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Check out my new review on the Gossip Girl book 'All I want is everything' http://imlovingbooks.blogspot.nl/2014...
Ever find your life disrupted, confused, out of balance? You can use this mythic archetype to get yourself back on track. Your Inner Gyroscope: A Mythic Archetype that Can Help You Find Balance.
REVIEW - The Cowboy Imports a Bride (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #3) by Cora Setonhttp://mrsbbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01...
I am one of the host for the Matt Archer Bloodlines tour. It is the fourth book in the Young Adult Paranormal series by Kendra C. Highley. There is a tour wide giveawy for a $25 Amazon gift card and lots of information on the book!Click the link below and it will take you to the giveaway page:
Chapter Reveal: Be with Me (Wait for You #2) by J. Lynn aka Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Cover Reveal: Of Sea and Stone by Kate Avery Ellison
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This week's book blogger hop!Question: do you blog for fun or for a living?
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Review of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY by Sharon Biggs Waller. Releases today! http://crystalinbookland.blogspot.com...
Only 8 days left to enter the HUGE giveaway I've got going on! http://crystalinbookland.blogspot.com...
Review: Backward Compatible by Sarah Daltry & Pete Clark
"If you’re looking for a short, funny and romantic novel, this one’s for you."
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CHAPTER REVEAL - Be with Me (Wait for You #2) by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrouthttp://mrsbbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01...
REVIEW - The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire (Cowboys of Chance Creek #4) by Cora Seton
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Blog tour for Podium Finish by Beth Pond. Review, excerpt & giveaway for an Amazon gift card or paypal cash!http://knoxdiver.blogspot.com/2014/01...
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I've also recently updated the look of my blog and would love for some feedback!
I've done two reviews in the past week. 4.5 stars to Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton! :)
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3 stars to Salt by Danielle Ellison.
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Young adult graphic novels about the Boxer Rebellion, "Boxers & Saints".http://www.skjam.com/2014/01/24/comic...
BLOG TOUR stop for: 
Guest post by: Jessica Khoury
And my 4 ★★★★ Review!
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Stop by http://www.cluereview.blogspsot.com today for my review and author spotlight and giveaway in the VBT for A Little Too Hot
REVIEW - The Sheriff catches a bride (The Cowboys of Chance Creek #5) by Cora Setonhttp://mrsbbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01...
I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.- Emma
You see how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet.
- Cher (from Clueless)
The Beginning: Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
Oh, how marvelous it is to revisit the world of Jane Austen. I’ve been meaning to reread Emma for ages. I read it 10 years ago for a Jane Austen class, where we went through all six novels in one semester. I love Jane Austen, but reading all the novels in one go is too much. Emma was one of the last novels we read in the class, and I’d had about enough at that point. I’ve always felt that I would have to reread Emma again at some point. As I’ve said many times before, I like variety in my books – that’s why I’ve challenged myself to read different genres in 2014: to ensure variety.
As bad as it makes me sound, part of me identifies with Emma. This is difficult for me to admit, as many – as well as myself – consider Emma Jane Austen’s least likable character. Rereading Emma felt like looking at my worst sides when I was in my twenties.
Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.
- Emma
Do you prefer “fashion victim” or “ensembly challenged”?
- Cher (from Clueless)
I’m not totally like Emma: I don’t try to match make and I don’t interfere with people’s life decisions (unless they’re clearly making a mistake.) But I do sometimes have a bit of a know-it-all attitude (I’m working on it!) even though I don’t have a clue (which I’m not working on, I might add). And I can be a bit manipulative (but only when it’s really important). And finally, throughout my teens and most of my twenties, I was certain that there was no man in this world I would ever want to live with. Boy, was I clueless!
My being charming…is not quite enough to induce me to marry.
I must find other people charming – one other person at least.
- Emma
Searching for a boy in high school is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie.
- Cher
And speaking of Clueless: I love doing these comparisons between Jane Austen novels and popular books and movies. For instance, Bridget Jones is based on Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones the Edge of Reason is based on Persuasion, and Clueless is based on Emma.
Let’s try to list the similarities:
• In Emma, our heroine befriends the poor Harriet Smith and teaches her how to be more ladylike – in Clueless, Cher befriends outsider Tai and tries to make her popular.
• Emma manipulates Harriet into refusing a marriage proposal from the man she loves because he’s just “a simple farmer” – in Clueless, Cher tells Tai to not have anything to do with the skater boy she adores.
• Emma convinces Harriet that she should set her heart on Mr. Elton – in Clueless, Cher convinces Tai to go for Elton.
• Emma paints a portrait of Harriet, which Mr. Elton frames, not because he’s in love with Harriet, but because it’s painted by Emma – Cher takes a photo of Tai, which Elton puts in his locker because Cher took the picture (“I’m having a Twin Peaks experience“).
• Mr. Elton proposes to Emma in a carriage on their way home from a dance – Elton makes a pass at Cher in a car on their way home from a party.
• Emma thinks she’s in love with Frank Churchill, but he’s engaged to another and they become friends instead. In Clueless, Cher throws herself at Christian who turns out to be gay. They become friends.
• In Emma, Harriet Smith is attacked by gypsies and rescued by Frank Churchill – Tai is attacked by some boys at the mall and rescued by Christian.
• At a dance, Harriet is left with no one to dance with, when Mr. Knightly saves her by dancing with her. In Clueless, Tai is alone at a party when Josh rescues her by dancing with her.
• Emma discovers that she’s in love with Mr. Knightly when Harriet declares that she’s in love with him. Cher discovers that she’s in love with Josh when Tai declares she’s in love with him.
I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
- Emma
As if!
- Cher
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Mostly for business, but "Thanks for the Feedback" might be helpful in other situations.http://www.skjam.com/2014/01/25/book-...
My latest post is a review of a legal thriller with some baseball referenceshttp://sportsbookguy.blogspot.com/201...
My latest post discusses self-published authors and the pros and cons of self-publishing.http://thebooksthethingreviews.wordpr...
my last post is all about the movie based on the Vampire Academy book by Richelle Mead. Check it out!http://imlovingbooks.blogspot.nl/2014...
I posted my review of Absent by Katie Williams
, an afterlife book where three characters are stuck in high school after their death (because it's the place where they died), and all have some issues to solve...besides interacting with the living. Nice small book.http://offbeat-ya.blogspot.it/2014/01...
Giveaway: signed & personalized copy of Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafihttp://knoxdiver.blogspot.com/2014/01...
Just posted our Valentine's Day Giveaway -- will start at midnight, 1/27/14 <3 http://www.moonrisebookblog.com/2014/...
Throne of Glass & Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas Review: Best love triangle ever
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Follow my blogs on Twitter. You might find them interesting especially if you like time travel. Look for me at Earle W. Hanna Sr.
Here's my latest! It's a review for Airicka Phoenix's Touching Smoke. http://thebooksthethingreviews.wordpr...
Review of the Frank Frazetta-drawn comic strip "Johnny Comet." Great art!http://www.skjam.com/2014/01/27/comic...
Earle wrote: "Follow my blogs on Twitter. You might find them interesting especially if you like time travel."You might want to tell us where to find your blogs, or at least the name to look for.
To follow my blogs on Twitter look for Earle W. Hanna Sr.
Skjam! wrote: "Earle wrote: "Follow my blogs on Twitter. You might find them interesting especially if you like time travel."You might want to tell us where to find your blogs, or at least the name to look for."
Look for me at Earle W. Hanna Sr.
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