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Little Surprises

Posted on 14 February, 201214 February, 2012 by Ikhlas

Hi all! I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day at all, other than giving my friends chocolates, etc. but today I just received the loveliest surprise! I recently entered Hachette Book Group Canada‘s giveaway for the book The Way We FallĀ and just found out I won! Its a YA dystopian novel, and sounds like its full of…

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Review: The Dark Divine

Posted on 12 February, 20128 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

On the night that Daniel Kalbi, her brother’s best friend, disappeared from her life, Grace Divine knew something strange had happened. Her brother, who came home in his own blood, refuses to tell her what happened between them, and tells her that Daniel is as good as dead to their family. Grace had all but…

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Review: The Sky is Everywhere

Posted on 10 February, 20128 November, 2012 by Ikhlas

Lennie Walker’s a junior and she’s used to doing everything with her older, and much cooler sister. But that all changes when she dies suddenly, leaving Lennie to learn to live without her. Bailey isn’t the only person that Lennie has ever lost. She doesn’t know who her father is, since her mother abandoned her…

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In My Mailbox

Posted on 9 February, 2012 by Ikhlas

Hi everyone! So I got a whole whack of books this week from the library, not to mention a few that I still have leftover from last week. I’m still moving along slowly with Entwined, but when I’m not reading it, I don’t exactly itch to get back to it. Anyway, here are the books…

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What

Posted on 8 February, 201215 April, 2012 by Ikhlas

My heart it beats. It beats a rhythmic drum, as it crawls up my chest and suffocates my throat. I am drowning in thoughts, plunging headfirst into longings and desires and questions. I am floating in waves of anxiety, which beat against the walls of my stomach, crying out hallow cries to my heart, who…

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