My Friday Night....

I know I have already posted quite a few posts today as I am catching up on my blogging, but I had to share what my Friday night is consisting of in my hotel room.

Cheese, salami, olive tapenade, Triscuits, a soda, and my computer makes for a perfect night of blogging, emails, and catching up on TV shows.

This is exactly what I needed tonight :)  Have a great weekend!

Feature & Follow Friday #17

Q: This Sunday in the U.S. is Mother's Day, in celebration, what are some of your favorite books with strong mother/child relationships?

A: I definitely have to say The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. This was a great book about the life of a woman and growing up. Told from the daughter, Dinah's point of view, she tells the story of her mother and aunts, herself growing up, and her life as an adult. I have recommended this book to my mom, aunts, grandma and many other ladies.

What books have you read with strong mother/child bonds? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Booking Through Thursday: In or Out

This is a day late but here it is...

This week's Booking Through Thursday asks...

Q: Do you consider yourself an extrovert or an introvert?

A: Hmm I think I am somewhere in the middle. I am quiet and shy around people I don't really know (most of the time), but once I get to know a person I can be very outgoing. It really depends on the situation. Like for work there is not really room for being quiet and shy so I have to really put myself out there. But in some social situations there are times I am just the quiet one. I'm getting better about being shy/quiet but I think part of me will always be that way.

What about you? Do you think you are more outgoing or do you tend to keep to yourself? Leave a comment and let me know :)

Apology

Dear readers,

I would like to apologize for my lacking at Reading Kelly the past couple weeks. Work has been crazy busy and has caused me to forget what day it is. This happens often when I travel but this time I can't seem to get back on track. Next thing I knew I missed my Booking Through Thursday post and today is Friday (I have no idea where the time has gone). I am going to post my BTT to day, just a day late, and hopefully get my Feature & Follow Friday in as well. I also apologize for my lacking of comments. I try to respond to everyone, but I have not been very good at making comments on others blogs. My goal is to catch up in the next few days. Thanks for understanding. I hope to be back on track soon.

Happy reading!

Kelly

Wordless Wednesday #4

Naples, FL Sunset

Teaser Tuesday (May 8)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Here's how it works..

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure what you share does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author too so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here are my teasers...

"Privately, she thought, We were Communists, for Christ's sake, and here we are running this Negro woman ragged going upstairs and downstairs bringing us breakfast in bed."

p. 244, Cheat and Charmer by Elizabeth Frank

"Pure" by Julianna Baggott

Pure
by Julianna Baggott
358 pages (nook book)

Short Version: Pressia finds a Pure and together they come to realize they may not be so different after all.

Why I Read It: I saw a few reviews for this book and after reading the synopsis decided I needed to check it out.

The Book: (From Goodreads)
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . .
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.
Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . .
There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her.
When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.

My Thoughts: ***Spoiler Alert! This review may contain spoilers***
I think this is only the second dystopian book I have read after The Hunger Games series and I really liked it. The images of life after the Detonations were kind of creepy but also fascinating to me. I think sometimes if I were to read too many dystopian, or any genre, I will eventually be able to guess what is going to happen all the time and not enjoy it as much. Pure was mostly unpredictable for me which was great. I kept wanting to know what would happen next. The songs and riddles were great because I kept trying to figure them out as well. I was very surprised to find out Pressia and Partridge were brother and sister. I kept expecting some kind of love triange to form between Pressia, Partridge, and Bradwell but I was kind of happy that didn't happen. I really liked that Pressia and Bradwell's relationship was developed all the way to the end of the book. I don't like when characters meet and are in love right away with no chemistry formed. It is not realistic. However, I feel like Lyda was left behind a bit when it came to developing her. Her character was great while she was in the Dome. Then they let her out and it was like nothing of the outside bothered her. She was seeing the destruction for the first time and humans fused with object, yet it was like she had no reaction to this which is just not very believable for me. Partridge could not stop looking at things and wondering about them when he was first out. He also took care to cover up that he was Pure, but Lyda never did. I just think she was sort of left behind when it came to her coming out of the Dome. I also have to mention El Capitan and Helmud. I loved them. El Capitan had a good heart and I was so happy he was on their side, especially since at first he just wanted to kill a Pure before he died. And Helmud, well I think he is smarter than everyone thinks he is.

5/5 Stars

#8 in 2012 Ebook Challenge
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