tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58128890640988995512024-03-29T07:03:32.883-04:00Lee Reads BooksYoung Adult Book ReviewsLee Chandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12263762396780241714noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812889064098899551.post-17674537321704387572020-01-06T12:16:00.001-05:002020-01-06T12:16:25.993-05:00WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO SINCE YOU LAST SAW ME :)<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello Hons! It has been a while I know.</div>
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Since August of 2019 I have been working non stop as a makeup artist as well as a part time job at Ulta and I was having trouble balancing my work life, social life and hobbies. But after the holiday rush, I finally feel like I can get back into the swing of things. Be prepared! I have too many books to read and the time to do it now! </div>
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Let me give an update month by month :)</div>
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AUGUST</div>
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I TURNED 21 and my brain turned to mush from all the alcohol I consumed at my birthday party (see picture above where i am eating a chicken nugget)</div>
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In august I also got a part time job at Ulta as a Prestige Beauty Advisor</div>
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SEPTEMBER</div>
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September was filled with clients and makeup. Working insanely long hours in order to make any sort of money.</div>
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OCTOBER</div>
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I dressed up as T-Bo from iCarly for Halloween and that was pretty much the only thing that happened. </div>
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NOVEMBER & DECEMBER</div>
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Both these months were filled with my favorite people. I finally feel comfortable in what I am doing and truly feel happy. I think I finally figured out how my life is supposed to work :)</div>
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and thats what you missed on GLEE!</div>
Lee Chandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12263762396780241714noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812889064098899551.post-68504172697766519332019-07-03T09:00:00.000-04:002019-07-03T09:00:04.029-04:00June 2019 | Monthly Consumptions <div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Summer Everyone!!!</div>
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June was a great reading month for me. I was able to read some of the ARCs I received at BookExpo as well as read some book that were already released that I have been wanting to read for a while!</div>
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The first show I watched this month was HBO's <i>Big </i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Little Lies</i>. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Based on the same-titled best-seller by Liane Moriarty, <i>Big Little Lies</i> weaves a darkly comedic tale of murder and mischief in the tranquil beachfront town of Monterey, Calif. Amidst doting moms, successful husbands, beautiful children, and stunning homes exists a community fueled by rumors and di</span><span class="yZlgBd" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">vided into haves and have-nots, exposing fractured relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and friends and neighbors. Told through the eyes of three mothers – Madeline, Celeste and Jane – the series' narrative explores society's myths regarding perfection and its romanticization of marriage, sex, parenting and friendship. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley star as the three prominent <i>Mothers of Monterey</i>. I strongly dislike each one of these mothers, but I cant help but watch the drama unfold. They have pulled me in with their fire-side wine chats and </span>pristine<span style="font-family: inherit;"> houses. I am so invested, I just want to know what is going to happen next! </span>Tantalizing<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and thrilling till the last drop! 5 out of 5 stars.</span></span></div>
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The first book I read this month was <i>With the Fire on High </i>by Elizabeth Acevedo and you can check out my full review <a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/06/with-fire-on-high-by-elizabeth-acevedo.html">here</a>!</div>
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The next show I watched this month was season 5 of <i>Black Mirror</i>. I have to say I was not a fan of this season. Each episode felt like it dragged on for way too long and I did not get that creeped out feeling like I often do get with episodes of this show. I would say you could skip over these episodes but if you want to understand the memes then watch <i>Striking Vipers</i> at least. That Miley Cyrus episode seemed to go on for 4 hours and was not that interesting overall. Season 5 of <i>Black Mirror</i> gets 2.5 out of 5 stars from me.</div>
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The next book I read this month was <i>Red, White & Royal Blue</i> by Casey McQuiston and you can check my full review <a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/06/red-white-royal-blue-by-casey-mcquiston.html">here</a>.</div>
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Then I read <i>Lock Every Door </i>by Riley Sager and you can check my full review <a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/06/lock-every-door-by-riley-sager-review.html">here</a>!</div>
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Next, I watched the prequel to Mamma Mia, <i>Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In 1979 young Donna, Tanya and Rosie graduate from Oxford University -- leaving Donna free to embark on a series of adventures throughout Europe. On her journeys, she makes the acquaintances of Harry, Bill and Sam -- the latter whom she falls in love with, but he's also the man who breaks her heart.</span><span class="yZlgBd" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: inherit;"> In the present day, Donna's pregnant daughter, Sophie, dreams of renovating a taverna while reuniting with her mother's old friends and boyfriends on the Greek island of Kalokairi. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love a movie that provides some background information. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite Harry Potter book because we got a </span>glimpse<span style="font-family: inherit;"> into the lives of James and Lily Potter before they were killed. This movie </span>perfectly<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ties the past and the present together with </span>seamless<span style="font-family: inherit;"> transitions. I would give this movie 4 out of 5 stars. I might be in the minority here but I still like the original better.</span></div>
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The next book I read this month was the Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. <a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/06/the-unhoneymooners-by-christina-lauren.html">Click here to see my full review</a>.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(185, 185, 185, 0.1);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After that I watched Adam Devine's </span>Netflix<span style="font-family: inherit;"> special. Frenetic comic Adam Devine talks teen awkwardness, celebrity encounters, his "Pitch Perfect" audition and more in a special </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Best Time of Our Lives</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> from his hometown of Omaha. I adore this man so much! His comedy is so vast that it can connect with someone of any age. I found myself laughing out loud multiple times. 5 out of 5 stars! Would highly </span>recommend<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></div>
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The next book I read this month was Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo and you can check out my full review <a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/06/six-of-crows-six-of-crows-1-by-leigh.html">here</a>.</div>
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And then y'all know I had to keep watching my Greys Anatomy! This month I watched seasons 9-12 and somehow every episode still makes me cry! 5 out of 5 stars as always!</div>
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The last book I read this month was Past Perfect Life by Elizabeth Eulberg and you can check out my full review <a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/07/past-perfect-life-by-elizabeth-eulberg.html">here</a>!</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"> Small-town Wisconsin high school senior Allison Smith loves her life the way it is-spending quality time with her widowed father and her tight-knit circle of friends, including best friend Marian and maybe-more-than-friends Neil. Sure she is stressed out about college applications . . . who wouldn't be? In a few short months, everything's going to change, big time.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Ally lives quite an ordinary life. In fact it might be too ordinary considering she is struggling to think of anything substantial to write about in her scholarship applications. But that all changes when her whole world is flipped upside-down and the girl that Ally thought she was is no longer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> This was a good and quick read but was nothing exceptional. With a synopsis that is filled with suspense, this story lacked any sort of thrill. There was potential for this story to be reviting, but this story was focused around Ally's emotions and her adjusting to her new life. I was waiting this entire book for a single monumental moment, but there was no real climax or plot twist. While the secret that was reviled at the beginning of the book was quite dramatic, the reactions were average and not interesting at all. The plot and writing were nothing groundbreaking. My highlighter was not used once because there was not a single line that made me feel something. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The pacing was slow and the characters were nothing special. They felt one </span>dimensional and bland. While nearly all the characters were likable, the lacked development that would make them more interesting. The mother pissed me off because she was irrational and not considerate of Ally's situation. The relationships between family members were cheesy and typical. I just want to see something more from some of these books. I'm tired of the same old story, with the same old characters that offer nothing new. I will refer to Jordan Peele's statement on casting white men in movies:<br />
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<i><span id="freeText3895228984688703068" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit;"> No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind.</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="background-color: white;"> As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid, who comfortingly, disturbingly reminds her of the sister she lost eight years ago. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story . . . until the next day, when Ingrid disappears.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="background-color: white;"> Searching for the truth about Ingrid's disappearance, Jules digs deeper into the Bartholomew's dark past and into the secrets kept within its walls. Her discovery that Ingrid is not the first apartment sitter to go missing at the Bartholomew pits Jules against the clock as she races to unmask a killer, expose the building's hidden past, and escape the Bartholomew before her temporary status becomes permanent.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Ominous. Addicting. Pulse-poundingly perfect. Riley Sager's <i>Lock Every Door</i> is page turner filled with twists and turns that will leave you speechless in the end. Sager unravels this story piece by piece beautifully before your eyes. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Lock Every Door </i>with its sinister plot develops from a who-done-it to a what-the-hell-is-even-HAPPENING! Riley Sager's newest is out tomorrow July, 2nd 2019</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. Those are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the notoriously creepy Bartholomew. Having lost her job, her boyfriend and her home, Jules agrees to live in the Bartholomew without question. When fellow apartment sitter Ingrid shares the Bartholomew's dark history, Jules brushes it off as meaningless ghost stories. It is not until Ingrid goes missing the next day that Jules begins to question everyone and everything.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The only fault that I have with this book is that it did not have enough suspense for my liking. The majority of the book was spent like a game of Clue, wandering around to different people in different rooms asking random questions hoping to get somewhere. I wanted it to be more thrilling throughout rather than just at the end. But I will say that this ending did make up for lack of excitement in the earlier half of the book. I would give Lock Every Door 4 out of 5 stars!</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. . . .</span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A convict with a thirst for revenge</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A runaway with a privileged past</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A spy known as the Wraith</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.</span></span></i></span><br />
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After reading Leigh Bardugo's <i>Shadow and Bone</i> series, <i>Six of Crows</i> is a massive step-up. While reading <i><a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/01/shadow-and-bone-grisha-verse-1-by-leigh.html">Shadow and Bone</a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/01/siege-and-storm-grisha-verse-2-by-leigh.html">Siege and Storm</a></i>, I had problems with the inconsistent pace and lack of plot through the middle of the book. Bardugo's writing in this book is elevated, action-packed all while being perfectly paced. The balance between set-up/action was done impeccably; I felt that I immediately knew the characters so when the story picked up, the story encapsulated me.<br />
The amount of highlighted lines in this book has me struck,<strike> considering there were none in my Shadow and Bone series</strike>. The way Bardugo fabricates the thoughts and emotions of these characters, it is as though you are feeling them for yourself. And since these story is told through multiple perspectives, you are allowed to learn more about these characters and the depth of their relationships.<br />
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By far the best part about this book is its cast of characters. The crew that Kaz Brekker has assembled is unlike any other. Each one of them plays a vital role in this heist and each of them bares a dark past making them willing to risk it all. The members of this crew are ruthless, but when it comes to each other their admiration is palpable. The slow burning romance between Kaz and Inej is TEARING MY LIFE APART! They both know what they want, but are too afraid to express it. ugh slow burn is just so hard for me to read! I want the mushy gushy like yesterday, but the wait makes the reward so much sweeter.<br />
<i> Six of Crows</i> drew me in from the jump with its stunning prose and captivating storytelling. As soon as I put this book down, I was desperate to get my hands on its sequel <i>Crooked Kingdom</i>. With beautifully-broken characters and vivid writing style, <i>Six of Crows</i> gets 5 out of 5 stars from me!<br />
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Lee Chandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12263762396780241714noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812889064098899551.post-49406667617460680482019-06-13T14:56:00.000-04:002019-06-13T14:56:04.702-04:00THE UNHONEYMOONERS BY CHRISTINA LAUREN REVIEW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man.</span></i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs.</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free vacation, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him is suddenly at risk to become a whole lot bigger. She and Ethan now have to pretend to be loving newlyweds, and her luck seems worse than ever. But the weird thing is that she doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, she feels kind of... lucky.</span></span></span></i><br />
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Being the first Christina Lauren book I ever picked up, <i>The Unhoneymooners</i> surely did not disappoint, but it also was not what I was expecting at all. While this book was lighthearted and fun, with numerous plot twists, it fell flat for me.<br />
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Ami and Olive Torres are twins that may look the same on the outside, but when it comes to their luck, these two sisters could not be more different. Ami seems to win anything she signs up for: free bridesmaids dresses, all inclusive honeymoon, free seafood buffet at her wedding to frat-bro Dane. While Olive loses her job and is living day to day with a couple bucks in her bank account. But when all the guests at the wedding contract ciguatera toxin from bad seafood, it just might be Olive's lucky day. Due to her shellfish allergy, and Dane's brother Ethan's fear of buffets, they are the only two left unscathed at the end of the day. Due to her sister's honeymoon being nonrefundable, Olive agrees to pose as newlyweds with the one man she hates, Ethan.<br />
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If you have been following me for a long time, you know I LOVE a good hate-to-love story, but this was not one. Sure, they claim to hate one another, but from the start it is clear that they love to bickering with each other. Olive basically fabricates a faux-hatred from the day she met Ethan from the way he looked at her cheese curds and that was the end. I was expecting them to look like Stitch and Lilo over here the entire time they were in Hawaii, but they end up poking fun at each other and having banter.<br />
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That being said it was a fairly simple and fun read. It didn't encapsulate my entire being like I hope a book would do, but it still was enjoyable. I find these reviews the hardest to write because I am not passionate about my love nor my hate for this book. It just kinda stands in the middle. 3 out of 5 stars.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">A big-hearted romantic comedy in which First Son Alex falls in love with Prince Henry of Wales after an incident of international proportions forces them to pretend to be best friends...</span></span></i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"> First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations.</span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"> The plan for damage control: staging a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince. Alex is busy enough handling his mother’s bloodthirsty opponents and his own political ambitions without an uptight royal slowing him down. But beneath Henry’s Prince Charming veneer, there’s a soft-hearted eccentric with a dry sense of humor and more than one ghost haunting him. </span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"> As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. And Henry throws everything into question for Alex, an impulsive, charming guy who thought he knew everything: What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you?</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i> </i><span style="color: red;">H</span><span style="color: orange;">A</span><span style="color: #ffd966;">P</span><span style="color: lime;">P</span><span style="color: blue;">Y</span> <span style="color: magenta;">P</span><span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: orange;">I</span><span style="color: #ffd966;">D</span><span style="color: lime;">E</span> <span style="color: blue;">M</span><span style="color: magenta;">O</span><span style="color: red;">N</span><span style="color: orange;">T</span><span style="color: #ffd966;">H</span> <span style="color: lime;">E</span><span style="color: blue;">V</span><span style="color: magenta;">E</span><span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: orange;">Y</span><span style="color: #ffd966;">B</span><span style="color: lime;">O</span><span style="color: blue;">D</span><span style="color: magenta;">Y</span>! I figured I would kick off my pride month with the book that everyone cannot stop talking about, <i>Red, White & Royal Blue</i>. The First Son of the United States falling for the Prince of England...this book is just filled with America's favorite past times! I will try to keep this review coherent, but after reading this book I am filled with so much glee and happiness.<br />
When Alexander Claremont-Diaz and his sister June fly to England for Royal Wedding, Alex drunkenly pushes his rival Prince Henry into the $75,000 wedding cake. The events at the Royal Wedding grabs the media's attention, leaving people on both sides of the Atlantic worried about relations between the two nations. As these two enemies are forced into damaged control, (photo ops, hospital visits, social media posts, etc.) the hatred between them turn into understanding. When feelings begin to develop, Alex starts to question his sexuality –– and the ramifications of a taboo relationship during his mother's re-election for her second term as president.<br />
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"He wants to match the new freckles along Henry's nose to the stars above them and make him name the constellations."</blockquote>
This story is not just about love, but the hopes and dreams of these two young men aspiring to make the world a better place. They are both driven individuals who see their position as a way to make positive change. With "more reasons to fight than ever," these two make an iconic dream team that I wish was real in the world today. It is seen in not only Alex and Henry, but additionally in the people they surround themselves with. June and Nora are both unapologetically themselves, following dreams of their own, despite what others expect of them.<br />
McQuiston writing is optimistic and refreshing. A beautiful portrait of humanity that celebrates individuality in all of its glorious colors. Effervescent and empowering in every sense of the word. This story pulls you in and holds you with an enthralling maelstrom of breathtaking prose. This book made me laugh, it made me cry and I will FOR SURE be picking it up again. 5 out of 5 stars!<br />
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May was such a crazy month for me and it all ended with me going to Book Expo America which was amazing and there will be a blog post about that coming up very soon! This is what I watched and read this month!<br />
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The first thing I watched this month was actually a rewatch. I rewatched Spider-Man: Homecoming since Spider-Man has to be one of my favorite Avengers. I love Toby McGuire, but Tom Holland is the perfect Spider-Man. Literally the embodiment of dorky adorableness mixed with kindness and a smart mouth. After getting to join the Avengers for a day, Peter Parker goes back to living with his Aunt May and tries to live a normal life, but is finding it difficult thanks to the new super suit Tony Stark got him. This movie i<span style="font-family: inherit;">s the perfect opening for the character and is all around a feel good, action packed movie. I would give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then I watched Ant-Man and the Wasp so I had a refresher as to what was happening right before Avengers: Endgame. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">Scott Lang is grappling with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. Approached by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym, Lang must once again don the Ant-Man suit and fight alongside the Wasp. The urgent mission soon leads to secret revelations from the past as the dynamic duo fi</span><span class="yZlgBd" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; text-align: left;">nds itself in an epic battle against a powerful new enemy. I adore Marvel movies because they are so funny and action packed, yet have a lot of heart. This movie was no different. Though it did not have me as excited as a Spider-Man or Guardians movie, I still enjoyed the film. I would give this movie 3.5 stars out of 5 just comparatively, it does not pack as hard of a punch as other Marvel movies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next movie I watched was Crazy Rich Asians. This story follows </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Rachel Chu, who is accompanying her longtime boyfriend, Nick, to his best friend's wedding in Singapore. She's also surprised to learn that Nick's family is extremely wealthy and he's considered one of the country's most eligible bachelors. Thrust into the spotlight, Rachel must now contend with je</span><span class="yZlgBd" style="background-color: white; display: inline; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">alous socialites, quirky relatives and something far, far worse -- Nick's disapproving mother. This movie was a wild success due to its mostly Asian cast and a dynamic unlike most romcoms. The plot is more than just a "will they" or "wont they" and is an actually conversation about duty and love. Crazy Rich Asians is </span>accessible<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to all audiences without forgoing what makes it special in the first place. I related to a lot of this movie and it was nice to feel that as a person of color. While I love everything this movie </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">represents</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> and stands for, it did not impact me as hard as I expected. I was not captured by the story, it did not draw all of my attention. Maybe it is because there was so much hype around it, I expected it to be greater. Or maybe<span style="font-family: inherit;"> it is because I just watched movies like Endgame or TV shows like Game of Thrones. I would give this movie 3 out of 5 stars.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next thing I watched this month was all three Austin Powers movies since they are on Netflix. These movies are a s<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">poof of 1960s spy films, in which cryogenically preserved secret agent Austin Powers is revived in the present day. Once synonymous with style, Powers soon realizes that his vocabulary, fashion sense and attitude to women are hopelessly out of date. He enlists the help of a decidedly modern woman t</span><span class="yZlgBd" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; text-align: left;">o help him adjust to the 1990s and vanquish his old adversary, Dr Evil.</span> I watched these movies as a child and they still make me laugh. Laugh harder than most comedy films that come out now a days. I love silly comedy and these are just a classic. 5 out of 5 stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next thing I watched this month was Won'<span style="font-family: inherit;">t You Be M<span style="font-family: inherit;">y Neighbor? This documentary </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">examines the life and legacy of Fred Rogers, the beloved host of the popular children's television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Neville tells the story by talking those around Fred Rogers, who died in 2003; he himself is seen in some interview footage, but he never explains himself as well as others do. The filmmakers were asked by Rogers’ family not to make him a saint, and the film does a moving job of showing the doubts and childhood fears that lay underneath what could seem like uncomplicated positivity in different hands. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">How Mister Rogers fits in the age of Trump and what he stands for in a time of coarsened dialogue and widening divisions were always going to be unmistakable subtext to the film — and Neville and his team don’t shy away from that, including the silly but fervent right-wing outcry that insisted that Mister Rogers</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> had ruined a generation of kids by telling them they were all special. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">There is nothing trendy about Fred Rogers, but there is also nothing timelier than what he had to offer — or maybe, as Neville’s film suggests, nothing more timeless. 4 out of 5 stars. It moved me to tears.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And that is everything I watched and read this month! What did you watch this month? What should I watch in June? Let me know in the comments down below!</span><br />
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Lee Chandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12263762396780241714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5812889064098899551.post-37591805973218956212019-06-04T07:00:00.000-04:002019-06-04T07:00:00.471-04:00MY FEET STILL HURT | BOOK EXPO 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was able to get my hands on so many amazing books, <strike>but others were so close. Ninth House, Reverie. The Starless Sea. I will see you in a few months</strike>. Here are some of the books I am excited about and was able to snag during my three day trip to Book Expo!<br />
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<li><b><i>Never Have I Ever </i>by Joshilyn Jackson</b> [July 30th 2019]</li>
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<li><b><i>American Royals </i>by Katharine McGee</b> [September 3rd 2019]</li>
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<li><b><i>Dear Hati, Love Alaine </i>by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite</b> [September 3rd 2019]</li>
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<li><b><i>Permanent Record </i>by Mary H.K. Choi</b> [September 3rd 2019]</li>
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<li><b><i>Slay </i>by Brittney Morris</b> [September 24th 2019]</li>
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I just want to shout out a few authors specifically that I just adore! Kimberly Jone and Gilly Segal were two of the sweetest humans who fangirled over my extra ass nails. Some of the cutest humans alive! Tochi Onyebuchi always had a smile on his face and was so happy to see everyone! Just an amazing human being that I want to shower with support. Phil Stamper is a delight of a human and we bonded over the fact that we were both in Ohio and needed to get the HELL out. Natasha Ngan is a SWEETIE and deserves all the love this world has to offer.<br />
I had an amazing time at BookExpo and met some amazing people! It is nice to see the community together in one place rather than scattered across the country. Expect to see me for Book Expo 2020 stuffing books into my bag like this!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Emoni Santiago is an aspiring chef and unapologetic teenage mother who is stubbornly committed to following her dreams, despite what others might think of her. Emoni may be a teenager, but she is multifaceted and refuses to fall victim to people's projections of shame on young people of color with children. Anchored by her grandmother, Gloria, and her '<i>baby girl,</i>' Emma, Emoni goes through her senior year of high school fearlessly, only skeptical of who she can trust while pursuing her desire of becoming a chef.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The maturity of these characters are something I have not seen in a YA novel in a while, but it is not unrealistic. Emoni remains considerate of others and their time when she is struggling to keep afloat. She never asks too much of anyone, even her own grandmother. When Malachi, the handsome new kid, pursues Emoni, he does it slowly and respectfully, understanding that Emoni guards herself from being hurt so she may take longer to open up. He understands all of this so perfectly for a young man of his age. </span>When choosing her daughter's name, Emoni went with Emma, because it "is the kind of name that didn't tell you too much before you met her, the way mine does." This struck a cord with me. As someone who changed their name to Lee so my name didn't sound ethnic, I related to this on so many levels.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cKrbDsjcFEhFfqFHZXzRA62f1rMrhVtlVo_ma3_LtQ-7n9_YSyLjvaJ-91UQHPIN6Hlz6nDvZEEKp6cTa3ZetS8BR9LmtIxFtr6xujYokpRfAvdrQHXDrlg1Zlk1XOEjIrohOZThOSRQ/s1600/excited+conan.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="400" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cKrbDsjcFEhFfqFHZXzRA62f1rMrhVtlVo_ma3_LtQ-7n9_YSyLjvaJ-91UQHPIN6Hlz6nDvZEEKp6cTa3ZetS8BR9LmtIxFtr6xujYokpRfAvdrQHXDrlg1Zlk1XOEjIrohOZThOSRQ/s320/excited+conan.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Emoni's story is an exceptional counter narrative to notion that young mothers of color are a product of broken, dysfunctional homes. Emoni's father is distant but still present, still dazed by the death of her mother. Her baby daddy, Tyrone, co-parents Emma taking just as much responsibility for her. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> From start to finish, <i>With the Fire on High</i> will introduce you to a wonderful world of flavors, sacrifices, but most importantly, happiness. A book I could not put down and written beautifully. I absolutely adored this book. 5 out of 5 stars! P. S. TWICE, Emoni let out a breath she didn't know she was holding, but she fucking owned it.</span><br />
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Mallory Taylor is a naive, homeschooled, virgin who spy's on the hot, tattooed, motorcycle-driving boy next door. This book was a total cliche taken from stories we have heard many times before. From Mean Girls, (the homeschool girl becoming friends with the edgy girl and the gay kid) to the bad boy fighter that is seen in so many stories. While all these tropes seem unoriginal, this story is executed fairly well with quite an original plot twist though it was predictable.<br />
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I had mixed feelings about this book. It was too all over the place for 200 pages and it just felt like this book didn't even know what it was. Our protagonist goes to her first party, gets her first hangover, gets the flu, sprains her ankle all in a matter of a couple weeks. And honestly that is the least of her problems. There was no flow to the timing of this book and it became confusing. The writing was amateur at best and I feel like the relationship between characters formed way too quickly. And there was no depth to these characters. "You like space. Cool." That's it. With most books, you want to jump into it and feel like you are apart of their world. With this book I was like, "...nah. imma chill here. i'm good." It did not have the pull, but I believe with a few minor tweaks it could have been there.<br />
Mallory is quite clueless is some of the most crucial points in her life and there is no real backstory as to why she makes these decisions. It is almost like they author just puts the blame for her being homeschooled for not knowing how to act, but yet this character is so bold out of no where. There was just no sense of self.<br />
Did I like this book...eh. I did not hate it. But would I recommend it. Not necessarily. I would give <i>I Spy the Boy Next Door</i> 3 out of 5 stars.<br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">She wants a short, sweet Master. One Master.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The two devastatingly dominant Drago cousins have other ideas.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Her life destroyed by a stalker, Uzuri Cheval starts anew in Tampa and joins the exclusive Shadowlands club. Unconvinced of her claims that she can overcome her fear of big men without help, Master Z gives her a time limit. And she is improving--until she hears the stalker is out of prison. Now her time limit is up, and the Masters will intervene, which is okay--as long as whoever helps her is short. Okay, sweet and gentle would be good, too.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">But two Doms? Dangerously experienced and dauntingly powerful cousins? No way.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Having volunteered in every hellhole in the world, Dr. Alastair Drago is ready to settle down. Detective Max Drago has joined him and, once again, the cousins share everything. A house, lives, problems…and whatever submissive catches their interest. One mischievous submissive has definitely caught Alastair’s. However, having been burned by a woman, Max remains detached…until little mischief’s troubles turn deadly.</span></i></span></div>
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I have been slowly stepping into the world of BDSM and erotica novels and I have been wanting to read Cherise Sinclair's acclaimed Master of the Shadowlands series for a while now, but I did not know if I would like the male Doms all that much. But then I came across Uzuri's story and I was fascinated. It is a bold move to jump into the twelfth book in a series, but I cannot resist a menage.<br />
Sinclair had me believing that the Drogo cousins were meant to share a woman and Uzuri was perfect for them. Uzuri is damaged, but <span style="font-family: inherit;">certainly not broken. She could have easily come across as a victim due to her dark past, but she is written as a survivor and warrior. She is strong in a highly understated way, but the Drogo cousins bring out her inner light. Sinclair did an amazing job of <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">layering the sex in a way that builds the story and the BDSM in a way that adds to the story. Both Max and Alister as Doms offer Uzuri something she needs as she does to them. They encourage her to be her own woman while being the perfect combo of intense and protective without being overbearing.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> This was a touching and emotional story of finding your own strength. It is a story of learning to love past your fears. The perfect </span><span style="color: #222222;">assortment</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> of romance and BDSM. I will </span>definitely<span style="font-family: inherit;"> be reading more from this series soon. 4 out of 5 stars.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">From bestselling author L.J. Shen, comes a new, </span><b style="background-color: white;">standalone</b><span style="background-color: white;">, contemporary romance. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">It should have been easy.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I needed the money. He needed a babysitter to keep him from snorting himself to death.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I was cherry-picked especially for him. Responsible. Optimistic. Warm. Innocent.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The worst part is that I should have known better.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Alex Winslow. British rock star. Serial heartbreaker. Casanova with whiskey eyes.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">“Don’t get near the devil in a leather jacket. He’ll chew you up and spit you out.”</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Guess what? I didn’t listen.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I signed the contract.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">World tour. Three months. Four Continents. One hundred shows.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">My name is Indigo Bellamy, and I sold my soul to a tattooed god.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Problem was, my soul wasn’t enough for Alex Winslow. He ended up taking my body, too.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Then he took my heart.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Then he took my all.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"> L.J. Shen did it again with this book but this one especially hit home for me. It is all I ever dreamed of in middle school. The only thing I had a problem with was that it was a little predictable. I saw the emotional ending from a mile away, but we aren't reading these books for plot twists now are we. I also pictured Alex as a Chris Hemsworth type which does not really match his description but it did the trick for me! <i>Midnight Blue </i>gets 4.5 out of 5 stars from me!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">They call him The Mute for a reason.</span></i></span><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hard, cold and calculated, he rarely speaks.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">When he does, it’s with disdain.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">When he does, his words aren’t meant for me.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">When he does, my stomach flips and my world tilts on its axis.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">He is thirty-three.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I am eighteen.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">He’s a single dad and my father’s business partner.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I’m just a kid to him and his enemy’s daughter.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">He’s emotionally unavailable.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">And I am…feeling. Feeling things I shouldn’t feel for him.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Trent Rexroth is going to break my heart. The writing isn’t just on the wall, it’s inked on my soul.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">And yet, I can’t stay away.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A scandal is the last thing my family needs. But a scandal is what we’re going to give them.</span></i><br />
<i style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">And oh, what beautiful chaos it will be</span></i><br />
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How the hell does L.J. Shen manage to do it every single time? Although each of the Hotholes have the same defining characteristic, they all manage to bring something new to the table making each story more incising than the last. <i>Scandalous</i> is complex, emotionally riveting and an intricately plotted work of art. I always expect the unexpected with the Hotholes and this book did not disappoint, being both thought-provoking and guaranteed to steal your heart. What is different about this story is that the Hotholes are now grown and experienced, willing to make sacrifices for each other that they would have never made in book one.<br />
Trent Rexroth has always seemed like the most tame of the Hotholes, but that was only because he was quiet–– and you know what they say about the quiet ones. He was crude, straightforward, blunt and uncompromisingly himself. I was fascinated by every move he made, every word he spoke, and his thought process through it all got me all hot and bothered. How slowly he peeled himself back to reveal the complex, beautiful creature underneath. The only girl to hold Trent's heart thus far has been his daughter Luna, whose mother disappeared on them both without warning. Having a daughter that doesn't utter a word, Trent breaks out of his shell only for her, trying everything to make her feel comfortable. As far as his love life goes, it is nothing but raw, dirty, animalistic sex and thats it. No kissing. No flowers. Just hot, hedonistic fucking.<br />
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I am a sucker for an office romance. The forbidden office sex, in mail rooms or next to the copier excites me more than I can express. Add in a significant age difference and you will have my heart racing. <i>Scandalous</i> was a delicious, sizzling and angst filled ride from beginning to end. This series never fails to disappoint. 4.5 out of 5 stars.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">From one of the most followed booktubers today, comes Again, but Better, a story about second chances, discovering yourself, and being brave enough to try again.</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal—but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance…what’s that? </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change—there's nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She's going to right all her college mistakes: make friends, pursue boys, and find adventure! </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Easier said than done. She is soon faced with the complicated realities of living outside her bubble, and when self-doubt sneaks in, her new life starts to fall apart. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Shane comes to find that, with the right amount of courage and determination one can conquer anything. Throw in some fate and a touch of magic—the possibilities are endless.</span></span></i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdLnf6lH0PGofZQ6TK4GI35iAKkALWRS3K5i-vwdiRjhlQhJHiJbUvrJoqhR_9i-n1BPOhNfioFbubBb5wdyknXx4SGsMlhJMgvLjBb73nCP1mzQ4FBO9V7bnHbdTqq3mAD-69DdKh7Zo/s1600/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdLnf6lH0PGofZQ6TK4GI35iAKkALWRS3K5i-vwdiRjhlQhJHiJbUvrJoqhR_9i-n1BPOhNfioFbubBb5wdyknXx4SGsMlhJMgvLjBb73nCP1mzQ4FBO9V7bnHbdTqq3mAD-69DdKh7Zo/s1600/giphy.gif" /></a> Let me start this out by saying that I have an immense love and respect for Christine and her YouTube channel. For years as soon as I finished a book, I would scroll through her channel looking to see if she had a BookTalk about it. I love to way she is so emotional about the books she reads and how she can ramble on and on about a topic for ages straight from her head... but that doesn't necessarily translate well written down into a book. In short, <i>Again, but Better </i>needs to be written again, but better.<br />
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This book was bad... and I mean BAD BAD. The amount of times my eyes literally rolled as I read this book, I'm fucking surprised they're not stuck there. Everything about this book made me cringe that it was almost unbearable to get through. I got the audiobook just so I could give it a fair chance, because physically reading the book made me want to throw it in the trash. I wanted to do anything else with my time besides read this book.<br />
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First things first–– The Writing. It was so fucking bland despite the number of exclamation marks used. It felt like Christine was inside my head talking so much about absolutely nothing. "We did this! And then we did this! Oh! And also this!" She managed to make England, France and Italy all sound boring and honey those places are the opposite of boring.<br />
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And don't get me started on Pilot Penn (yes that is his fucking real name.) The most one dimensional bland basic ass bitch boy I have ever read. His only personality trait is being the only pers<span style="font-family: inherit;">on to ever like The Beatles. </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">“I like the Beatles…” “Wait.” Pilot comes to an abrupt stop mid-aisle. “What?” I say hesitantly. “The Beatles?” he breathes. “No way. You like them? No. Way. No. Way—” I roll my eyes. “Stop—” I interject. “No. Way!” “Stop!” My voice hits squeak levels yet unknown to mankind. “I love them! I thought I was the only one who knew about them.” He beams.”</em><span style="font-family: inherit;"> BITCH WHAT. EVERYONE KNOWS THE FUCKING BEATLES. THEY'RE THE BEATLES. Wow so obscure and quirky. You know The Beatles?????? This book is filled with pop culture references like <i>LOST</i>, Harry Potter, Cassandra Clare as if they are </span>personality<span style="font-family: inherit;"> traits. I'm pretty sure Angry Birds and Vampire Academy were explained more in this book than the fucking plot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I love a good fan fiction. I can get over grammatical and spelling errors as long as there is substance... and this sweetie had none of it. This book feels like it was written in 3 or 4 sittings, edited down by two friends and then was just slapped with a cover and sold to the world. Also this book was marketed all wrong. Going into it expecting a full blown </span>contemporary<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and then being hit with time travel was unsettling. And looking at the summary and seeing how they threw in "a touch of magic" at the end as if that would help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I really wanted this book to work out and be amazing. I wanted the industry to start taking Booktubers and Book Bloggers seriously and I was hoping that this would be a step forward. It ended up being 20 steps back. I am sorry to anyone who read this. This book was awful. Christine, honey, stick to making videos. You're good at it. 1 out of 5 stars. Easily the worst book I have ever read. I want my money back. I would not </span>recommend<span style="font-family: inherit;"> this book to anyone unless you want your eyes to rolls so hard into the back of your head they fall out of your ass. I love you girl but no. This ain't it. Also, I never swear this much in my reviews. This is honestly me jumping right out of the book and just keeping it real.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Rosie</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">They say that life is a beautiful lie and death a painful truth. They're right. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">No one has ever made me feel more alive than the guy who serves as a constant reminder that my clock is ticking. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">He is my forbidden, shiny apple. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">The striking fallacy to my blunt, raw, truth. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">He is also my sister's ex-boyfriend. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">One thing you should know before you judge me; </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">I saw him first. I craved him first. I loved him first. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Eleven years later, he waltzed into my life, demanding a second chance. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Dean Cole wants to be my bronze horseman. My white knight has finally arrived. Hopefully, he isn’t too late. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Dean</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">They say the brightest stars burn out the fastest. They’re right. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">She sets my mind on fire. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">All smart mouth, snarky attitude and a huge heart. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">In a world where everything is dull, she shines like fucking Sirius. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Eleven years ago, fate tore us apart. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">This time, I dare it to try. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Getting to her is a battlefield, but man, that’s why they call me Ruckus. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Rosie LeBlanc is about to find out how hard I can fight. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">And conquering her will be the sweetest victory.</span></span></i><br />
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I don't know how it is possible for me to fall even further down my L.J. Shen rabbit hole, but baby we are in too deep now. After reading <i>Defy</i>, <i>Vicious</i> and<i> Pretty Reckless</i>, there was a slow pattern emerging amongst Shen's male leads, but that all changed with Dean 'Ruckus' Cole. When we first meet Dean in <i>Vicious</i>, he is the fun-loving, quick to smile, anything to have a good time party boy of the '<i>Hotholes</i>'. It would be easy to write him off as one dimensional, but in <i>Ruckus</i> you get to see the multifaceted character that is Dean Cole. A man with much more depth and darkness than the other hotholes.<br />
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Dean has always had a thing for Rosie, or as he likes to call her <i>baby LeBlanc,</i> since he was a teenager. But in an effort to protect her older sister Millie from his fellow hothole Vicious, Dean and Millie started dating–– forcing Dean to relinquish any chance of being with Rosie, but the thoughts still lingered. Now, 11 years later, they are living in the same apartment building in New York and nothing will stop Dean from getting what he wants this time.<br />
Rosie was an amazing contrast to Dean, yet she complimented him so well. For her entire life she had to deal <span style="font-family: inherit;">with people being cautious around her due to her life-altering illness, but not Dean. He didn't want to make her forget, he wanted to make her remember. He did not suffocate her, but rather let her breathe. Rosie is not someone who lets her illness dull her shine. Like most of Shen's female protagonist, she has sass for days and can counter any of Dean's sly remarks. They have a love for each other that is endless, heart-stopping and all consuming. With a story that connects both past and present, you find yourself neglecting the outside world and falling perfectly into theirs. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Another L.J. Shen book that I could not put down no matter how hard I tried. And I will keep going until I finish them all. I don't know what All Saints High is doing to their students, but it makes for excellent reading material. I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Defy is a smutty, insta-love, insta-lust short novella. Defy is a prequel to Vicious (Sinners of Saint #1). It is recommended, but unnecessary, to read Defy before reading Vicious.</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">First included in </span>Hot for Teacher Anthology: 19 Stories Filled with Lust and Love<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">My name is Melody Greene, and I have a confession to make.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">I slept with my student, a senior in high school.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Multiple times.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">I had multiple orgasms.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">In multiple positions.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">I slept with my student and I enjoyed it.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">I slept with my student and I’d do it all over again if I could turn back time.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">My name is Melody Greene, and I got kicked out of my position as a teacher and did my walk of shame a la Cersei Lannister from the principal’s office, minutes after said principal threatened to call the cops on me.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">My name is Melody Greene, and I did something bad because it made me feel good.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Here is why it was totally worth it.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> After enjoying <i>Pretty Reckless</i> and <i>Vicious</i> thoroughly I figured I had to read the story where it all came from. Melody Greene and Jaime Followhill are the prelude to all of our All Saints High's drama-filled and smutty stories. Jaime is your typical L.J. Shen love interest: one of the four <i>hotholes</i>, all-star football player, and the principle's son. And he just so happens to have the hots for his English teacher, Melody Greene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Since this is a novella, the plot moves almost too quickly, but the characters are intriguing enough that it is not one dimensional like most novella's are. We jump right into the good stuff, yet it doesn't feel rushed. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">Jamie and Melody’s fling seems like an inevitability after a whole lot of sexual tension that started building before the story even begins. The abundance of not-so-subtle flirtations only adds to that.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Emilia</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true.The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares. He is a brilliant lawyer. A skilled criminal. A beautiful liar. A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived. Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Vicious</b><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">She is a starving artist. Pretty and evasive like cherry blossom. Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down. She paid the price.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Emilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend. The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate. That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t. So she hates me. Big fucking deal. She better get used to me.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I am now addicted to L.J. Shen books! If steamy angst is not your style, then I suggest ignoring my next few posts because I am hooked. And if these books ARE your style, I demand that you pick every single one immediately. If you're not into the whole asshole thing then you will probably be able to leave <i>Vicious</i> behind, but if you do, this is the most perfect asshole in all the books I have ever read. There is one aspect of Shen's writing I love and it's the fact that she is a master at writing an antihero. <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.0486px;">She takes us to <span style="font-family: inherit;">the <span style="font-family: inherit;">brink wondering if there is any way her character can redeem himself whilst making us fall head over heels in love with a cold, arrogant and vindictive bastard. </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0486px;">We see this again in Barron Spencer (Vicious,) your typical All Saints High football star. They all seem so bad for you on paper, but yet they feel so SO SOOO GOOD.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; letter-spacing: 0.0486px;"> At 17, Emilia (Millie) LeBlanc moves into the Spencer family mansion with her sister Rose when her parents are hired as caretakers for the sprawling Spencer property and Vicious never lets her forget she is the ‘h</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #444444; letter-spacing: 0.0486px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">elp</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; letter-spacing: 0.0486px;">’ and not welcome in his circle of rich, entitled friends. The story opens in present day when Millie and Vicious are 27 and their paths cross again after Millie was forced to flee the Spencer estate when she turned 18.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; letter-spacing: 0.0486px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Millie was down to earth, an eclectic artist who didn’t conform to anyone’s standards, she was her own woman, but one man could shatter her resolve and that man was Vicious! No matter how many cruel barbs he threw at her, she took them and most times gave back as good as she got.</span></span><br />
The timeline jumps several times throughout this book but it is done seamlessly. The hate and tension between these two was palpable and I loved every second. Vicious was ruthless towards Millie, but as the story goes along we see him learn to be a marginally better person, but in the end he still is that same asshole. But Millie doesn't try to change that. She loves him for it, flaws and all. She understands his pain and does not expect him to change.<br />
Another L.J. Shen book that I could not put down no matter how hard I tried. And I will keep going until I finish them all. I don't know what All Saints High is doing to their students, but it makes for excellent reading material. I would give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">From USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen comes an intense, high school enemies-to-lovers romance with a twist.</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Penn</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">They say revenge is a dish best served cold. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I took her first kiss. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">She took the only thing I loved. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I was poor. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">She was rich. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">Daria</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free. </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now? Now he is making me pay. </span></span></i><br />
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Angst, angst and did I mention angst? I devoured this book in one night and was left desperate for more. <i>Pretty Reckless</i> seemed to be every story imaginable wrapped into one. From enemies to lovers, to high school rivals, to not having a mother's love, this book covered it all. New Adult romance novels have become my new cup of tea and boy does L.J. Shen deliver.<br />
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Daria Followhill easily became one of my favorite female characters. She is not your typical innocent do-gooder. She's a raging rich bitch and owns up to it. She can be down right vicious to anyone to those that cross her path. Though when we catch glimpses inside her head, we see that she can be vulnerable at times which causes her to lash out the way she does. She was willing to upend her entire life to do the right thing for the boy she loves. When she truly cares for someone, she is compassionate, caring and shockingly selfless. Daria may not be easy to love, but she is 100% worth the trouble. As for Penn Scully...DAMN. He amazed me. How he was determined not to be the product of his environment, how her e<span style="font-family: inherit;">nraged Daria, but when someone else was bothering her he always was on her side.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The only thing keeping me from giving this book 5 stars was that there were some plot holes that did not seem to make sense. How they pieced together everything in the end just did not seem to flow all that gracefully. I would still give this book 4 out of 5 stars! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BONUS! Here is an excerpt from one of my favorite scenes:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>“I don’t want you transferring into my school,” I hiss out. Melody would gladly file a transfer request, and Principal Prichard would salivate over the chance to snatch him up for our football team.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>“That won’t be a problem. You guys suck so much ass, you have shit-breath.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>“Still smells better than poverty. You’re poor, right? Your sister was just bullshitting about being rich.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>When someone hits me with a stick, I run over them with a tank. I’m so mean to him I want to throw up. I hate this part of being me. The striking harder at all costs part.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>“Just to make things clear.” I put the brush down, batting my lashes. “You’re not my step-sibling, foster brother, or a part of the family. You’re a stray dog. Last of the litter, most unlikely to be adopted, and a charity case.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>Penn takes a step toward me, and my heart is fighting its way out of my ribcage. The closer he gets, the more I realize that my heart might succeed. Penn’s eyes remind me of a snake’s. Mesmerizing, but inhuman altogether. They weren’t like that before.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>His scent messes with my head. I want to reach out and caress his face. Kiss his wounds better. Beg for forgiveness. Curse him. Push him away. Cry on his shoulder for what we’ve done. For how it ended. For what we became afterwards, because I’m full of crap and he is totally empty.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>Penn looks down at me. Time stops. It feels like the world is losing gravity, falling into a bottomless depth in space when he clasps my chin with his thumb and finger, lifting my head up. I can’t breathe. I’m not sure I want to, either. My towel drops to the floor with a thud, even though I secured it over my chest. I realize that he tugged at it intentionally. I’m naked. My body, my soul, my heart. All my walls are down. Somewhere in my head, a red alarm blasts</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit;"><i>and my inhibitions are getting armed, ready to fight back. I’m trying to decode his expression. He is amused, irritated, and…playful? The mixture of emotions doesn’t make any sense.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African-American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Carpool Karaoke</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare. In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Becoming</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"> is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.</span></span></i><br />
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It took me longer than I wanted to pick up this book, not because I did not want to, but because I wanted to sit down with just this book and nothing else. I wanted to have no distractions so that I could take in every word that Michelle Obama had to say. It is extremely important that this book has come out now not only because she is the former First Lady, but because it showcases her own accomplishments as a successful strong black woman in America. This book provides insight on Michelle's own private thoughts from everything ranging to her evolving romance with Barack to the painful transition to the current administration after the Obama's left the White House. I needed this dose of wisdom in a time like this when the world seems so bleak and I am uncertain what the future holds for myself, what the future holds for our society, it is nice to hear Michelle and Barack's optimism for the world.<br />
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The one emotion that I felt throughout reading this book was hope. Michelle's heartfelt openness about her life thus far inspired me to keep moving. She describes how through this book she is "slaying the caricatures and stereotypes with my own words." And through this she reveals her qualities as well as her flaws, her triumphs and disappointments, her difficult compromises and forthrightness and all the lessons she has learned from this. How she failed the Bar Exam the first time she took it and how she should have seen it as a sign she did not want to become a lawyer, but instead retook the test because she did not want to fail. How she ended up leaving the profession anyways to do non-profit work, where her true passion was. Her words and dedication to her own progress was truly inspirational.<br />
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There was one quote that stuck with me after I set this book down, <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;">“So many of us go through life with our stories hidden feeling ashamed or afraid when our whole truth doesn’t live up to some established ideal. We grow up with messages that tell us that there is only one way to be American. That if our skin is dark or our hips are wide, if we don’t experience love in a particular way, if we speak another language or come from another country then we don’t belong. That is until someone dares to start telling that story differently.” It inspires me to be the change that I want to see in the world. Growing up in New York, I was surrounded by diversity everywhere I went. But m</span><span style="background-color: white;">o<span style="font-family: inherit;">ving to Ohio for three years, I felt like I had gone </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">backwards. Being the only person of color in a classroom, the only person of color on the floor of my dorm did not feel right. Having a racist and homophobic roommate became too much for me to handle, so I left. But I realize now that I should have stayed. I should not have let them win. But it felt like too much to do on my own. I never found my people who understood my struggles because they were going through it too. Michelle's book helped me to realize that it is okay to make these decisions for yourself. That things may seem chaotic right now, but things will work out. Just breathe and things will fall into place eventually.</span></span><br />
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It is rare that a novel will change my life, but I know I will think about this book each and everyday of my life. I will aspire to be someone half as great as Michelle Obama. To find love and success in my career as she has is all a woman could dream of. I dare anyone to pick up this book and not feel inspired by her words. Though the role of First Lady is not technically a job, she treated it as such. <i>Becoming</i> by Michelle Obama gets 5 out of 5 stars from me!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;"> “Part of the journey is the end.” So says Tony Stark in </span><span style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Avengers: Endgame</em></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;">, the epic culmination of every Marvel Cinematic Universe entry that’s come before. After a seemingly endless journey, this movie does the impossible: brings closure. This is the end of one story, yet the beginning of so many others. If you read last months </span><a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/05/april-2019-monthly-consumptions.html" style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;"><b>monthly consumptions</b></a><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;"> where I talked about </span><i style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;">Avengers: Infinity War</i><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;"> you would recall that it left me wanting more. <i>Endgame</i> is here to </span><span style="color: #4c4c4c;">deliver</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;"> where <i>Infinity War</i> failed. This movie pulled at my heart, yet had me laughing to the point where my stomach hurt. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;"> So basically the entire movie. First things first, Fat Thor is such a mood. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c;">The fact that they were playing fortnite and getting bullied by other players kills me!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;">Not only physically but additionally becoming depressed and locking himself away. I think almost anyone can relate to that on some level. I am glad they didn't have him just snap out of it, but stay like that till the end was just perfect. And when he reunites with his mother in Asgard and gets the advice and closure that he needs. UGHHH SO EMOTIONAL! And then he reaches for the hammer and he finds out he is still worthy. His face and his smile brought me so much hope. It stood for so much more. It is such a turning point for his character arc. We have seen Thor transform from the first movie he appears in to this one. I recently watched Thor: The Dark World and it was a little </span><span style="color: #4c4c4c;">disappointing</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;"> to see the old Thor. I love current Thor and cannot wait to see him join the Guardians!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Captain America this entire movie had me in my feelings. THE MOMENT WHEN CAP PICKS UP THOR'S HAMMER I LET OUT THE LOUDEST SCREAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THEATER. Also when we are in that elevator and we get that winter </span>solider moment, but then he goes Hail Hydra I was SCREAMINGGGGG! Another Cap moment that broke my heart was when Thanos was just breaking his shield. Piece by piece just picking it apart. And then when it seems like it is the end, THE PORTALS FUCKING OPEN AND EVERYONE IS LIKE BITCH WE GON FUCK THIS SHIT UP!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c;"> And then of course we gotta talk about my boy <i><b>spdermans</b></i>. When spidey comes back and he is filling Tony in on everything that happened in the 30 minutes they were apart and Tony is just like *hug* MY LITTLE HEART! When Spider-Man and Pepper and saying by to Tony I could not take it. I am tearing up right now just typing this. And at the funeral where everyone is just looking so sad and the proof that Tony Stark has a heart is just floating there. nope. nope. my eyes. filled with water. But ANYWAYS. The moment where Spider-Man is struggling and literally every woman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe just comes to the rescue. And then Captain Marvel carries the gauntlet with the help of all these women is just such a bad ass moment. I was so happy that we got this scene because the women of the Marvel Universe just need to be appreciated more. </span></span><br />
Also honorable mentions. Anytime Rocket talked, I was laughing my ass off. When Tony makes the Build-A-Bear comment was perfect. And then Bruce/Hulk trying to figure out time travel and testing it out on Antman (rip scott's taco) was just filled with so many small jokes and made me smile.<br />
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The first thing I watched this month was Season 7 and then the NEW AND LAST SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES! This show is amazing and if you have not watched it yet...what are you doing. Hop on board and join the hype because it is well worth it. It is the first TV show that has truly felt like a book due to the character development and plot that occurs. We have had the time to watch these characters make decisions and it all comes down to this final season. This show is so intense and not for the faint of heart. What is making the show infinitely better for me are the live tweets and memes about the show. Especially the ones about Arya in episode 3 lmao. 5 out of 5 stars always from me!<br />
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The next show I have been watching is Greys Anatomy. I watches seasons 4-<span style="font-family: inherit;">9 in April and this show is such an emotional rollercoaster. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The medical drama series focuses on a grou<span style="font-family: inherit;">p of young doctors at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, who began their careers at the facility as interns. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This show is thrilling, sexy and heartbreaking. This show gets 5 out of 5 stars from me!</span></span></div>
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And that is everything I have watched this month. What did you watch this month? What should I watch next? Let me know in the comments down below!</div>
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Thanks Hons!</div>
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The month of March was quite a busy month for me and I did not get to read as much as I wanted to. That being said I did watch a lot of great TV.</div>
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The first show I watched this month was Grace and Frankie. I am in the middle of season 3 now and it is a great show to have on in the background while cooking and cleaning. Grace and Frankie is a story about two women who have been rivals all their life, but that all changes when their husbands revel they have been having an affair with each other for the last 20 years and want to get married. This show makes me laugh in ways I would never expect. I find the family dynamic weird and charming. I have decided recently that I want to be Jane Fonda when I am older. Take shit from no one and drink vodka all day. I would give this show 3.5 out of 5 stars just because it does not keep my attention 100% of the time but it is still a fantastic show.</div>
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The next show I watched this month was Queer Eye Season 3 and this show is so heart warming and just has me crying every episode. The Fab 5 take on Kanas City in this season and we meet some of the most amazing people who are true heroes. To see someone's self confidence go through the roof makes me happy. Any time I see these five men together I am filled with joy and hope. Queer Eye always gets 5 out of 5 stars from me.</div>
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The only book I read this month was Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas and you can see my review of that <a href="https://www.leereadsbooks.com/2019/03/birthday-girl-by-penelope-douglas-review.html">here</a>!</div>
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So my roommate and I were talking about what cartoons we watches as a kid and we discovered that Total Drama Island is on Netflix. We watched the whole first season in one day. Total Drama Island is an animated spoof of Survivor where 22 teens compete for a cash prize at the end. This brought back so many memories of me in my basement, eating multiple cheese sticks and watching cartoons all night. This show still holds up and I feel like kids now in 2019 would like this show. This show gets 4 out of 5 stars from me!</div>
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The next thing I <span style="font-family: inherit;">saw this month was something that I have been excited about for months: Jordan Peele's </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Us</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen. Her worst fears soon become a reality when four mas</span><span class="yZlgBd" style="background-color: white; display: inline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">ked strangers descend upon the house, forcing the Wilsons into a fight for survival. When the masks come off, the family is horrified to learn that each attacker takes the appearance of one of them. This movie had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Lupita's </span><span style="color: #222222;">performance</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in this movie was </span>absolutely brilliant and if she is not nominated for this role I will set the Oscars on fire. While I did think Get Out was better, this movie was so well thought out and the more I think about it the more discoveries I make. 5 out of 5 stars!</span></span></div>
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This month I also watched seasons 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones. Hopefully I finish season 7 in time for the new season on April 14th. This show is honestly amazing and I can't believe it took me so long to get into it. 5 out of 5 stars!</div>
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What did you watch this month? Let me know in the comments down below!</div>
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Thanks Hons,</div>
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Lee Chand</div>
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