Showing posts with label perception. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perception. Show all posts

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Perception by Lee Strauss - #review


Seventeen year old Zoe Vanderveen is a GAP—a genetically altered person. She lives in the security of a walled city on prime water-front property along-side other equally beautiful people with extended life spans.

Her brother Liam is missing.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

It's Winter Bloggiesta Time! *New Updates*


Thankfully I subscribe to Silver's Reviews Blog, because she reminded her readers that it is time for the Winter 2017 Mini Bloggiesta this weekend!  The above button is linked to the bloggiesta challenge sign-up page.

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TASK LIST

1.  Post review for 40 Ways to Get Closer to God on my blog.
(Friday, January 13, 2017 10:07 am)

2.  Post review for 40 Ways to Get Closer to God on GoodReads.
(Friday, January 13, 2017 10:07 am)

3.  Post review for 40 Ways to Get Closer to God on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/review/R12KPRJ8F7ARVS/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm 
(Friday, January 13, 2017 10:07 am)

4.  Post DNF review for The Vampyre Legal Chronicles: Marcus on my blog.
(Friday, January 13, 2017 1613 hrs)

5.  Post review for The Vampyre Legal Chronicles: Marcus on GoodReads.
(Friday, January 13, 2017 1613 hrs)

6.  Post review for The Vampyre Legal Chronicles: Marcus on Amazon.
(Friday, January 13, 2017 1613 hrs)

7.  Post review for Perception on my blog.
(Sunday, January 15, 2017 0804 hrs)

8.  Post review for Perception on GoodReads.
(Sunday, January 15, 2017 0804 hrs)

9.  Post review for Perception on Amazon.
(Sunday, January 15, 2017 0804 hrs)

10.  Add a "Book Review Policy" page.
(Sunday, January 15, 2017 1001 hrs)

11.  Clean up my sidebars.
(Sunday, January 15, 2017 0945 hrs)

12.  Write two reviews that are A.G.E.S. out of date.
a.  Well bugger.  I went and made an entire post for "Deliver Her", which I was to have posted on October 26, 2016.  Then I went to contact the tour company and found out that I had actually posted a review on November 16th, 2016.  So I'm counting that as one of my two OLD reviews:
b.  Devil Sent the Rain - originally due October 11, 2016: 
(Sunday, January 15, 2017 1054 hrs)

13.  Complete one past mini-challenge.

QUESTION

So what are you doing this weekend?  (In any case, I hope you all have a great time!)

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UPDATES

(see above)
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 1613 hrs - HUZZAH!  One more review and I am caught up with reviews for books read in 2017.  I'm a little freaked about keeping up this year, since I've fallen behind so badly before.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Thursday Bookish Things & Reading Challenge Confession

  

Thanks to Tina at Mommynificent and Katherine at Katherine's Corner for hosting these wonderful link-ups!  Click on the buttons to see the other participants and link-up!


TT&HH is a meme hosted by Lexxie at (un)Conventional Book Reviews.  All y'all readers out there are welcome to share a food or drink related quote from a book you are reading or have read.  Click the button above to get the full details and to link up your post(s)!

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I just finished reading Perception earlier this evening.  Here's a picture of the book cover (linked to GoodReads), the synopsis and my HH quote.


SYNOPSIS

The PERCEPTION series is a YA dystopian romance that takes place in the not too distant future. A world scarred by climate change, natural disasters and impending wars, a society where scientific breakthroughs cause class divisions. Zoe and Noah explore the differences that bring us together or tear us apart.

The first book of the PERCEPTION trilogy, 17year-old Zoe Vanderveen is a GAP—a genetically altered person. She lives with other equally beautiful people who have prolonged life-spans in the security of a walled city on the water. Tragedy tears Zoe from her perfect world when her brother Liam goes missing. It turns out that the only man who can help her, is the one who she should trust the least.

Noah Brody is a natural who lives on the Outside. He leads protests against the GAPs and detests their contributions to the increasing class gap. He doesn’t like girls like Zoe, and he has good reason not to trust her, but drawn by motives he doesn’t yet understand, he helps her take on the Outside.

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HUNGRY HEARTS

The fish cooked on the fire, and it smelled terrific.

I was starving, and I was pretty sure Zoe must be, too.  I flipped the fillets over on the grill and thought about that last kiss.  It was different than the one Zoe had surprised me with that morning in the car.

I felt fairly certain it wasn't just a test for her anymore.  We were making progress.

I placed the food on plastic plates and offered her one before sitting down on the log near her.  The fire crackled, bright against the darkening sky.  The flames cast warm light against Zoe's skin.  I refrained from a sudden impulse to reach over and stroke her face.

"This is really good," she said after taking her first bite.  "Is there anything you can't do?"

"Besides stay away from you?"  I shook my head while taking another bite.  I was flirting with her and by the smile that formed on her face, I could tell she knew it.

"I have a surprise," I said.  "Marshmallows.  Not exactly creme brule, but it works for dessert."

I took the knife out of the backpack and chiseled off the end of a thin tree branch.  I pushed a marshmallow onto the tip and handed it to her.  Zoe placed it over the fire.

"Tell me stories," she said as she rotated the marshmallow.  Its white skin bubbled to a sugary brown.

"You mean scary campfire stories?"

"No, the stores."  She stared hard at me.  "Our stories.  Did we always like each other?"

I stoked the fire with my marshmallow stick.  "Not really.  We kind of grew on each other."

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And the confession?

Hello, my name is LuAnn and I am a:

Reading Challenge Addict

Here's my (current so far) list as of yesterday:

7.  YA Reading Challenge
8.  Paranormal Reading Challenge
9.  Follow the Clues Mystery Reading Challenge
10.  Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt Reading Challenge
11.  Color Coded Reading Challenge
12.  Read One Million Pages (Perpetual) Reading Challenge
13.  European Reading Challenge
14.  BetterWorldBooks Reading Challenge
15.  Book Challenge by Erin
16.  Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge
17.  Women Reading Challenge
18.  Purrfect Reading Challenge
19.  Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge
20.  Let's Read Indie Reading Challenge