic about what we do and why we do it.
To celebrate five years in the YA blogging community, I thought I would do some
little get-to-know-us posts in the lead up to my blog birthday on 23rd January 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Rebecca from Reading Wishes</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How long have you been blogging?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I started blogging in 2011, so about 3.5 years. I'll be celebrating my 4th year later in 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is your favourite thing about having a book blog?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The people I’ve “met” (online and IRL) is definitely my favourite thing. Smart, bookish, creative, kind, funny people, I never would have met otherwise.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What are some of your favourite YA reads?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s funny. I was thinking the other day how three of my absolute favourites are not books you could read all in one go. Unless you wanted a heart so ripped to shreds and your eyes glued shut from all the tears. What can I say, I like my books thoughtful, hard-hitting and moving. If you’re reading this, I hope I haven’t scared you away because they are all must-read, terrific books: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marhcetta, Friday Brown (Friday Never Leaving in the US) and my most recent addition to this list, The Last Leaves Falling by Sarah Benwell. I can’t recommend them enough.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which author/s are on your auto-buy list?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Trish Doller, Stephanie Perkins, Morgan Matson, Emery Lord, Kody Keplinger, Melina Marchetta, Vikki Wakefield, Jenny Han, Hannah Harrington (please release another book soon!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is your favourite book to re-read?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’m not a big re-reader. Two reasons, I’d usually rather spend my time discovering a new book; my memory is (or was) pretty good so I tend to retain a lot of it; but mostly, I think I worry it won’t live up to the first time. I think the most I’ve ever re-read a book is two. But Jellicoe Road has been on my mind, so... I last read it in 2012. Funnily enough, I re-read it straight after reading it. That’s the sign of a good book (and hangover).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Probably my comfy recliner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which book do you swear you will finally read in 2015?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love this question, and I hate this question because I plan to finally get round to a lot of books. But also, there are so many! I’ve made it my mission to read Every Breath by Ellie Marney, stat. I couldn’t find a copy anywhere, so a friend is sending me a copy to rectify the problem. Can’t wait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know it’s for interview purposes, but really, Jess? Was this even necessary to ask? Contemporary all the way! <span style="color: #38761d;">(hehe I know it's obvious - Jess)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What has been your favourite blogging or book event/experience?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When Bill Condon emailed to thank me for always saying good things about A Straight Line To My Heart. It was so lovely to receive an email like that, out of the blue, thanking me for my support. (Amazing book btw. Check it out!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Fault In Our Stars was incredible when I saw it last year and by far the best adaption I’ve ever seen. Great acting and the ability to have you laughing one minute and crying the next. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So many! But then it also makes me think, don’t steal all the brilliant books away and make a terrible adaption. It’s sad when that happens, but when it’s good, it’s good. I think Anna and the French Kiss would make a lovely, sweet movie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’m picking two because apparently, there are a HEAP of us (70-ish) and don’t make me choose, OK? <a href="http://myreadingdress.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Jess @ My Reading Dress</a> - she is professor smart, has superb photography skills, and apart from fantasy being her favourite, and contemporary being well…not, she is lovely! <a href="http://www.divabooknerd.com/" target="_blank">Kelly @ Diva Booknerd</a> - she made me list her here against my own will because I’m waiting on her new born son (long story), but I have to admit, Kelly writes brilliant reviews and if you saw what she got for Christmas, you’d understand why I wan’t to steal her bookshelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love so many hence, why I call myself a TV show fanatic in my Twitter bio. Some of my faves include Buffy, Friends, Friday Night Lights and Offspring. The Mindy Project is a new favourite of mine. You should see my to-watch list… There’s about 30 shows on there. That doesn’t include my movie list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dirty Dancing, The Breakfast Club, Forrest Gump.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you could visit anywhere in the world, either for the first time or a return visit, where would you go?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">London. I’ve been reading The Bookshop Book and there’s some bookshops I didn’t get to. Plus, relatives and cupcake shops.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the all-important question, what is your favourite ice-cream flavour?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know it probably sounds really boring, but I love Baskin Robins Chocolate ice-cream (except it’s that rich and chocolate, I consider it dark chocolate). Also, a good cookie dough is delicious. But to be honest, if it’s good quality ice-cream, I’m pretty much up for any kind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blog: <a href="http://readingwishes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Reading Wishes</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/readingwishes" target="_blank">@readingwishes</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reading-Wishes/161474857286178?ref=hl" target="_blank">Reading Wishes</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5447305-rebecca" target="_blank">Rebecca</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Author: </span>Justine Larbalestier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date: </span>1st July 2014 (March 2015 in the US)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">The setting: Razorhurst, 1932. The fragile peace between two competing mob bosses—Gloriana Nelson and Mr Davidson—is crumbling. Loyalties are shifting. Betrayals threaten.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Kelpie knows the dangers of the Sydney streets. Ghosts have kept her alive, steering her to food and safety, but they are also her torment.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Dymphna is Gloriana Nelson’s ‘best girl’, experienced in surviving the criminal world, but she doesn’t know what this day has in store for her.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">When Dymphna meets Kelpie over the corpse of Jimmy Palmer, Dymphna’s latest boyfriend, she pronounces herself Kelpie’s new protector. But Dymphna’s life is in danger too, and she needs an ally. And while Jimmy’s ghost wants to help, the dead cannot protect the living . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A thrilling, danger-filled historical crime novel with all the glitz and grime you would expect, as well as a touch of the paranormal to add a new spin. <i>Razorhurst</i> sees 1930’s Sydney through the eyes of a couple of teenage girls, one from the streets and one from the fold, as the world went from the roaring twenties to the dirty thirties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don’t usually read
stories set in the past as I am a contemporary girl at heart, but I couldn’t
pass up <i>Razorhurst</i>. Firstly, it’s Aussie YA (Yay!). Secondly, I love crime
stories and I thought that since I unexpectedly loved <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/2014/01/the-diviners-by-libba-bray.html" target="_blank">The Diviners</a>, which was
set in the 20’s, I should really give <i>Razorhurst</i> a go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kelpie lives among the
abandoned buildings of Surry Hills. Orphaned at birth, and her age unknown, she
has been raised by the kindness of strangers and ghosts. You see, Kelpie can
see and talk to ghosts. She has no idea why she has this ability. She just
knows that some ghosts ignore her while others actively try to get involved in
her life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Those that help Kelpie have taught her to read, found her places to hide and
pointed her in the direction of food. But sometimes, others like to mess with
her and that’s what happens the day she is directed towards a supply of apples
and instead finds the eviscerated body of Jimmy Palmer, mob-boss Gloriana
Nelson’s right-hand man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As police descend on
the building, Kelpie, and Jimmy’s girlfriend Dymphna (who also came upon the
body as she arrived for a pre-arranged meeting), flee the scene, hiding in
backyards until they can break away from the police patrols. Caught in the
middle of an organised crime mob-war, Kelpie’s life just got a whole lot more
complicated than hiding from the authorities and finding food.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">With help from her
friend Snowy and writer Neil, Kelpie and </span><span style="color: #131313; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Dymphna</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">attempt to escape the dangers of the city whose
controlling powers, Mr Davidson and Gloriana Nelson (having watched a few
episodes of Gotham on TV, my mind kept likening Gloriana and Mr Davidson to
Fish and Falcone), have eyes and ears everywhere, as well as most of the city’s
police force in one of their pockets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kelpie is forced to grow
up quickly as she finds herself in far more unsavoury and unfamiliar places
than she is used to. The events and revelations that occur around her have
Kelpie musing over what makes a good person and realising that there is a
blurry line between what is right and wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have some unanswered
questions that lead me to hope there will be a sequel to follow </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Razorhurst</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.
Certain things are alluded to so maybe the reader is supposed to be left to
make their own assumptions. But I really would have liked to know more details,
especially about the mythology surrounding the ghosts that Kelpie interacts
with such as why do some people become ghosts and others simply die? And why
can Kelpie see them? Also, if certain people survive the inevitable bloodshed
as the mob-war threatens to consume the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Overall a thrilling,
danger-filled historical crime novel with all the glitz and grime you would
expect, as well as a touch of the paranormal to add a new spin. </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Razorhurst</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> sees
1930’s Sydney through the eyes of a couple of teenage girls, one from the
streets and one from the fold, as the world went from the roaring twenties to
the dirty thirties.</span></div>
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Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-46702142828213595142015-01-10T11:28:00.000+08:002015-02-03T11:57:33.911+08:00The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Author:</span> Pittacus Lore</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date:</span> 26th August 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My Rating:</span> 3/5</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">The worst was supposed to be over. We were reunited after a decade apart. We were discovering the truth of our past. We were training and getting stronger every day. We were even happy...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">We never imagined the Mogodorians could turn one of our own against us. We were fools for trusting Five. And now Eight is lost forever. I would do anything to bring him back, but that's impossible. Instead, I will do whatever it takes to destroy every last one of them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">I've spent my entire life hiding from them, and they've stolen everything away from me. But that stops now. We're going to take the battle to them. We have a new ally who knows their weaknesses. And I finally have the power to fight back.</span><br />
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Number Two in England.</div>
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Number Three in Kenya.</div>
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And Number Eight in Florida.</div>
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They killed them all.</div>
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I am Number Seven.</div>
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I will make them pay.</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Plot twists, unlikely allies and old characters return. The battle begins...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">*** Please note this review contains spoilers.
Do not read if you have not read The Fall of Five ***</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Here’s a little recap from </span><i style="background-color: transparent;">The Fall of
Five</i><span style="background-color: transparent;">…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Following Five’s betrayal, Eight’s death
and the attack on the Garde’s penthouse in Chicago, the surviving Loriens and
their human friends are in disarray and unable to contact each other.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">In Chicago, Four awakes from his sleeping
nightmare to find the penthouse under attack. With Sarah, Sam and Malcolm
fighting the Mogs, Four makes a decision based on the vision to let the Mogs
take Ella to Setrakus Ra, knowing she will not be harmed, while he saves
Malcolm and the others. While gathering their chests, Four is almost killed
except he is saved by Adam, a ‘good’ Mog who helped Malcolm rescue Sam earlier
on. Four agrees to accept his help, although is still wary of him. After Five
kills Eight in Florida, Six, Nine and Marina escape Five and the Mogs using
Six’s invisibility. However they have to leave Eight’s body behind.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Revenge of Seven</i> starts with the
Chicago Garde driving to Washington DC while the Garde in Florida try to find
their way out of the swamp without Five or the Mogadorians spotting them. With
no idea that the penthouse has been destroyed, they focus their anger on Five
and try to figure out how to get Eight’s body back before the Mogs can begin
experimenting on him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, Ella is on Setrakus Ra’s spaceship.
With no way of getting a message to the Garde and while Setrakus Ra politely attempt’s
to convince her of his vision, things quickly turn nasty and Ella is put in
danger in a way never expected.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Separated and with no way to communicate
with each other, things only get worse for the Garde when the Mogadorians war
ships land on earth. And then all hell breaks loose. The final battle has come,
and no one is prepared for it so soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don’t think anyone was more surprised
than me to discover how much I have loved this series. I usually reject sci-fi
books, particularly ones that have aliens, but right from the beginning I have been
sucked into the Lorien stories and have stuck with the series all the way
through. Admittedly, I kind of hoped everything could continue on as it has been and
I wouldn’t have to get involved in reading about alien invasions. But the time
has finally come and while I have started to waver a little, I’m still
interested to see where the storyline will go, particularly now that we have
been left with a few plot twists at the end of The Revenge of Seven and the
introduction of unlikely allies. It’s also interesting to see some old
characters show up and see how they contribute to the current plot. In any
case, I’m sticking with the Lorien Legacies and I hope you will too.</span></div>
Jess - The Tales Compendiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853936997474875844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8315594748322815394.post-23472130287777394902015-01-06T11:26:00.000+08:002015-02-03T11:08:38.249+08:00Past Perfect by Leila Sales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Author:</span> Leila Sales</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Release Date:</span> 4th October 2011</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My Rating:</span> 3/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All Chelsea wants to do this summer is hang out with her best friend, hone her talents as an ice cream connoisseur, and finally get over Ezra, the boy who broke her heart. But when Chelsea shows up for her summer job at Essex Historical Colonial Village (yes, really), it turns out Ezra’s working there too. Which makes moving on and forgetting Ezra a lot more complicated…even when Chelsea starts falling for someone new. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maybe Chelsea should have known better than to think that a historical reenactment village could help her escape her past. But with Ezra all too present, and her new crush seeming all too off limits, all Chelsea knows is that she’s got a lot to figure out about love. Because those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Past Perfect</i> was a quick, light-hearted and fun novel that I read in an afternoon. It’s the kind of book that makes you grin and while there is a bit of teenage drama, it does end the way you want it to. And everyone needs a happy romance novel from time to time.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chelsea, aka Elizabeth
Connolly, has spent every summer since she was six working at the Essex Historical
Colonial Village with her parents. Now sixteen, she is ready to get a job where
she doesn’t have to curtsey and dress in petticoats throughout the summer. But
her best friend, Fiona, has other ideas. Caught up in the romanticism of a
summer-long acting role, Fiona convinces Chelsea to return to the village for
another year. But for Chelsea, it doesn’t look like it will be just another standard
summer working as the silversmith’s daughter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Much to her horror,
Chelsea’s ex-boyfriend is now working at the village. And Chelsea has been
nominated as Lieutenant of the annual secret War waged by the teenage summer
casuals of Essex, against their counterparts at the Civil War Reenactmentland located
across the street. While Chelsea takes the position seriously, as it is a great
honour amongst the summer employees, it turns out to be more trouble than it’s
worth when the enemy kidnaps Chelsea within a minute of her being appointed the
position! Nothing is ever simple and Chelsea somehow ends up falling for the
enemy, guitar playing, book nerd Dan, of the Civil War army. Unfortunately,
both Essex and Civil take ‘War’ very seriously and Chelsea and Dan know their
potential romance would mean all hell would break loose.</span></div>
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<i>Past Perfect</i> was a quick, light-hearted and fun novel that I read in an
afternoon. It’s the kind of book that makes you grin and while there is a bit
of teenage drama, it does end the way you want it to. And everyone needs a
happy romance novel from time to time.</div>
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I really like the
friendship between Chelsea and Fiona. They understand each other the way only
best friends can and even in the middle of a fight they can still side-track to
continue their rating of the best ice-cream on their summer mission to be ice-cream
connoisseurs (apparently it’s all about the mint in choc mint, and there is no
way strawberry ever beats chocolate!). Adding to this, the witty banter between
Chelsea and Fiona, as well as the rest of the characters, was one of my favourite
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There was a good dose
of American history, which is to be expected since the story is set in a
historical Colonial village. I don’t know a lot about this subject, nor am I
that interested in it to be honest, but I felt there was enough for people who
like history, yet not too much that the rest of us felt like we were being
bombarded with information.</div>
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I’d also like to point
out that while I love the book’s cover, it has absolutely nothing to do with
the story. Absolutely nothing...</div>
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<i>Past Perfect</i> would be the perfect summer read for fans of <a href="http://www.thetalescompendium.com/search?q=jennifer+smith" target="_blank">Jennifer E. Smith</a>.</div>
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