I'm technically an author now.. YAY!

So, ahem. One or two months ago, I was entering every writing contest I could find-- and I just happened to enter Clean Teen Publishing's WONDERSTRUCK contest! Well, what do you know? My 100 word drabble got included in the anthology! Which allows me to be a Goodreads author. Muaaahahah. #LovingTheGoodreadsAuthorPage

So guys, support us, and check it out! Just thought I'd share this news! 

Book Haul (Mini)- 4

Today was the last day of Book Club for the year of 2012-2013. (And there was an AP Bio meeting today. Grr. Mr. Doan..) So sad! Cynthia brought in ARCs and I snagged these right before the AP Bio meeting LOLOL. Behold, peeps! My mini-haul.



1. To Be Perfectly Honest by Sonya Sones.

I don't know. It looked like a contemporary book, and I really needed one. Like right now.

2. Shadowlands by Kate Brian.

Gorgeous cover? You can say that again! It looks interesting.

3. Not a Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnis.

I'm still not over my non-dystopian phase. Well, we'll just see how this one is, sooner or later..

4. Panic by Sharon M. Draper.

Been wanting to read this for a while, though, but I still have a hate that burns with passion for butterflies..
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That's it! What do you guys think of this haul?

Cover Reveal: Resilient by Patricia Vanasse.

Resilient by Patricia Vanasse is garnering some great attention, even long before the release date of September 3rd, 2013. Published by Pants on Fire Press this is the story of Livia and Adam, two teens who are far from normal and have more in common than they could ever imagine.

According to the press release, Resilient has already got attention from A-list movie studios and production companies that are interested in the movie and screen rights.  Resilient was also the 4th place winner of the 2012 Golden Acorn Excellence in Writing Award.

Livia has never felt like she fits in. As normal as it sounds, Livia is anything but ordinary. She can feel every emotion of every single person around her, and it’s maddening. In pursuit of some psychic quiet, she moves with her family from New York City to Whidbey Island in the lush and sleepy Pacific Northwest. But when a horseback riding accident in her new home gives her a broken leg that heals in a day, she finds that another unexplainable ability has manifested, and her life isn’t about to get any easier.
Adam has no problem fitting in and making friends. In fact, he’s the top of the school, the boy everyone knows and loves. However, people only see what he allows them to. No one knows what Adam is truly capable of. After witnessing Livia’s accident, Adam sees something intriguing in her quick recovery, something that gives him hope that he’s not alone.
Adam is the only one whose emotions Livia can’t read. Afraid of not knowing what goes on behind his dark eyes, Livia decides to keep him at a distance. Yet the more she tries to ignore him, the more alluring he becomes, and while their personal quests for identity will inevitably bring them closer together, it is the confirmation of what they really are that threatens to tear them apart.

Resilient, told in alternating point of views, is a gripping story of survival and romance, in which two teenagers face the consequences of being anything but normal.

Resilient is a YA book recommended for ages 13 and older.  It has 318 pages and will be available in ebook and paperback.

Excerpt:

He opens his eyes and sees me ogling.

         Embarrassed, I turn my attention back to the sky. “I thought you had fallen asleep.”

         “And then you’d take advantage of me.”

         “No! I was just…” I trail off, not knowing what to say. “Can we go? It’s getting late.”

         “We just got here!” He smiles in amusement. “How about we play a game?”

         “What game?”

         “I ask you a question, you answer, and then you ask me one. It’s a good way to get to know each other.” He turns his body to the right so he’s facing me. “Before you decide I’m the worse person ever, you should know the facts.”

         “As long as you tell the truth.”

         “You have my word.” I laugh despite myself as he asks, “If you had to choose between day and night, which would you pick?”

         I frown for a second, thinking. “Day,” I say “Wrestling or football?”

         “Wrestling for sure,” he answers. “Favorite cartoon character?”

         “Ha! Definitely Daria; I feel like we have something in common.” I chuckle while Adam’s eyebrows scrunch together. I guess he’s having a hard time finding the similarities. “Yours?”

         “I’ve got to say SpongeBob. No similarities there, though.” He smiles and lies back down, inspecting the stars. “Do you believe there’s life out there besides us?”

         That question has been on my mind for years, but I never had to answer it until now. “I don’t know. I hope so.”

         “You hope so?” His brows shoots up, “Wouldn’t you be afraid if aliens really existed?” He sounds sincerely curious.

         “No, I don’t think they would be the monsters Hollywood makes us believe. I think they would be just like...”

         “Us?”

         “Yeah, like us. How about you?”

         He nods, “I agree with you.”

         We fall into silence for a little while before his next question. It would be too pretentious of me to believe humans are the only ones to live in a universe so much bigger than we know. There are so many places we haven’t even begun to discover yet. In any case, other life forms could be the explanation to all of my inhuman abilities.

         “What do you like most about yourself?” he asks.

         My mind wanders; I’m not sure what my qualities are, really, but I think of something to say. “I’m stubborn.”

         “And that’s a quality?”

         “Yes. I mean, it keeps me from giving up when things gets rough.”

         He turns to look at me, probably wondering what could be so rough in my life. He doesn’t know that I don’t have everything, I don’t have what I want the most: answers to what I am.

Patricia Vanasse was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Now she lives on Whidbey Island in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, two adorable children, and two crazy dogs. She has been trough Culinary Arts, Psychology, Law School, and now has finally found her passion in creative writing. She also loves traveling, cooking, and is an avid reader. Her strength- believes that everything is possible. Her weakness- an obsessive relationship with caffeine.

 
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Book Review: Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz and Ron Bass.

Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz and Ron Bass.
Book Summary: What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever?

Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different--except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other.

The deeper they're pulled into the promise of their own lives, the more their worlds begin to blur dangerously together. Before long, Sloane and Maggie can no longer tell which life is real and which is just a dream. They realize that eventually they will have to choose one life to wake up to, or risk spiraling into insanity. But that means giving up one world, one love, and one self, forever.

This is a dazzling debut that will steal readers' hearts.

Liana's Summary: Sloane and Maggie haven't ever met. But they live each other's lives. When Maggie's asleep, she's Sloane. When Sloane's asleep, she's Maggie. Their worlds are on the verge of colliding. And they have to choose one life to wake up to. That means giving up one life, and living the other-- but the question is, which life to choose?

Rate(1-10): 7

This is really an amazingly written book. The characters have.. character. There's really no other way to put it.

If you decide to read it, don't think about it too much when you're done or you'll make your head hurt, because this is flat out freaking inception right here.

Basically, Sloane and Maggie are each other, but they're themselves. Okay, that probably doesn't make sense. So, basically, when Maggie dreams, she dreams of Sloane's day. When Sloane dreams, she dreams of Maggie's day. It's a whole, giant concept that's hard to grasp. The romance is perf, so I'm not complainin'!

Anyways, I think I didn't want to give it a full rating because I was terribly confused, and I think I still am. The ending was brilliant, but, as I said, I'm confused. It's not really something that's explicable.

I enjoyed the applied humor. Oh, my, God. Some of the shit in here made me laugh so hard.

But yeah, if you think you'd like this book, go ahead and give it a try.

Quotes

Note: This is an ARC copy, so quotes may not match those of the final print's.

"Still, I'm comforted by the belief that someone solid and decent is there to fall back on."

D'awww.

"Guys are weird."

You can say that again.

"It means I want to kiss you."

Oh.. okay..

"Thomas really does like me."

No, he doesn't

"You."

Oh. Another shocker LOLOL

"I am in love with Andrew."

omg I ship this so hard it hurts

"It was me,"

I don't know how to react to this
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That's that. What do you think of this review?(: