tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48477906317187134382024-03-04T20:13:24.342-08:00Little Miss BookwurmWhen you love to read and maybe, just maybe, love to talk as much as you love to read, maybe it is time to start a blog about the books you read and hope somebody will talk back...Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-8441662792114984132011-07-06T18:32:00.000-07:002011-07-06T18:32:59.166-07:00Moving over...As of today, well maybe tomorrow, I'm gonna put this blog on the self...<br />
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Reason being.... My other blog is taking up all my time.. Not that i mind, I love that people love my other blog so much, but that doesn't leave me much time to write about the books i read.<br />
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Doesn't mean i don't wanna read books or wanna tell you about it... it just means that, that (as in writing about books) is gonna happen right there at<a href="http://www.fourleafcloverdairy.blogspot.com/"> Four Leaf Clover Tales</a> if it is gonna happen at all!<br />
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Soooo if you are not following <a href="http://www.fourleafcloverdairy.blogspot.com/">Four Leaf Clover Tales</a> yet... i hope you hop over and be my friend there! You would make me a very happy girl!<br />
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Thanks and see you on the other side of the fence... with all the other girls!<br />
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Best gift ever!!!<br />
Thanks sweetie!<br />
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Don't forget, tomorrow; Three times is the Charm,Wedding # 2 at <a href="http://www.fourleafcloverdairy.blogspot.com/">Four Leaf Clover Tales</a>!<br />
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Have a wonderful Wednesday<br />
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....Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-55080938123197443702011-04-20T08:12:00.000-07:002011-04-20T08:12:06.583-07:00Wordless Wednesday...Yep... That's me...<br />
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And yes, that is a BIG cat!<br />
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Have a fantastic Wednesday, do some bloghopping and don't forget about my love story at <a href="http://www.fourleafcloverdairy.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Four Leaf Clover Tales</span></a> tomorrow (Thursday)!<br />
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...Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-21076574006717211202011-04-13T07:39:00.000-07:002011-04-13T07:39:52.885-07:00Wordless Wednesday, beautiful skies...One of the reasons i love America...<br />
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I had a rough time the first 50 pages, not because of my flight but because it was a little all over the place with lot's of difficult words and difficult build up of sentences. After the initial hesitation i was happy i stuck to it. The book is about a virtuoso (yeah that's what i meant with difficult words) killer who is carving a path of death across the west, intent on killing only the most beautiful women. Special Agent Brad Raines is desperate for help and finally ask some of the patients at the Center for Wellness and Intelligence if they can help him find out who the killer is and track him down.<br />
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Everybody who is in to detectives or thrillers this is a great buy. It wasn't very expensive i think i paid $7.99 and it is small! So you can take it everywhere!<br />
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I would rate this book at an 7. It is good book for on the road, in bed or on an airplane! And of course it looks good on my bookshelf!...<br />
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I am comfortable with myself, signified by the way i walk so nonchalantly wearing only sweats and a T-shirt. I am nobody. But please, please don't tell anybody.Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-4297409904294784842011-03-25T07:39:00.000-07:002011-03-25T07:39:25.953-07:00Real Farmwives of America - The Circle of lifeWhen ever i think of the Circle of life i have a million things on my mind...Everything that has to do with our farm... my friends having babies... my car...yes i know, why car....<br />
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it because it is a perfect TEN. And it has everything to do with the Circle of life!<br />
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having a wonderful time with some girl company (which i don't get to often <br />
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their names)! Also, i never had a book signed by the author him/herself <br />
and it is great to now have one in my collection that is! Thanks Ree!<br />
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The book i got is called "<a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/">Black Heels to Tractor Weels</a>" and it's about<br />
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anything that feels right to you... and so yes, i got writing on <br />
<a href="http://www.fourleafcloverdairy.blogspot.com/">Four Leaf Clover Tales</a>... i had a bit of trouble with the book itself.<br />
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Not that it is not good. I thought it was really good, but it was written as <br />
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If you read it as separate post, they are really good, funny and lovable, but <br />
to read it as a whole book in a couple of nights it's kinda storytelling on repeat. <br />
Reading 75 times that her parents are having a hard time, after the 3th time <br />
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BUT if you are a blogger, this book is a must! The pioneer woman is a <br />
gorgeous lady who perfected blogging to the max and i can appreciate that <br />
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The book cost me $25.99 but i think you can get it cheaper at Walmart or Target.<br />
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I would rate this book at a 7.5, again, not because i don't like it, but just because <br />
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Favorite passage of the book...<br />
To Malboro Man, for being mine (i thought that was just soooo sweet!)Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-42781720671355382922011-02-23T06:15:00.000-08:002011-02-23T06:15:31.700-08:00Wordless Wednesday: The sweetest dog ever!If you would have met our Jones, you would tell me he's the sweetest dog ever!<br />
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were a huge storm was coming right at us in 2006...<br />
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the song for this commercial is one of my new favorite songs; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAVLXk9QWA">This is war</a><br />
from <a href="http://thirtysecondstomars.thisisthehive.net/hurricane/">30 Seconds to Mars</a>. So when i walked into Walmart<br />
last weekend i really didn't have a choice besides checking out... which<br />
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I know I know, the commercial was for the movie, not the book, but <br />
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So you can understand what's coming now, I got the book last weekend <br />
and I'm writing about it now, so.... that meant, I really liked it.<br />
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It's really a book up my alley, funny, scary, strange, romantic, suspense<br />
and all that good stuff. It's about a young man, to be specific, John a 15 year <br />
old alien from the planet Lorien, and his guardian, Henri, as they run from the <br />
Mogadorians, another race of aliens that are hunting down John and the <br />
other 8 teenage Loriens living on Earth. John, the young man gets tired of<br />
running and in the same time he develops special powers he meets this<br />
lovely joung girl... ahhhhh... so sweet!<br />
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It's not all sweet, but I'm not gonna tell you about that, just buy the book<br />
for your teenage kids, cousin, grandchild, kid's friends and read it before <br />
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The book was around 12 dollars, and it has a nice cover and has a special<br />
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I would rate the book a good 7.5 because after all, I'm not a teen no more...<br />
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Favorite passage of the book:<br />
"When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think <br />
all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope."Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-38593300261519226212011-02-09T09:07:00.000-08:002011-02-09T09:07:16.254-08:00Calvin and Hobbes Wordless Wednesday<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So... Were having a rough time with our <a href="http://www.fourleafcloverdairy.com/">dairy</a> and this just </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">made me laugh and think of some great American values... </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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So, right after it was put on the shelf at Walmart, i went and<br />
got myself a little present! <a href="http://www.stephenking.com/">Under The Dome</a> by Stephen <br />
King. And no, i didn't read it in 3 days because it is really <br />
huge. 1072 pages to be exact. I'm not good with inches but it really is 3 <br />
centimeter high if you lay it flat on the table. Such a big and heavy book is <br />
hard to read in bed, your arm and hands are in for a real workout the whole <br />
time your reading!<br />
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And the great part was as big as it is, it is as good!!! it didn't feel like a 1072 <br />
page book, because every chapter had something interesting in it and because <br />
of all the different characters, you get a real good insight in what is going on<br />
under that dome.<br />
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The book is about a small town in Maine, surrounded by an invisible <br />
force field. The people inside must do whatever they can to survive. The situation <br />
deteriorates rapidly due to the dome's ecological effects and some people inside <br />
like the idea of having an isolated populace to dominate. Of course there <br />
are good guys and girls, that do not appreciate that and get in action to<br />
stop the bad guys from making a bigger mess of what is already a huge mess.<br />
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Maybe I'm a bit bias because i already love Stephen King, but if your not a <br />
fan (yet), this is as good as any story to begin with. It has all the elements, love<br />
hate, faith, suspense, hope and everything in between and i think as a reader<br />
you can't ask for more.<br />
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The book cost me i think, $21.00 but again, it is 1072 pages... hehe...<br />
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I would rate this book a 9. Like i said, it's big, its interesting and<br />
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You can really give it to anybody who likes good stories, but it don't <br />
matter if they are into romance books, like suspense books or comical <br />
books, I'll say it again; it has it all. <br />
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Favorite passage of the book, hmmm that is a hard one to answer...<br />
Its been a while since i read it and i didn't fold the pages like i <br />
do now to remember where my favorite parts are...<br />
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Maybe i will tell you whenever i read it again!?!Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-44324767403030448642011-02-02T12:54:00.000-08:002011-02-02T12:54:29.746-08:00Calvin & Hobbes Wordless WednesdayOK! I'm READY for some daffodils!!!<br />
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And the winter storm can go away now... Thanks!Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-57228147111309294722011-01-27T17:18:00.000-08:002011-01-27T17:18:08.640-08:00Let Me InWhy picked this book...<br />
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</div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pretty quick I found out it was indeed about vampires but it was also about </div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">a friendship between two kids (or they seem to be kids anyway) and the most </div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">interesting part, it's also about bullying, hmmm that's a hard word to spell, </div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">anyway you know what I'm talking about. Hundreds of commercials on TV </div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and Dr Phil, Ellen and Oprah have devoted episodes on bullying and this book</div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">just grabs the essence of bullying and what it does to the victims.</div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Have a great day!Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-78417980399187138852011-01-20T16:40:00.000-08:002011-01-20T16:40:34.774-08:00Calvin & HobbesMy little sister used to live in England for a couple of years<br />
and one day she brought me a present. It was a comic book<br />
about a little boy and his imaginary friend. <br />
This friend was actually his stuffed little tiger that he would<br />
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In Holland we didn't really know these cartoons, we had <br />
other Dutch ones but to please my sister i figured i would read <br />
it and see what she was all heated up about.<br />
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We'll i opened the book and could not stop reading and <br />
LAUGHING! Halfway true the middle i was considering:<br />
running to the bathroom because i was about to pee my pants, <br />
pee my pants and deal with it later or just STOP<br />
reading these cartoons!<br />
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I made it to the bathroom in time, the trade off was i took my <br />
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On my birthday last year, or two years ago (getting older yes), i got the whole <br />
series and i have noticed everybody who reads it loves it as much as i do. <br />
Kids, teens and adults. So yes, i could recommend anybody, go online or to <br />
your local <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/">Barnes & Noble</a> and get yourself some laughing poison in <br />
the shape of a book. <br />
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After all laughing is the best medicine!<br />
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And from now on.... hehe.... i will start with a Wordless Wednesday and <br />
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So i got <a href="http://www.laurenconrad.com/">L.A. Candy</a> because just as most ladies, <br />
my age.... and quite a bit younger ladies than me... watched The Hills <br />
and Laguna Beach. Although the maybe don't want to admit that <br />
they did. I always asked permission from my husband or secretly<br />
watched on Sunday evenings when he went to the farm...<br />
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So I watch this totally crazy series called The Hills and I see<br />
this pretty young lady who has to choose between her so called <br />
boyfriend and a job opportunity in Paris (remember she is like a <br />
fashion student or something, so Paris, France should sound amazing).<br />
And o my gosh what do I see.... The, I fell off my swing girl, chooses<br />
the boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was pissed for days, and i made sure my husband<br />
was pissed too! How can a girl choose a boy over a career, i didn't get <br />
it.....<br />
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.... then it came to my attention, besides reading books i like to peek at <br />
the magazines in stores, that this stupid blond bimbo has written a book<br />
Who am i to judge and not see if she can actually write...<br />
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I my humble opinion, she can't, but she can tell a great story, namely her<br />
story (she can tell whoever is interviewing her that it's not about her, i<br />
don't buy it) and it is really a girly girl story. <br />
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I didn't read it in 2 days but it was light and funny and i even picked up <br />
the following book she "wrote" and i liked that too.<br />
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Also i figured out why she picked the boy over the job. Smart move <br />
if you ask me: she did choose the boy because otherwise she would loose <br />
her reality life show, theywouldn't follow her all the way to Paris, i think. <br />
So she came across as a dumb little blond bimbo, but all the time she was <br />
planning to dump the boyanyway and make a huge career for herself and <br />
go live the good life.<br />
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Lauren Conrad I applaud you. <br />
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Good buy at Walmart for $10, and yes you can give this book to <br />
anybody who is a girl or who wants to be a girl!<br />
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Favorite passage in the book;<br />
Your not a total bitch<br />
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I would give this book a 7 on our scale of 1 to 10.<br />
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HahaLeontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-15694952664283685372011-01-12T13:54:00.000-08:002011-01-12T13:54:25.534-08:00Saving MaxSometimes I get drawn back to the time i wanted to be a psychotherapist, a nun and even a truck driver...<br />
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And i stumble upon a book about a boy who's autistic, smart & emotionally<br />
fragile and all these past occupations that i once wanted to preform, come<br />
rushing back to me.... I get this inner voice (yeah i have one too) that says;<br />
Let's read this book and see how disturbed this is going to get, and maybe <br />
i can fix it, him or the whole world.<br />
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<a href="http://www.savingmaxbook.com/">Saving Max</a> is a great book, never heard about the author before but she<br />
sounded awfully Dutch!? Antoinette van Heugten. Doesn't that sound <br />
Dutch to you???<br />
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Anyway, the book is about a mom who has a teenage son, Max, who is <br />
autistic but very smart. His condition is getting worse and she decides to <br />
get him into this great psychiatric facility but it goes from bad to worse, <br />
until they find Max beside a patient who has been murdered.<br />
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Very nice twistings at the end and yes very understandable emotions even<br />
if you are not a mommy yet. But it wasn't a book that i just needed <br />
to finish in two days, you can put it away and be happy the next day to <br />
read a couple of pages more.<br />
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The book was about $15.00 at <a href="http://www.kroger.com/">Kroger's</a> and that sounds about right to me.<br />
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Favorite passage of the book;<br />
Doaks stomps toward the door, muttering. "Women... Didn't God have <br />
nothin' better to do?"<br />
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Hmm I had to think about what grade I would give this novel: A respectable<br />
7, maybe I'm gonna read it again when I'm a mommy and it will turn into<br />
an 8...?Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-39394682527510539952011-01-10T14:36:00.000-08:002011-01-10T14:36:36.203-08:00The Hunger GamesLOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS BOOK!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/">The Hunger Games</a><br />
Oh my gosh, i just read it in two days and yes it is over 370 pages, so<br />
it wasn't because it was another short story!<br />
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There was no time to proper cook dinner or fore fill other "I'm a good<br />
wife" duties, I wanted to go to bed to read my book!<br />
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Within the first 5 pages i was completely hooked. The story is about <br />
Katniss (yeah i know strange name, but trust me there are stranger<br />
names) who enters into the annually held Hunger Games as an contestant <br />
where several teens need to fight to the death while everything is being filmed <br />
by "big brother" to entertain and make sure everybody stays in line of <br />
what the guys in the Capitol want.<br />
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This book brings me back to my own childhood, we used to play in <br />
the strip of trees behind our farm, carry self made arrows and bows <br />
or sharp sticks, make pretend pasta of tall grasses and berries, and played<br />
until it was dark or until our mom would call us in. Reading this book <br />
made me feel like a kid again who thinks the whole world is against <br />
her and needs all her abilities to survive. <br />
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Wonderful wonderful book! I ran to the store that same weekend to get<br />
the second and third part of the trilogy, leaving my husband a little worried...<br />
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Its a great buy for your cousin/niece, mom/dad, brother/sister, friends<br />
well pretty much everybody even if they don't like reading that much!<br />
You'll get them hooked and the book at <a href="http://www.walmart.com/">Walmart</a> was just $9.00!?<br />
My favorite passage from the book;<br />
Without thinking, I pull an arrow from my quiver and sent it straight at<br />
the Gamemakers table. I hear shouts of alarm ans people stumble back. The<br />
arrow skewers the apple in the pigs mouth and pins it to the wall behind it.<br />
Everyone stares at me in disbelief. "Thank you for your consideration," <br />
I say.<br />
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No thinking about this one! A straight 10 in my list! <br />
I hope you enjoy it as much as i did...Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-16920159464658675902011-01-08T16:35:00.000-08:002011-01-08T20:04:02.152-08:00Full Dark, No StarsWhat better way to start this off with a Stephen King book?!<br />
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<a href="http://www.stephenking.com/index.html">Full Dark, No Stars</a> is a book with a couple of short stories<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Of course when i purchased the book i wasn't looking, I </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">usually go by book cover and name of the writer and didn't</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">see it were short stories until I was full into the first one...</div><br />
I'm not good with short stories, I finish them to fast and they<br />
don't last very long in my mind, to many other things going on, <br />
I guess...<br />
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The story that did linger in my head was the second one, Big <br />
Driver. About Tess a writer who has to give a lecture about her<br />
books and gets directions to do a shortcut in order to get home <br />
sooner to her beloved cat. Of course this goes terribly wrong and <br />
she has to fight for her life.<br />
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The story was very twisting, very dark (hehe) and a surprising end<br />
which always amazes me, because after reading maybe 50 Stephen<br />
King books, every time i think i have figured him out.... NOT....<br />
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Overall a good buy, maybe a bit to expensive $25.00 but that just <br />
might be because the longer the story the more the price can be<br />
(in my head anyway).<br />
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Favorite passage in the book:<br />
"7Up tastes good... like a cigarette should!" It came to her that <br />
that wasn't right, and even if it was, she should be singing something <br />
better than f*cked-up advertising jingles while she had that pleasing <br />
rasp in her voice; if you were going to be raped and left for dead in <br />
a pipe with two rotting corpses, something good should come out <br />
of it.<br />
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I would rate the whole book (all the stories included) a respectable 7.Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847790631718713438.post-71008705221244856812011-01-07T16:58:00.000-08:002011-01-07T16:58:06.267-08:00Me and my knife, thanks to Stephen KingI started really reading when i was eleven years old. Of course <br />
I read before, for school, to make my parents happy and to <br />
impress my grandma, but i REALLY started reading at <br />
eleven.<br />
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By the time i was thirteen i pretty much read all <a href="http://www.stephenking.com/">Stephen King</a> <br />
novels ever written because, that were without a doubt, my favorites. <br />
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You have to know we lived in a small town in The Netherlands <br />
and every Friday I would ride my bike to the center of town to <br />
practice handball, kinda like soccer but no feet but hands are <br />
involved. I wasn't very good at it but i loved my friends and <br />
they all played so, so did I.<br />
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I would bring a knife with me on my bike ride over to town, <br />
just in case... It was after all 2.5 miles on little back roads...<br />
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After reading one of Stephen Kings short stories about a<br />
horrible man who was on a rampage to kill a whole family, <br />
including the horse and the dog, but left the mommy to live <br />
because she had her period, (the terrible man could not <br />
kill anything that was that un-pure)... <br />
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After reading that book I would ride my bike to practice on <br />
Friday's WITHOUT my knife whenever i had my period!<br />
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Ha! Those bad men wouldn't touch me on those days so why <br />
bring my knife....<br />
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Books can impact a persons life just like a song can, a beautiful <br />
book makes your life shine, a lovely book makes you love the <br />
people around you a bit more, a depressing book makes you<br />
appreciate you're life. A scary book makes you feel like <br />
a little girl or gives you strength to face your demons.<br />
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I love to read, and now I'm gonna share my love with you!<br />
But please, no bicycling on back roads without protection...Leontienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311969195332643600noreply@blogger.com2