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Six Month Rule by A.J. Pine :)

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I was really looking forward to read a new story by A.J. because I liked the one I'd read, so when this book appeared I couldn't say no to read it. And if you haven't read any of her stories you surely could give them a try. This book can be read as a standalone but THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY was great even if it took me a little to finish it, so if you read it before or after SIX MONTH RULE is not a big deal.

This time we have Will Evans and Holly Chandler. Holly is determined to have what she wants any way she wants, and no-one can stop her of get it; I like girls with personalities and positive attitudes so reading her life was fascinating. And then there's Will, he's bloody sexy -at least that's how I dreamed him; as Holly he has his priorities well-set. Both have similarities when it comes to the way they do and make things, but in other aspects they're completely different, along the story we can crystal-clear see why opposites attract even when stars are not in their favor. But the way in which everything goes in their life takes their love-story to a new level. From the beginning their personalities collided, and as the time goes they start to spend more and more time together, something that develops to become full aware of new things, things they didn't know they wanted until it was too late... or not.

Fall in love is not something any of us can control, and when we see some people just trying to not fall, sometimes that's kind of funny because of what they do to deny it even if it's already settled; but at the same time we have a completely different story -not in this book- because when we know/see people who actually is not in love but infatuated, okay, that's not funny at all, due to all the bad things that situation can lead to, or just the bad decisions they could make/do when they're in that period of time when all seem right.

Anyways, SIX MONTH RULE has many things I like/love, a plot with an intriguing twist, characters with personalities that make such a good story, situations that lead to others in a fantastic way, people that fit together even if they didn't think they were destined, etc, etc. It let me wanting more, because I think six months were too short for my liking, but I know why there wasn't more time and I understood but still don't like. Okay, so, I know there are a plenty of books with... similarities to this one, but is A.J. who we're talking about, she can give you twists that can catch you off guard so far.

Rules are made to break them. If you create them you have to respect them. Rules are there for something. Etc, etc. But at the end, whatever you do with said rules, and however things end when you break or respect them, love can't be ruled.

SIX MONTH RULE is a light, sexy, funny, sweet contemporary romance that everyone has to try. And A.J. is becoming one of my favorite authors because she can create such amazing things. Her writing in this book was awesome. I love these characters so what else can I say? Just that you could read it and see how things are.

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A lil bit about Anna Harris

Book Review

'Unrequited' is a novella that was in such short pages became highly intense. When I first received the book I knew right I was going to finish it because of the short amount of pages but I never did believe I would actually feel scared at times. The novella dealt with a beauty of a girl that could be actually dangerous. With Eve falling in love with a bad boy and receiving mysterious calls from someone who is stalking her can cause serious problems. After Eve father's death she was very sad but when she spots a bad boy outside of her school they both immediately seem to have chemistry. But with the stalker calling her and scaring her it was creating difficulty to move forward with her romance with Shannon (The bad boy).  With parts in the book that actually scared me and made me just want to know what happened its what I believe made me finish even faster. I highly recommend this book and recommend to not read at night.

Thanks again Anna for trusting me and sending me your book and wish to work again with your work!

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How To Keep Rolling After A Fall by Karole Cozzo!

Title: How to Keep Rolling After a Fall 
Author: Karole Cozzo
Publication date: August 2nd 2016
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult

After a cyber bullying incident turns her life upside down, a handsome wheelchair rugby player shows a former mean girl that everyone deserves a second chance in this swoon-worthy new novel from the author of How to Say I Love You Out Loud.

The party was at her house. The photos were posted to her Facebook account. That’s all the evidence anyone needed to condemn Nikki Baylor for a cyberbullying incident that humiliated a classmate and nearly resulted in the girl’s suicide. Now Nikki’s been expelled from her old school, her friends have abandoned her, and even her own parents can’t look her in the eye. With her plans for the future all but destroyed, Nikki resigns herself to being the girl everyone hates – almost as much as she hates herself. But then Nikki meets Pax, a spirited wheelchair rugby player who knows what it’s like when one mistake completely shatters your life. Refusing to judge her because of her past, he shows her that everyone deserves a second chance… and everyone deserves to be loved.

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** I RECEIVED AN ARC IN EXCHANGE OF AN HONEST REVIEW **

Anyways, I loved Pax's character, he's that ray of light in the dark, he's the one who brings happiness into her life. But at the same time he didn't wanted to be a lot into her, I totally understood him, however, he didn't disappoint me and he helped her... a lot; also, he saw what other people didn't; and even when he had his own problems to deal with; he was there for her, to support her, to protect her from their demons.

This book is full of deep feelings, emotions —good and bad ones, sadness, guilty, but overall... love. And not just for others but for themselves. There were moments where I didn't really want to finish it, but I knew from the very beginning that it was going to hit me really hard. In general, all was well-described, things were said how they really were, and she did really make a good job with this book so I'll be absolutely reading another in the future. If you happen to like YA romance, you need to read How To Keep Rolling After A Fall. And if you don't... then you need to read it anyways. 

Book: +4.9/5 stars

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Graham by Natalie Decker!

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Author: Natalie Decker 
Graham Nichols’s main goal in life is to forget. Getting high, completely wasted, and running through a string of sexy blonds daily helps him achieve this task. But one night of partying lands him in a heap of trouble and sent back to the confinements of his hometown. Things can’t possibly get worse, right?

Sarah Morris can’t seem to run fast enough away from her past. She’s spent months trying to amend her ways, and is doing a pretty good job. She’s getting good grades, isn’t acting like a spoiled brat, and even works at the local grocery store. The last thing she needs is a distraction.

Enter Graham Nichols, the one mistake Sarah can’t escape.

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Book Review: NO ONE DIES IN THE GARDEN OF SYN 

                             By: Micheal Seidelman 

Synthia (Syn) Wade is a teenage girl who struggles with cystic fibrosis, an incurable life-threatening disease. One day she is pushed into a pond by an unseen figure and wakes up in a new world – a mysterious garden where illness and death don’t exist.

Welcomed by the garden’s residents and now free of her symptoms, Syn decides to stay. But, before long, she realizes that this apparent utopia holds many dangers and dark secrets.

Surrounding the garden is a fog that Syn is warned never to enter. She encounters bizarre creatures that defy reason. And always lurking in the shadows is a masked woman - a woman who may have a connection to the disappearance of Syn’s parents many years ago. A woman whom no one will speak of, but whom everyone fears.

While No One Dies in the Garden of Syn, Syn will soon discover that some fates are worse than death.

The Book 'NO ONE DIES IN THE GARDEN OF SYN' (Book One of The Garden of Syn trilogy) surrounds the life of a teenager named Syn short for (Synthia) who suffers from a disease named cystic fibrosis which is a bad disease that creates mucus and gives the person trouble with breathing. Her parents disappeared at a very young age with her disease following up to her and with the wish of possibly knowing what happened to her parents she is pushed out of nowhere into her garden's pond in which she comes to discover a new world. 

Once entering this world 'The Garden' she notices that she is free of the disease and while staying in this location she would be completely healthy. But while staying there she notices something strange and begins to questions things that happen at The Garden. She questions who pushed in the pond? where is she exactly and how can she get home. Also through navigating the garden she comes to see a mysterious woman who wears a mask and whom everyone is scared of and no ones talk about. 

In the notice of the mysterious fogs she believes that if she goes through those fogs she could possibly be able to go back home but then again she does not want to return to the life of a weak sick child. In the process of staying in such a peaceful place, she gets to meet such nice people but not always are those people truly nice. 

The book at first was slow for me because it seemed like the welcoming to the Garden took forever and the discovery of the masked women but, then at the end I understood why the author did it the way he did. The writing format was easy to understand and I loved the way the author described the disease in such a way that you did not have to be a doctor to understand. 

The ending had his twist which left me surprised definitely and I simply can't wait to read the next book in the trilogy. 

Good Job Micheal! :)

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I was given an ARC of Colors Of Immortality by J.M. Muller in exchange for an honest review and that's what I plan to do. So let's get started :-)

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Jodi squeezed my hand. “Do whatever you think is right. Your gut won’t lie. Mine sure didn’t, and look how you turned out.”

I smiled.

After a few more questions, like did I have any siblings—no—and where did my cousins live—just over the border into New Mexico—the guard announced our fifteen minutes were up. I fought the urge to cling to Jodi’s hand as she stood. I hadn’t spent nearly enough time with her.

“You write me. Let me know how you’re doing, ‘kay?”

I nodded, my mouth drying, and she backed out of the room with a wave. When the door from the visitation area to the cellblock closed, I covered my mouth, my chest hitching. Mom put her arm around my shoulders, and I leaned into her. I’d been so afraid that Jodi would have considered me a burden, that she would’ve hate me for ruining her life, like I originally loathed my baby for messing up mine. But that was so far from the reason she’d placed me for adoption.

“She had loved me, Mom,” I said, my voice shaking.

¡Hola! ¿Cómo ha estado su semana? Espero que muy bien :)
El día de hoy les traigo una nueva reseña como parte de los #JuevesDeReseñas, en esta ocasión es el tan renombrado libro de la autora Jojo Moyes, un libro que ha vendido millones de copias y ha sido traducido a varios idiomas. Estoy segura de que la mayoría ya lo ha leído o, de cierta forma, ha visto la adaptación cinematográfica.

       Entonces, ¿qué palabra usaría para describirla?
       Infatuation (infatuación).

       Si no tienes la más remota idea de qué significa, te lo cuento con simple palabras:

       Infatuación (calco del inglés), hace referencia a un estado emocional que se caracteriza por el dejarse llevar por una pasión irracional, un amor adictivo. En este periodo la persona o personas sienten una urgencia y ansiedad, donde hay una extrema absorción del uno con el otro.

       No ha todo el mundo le puede gustar lo mismo, y eso es genial, en lo general, la historia me cautivó en su momento, me sacó una que otra lágrima y sonrisa, pero simplemente no me llegó como lo pensé. Quizás haya una explicación, pero sinceramente no planeo buscarla, para mí, quedarme con la historia es suficiente para que al fin de cuentas adore el libro y todo lo que este conlleva.

¿Sabes? En realidad solo podemos ayudar a alguien que quiere ser ayudado.

Recuerdo haber mirado las estrellas, sentirme desaparecer en esa profundidad infinita, mientras el suelo se tambaleaba con dulzura.

No sabía que la música era capaz de abrir puertas dentro de uno mismo, de transportarte a un lugar que ni el compositor habría previsto.

Solo se vive una vez. En realidad, es tu deber que sea una vida plena.

Adoro mi vida, aunque desearía que fuera diferente.

Hay amores que solo pueden vivir en tu corazón, no en tu vida.

Sé que esta no es una historia de amor convencional. Sé que hay todo tipo de razones por las que ni siquiera debería estar diciéndote esto. Pero te quiero.

Necesitaba decirle, en silencio, que las cosas cambian, crecen o se marchitan, pero que la vida continúa.

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       Hace mucho tiempo que tenía planeada esta entrada, lamentablemente, los exámenes de final de semestre acapararon todo mi tiempo, ni siquiera puede leer, lo cual también justifica mi falta de reseñas, sin embargo, todo será recompensado, comenzando ahora...

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       Pixlr es un editor de imágenes online simple y sencillo de usar, ideal para realizar algunos retoques a nuestras imágenes como: cambiar tamaño, rotar, recortar, invertir, polarizar, cambiar brillo y saturación, selección mágica, y muchos más efectos.

        PickMonkey es una herramienta online gratuita para todo lo que tiene que ver con la edición de imágenes y el retoque fotográfico. Es una alternativa a tener muy en cuenta por la gran cantidad de opciones que nos proporciona. Lamentablemente, hay varías opciones por las que cobra, pero con las herramientas gratuitas también se pueden hacer muchas cosas interesantes.

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#Resultado esperado

       En esta ocasión utilizaremos ambas herramientas para poder conseguir estos resultados:

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#Conociendo PickMonkey

• 2. Effects: tenemos todos los efectos posibles e imaginables, por lo general, el único que utilizo es Draw, que sirve para pintar algo de el color que quiero, además, si hay un color que me gusta, pero no sé su código, esta herramienta tiene una pequeña herramienta que es para saber el color con solo dar clic sobre él.

• 3. Touch Up: Estas herramientas son para editar las fotografías que tienen rostros de personas, hay desde editar los labios hasta blanquear los dientes.

• 4. Text: Aquí se encuentran los tipos de letras que tiene el programa más los que tenemos nosotros.

• 5. Overlays: Son capas: hay dibujos, corazones, estrellas, etc. Lo mejor es que puedes cambiarle el color.

• 6. Frames: Si quieres ponerle un cuadro, esta es la herramienta, aunque no son muchas las opciones que nos dan.

• 7. Textures: ¿Quieres algo con efecto de papel? ¿Como una pintura? Hay varias herramientas aquí que te pueden ayudar.

• 8. Themes: Si quieres hacer algo relacionado al amor, entonces todo lo que este programa ofrece y que tiene relación con el amor, desde corazones, letras, cualquier cosa, está ahí; hay más fácil acceso a todo lo que puedas necesitar.

• 9. Cuando editamos algo, entre más capas tengamos es más difícil seleccionar una sin pasar a llevar otra, la herramienta con el número 9, la podemos utilizar para combinar las capas que ya tenemos "listas", cuando utilices esta, debes estar seguro de que no volverás a editar nada de la imagen, porque no puedes volver a atrás sin perder todo lo que avanzaste.

• 10 y 11. Es para deshacer y rehacer algo que acabas de hacer.

• 12. Si la mantienes presionada puedes ver el antes de tu imagen, cómo era antes de todo lo que le hiciste.

• 13. Para aumentar y alejar la imagen, esto no afecta el tamaño final de la imagen.

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#Libro

       La imagen .png del libro se muestra la parte de al lado del libro, la cual no tengo, así que primeramente voy a crearla.

• 1. Primero, recorté una orilla de la portada para así mantener la gama de colores de la portada. 

       Luego creé una imagen en PickMonkey de 2000 x 230 pixeles, entonces inserté la imagen de arriba y la agrandé hasta que diera el ancho de la imagen. Para ello hay que ir a Overlays, la herramienta con una mariposa, en lugar de usar uno del programa se pone "Your own" y ahí debes seleccionar la imagen. Quedará algo así.

• 2. Selecciono el tipo de fuente para el título, el color y el tamaño, todo esto en la herramienta Text. Y tenemos esto:

• 3. Además, le agregué el nombre de la autora, para ello hice lo mismo que con el título, también le puse unas líneas, simplemente para que no quedara tan vacío; las líneas son en realidad guiones bajo, por lo que para el color y el tamaño hay que hacer lo mismo que con el nombre.

• 4. Finalmente le puse el dibujo de un narciso, para ello busqué en el buscador de google "dibujo de narcisos png" y elegí ese entre todas las imágenes. ¡Y listo!

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#EXCERPT

“Would you like to put something on your feet?”

She looked down at her bare toes and shook her head. What if he left without her?

“I laid out a nightgown in your closet. Go get the slippers I put with it. If fact, change into the gown, too. I will wait for you.”

She bit her lip and looked at the door to their room, then behind her at the shadowy corridor. “Promise?”

“Yes, draga. I promise not to leave you on your own when you are so ill at ease. I am not that cruel.”

“’Kay.” She went back and didn’t even blink at the beautiful ivory silk creation she threw on after taking off her clothes. It was sheer, layered, and the cuffs and hemline were trimmed with the softest fur. She’d have felt like a cross between Mrs. Howell and Santa’s escort if she wasn't suddenly wearing a cloud made by angels. She paused at the sight of her reflection when she turned to slide her feet into the prettiest matching ballet slippers. Wow. Her mobster might be nuts, but he had superb taste.

“I do not want you in anything but the gown and slippers, Yasmeen.”

As Lucian’s voice drifted to her, she had to wonder if he’d want her at all if she gained twenty pounds, got a scar or two, and cut her hair to her chin.

Swiftly stepping out of her panties, she laid them out with the bra she’d already taken off and donned the slippers. When she walked out, she felt like a naked ghost.

Lucian’s chest rose swiftly when she rushed across the room towards him, layers of silk billowing behind her. She smoothed her hair down because she suddenly felt self-conscious.

“Ready.”

He stopped her from darting past him into the hallway with an arm around her waist. Allowing the momentum to turn him into her, he backed her into the open door and pressed his body along the length of hers.

“Mesmerizing,” he breathed as he stroked from her hips up to her breasts with complete and total ownership. He rolled her nipples, passed over them a few times with his thumbs, then took his touch away once they were peaked and ready for more. “I want to have a structure built deep in the woods.” His hands came to rest on the sides of her neck, his fingertips pressing into the base of her skull. “Preferably underground so no one will ever find it. I would have them construct only one entrance, and I would have the only access code. Close your eyes.”

She held onto him with a grip on the sides of his sweater. She closed her eyes.

He kissed each one, lingering. “Do you know what I would keep in that solitary, impenetrable fortress, draga?”

“Your valuables?” she guessed as she gave up and went under the hem to get at his skin.

“Yes. But only one.”

“Oh. Uh, your money?”

“You.”

Her eyes flew open. “Me?” she squeaked.

“I would lock you away and never let another soul anywhere near you. My face would be the only one you would ever again see. My voice would be the only one you would hear. My touch would be the last you would ever feel. And you would feel so much of it. You would exist for me. When I made time to visit, you would celebrate my very presence. Can you imagine a life like that, my pet?”

Ice flowed through her veins. “You would return to that fortress and find a corpse. Because if you ever made me live like that, I would kill myself.”

His fingers tightened until her head started to ache. “I would hunt you down in the afterlife if you did that to me. You would pay dearly.” He was looking down at her, but with a vacancy in his stare that told her he wasn’t really with her.

“Lucian?” She grabbed his wrists. “You’re hurting me.”

“You are hurting me.”

She couldn’t have been more shocked if he’d hit her. “What? How? Lucian, I’m here for you.” She brought her hands to his cheeks and stood on her toes so she could press her lips to his. His mouth was cold. “I want to help you.” The pressure he was exerting faded until he was simply holding her head again.

He tsked as he shook his head. “I want to climb inside you and stay there until you can’t survive without me. I want to f*ck your body. I want to f*ck your mind into an addiction you’ll never get over. I want you to crave my touch, my voice, the scent of my skin, the feel of my mouth on you, the sensation of my c*ck filling you, my tongue cleaning you afterward. I want you to need what I give you. I want it so you struggle to breathe when I am not within your sights. When you can no longer smell me, I want you to whimper with a desperation that matches what I am experiencing. I want this perfect, flawless treasure you are to be dependent on me for your very life.”

His forehead was resting on hers now and she’d long ago stopped breathing. Something in the very fabric of her existence understood those needs while the rational part of her found them repugnant. Excitement, terror, and a dark, writhing lust was crackling under her skin, heating her from the inside out.

He blinked and drew in a sudden lungful of air as if he’d just come out of a trance. He straightened and slid his hands down to her shoulders before placing a chaste kiss to her lips. “Do not worry, Yasmeen. I will send you home before I allow my demons to do those things to you. I know you deserve better. Now, come. You can sit by the fire while I attempt to work for an hour.”

As though he hadn’t just revealed how much further he’d fallen, he took her hand and led her out of the room. Unable to process what this could mean for her, she didn’t bother. She simply followed along and vowed to try harder. She had to get through to him. He had to see she was more than a possession. But more importantly, she had to convince him to send those demons he spoke of so fondly on their merry way. If he allowed them to take over completely, they were both finished.

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