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Category: Book Banter

Waiting on Wednesday {2}

Posted on 6 July, 201118 July, 2011 by Ikhlas

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)This week’s anticipated title: Silence

Author: Becca Fitzpatrick

Release Date: October 4th, 2011

Summary: The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They’ve overcome the secrets riddled in Patch’s dark past…bridged two irreconcilable worlds…faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust…and all for a

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The Edward

Posted on 3 July, 201116 October, 2011 by Ikhlas

Since every YA book out right now has the Edward hero, I figured I’d do a post about all the Edwards. Oh come on, you know the guy…don’t you?

Other than the requisite things about Edward from Twilight, the Edward archetype falls into the following pitfalls:

  • He’s hot. Like scorching hot. Like he will melt your eyeballs out of your eye-sockets
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I’ll take “Capital L for Literature” for 500

Posted on 30 June, 201118 July, 2011 by Ikhlas

When I was in university, I met this girl who asked me what my favourite book was. I promptly replied, “Harry Potter”. She wrinkled her nose and said, “No, I meant Literature. Like real books.”

As an English major (and maybe even a University student) the assumption that I had to read and love Literature was constantly foisted upon me. And while I love and

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Waiting on Wednesday {1}

Posted on 30 June, 201118 July, 2011 by Ikhlas

Hello! This is new for me, but let me give it a try. This is an event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. The purpose of this event is to talk about books that you anticipate reading, which haven’t come out yet.

Overbite (Insatiable, #2)Author: Meg Cabot

Title: Overbite

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The Iron King (The Iron Fey #1): Initial Thoughts

Posted on 28 June, 20118 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

The Iron King (Iron Fey, #1)I started The Iron King today and just wanted to jot off some initial thoughts of this new YA novel by Harlequin Teen. Before Harlequin came to class, I didn’t really know they did YA, but this is one of their new and emerging titles. Here’s a synopsis, via Goodreads. 

Meghan Chase has a

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