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There are two types of people in this world: those who recharge their spirits by being with other people, and those who do it by being alone.

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Cressida

25 years old

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Fanpopping since February 2007

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The Last of the Mohicans, Little Women (1994), C.R.A.Z.Y.

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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, His Dark Materials, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Eats Shoots & Leaves, the Harry Potters

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My Most Excellent....Liar

Opinion posted 1 month ago

The blush after your first kiss. The adrenaline of a roller coaster ride. Moving to a new town. None of these can compare to the emotions one feels after finishing a book so completely excellent that you want to buy it for everyone you know. I love that feeling. And somehow I have become blessed this past month for I have read not one but TWO of these wonderful books. Of course I have to share them now with you all and desperately hope that you will pick them up at the local library.

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First there was Harry Potter. Then there was Twilight. Now there is...

Opinion posted 2 months ago

Stephen King "couldn't stop reading" it. Stephenie Meyer was so "obsessed . . . I had to take it with me out to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table." Publishers Weekly called it "the best book of 2008."

What is it?

The Hunger Games!

In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed and been replaced by Panem, a country divided into 12 districts and ruled by the Capitol.

To keep the districts in line, the Capitol has required that annually each of the Twelve Districts send one boy and one girl between...

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You Might As Well Enjoy Yourself While You Can: Apocalyptic Tales That'll Blow Your Mind

List posted 2 months ago

Apoc·a·lypse

Pronunciation:
\ə-ˈpä-kə-ˌlips\

1: one of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 B.C. to 150 A.D. marked by pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom

2: something viewed as a prophetic revelation

3: a great disaster

Whether it's been a subconscious attempt to remind myself that despite the economic recession, current wars and general...

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Advance Readers' Copies Part III

Review posted 5 months ago

Sometimes it's great to be a bookseller.

B.E.A. (which I didn't go to, alas) has passed and our book buyers have come back with some great ARCs in their suitcases and begun to share the book love. The eagerly-awaited second book to The Hunger Games is in my hands, as well as Jeannette Wall's new "true-life novel". I was also happily surprised by a new book in a new series by Cinda Williams Chima, author of the Heir trilogy (The Warrior Heir; The Wizard Heir; The Dragon Heir). All three are fantastic -- y'all should pick them up come Autumn 2009!

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Advance Readers' Copies Part II

Opinion posted 9 months ago

I explained in my previous Advance Readers' Copies article the meaning of the this phrase, but here is a quick recap: advance readers' copies are sent pre-published books by publishers in hopes that a particularly enthusiastic recipient will personally promote the work to his or her customers, and thus increase sales exponentially.

Titles mentioned in my first article included:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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