The Raven Boys Trailer!!! @mstiefvater

Maggie has shared her amazing book trailer for her book The Raven Boys.

Direct link- http://youtu.be/nWzaJrJUP-w

Check it out then go to  http://maggiestiefvater.blogspot.com/2012/06/animated-book-trailer-for-raven-boys.html?m=1  and give her some love!

Its Wednesday! What Are You Reading?

I'm just gonna leave this here and wait for the pouncing:

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia

Hate is a Choice.

#SixSentenceSunday WIP

This is from my current WIP, tentatively titled THORNS.

In this scene we have Henrik:

I don't know who this is, if anyone has a name, I'd love to find more pictures!

And his father, Asa:

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“Congratulations.” He looks over my head and I’m tempted to look to see whom he is speaking. “Your father has just ensured your future in Germany's royalty.”

Once again, I am getting talked at rather than spoken to. Once again, I am being told what I will do, how I will do it, and when and where I will do it. Once again, I am angry, but doing nothing about it.

"Henrik, you will be meeting very important people today. You are to smile and act like the gentleman I raised you to be. If at anytime anyone asks something of you, you will smile and you will do it. Understood?"

"Of course, Father, what else would I do?"

Friday Five

1- It has been a hard week and I am glad it is over. I feel like someone has beaten me inside and out. I guess, technically, its kind of been that way.

2- Still awaiting word on my novel and my short story and the writing contest I entered. I need a sedative.

3- I wish I could bring my cat with me to work, she would keep me calm.

4- New obsession: 

Amish: Out of Order - Amish teens who leave The Order to stay with a family in Missouri and find their way away from the Amish community. SO INTRIGUING!

5- This makes me SO proud. God Bless Our President:

Book Review: Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

Not my favorite, sadly. I wish there would've been more and the ending, although fitting and brave, made me sad.
I appreciated Rachel going out on a limb and not giving everyone a happily ever after. That's important. I wished there had been more, though. It felt incomplete and rushed.
Of course I loved Archer and Cal, and even Elodie grew on me. I just felt like there was something missing.
I hope they'll make this trilogy into a movie, not movies, but one movie. It would be wonderful to see this on the big screen.
Overall, it was a good ending for Sophie and her gang.

@Hoycie, @EliStar, @Sunshinegal3, and @ SuperstarNanna Wednesday: What Are You Reading?

Well, I've been trying. I'm in chapter 5. I keep getting distracted though. There is a lot of information within the first few chapters, so I find myself skimming, which is bad, because when I pick back up on something intriguing, then I have no idea what's just happened. I have reread chapter 4 a few times.

It is such an interesting premise though, I plan on staying with it... it just may take me a while.

I swear Hoycie, Eli, Sunshinegal, and Nanna... I will finish!