tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74753614094309479942024-03-18T22:36:05.088-06:00Duck Duck CowJessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.comBlogger897125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-39363296825964207112013-10-14T09:33:00.000-06:002013-10-14T09:33:00.282-06:00Music Monday: The Zombie SongMusic Monday again! And since it's October, I'm gonna share one of my favorite Halloween-ish songs.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;">Our love story,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Could be kind of gory.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Far from boring,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />We'd meet at a post....apocalypse.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Yeah I'd be slowly walking,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />In a group stalking.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />You, you'd be the only man alive,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />That I could not resist.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Then all of your friends,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />they'd try to kill us,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />But only because,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />they'd be jealous.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />That our love is deeper,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />than Edward and Bella's.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Oh, if I were a zombie,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd never eat your brain.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd just want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Yeah I'd want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I just want your heart, yeah.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />If I were a zombie,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd never eat your brain.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd just want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />yeah I'd want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I just want your heart.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />'cause I want ya.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />You'd be hiding in,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />A second floor apartment.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Knockin' all the stairs down,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />To save your life, from the undead.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Double barrel shotgun,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Taking out the slow ones.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Then you'd see the passion,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />burning in my eye.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />And I'd keep my head.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Then all of your friends,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />they'd try to kill us,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />But only because,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />they'd be jealous.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />That our love is deeper,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />than Edward and Bella's.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Oh, if I were a zombie,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd never eat your brain.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd just want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Yeah I'd want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I just want your heart, yeah.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />If I were a zombie,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd never eat your brain.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd just want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Yeah I'd want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I just want your heart.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />'cause I want ya.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />And I'd try not to bite and infect you,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Because I respect you too much.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />That's why I'd wait until we got married.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Oh, and our happiest days would be spent,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Picking off all your friends.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Then they'd see a love this deep won't stay buried.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />If I were a zombie,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd never eat your brain.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd just want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Yeah I'd want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I just want your heart, yeah.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />If I were a zombie,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd never eat your brain.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I'd just want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />Yeah I'd want your heart,<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />I just want your heart.<br style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px;" />'cause I want ya.</span></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-740453195503307242013-10-01T10:42:00.000-06:002013-10-01T10:42:01.473-06:00Teaser Tuesday: The Girl in the Steel Corset<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have to admit that I am kinda obsessed with steampunk lately. So much so that I've even given myself a steampunk persona and am building the costume bit by bit. Why, yes, I am an utter dork! :)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then there's the steampunk fiction. Some is good, some is awesome, and some is just so, so wrong. I'd heard about <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9166877-the-girl-in-the-steel-corset?ac=1">The Girl in the Steel Corset</a></i> by Kady Cross and hoped it would be one of the good ones. You can read my review <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/203454491">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the <b>Teaser</b>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Lady Marsden was trying to get inside her head again.<br />This time Finley didn't immediately terminate the telepath's rude intrusion. Instead, it was as though some part of her mind got up off the sofa, walked calmly across the room and slowly, but firmly, closed a door to shut her out." </span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>- pg. 124,</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9166877-the-girl-in-the-steel-corset?ac=1">The Girl in the Steel Corset</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i> by Kady Cross</i></span></span></blockquote>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are you reading?</span></b></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-18863013620524583112013-09-30T10:26:00.001-06:002013-09-30T10:28:00.715-06:00Music Monday: Somebody Loves YouI first heard this song in a marriage proposal staged at Home Depot and totally fell in love with it. Now I can't stop playing it at top volume.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;">Who’s around when the days feel long <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Who’s around when you can’t be strong <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Who’s around when you’re losing your mind <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Who cares that you get home safe <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Who knows you can’t be replaced <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Who thinks that you’re one of a kind <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Somebody misses you when you’re away <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />They wanna wake up with you everyday <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Somebody wants to hear you say <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m around when your head is heavy <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m around when your hands aren’t steady <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m around when your day’s gone all wrong <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I care that you feel at home <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cause I know that you feel alone <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I think you’re going to miss me when I’m gone <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Somebody misses you when you’re away <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />They wanna wake up with you everyday <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Somebody wants to hear you say <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Why don’t you come on over <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Why don’t you lay me down <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Does the pain feel better <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />When I’m around <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />If I am good to you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Won’t you be good to me <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />That’s how easy this should be <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Somebody misses you when you’re away (Somebody misses you baby) <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />They wanna wake up with you everyday (They wanna wake up with you) <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Somebody wants to hear you say (Oh they want you to say) <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Ooh somebody loves you</span></div>
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Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-40304150793466168682013-09-24T10:25:00.000-06:002013-09-26T22:10:39.926-06:00Teaser Tuesday: Underworld<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am obsessed with mythology. There are several collections of fairy tales, folklores, and myths on my bookshelf. However, I am a bit of a purest. Disney's fairy tales cause a visceral reaction (especially <i>The Little Mermaid</i>, but don't get me started). So I hesitate to read books by treasured authors that are inspired by myths for fear that I will have to hate them a little. But I liked Orson Scott Card's <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7973.Enchantment?from_search=true">Enchantment</a></i>, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. And Meg Cabot's <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9397967-abandon?from_search=true">Abandon</a></i> series, which is a modern Hades and Persephone. I've read both and was not disappointed (until like all of Tannith Lee's retellings).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure the main character seems flighty and kinda simple, but I love John. Even with his violent streaks.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ho115PSMYqkqfWjjzsJOUS7s67YCzbTjHSSi5WrbTUlsUpheKjJUq-uE0d4KI2uFjgLFaQ_iD3xUXUt6ZUqpgwpL5rYoBKySmgLXUNUwskdGj_i2sz-d-hm4lXg-pRI2puKGKC7v0Pvk/s1600/UAT2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ho115PSMYqkqfWjjzsJOUS7s67YCzbTjHSSi5WrbTUlsUpheKjJUq-uE0d4KI2uFjgLFaQ_iD3xUXUt6ZUqpgwpL5rYoBKySmgLXUNUwskdGj_i2sz-d-hm4lXg-pRI2puKGKC7v0Pvk/s200/UAT2.jpg" width="131" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the <b>Teaser</b>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Still, that didn't explain why one of the women -- the grandmother, if her gray hair was any indication -- took one look at my face, made the sign of the cross, cried, "!Dios mio!" then passes out cold right in front of us."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>- pg 97, </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10799881-underworld?ac=1">Underworld (Abandon #2)</a><i> by Meg Cabot</i></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are you reading?</span></b></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-9544324465555614822013-09-23T09:39:00.000-06:002013-09-23T09:39:00.787-06:00"He thought his love slept sweetly..."<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a little obsessed with the book <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre">Jane Eyre</a></i>. I thought of dressing up like the main character for Halloween, but it wouldn't be an obvious costume, say, like a witch, a ghost, or an alien time traveler who lives in a phone box. While reading, I will completely fixate on a scene or line - like the window seat where a young Jane hides to read a book while her cruel cousins try to find her. I would love to have a hiding place like that, but like Jane, I am sure I would be discovered.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In high school, I read that book at least once a year. During one such read through, I came across a paragraph that struck me so sharply, that I then insisted on reading it to every member of my family that was currently in the house, along with a few friends I called just for this purpose. I even wrote it down in a little quote book I kept (and still have). But I wrote down the wrong page number. When I tried to find it again, I was lost. Even re-reading the book didn't help; I just couldn't find it again. I started to think that maybe that awesome paragraph was like its own little Brigadoon…then the Internet sprouted. Even though I totally slaughtered the actual wording, the Internet still found it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And because I love you, I will share it with you here:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A lover finds his mistress asleep on a mossy bank; he wishes to catch a glimpse of her fair face without waking her. He steals softly over the grass, careful to make no sound; he pauses -- fancying she has stirred: he withdraws: not for worlds would he be seen. All is still: he again advances: he bends above her; a light veil rests on her features: he lifts it, bends lower; now his eyes anticipate the vision of beauty -- warm, and blooming, and lovely, in rest. How hurried was their first glance! But how they fix! How he starts! How he suddenly and vehemently clasps in both arms the form he dared not, a moment since, touch with his finger! How he calls aloud a name, and drops his burden, and gazes on it wildly! He thus grasps and cries, and gazes, because he no longer fears to waken by any sound he can utter -- by any movement he can make. He thought his love slept sweetly: he finds she is stone dead."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What lines from books are you obsessed with?</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(And if you say something along the lines of "the lion fell in love with the lamb…" I will be forced to delete your comment. Hehehehehe) </span></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-13521975703898789432013-09-17T08:16:00.000-06:002013-09-17T14:28:57.396-06:00Teaser Tuesday: Delirium<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk0duxFXH88SLyDM_Y86CQIZwcnS85Vsj4kdFp8ax9ONjUJmh-o2FBws6Y6mVzdsLGN8oH32xHH4_aoLKWbGC5nOBcRu0ld9QgSbGHj5u7DYMLBMSpzweEDzDK53I8N2B4K0VXXtTQ9ck/s1600/tte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #77aaee; float: left; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk0duxFXH88SLyDM_Y86CQIZwcnS85Vsj4kdFp8ax9ONjUJmh-o2FBws6Y6mVzdsLGN8oH32xHH4_aoLKWbGC5nOBcRu0ld9QgSbGHj5u7DYMLBMSpzweEDzDK53I8N2B4K0VXXtTQ9ck/s200/tte.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Teaser Tuesdays</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of <em><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Should Be Reading</a></em>. Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">While I am kinda over my dystopian addiction, I slipped up this time. But oh, was it worth it! I read<i> </i><a href="http://duckduckcow.blogspot.com/2012/09/teaser-tuesday-before-i-fall.html"><i>Before I Fall</i> by Lauren Oliver</a> and noticed another book by her called <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11614718-delirium?from_search=true">Delirium</a>, so I looked in to it. Dystopian. Where love is ruled a disease and everyone is given the cure, whether they want it or not. I didn't dive right into it but filed the title away on my TBR list. So when it surfaced again, I decided to give it a try. And then I couldn't put it down…</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"A hollow open up in my chest. This is what life will be like without him: Everything will become ordinary again. <i>I'll</i> become ordinary again."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i>- Location 3615, </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11614718-delirium?from_search=true">Delirium</a><i> by Lauren Oliver</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-25455316316492113122013-08-13T08:52:00.000-06:002013-09-14T02:17:52.471-06:00Teaser Tuesday: So Yesterday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had just read <i>Peeps,</i> so I thought I'd get the other Scott Westerfeld book I'd heard about, this one called <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24763.So_Yesterday">So Yesterday</a></i>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Here's the blurb from Goodreads: "</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">But when a big-money client disappears, Hunter must use all his cool-hunting talents to find her. Along the way he's drawn into a web of brand-name intrigue-a missing cargo of the coolest shoes he's ever seen, ads for products that don't exist, and a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism as we know it."</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">"In a friendlier context I would have pegged him as a gay bodybuilder doing an ironic take on NASCAR fandom. But alongside the other two, he looked more like one of many hopefuls sent down by central casting to try out for the part of Thug #3 in a hip new thriller."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i>- pg 66, </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24763.So_Yesterday">So Yesterday</a><i> by Scott Westerfeld</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>What are you reading?</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Also? This is my <b><u>900th post</u></b>! Totally crazy. Thanks for reading!</span></div>
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Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-59708745305502047372013-08-06T08:28:00.000-06:002013-08-06T08:28:00.690-06:00Teaser Tuesday: Peeps<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, I like vampires! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Even the ones that sparkle.)</span> So when I heard the Scott Westerfeld (of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24770.Uglies?ac=1"><i>Uglies</i></a> fame) had a vampire book out, I scooped it up! A new take on vampires and a really good read.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cal is infected. But this disease is not your typical head cold. Sure, he gets superhuman strength, sight, and smell, while craving red meat, but this particular infection doesn't like to play nice. Fortunately for him, he's immune. Unfortunately, anyone Cal kisses can become infected and the odds are they won't fair as well as he does. First, you start to not like the things you used to love, like chocolate or Elvis. Then you can't stand to see your own face in a mirror and sunlight hurts. Pretty soon, you aren't too picky about the meat you eat, even if that steak used to be your neighbor. So when during an investigation he meets a girl, Cal's first inclination is to stay away. But Lace isn't the kind of girl that accepts his carefully crafted story. And she might just be the very thing he needs the most.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRtqrCuZJH0Z-7ECBMRqBk-Z-FGVcvid2qL1yBGQmxN_49rqBbEDXxRSFlGiC6BLy6WxIULcfb_wa5nx1Sk5F32iJIClxngPsrJgiD5u9zifk_olFJqYZ6adR9jhtFvdjZfkkhHt8pcP2/s1600/P.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRtqrCuZJH0Z-7ECBMRqBk-Z-FGVcvid2qL1yBGQmxN_49rqBbEDXxRSFlGiC6BLy6WxIULcfb_wa5nx1Sk5F32iJIClxngPsrJgiD5u9zifk_olFJqYZ6adR9jhtFvdjZfkkhHt8pcP2/s200/P.jpg" width="142" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the <b>Teaser</b>:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Something happened here," Lace said. "Something the landlords wanted to cover up. I <i>need</i> to know what it was."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>- pg 60, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186103.Peeps">Peeps</a> by Scott Westerfeld</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-80457759862448878582013-08-05T07:10:00.000-06:002013-08-05T07:10:00.913-06:00Mothering Moments: Good ParentingBeing a mother is hard work. There's the long hours, breaking up fights, constantly picking up, endless laundry, and meals to prepare. Not to mention very little pay, unless you shun cash and prefer crayon artwork on your walls, "shared" sticky candy, and someone eating all the Little Debbie's so you don't ruin your diet. You are supposed to mold them into decent human beings and guide their path as best you can. Being a mom is not for the faint-hearted.<div>
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But every now and then, a brief spark of happiness shines through, and all the stretch marks and mom jeans are worth it. I had one of those rare glimpses one Saturday while the kids were watching <i>Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban</i>. This conversation testified that I am doing the very best for my kids.</div>
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<b>Baby:</b> Why is Doctor Who in Harry Potter?</div>
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<b>Baby:</b> Doctor Who is not a bad guy! He's the Doctor!</div>
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Isn't being a mother great?</div>
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Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-32439145398757614252013-07-23T07:51:00.000-06:002013-07-23T07:51:00.233-06:00Teaser Tuesday: The Museum of Mary Child<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confession time: I read a lot of the same books as my 10-year-old daughter. It's nice because then we talk about them (when I'm not teasing her about boys she likes). She got this particular book, <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6403882-the-museum-of-mary-child">The Museum of Mary Child</a></i>, as a Christmas gift and when I asked her to tell me about it, I was pretty confused by her rendition. The one thing I did understand was that dolls were very important to the plot. No other option, but to read it myself, then.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heloise has had a very quiet childhood. She stays at home with an unaffectionate godmother, who is also the caretaker of a strange museum next door, and a stern housekeeper, keeping to her studies and her charitable sewing, all while avoiding anything deemed A Waste of Time. But when the discovery of a hidden doll leads to a secret happiness, Heloise's world must change. Her godmother shows her the museum that she has never been allowed to set foot inside, shows her the madness of Mary Child.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The girl's cheek against her own was the warmest thing to have touched her in all her life.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All Heloise's joints seemed to have turned to honey.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet, she did not hug back.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She did not know how."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>- pg. 135, </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6403882-the-museum-of-mary-child">The Museum of Mary Child</a><i> by Cassandra Golds</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-61650072360202358012013-07-17T17:54:00.000-06:002013-07-17T18:02:17.684-06:00It's Finally Ironic!Remember that song by Alanis Morissette called? She named it "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc">Ironic</a>" when really it was full of things that were really just rather unfortunate, not actually ironic. I tried explain this to my friends as they screamed the lyrics in the car. They didn't listen. Such is the plight of the grammar dork.<br />
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Then I saw this link on Facebook (thanks, Brent and Grammar Girl!). </div>
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Finally! The song is now ironic! (even if the singing is not so great…)</div>
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<br />Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-91896715237914875032013-07-11T07:10:00.000-06:002013-07-12T20:53:30.635-06:00How to Ruin A Perfectly Lovely Recipe...…and still have it turn out rather tasty.<br />
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<b><u>Rice Krispie Treats</u></b><br />
3 Tbsp butter or margarine<br />
1 10 oz pkg marshmallows<br />
or 4 cups mini marshmallows<br />
6 cups Kellogg's Rice Krispie cereal<br />
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<b>Step 1: </b>In a large saucepan melt butter over low heat.<br />
<b>Step 2:</b> Decide that it would be more fun (and tasty) to use Cocoa Pebbles instead.<br />
<b>Step 3:</b> And since you happen to really like having Cocoa Pebbles for breakfast, decide to make only half a recipe.<br />
<b>Step 4:</b> Realize you now have too much butter, carefully scoop out what you think might be about half the butter. Measuring is for wimps.<br />
<b>Step 5:</b> Search the pantry for plain mini marshmallows. Find none. Search for regular plain marshmallows. Still none. Now resort to any type of marshmallow. Find half a bag of mini peppermint marshmallow and some lemon meringue ones. Decide to eat the lemon meringue version after the kids are in bed.<br />
<b>Step 6: </b>Add peppermint marshmallows to butter and stir to coat. After sneaking one, notice that they are rather stale. No worries. Commence melting.<br />
<b>Step 7:</b> Watch as the pink marshmallow yumminess slowly deflates.<br />
<b>Step 8:</b> Stir in cereal anyway. No turning back now.<br />
<b>Step 9: </b>Press the sticky pink and brown lump into a greased 9x13 pan, keeping it as even as possible.<br />
<b>Step 10:</b> Notice that despite the rather lovely pink coating, these treats still look a little dry. No one likes a crumbly treat.<br />
<b>Step 11: </b>Fret about the dry treats for about an hour or so, until they've cooled down.<br />
<b>Step 12: </b>In a small saucepan, pour 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream and turn heat to medium. Stir until it gets nice and warm. Add a big handful of chocolate chips (still no measuring allowed). Let sit for another five minutes while you play a game of Candy Crush Saga on your phone. Stir until chips are melted and your chocolate rescue plan is smooth.<br />
<b>Step 13:</b> Drizzle ganache over your cocoa treats and deem them acceptable.<br />
<b>Step 14:</b> Have your kids sample them first. Just in case.<br />
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<b>What recipe have you ruined lately?</b></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-89797766943172182352013-07-09T10:11:00.000-06:002013-07-09T10:11:00.327-06:00Teaser Tuesday: Steel<br />
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">One of my favorite authors is <a href="http://www.carrievaughn.com/">Carrie Vaughn</a>. Her <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14461.Kitty_and_the_Midnight_Hour"><i>Kitty and the Midnight Hour</i></a> series is about a werewolf radio host. It was also my first introduction to urban fantasy. I know…I was totally missing out. I read on her blog that she had a YA novel so I added it to my TBR list and waited to get my hands on a copy. My local library finally came through! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Teenage Jill lost an important fencing match and has felt aimless ever since. So on a family vacation to the Bahamas when she finds an old rapier tip buried in the sand, she holds on to it as her own special buried treasure. Then a sight-seeing boat ride through choppy water ends with Jill falling overboard into the ocean only to surface back in the times of swashbuckling pirates. Dark magic is at work.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Here's the <b>Teaser</b>:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">"In the captain's mind--and in the minds of the crew--by signing that page she'd agreed to obey the captain, no arguments. She wondered if pirates really did make people walk the plank."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i>- pg 51,</i> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8220745-steel?ac=1">Steel</a><i> by Carrie Vaughn</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b>What are you reading?</b></span></span></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-655686243885258472013-06-25T08:31:00.000-06:002013-06-25T08:31:00.280-06:00Teaser Tuesday: Beauty<br />
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I am pretty obsessed with fairy tales. <a href="http://duckduckcow.blogspot.com/2008/05/living-faery-tale.html">My favorite painting</a> is a collection of dozens of them. I named my daughter after a college professor that taught a class on fairy tales and myths. And I've been given several books about fairy tales, not all of them written by the brothers Grimm. So when the trend in YA novels turned to fairy tale retellings, I was in heaven. Recently, a friend recommended Robin McKinley's books. I started with <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41424.Beauty">Beauty</a></i>, which is obviously about Beauty and the Beast. And not necessarily Disney's version (because Disney <i>always</i> gets it <i>wrong</i>.) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Beauty is the youngest of three daughters of a wealthy merchant. Her outward appearance does not reflect her nickname as much as it suits her two sisters. She takes joy in her family, books and horses. But when tragedy strikes, the family loses their fortune and is forced to take on a much humbler existence in a small village at the edge of an enchanted forest. The city-raised family scoffs at the tales of creatures and witches in the wood, but their father soon learns the truth and it tears the family apart.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"I stopped at last, gasping for breath; my rationality slowly reasserted itself, and I realized with dismay that, once again, I was lost. I took a few steps forwards and looked around a corner: And there was 'Beauty's Room.' The door opened at once and a faint smell of lavender curled around me."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-24429167124462467012013-06-12T18:21:00.000-06:002013-06-12T18:21:43.639-06:00Wordful Wednesday: Hanging by a Hair<div style="text-align: center;">
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Adorable, right? She was born with a headful of hair and I never cut it it. How could I chop away those precious little curls? And she totally idolizes Rapunzel so she was cool with letting it grow…and grow…and grow…<br />
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She complains when she sits on her hair now. And it is really two lengths, with the longest portion being the thinnest. And those adorably sweet curls that I've twined around my fingers countless times? They are gone. Even though I said I wouldn't cut it until her hair was dragging on the ground, when she asked to have it cut, I made the appointment.<br />
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Baby wasn't all that thrilled with saying goodbye, either. We both had a teary moment (the stylist was convinced we were nuts) and then it was time.<br />
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With her hair fixed like this, I can't see the changes and might just be able to convince myself that it didn't happen.Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-71987613254141632212013-06-04T08:55:00.000-06:002013-06-04T08:55:00.736-06:00Teaser Tuesday: The Summoning<br />
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Here's the <b>Teaser</b>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"But in real life, if you tell people that you're being chased by melted school custodians, they don't say 'Wow, you must be seeing ghosts.' They put you someplace like this."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>- pg 103, </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2800905-the-summoning?ac=1">The Summoning</a> <i>by Kelley Armstrong</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>What are you reading?</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-55346386803028588422013-05-25T13:55:00.000-06:002013-05-25T13:55:48.114-06:00Go Take A Flying Leap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ever wanted something really bad? And I mean, really, <i>really</i> bad…so bad that not only can you taste it, but you can see your dreams so clearly that you could give them a name tag and introduce them to your friends? I have a dream like that. I want to publish a book.<br />
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But this particular dream comes with some very scary steps. Writing the book actually seems easy in comparison. Because after it's all written? I had to let people actually read my book. Well, people other than my mom. And what if those people didn't like my main character? What if all my ingenious lines of dialogue came off as flat instead of funny? What if I used the wrong form of 'their'?<br />
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And some of that did happen. One person still refers to my main character as a major wimp (I'm looking at <i>you</i>, Betsy!), but that doesn't mean she isn't right. Along with the big scary process of reading my work out loud while others scratched through lines of perfection or didn't care about what shoes my characters were wearing or how long their flowing locks of hair are, I survived. I got hearts and smiley faces. They applauded my dialogue. What's more is that they have made me a better writer. Now, when I'm editing, I hear their voices in my head, telling me to get to the point, amp up the snark, or tone down the adverbs. (And I always use the correct form of 'their.')<br />
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As wonderful as my progress is, it's still not a finished book. There's another scary step to take. And this one is a doozy: sending out query letters. This is where I contact agents or publishers, tell them about my book, and then ask them if they'd like to read it, too. Many, many, <i>many</i> of these letters will be answered with a form letter saying "no, thanks." And that will hurt. It will hurt <i><b>a lot</b></i>, like if I offered them a portion of my soul, all chocolate-coated and gift-wrapped, only to have them smack it out of my hands and then stomp it to a mushy mess on the sidewalk. And I will have to be polite about it, dip the next piece of soul in chocolate and go on to another potential rejection.<br />
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Scary.<br />
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But I'm still gonna do it. This year. Sometime. I've got months left. But it will happen. I'm just trying to be as prepared as possible, hence the group allowed to slash my manuscript and tying back together again. And I have beta readers that aren't actually related to me. A beta reader is someone who reads the manuscript as if it were an actual book, then gives the author feedback, like which parts were confusing, boring, exciting, intriguing, or just awesome. My book has all of those.<br />
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One more way to prepare for the offering of my truffled soul is to have an editor look over the manuscript. A real editor. Someone who dissects prose and plot for a living, not just a buddy who took some English classes in college. And I have a chance to do just that! Rachel from <a href="https://fantasyediting.com/Home_Page.html">Fantasy Editing</a> is hosting a <a href="https://fantasyediting.com/Trapped_in_the_Story.html">contest</a> (and I totally stole the Samuel Beckett quote from the contest page). The prizes are editing for a current WIP (author-speak for "work in progress") or a query letter. Entering is a sort of thrilling/scary process because it is taking another step.<br />
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And each step is bringing me closer to the edge. That's where I send out my queries. That's where I'll take my leap of faith.Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-78474567286662171372013-05-14T10:37:00.000-06:002013-05-14T10:38:38.635-06:00Teaser Tuesday: the Goose Girl<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently went to a writers' conference and got to meet several authors whose books I enjoyed. I was reserved enough to not gush all over them, but it was kinda exciting. While I kept my cool amongst Melanie Jacobson, Anne Perry, and Tyler Whitesides, if ever I get the chance to meet Shannon Hale, I just know I will swoon like a fangirl and look completely ridiculous. But her books really are that good. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And because my version of events sounds lame, I'm using the summary from GoodReads: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the first years of her life under her aunt's guidance learning to communicate with animals. As she grows up Ani develops the skills of animal speech, but is never comfortable speaking with people, so when her silver-tongued lady-in-waiting leads a mutiny during Ani's journey to be married in a foreign land, Ani is helpless and cannot persuade anyone to assist her. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">Becoming a goose girl for the king, Ani eventually uses her own special, nearly magical powers to find her way to her true destiny."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The woman squinted at her and couched or, perhaps, laughed.</span></span>"You've got something in you, don't you, now?"<br />Ani creased her brow.<br />"Words, young thing. In you. More than you think, I think."<br />"is it magic, what I have?"</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>- pg. 121, </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/179064.The_Goose_Girl?ac=1">The Goose Girl </a><i>by Shannon Hale</i></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are you reading? </span></b></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-55005514967092365522013-04-25T08:17:00.000-06:002013-04-25T08:17:00.413-06:00Devouring LiesI don't get to watch much live television any more. Usually, I record my shows and watch them while the kids are at school or after their bedtime. Also means I get to skip the commercials. I tune out the shows that feature <a href="http://duckduckcow.blogspot.com/2009/03/unsupervised-child.html">unsupervised children</a> or animated pigs. So when a show was on one Saturday afternoon without a cartoon character in sight, I let it have my attention for a bit. And now, I wish I could go back to those idealistic days of innocence from before watching that particular episode.<br />
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Here is a short version of what I learned in that fateful 30 minutes:<br />
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Did you see that? Baby carrots are <i><b>made</b></i>, not grown. They start out as regular carrots, but get chopped and peeled down to that perfectly munchable size. It's like I don't even know what is real any more. Next time I take a break on a Saturday, I'll learn that fuzzy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te70C_4getQ">Martians don't eat oatmeal</a>.</div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-50171744528524898952013-04-23T14:12:00.001-06:002013-04-23T14:12:55.558-06:00Teaser Tuesday: The Looking Glass Wars<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk0duxFXH88SLyDM_Y86CQIZwcnS85Vsj4kdFp8ax9ONjUJmh-o2FBws6Y6mVzdsLGN8oH32xHH4_aoLKWbGC5nOBcRu0ld9QgSbGHj5u7DYMLBMSpzweEDzDK53I8N2B4K0VXXtTQ9ck/s1600/tte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #77aaee; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk0duxFXH88SLyDM_Y86CQIZwcnS85Vsj4kdFp8ax9ONjUJmh-o2FBws6Y6mVzdsLGN8oH32xHH4_aoLKWbGC5nOBcRu0ld9QgSbGHj5u7DYMLBMSpzweEDzDK53I8N2B4K0VXXtTQ9ck/s200/tte.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; cursor: move; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Teaser Tuesdays</strong></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of <em><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Should Be Reading</a></em>. Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I read this one for book group, but honestly, it's totally something I would have read on my own. The book by Lewis Caroll <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24213.Alice_s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_Through_the_Looking_Glass">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</a></i> was inspired by an orphaned girl with a big imagination. But what if she was telling the truth? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44170.The_Looking_Glass_Wars">The Looking Glass Wars</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">is the real story of Alyss Heart, princess of Wonderland, a place where caterpillars are enigmatic oracles, people travel through mirrors, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">and imagination has power.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8HDVM3_FjFTxR7NJm_1MwJq2N__4Swvysh1SznA3oLSLFVIvnf3yV69CA88WLu5BDZNY5otry6X6rsch4_l2e5CpsZ3VDeFEYMc5ZFqrJR9VdJPzi6KQbKx73lhj3746q2IbigjMN-YS/s1600/tLGW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8HDVM3_FjFTxR7NJm_1MwJq2N__4Swvysh1SznA3oLSLFVIvnf3yV69CA88WLu5BDZNY5otry6X6rsch4_l2e5CpsZ3VDeFEYMc5ZFqrJR9VdJPzi6KQbKx73lhj3746q2IbigjMN-YS/s200/tLGW.jpg" width="133" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Here's the <b>Teaser</b>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Redd kicked The Cat where he lay on the floor, tongue lolling in his mouth, the picture of death. "Get up! You still have seven more lives."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The Cat's eyes fluttered open.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"Find Alyss and kill her."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><i>- pg 67, </i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44170.The_Looking_Glass_Wars">The Looking Glass Wars</a><i> by Frank Beddor</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>What are you reading?</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-26708651996083044052013-04-02T07:30:00.000-06:002013-04-02T07:30:00.635-06:00Teaser Tuesday: Tear Soup<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk0duxFXH88SLyDM_Y86CQIZwcnS85Vsj4kdFp8ax9ONjUJmh-o2FBws6Y6mVzdsLGN8oH32xHH4_aoLKWbGC5nOBcRu0ld9QgSbGHj5u7DYMLBMSpzweEDzDK53I8N2B4K0VXXtTQ9ck/s1600/tte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #77aaee; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk0duxFXH88SLyDM_Y86CQIZwcnS85Vsj4kdFp8ax9ONjUJmh-o2FBws6Y6mVzdsLGN8oH32xHH4_aoLKWbGC5nOBcRu0ld9QgSbGHj5u7DYMLBMSpzweEDzDK53I8N2B4K0VXXtTQ9ck/s200/tte.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; cursor: move; position: relative;" width="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Teaser Tuesdays</strong></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of <em><a href="http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Should Be Reading</a></em>. Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Last week, I shared a <a href="http://duckduckcow.blogspot.com/2013/03/teaser-tuesday-tuesdays-at-castle.html">middle grade book</a>. Different from my usual Young Adult angsty reads. This week I am going even farther from the trail by posting a children's book. While listed as a children's picture book, <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193091.Tear_Soup">Tear Soup</a></i> is really a book for anyone who has suffered a loss. This book was recommended to me when I was struggled to help my young kids understand that their favorite aunt would no longer be able to come over and play. How do you explain grief to a prechooler that doesn't sound lame or confusing? Most of all, I wanted to let them know that it was okay to cry and to feel sad. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">This book really helped explain the grieving process in a way my kids could understand; how it is okay to feel different ways when you've suffered a loss. Listed at the back of the book are tips for cooks (those grieving) and friends of cooks, as well as national help centers for various forms of loss.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Here's the description from the inside flap: "In our richly illustrated new book, Grandy has just suffered a big loss in her life, and so she is cooking up her own unique batch of 'tear soup.' <i>Tear Soup</i> gives you a glimpse into Grandy's life as she blends different <i>ingredients</i> into her own grief process. Her tear soup will help bring her comfort and ultimately help to fill the void in her life that was created by her loss."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Here is the <b>Teaser</b>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjT7zgcG9VDrW3GE43hLbjuAzTKAS91-ejlof04pAonQyEbgFNWYglzyo83h4Fpn-JdFSeLZpMcCWRIikpTRd6hh5tMu70nA6McOsMHMs3LPr59seCpWkotn-EbZa088nltwzaTD0rjzw/s1600/TS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjT7zgcG9VDrW3GE43hLbjuAzTKAS91-ejlof04pAonQyEbgFNWYglzyo83h4Fpn-JdFSeLZpMcCWRIikpTRd6hh5tMu70nA6McOsMHMs3LPr59seCpWkotn-EbZa088nltwzaTD0rjzw/s200/TS.jpg" width="150" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">"I've learned that grief, like a pot of soup, changes the longer it simmers and the more things you put into it. I've learned that sometimes people say unkind things, but they really don't mean to hurt you."</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">"And most importantly, I've learned that there is something down deep within all of us ready to help us survive the things we think we can't survive."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i>- pg. 44, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193091.Tear_Soup">Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss</a> by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen, Illustrated by Taylor Bills</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>What are you reading?</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>or</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>How do you deal with grief?</i></b></span></span></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-33259172555125730362013-04-01T09:46:00.000-06:002013-04-01T09:46:00.590-06:00Music Monday: On Top Of The World<div style="text-align: center;">
I've posted <a href="http://duckduckcow.blogspot.com/2013/01/mm-radioactive.html">Imagine Dragons</a> before, but I just gotta share another one…</div>
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Things have been difficult lately. There's been a lot of sadness and tears. We've all struggled. After months, we are starting to feel like life is settling down. Sure, we all have our moments still, but at least the fog is fading. We've not quite to the point where we feel like we're on top of the world, but at least now we see it might just be possible to smile again.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;">If you love somebody<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Better tell them while they’re here ’cause<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />They just may run away from you<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />You’ll never know what went well<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Then again it just depends on<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />How long of time is left for you<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve had the highest mountains<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve had the deepest rivers<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />You can have it all but life keeps moving<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Now take it in but don’t look down<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />‘Cause I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Waiting on this for a while now<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Paying my dues to the dirt<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been holding it in for a while, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Take it with me if I can<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been dreaming of this since a child<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m on top of the world.<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve tried to cut these corners<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Try to take the easy way out<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I kept on falling short of something<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I coulda gave up then but<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Then again I couldn’t have ’cause<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve traveled all this way for something<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Now take it in but don’t look down<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />‘Cause I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Waiting on this for a while now<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Paying my dues to the dirt<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been holding it in for a while, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Take it with me if I can<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been dreaming of this since a child<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m on top of the world.<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />‘Cause I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Waiting on this for a while now<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Paying my dues to the dirt<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been holding it in for a while, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Take it with me if I can<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been dreaming of this since a child<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />And I know it’s hard when you’re falling down<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />And it’s a long way up when you hit the ground<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Get up now, get up, get up now.<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />And I know it’s hard when you’re falling down<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />And it’s a long way up when you hit the ground<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Get up now, get up, get up now.<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />‘Cause I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’m on top of the world, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Waiting on this for a while now<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Paying my dues to the dirt<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been holding it in for a while, ‘ay<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Take it with me if I can<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Been dreaming of this since a child<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; 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<b><i>What are you listening to?</i></b></div>
Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-5648004407806174952013-03-30T10:05:00.000-06:002013-03-30T10:05:00.588-06:00Resurrection Cookies<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Reposting this recipe to help you and your family get ready for Easter!</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resurrection Cookies</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before you begin, gather together the following:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You will also need to preheat the oven to 300 degrees and prepare a cookie sheet by lining it with waxed or parchment paper.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pull the kids in close and open your scriptures.</span></div>
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<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place the <b>nuts</b> in the plastic baggie, making sure to seal it tight. Either read or have the kids read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/19.1-3?lang=eng#primary" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">John 19:1-3</a>. Using the rolling pin or meat tenderizer, have them hit the nuts to break them into pieces to illustrate how Jesus was beaten by the soldiers. Set the nuts aside.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let the kids smell the <b>vinegar</b> in the bottle. Does that smell like it would taste good? As you pour one teaspoon into a large mixing bowl, have someone read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/19.28-29?lang=eng#27" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">John 19:28-29</a>. When Jesus was thirsty, the soldiers gave him vinegar instead of water to drink.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Eggs</b> represent life. Add the egg whites as someone reads <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/10.10-11?lang=eng#9" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">John 10:10-11</a>. Jesus gave his life for us on the cross. Crucifixion might need to be explained in terms your kids can understand</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Give each person a sprinkle of <b>salt</b> in their hand and let them taste it. Shake a little into the bowl. Read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/23.27?lang=eng#26" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">Luke 23:27</a>. This salt represents the salty tears of Jesus' friends and followers and also the tears we cry over our own sins. Explain that a lament is a great sadness and crying.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take a look at the ingredients in the bowl (vinegar, eggs, salt). It's not a very tasty combination, is it? Now let everyone have a taste of the <b>sugar</b>. Read<a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/3.16?lang=eng#15" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">John 3:16</a> and <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/34.8?lang=eng#7" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">Psalm 34:8</a>. Pour the cup of sugar into the bowl. There's a lot more sugar/love in there than any bitterness. Explain that this very sad thing happened because of love for us, from Heavenly Father and Christ.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using the mixer, start beating on high speed. Point out that the mixture is white, the color of purity. Read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/1.18?lang=eng#17" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">Isaiah 1:18</a>. Because of Jesus' sacrifice, we are able to be cleansed of our sins. (This is the part where things can get derailed...it takes about 15 minutes to beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and your kids are going to get bored. Talk about Jesus but once their attention is gone, send them to go get ready for bed or have a <a href="http://www.youngzones.org/nursery/Lesson45.html" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">coloring page</a> for them while you work.)</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you've got the stiff peaks, fold in the nuts. Scoop up some and drop it on the prepared pan. Read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/27.57-60?lang=eng#56" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">Matthew 27:57-60</a>. These mounds represent the rocky tomb where Christ's body was laid to rest.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place the cookies in the oven. Turn the oven off. Read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/27.65-67?lang=eng#64" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">Matthew 27:65-66</a>. Let every have a piece of tape to help seal the tomb. Christ's tomb was sealed and guards were set outside it.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But where are the cookies? You might get some sad faces; after all, there was talk of treats. Read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/16.20,22?lang=eng#19" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">John 16:20, 22</a>. Christ's followers despaired when he died on the cross but he had told them there would be reason to be joyful soon enough. You might need to have a back-up treat handy...I usually just let my kids lick the beaters. Be sure to close with a prayer if this is your FHE.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the end for tonight! The cookies remain in the sealed oven overnight.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next morning, gather everyone at the "sealed tomb." Show them that the tape is still in place. Remove it and them pull out the cookie sheet. Have the cookies changed? Give one to each child and then read <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/28.1-9?lang=eng#primary" style="color: #77aaee; text-decoration: none;">Matthew 28:1-9</a> as they eat the cookies. Just like the rocky tomb, the cookies are hollow and empty. His disciples were just as amazed to find that the tomb was empty. Jesus was no longer there because he had been resurrected.</span></li>
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Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-11542955081940387002013-03-20T07:30:00.000-06:002013-03-20T07:30:02.645-06:00Wordless Wednesday: See? I told you that you were the father of my baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475361409430947994.post-91067629125366985322013-03-19T13:26:00.001-06:002013-03-19T13:26:03.856-06:00Teaser Tuesday: Tuesdays at the Castle<br />
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Anyone can play along! Just do the following</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">:</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Grab your current read</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Open to a random page</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Back from a hiatus! Been reading lots of books and attending plenty of book signings. I'm planning a giveaway of signed copies of books on this blog soon. But on to this week's tease!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I originally got <i>Tuesdays at the Castle</i> for my daughter. Since I've really enjoyed Jessica Day George's fairytale retellings (<a href="http://duckduckcow.blogspot.com/2012/07/teaser-tuesday-princess-of-midnight-ball.html">one was teased here</a>), I was sure I would like this one. And I definitely wasn't disappointed…as long as I kept in mind that this book is meant for middle graders.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">When Castle Glower gets bored, it might sprout a new tower. Or create a room with a bouncy floor. Or perhaps shrink your room to closet-sized if it doesn't like you. Most importantly, the Castle picks who will be king. And those seeking the throne had best pay attention.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRYUCqPasOt5TpjLqAJ4cIbvJsde5hyphenhyphenFdEDAlxg1Jm7ff8vlRC72xScKbiohUgqDIcybN6rUmFXJnBGoqy2_YUdu_HQIc_ltSbdBqBN_tgGun2rKFCP80bq4m5H3Tbt0Nn7tC0ScKILuk/s1600/TatC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRYUCqPasOt5TpjLqAJ4cIbvJsde5hyphenhyphenFdEDAlxg1Jm7ff8vlRC72xScKbiohUgqDIcybN6rUmFXJnBGoqy2_YUdu_HQIc_ltSbdBqBN_tgGun2rKFCP80bq4m5H3Tbt0Nn7tC0ScKILuk/s200/TatC.jpg" width="132" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Here's the <b>Teaser</b>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"She'd been aiming for her room, but instead found herself at the foot of the stairs that led to the tower with the four spyglasses. It was as if the Castle had turned the corridors around to lead her there."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-pg 17,<i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13538947-tuesdays-at-the-castle"> Tuesdays at the Castle</a></i> by Jessica Day George</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>What are you reading?</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Jessica G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.com1