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Favourite Protagonist Battle – Week 2

Apr 16, 2014

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Welcome to Week 2 of the Favourite Protagonist Battle. This week you will get to know the 8 other protagonist that are competing for the title of Favourite Protagonist.

There are going to be 16 protagonists from all across the YA genre’s each week they will face off in a vote. For example the first round of voting will have 8 groups of 2, they will face off and the winning one out of the pairs will move to round 2, and so on. Voting will last from Sunday to Saturday.  The winner of the rounds will then be announced and voting will commence the following day.

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After this week, this is how everything will follow.
3rd Week – 1st Round – 16 Contestants
4th Week- 2nd round –  8 Contestants
5th week – 3rd round; SEMI-FINAL – 4  Contestants
6th week – 4th round; FINAL – 2  Contestants

I really hope that you enjoy this new feature, I am really excited to be hosting it. There will also be a giveaway, that will last the whole Battle. So get excited.

The Protagonist’s were nominated by you guys. I sent out a tweet and a facebook post about a week ago asking for all your favourite protagonist’s. I will be pulling the names out of a hat to see who will verse who in Round 1 and so on, so on.

Week 1|Week 2|Week 3|Winner’s announcement| Week 4|Winner’s announcement| Week 5|Winner’s announcement| Week 6|

Here is the last 8 protagonists and a little bit about then, that will battle if off, for the title of: Angel Reads’ favourite 

 

1. Hazel Grace from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green:

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Hazel Grace Lancaster was diagnosed with cancer at a young age, and had essentially stopped living life. Until Augustus Waters comes along and teaches her that life isn’t about what happens to you, but what you can make of it. Granted an infinity within an acute number of days, Hazel is taught to open her eyes, heart, and mind to the life she could have, if only she let herself have it.  Hazel Grace Lancaster is a 16 year old bookworm with an oxygen tank. She’s hasn’t got magic powers or awesome physical abilities (especially not with lung cancer restricting everything she does) but has a strong will to prove herself against the battles cancer presents her with. She’s okay. Hazel is a caring and quite witty character who strives through the book, to prove to the world that she can fight the stereotypes people put against cancer patients.

2. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins:

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Living in district 12, one of the poor districts, her life has not been easy and after the death of her father and subsequent mental breakdown of her mother she becomes independent and disillusioned. The most important thing in the world to her is her sister, Primrose, she would do anything to protect her, and proves this. She did not ask to become a heroine or a symbol and yet when she is thrown into the limelight she picks herself up and keeps going.  Katniss thinks for herself and doesn’t let others make up her mind for her.  She isn’t perfect . . . far from it, in fact. But she is strong, she is a provider, she is a survivor. She does what she needs to do in order to protect those who love her and those she loves. She is funny, too. She is a reluctant face to a rebellion, but she does what she has to do. In the arenas, in the capital, in life.

3. Clary Fray from The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare:

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Clary Fray is a 15 year old, red head girl living in New York, where an eternal battle between good bad threatens the safety of the mundane and magical worlds on a regular basis, she thought she was living in a normal word. She could not have been more wrong. The daughter of two Shadowhunters, people tasked with protecting the world from the supernatural, Clary is far from anything normal. Armed with a best friend and extremely cute Shadowhunter, Clary faces danger at every turn, growing into and becoming a truly badass heroine that can take care of herself. . She may be small, but has a special ability to create her own magic runes and her daring and willingness to protect those she loves gives her spunk that every heroine needs.

4. Noah from Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry:

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On the outside, Noah Hutchins seems like a jerk. He appears to be self-absorbed with an air of arrogance about him, emphasized by the fact that girls are always throwing themselves at him. Noah uses girls and drugs, pretending not to care about either one.  However, on the inside Noah is a very different person.  As we get to know him and we learn about the pain he conceals, it is evident that his attitude is only an attempt to ease his afflictions.  The other side of Noah emerges throughout the book, surprising Echo and the readers alike.  He is loyal to his friends. He protects and defends those he cares about and he has a kind heart.  Echo brings out this side of him as they become allies, trying to face their own demons and find healing together.

 

5. Adrian from Bloodlines by Richelle Mead:

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Adrian Ivashkov is the lovable bad-boy with quite the reputation. He’s a Moroi (good vampire) of a Royal bloodline, and specialises in a rare magic called Spirit that is slowly driving him insane. He is constantly underestimated by others, but as the story continues, we see that Adrian is one of the strongest characters in the series. He loves fiercely, is deeply loyal, and has a wicked sense of humour. It’s these traits that often see him take the fall for others – and consequently get hurt badly – but they’re also the traits that see him through to the other side, making him even stronger.

 

6. Aria from Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi:

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Aria is so strong considering that all things she thought we true aren’t. She went through so much at the beginning both mentally and physically and it was only in the first few chapters and she grew more and more in strength throughout. We also see the change in Aria over the course of the story. Aria is totally different at the end of the novel from the start.

7. Sydney Sage from Bloodlines by Richelle Mead:

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Sydney Sage is usually the brains behind the operation. Whether that operation is hiding wanted fugitives, keeping Royals in witness protection at all costs, plotting sinister revenge against those who dare hurt her loved ones, or hunting down corrupt Alchemists who are hellbent on making her life miserable. She herself is an Alchemist (human who has been raised to keep Vampires a secret from other humans), one who over time comes to realise that everything she’d grown up being told, was a lie. Sydney is a book-smart girl, but watching her learn to think for herself and break free from the shackles of her past is fascinating. 

 

 

8. Rose Hathaway from Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead:

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Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir (half Vampire, half human) who is fierce, butt-kicking, and has a sharp tongue that often gets her into almost as much trouble as her fists do. She always rushes into situations headfirst with no regard for possible consequences to her actions. Initially Rose seems to think that she is the best of the best, but as the story moves forward, she fast discovers that she has a lot of growing up to do, and a lot to learn. She has a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and is a bit of a heart-breaker. Rose does grow into a strong character though, who is more than capable of taking charge. Rose becomes a fighter, she doesn’t take no for an answer and always with every inch in her body tries and protects the ones that mean the world to her, even if she doesn’t know it at the time. Rose may do things that don’t always end up with the best results but she does have good intentions. 

And remember next Saturday voting beings!

Top Ten Bookish Things That I’d like to Own

Apr 15, 2014
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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that members at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. All bloggers are then welcomed to join. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is:

Top Ten Bookish Things (That Aren’t Books) That I’d Like To Own (new bookshelves, bookends, cool bookmark, a bookish shirt, etc. You can add things you DO own if you want).

1. New Book Shelves: At the moment my books are ending up everywhere. They are stacking up on each other and there is still no room at all. So I am in need of a new one. I don’t want nothing to fancy just one that can fit my books.
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2.Kindle: I do have a Kobo mini at the moment, but I would really like a Kindle that I can use for multipurpose things and with me going to University next year therefore catching the train everyday a Kindle would be much easier to handle. Which one do you recommended?
3.  Movie/Book Room: This has already started actually, after I was lucky enough to pick up a Stand Up from Vampire Academy and as  is in my living room place upstairs I thought maybe  I should make it to a book and movie room. It’s not the biggest space but we can work with it. So I want to collect more things for this room.  If it doesn’t happen now, I hope it does when I get my own house.
4. More Book Related Posters: This sort of goes with number #3. I need book poster for my book and movie room don’t I. I love posters and art work and after picking up a few on the weekend as well at supanova, it’s going to be awesome I hope.
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5. Official Lord of the Rings Arwen Evenstar Pendant: I am a massive LotR (movie) fan. Sadley I haven;t read the books as I tried to read them when I was young but had so much trouble with it. Hopefully I can soon. Anyway I love Arwen and I adore her necklace so much, which also means that I would love to own one. I love the one from LOtR Jewelry.
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6. More Harry Potter merchandise: I love anything and everything Harry Potter, so I want any merchandise that I can get if it’s fanmade or not. I already have a Ravenclaw tapestry, a few figurines, bages and few more stuff here and there but I want so many more things. I just love them to much.
7. My Book Related tattoo’s: Well in a couple of months I will be getting my first tattoo. I cannot wait till I am 18 so I can finally start getting my tattoo’s I am super excited and cannot wait.
8. Book Nook or a reading room: I have mentioned this a few times but I either want a book nook in the wall upon a window or a reading room. Even better both in one room.
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9. Book Travels: I know I cannot own them, But I would love to go to the Harry Potter Studio Tour, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and to New Zealand for the Hobbiton Movie Set Tours.

10. Book Swag: I love book swag, bookmarks, buttons, cards just anything. I love collecting them all.

While we are on the topic of Bookish Things, I have added some more Items to my Etsy Store as well as some more bags. Hope you like them. You can check then out here.
So That is my Top Ten for this week. What are some bookish items that you want?

PTA Live Melbourne 2014

Apr 15, 2014

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Last night I went to my second PTA Live Melbourne and I am so glad I went. There was so much excitement being built through social media via the Penguin Teen Australia Twitter and facebook page. There was a whopping 350 people there which was amazing to be apart of.

So after a very anxious day, and my crazy friends arriving at my house, we hop on the train (to LAX..okay, okay, I am kidding) to Melbourne Central where the event was being held.  After going up too many escalators we finally arrived at Hoyts. We then meet up with the lovely Millicent, Erin, Amy and Kat.

We then went up to the theater that we were going to be in and Astrid showed up and it was lovely to see her again. After, we got our names signed off (which apparently my name wasn’t on the list for some weird reason, but all good).

We then went into the massive IMAX theater and sat down in out seats, second row from the front. In our awesome goodie bags and there was Popular by Maya Van Wagenen  and my friend was lucky enough to get a Silver Edition of Half Bad by Sally Green.

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Bookworld was also there selling books and I restrained myself from purchasing any books and that was only because I didn’t have any cash on me.  At 6.30 the lovely Felicity had everyone in their seats and ready to begin.
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The first thing that she spoke about was how that in recent times major things have landed the same night as PTA Live including the Man of Steel premiere, and Catching Fire and Divergent advance screenings. Lucky there was nothing on last night.
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She then talked about what PTA actually do and all the PTA Chats on Twitter on Wednesday (which I love buy the way). Felicity then went on to talk about her and the Penguin crew’s 5 favourite Penguin published books including; Side Effects May Vary, On the Jellicoe Road, Anna and the French Kiss, The Fault in our Stars, and of course Vampire Academy.
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Then their favourite books from other publishes including The Pushing Limits Series, Eleanor and Park and If I Stay. 
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Felicity then went on to talk about other books from other publishing houses that they like and wanted for themselves and some of my favourite books were on this list including Anna Dressed in Blood and Under the Never Sky.
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We then went on to discuss all the book adaptations including; the Vampire Academy Movie,  the Morganville Vampire webseries and how amazing kickstarters were, and the Lizzie Bennett Dairies and Emma Approved.
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And of course The Fault in our Stars and here is what they recommend to bring, which I think I will be bringing. We also got to watch the trailer as well as a clip with behind the scenes footage with the cast and John Green talking about the film.
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Felicity then went on to talk about the Underrated books and sadly I haven’t read any of them but I do want to read them.
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We then talked about book mash-ups and how they present them to the readers. One which we talked about was Titanic meets Avatar meets Twilight.
The discussion then turned to YA and who could read it. I personally believe that anyone can read YA, well anyone over the age of at least 13. It is for everyone and anyone. Young adults don’t just have to read it as it’s in the young adult genre. The members of Penguin Teen felt the same.
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The conversation then moved onto the community of YA and books in general. I love being part of the community, it’s amazing talking to fellow readers and fangirls/guys, publishers and authors. It’s an amazing community.  Felicity then when on and talked about the feedback from readers and the engagement.
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They then went on to thank the bloggers, as to how they review, support and market the books. I’d like to thank Penguin so much for displaying my logo. It means so much to me. Check out the others that were shown.
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We then got a very awesome sneak peak and Penguin Teen Australia TV and let me tell you it’s going to be awesome. We have a very, very special guest of one Richelle Mead. It was amazing, she talked about Silver Shadows with little to go on, the only word she gave as about it was “intense”. She also said that maybe when her sons are a little older she would come back down under. She also talked about how she now referes to Adrian and Sydney as Sydrian and that Silver Shadows will have a cliff hanger but only a 7 out of 10 ‘scary.’ Thank you Richelle for taking your time to answer those questions.
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Then came our very special guest Nic Wheeler whom plays Adrian in the bloodlines book trailers.  He and Felicity talked about the book trailers, Daisy, his audition process and more.
After that we had about a 15 min intermission where photos with Nic were taken in that time. I got to chat with other bloggers and those whom I talked to on twitter and all.
After that we sat back in our really comfy seats and Felicity talked about how she got into, and how to get into, publishing – which I took particular interest in. She also talked about doing particular PTALive for things such as publishing.
She also mention that they like honest reviews, the liked to hear what people think about book if they liked it and so on. Felicity also mentioned that TFIOS is one of her favourite books ever hence why she hasn’t read any other John Green novels. Also that YA has a ‘negative pressure’ that comes with it.
Felicity then went to go on about the up and coming books from Penguin.
Out May 20
Out 27th of August
Out 24th of September

Out April 14
Out 23rd of July
Out May 28

Out December 2014
Out October 7th
Out September

Out July 29
Out May 7th
Out 28th of August

Out September 24th
Out September 14th

And that pretty much concluded the event. It was amazing. I loved it to much, hearing everyone fan girl over books it was amazing. every time a book came out someone would squeal. Did I say that was the end, well there were some TFIOS posters to give out, Felicity was running like a mad woman around the theater giving out these posters and I was lucky enough to pick one up.
Thank you Penguin for holding the event it was amazing. Here are some more photos from the night.
My Friends Madison and Abbey and my little sister Alex, with me on the end with the Strip Shirt.
My Friends Abbey and Madison with me in the middle
From right: Millicent, Liz, Erin and Kat

From Right: Erin, Liz, Amy, Nic, Millicent and Kat with me in the middle
Madison, Me and then Abbey.
Erin, Millicent and I

Me and Felicity
Felicity and Nic
Millicent, Liz, Erin and I

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I have a love-hate relationship with this series. I have a love-hate relationship with this series. But I ended up really enjoying this one. It’s best friends to fake dating to-lovers. It’s always been you, bad-boy/good-girl, and I loved that. While Save Your Breath has quite a few tropes, it really leads itself to it, and it works. 

Aleks and Mia have known each other for years now. Since they were teenagers, that angst has been building up this whole time. And you can tell right from the get-go, it’s fantastic. I even wanted more of it, because I love pain. When Aleks went to live with Mia’s family as a teenager, sparks flew, but for many reasons, they both put their feelings aside. And well, now they are not only going to be fake-dating, but they might as well be engaged, too. 

I really enjoyed seeing how both Aleks and Mia both tried to hide how they were feeling throughout the whole ‘fake-dating’ situation, but anyone could see it. They know each other as no one else does. Aleks has a lot going on, and while I do think this was brushed over a little too much, Mia is his centre. Mia is a massive music star and is a female in the industry, so yeah, people don’t respect her. Obvsiouly because why couldn’t a female star be badass and write about the things that she has gone through? Aleks and Mia get each other, and that is very clear from the start; they are both just trying to squash everything. We get to see them slowly start to show how they feel, and well, one night it all explodes. 

Overall, I enjoyed this one a lot; it’s not my favourite of the series, but I had a great time reading it. I liked Aleks and Mia a lot as characeters and while I think the mental health aspect could have been explored a whole lot more, I can see why it wasn’t. The romance was slow and spicy, the angst was great, and the payoff for these two was what they needed. 

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🏒Sports/Hockey Romance
🎤Fake Dating/Engagement
🏒Childhood Friends to Lovers
🎤Forced Proximity
🏒Athlete x Pop Star 
🎤Angsty Slow Burn 

Content Warnings
Mental Health Struggles 
Suicide Intention 
Family Deaths 
Alcohol Consumption
Violence on Ice

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Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I onl Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I only ended up reading 3 books in. 3 pretty fun books but one of my slowest readings months in a while. 

And I’m going to be honest here it’s because I’ve been constantly reading Heated Rivalry fanfics. 🤷‍♀️ I’m having the best time though. 

How was your reading in February? Any 5  star reads? 

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January was a really solid reading month. I read s January was a really solid reading month. I read some books that had been on my tbr for some time, reread a few things that peaked my interest. I also started a few new series. And just had a good time!

I just had a really good start to the year. While February is a little slow so far I’m looking forward to what I can pick up.

What did you read in January? Any 5-star reads? Let’s chat! 

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Can you believe that it’s already February? I know Can you believe that it’s already February? I know I can’t. But that means it’s a new month with more releases coming out! And that makes me excited. Some fantastic titles releasing this month and I cannot wait to read them. 📚

A couple of these are on my TBR already and some have just caught my eye and that makes me super excited to pick them up. 🖤

What are you looking forward to reading this month? Let’s chat! ✨

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