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Review/ Polarity In Motion

Posted on March 6, 2015March 7, 2015 by Cindy

Polarity in Motion by Brenda Vicars
Format: eBook
Published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC on December 1st 2014
Pages: 264
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Genres: Bullying, Dating & Sex, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Issues, Young Adult

Fifteen-year-old Polarity Weeks just wants to live a normal life, but with a mother diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, that’s rarely easy. Her life gets exponentially more disastrous when her sixth-period history classmates start ogling a nude picture of her on the Internet. Polarity would never have struck such a shameless pose, but the photo is definitely of her, and she’s at a complete loss to explain its existence. Child Protective Services yanks her from her home, suspecting her parents. The kids at school mock her, assuming she took it herself. And Ethan, the boy she was really starting to like, backpedals and joins the taunting chorus. Surrounded by disbelief and derision on all sides, Polarity desperately seeks the truth among her friends. Only then does she learn that everyone has dark secrets, and no one’s life is anywhere near normal.

I received this book for free from publisher/pr firm in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I love reading debut novels because you go into the book with no expectations. I have to say that after reading Polarity In Motion I will be on the look out for future books.

As you can tell I really enjoyed reading this. It was a a page turner and one that made me want to reach into the book and hug Polarity.

Polarity the main character is not your typcial 15 year old girl. She has to move constantly because her mother needs treatments for her borderline personality disorder so this forces her to always be the new girl in school trying to fit in. Polarity had to grow up earlier then she should have and I feel she never got the chance to be that kid everyone needs to be. I loved how strong she was and how she grew with the book.

As a mother I felt so bad for Polarity because for someone who was only 15 she had a whole lot of crap to deal with and she didn’t need that.

My heart broke when Polarity discovered a photo of herself online naked. She had no idea how it got there. She sees that its her but doesn’t remember even posing for it. Could it be real? Is someone playing with her? Even is calling her names in school, teachers are penalizing her and to top it off her own parents don’t believe her. How can her own parents not believe her?

Things only get worse when authorities get involved because they remove her from her own home because they think that her parents are involved. She is then forced to attend another school. Polarity life is turned upside down more then it has ever been before.

As a parent my first thought was to believe Polarity because she just didn’t seem like that kind of girl who would do something like that no matter how hard things were for her. I instantly said to myself someone has photo shopped her hed to the photo.

Thankfully there is one person who does and that is Ethan. A boy I wish had more of a story line. Will be still be a friend to Polarity and help her uncover the truth?

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Review/ After We Collided

Posted on March 2, 2015February 25, 2015 by Cindy

After We Collided Series: After Series #2

by Anna Todd
Format: Paperback
Published by Simon and Schuster on November 25th 2014
Pages: 688
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Genres: Contemporary, Contemporary Women, Fiction, General, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Suspense, Thrillers

Book Two of the After series—now newly revised and expanded, Anna Todd’s After fanfiction racked up 1 billion reads online and captivated readers across the globe. Experience the Internet’s most talked-about book for yourself!Tessa has everything to lose. Hardin has nothing to lose…except her. AFTER WE COLLIDED…Life will never be the same. #HESSA After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa and Hardin were on the path to making things work. Tessa knew Hardin could be cruel, but when a bombshell revelation is dropped about the origins of their relationship—and Hardin’s mysterious past—Tessa is beside herself. Hardin will always be…Hardin. But is he really the deep, thoughtful guy Tessa fell madly in love with despite his angry exterior—or has he been a stranger all along? She wishes she could walk away. It’s just not that easy. Not with the memory of passionate nights spent in his arms. His electric touch. His hungry kisses. Still, Tessa’s not sure she can endure one more broken promise. She put so much on hold for Hardin—school, friends, her mom, a relationship with a guy who really loved her, and now possibly even a promising new career. She needs to move forward with her life. Hardin knows he made a mistake, possibly the biggest one of his life. He’s not going down without a fight. But can he change? Will he change…for love?

This is the second book in the After series.

I was pretty excited to start this one because I really enjoyed the first one. This is by no means a quick read because this is another book at 671 pages and it took me roughly a week to read it. Although I have to admit at times I really felt like throwing the book out into the snow and just ditching it but I am going to admit that this book was a train wreck waiting to happen and you know you want to stay and watch.

I won’t get into an exact review because this is the second book in the series and I don’t want to spoil it for the ones who are about to read this or are planning on reading this.

The main focus of the book is of course the struggling relationship between Tessa and Hardin with a little mix of Zed thrown in.

I actually started to fall for Zed because yes he is a bad boy but I think deep down we would be a much better choice for Tessa. I think had I been Tessa I would have seriously thrown the towel in and walked away from Hardin. Tessa gives him chance after chance after chance and he still ruins it. He is ruining this poor girls life. Zed is that guy who truly cares about Tessa and I am sure they would have a perfect relationship.

Yes you can tell that I hate Hardin with a passion. He is nothing but a selfish manipulated jerk who things its okay to tell Tessa who she can and cannot speak to, see etc. This boiled my blood because no man should ever tell his girlfriend that and had it been me he would be gone. He knows how to manipulate Tessa and its sad because she is so naive she doesn’t see this. Is she afraid to leave Hardin? Maybe but I know had it been me I would have been gone along time ago there would be no second, third, fourth etc chances. Hardin is a BULLY in my eyes and one that needs to be taken down a few notches.

Now with that being said will I continue on with the third book, After We Fall? More the likely because I want to see where this goes and if Tessa will develop a back bone to stand up for herself and not put up with Hardin’s crap and lies.

I think I might wait to start the third book just to give myself a break from their story.

Have you read this? What do you think?

February Book Unhauling #2

Posted on February 27, 2015March 12, 2015 by Cindy

Its another month and I thought I would share with you the books I am unhauling this month. Have you read any of these?

Books Read:

After by Anna Todd
New Uses For Old Boyfriends by Beth Kendrick
After We Collide by Anna Todd

Those were all the books I have read and enjoyed and with the amount of books on my TBR I know I will never re-read them so why not pass them along to others who will enjoy the books just as much as I did, right?

The following books are books that I didn’t like/enjoy or didn’t finish. The have been sitting on my shelf for the longest time in hopes that I would re pick it up to try again but honestly I think that if I couldn’t get into them the first time I probably won’t get into them again. So its time to take them off the shelf and share them with people who will actually read and enjoy them. Sorry if this list upsets anyone but its only my personal taste and not everyone likes what everyone is reading or has read.

Call of the Jersey Devil by Aurelio Voltaire
Once Is Never Enough by Mira Lyn Kelly
The One-Way Bridge by Cathie Pelletier
Help For The Haunted by John Searles
My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula J. Freedman

The total unhauled books for Februaru is 8 and the total so far is 54.

Review/ Owl Diaries “Eva’s Treetop Festival”

Posted on January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 by Cindy

Owl Diaries #1: Eva's Treetop Festival (A Branches Book) Series: Owl Diaries #1

by Rebecca Elliott
Format: Paperback
Published by Scholastic Inc. on January 6th 2015
Pages: 80
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Genres: Animals, Birds, Chapter Books, Girls & Women, Readers, Young Adult

This adorable early chapter book series is perfect for young girls who love friendship stories starring animal characters! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Eva Wingdale gets in over her head when she offers to organize a spring festival at school. Even with her best friend Lucy's help, there is NO way she will get everything done in time. Will Eva have to ask Sue (a.k.a. Meanie McMeanerson) for help? Or will the festival have to be cancelled? This book is written as Eva's diary -- with Rebecca Elliott's owl-dorable full-color illustrations throughout!

This is the first book of the Owl Diary series and one that I am excited to continue. Rebecca is a children’s book author/illustrator and has several picture books under her name. I will need to check them out because they seem like cute books.

I first discovered this book from Becky from her blog Becky’s Book Reviews. You can click on her blog name to read her review of the book.

Seeing anything with Owl in the title got me. I just have to start off by saying that the cover is the cutest.

This book is clearly aimed at children and the younger kids who can read chapter books. I breezed through the book quickly. The book is in a diary format that will make reading for the younger kids easier.

Eva is a busy little owl who sleeps during the day and keeps herself busy at night with school, crafting, handing out with her best friend, Lucy, walking her pet bat and so much more.

I fell in love with Eva right away and how could you not when you share the same likes such as pumpkin, crafting, clothes etc. If I was an owl Eva would so be my bestie.

The idea for a Treetop Festival came via her friend Lucy who was helping her mother plant flowers. Eva thought long and hard about it and came up with a plan and presented it to her teacher Mrs. Featherbottom who loved the idea but only gave Eva a week to pull it together. Can she do it?

I loved how at Eva took everything upon herself and quickly realized that its okay to ask for help. We all do that and try to do it all and its okay to realize that even though we bite of more then we can chew we can ask for help.

Eva’s Treetop Festival is filled with a ton of cute illustrations and each one accompanies the story that is being told. They are all so cute,

Book 2 Eva Sees a Ghost is coming out in a few months. Will I go out and buy it? Of course I will just because its a cute book that I would love to see grow. This would make the perfect book for girls and girls who love owls. I think they would get a kick out of this series.