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Transformation Gone Wrong: The Fine Art of Pretending by Rachel Harris

6:32 PM / BY Abby Joy
The Fine Art of Pretending Author: Rachel Harris Date Published: September 30, 2014 Publisher: Spencer Hill Add to Goodreads Rating:  Summary: According to the guys at Fairfield Academy, there are two types of girls: the kind you hook up with, and the kind you're friends with. Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Reed is the second type. And she hates it. With just one year left to change her rank, she devises a plan to become the first type...

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The One With Firsts I Haven't Read

7:01 AM / BY Abby Joy
Smelly caaaaat, smelly caaaat... I've been staying in a dungeon having the time of my liiiiiife producing hysterical laughs since term break (translation: I'm obsessing over FRIENDS and Parks & Recreation.) Hi fella-over-there-with-a-hella-good-hair! I'm on a term break for two weeks, but I'm having a little reading ruuuuuut. It's kind of a letdown since I miss reading and blogging. I'm trying to rectify the situation by starting with Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson,...

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Heart Eyes Everywhere: Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

12:28 AM / BY Abby Joy
Since You've Been Gone Author: Morgan Matson Date Published: May 6, 2014 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Rating: Add to Goodreads Summary: The Pre-Sloane Emily didn't go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn't do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell. But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just… disappears. No note. No calls. No...

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Keep Calm and Don't Gif Up!

9:43 PM / BY Abby Joy
Credits to the rightful owners/makers of the gifs and photos. When my favorite authors release a new book: When I have to wait for a bajillion years (aka one year) for the sequel of a book that I love/like: When I finally have the book I'd been anticipating to read since forever: ...

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Where Have You Been All My Life?! : The Archived & The Unbound by Victoria Schwab

11:18 PM / BY Abby Joy
Title: The Archived Author: Victoria Schwab Series: The Archived #1 Rating: Add to Goodreads Well, I'll be damned. For someone who rarely reads books about this kind of story, this one totally kicked me in the gut and made my head swam in a muddle of..... amazeballness. Yep, totally using that word. The Archived took things to a different level with its eerie and whimsical world, strong/independent heroine, adorable love interest and twisty, conspiring villain. Not...

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Down, down, down with these ships!

6:03 AM / BY Abby Joy
It's Valentine's Day tuuuhday and what fun to celebrate it? With le book boyfriends. And the love of their life (bitterrrrr). I love these couples so much, like how do I even function?? Seriously, since I am single and I don't have that 'special' someone yet, their love lives became my own romantic pursuit. I take my shipping intently and with passion. Unabashed fangirl, aye? :D  ...

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The Brilliance Continues: The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski

3:58 AM / BY Abby Joy
Title: The Winner's Crime Author: Marie Rutkoski Publication Date: March 03, 2015 Series: The Winner's Curse #2 Add to Goodreads Rating:  Summary: The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown...

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Me Want More: Kiss the Sky & Hothouse Flower by KB Ritchie

9:19 PM / BY Abby Joy
                Kiss the Sky (Goodreads)                      Hothouse Flower (Goodreads) Daaaamn girl, these books were feverishly awesome, beautiful, poignant and heart-rending. I read Addicted To You last year and thought it was really moving. Addiction is a very deep and heavy topic to tackle, but KB Ritchie wrote a beautiful story out of it.  Now we have a spin-off called...

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I've Been Richelle Mead-ified: Bloodlines Series

5:33 AM / BY Abby Joy
I have a problem. Richelle Mead invaded my reading life for two weeks. How to function after Silver Shadows? How? I started from Shadow Kiss (VA #3) and just this afternoon finished with Silver Shadows (Bloodlines #5). Seriously, where did my life go? A total of  9 books in two weeks. Duuuude. 9 Richelle Mead books and I am just. . . . *flips table* Now, now, Abby, don't fret, it was worth your while....

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Top Ten 2014 Books I Am Going To Read This Year!! (I'm excited can't you tell)

11:46 PM / BY Abby Joy
This week's topic is about 2014 releases I meant to read but wasn't able to last year. In resolution to that, here are the top 10 2014 books I am going to read this year. So without further ado, let's get to it! 1. City of Heavenly Fire is literally glaring at me from my shelves. I am 200 pages in and then decided to hold it off for a moment. That's the keyword: moment....

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